Surviving an all-out nuclear attack did not mean victory, but merely the beginning of the end to a world most Americans took for granted.
That was the theme 23 years ago on Nov. 20, 1983, when ABC aired the controversial made-for-TV movie, ”The Day After.”
It had been advertised for a month and stories about the [...]

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Egypt has recently declared that it has restarted its nuclear programme which it stopped 20 years ago and that it has initiated negotiations with China and Russia to realize its aim. Egypt, planning to complete its first nuclear power plant construction by 2020, has stated that the step was aimed to seek alternatives to meet [...]

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A massive underground bomb shelter which is being constructed near the new government compound in Jerusalem will be used by top government officials as a war room in case of a conventional or non-conventional attack, officials said Wednesday.
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Last year, Russia surpassed the United States as the developing world’s leader in arms deals, according to a new report by the Congressional Research Service (CRS). But Russia has increased military shipments to anti-U.S. states like Iran and Venezuela, not to mention potential adversaries like China, which concerns U.S. policymakers far more. Experts say Iran—as [...]

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Last week Russian President Vladimir Putin held a well-staged national televised phone-in to answer rehearsed questions from selected citizens. Such phone-ins are performed in Russia once a year and provide an opportunity to state the Kremlin’s position on different aspects of Russian political and bureaucratic life.
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92 percent of Egyptians see Israel as an enemy nation, over 50 percent view Denmark, US in same light. Only 2 percent call Israel friendly nation despite longstanding peace.
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$50 billion later, taking stock of US aid to Egypt
The money is seen as bolstering Egypt’s stability, support for US policies in the region, [...]

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According to the latest polls, by spring 2007 the president of France could well be Nicolas Sarkozy, the man who The Washington Post described as “not your everyday French politician.”[1] For a start, the current French Interior Minister and leader of the UMP conservative party is pro-American. He understands that the war on terrorism is [...]

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Exclusive to DEBKAfile’s military and intelligence sources: Early Wednesday morning, Nov. 1, the IDF embarked on a large operation in the Beit Hanun area in northern Gaza to halt the firing of Qassam rockets and eliminate terrorist cells. But the primary purpose is to thwart the new military option Hamas has been using against the [...]

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JERUSALEM, Oct. 30 (JTA) — A Russian plan to send a separate peacekeeping force to Lebanon has raised eyebrows in Israel, but officials say they have no objections to it.
But other steps by Russia — such as ties and arms supplies to radicals like Syria and Iran, and differences with Israel on key issues like [...]

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AP - The Russian defence minister defended Moscow’s deal to supply air defence missiles to Iran, saying they were purely defensive weapons with a limited range.
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The big three, the U.S., Australia, and New Zealand, have divided the Pacific island territories. New Zealand now controls Polynesia, Australia is “in charge of” Melanesia (including the plundering of natural resources by its multinationals in Papua New Guinea), and the U.S. has a firm grip on Micronesia. Andre Vltchek considers the consequences for the [...]

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“It will be my ninth visit to China. And just like you, I feel optimistic and happy about this number,” Mubarak said on Monday in an interview with Xinhua and other Chinese media.
At the invitation of Chinese President Hu Jintao, Mubarak is expected to participate in the Beijing summit of the [...]

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The Legislature blocked an NT$6.3 billion supplementary military budget on Tuesday that some felt would make it out of committee as late as last week.
The budget included funding for two of the three major weapon systems included in a controversial arms package offered by the United States, and had it cleared the Procedure Committee would [...]

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ZHUHAI: China displayed its military might by exhibiting a series of brand new precision assault weapons during the on-going Zhuhai airshow, which opened on Monday in South China’s Guangdong Province.
The weapons on show included precision-guided bombs and long-range striking systems hailed by military experts as symbols that the People’s Liberation Army has entered an era [...]

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BEIJING - Billboards of elephants, giraffes and sweeping African savannas are covering Beijing high-rises. Police have had holidays canceled to help ease gridlock in the capital. Conference centers are being carpeted with grass.
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Beijing is making unusually lavish efforts to welcome leaders and officials from 48 African nations this week for a landmark summit meant to [...]

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A SENIOR Russian parliamentarian has called for a gas alliance to unite former Soviet republics and Iran to help Russia stand up to the European Union’s “cartel” of gas consumers, Russian media reported.
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Once the targets of rioting and insurrection in Africa were European colonial overlords. Today, though, jet-setting Chinese businessmen, arriving in ever greater numbers, are causing a backlash in the world’s poorest continent.
Zambia was the scene of the latest trouble early last month, when Chinese shopkeepers in the capital Lusaka were forced to use barricades to [...]

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It’s time to wake up and smell the roses - before they are blown to smithereens.
Iran and Russia are in cahoots. Iran wants nuclear capability and Russia has the capability to make it happen. And unless they are stopped, it will happen. It is up to us. Neither of these countries has a global conscious. [...]

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