Iran will be in a position to build a nuclear bomb by 2009, at the earliest, Mossad chief Meir Dagan told members of the Knesset Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defense.
The head of Mossad also rejected talk of a “point of no return,” saying that “such a concept does not exist.”
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The mission: Attack anywhere in the world in less than an hour. But is the Pentagon’s bold program a critical new weapon for hitting elusive targets, or a good way to set off a nuclear war?
A tip sets the plan in motion — a whispered warning of a North Korean nuclear launch, or of a [...]

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Syrian president Bashar Asad arrived in Moscow Monday night, Dec. 18, with two items for his host, President Vladimir Putin: A shopping list for weapons and half a billion dollars put up by Iran - in cash if needed - to purchase Russian arms.
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WASHINGTON, DC, United States (UPI) — After holding talks with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmnet in the Jordanian capital, Amman, Tuesday, King Abdullah of Jordan warned that in the absence of a prompt resolution to the longstanding Middle East conflict, everyone in the region will lose.
Several political experts go further, warning that the harm caused [...]

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The most significant challenge facing the U.S. in an increasingly unstable Middle East today is understanding the rise of the Shi’ites across the region. The U.S. invasion of Iraq unleashed a process of Shi’ite empowerment that won’t be confined to that country: From Lebanon to the Persian Gulf, through peaceful elections and bloody conflicts, the [...]

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WASHINGTON — The now familiar face of deceased Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko, the victim of a lethal dose of radiation poisoning, has left many Americans wondering if Russia today is as alien to them as it was during the Cold War.
Before dying, Litvinenko pointed his finger directly at Russian President Vladimir Putin, who denied [...]

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China now builds and supplies missiles that can be used in combat from the beach, across the coastal/littoral environment, and out to extended-range engagements far over the horizon. This has largely been achieved through an evolutionary process of staged improvement.
At the same time, China has shown that it can embrace entirely new concepts to serve [...]

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President Vladimir Putin believes that a powerful, state-controlled energy sector is the key to Russia’s economic future, even if he has to strong-arm foreign investors to get it. But trampling property rights is risky. It is as likely to leave Russia an economic pariah as an energy superpower.
The latest intrigue centers on a huge oil [...]

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ATASU, Kazakhstan — The wind-raked scrub of this barren plateau reveals little hint of the revolution gurgling 9 feet beneath.
China’s first international oil pipeline, buried in the Kazakh steppe, is a milestone for the world’s newest empire–one forged not in the name of destiny or God, but in pursuit of the planet’s most valuable [...]

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Opposition leader Binyamin Netanyahu convened more than 50 ambassadors and diplomats on Tuesday and warned them not to allow Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to acquire nuclear weapons and use them to commit another Holocaust.
In a briefing at Tel Aviv’s Carlton Hotel, Netanyahu told the diplomats that unlike Adolf Hitler who first sought world conquest and [...]

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