Recordings show Iran-US clash in Gulf
San Jose Mercury News – CA, USA
An Iranian fleet of high-speed boats charged at and threatened to blow up a three-ship US Navy convoy, including the USS Port Royal, passing near Iranian …
www.mercurynews.com/ci_7912510

Israel steps up warnings to Bush on Iran
Christian Science Monitor – Boston,MA,USA
But Israeli leaders seem more interested in focusing on Iran’s nuclear program. Several senior Israeli officials, analysts, and military experts have been …
www.csmonitor.com/2008/0109/p01s03-wogn.html

President Bush warns Iran over ‘provocation’
Telegraph.co.uk – United Kingdom
By Damien McElroy, Foreign Affairs Correspondent President George W Bush today said that Iran’s confrontation with US navy ships in The Gulf was a…
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml
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IAEA’s Iran probe moves into final stage: diplomat
Reuters – USA
By Mark Heinrich VIENNA (Reuters) – A UN inquiry into Iran’s nuclear activity has entered its final phase with Tehran addressing US intelligence about …
www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSL0816933020080108

Behind the US-Iran Gulf Confrontation
TIME – USA
The USS Port Royal, one of three Navy ships that were harrassed by five Iranian fast boats. The only good thing about the recent mess in Pakistan is that it …
www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1701316,00.html

Pak cabinet panel approves gas purchase agreement with Iran
Times of India – India
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistani government on Tuesday approved a gas purchase agreement to be signed with Iran for a multi-billion dollar gas pipeline project …
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pak_cabinet_panel_approves
_gas_purchase_agreement_with_Iran/articleshow/2684177.cms

Rice warns Iran against ‘provocations’
AFP –
“Iran should not engage in such provocations,” Rice said in an interview to the Jerusalem Post and the Ynet website in Israel after Washington said armed …
afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jqb0vbnrFC69xVOgHrNh2MnDKLMA

Iran denies threat to blow up US ships
AFP –
TEHRAN (AFP) — Iran on Tuesday rejected US charges that its naval forces threatened to blow up American ships in the Strait of Hormuz, amid renewed tensions …
afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gDsybsK6KvvJngBnH-S7Ui7Hwa0w

Rice: Iran greatest threat to kind of Mideast we want to see
Ynetnews – Israel
Rice addressed several key issues in the region, severely condemning Iran’s foreign policy calling the country “”the single greatest threat to the Middle …
www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3491593,00.html

Iran News Round Up
General Secretary of the Gulf Cooperation Council: ‘Iran has occupied the three islands of United Arab Emirates in the Gulf.’ · Spokesman of foreign ministry: ‘Normalization of relations with the US is not on the agenda. …
corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=ZmQ0YTc
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Post-Bhutto: Pakistan Replaces Iran As Greatest Threat to US Hegemony
By Left Turn(Left Turn)
He welcomed Washington’s “more respectful and logical approach” toward Tehran, which, he insisted, became possible since “they [US officials] have gotten a better understanding of Iran’s key role in the region and its determination to …
joswift.blogspot.com/2008/01/post-bh
utto-pakistan-replaces-iran-as.html

Iranian boats, US Navy warships in standoff in Hormuz Strait
Xinhua – China
8 (Xinhua) — The United States said Monday that five Iranian boats had harassed and threatened three US Navy warships in international waters in the Strait …
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/08/content_7386718.htm

Bush trip aims to push Mideast peace, contain Iran
Reuters – USA
But in Israel and Arab countries that Bush will visit during his weeklong tour, Iran and its growing regional influence will also loom large. …
www.reuters.com/article/featuredCrisis/idUSN05354297

Turk PM to ask Iran president to restore gas flow
Reuters UK – UK
ANKARA, Jan 8 (Reuters) – Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan will ask Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to restore the flow of natural gas to Turkey …
uk.reuters.com/article/oilRpt/idUKL0864468620080108

New Tensions Between US, Iran
Hartford Courant – United States
A confrontation between a fleet of Iranian high-speed boats and US Navy ships over the weekend raised new tensions as President Bush prepared to depart …
www.courant.com/news/nationworld/
hc-iran0108.artjan08,0,3176986.story

Bush Seeks Mideast Peace Gains as Iran and Oil Shadow His Trip
Bloomberg – USA
Those countries face Iran across the Persian Gulf, the conduit for a quarter of the world’s oil. A Jan. 6 confrontation between US and Iranian naval forces …
www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=
20601087&sid=aONj3uoVGI9o&refer=home

Iran Daily Opinion Service 8 January
By Michael Veiluva
The likeliest scenario for the outbreak of armed conflict between the US and Iran nearly transpired over the weekend – or at least, according (and only according) to sources inside the US Navy. According to Western media, US warships in …
disarmamentactivist.org/2008/01/07/
iran-daily-opinion-service-8-january/

Iran Builds A Wall To Secure Against PKK
Mainstream Turkish daily Sabah reported that Iran has begun building a four-kilometer wall along its border with Iraq,against the PKK. The wall starts at the border gate Hadji Umran and is similar to the wall built by …
www.thememriblog.org/turkey/blog_personal/en/4453.htm

US Describes Confrontation With Iranian Boats
New York Times – United States
By THOM SHANKER and BRIAN KNOWLTON WASHINGTON — Five armed Iranian speedboats approached three United States Navy warships in international waters in the …
www.nytimes.com/2008/01/08/
washington/08military.html?ref=us

Rice warns Iran over Gulf confrontation
ABC Online – Australia
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has warned Iran about an incident that took place at sea at the weekend. The US says armed Iranian speedboats…
www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008
/01/08/2134038.htm?section=justin

Chief of UN Nuclear Agency to Meet With Iran’s Leaders
New York Times – United States
By AP Diplomats, meanwhile, said Iran had begun sharing information about past programs that the United States says were attempts to make weapons.…
www.nytimes.com/2008/01/08/world
/middleeast/08nuke.html?ref=world

Ahmadinejad promises to redistribute Iran’s oil money as he …
International Herald Tribune – France
AP TEHRAN, Iran: President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad presented Iran’s budget to parliament Monday, promising it would curb a sharp rise in inflation and…
www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/01/08/news/Iran-Budget.php

Iran, US: Unusual Details about the Strait of Hormuz Incident
By Naxal Watch(Naxal Watch)
Iranian officials now are clearly downplaying the incident, with Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad Ali Hosseini telling Iran’s Press TV that it was a common occurrence. Hosseini said what happened is not unprecedented, …
intellibriefs.blogspot.com/2008/01/iran
-us-unusual-details-about-strait-of.html