IDF
troops kill two Hamas men in exchange of gunfire north of Tul Karm
Haaretz, June 5, 2003
Israel Defense Forces troops killed two Hamas men in an exchange of gunfire late
Thursday night north of Tul Karm, Israel Radio reported. The men were holed up
in a house in the West Bank village of Atil.
Children
shot in third day of Israeli army raids
The Guardian, June 5, 2003
The screams echoed around the clinic yesterday as a woman brought her seven-year-old
daughter in for treatment. She had been shot in the abdomen by an Israeli soldier.
As George Bush talked about peace with the Israeli and Palestinian prime ministers,
Israeli soldiers were raiding the refugee camp of Balata and the city of Nablus
for the third day running.
Palestinian
Student Dies of Wounds, Israeli Soldiers Assault Handicapped Citizen
International Press Center, June 5, 2003
TULKAREM, Palestine, June 5, 2003, (IPC)-- Palestinian student, Ibraheem Abu Hableh,
15, died Thursday of wounds he sustained after being shot by Israeli occupation
forces (IOF) last week in the city of Tulkarem, Palestinian medical sources said.
Israeli
Troops Wound and Arrest Palestinians, Demolish Homes
International Press Center, June 5, 2003
TULKARIM, Palestine, June 5, 2003 (IPC+WAFA)— Three Palestinian civilians
were arrested Thursday dawn as Israeli occupation forces(IOF) broke into Deir
Al Ghoson town, north of Tulkarim City amid intensive shooting at Palestinian
houses.
Israeli
Settlers Occupy Palestinian’s House, Establish New Illegal Outpost
Palestine Chronicle, June 5, 2003
"Israeli minister, Bini Ayalon, heading a group of Israeli settlers, attacked
a house owned by Palestinian citizen Rashad Maqdisyya, and occupied it after kicking
the family out at gunpoint .." -- OCCUPIED JERUSALEM - Armed Israeli settlers,
headed by the Israeli ministers of tourism and cmmunications, occupied on Wednesday
a house owned by a Palestinian family in occupied east Jerusalem and established
a new illegal settlement outpost in the Hebron area.
Bush
says plans to 'ride herd' in Mideast, like a cowboy
Haaretz, June 5, 2003
U.S. President George W. Bush warned after an Israeli-Palestinian summit on Wednesday
that there were "killers lurking in the neighborhood" trying to throw the U.S.-backed
peace "road map" off course. He also said his aim was to keep the process moving,
like a cowboy on horseback herding cattle.
Fresh
Israeli Incursion Hours After Aqaba Summit
Islam Online, June 5, 2003
WEST BANK, June 5 (IslamOnline.net & News Agencies) – Ten Palestinians
were injured and several houses demolished in a fresh incursion by Israeli occupation
forces on the West Bank and Gaza Strip Wednesday, June 4, hours after a U.S.-led
summit in Jordan’s Aqaba promised better future for the Palestinians and
an end to more than a century of occupation and daily aggressions.
MK
opposes Arab recognition of Israel as Jewish state
Jerusalem Post, June 4, 2003
Balad leader Azmi Bishara opposes Israel's demand that the Arab world recognize
Israel as a "Jewish state," saying Wednesday that the matter was raised to force
Palestinians to forgo the right of return. "Does the Arab world have to join the
Zionist movement and recognize [Israel] as the Jewish state? Who has ever heard
of such a thing," he said in the Knesset during a debate on the Aqaba summit.
An
Appeal from the Residents of Qalqiliya To the Aqaba Summit
Palestine Chronicle/PENGON, June 4, 2003
"This is an appeal for help and an honor sent from the hearts of thousands of
children, women and elders whose trees are being uprooted, whose lands are being
razed, whose elders and children are being beaten daily.."
ISM:
Updates From Nablus
International Solidarity Movement, June 4, 2003
1. 1 killed, 48 injured During 13 Hours of IOF Incursions --The Israeli Occupation
Forces and Border Police held a strong military presence in the city of Nablus
today with tanks, APCs (armoured personel carriers), hummers, jeeps and an Apache
helicopter. / 2. Balata Refugee Camp Imprisoned By Army and Roadblocks -- Following
a 13 hour Israeli Occupation Forces incursion yesterday (see report "1 killed,
48 injured During 13 Hours of IOF Incursions", June 4th 2003), today the IOF have
had a constant presence in the camp since 6.30am this morning.
International
Solidarity Movement
Peaceful Demonstrators Teargassed, Israel Forces Enter University
International Solidarity Movement, June 5, 2003
The Israeli Occupation Forces threw tear gas at peaceful demonstrators today at
the Huwarra checkpoint outside Nablus. The demonstation primarily comprised of
representatives from the medical, educational, legal, journalist, civil and human
rights organizations from Nablus along with internationals from the International
Solidarity Movement.
Israeli
Forces Enter University, Leave Racist Graffiti
International Solidarity Movement, June 5, 2003
Israeli Border Police entered Al-Quds University in Tulkarem at 11pm Tuesday night
searching lecture rooms and scrawling racist messages on the blackboards, Student
Resources reported.
Residents
seek a new Golan `brand image'
Haaretz, June 5, 2003
Golan Heights residents recently set up a strategic planning committee to draft
a long-term plan for creating a "name recognition" for the heights that would
be devoid of political connotations.
Hear
Palestine, June 5, 2003
Hear Palestine
NEWS: Tulkarem: Boy Dies of Injuries / Nablus: 4 Villages Placed under Curfew
/ Jenin: Ongoing Attacks and Arrests / Ramallah: 5 Bir Zeit Students Wounded in
Israeli Fire / Khan Younis: Farmers Escape Death Miraculously FEATURES:
Over 1034 Fruitful Trees Uprooted Last May in Hebron / Al-Aqaba Summit: Palestinian
Hopes and Fears for Unity
What
a Palestinian Prisoner Told the Israeli Judges
International Press Center, June 5, 2003
"I do not hate Jews, I have no problem with them for religious aspect, but my
problem is with the occupation, I hate occupation and will continue to hate and
fight occupation till my death.” -- RAMALLAH, Palestine, June 5, 2003 (IPC)--
On the 27th of May 2003, Palestinian Prisoner Mohammed Ziada, 21-year old, sat
in the dock of the Israeli Military Court of “Beit Eil”, which is
located in the illegitimate Jewish settlement of “Bet Eil”* in the
West Bank.
Terror
leaves 42% of children with PTSD
Haaretz, June 5, 2003
Some 42 percent of Israeli children suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder
(PTSD), of which 15 percent have a moderate to severe version of the syndrome,
Dr. Avital Laufer of Tel Aviv University told the Knesset Committee on the Rights
of Children yesterday.
Occupation
Chronicle Events in Palestine June 5, 2003
Palestine Media Center
A 15-year-old boy died of wounds he sustained earlier in the northern West Bank
town of Tulkarem. Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) wounded five university students
near Ramallah city and detained six Palestinians in the northern West Bank.
MPs
to Review UK, EU Aid to Palestinians
Palestine Chronicle, June 5, 2003
LONDON - An all-party parliamentary committee announced Thursday that it was launching
an inquiry in the autumn into development assistance for occupied Palestinian
territories.
US
military to free first Palestinians held in raid
Jordan Times, June 5, 2003
BAGHDAD (AFP) — The US military is poised to release the first of seven
Palestinians who were arrested in a raid on the Palestinian embassy here last
week, the coalition's ground forces commander said Wednesday.
Arafat
berates Israel peace pledge
BBC, June 5, 2003
Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat has strongly criticised the outcome of the Middle
East peace summit in Jordan. Mr Arafat, who was not invited to the talks between
Israel, the Palestinians and the United States, said Israel's pledge to remove
unauthorised settlements in the West Bank was insufficient.
Abbas
to brief Sharon on PA's anti-terror efforts
Haaretz, June 5, 2003
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon will meet in the coming days with his Palestinian
counterpart Mahmoud Abbas - the third meeting between the two leaders in recent
weeks. Abbas, who is also known as Abu Mazen, will brief the prime minister on
the anti-terror steps already taken by Palestinian Authority chief security Mohammed
Dahlan, and how he intends to deploy his forces across the Palestinian territories.
At
summit, Israel solidifies gains
Christian Science Monitor, June 5, 2003
AQABA, JORDAN – In this phase of its struggle against the Palestinians,
Israel can just about declare victory....The Israelis have succeeded in sidelining
Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, in promoting a view of the conflict as a struggle
between Palestinian "terrorists" and Israelis defending their "security," and
in demonstrating that if Israel holds firm, the Palestinians will blink.
Hamas,
al-Jihad, al-Shabeya will not drop their guns, will avoid inter- fighting
Arabic News, June 5, 2003
Al-Ranteisi considered that Abbas "has denied the sufferings of the Palestinian
people and just remembered that the Palestinian people are terrorists, killing
the Jews," adding "the sufferings before the world has become that of the Jews,
and we do not have sufferings, and that the problem is about the Jews and Abu
Mazin came to solve it for them." In remarks to the Israelis, al-Ranteisi said
"we should cling to the 'right of return' of which Abu Mazin gave no mention."
Mideast
Peace Hopes Tempered by Arafat, Hard-liners
Reuters, June 5, 2003
Arafat: "What's the significance of removing a caravan from one location and then
saying, 'I have removed a settlement'?" -- JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The afterglow
of a U.S.-led Middle East summit faded Thursday, with Palestinian President Yasser
Arafat saying Israel had offered nothing "tangible" and hard-liners on both sides
vowing to oppose a road map to peace.
Palestinian
official: Abbas in phone contact with Arafat during summit
Jerusalem Post, June 5, 2003
While Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas flew around the region in recent
days, meeting with Arab leaders, President Bush and Israeli Prime Minister Ariel
Sharon, Yasser Arafat sat in his mostly destroyed office directing his premier
every step of the way.
Meshaal
dubious on ‘road map’ in meeting with Nasrallah
Daily Star, June 5, 2003
The head of Hamas in Lebanon, Khaled Meshaal, said Wednesday that the “road
map” peace plan did not fulfill Palestinian rights and does not offer any
guarantees, asserting that resistance is the only real choice for the Palestinian
people.
Report:
Foreign minister upset by Aqaba seating arrangements
Jerusalem Post, June 5, 2003
When Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom found out that there was no place at the top
table at a meeting in Aqaba, he was furious, Yediot Ahronot reports, so much so
that when when Sharon asked him to speak during the talks, he refused.
Syria
doubtful Israel will implement 'roadmap'
Jerusalem Post, June 5, 2003
Syria expressed doubt Thursday that Israel will implement the U.S.-backed 'roadmap'
to Mideast peace, state-run Damascus Radio said. The commentary on a radio station
which reflects government thinking, came one day after Prime Minister Ariel Sharon
committed himself to the peace plan in a meeting with his Palestinian counterpart
Mahmud Abbas (Abu Mazen) in the Jordanian Red Sea port of Aqaba.
'Developments'
to set pace of uprooting outposts
Jerusalem Post, June 5, 2003
A day after offering once-unthinkable pledges in hopes of ending decades of Mideast
bloodshed, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud
Abbas have begun implementing the US-backed 'road map' with US President George
W. Bush's encouragement.
First
roadblock: How many outposts to uproot?
Jerusalem Post, June 5, 2003
In the first conflict over the implementation of the roadmap in the wake of the
Red Sea Summit at Aqaba, Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas said that Israel
must dismantle all unauthorized settlements, which number some 102 according to
Peace Now, but Israel is speaking of uprooting 20 or less.
Jewish
settlers condemn peace plan
BBC, June 4, 2003
The main organisation representing Jewish settlers in the occupied West Bank and
Gaza Strip has pledged to fight against the implementation of the roadmap. The
Yesha Council said the peace plan threatened to undermine the existence of Israel.
Settlers
protest against road map
The Guardian, June 5, 2003
Thousands of settlers protested last night in Jerusalem, claiming that they had
been betrayed by Ariel Sharon, the Israeli prime minister, and George Bush at
the Middle East summit in Aqaba.
Only
20,000 answer settlers' battle cry
Haaretz, June 5, 2003
Around 20,000 settlers and their supporters rallied last night in Jerusalem's
Zion Square to protest against the deal struck at the Aqaba summit between Israel
and the Palestinians to implement the U.S. and internationally backed road map
for peace.
Jewish
Settlers Protest Against "Roadmap", Palestinians Concerned about Sharon's Pledges
International Press Center, June 5, 2003
JERUSALEM, June 5, 2003 (IPC + Agencies)- - In a first reaction to the Aqaba summit,
tens of thousands of Jewish settlers and their supporters blocked the roads in
the city of Jerusalem, protesting against the internationally-backed "Roadmap",
which was approved by both the Palestinian and Israeli sides yesterday.
Peace
given a chance as Israel bows to US
The Guardian, June 5, 2003
Ariel Sharon bowed to US pressure yesterday and went further than he has gone
before in committing himself to a viable Palestinian state when he met George
Bush and the Palestinian prime minister, Mahmoud Abbas, at a Middle East summit.
Abbas'
speech draws fire from hard-liners
Haaretz, June 5, 2003
"Suddenly, the suffering of the Jews is the important thing, suddenly from victims
we've become aggressors," complained Abdel Aziz Rantisi, the Hamas spokesman in
Gaza, after listening to the Aqaba speech of Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud
Abbas yesterday. Perhaps more than anything else, that complaint is a symbol of
the change.
Israeli
left wing praises Aqaba speeches, but with reservations
Haaretz, June 5, 2003
The Israeli left generally praised the speeches made by Prime Minister Ariel Sharon,
Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas and U.S. President George W. Bush yesterday
at Aqaba - but there were reservations ranging from demands to see action on the
ground to complaints about nuances they detected either as present or missing
from the speeches.
Wolf
to Lead Team of US Monitors to Oversee Palestinian-Israeli Commitment to Roadmap
Palestine Chronicle, June 5, 2003
WASHINGTON - US assistant secretary of state for non-proliferation John S. Wolf
will soon lead a team of monitors to the Middle East to help the Palestinians
and Israelis fulfil their obligations under President George W. Bush’s “roadmap”
peace plan, and to publicize it when either side falls short of their responsibilities.
PM
Abbas Pledges Clear-cut Palestinian Commitment to Peace
Palestine Media Center, June 5, 2003
June 5, 2003 - The Palestinian and Israeli governments on Wednesday publicly signed
on to a US-sponsored “roadmap” to peace in the Middle East. But while
PM Abbas pledged a clear-cut Palestinian commitment to the obligations of the
internationally-adopted plan, the pledge of his Israeli counterpart PM Sharon
was reluctant and fell short of meeting those obligations.
Hamas-Hizbullah
summit meeting affirms stable principles
Palestinian Information Center, June 5, 2003
Beirut- Khaled Mishaal, political bureau chief of the Islamic Resistance Movement,
Hamas, yesterday conferred with Hassan Nasrallah, secretary general of the Lebanese
Hizbullah party, in Beirut.
What
Sharon sowed, now he reaps
Haaretz, June 5, 2003
Exactly 21 years after a Palestinian terrorist shot Shlomo Argov, Israel's ambassador
to London, giving then-defense minister Ariel Sharon the excuse to begin the war
to eliminate "the terrorist organization called the PLO," the same Sharon as prime
minister stood beside the senior PLO representative and promised to support an
independent Palestinian state.
Supply
shortage in state hospitals reaching dangerous levels
Haaretz, June 5, 2003
Delivery of supplies to several state hospitals has ceased due to an outstanding
debt of some NIS 240 million to a supply and distribution company. Hospital administrators
warned of the impending catastrophe in an urgent letter to Health Minister Danny
Naveh.
Analysis
/ And the winner is - apathy
Haaretz, June 5, 2003
The ultra-Orthodox can thank Jerusalem's non-Haredi residents for Uri Lupolianski's
victory in the city's mayoral race - they cast their votes for apathy and stayed
at home in droves. It was a clear message from the non-Haredi voter - we truly
don't give a hoot who is our mayor.
Yona
Yahav wins Haifa top spot with 52 percent majority
Haaretz, June 5, 2003
Yona Yahav is the next mayor of Haifa. Yahav, who contested the position at the
head of the Shinui-Greens-Neighborhoods Union list, won 51.91 percent of the ballots
cast (41,242 votes) in the city Tuesday to overcome his nearest rival, Likud and
One Nation candidate Shmuel Arad, who came away with the support of 42.85 percent
of the voters (34,043 ballots).
Lupolianski
is capital's first Haredi mayor
Haaretz, June 5, 2003
Religious parties now hold 18 of 31 seats on council. -- Ultra-Orthodox candidate
and acting Mayor Uri Lupolianski (Degel Hatorah) overcame independent businessman
Nir Barkat to emerge yesterday as Jerusalem's mayor for the next five years.
Hizbullah
gunners fire on Israeli jets over South
Daily Star, June 5, 2003
Two Israeli fighter jets flew over South Lebanon on Wednesday, drawing fire from
Hizbullah fighters, Lebanese security officials said. Hizbullah’s anti-aircraft
guns fired at the planes as they flew over the eastern sector of the Lebanese-Israeli
border, the officials said in South Lebanon, speaking on condition of anonymity.
U.S.
Soldier Killed, Seven Hurt in Iraq Attacks
Reuters, June 5, 2003
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - One U.S. soldier was killed and five were wounded when an
assailant fired a rocket-propelled grenade at them in the restive Iraqi town of
Falluja on Thursday, the U.S. military said. It said the wounded soldiers, from
the Third Armored Cavalry Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division, had been driven
to a local military medical facility.
Iraqis
Say They Will Defy U.S. On Council Plan
Washington Post, June 4, 2003
Groups Vow to Select Interim Rulers -- BAGHDAD, June 3 -- Iraqi political leaders
vowed today to press ahead with plans to hold a large national conference aimed
at selecting a transitional government despite a decision by the top U.S. civilian
administrator here to call off the assembly and appoint an interim advisory council
with limited authority.
U.S.
To Ban "Incitement" Against Occupation In Iraq
Islam Online, June 5, 2003
BAGHDAD, June 5 (IslamOnline.net & News Agencies) - In a move that is likely
to trigger an outcry from Iraqi parties, politicians and scholars as well as international
human rights advocates, the U.S.-led occupation administration said Thursday,
June 5, it would outlaw any "incitement" against the Anglo-American forces in
Iraq even inside mosque.
US
soldiers ring Saddam strongholds
The Guardian, June 5, 2003
Reinforcements brought in as resistance grows -- Hundreds of US troops established
positions yesterday in bases around two towns near Baghdad where loyalists from
Saddam Hussein's regime are believed to be holding out.
Kurd
farmers sit idle as US fears bitter harvest
The Telegraph, June 5, 2003
It is harvest time in Kurdistan but, though acres of corn sheaths droop their
heads awaiting the scythe, the farmers of northern Iraq sit idle in the summer
heat. American forces in the region have decreed the harvesting cannot start until
the threat of pitched battles between Kurdish and Arab farmers over the bringing
in of crops has subsided.
U.S.
Bolsters Forces in Restive Sunni Area
Washington Post, June 5, 2003
Search Resumes at Site of Baghdad Airstrike to Determine Whether Hussein Was There
-- BAGHDAD, June 4 -- Hundreds of U.S. troops were sent to reinforce combat units
today in an area west of Baghdad that has been the scene of repeated attacks on
occupation forces, while Army engineers scoured a neighborhood in the city for
clues to whether an airstrike in April killed Saddam Hussein.
We
want to be feared not loved, say US Marines
The Telegraph, June 5, 2003
A rumour is swiftly spreading in the eastern Iraqi city of Kut that 40 men alleged
to have looted a local textile factory are to be executed by US Marines and their
heads put on spikes at the city gates. "Don't tell them it isn't so," Lt Col Erik
Grobowski of the Marines told staff of the embryonic TV Kut who asked their new
"masters" how they should report the disturbing rumours on the evening news.
Looters
hamper Iraqi oil output
BBC, June 4, 2003
Predictions that oil will soon be flowing out of Iraq again, following the lifting
of UN sanctions, are beginning to look overly optimistic, according to market
watchers. The director general of South Oil Company, the company responsible for
the oil industry in southern Iraq, has warned that rampant looting throughout
the country has spread to the oilfields.
Jobless
Iraqi soldiers issue threats
Christian Science Monitor, June 5, 2003
The US de-Baathification policy would not allow senior officers to join a reconfigured
military. -- BAGHDAD – Across from Saddam Hussein's Republican Palace, jobless
Iraqi military officers wait in the sparse shade of a tree. Their ultimatum to
US authorities inside: Reverse the decision to dismiss the Iraqi Army en masse
or face organized resistance next week.
US
soldiers ring Saddam strongholds
The Guardian, June 5, 2003
Reinforcements brought in as resistance grows -- Hundreds of US troops established
positions yesterday in bases around two towns near Baghdad where loyalists from
Saddam Hussein's regime are believed to be holding out. More than 1,500 soldiers
from the 3rd Infantry Division, the same men who led the invasion of Iraq and
captured Baghdad, took up positions on the outskirts of Falluja and Habaniya,
west of the capital.
Effort
to save heritage puts lives at risk
The Guardian, June 5, 2003
First there were whispered threats, then last week shots fired at his house and
his car. Mazin Hassan Redha wants to get back to work as an engineer with Iraq's
ministry of culture, but that makes him a target of Ba'athists still loyal to
Saddam Hussein.
US
military to free first Palestinians held in raid
Jordan Times, June 5, 2003
BAGHDAD (AFP) — The US military is poised to release the first of seven
Palestinians who were arrested in a raid on the Palestinian embassy here last
week, the coalition's ground forces commander said Wednesday.
US
arrests former Iraqi militia leader
The Guardian, June 5, 2003
The US army said today its troops have arrested the leader of a mass militia force
in Iraq, who is reputed to have once commanded millions of volunteer fighters.
Simpson
berates 'trigger-happy' troops
The Guardian, June 5, 2003
Simpson: Americans 'lost control' -- BBC news reporter John Simpson has hit out
against the "trigger-happy" behaviour of US troops in Iraq and claimed he saved
an old Iraqi man from being shot by gung-ho marines.
No
UK asylum for Saddam's family
BBC, June 5, 2003
There is no question of allowing Saddam Hussein's daughters or wife to claim asylum
in Britain, the government has said. Responding to reports that the three women
hoped to set up home in the UK, Tony Blair's official spokesman said any application
from them would be turned down.
87
WMD Sites Are Cleared
The Mirror, June 4, 2003
TROOPS hunting for Saddam's weapons of mass destruction have searched 87 "prime"
sites in Iraq - and have found nothing. Nineteen were "highest-priority" zones
identified by US Central Command, military sources revealed yesterday.
Blix:
No Evidence of WMD
The Mirror, June 5, 2003
Chief UN arms inspector Hans Blix said today he had found no evidence Iraq had
resumed its weapons of mass destruction programme before the outbreak of war.
The report to the UN Security Council was a potentially devastating blow to British
and American claims WMDs would be unearthed in Iraq.
Weapons
dossier 'sent back six times'
BBC, June 5, 2003
Blair says the charges are totally untrue -- A dossier including the claim Iraq
that could launch weapons of mass destruction in 45 minutes was returned to intelligence
chiefs at least six times for changes, the BBC has learned. A source close to
British intelligence has told BBC diplomatic correspondent Barnaby Mason that
Downing Street returned draft versions of the dossier to the Joint Intelligence
Committee "six to eight times".
Analysis:
'Potential WMD blow' for Bush
BBC, June 3, 2003
A full-scale Congressional inquiry has been ordered on the use and possible abuse
of intelligence information on weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. The inquiry
- being conducted by the Senate Armed Services and Intelligence Committees - is
expected to compare comments made by the administration in the run-up to war with
what it was given in terms of intelligence briefing.
Bush
Vows U.S. Will Reveal Truth About Iraqi WMD
Reuters, June 5, 2003
AS SAYLIYAH CAMP, Qatar (Reuters) - President Bush vowed on Thursday to uncover
the truth about Iraqi weapons of mass destruction, whose failure to show up so
far has embarrassed war ally British Prime Minister Tony Blair.
Some
Iraq Analysts Felt Pressure From Cheney Visits
Washington Post, June 5, 2003
Vice President Cheney and his most senior aide made multiple trips to the CIA
over the past year to question analysts studying Iraq's weapons programs and alleged
links to al Qaeda, creating an environment in which some analysts felt they were
being pressured to make their assessments fit with the Bush administration's policy
objectives, according to senior intelligence officials.
Intelligence
chiefs tell Blair: no more spin, no more stunts
The Guardian, June 5, 2003
MI5 and MI6 win assurances over spy reports -- MI6 and MI5 chiefs have sought
the government's assurance that it will never again pass off as official intelligence
information which does not come from them. They are also insisting that any information
used by Downing Street claiming to be based on intelligence should be cleared
by them first.
Russia
Insists It Will Send Nuclear Fuel to Iran
Reuters, June 5, 2003
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia, contradicting British Prime Minister Tony Blair, said
on Thursday it would supply Iran with fuel for a nuclear reactor whether or not
Tehran signed an additional inspection agreement with the U.N. nuclear watchdog.
Pentagon
officials meet with regime foe
Washington Times, June 5, 2003
Administration officials have been meeting quietly with an Iranian opposition
figure who is trying to unify internal resistance to Iran's ruling clerics and
spur a regime change in his country. Defense officials acknowledged yesterday
they have spoken to Mahmud Ali Chehregani, who heads the Southern Azerbaijan National
Awakeness Movement (SANAM) operating inside Iran, but emphasized their meetings
were not aimed at supporting or encouraging a change in Iran's government.
U.S.
Troops to Accompany UN Nuclear Team in Iraq
Reuters, June 5, 2003
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. forces will accompany inspectors from the U.N. nuclear
watchdog agency while they visit a key Iraqi nuclear site, and their limited mission
sets no precedent for any future role there for the agency, Defense Department
officials said on Thursday.
Russians
Pressure Iran on Weapons
Washington Post, June 5, 2003
Russian officials signaled today that they are turning up the pressure on Iran
not to develop nuclear weapons, while they continue to promote construction of
a civilian nuclear power plant in the Islamic republic.
Al-Arian
loses bid for speedy trial, case scheduled for 2005
Bradenton Herald, June 5, 2003
TAMPA, Fla. - A former professor accused of terrorism lost his bid Thursday for
an immediate trial and could spend the next 18 months jailed under what he calls
inhumane and unfair conditions before his case is heard.
Arab
legislators agree to disagree
Daily Star, June 5, 2003
Gathering fails to issue clear call for united parliament -- Several differences
and disagreements loomed among the speakers during the second and last day of
their meetings in Beirut on Wednesday as part of the Confederation of Arab Parliamentarians,
a fact which delayed the issuing of their final statement for more than two hours.
US
to Eliminate WMD in All Rogue States, By Force if Necessary
CommonDreams. June 5, 2003
The United States will attempt to "roll back" proliferation of chemical, biological
and nuclear weapons in the world -- and may use force to take away these deadly
arsenals from rogue states, a senior US government official warned.
