The close encounter between a Chinese diesel sub and the American carrier USS Kitty Hawk on October 26 near Okinawa, first reported openly in the U.S. in mid-November, has already generated quite a lot of commentary. Some of what’s been said, though, seems to have had its objectivity compromised by hewing first to one [...]

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First U.S. Aircraft Hijacked, May 1, 1961: Puerto Rican born Antuilo Ramierez Ortiz forced at gunpoint a National Airlines plane to fly to Havana, Cuba, where he was given asylum.
Ambassador to Guatemala Assassinated, August 28, 1968: U.S. Ambassador to Guatemala John Gordon Mein was murdered by a rebel faction when gunmen forced his official car [...]

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The American left will never open its eyes with regard to Russia. As for the so-called neo-conservatives and traditional conservatives (plus the attending libertarians), to the extent that it’s worth noting at all, neither side knows its country’s real enemy. All are addicted to their respective “conservative” ideologies, considering only those facts that support their [...]

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While the Iraq crisis continues, the strategy of the Grand Chess Masters—Russia the bear and China the dragon along with their pawns the Leftists, Marxists and Islamists continue to develop and put in place their strategy for the ultimate goal of world domination.
General John Abizaid, the top US commander in the Middle East and John [...]

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The Spratly Islands, located at the southern end of the South China Sea, remain crucial to the region’s geostrategic setting. In late October and early November this year, Beijing and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (A.S.E.A.N.) tried to re-launch friendly talks related to the territorial disputes of the islands. They discussed broad Southeast Asian [...]

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Russia’s inefficient and corrupt state administration is a key impediment to investment – both foreign and domestic – as well as to the government’s ability to implement any of its policies, according to the Organisation for Economic Development and Co-operation.
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As Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert prepared to leave the Middle East for a meeting with President George W. Bush in Washington, he warned that Israel had “various” options for dealing with Iran, options that he was not prepared to discuss. Of course, the use of such diplomatic language immediately creates the perception that Israel [...]

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25-year deal could be worth $100 billion
TEHRAN: Iran and China have moved a step closer to signing an energy deal worth as much as $100 billion, with the Islamic republic saying it had invited China Petrochemical’s managing director to Tehran to sign an accord first reached in 2004.
The contract for Sinopec Group, as China Petrochemical [...]

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Missile Proliferation in the Middle East
Although there have been limited missile sales by Russia and the Ukraine (to Iran), Pakistan (to Saudi Arabia) and China (to Pakistan, Iran and Saudi Arabia), by far, the biggest supplier of missile technology to the Middle East is North Korea. Pyongyang has sold missile components and production technology [...]

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Korea is developing precision-guided bombs with capabilities similar to missiles, flying as far as 100 km and hitting targets with greater accuracy, government sources said Sunday. They said Korea is developing a guided glider bomb, which is a conventional bomb with a GPS-aided Inertial Navigation System and wings to drastically increase the range. Apparently a [...]

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VIENNA, Austria (AP) — There is no time for complacency on Iran because U.S. intelligence suggests it could have the capability to produce a nuclear bomb as early as 2010, a senior U.S. diplomat said Monday.
”Our assessment … the assessment from our intelligence community, is that the soonest they could produce a nuclear weapon would [...]

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JERUSALEM - Israel and the Palestinians pulled back from full-scale war in Gaza on Sunday (Nov. 26), agreeing to a “ceasefire” agreement that officials here say may end up being nothing less than a prelude to full war.
The various heads of Israeli military and domestic intelligence have been warning that Palestinian terrorists are keen to [...]

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