(AFP) On Somalia’s high seas, ferocious pirates hijack a container ship but US special forces finally battle them off: the latest Hollywood film ‘Captain Phillips’, based on a real story. In reality though, such daring rescues have been rare, and
I’ve written an extensive review at Big Peace of Kenneth Pollack’s essential new book on Iran, Unthinkable: Iran, the Bomb, and American Strategy. But here’s a summary. Pollack says that because “engagement” with Iran has failed, but war remains the
Iran has rejected U.S. preconditions for “taking part in a long delayed peace conference on Syria.” This means Iran is not backing a U.S. call “for a transitional government in Damascus.” According to the Jerusalem Post, on October 7 the
“We shall never stop until we can go back home and Israel is destroyed… The goal of our struggle is the end of Israel, and there can be no compromises or mediations… the goal of this violence is the elimination
The most embarrassing moment in Chuck Hagel’s confirmation hearing as Secretary of Defense came when he misidentified the U.S. policy on Iran as “containment,” and had to correct himself. It is therefore surprising that Kenneth Pollack, one of the most
Israel’s Minister of Intelligence, Yuval Steinitz, called a new proposal for a deal on Iran’s nuclear program a “joke,” according to the Jerusalem Post on Wednesday. The terms of the deal, reported by the Wall Street Journal on Tuesday evening, include
(AP) Top Iran diplomat in hospital over US ‘misquote’By ALI AKBAR DAREINIAssociated PressTEHRAN, IranIran’s foreign minister fired back on Wednesday against hard-line critics of Tehran’s groundbreaking outreach to the United States, accusing opponents of using fabricated news leaks and other
Former UN Ambassador John Bolton told Breitbart News late Tuesday evening that the new nuclear proposal being offered by the Iranian regime is “complete bullsh–” and “pure propaganda” to buy time. Under the proposal, according to the Wall Street Journal,
On October 7, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif insisted that Iran has an “absolute right” to enrich uranium on its own soil. According to AFP, Zarif said: “The mastery of civil nuclear technology, including the enrichment of uranium, on
The Iranian government claimed Sunday that it had arrested four individuals accused of trying to sabotage the country’s nuclear sites. While the exact sites allegedly targeted were not named, if such sabotage is indeed going on, it likely involves the
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com U.S. military captures jihadist leader al-Libi in Tripoli, Libya U.S. Navy Seals strike Somalia jihadists related to Kenya attack Iran’s politics in turmoil, pitting ‘heroic flexibility’ versus ‘Death to America!’ U.S. military captures jihadist
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States believes Iran is a year or a more away from being able to produce a nuclear weapon, President Barack Obama said in an interview with the Associated Press released on Saturday, although he described
President Barack Obama has apparently been quite desperate to meet his Iranian counterpart–so desperate, according to Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani, that he has persevered despite being rejected over five times. Contrast that with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who told
The Obama administration asked Congress on Thursday to delay a new round of sanctions against Iran, citing new negotiations and the progress made in recent overtures between President Barack Obama and Iranian president Hassan Rouhani. Until now, the administration has
Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani told reporters on Wednesday that he turned down five requests from U.S. President Barack Obama to meet at the United Nations, according to Iran’s semi-official Fars News Agency. Rouhani said: “Before my trip (to New York),
(AP) New sanctions likely despite thaw in US-Iran tiesBy DEB RIECHMANN and BRADLEY KLAPPERAssociated PressWASHINGTONA war-weary Congress generally backs President Barack Obama’s outreach to Iran, but with tougher U.S. economic measures against Tehran on the way, the president’s diplomatic task
Israel’s Deputy Minister of Defense, Danny Danon, told Breitbart News on Tuesday that Israel was prepared to act alone in preventing Iran from becoming a nuclear power. His message echoed that of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who addressed the United
(AP) Netanyahu: Israel won’t let Iran get nuclear armsBy EDITH M. LEDERERAssociated PressUNITED NATIONSIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu played the spoiler Tuesday to any easing of Iran’s relations with the West, telling world leaders his country will do whatever it
White House: President Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu speak to the press after a bilateral meeting in the Oval Office to discuss the progress on final status negotiations with the Palestinians, and developments in Iran, Syria, and elsewhere in
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke to the United Nations on Tuesday to warn the world that the new president of Iran, Hassan Rouhani, is a “wolf in sheep’s clothing” who is secretly building nuclear bombs. Netanyahu said, “Rouhani thinks
Speaking at the United Nations on the subject of Iranian nuclear ambitions, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu altered Ronald Reagan’s famous statement on Soviet militarism, “trust but verify.” Instead, Netanyahu said, the world should “distrust, dismantle, and verify.” He stated:
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday and sent a clear message that Israel was prepared to attack Iran, alone if necessary, to prevent the Iranian regime from emerging as a nuclear-armed power. His
12:05 p.m. EDT: Netanyahu has taken the podium. Bibi says: “Jewish people’s odyssey teaches never give up hope, always remain vigilant” Too late for stopping Iranian nuke? #UNGA — Anne Bayefsky (@AnneBayefsky) October 1, 2013 Bibi tells #UN “our hope is
(AP) Column: Blatter should go over 2022 Qatar-stropheBy JOHN LEICESTERAP Sports ColumnistPARISQatar-strophic. Qatar-clysm. The headlines will write themselves if FIFA turns the world of soccer on its head this week by deciding that the 2022 World Cup cannot be played
President Barack Obama’s telephone call with Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani took place on the 75th anniversary of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s appeal to Adolf Hitler for peace in Europe. Roosevelt urged that “negotiations [between Germany and Czechoslovakia] be continued until
