http://gulf.web2announcer.com/ Web 2.0 announcer top stories for gulf en Fri, 01 Jun 2007 19:08:04 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2020777 unknown@Netscape.com The Pentagon has a disturbing pattern of withholding information on the impact of chemical/biological weapons and other toxins on US service members. As a result, veterans are often told that their debilitating symptoms are "in their head" and can go decades without receiving medical help. That's not supporting our troops. Fri, 01 Jun 2007 19:08:04 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2020777toxinsgulfwarsyndromevaccinessoldiersBraindamageNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1776305 unknown@Netscape.com The U.S. Navy said Sunday that it was maintaining a stepped-up military presence in the Persian Gulf by keeping two aircraft carriers in the area amid tensions with Iran . Mon, 07 May 2007 07:01:37 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1776305U.S.navyReplacespersiangulfCarriersNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1427433 unknown@Netscape.com As many as 6 million prepared meals stockpiled near potential victims of the 2006 hurricane season spoiled in the Gulf Coast heat last summer when the Federal Emergency Management Agency ran short of warehouse and refrigeration space, according to agency officials. Fri, 13 Apr 2007 13:59:42 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1427433femagulfcoastspoiledfoodGovermentwasteNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1354930 unknown@Netscape.com Much attention has been given to the Bush Admin's preparations for possible war against Iran as well as its drive to impose sanctions. Meanwhile, a less noticed policy has been unfolding, one that may in time prove to have grave consequences. There is a covert war underway in Iran, still in its infancy, but with disturbing signs of impending escala Sun, 08 Apr 2007 20:06:02 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1354930iranwarpersiangulfcovertNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1350103 unknown@Netscape.com British sailors and marines who were held hostage in Iran for 13 days told a press conference in Devon, England, on Friday that they had been arrested in what were undoubtedly Iraqi waters. Sat, 07 Apr 2007 20:32:03 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1350103iranbritainpersiangulfNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1204773 unknown@Netscape.com U.S. steps up activity at the Iranian border - while another carrier strike group heads to the Persian Gulf. Thu, 29 Mar 2007 17:31:35 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1204773iranpersiangulfmiddleeastwarNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1198021 unknown@Netscape.com The Bush administration's message to its enemies has been very clear: if you possess WMD you're safe, and if you don't, you're fair game. Iraq had no nuclear weapons and was invaded, Iran doesn't as well and risks attack, yet that other "Axis of Evil" country, North Korea, reportedly does have nuclear weapons and is left alone. Wed, 28 Mar 2007 20:45:33 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1198021iranwarforeignpolicybushpersiangulfNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1179049 unknown@Netscape.com The US navy said on Monday it is staging major war games in the Gulf involving two nuclear-powered aircraft carriers and their strike groups, at a time of high tensions with Iran. Tue, 27 Mar 2007 19:15:34 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1179049wargamesiranpersiangulfNews http://web2announcer.com/go/540440 unknown@Netscape.com As the US-Iran standoff escalates toward its inevitable denouement, analysts are busily gaming scenarios that may lead to the commencement of hostilities. Only the naive take solace in the illusion of peace, for it will take nothing less than a miracle of biblical proportions for either peace or de-escalation to prevail. Sun, 11 Feb 2007 06:08:59 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/540440iranwariraqpersiangulfpopulistNews http://web2announcer.com/go/498362 unknown@Netscape.com Unfortunately, Iran's geo-strategic location in Eurasia places that nation at odds with any superpower that may wish to exert undue influence in the region, for whatever reasons, as in the case of the United States. And the timing, after Bush's failure in Iraq, couldn't be any more propitious for placing Iran as a scapegoat for this president. Thu, 08 Feb 2007 03:36:19 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/498362iraniraqwarpersiangulfpopulistNews http://web2announcer.com/go/399574 unknown@Netscape.com The troop surge is about provoking and preparing war with Iran and has nothing to do with stabilizing Iraq. The plan is to escalate tension further so sectarian violence divides the Middle East along ethnic lines. It has always been divide and rule and time is running out... Wed, 31 Jan 2007 23:52:14 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/399574iranwarpopulistsurgebushpersiangulfNews http://web2announcer.com/go/326134 unknown@Netscape.com An attack on Iran, which poses no immediate or imminent threat to the United States, would be the most heinous of international war crimes--a "crime against peace" violating the UN Charter and the Nuremburg Charter. It would also be a strategic disaster that would dwarf even the president's collassal strategic blunder in invading Iraq. Sat, 27 Jan 2007 06:10:44 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/326134iranpersiangulfwarpopulistNews http://web2announcer.com/go/7424 unknown@Netscape.com A hurricane watch was issued Sunday for the Florida Keys and Gov. Jeb Bush ordered a state of emergency in anticipation of Tropical Storm Ernesto. Mon, 28 Aug 2006 05:12:59 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/7424Newshurricaneernestotropical stormflorida keysgulf http://web2announcer.com/go/6917 unknown@Netscape.com DEPRESSION ALMOST A TROPICAL STORM... AT 500 AM AST...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION FIVE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 13.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 65.7 WEST OR ABOUT 345 MILES...560 KM... SOUTH OF SAN JUAN PUERTO RICO. Fri, 25 Aug 2006 12:10:18 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/6917Newsdepression 5tropical stormhurricanegulf