By Aluf Benn, Haaretz Correspondent   Iran may postpone resumption of uranium reprocessing, Gholamreza Aghazadeh, the head of Iran's Atomic Organization, told Tehran state-run television Thursday. Israeli experts monitoring Iran's “nuclear diplomacy” assume the Iranians are playing a game of nerves. Tehran continually explores the limits of patience in Europe and Washington, but is careful not to cross any red lines which would propel the Iranian nuclear issue into the UN Security Council. Read More  

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By The Associated Press   TEHRAN – More than 200 young men and women presented themselves Thursday as volunteers to carry out suicide bomb attacks against Israelis and Americans in Iraq. The meeting was organized at Behesht-e-Zahra cemetery, south of Tehran, by the Headquarters for Commemorating Martyrs of the Global Islamic Movement, a shadowy group that has sought volunteers for attacks in Iraq and Israel since last year. Read More  

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By The Associated Press   COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado – The government has offered to donate 35 acres beside the Sea of Galilee for an evangelical Christian center to boost Christian tourism, a newspaper reported Wednesday. The government told a group of evangelical leaders, including the Rev. Ted Haggard of New Life Church in Colorado Springs, it would be willing to improve a nearby airport and provide power, water and phone lines for the center, The Gazette of Colorado Springs reported in Wednesday editions. Read More  

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WASHINGTON [MENL] — The Defense Department has been quietly suspending joint military projects with Israel. U.S. government sources said several key projects with Israel have been suspended or significantly slowed down in 2005. They said the slowdown has been gradual and could soon affect major projects, such as the Arrow-2 missile defense program. “It's all about China,” a government source said. “The Pentagon, with full support of the administration, does not want to deal with Israeli products or technology that could be sent to China.” Read More

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The U.S. House Of Representatives overwhelmingly approved a spending package on Thursday, May 5, that would, in part, establish a nationally issued, federally approved ID card. The card will be issued within 3 years of the legislations approval. Starting three years from now, if you live or work in the United States, you'll need a federally approved ID card to travel on an airplane, open a bank account, collect Social Security payments, or take advantage of nearly any government service. Practically speaking, your driver's license likely will have to be reissued to meet federal standards. Read More

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{GoogleVerticalBanner} IBM is betting on the market acceptance of RFID tags, and by and large, that's a good thing. I still don't see the privacy concern about these tags. On the other hand, IBM was precisely the corporation that helped automate the Nazi regime's “efficient” handling of Jewish prisoners, thanks to IBM punchcard machines. Is history repeating itself? - AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (Reuters) — International Business Machines Corp opened a test center for radio tags in Nice, France on Thursday to keep up with fast growing interest from retailers, manufacturers and transport firms.\ Read More

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{GoogleVerticalBanner} The FDA is currently reviewing the privacy issues surrounding the use of RFID chips as implants in hospital workers and health care workers. The idea is to use these RFID chips as security devices to control access to patient records and hospital supplies… VeriChip, the company that makes radio frequency identification–RFID–tags for humans, has moved one step closer to getting its technology into hospitals. The Federal Drug Administration issued a ruling Tuesday that essentially begins a final review process that will determine whether hospitals can use RFID systems from the Palm Beach, Fla.-based company to identify patients and/or permit…

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ORLANDO, Fla. — Florida's busiest airport will begin using high-tech iris-scanning technology to filter out possible terrorists and add an additional layer of security, according to Local 6 News. Workers and other people at Orlando International Airport will have both irises scanned at special computers to determine their identity.                                                                                                                                                                                           Read More         slideshow                                                                                            

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Israeli security forces and Jewish settlers are gearing up for a showdown this summer, when Prime Minister Ariel Sharon intends to implement his plan to pull out of the Gaza Strip and dismantle 21 settlements there. Four more communities will be removed in northern Samaria. More than 9,000 Jews will be expelled from their homes in the Land of Israel. The government is already drawing up plans to block attempts by the settlers to thwart the pullout, which is scheduled to begin in late July. Some 27,000 police and soldiers will be deployed for the operation, which will include dragging…

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