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By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–The New York Times has continued its intensive coverage of Afghanistan with a lengthy and detailed report on how the president came to his decisions about increasing the commitment of troops, along with a conception of withdrawal. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/06/world/asia/06reconstruct.html?_r=1&scp=4&sq=Afghanistan&st=cse In the nature of things, one cannot have total confidence in this report of […]

TEHRAN (WJC)–The head of Iran’s nuclear program, Ali Akbar Salehi, has said that his country needed 20 new industrial-scale uranium enrichment facilities. The announcement came only days after the regime in Tehran approved a plan to build ten new enrichment plants. The IRNA news agency quoted Salehi as saying that Iran needed the sites to

NEW YORK (Press Release)—The Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations urged the U.S. House of Representatives to pass the Iran Refined Petroleum Sanctions Act (H.R. 2194) before the December break. “The timing for this vote is especially significant. After serious attempts by the United States and other world powers to engage Iran and

The following is the text of a joint Rewards for Justice – Federal Bureau of Investigation statement on a reward offer for information about the hijackers of Pan Am Flight 73: WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–The U.S. Department of State has authorized a reward of up to $5 million each for information leading to the arrest

WASHINGTON, D.C. (WJC)–The White House has said that Iran had to give up its nuclear ambitions in the next month or face new sanctions. “Time is running out,” Spokesman Robert Gibbs said at a news conference. “That deadline is the end of the year.” The Iranian regime maintains it is enriching uranium to generate electricity,