Saturday, September 04, 2010

09/04/10

* US envoy Oren: Hizbullah has 15,000 rockets on border Ambassador says Islamist group amassing arsenal in southern Lebanon with long enough range to hit Eilat.

* Hamas official: Israeli settlers are a legitimate military target Israeli settlers in the West Bank are legitimate targets since they are an army in every sense of the word.

* Radical Islam is world's greatest threat - Tony Blair Former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair has described radical Islam as the greatest threat facing the world today.

* Iran's Ahmadinejad calls on Palestinians to fight on Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad urged Palestinians to keep up their armed struggle against Israel.

* Muslims hold mass prayers at Jerusalem mosque Tens of thousands of Muslims poured into the heavily guarded Al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem for the last Friday prayers of the holy month of Ramadan.

* Iraq dedicates international training center specializing in...roadside bombs Iraq has unveiled a training center meant to teach security forces to detect, identify and neutralize improvised explosive devices.

* Clinton warns of 'last chance' for Mid-East peace talks The US secretary of state has said the current round of Mid-East peace talks may be "the last chance for a very long time" to resolve the conflict.

* US military chief seeks Turkish support over Iran The United States' top military officer stressed on Saturday the need for Turkey to help enforce United Nations sanctions against Iran.

* 'US to continue supplying military assistance to Lebanon' The US will continue to supply the Lebanese Armed Forces with equipment and weapons estimated to be worth approximately $100 million.

* 'IAEA chief asked Israel to join nonproliferation treaty' The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency asked Israel to consider signing up to the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty.

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