From Reuters: Crowds chanted “Death to Britain” at Tehran University on Friday prayers as a hardline Iranian cleric warned the U.N. and European Union against siding with London after students and militia stormed the British embassy in Tehran. Cleric Ahmad
When Iranian MP Ali Larijani said “this is just the beginning of the road” in reference to expel British Diplomat Dominic Chilcott from the country, he wasn’t bluffing. The British Embassy in Iran has just been stormed by Khomeini hooligans,
After responding to possible new sanctions with a destructive assault on Britain’s embassy, Iran faces a two forms of repercussions–one diplomatic and one karmic. From the Wall Street Journal: The U.K. closed its embassy in Iran on Wednesday and expelled
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. * Iranian students voice outrage over Britain’s ‘hostile’ policies * Iran’s Revolutionary Guard behind the British Embassy attack * Pakistan announces boycott of international Afghanistan conference * European finance ministers fail again to solve
From Reuters: Iranian protesters stormed two British diplomatic compounds in Tehran on Tuesday, smashing windows, hurling petrol bombs and burning the British flag in protest against sanctions imposed by London. [youtube 5OMCe_spdWs nolink] Britain said it was outraged by the
Next month, America’s long campaign in Iraq will come to an end with the departure of the last US forces from the country. Amazingly, the approaching withdrawal date has fomented little discussion in the US. Few have weighed in on
Last week in Washington, I spoke as part of the Center for Security Policy‘s National Security Group Luncheon on Capitol Hill. I discussed the possibility of an Israeli attack on Iranian nuclear weapons installations. [youtube MeI98eiDBts]
This is mind-boggling: Michele Bachmann, Rick Perry, and Jon Huntsman demand Eric Holder’s resignation over Operation Fast and Furious. Perry went so far as to pen an op-ed for The Washington Times calling for Holder’s resignation. But for some reason
The Daily Caller, Zero Hedge, and Stratfor report that the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush has been sent to the Levant, near the Syrian coast. From Zero Hedge: Yesterday we reported that the Arab League (with European and US
After last night’s Republican debate over national security and foreign policy, CNN called upon Tom Foreman to check some of the facts asserted by the candidates, in a segment entitled “Keeping Them Honest.” It soon became clear that Foreman and
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. * Egypt’s ‘Second Revolution’ mass protest threatens next week’s election * Political parties call for ‘million man protest’ on Tuesday * Unrest may hasten Egypt’s currency crisis * The ‘last days of the euro’
Today, I have copied and pasted two news items, both dealing with the same costly U.S. intelligence failures in the Mideast. Read both. Each is a companion piece to the other. To my mind, they attest to the sophistication of
BAGHDAD (AP) – The top American general in Iraq said Monday that al-Qaida and other insurgent groups might seek to step up operations after U.S. forces leave at the end of the year. Gen. Lloyd Austin also told reporters in
In a court decision that has received surprisingly little media coverage, a New York District judge ordered Citibank to freeze almost $2 billion of debt-securities allegedly belonging to the Islamic Republic of Iran. This past August, victims of Iranian terror
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. * Saif al-Islam Gaddafi captured in Libya * Massive violence in Egypt may be a turning point * Stuxnet virus suspected in last week’s explosions in Iran * Remote cyber attack destroys pump in
VIENNA (AP) – The U.S. and its Western allies bluntly accused Iran on Friday of deceiving the world by trying to hide work on nuclear arms, as the U.N. atomic agency passed a new resolution criticizing Tehran’s nuclear defiance. Iran
What costs over ten million dollars, is twenty feet long, weighs fifteen tons, (that’s 30,000 pounds), carries two and a half tons of high explosive, is satellite guided, and penetrates the earth up to 200 feet before it pulverizes “underground
So much for the argument that renewables don’t compromise our national security the way fossil fuels do – but try telling an environmentalist as much. While it was first reported more than a year ago that wind farms were interfering
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. * Arab League confirms suspension of Syria, threatens economic sanctions * Syrian Embassy in Amman under heavy security to prevent reprisal action * The ‘Free Syrian Army’ grows in influence * As China prepares
Once again, tensions between Iran and the international community are on the rise as the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency, released a new report that warns of concealed attempts by Iran to produce an atomic bomb.
Saudi journalist Mshari Al-Zaydi wonders in an Al-Arabiya commentary why we don’t dispense with the euphemisms, and call the Arab Spring what it is quickly becoming: the Muslim Brotherhood Spring. That should not have been a surprise, Al-Zaydi notes: Shock
The International Atomic Energy Agency is expected to release a report about Iran’s nuclear program this week. Many nuclear experts and diplomats expect the worst. Israel is getting sketchy, and rumored plans of military operations against the Shiite state are
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. * In bitter defeat, Berlusconi resigns as Italy’s prime minister. * Arab League sort-of suspends Syria’s membership * Clashes escalate among Libya’s tribal militias near Tripoli * Niger grants asylum to Saadi Gaddafi *
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Co-authored by K.D.M. Jensen The past few days have seen yet another round in the “last straw” dithering about Iran. This time the huffing seems heavier. The IAEA has suddenly woken up and finds that Stuxnet wasn’t much of a
