"Christians safer under Saddam": Vatican Official

clipped from www.cwnews.com Iraqi Christians safer under Saddam, Vatican official says American policy has produced chaos in Iraq, and Christians are in greater danger than they were under Saddam Hussein, according to the Vatican's former "foreign minister." Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, who served from 1990 to 2003 as the Vatican's Secretary for Relations with States-- the top foreign-policy official for the Holy See-- told 30 Giorni magazine that he had been right to speak out against American war plans in 2003. Today, he said, "the facts speak for themselves. The net result of the conflict in Iraq, the French-born prelate said, has been a breakdown in public order, leading to a civil war between Muslim factions with Christians caught in the middle. The cardinal's comments appear in the August issue of the Italian monthly. In June of this year he was appointed to become secretary of the Pontifical Council for Inter-Religious Dialogue; he will formally assume this new post in September.

George W. Bush = America's Supreme failure.

Iran: The threat of a nuclear war

Interesting analysis on the possible upcoming war on Iran. Is this guy right or is he wrong ? I'd like your thoughts on this. Please comment only if you think it useful.

clipped from www.voltairenet.org Iran: The threat of a nuclear war by Léonid Ivashov* Strongly convinced that a US nuclear strike on Iran is imminent, General Ivashov analysis the probable outcomes of a United-States-Iran war. He confirms, for example, that such a conflict will lead to a military one between Tel Aviv and Tehran which will immediately evolve into a religious one, between Islam and Judaism. He raises his doubts about the real reasons behind the US operation, and points out to the reader that Bush administartion and its allies have already started their psychological readying for the likelihood of utilizing tactical nuclear weapons against Iran. Yet, is it possible to avert the bombing ? One of the questions, among others, to which General Ivashov brings an answer in this article.