<feed version="0.3" xml:lang="en-us" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><generator>Plime/1</generator><title>Top U.S. Commander in Middle East Resigns : ATOM 0.3</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/"/><tagline>Top U.S. Commander in Middle East Resigns : ATOM 0.3</tagline><author><name>www.plime.com</name><email>plime@plime.com</email></author><copyright>2008, www.plime.com.</copyright><modified>2008-10-07T18:24:53+01:00</modified><entry><title><![CDATA[Top U.S. Commander in Middle East Resigns]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/53916/1/" /><id>53916</id><summary><![CDATA[Top U.S. Commander in Middle East Resigns]]></summary><issued>2008-03-11T17:07:39+01:00</issued><modified>2008-03-11T17:07:39+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Admiral William Fallon has been described as the only man standing between the Bush administration and war with Iran. He resigned today.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Bush is A commander guy, not THE commander guy]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/19102/1/" /><id>19102</id><summary><![CDATA[Bush is A commander guy, not THE commander guy]]></summary><issued>2007-05-05T02:10:12+01:00</issued><modified>2007-05-05T02:10:12+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[The White House is trying to clarify something: President George W Bush is ''a commander guy'' but not ''the commander guy.''<br/><br/>Or something like that.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Is Gonzales Next Bush, Rove and Cheney Fall Guy?]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/politics/l/13292/1/" /><id>13292</id><summary><![CDATA[Is Gonzales Next Bush, Rove and Cheney Fall Guy?]]></summary><issued>2007-03-16T00:24:47+01:00</issued><modified>2007-03-16T00:24:47+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Does anyone notice a trend in the Bush administration:<ul style='list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px 10px; padding: 0px 10px;'><li class='li'>Passing the buck and setting up others to be fall guys<br/><li class='li'>Truckloads of lies, deception and half truths<br/><li class='li'>Lack of accountability</ul>]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Blood Borders]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/politics/l/5148/1/" /><id>5148</id><summary><![CDATA[Blood Borders]]></summary><issued>2006-11-04T01:21:37+01:00</issued><modified>2006-11-04T01:21:37+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[he most arbitrary and distorted borders in the world are in Africa and the Middle East. Drawn by self-interested Europeans. The unjust borders in the Middle East &#8212; to borrow from Churchill &#8212; generate more trouble than can be consumed locally.<br/><br/>What if new borders were drawn in the Middle East, ones that cut along cultural/religious boundaries?]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Bush: Threat of World War III if Iran goes nuclear]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/politics/l/38706/1/" /><id>38706</id><summary><![CDATA[Bush: Threat of World War III if Iran goes nuclear]]></summary><issued>2007-10-17T23:17:49+01:00</issued><modified>2007-10-17T23:17:49+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[U.S. President George W. Bush warned on Wednesday a nuclear-armed Iran could lead to World War III]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Searching For A New American Policy For Iraq]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/politics/l/62707/1/" /><id>62707</id><summary><![CDATA[Searching For A New American Policy For Iraq]]></summary><issued>2008-05-21T23:48:29+01:00</issued><modified>2008-05-21T23:48:29+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[retired CIA station chief and head of the Agency's counterterrorism staff examines the Bush administration's Iraq policy and finds that it cannot be successful. He calls for U.S. withdrawal from Iraq, a &#8220;complete change&#8221; in U.S. goals and tactics in the Middle East, and rebuilding bridges to allies.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[U.S. refuses Israel weapons to attack Iran: report]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/world/l/72217/1/" /><id>72217</id><summary><![CDATA[U.S. refuses Israel weapons to attack Iran: report]]></summary><issued>2008-08-13T06:37:52+01:00</issued><modified>2008-08-13T06:37:52+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Did the United States turn down Israeli requests for military hardware to help it prepare for a possible attack on Iranian nuclear facilities?]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[U.S. Ends Protection for Wolves in 3 States]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/science/l/51633/1/" /><id>51633</id><summary><![CDATA[U.S. Ends Protection for Wolves in 3 States]]></summary><issued>2008-02-21T22:31:32+01:00</issued><modified>2008-02-21T22:31:32+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[The Bush administration on Thursday announced an end to federal protection for gray wolves in Montana, Wyoming and Idaho, concluding that the wolves were reproductively robust enough to survive.<br/><br/>EDIT: When I first saw this article I thought it said &quot;gay&quot; wolves. Gray wolves are just not that interesting. My bad.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Bush moving his Risk pieces to Iran?]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/10791/1/" /><id>10791</id><summary><![CDATA[Bush moving his Risk pieces to Iran?]]></summary><issued>2007-02-14T15:34:42+01:00</issued><modified>2007-02-14T15:34:42+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Says he's certain that Iran is supplying weapons used against U.S. troops, even if he can't prove Iranian leaders are authorizing it. Also says he's &quot;going to do something about it&quot;.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Middle East peace a reality in new computer game]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/18766/1/" /><id>18766</id><summary><![CDATA[Middle East peace a reality in new computer game]]></summary><issued>2007-05-02T11:24:10+01:00</issued><modified>2007-05-02T11:24:10+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Many have tried. All have failed. But with a new computer game, you can make peace in the Middle East.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Iran Attack On Within A Year]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/35173/1/" /><id>35173</id><summary><![CDATA[Iran Attack On Within A Year]]></summary><issued>2007-09-10T09:33:05+01:00</issued><modified>2007-09-10T09:33:05+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Presidential candidate Ron Paul believes that an attack on Iran is highly likely within a year and that the Bush administration is simply waiting for the right opportunity, or event on which to blame Iran, before launching the assault.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[New Emails Obtained Suggest White House Aides Lied about Firings]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/politics/l/13275/1/" /><id>13275</id><summary><![CDATA[New Emails Obtained Suggest White House Aides Lied about Firings]]></summary><issued>2007-03-15T21:53:33+01:00</issued><modified>2007-03-15T21:53:33+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Just breaking, MTB has obtained excerpts from the leaked emails suggesting the WHite House targeted federal attorneys for firing because they were not &quot;Bush loyalists&quot;<br/>Another Bush administration scandal, lies and cover-ups. <br/><br/>This update provides access to the actual email and may be the first place on the Internet to find it.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Obama changes his mind (again) and refuses to do town meetings]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/71050/1/" /><id>71050</id><summary><![CDATA[Obama changes his mind (again) and refuses to do town meetings]]></summary><issued>2008-08-03T12:05:19+01:00</issued><modified>2008-08-03T12:05:19+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[May: &quot;If John McCain wants to meet me anywhere, anytime to have a debate about our respective policies in Iraq, Iran, the Middle East or around the world, that is a conversation I&#8217;m happy to have...&quot;<br/><br/>August: &quot;Obama is reluctant to take chances or give McCain a high-profile stage now that Obama is ahead in the polls.&quot;]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[President Bush regrets his legacy as a man anxious for war]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/politics/l/65092/1/" /><id>65092</id><summary><![CDATA[President Bush regrets his legacy as a man anxious for war]]></summary><issued>2008-06-11T13:37:16+01:00</issued><modified>2008-06-11T13:37:16+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[President Bush regrets the way his gun-slinging rhetoric made people perceive him. He said that his aim now was to leave his successor a legacy of international diplomacy for tackling Iran.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Iran harrasses US ship.]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/46270/1/" /><id>46270</id><summary><![CDATA[Iran harrasses US ship.]]></summary><issued>2008-01-07T12:11:32+01:00</issued><modified>2008-01-07T12:11:32+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[I have this bad feeling that it may be used to start a strike against iran. Heard that the officals in Washington are saying that this is a serious act of aggresion.   MIDDLE EAST ROUND ? FIGHT!!!!!!!!!]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[White House: No major shift on Iraq]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/politics/l/4201/1/" /><id>4201</id><summary><![CDATA[White House: No major shift on Iraq]]></summary><issued>2006-10-23T23:23:03+01:00</issued><modified>2006-10-23T23:23:03+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Under election-year pressure to change course in Iraq, the Bush administration said Monday there are no plans for dramatic shifts in policy or for ultimatums to Baghdad to force progress.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Israel leaks plans for a nuclear strike on Iran]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/8661/1/" /><id>8661</id><summary><![CDATA[Israel leaks plans for a nuclear strike on Iran]]></summary><issued>2007-01-07T11:27:49+01:00</issued><modified>2007-01-07T11:27:49+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[<a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.salon.com/wire/ap/archive.html?wire=D8MGF4I80.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Or do they?</a>]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Iran: Captured UK soldier calls for troops out of Iraq]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/14556/1/" /><id>14556</id><summary><![CDATA[Iran: Captured UK soldier calls for troops out of Iraq]]></summary><issued>2007-03-29T22:14:49+01:00</issued><modified>2007-03-29T22:14:49+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[TEHRAN, Iran (CNN) -- Iran released Thursday what it says is a second letter from captured British sailor Faye Turney in which she criticizes British policy in Iraq.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Bush Lifts Executive ban of Offshore Drilling]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/politics/l/68722/1/" /><id>68722</id><summary><![CDATA[Bush Lifts Executive ban of Offshore Drilling]]></summary><issued>2008-07-14T15:53:11+01:00</issued><modified>2008-07-14T15:53:11+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[President Bush lifted an executive order banning offshore oil drilling on Monday and urged Congress to follow suit.  &quot;This means that the only thing standing between the American people and these vast oil reserves is action from the U.S. Congress,&quot; Bush said.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Congress restricts Bush on Iraq spending]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/politics/l/1623/1/" /><id>1623</id><summary><![CDATA[Congress restricts Bush on Iraq spending]]></summary><issued>2006-09-29T13:41:29+01:00</issued><modified>2006-09-29T13:41:29+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[The U.S. Congressmoved to block the Bush administration from building permanent U.S. military bases in Iraq or controlling the country's oil sector.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Bush setting America up for war with Iran ]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/35866/1/" /><id>35866</id><summary><![CDATA[Bush setting America up for war with Iran ]]></summary><issued>2007-09-16T21:24:50+01:00</issued><modified>2007-09-16T21:24:50+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Pentagon and CIA officers say they believe that the White House has begun a carefully calibrated programme of escalation that could lead to a military showdown with Iran.]]></content></entry></feed>