News and Analysis (2/01/07)

Caution this time around…

• U.S. Delays Report on Iranian Role in Iraq (LA Times)

Bush admits “Well, if it wasn’t right in Iraq, how do you know it’s right in Iran.”

• Senators Warn Against War With Iran (AP/Chicago Tribune)

Kirkurk: groups preparing for war and a referendum

• Northern Iraq Seen as Next Front in War (LA Times)

Pakistan: another front in the sectarian violence seen in Iraq?

• Shiite-Sunni conflict rises in Pakistan (Christian Science Monitor)

A Mistake? How can well over 19,000 cluster bombs be dropped “apparently … without the knowledge even of the chief-of-staff”?

• Peres: Cluster Bombs a Mistake (Al Jazeera)

Sarah