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JP – Yadlin: Iran has crossed nuclear technological threshold
Intel chief says Teheran’s attainment of nuclear military capability now a matter of incorporating goal of producing atomic bomb into its strategy.

• Reuters Deutschland – ‎Iran: Würden US-Einladung zu Afghanistan-Treffen prüfen
  Teheran (Reuters) – Der Iran hat sich offen für eine Einladung der USA zu einer Afghanistan-Konferenz gezeigt. Der Iran sei bereit, Afghanistan jede Hilfe …
  
  
• taz – Signale an Iran und „moderate“ Taliban
  Dies bezieht sich sowohl auf die Politik in Afghanistan und gegenüber Iran als auch auf eine neue Phase der Kooperation Washingtons mit Russland bei der …

1. Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty– Obama Shouldn’t Sacrifice Allies To Please Russia – by Michael Rubin
   On March 2, „The New York Times“ reported that U.S. President Barack Obama had written to Russian President Dmitry Medvedev suggesting that reconsideration in Moscow of the extent of its support for Iran’s nuclear program might result in a U.S. suspension of plans to establish a missile-defense system in Poland and a radar station in the Czech Republic. The Russian leadership rebuffed Obama’s outstretched hand. Moscow, Medvedev said, would welcome discussions about missile defense, but would not link such talks to its policy toward Tehran.Too often, new U.S. administrations assume that the reason for the failure of engagement lies more with their predecessors than with their adversaries. Obama is no different, but rushing into diplomatic initiatives, however well intentioned, can be costly.The impact on the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) of Obama’s proposed quid pro quo with Russia could be profound. Founded in 1949 as a collective-defense pact against the Soviet Union, NATO spanned continents and the Atlantic Ocean.
   
   
2. WELT ONLINE – Streit um Raketenschild Medwedjew lehnt „Tauschgeschäft“ mit Obama ab
   Nun ist der Westen dran- Der Iran hat vollkommen recht. Und wenn er weiter von Israel bedroht wird, auch das Recht auf Atomwaffen gegen diesen Agressor. …

WALL STREET JOURNAL– Obama’s Iran Crisis
It’s arriving faster than he thinks.As a Presidential candidate, Barack Obama called a nuclear Iran „a grave threat“ and said „the world must prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon.“ But he also called for direct, high-level talks in the hopes that the mullahs could be persuaded to abandon their nuclear dreams.
 We’ve never held out much hope for those talks, which would inevitably be complicated and protracted. Mr. Obama is already trying to lure Russian help on Iran by offering to trade away hard-earned missile defense sites in Eastern Europe. Russia’s President claims to be unimpressed. And now it turns out that the rate at which Iran’s nuclear programs are advancing may render even negotiations moot.

1. worldtribune.com – Report: Obama intel pick was part of ‚Iran lobby‘
   WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama’s appointment as head of a U.S. intelligence council has been identified by the Center for Security Policy as a member of the ‚Iran lobby‘.   
   Also, government sources said Charles Freeman, a former U.S. ambassador to Saudi Arabia and appointed to head the National Intelligence Council, has expressed anti-Semitic views in government meetings. At one meeting, the sources said, Freeman turned to Jewish staffers of Congress and questioned their loyalty to the United States.
   A report by the Center for Security Policy identified Freeman as a member of the so-called Iran lobby, which has been pressing the United States to lift sanctions from and reconcile with the regime in Teheran. In a Feb. 25 report authored by Clare Lopez, the center cited Freeman’s signature on a petition in 2006 for the Bush administration to improve relations with Iran without preconditions.