The latest reports from international nuclear inspectors will say that Iran has considerably accelerated its pursuit of nuclear weaponry. Iran has installed hundreds of new centrifuges and possibly begun production of nuclear fuel. The new centrifuges and accompanying machinery have
On the heels of U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) asking the EU to designate Hezbollah a terrorist organization, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah has “emerged from hiding” to announce the group’s plans to launch a massive attack against Israel. Nasrallah
Although President Obama’s current defense cuts are so drastic that even Rep. Nancy Pelosi is scared they might cost Democrats more seats in the House, State Dept. advisers are reportedly encouraging further cuts and even the all-out elimination of the
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com: Greece’s cash reserves will last until middle of October U.N. forms a special ‘Iran team’ to investigate nuclear program Egypt’s President Morsi issues decree freeing jailed journalist Large anti-Muslim Brotherhood rally planned in Cairo
Recent reports revealed that Iran and Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood were strengthening ties. Egypt’s President Mohamed Morsi is actually traveling to Iran later this month for the Non-Aligned Movement Summit. And now, reports indicate that North Korean President Kim Jong Un
What if, during the gathering-storm decade of the 1930s, a senior White House aide in the Franklin D. Roosevelt administration had been found to have taken big money from a company dealing closely with the Nazis? Would it would have
Gas prices skyrocketed last month. The average price of a gallon of gas zoomed up 26 cents, which makes Barack Obama’s reelection chances even murkier than they are already. Of course, Obama is considering making us even weaker strategically in
As female students head back to universities in the U.S. and elsewhere this time of year, Iranian officials are actively working to limit the number of females pursuing a BA or BS in their country. In what The Telegraph has
Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is determined to strike Iran before the 2012 election. A report from Israel’s Channel 10 news claims that since the harsher international sanctions have yielded nothing from Iran, the time to act cannot be delayed.
So now Mohamed Morsi, the new Islamist president of Egypt, announces that later this month he will visit Iran. And the response is near silence from Washington officialdom, on both sides of the aisle. The Beltway-minded National Journal published no fewer
Eight months ago, President Obama ended the “dumb war” in Iraq: a war he and other Democrats claimed we entered into mainly because of the personal desires of George W. Bush rather than any credible threat posed to U.S. interests
General Martin Dempsey, Chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, stated the obvious in Afghanistan this weekend: that the U.S. and Israel see the Iranian nuclear threat differently–not because they are operating on different facts or intelligence about Iran, but
Egyptian officials have announced that Egyptian President and Muslim Brotherhood member Mohamed Morsi will be traveling to Iran later this month to attend a summit. It’s the first such trip for an Egyptian leader in decades, and the timing couldn’t
Former Israeli military intelligence chief Amos Yadlin published an op-ed in the Washington Post this weekend urging President Barack Obama to visit Israel as a way of preventing war by convincing Iran and its international supporters that there is no gap
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Iraq has been helping Iran skirt economic sanctions imposed because of its nuclear program, using a network of financial institutions and oil-smuggling operations that are providing Tehran with a crucial flow of dollars, the New York Times said
When the International Olympic Committee recently denied recognition of 11 Israeli Olympians murdered during the Munich Games in its opening ceremony, and Mitt Romney’s ad campaign dinged President Obama for not visiting Israel during his term, many turn to grassroots
Michael J. Totten’s writing for World Affairs believes the conditions are ripe for military intervention and suggests the outcome could be beneficial to the US and Western powers. “A fresh government in Damascus will almost certainly be less friendly toward
The conflict in Syria is a struggle between the United States and Iran whose outcome will decide whether the Middle East follows the path of an Iran-inspired Islamic movement or US influence, a top Iranian official said on Saturday. Khamenei
According to AP reports, Iran is heavily involved in the conflict between Syria and the opposition forces at this moment. Specifically, they are “building and training a militia to fight against opposition forces.” Army General Martin Dempsey, chairman of the
(AP) UK bank settles Iran money probe in NY for $340MBy MICHAEL VIRTANENAssociated PressALBANY, N.Y.A British bank accused of scheming with the Iranian government to launder billions of dollars will be subject to two years of monitoring at its New
Israel has not yet decided whether to strike Iran over its suspect nuclear program, US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said, as Tehran dismissed the threat of an imminent attack. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Ehud Barak in
Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta says Iran is showing a growing influence in Syria that must be stopped.
Iran on Tuesday said it is dismissing Israeli threats of an imminent attack against it, explaining that even some Israeli officials realised such a “stupid” act would provoke “very severe consequences.” Iran’s defence minister, General Ahmad Vahidi, was quoted by
A group of suicide bombers killed up to 20 people in the capital of Afghanistan’s southwestern Nimroz province on the border with Iran, officials said Tuesday. Deputy provincial police chief Mujibullah Latifi said there were six attackers, three of whom
By JAMAL HALABYAssociated PressAMMAN, JordanSyria’s prime minister who defected to the opposition said Tuesday that Bashar Assad’s regime was near collapse and urged other political and military leaders to tip the scales and join the rebel side. The comments by
