Syrian rhetoric has returned to that of October 2000, when both the peace and war options had equal footing. Earlier this month, the Syrian foreign minister expressed his hope that 2007 would see a renewed Arab-Israeli peace process, but stated that he foresees a “countdown to war” if that initiative fails. Perhaps the information minister [...]

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Iran is currently capable of fast-tracking its centrifuge production. To manufacture nuclear weapons, it will take between 1,500 and 3,000 centrifuges. At that point, any attempts by Israel or the US to take out Iran’s nuclear program with military force will create a nuclear disaster, contaminating the countryside and its oil fields and refineries.
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Iranian newspapers Kehyan and and Resalat have urged Muslims around the world to prepare for a ‘great war’ to destroy the State of Israel.
The newspapers published the editorials, translated from Persian by MEMRI , the Middle East translation service, to mark ‘Quds’ day on October 20, an Iranian ‘holiday’ calling for the “liberation” of Jerusalem [...]

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The Cold war is over. Why, then, does America continue to be penetrated by foreign operatives that seek to disrupt our intelligence agencies and weaken U.S. security? In his new book “Enemies,” author Bill Gertz, longtime reporter for the Washington Times, points the finger directly at a lack of counterintelligence.
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JERUSALEM, Nov. 13 (JTA) — Less than three months after the guns fell silent between Israel and Hezbollah, Israeli military intelligence has warned the government to be ready for a new outbreak of fighting with the Lebanese Shi’ite militia as early as next spring.
Military intelligence also is warning of the possibility of war with Syria [...]

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“Today the Iranian nation possesses the full nuclear fuel cycle,” announced the country’s President Mahmoud Ahmadi Nejad.
The event will be marked by a 10-day celebration at the start of February, coinciding with the anniversary of the Islamic Revolution. Iran will have 3,000 operational centrifuges by the end of this year as the first target towards [...]

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Night Watch: TEHRAN - Iran President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad had been instructed by Iran’s Defense Ministry to announce that Iran has achieved complete nuclear circulation, what the President called “stabilized our nuclear status” and that Iran intends to activate 60,000 uranium enrichment centrifuges. His statement was intended to imply the international community is now willing to [...]

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Some Middle East states, including Egypt, Morocco, Algeria and Saudi Arabia, have shown initial interest in (attaining) nuclear power, primarily for desalination purposes,” said the deputy director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Tomihiro Taniguch. The UAE and Tunisia have also “shown interests in pursuing similar plans”.
The story, which broke last week through The [...]

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EJP: You said at the WJC governing board this weekend that since half of the Jewish nation is under threat today in Israel the other half must take action. What are the main steps the WJC should take to face the Iranian nuclear threat?
Oded Eran: I think that for the first time since the creation [...]

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MOSCOW, November 15 (RIA Novosti) - Iran will be able to create powerful facilities to enrich uranium within a few years, a Russian nuclear expert said Wednesday.
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Recent leaders of the lone superpower, the United States, are increasingly criticised for allowing the economies of East Asia to hollow out its industry, siphon off much of its technological superiority and build a dangerous American dependency on imports and financial borrowings from East Asia.
Will they soon be criticised for allowing a much diminished, erstwhile [...]

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The eyes of the world are on China, as the country begins development of the very first commercial modular high-temperature gas-cooled reactor.
This significant new project is being undertaken by the Chinese government, which has assigned the task of building the reactor to Chinergy, a joint venture of Tsinghua Holding Co Ltd and the state-owned China [...]

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What a lot of people don’t realize is that China is the new Super Power. They have a lot of new ships, missiles, subs, lets just say a lot of military equipement sold to it by Russia. Russia may not be enemies with the US anymore.
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NEW DELHI - When Chinese President Hu Jintao visits India next week, the talk will almost certainly be of burgeoning trade ties and closer cooperation between the world’s most populous and rapidly growing economies.
But underneath the red carpet lies an accumulation of mistrust between the Asian giants — two very different nations and peoples.
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VIENNA, Nov. 14 — New traces of plutonium and enriched uranium, potential material for atomic warheads, have been found at a nuclear waste facility in Iran, the International Atomic Energy Agency reported Tuesday, as Iran’s president boasted that his country’s nuclear fuel program would soon be completed.
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, at a news conference in Tehran, [...]

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BRUSSELS: NATO advisers have warned that Russia may be seeking to create a natural gas cartel stretching from Algeria to Central Asia to use as a political weapon in dealings with Europe, alliance sources said Tuesday.
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A verbal spat has broken out between India and China days before Chinese President Hu Jintao visits India to discuss trade and bilateral ties.
China’s ambassador to India reiterated his country’s claim to a large area of north-eastern India.
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