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><channel><title>latest updates from around the globe &#187; International News</title> <atom:link href="http://05news.com/category/international-news/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://05news.com</link> <description>Latest News on 05news</description> <lastBuildDate>Sat, 03 Dec 2011 15:53:23 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1</generator> <item><title>BBC employees&#8217; salaries and gender divide</title><link>http://05news.com/bbc-employees-salaries-and-gender-divide-713565/</link> <comments>http://05news.com/bbc-employees-salaries-and-gender-divide-713565/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 03 Jul 2011 14:59:51 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Dirk Andrew</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[International News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Latest News]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.05news.com/?p=13565</guid> <description><![CDATA[Yet another sexism blow for BBC emerged as an enormous gender pay gap came to the surface. According to Daily mail the figures show that the average man’s pay working at BBC is £41,916 while it is only £36,827 for female employee. The male to female ratio for earning over £200,000 is 5 ratio 1. [...]]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yet another sexism blow for BBC emerged as an enormous gender pay gap came to the surface.</p><p>According to <a
title="DailyMail" href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2010768/BBC-pay-31-men-200k-just-women.html" rel="nofollow">Daily mail</a> the figures show that the average man’s pay working at BBC is £41,916 while it is only £36,827 for female employee.</p><p>The male to female ratio for earning over £200,000 is 5 ratio 1.</p><p>Moreover, there are twice as many men than women who earn more than £100,000.</p><p>The news emerged when BBC Trust chairman Lord Patten said that he believed that BBC managers’ ‘toxic’ high salaries are not very popular among the viewers as well as license fee payers hence there is a need for pay cuts.</p><p>Lord Patten said: &#8216;the biggest issue for the public is senior executive pay because what&#8217;s happened does seem to fly in the face of public service ethos.’</p><p>&#8216;There are four aspects which we will be making announcements about in the next few days.’ He added.</p><p>Moreover, he said: &#8216;First of all there&#8217;s the pay level at the very top; secondly there&#8217;s the number of people who get more than £150,000; thirdly there&#8217;s the number of people who are deemed to be senior managers; and fourthly there&#8217;s the whole issue of fairness across the board, with senior managers getting some deals which don&#8217;t apply to others.’</p><p>&#8216;We can deal with all that and if we do so, we will deal with one of the most toxic reasons for the public&#8217;s lack of sympathy with the BBC as an institution.&#8217;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Anna Bird, acting chief executive if the Fawcett Society which campaigns for gender equality, said: &#8216;The persistent gap in pay between men and women is one of the starkest examples of inequality in the UK today.’</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Such sexist scandals are typical of BBC as earlier as well such cases have been seen.</p><p>BBC was forced to pay £150,000 to 53-year-old Country file presenter Miriam O&#8217;Reillt after a tribunal found that BBC dumped her for being too old.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Moreover, BBC has also fired many of its female presenters for which it is deeply criticized, including 68 year old popular Strictly Come Dancing judge Arlene Phillips and 61 years old veteran newsreader <a
href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/1547538/BBC-accused-of-ageism-and-sexism-after-Stuart-is-axed.html" rel="nofollow">Moria Stewart</a>.</p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://05news.com/bbc-employees-salaries-and-gender-divide-713565/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Bill Warren &#8211; Tracking the body dumpers</title><link>http://05news.com/bill-warren-tracking-the-body-dumpers-713216/</link> <comments>http://05news.com/bill-warren-tracking-the-body-dumpers-713216/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 19 Jun 2011 16:05:55 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Natali Hayes</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[International News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Obama]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Osama Bin Laden]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.05news.com/?p=13216</guid> <description><![CDATA[Bill Warren, the undersea explorer adamant on finding Bin Laden’s body in the sea, now requires help for his search. And to help him in the investigation he has approached the US navy sailors who are reported of dumping Bin Laden’s body. Although it is not really clear that something important has been achieved however, [...]]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img
src="http://www.05news.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Osama-Bin-Laden1.jpg" alt="Osama Bin Laden" title="Osama Bin Laden" width="300" height="300" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-13218" /></p><p>Bill Warren, the undersea explorer adamant on finding Bin Laden’s body in the sea, now requires help for his search. And to help him in the investigation he has approached the US navy sailors who are reported of dumping Bin Laden’s body.</p><p><span
id="more-13216"></span></p><p>Although it is not really clear that something important has been achieved however, Warren says that he has already met with some people who know sailors from the ship USS Carl Vinson that dumped Osama at sea last month.</p><p>Warren believers that these sailors will really help him in finding the exact location of bin Laden’s body, as he says that at least one of them <em>&#8220;must have taken the GPS position of where they body of the creep was dumped.&#8221;</em></p><p>When Warren first announced the search for Bin Laden’s body, he explained the purpose of the trip saying that the purpose <em>&#8220;is to try to find out if [Osama] is really dead and to provide to the world the proof that he is &#8230; We do this because we are patriotic Americans and feel that President Obama failed to provide the proof.&#8221;</em></p><p>He also said <em>&#8220;I do not trust my government or Obama.&#8221;</em></p><p>According to Warren, the whole operation will cost thousands of dollars where he will use many boats and the latest technology to find Bin Laden’s body. He will also be taking along a film crew which will document the all of the search.</p><p></p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://05news.com/bill-warren-tracking-the-body-dumpers-713216/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>US pressurizes Syria to stop the crackdown</title><link>http://05news.com/us-pressurizes-syria-to-stop-the-crackdown-713020/</link> <comments>http://05news.com/us-pressurizes-syria-to-stop-the-crackdown-713020/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2011 13:40:11 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Felix Haynes</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[International News]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.05news.com/?p=13020</guid> <description><![CDATA[While condemning the crackdown on anti government protests, United States has renewed calls on Syria to stop such crack down operations across the country. After taking control over the town of Jisr al-Shughour, forces of Damascus are now pursuing rebels across the countryside. According to witnesses the troops are destroying all the crops and houses [...]]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>While condemning the crackdown on anti government protests, United States has renewed calls on Syria to stop such crack down operations across the country.</p><p><span
id="more-13020"></span></p><p>After taking control over the town of Jisr al-Shughour, forces of Damascus are now pursuing rebels across the countryside.</p><p>According to witnesses the troops are destroying all the crops and houses in the vicinity thereby following a <em>&#8220;scorched earth&#8221;</em> strategy.</p><p>However the government only insists that it is targeting the armed groups which are messing with the security forces.</p><p>White House spokesman Jay Carney said to the reporters: <em>&#8220;President [Bashar al-] Assad needs to engage in political dialogue. A transition needs to take place. If President Assad does not lead that transition, then he should step aside.&#8221;</em> as he Condemned the crackdown.</p><p>Moreover the State Department spokesman Mark Toner said: <em>&#8220;What happened there over the weekend and what continues to occur is absolutely revolting, and we condemn these barbaric acts in the strongest possible terms,&#8221; </em></p><p>According to the Syrian refugees who have migrated to turkey, the troops fought with a group On Sunday, who was trying to defend the civilians, in the town of Jisr al-Shughour.</p><p>One of the Syrian refugees said:<em>&#8220;There is now a split within the army and you have a group who are trying to protect the civilians.&#8221; </em></p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://05news.com/us-pressurizes-syria-to-stop-the-crackdown-713020/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Israel refuses to accept the arrest of suspected &#8216;Mossad spy&#8217;</title><link>http://05news.com/israel-refuses-to-accept-the-arrest-of-suspected-mossad-spy-712991/</link> <comments>http://05news.com/israel-refuses-to-accept-the-arrest-of-suspected-mossad-spy-712991/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 13 Jun 2011 14:36:14 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Felix Haynes</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[International News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Israel]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Mossad spy]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.05news.com/?p=12991</guid> <description><![CDATA[Calling the claims false and baseless, Israel has denied the Egyptian claim that a Mossad spy has been caught in Cairo. According to the official Mena news agency, a man suspected of &#8220;spying on Egypt with the aim of harming its economic and political interests&#8221; was detained by the Egypt&#8217;s State prosecutor on Sunday. According [...]]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img
src="http://www.05news.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Mossad-spy.jpg" alt="Mossad spy" title="Mossad spy" width="304" height="171" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-12992" /></p><p>Calling the claims false and baseless, Israel has denied the Egyptian claim that a Mossad spy has been caught in Cairo.</p><p><span
id="more-12991"></span></p><p>According to the official Mena news agency, a man suspected of <em>&#8220;spying on Egypt with the aim of harming its economic and political interests&#8221; </em>was detained by the Egypt&#8217;s State prosecutor on Sunday.</p><p>According to Mena, the suspected man posed himself as a foreign correspondent who was covering the anti government protests in Cairo&#8217;s Tahrir Square.</p><p>Mena further reported that the man was trying to instigate the people against the army by sowing sectarian strife.</p><p>After three weeks of uprising against the government, President Hosni Mubarak stepped down on 11 February, ending his 30 year rule.</p><p>The statement issued by Egypt&#8217;s public prosecutor said that the suspect&#8217;s objective was to <em>&#8220;spread chaos&#8221; </em>and cause a<em> &#8220;security breakdown&#8221; </em>in the days after Mr. Mubarak&#8217;s had stepped down.</p><p>However the Israeli officials have denied that the arrested man was a Mossad spy working in Egypt thereby refusing to accept all allegations.</p><p>Foreign ministry spokesman Yigal Palmor said on Monday <em>“There is no such thing; no Israeli agent has been arrested in Egypt.”</em></p><p>Moreover he said <em>&#8220;These reports are false. So far we did not receive any information from the Egyptian authorities on an Israeli citizen who has been arrested.&#8221;</em></p><p></p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://05news.com/israel-refuses-to-accept-the-arrest-of-suspected-mossad-spy-712991/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Indonesia supports Christine Lagarde as the head of IMF</title><link>http://05news.com/indonesia-supports-christine-lagarde-as-the-head-of-imf-712965/</link> <comments>http://05news.com/indonesia-supports-christine-lagarde-as-the-head-of-imf-712965/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 12 Jun 2011 13:51:34 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Jason</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[International News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Christine Lagarde]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.05news.com/?p=12965</guid> <description><![CDATA[As announced at World Economic Forum event in Jakarta, France’s candidate for Head of IMF, Christine Lagarde now has the backing of the G20 member Indonesia, which is one of the major emerging markets in the world. The post is traditionally held by Europeans hence Southeast Asian countries as well as other major market nations [...]]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As announced at World Economic Forum event in Jakarta, France’s candidate for Head of IMF, Christine Lagarde now has the backing of the G20 member Indonesia, which is one of the major emerging markets in the world.</p><p>The post is traditionally held by Europeans hence Southeast Asian countries as well as other major market nations thought about the idea of putting forward one of their own candidates for the post however Indonesia has not been particularly interested in doing so.<span
id="more-12965"></span></p><p>Until now only two other candidates have emerged for the post who will compete with Lagarde. First the Bank of Israel Governor and former IMF deputy chief Stanley Fischer and second Mexico&#8217;s central bank chief Agustin Carstens.</p><p>Indonesian Finance Minister Agus Martowardojo openly supported Lagarde at the World Economic Forum event in Jakarta. He said <em>&#8220;Personally I support France.&#8221;</em></p><p>Having met Lagarde during her visit to Indonesia in February, Martowardojo said <em>&#8220;She is a very professional person. She is smart in interacting between institutions, and has high integrity and skills.&#8221;</em></p><p>On the other hand Ian Bremmer, president of political risk consultancy Eurasia Group, said <em>“There is not the capacity to build consensus among the emerging market nations behind one candidate, irrespective of who that person is, and besides that the Europeans feel very strongly.&#8221;</p><p>&#8220;I think it&#8217;s virtually impossible to unseat Lagarde at this point.&#8221;</em> He added.<br
/></p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://05news.com/indonesia-supports-christine-lagarde-as-the-head-of-imf-712965/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>E. coli outbreak: bean sprouts responsible</title><link>http://05news.com/e-coli-outbreak-bean-sprouts-responsible-712888/</link> <comments>http://05news.com/e-coli-outbreak-bean-sprouts-responsible-712888/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2011 14:16:57 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Natali Hayes</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[International News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[E.coli]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.05news.com/?p=12888</guid> <description><![CDATA[According to the recent data released in Germany, the bean sprouts produced locally are actually responsible for the out break of E coli. Head of Germany&#8217;s centre for disease control, Reinhard Burger, said that “It’s the bean sprouts.&#8221; Initially it was believed that it is the Spanish cucumbers that have caused the outbreak of E. [...]]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>According to the recent data released in Germany, the bean sprouts produced locally are actually responsible for the out break of E coli.</p><p>Head of Germany&#8217;s centre for disease control, Reinhard Burger, said that <em>“It’s the bean sprouts.&#8221;</em><span
id="more-12888"></span></p><p>Initially it was believed that it is the Spanish cucumbers that have caused the outbreak of E. coli, however it was not so and Spain was particularly outraged at this blame and demanded 100% compensation from Germany because it had led to the Spanish fruit and vegetable exporters losing an estimated 200m Euros a week in sales.</p><p>Later The most likely source of the deadly E.coli breakout was identified as this German farm located in Uelzen, south of Hamburg and it produces bean sprouts.</p><p>The head of the Robert Koch Institute Mr. burger said that although the tests from the farm were negative but epidemiological investigation of the pattern of the outbreak was able to confirm that the sprouts were the source of outbreak of E.coli.</p><p>Russia has also now decided to lift its ban from imports of European Union fresh vegetables, because of the guarantees they have received.</p><p>The institute also said that they were now removing the warning against cucumbers, lettuce and tomatoes however the warning for eating sprouts is being kept.</p><p>Mr. Burger said <em>&#8220;People who ate sprouts were nine times more likely to have bloody diarrhea than those who did not,&#8221;</em></p><p>He also said:<em>&#8220;There will be new cases coming up,&#8221;</em> he said.</p><p><em>&#8220;Thousands of tests carried out on tomatoes, cucumbers and lettuce have proved negative,&#8221;</em> he added.<br
/></p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://05news.com/e-coli-outbreak-bean-sprouts-responsible-712888/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Germany: worst of E.coli is over</title><link>http://05news.com/germany-worst-of-e-coli-is-over-712845/</link> <comments>http://05news.com/germany-worst-of-e-coli-is-over-712845/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 08 Jun 2011 11:19:32 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Felix Haynes</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[International News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Daniel Bahr]]></category> <category><![CDATA[E.coli]]></category> <category><![CDATA[John Dalli]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.05news.com/?p=12845</guid> <description><![CDATA[Germany&#8217;s health minister, Daniel Bahr, said that the worst of the E.coli out break is over as infections from it are dropping. Mr. Bahr said: &#8220;There will be new cases and unfortunately we have to expect more deaths but the number of new infections is dropping significantly.” &#8220;I cannot sound the all clear, but after [...]]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Germany&#8217;s health minister, Daniel Bahr, said that the worst of the E.coli out break is over as infections from it are dropping.</p><p>Mr. Bahr said: <em>&#8220;There will be new cases and unfortunately we have to expect more deaths but the number of new infections is dropping significantly.”</em></p><p><span
id="more-12845"></span></p><p><em>&#8220;I cannot sound the all clear, but after analyzing the latest data we have reasonable cause for hope. The worst of the illness is behind us.&#8221;</em> He added.</p><p>The deadly E.coli infection has affected 2400 people and left 24 dead till now.</p><p>Previously it was believed that it is the Spanish cucumbers that have caused the outbreak of E. coli, however later German health officers admitted that they had no idea that from where did this particular strain came.</p><p>Where as Spain is particularly outraged at this blame and demands 100% compensation from Germany because it has lead to the Spanish fruit and vegetable exporters losing an estimated 200m Euros a week in sales.</p><p>The most likely source of the deadly E.coli breakout was identified as this farm in northern Germany which up ill now has caused 22 deaths. The farm is located in Uelzen, south of Hamburg and it produces bean sprouts. However, up till now 23 out of the total 40 samples taken from the farm tested negative.</p><p>However the EU health commissioner John Dalli said: &#8220;It&#8217;s crucial that national authorities don&#8217;t rush to give information on the source of infection when it&#8217;s not justified by the science.</p><p><em>&#8220;That creates fears and problems for our food producers. We must be careful not to make premature conclusions.&#8221;</em> He added</p><p></p><p><img
src="http://www.05news.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/E-coli-Germany.jpeg" alt="E coli Germany" title="E coli Germany" width="512" height="353" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-12846" /></p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://05news.com/germany-worst-of-e-coli-is-over-712845/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Anthony Weiner admits sending underpants photo</title><link>http://05news.com/anthony-weiner-admits-sending-underpants-photo-712839/</link> <comments>http://05news.com/anthony-weiner-admits-sending-underpants-photo-712839/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2011 15:24:35 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Natali Hayes</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[International News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Anthony Weiner]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.05news.com/?p=12839</guid> <description><![CDATA[New York congressman Anthony Weiner refuses to resign while admitting that he sent the close up picture of his crotch to a woman on twitter. Moreover Mr. Weiner also admitted that he had &#8220;inappropriate&#8221; online communications with other women as well. Initially when a picture of a man’s crotch in grey underpants was sent from [...]]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>New York congressman Anthony Weiner refuses to resign while admitting that he sent the close up picture of his crotch to a woman on twitter.</p><p>Moreover Mr. Weiner also admitted that he had &#8220;inappropriate&#8221; online communications with other women as well.<span
id="more-12839"></span></p><p>Initially when a picture of a man’s crotch in grey underpants was sent from Mr. Weiner’s twitter account last week, he refused to accept that he sent it. Instead he said that his twitter account had been hacked.</p><p>However now he has admitted that his account had not been hacked and said that he had “panicked&#8221;.</p><p>In a news conference, with tears in his eyes, Mr. Weiner said that he was <em>&#8220;deeply ashamed of my terrible judgment&#8221;.</em></p><p>He said: <em>&#8220;I&#8217;m deeply regretting what I have done and I&#8217;m not resigning,&#8221;</em> as he apologized for any pain caused to his family, constituents, supporters and staff.</p><p>Mr. Weiner said that he wanted to send a picture of him in his under pants as a direct message on twitter (which can only be viewed by the addressee) however, he instead posted it on twitter.</p><p><em>&#8220;Once I realized that I had posted to Twitter I panicked, I took it down and said that I had been hacked,&#8221;</em> Mr. Weiner said.</p><p><em>&#8220;I have exchanged messages and photos of an explicit nature with about six women over the last three years.&#8221;</em> He admitted.</p><p>However he also said that he never met any women or ever had sex outside his marriage.<br
/></p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://05news.com/anthony-weiner-admits-sending-underpants-photo-712839/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>John Edwards: allegations of campaign funding violations</title><link>http://05news.com/john-edwards-allegations-of-campaign-funding-violations-712744/</link> <comments>http://05news.com/john-edwards-allegations-of-campaign-funding-violations-712744/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 03 Jun 2011 16:47:01 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Natali Hayes</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[International News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[John Edwards]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.05news.com/?p=12744</guid> <description><![CDATA[John Edwards, the former US presidential hopeful, has now formally been charged over campaign funding violations in order to cover up an affair which he had while he was running for the president. The allegations stated that john Edwards had used the cash received from two donors for his campaign to shelter Rielle Hunter, a [...]]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>John Edwards, the former US presidential hopeful, has now formally been charged over campaign funding violations in order to cover up an affair which he had while he was running for the president.</p><p><span
id="more-12744"></span></p><p>The allegations stated that john Edwards had used the cash received from two donors for his campaign to shelter Rielle Hunter, a campaign worker, with whom he had an affair and is also the father to her child.</p><p>John Edwards is a former senator from North Carolina who ran for the democratic presidential nominations in the year 2008.</p><p>After admitting about his affair, Mr. Edwards, 57, split from his wife Elizabeth Edwards in January 2010 who later died at the age of 61 while suffering from breast cancer.</p><p>The indictment, which was issued by a grand jury in the state of North Carolina, said that the payments were a way to protect John Edwards&#8217; ambitions to be the US president.</p><p>The indictment stated <em>&#8220;A centerpiece of Edwards&#8217; candidacy was his public image as a devoted family man.&#8221; </em></p><p>Moreover it said that <em>&#8220;Edwards knew that public revelation of the affair and the pregnancy would destroy his candidacy by, among other things, undermining Edwards&#8217; presentation of himself as a family man and by forcing his campaign to divert personnel and resources away from other campaign activities to respond to criticism and media scrutiny regarding the affair and pregnancy.&#8221; </em></p><p></p><div
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class="wp-caption-text">John Edwards Picture Via bbc.co.uk</p></div> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://05news.com/john-edwards-allegations-of-campaign-funding-violations-712744/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Israel should not to attack Iran: Former Mossad chief</title><link>http://05news.com/israel-should-not-to-attack-iran-former-mossad-chief-712705/</link> <comments>http://05news.com/israel-should-not-to-attack-iran-former-mossad-chief-712705/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2011 14:07:36 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Gelsey Walker</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[International News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Meir Dagan]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.05news.com/?p=12705</guid> <description><![CDATA[Former Mossad chief, Meir Dagan, said that Israel should not attack Iran as it lacks the ability to stop Iran’s nuclear program and any such attack would lead to a regional war and would only result in an &#8220;impossible&#8221; challenge for Israel. In a Tel Aviv leadership conference Wednesday on Wednesday, the chief said that [...]]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Former Mossad chief, Meir Dagan, said that Israel should not attack Iran as it lacks the ability to stop Iran’s nuclear program and any such attack would lead to a regional war and would only result in an <em>&#8220;impossible&#8221;</em> challenge for Israel.</p><p><span
id="more-12705"></span></p><p>In a Tel Aviv leadership conference Wednesday on Wednesday, the chief said that <em>&#8220;We do not have the ability to stop Iran&#8217;s nuclear program. In the best case scenario we can push it off a bit,&#8221;</em></p><p>Moreover he said that, <em>&#8220;It is important to know what the outcome of an attack on Iran would be, what would happen on the day after and what situation Israel would find itself in on the international stage,&#8221; </em></p><p>He also stated that, <em>&#8220;An attack on Iran would mean regional war, and in that case you would have given (Iran) the best possible reason to continue the nuclear program because the Iranians would then claim, &#8216;We have been attacked by a foreign country that is reported to have a military nuclear capability. Now we have no choice but to defend &#8230; against a country with strategic capabilities &#8212; a compelling and principled argument for them to move to a large nuclear program.&#8221; </em></p><p>He also said that an attack on Iran would mean that Israel would face a regional war and would also have to attack Hezbollah targets in Syria which would be impossible to face.</p><p><em>&#8220;It is important to know that that war would not just be against Iran. It would be a regional war that would include Syria &#8212; if we needed to attack Hezbollah targets in Syrian territory. The regional challenge that Israel would face would be impossible.&#8221;</em> He said.</p><p></p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://05news.com/israel-should-not-to-attack-iran-former-mossad-chief-712705/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
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