Chance of Israeli Attack on Iran 50-50 and Rising
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The chance that Israel will launch a pre-emptive attack on Iran’s rogue nuclear-weapons facilities is now 50-50 and appears to be rising steadily, says Middle East expert and award-winning journalist Arnaud de Borchgrave.
The Perfect Iranian Storm on the Horizon
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Jonathan Spyer is not your typical Israeli journalist and political analyst. He has a PhD in International Relations, he fought in Lebanon during the summer war of 2006, then went back to Lebanon as a civilian on a second passport.
Prelude to Appeasement
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Our actions — if any — in the Iranian nuclear weapons development controversy cry out to be based on a careful assessment of facts — and a heartless rooting out of assumptions, hidden or otherwise, that may be driving policy.
Iran unveils drone aircraft to counter “aggressors”
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Iran unveiled a prototype long-range unmanned bomber on Sunday, the latest in a stream of announcements of new Iranian-made military hardware as tension mounts over its nuclear program.
Bolton: Israel has just days to strike Iran
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Former UN Ambassador John Bolton discusses the nuclear progress of Iran and the likelihood of an Israeli attack. “A huge victory for Iran”
The Iran-Latin America Relationship
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In the last five years, Iran’s foreign policy has shifted from Africa towards Latin America, with the goal of, as Ahmadinejad expressed to the Venezuelan ambassador in Tehran, David Velázquez, “tying up” the United States. “The notorious shift to the left of many Latin American countries during the first decade of the twenty-first century has allowed Iran to have more success in its attempt to improve relations”.
Iran says it won’t give up nuke program
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An Iranian official says Americans “must be dreaming” if they think they can intimidate Tehran into giving up its nuclear program. The chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff said last week the U.S. military has a plan to attack Iran, although he thinks a military strike is probably a bad idea.
Obama’s Muslim Daddies
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“In other words, Netanyahu’s threat of a Middle Eastern conflict that could devastate Israel and escalate to all-out nuclear war carried less weight with Obama than the far less severe consequences threatened by the Saudis.” – American Spectator
Iranian revolt? President survives attack
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad survived an attack with a homemade explosive device on his motorcade during a visit to the western city of Hamadan on Wednesday, a source in his office said.
Stonings and Nuclear Weapons
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President Obama’s grand strategy to reach out to Muslims keeps running into a problem: reality. Islamist leaders who impose brutal shariah law against their own people are also a threat to other countries. Obama need to learn that it takes tough actions, not flattering speeches, to get Islamist leaders to drop their stones and nuclear weapons.
Ahmadinejad reminds the world of Iran’s capacity to trigger a regional conflagration
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Charles Krauthammer at NRO – “[The United States and Israel] have decided to attack at least two countries in the region in the next three months.” — Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, July 26
Al-Arabiya Director Calls Nuclear Iran ‘Most Dangerous Threat That is Facing Our Region in 100 Years’
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Writing in the London based Al-Sharq Al-Awsat newspaper, Abdul Rahman Al-Rashid, general manager of Dubai-based Al-Arabiya TV, said that a nuclear Iran would seek to dominate the Gulf States in the Middle East and said he supported a military attack against Iran before it produces nuclear weapons.
Moscow pledges Tehran oil products – against US embargo
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So much for that reset button or that sell out on the START treaty or that sell out on missile defense. Countering the new US embargo on petroleum and oil distillates embargo on Iran, Russian Energy Minister Sergei Shmatko and Iranian Oil Minister Masud Mir-Kazemi Wednesday, July 14 signed a series of far-reaching energy-related agreements, including a deal to sell Tehran Russian petroleum products and petrochemicals.
A war on whose terms?
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UAE Ambassador to the US Youssef al-Otaiba said that the Arab states of the Persian Gulf cannot live with a nuclear Iran, that he supports military strikes against Iran’s nuclear facilities and that if the US fails to prevent Iran from becoming a nuclear power, the Arab states of the Gulf will abandon their alliances with the US in order to appease Iran.
Iran Pastor Facing Execution, Church Official
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TEHRAN, IRAN (BosNewsLife)– A well-known Iranian pastor faces execution after two judges agreed to make him “liable to capital punishment,” as part of a crackdown on the growing Protestant church movement in the Islamic nation, BosNewsLife learned Tuesday, July 13.


