Israel Warns of Hamas Military Buildup in Gaza

Posted by Matt in March 31st, 2007 | no comment

Published in Israel, Middle East, Military, War, Gaza, gaza_strip, Hamas, hezbollah, Israel, jerusalem, lebanese, Middle East, Military, Palestinians, rockets, tunnels, underground_bunkers, War

JERUSALEM, March 31 â€” Hamas, the dominant faction in the Palestinian government, is building its military capacity in the Gaza Strip, constructing tunnels and underground bunkers and smuggling in ground-to-air missiles and military-grade explosives, senior Israeli officials say.
The officials, including a top military commander who spoke in an interview on Friday, said that Hamas had [...]

Confronting Hezbollah

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Published in Islam, Israel, Middle East, War, hezbollah, iranian, Islam, lebanese_sovereignty, Lebanon, Muslims, southern_lebanon, Syria, terrorist_organization

Hezbollah, the Iranian-controlled terrorist organization operating inside Lebanon, continues to grow in strength and to endanger the U.N.-brokered â€œcease-fireâ€ in southern Lebanon. The U.N. arms embargo has not been enforced and the terrorist organization continues to rearm, receiving arms shipments from Syria. The threat to Israel and to Lebanese sovereignty looms greater than ever.
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The Next War?

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Published in Britain, Iran, U.S., War, ahmadinejad, Britain, british_sailors, tehran, U.S., War

The capture by Iran of fifteen British sailors and marines while they were inspecting a trading dhow in international waters for smuggled goods could be the spark that ignites the next war.
Whether that happens or not will not depend on us, or on the Brits. It will depend on President Ahmadinejad, his backers in Tehran, [...]

Israel Will be at War by Summer, Politician Says

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Published in Israel, War

Israel will be at war by summer, a prominent opposition member of the Israeli Knesset told NewsMax in an exclusive interview this week.
“We have no choice. We will have to do it,” said Dr. Arieh Eldad, member of the opposition National Union Party.
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Europe, Weak And Unwilling

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Published in Britain, Europe, Iran, Britain, Europe, Hostages, Iran

The Anglo-Iranian Hostage Situation Makes Europe’s Flaws Obvious
by Victor David Hanson
“It’s completely outrageous for any nation to go out and arrest the servicemen of another nation in waters that don’t belong to them.” So spoke Admiral Sir Alan West, former First Sea Lord of the Royal Navy, concerning the present Anglo-Iranian crisis over captured British [...]

I live in Russia, my phone lives in New York

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Published in Off-Topic, general, New-York, Phone, Russia, U.S.

ST. PETERSBURG: I live in Vladimir Putin’s hometown, not far from the palaces of the czars, but on a windowsill in my apartment, I have a phone that lives in New York.
It makes and receives calls on a New York City area code as surely as a phone in a takeout joint on Flatbush Avenue [...]

Attack of the Drones

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Published in Military, U.S., Drones, hellfire, jets, Military, Missiles, predators, U.S., uav

All these attitudes began to change in 2001, when the CIA and the Air Force rigged a few Predators with Hellfire air-to-ground missiles. Suddenly, a UAV could do more than just float over a target for 20 hours at a time, watching and taking pictures, already a significant asset. It could also be a killer.
What [...]

U.S. And Japan Working On Closer Alliance To Support Stronger Missile Defense

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Published in Japan, Missiles, U.S., air_force_lt, defense_capabilities, Japan, military_alliance, Missile-Defense, missile_attack, north_korea, U.S.

Washington, D.C. (AHN) – The United States and Japan are signing new defensive agreements and evolving their military alliance to defend against new threats.
Commander of U.S. Forces Japan, Air Force Lt. Gen. Bruce A. Wright, says the shift will move from traditional warfare to the defense against a missile attack from neighbors like North Korea [...]

Iranian Crisis: Where Is The World Going?

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Published in Britain, Islam, Britain, China, Cold-War, Iran, North-Korea, Nuclear

MOSCOW – The weakness of western powers and the international community was exposed once again last week after Iran arrested British sailors and marines it claimed had strayed into Iranian territorial waters.
One Iranian official has said that if the United Kingdom does not admit that the sailors were in Iranian waters, they would be charged [...]

Saudi Arabia: Flexing Their Muscles

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Published in Middle East, Saudi-Arabia

Calling the U.S. occupation of Iraq ‘illegitimate’ was just the latest volley in Saudi Arabia’s war of independence from Washington. A conversation with the Saudi foreign minister.
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