Tag: Iran

In 2008, then-candidate Barack Obama promised that he would “eliminate North Korea’s nuclear weapons program.” His campaign manifesto, Change We Can Believe In, described Obama’s North Korea policy, and the philosophy behind it, in great detail: North Korea is an

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 (UPI) — Weapons allegedly sent by Iran to anti-government forces in Yemen are “clearly” meant as a threat to Yemen and the region, the U.S. State Department said. The State Department commended the government in Yemen after

Steven Emerson’s Investigative Project on Terrorism (IPT) told Breitbart News Monday that it has uncovered additional speeches given by former Sen. Chuck Hagel, who is awaiting confirmation as Secretary of Defense.  The speeches suggest that Hagel may have misled the Senate

In a rather unsettling situation, an Iranian-American is functioning as an interlocutor between Iran’s leaders and the U.S. Defense Department. Amir Mohammad Estakhri, who lives in Southern California, has been an interpreter for Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for interviews Ahmadinejad

Reports indicate that Iran and Hezbollah are “building a network of militias inside Syria to protect their interests” should Syrian President Bashar al-Assad capitulate or have his government overrun. The militias are currently fighting side-by-side with Assad’s forces–trying to ensure

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Surprise rebel attack in Gao signals resurgence of Mali violence Iran and Hizbollah build militia networks in Syria Ethnic tensions grow in Kenya as March 4 elections approach Surprise rebel attack in Gao signals

New footage of a speech by Chuck Hagel in 2008 has surfaced, in which the former Senator mocked the idea of continuing the U.S. policy of confronting Iran and supporting Israel. “When I hear the talk about–well you can’t talk

(AP) – A Cairo court on Saturday ordered the government to block access to the YouTube website for 30 days for carrying an anti-Islam film that caused deadly riots across the world, but the ruling can be appealed and based

(AP) – Assailants fired rockets and mortar rounds at a refugee camp for Iranian exiles outside Baghdad on Saturday, killing six people and wounding dozens, police and a camp spokesman said. Nearly three dozen rockets and mortar shells struck the

In a Feb. 7th speech, Iran’s supreme ruler Ayatollah Ali Khamenei rejected the possibility of direct talks between the U.S. and Iran that Barack Obama, Joe Biden, and Chuck Hagel are all pushing: “Some people like the idea of negotiating with

The Senate confirmation hearings for John Brennan to head the CIA Thursday present a rare opportunity for bipartisan unity on Capitol Hill. Each party has its own particular reasons to oppose him: liberals are outraged by his record on interrogation

Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei rejected Thursday a US offer to negotiate one-on-one on Tehran’s disputed nuclear programme so long as Washington continues to impose sanctions on Iran. The all-powerful Khamenei has final say on all key issues in

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran, who is the first Iranian leader to visit Egypt’s capital Cairo since the 1979 Iranian revolution, spoke of a reconciliation between the two formerly contentious countries. He is trying to normalize relations that have been

The US military will maintain only one aircraft carrier in the Gulf instead of two due to potential deep budget cuts that could kick in next month, Pentagon officials said Wednesday. For several years, the United States has kept two

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 (UPI) — The U.S. Treasury Department Wednesday announced additional sanctions aimed at limiting Iran’s access to oil revenues and punishing its censorship activities. The sanctions, announced Wednesday, target the Central Bank of Iran and other Iranian financial

Presidential hopeful Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) delivered a foreign policy speech at the Heritage Foundation Wednesday that relied on outdated Cold War policies at some points and incoherent assertions at others, all sprinkled with a quasi-pacifism.  For example, in the

America’s top spy needs to be a steely-eyed realist, sensitive to emerging threats and keen about our foes’ intent to deceive us. Unfortunately, President Obama’s nominee to head the CIA, Deputy National Security Adviser John Brennan, has shown a tendency

Heads of state from across the Islamic world meet in Cairo Wednesday to tackle crises ranging from Syria’s civil war to the battle against Islamist militants in Mali, with their sharp differences expected to be laid bare. Syria will not

The White House said Tuesday that Barack Obama will visit Israel for the first time since traveling there as a presidential candidate in 2008. March 20th has been reported as the tentative date for the trip. After Benjamin Netanyahu won the

Iran will attend fresh negotiations with world powers in Kazakhstan on February 26 over Tehran’s disputed nuclear activities, its top negotiator Saeed Jalili said in a statement released on Tuesday. The decision was made in a phone conversation earlier Tuesday