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Israel?s ?options open? on Iran | BBC NEWS
2009-09-22 06:14:00 Israel has not ruled out any options in dealing with Iran ’s nuclear programme, a senior Israeli official has said. Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon said there was no guarantee Israel would not launch a strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities. BBC NEWS | Middle East | Israel’s ‘options open’ on Iran More About: News , Israel , Open
Is the U.S. Losing the Pacific? - WSJ.com
2009-09-22 06:03:00 Yet the trend is not in America’s favor. The Obama administration has curbed the Navy ’s expansion plans and sent signals that it doesn’t believe in expanding missile defense. Beijing has meanwhile poured money into access denial capabilities, including antiship ballistic missiles, cyberwarfare and antisatellite weapons. The American Enterprise Institute’s Dan Blumenthal estimates that China has ... More About: Pacific , Stealth , Estimates
At War with Iran for Thirty Years | History News Network
2009-09-22 05:57:00 From the earliest days of Iran ?s Islamic Revolution, its leaders were determined to acquire nuclear weapons and the missiles with which to deliver them. From the beginning, America was always identified as Iran?s greatest enemy, the ?Great Satan?, while Israel was called the ?Little Satan.? It is criminally stupid, if not insane, to believe that Iran ... More About: News , United States , History
Venezuela: The Next Iran? | FrontPage Magazine
2009-09-22 05:55:00 Venezuela is a critical part of Iran ?s efforts to build an alliance of rogue states across the world to challenge the U.S. and provide the regime with help to sustain its fight against the West. To help prepare Iran for possible sanctions targeting its reliance upon imported gasoline, Venezuela has agreed to provide the regime ... More About: Magazine , Chavez , Venezuela , Gasoline
Israel Did NOT Assure Russia There Wouldn?t Be An Iran Attack
2009-09-22 05:50:00 Yesterday, Russia n President Medveded announced that he had been assured by Israel i President Shimon Peres that they would not launch a preemptive attack on Iran ian nuclear facilities. Today Deputy Foreign Minister, Danny Ayalon pointed out that the pledge was not true, and even if Peres was not a doddering old fool, the office of President ... More About: Launch , Pledge
US abandons only Ecuadoran military base
2009-09-22 05:47:00 The US military on Friday returned to Ecuador a base it has been using for a decade for regional anti-drug operations, as critics seethe over its controversial replacement in neighboring Colombia . Ecuadoran authorities took control of the US Forward Operation Location (FOL) at the Eloy Alfaro Air Force base in the Pacific port of Manta to ... More About: Military , Control
China Says Military Arsenal Comparable With West - NYTimes.com
2009-09-22 05:46:00 China’s military now possesses most of the sophisticated weapon systems found in the arsenals of developed West ern nations, the country’s defense minister said in comments published Monday. Many of China’s systems, including the J-10 fighter jet, latest-generation tanks, navy destroyers, and cruise and intercontinental ballistic missiles, match or are close to matching the capabilities of those ... More About: Arsenal , Military , China
Russia?s Raiders
2008-06-08 02:42:00 Companies are paying public officials to raid the offices of business rivals and subject them to criminal investigations It seemed like any other workday at Togliatti Azot, a giant chemical factory in Russia ’s Samara region, on the Volga River 600 miles east of Moscow. Engineers were on their morning rounds, and union representatives had just finished ... More About: Corruption , Target , Vladimir Putin , Camouflage
The day we lost the Second World War
2008-06-08 00:14:00 This is a fictional account of what could have happened. The rapid advance of the German army through Belgium and France in May 1940 left hundreds of thousands of British, French and Belgian troops encircled at the port of Dunkirk in northern France. But then Hitler ordered a halt to the attack. This gave the British ... More About: Europe , Lost , World , World War , Britain
Israel threatens war on Gaza and Iran
2008-06-08 00:04:00 Israel braced itself for conflict on two fronts against militants in Gaza and an Iran ian government persisting with its nuclear programme. Ehud Olmert, the prime minister, said the “pendulum is closer” to a large scale military operation in Gaza after another Israeli civilian was killed by a mortar fired from Gaza on Thursday. … One of Mr Olmert’s ... More About: Israel , Prime Minister , War
China, Africa, and Oil
2008-06-07 23:59:00 With energy demand spiking, China looks for answers in Africa . But Western investment and influence still dominate the continent’s oil market. As global demand for energy continues to rise, major players like the United States, European Union (EU), and Japan are facing a new competitor in the race to secure long-term energy supplies: China. As its ... More About: Globe
Venezuela fires missiles in exercises
2008-06-07 23:05:00 Venezuela fired live missiles from fighter jets and ships Friday during exercises intended to demonstrate the firepower of President Hugo Chavez ’s military. Smoke rose from ships off the La Orchila island military base as Otomat MK2 missiles arced into the sky and Russian-made Sukhoi fighter jets flew in formation. The televised war games allowed the military to ... More About: Military , Missiles , Venezuela , Exercises
The UAV Revolution
2008-06-07 23:02:00 The hundreds of drones cruising over Iraq and Afghanistan have changed war forever. The UAV is the “smart bomb” of the Iraq War , the latest turn in the unending offense-defense spiral that characterizes the history of warfare. Army units searching and fighting house-to-house are using hundreds of drones, some of them as small as a model ... More About: Earth , Revolution
Does the E.U. Hate You?
2008-06-07 22:43:00 Despite popular myth, anti-Americanism in Europe isn?t on the rise. In Europe, as in nearly everywhere else in the world, the image of the United States has taken a severe battering during the Bush years. Survey after survey shows that negative feelings toward America and U.S. policies have soared. Only 36 percent of Europeans, for example, ... More About: Hate , Hate You
German report: Assad?s brother-in-law attempted coup
2008-06-07 22:41:00 The report stated that Assaf Shawkat, Syria n military intelligence chief and Assad’s brother-in-law, planned to sieze control of the government while the president was hosting a meeting of the Arab League in Damascus in February. Shawkat was detained along with a hundred other Syrian intelligence officers. According to Die Welt, Assad was informed of the turnover ... More About: German , Report , Coup , Hizbullah
Russians in Israel
2008-06-07 16:40:00 This is a fascinating documentary about the Russian community in Israel . It’s produced by Al Jazeera , but don’t let that stop you. I found it interesting and informative. We explore how their presence is raising the issue of what it is to be Jewish. Russians in Israel I Russians in Israel II More About: Documentary , Presence
Aegis BMD Satellite Shoot-Down Documentary
2008-06-07 15:47:00 On 20 Feb 2008 HST, the USS Lake Erie (CG-70) fired a modified tactical Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) missile at the malfunctioned spy satellite USA 193. The impact occurred at about 150 miles above the Pacific Ocean and at an impact velocity of around 22,000 mph. The Aegis Weapon System (AWS) confirmed a successful hit and ... More About: Satellite , Documentary , Shoot
DOES NATO HAVE A FUTURE?
2008-06-07 05:37:00 The Atlantic alliance is in limbo: There is no consensus among its members on a range of key issues. No one wants to pay the bills or contribute more troops. Is NATO a Cold war relic that has lost its relevance? Or does today?s array of security challenges make it more important than ever? Read More… Video: ... More About: Europe , Future , Nato , Array , Consensus
One Minute to Midnight: Kennedy, Khrushchev and Castro on the Brink of Nucl
2008-06-07 05:03:00 The nuclear strike codes were kept inside a black vinyl briefcase known as ?the Football.? The Football enabled the President to order the obliteration of thousands of targets in the Soviet Union, China, and Eastern Europe. Within seconds of the authentication of a presidential order, missiles would lift off from silos on the plains of ... More About: Castro , Kennedy , Minute , Midnight
The Battle for the World?s Skyline
2008-06-07 04:57:00 A building frenzy is raging in Asia , Russia and on the Persian Gulf. And cities like London and New York don’t have the money to compete. Will Western urban landscapes soon look outdated? By Ulrike Knöfel, Frank Hornig and Bernhard Zand more… Photo Gallery: The East’s New Skylines The Rise of Dubai: A Queue in the Sand Unveiling ... More About: Middle East , Building , Lifestyle , World
Poor Whites - South Africa
2008-06-06 20:28:00 Since the end of apartheid, thousands of white South Africa ns have been forced into poverty. They blame the government’s positive discrimination policies, which favour black employees. Link to video on YouTube. More About: South Africa , Poor , Whites
Australia - Dangerous Ground
2008-06-06 18:22:00 Relations between Australia ’s Muslim community and the rest of the population are near to exploding. As they face increasing suspicion and hostility from the rest of the nation, young Australian Muslims are being made to feel like foreigners in their own country. Is Australia’s response to terrorism to blame? Link to this video. More About: Ground , Dangerous
Growing talk of Iran attack
2008-06-06 15:03:00 The BBC’s Middle East Editor, Jeremy Bowen, looks at increasing speculation that Iran may come under attack because of its nuclear programme. … The talk has alarmed, among others, the former German Foreign Minister, Joshka Fischer. Germany has, with the five permanent members of the UN Security Council, taken the lead in talks with Iran about its nuclear ... More About: Bush , Israel , Nuclear
Seven Questions: The New World Energy Order
2008-06-06 14:58:00 Why are oil prices soaring so high, and will they ever return to Earth ? Fatih Birol, chief economist at the International Energy Agency in Paris, explains why peak oil is real, why biofuels are indispensable, and how China determines what you pay at the pump. Read More… More About: World , Questions
2 Leaders Ousted From Air Force in Atomic Errors
2008-06-06 14:57:00 The Air Force ?s senior civilian official and its highest-ranking general were ousted by Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates on Thursday after an inquiry into the mishandling of nuclear weapons and components found systemic problems in the Air Force . … So deep and serious are the problems, Mr. Gates said, that he has asked a former secretary of ... More About: Errors , Leaders , Atomic
Chinese torture
2008-06-06 06:44:00 The Europe an Union may find dealing with the Middle Kingdom trickier than it expects IN THIS Olympic summer, expect to hear a lot about the century of China ’s rise and America’s decline. That sounds like good news for the European Union , and all who dream of a ?multipolar? order in which European wealth counts as much ... More About: Chinese , Freedoms
Building BRICs of growth
2008-06-06 06:41:00 Record spending on infrastructure will help to sustain rapid growth in emerging economies THE biggest investment boom in history is under way. Over half of the world’s infrastructure investment is now taking place in emerging economies, where sales of excavators have risen more than fivefold since 2000. In total, emerging economies are likely to spend an ... More About: Economy , India , Economist , Building , China
Oil to hit $400 a barrel by 2018
2008-06-06 06:36:00 ?The big story is productivity in China ,? he asserts, noting it is an incredible 9%, or three times the level of productivity in the US during its 1990s peak. Admiral Owens attributes this to the country?s high-quality infrastructure. It will allow the Chinese economy to soon become the second-largest in the world, with a GDP ... More About: India , Oil , Productivity , Venezuela
Rising Brics - For a new order
2008-06-03 15:27:00 BRIC shows signs of emerging as an alliance in an exercise seen as a challenge to the U.S.-dominated unipolar world order. BRIC, an acronym coined by Goldman Sachs a few years ago to define a group of large emerging economies with fast growth rates, was born in May this year as a formalised grouping aspiring to ... More About: India , China , Brazil , Exercise
Why Iranians like America again
More articles from this author:2008-06-03 15:14:00 On a recent afternoon, while riding a rickety bus down Tehran’s main thoroughfare, I overheard two women discussing the grim state of Iran ian politics. One of them had reached a rather desperate conclusion. “Let the America ns come,” she said loudly. “Let them sort things out for us.” Although their leaders still call America the “Great Satan,” ... More About: United States , Presidential campaign , Affection 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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