In the year since Ms. Rice announced the new strategy for the United States to join forces with Europe, Russia and China to press Iran to suspend its uranium enrichment activities, Iran has installed more than a thousand centrifuges to enrich uranium. The International Atomic Energy Agency predicts that 8,000 or so could be spinning [...]

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“Russia does not think that Turkey’s acting like the bad boy of NATO will serve Russia’s interests. On the contrary, Moscow has been seeking good relations with NATO and a good NATO ally like Turkey will serve and currently serves the Russian interest. For example, it was through Turkish intervention that Russia participated in this [...]

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US defence spending needs to be kept at record levels to cope with the threat of global terrorism and the emergence of China as a military rival, the head of Boeing’s defence business has warned.
Speaking ahead of this week’s Paris Air Show, Jim Albaugh forecast a slowdown in the Pentagon budget but warned that a [...]

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Map of the Middle East
Go to Map of Gaza Strip
Go to Map of Hezbollah
How Far into Israel Can Hezbollah Reach? Please note that this map is upside down.

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“Tehran has succeeded in planting an Iranian division in the north (Hezbollah) and now they have a foothold in the south by establishing their southern division - Hamas,” said a source in Israel’s defence ministry.
Then there is Syria, with which Israel is still officially at war. Damascus is demanding the return of the Golan Heights, [...]

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Divide and rule was an old maxim of Britain’s Empire. In the Middle East today, there’s certainly no shortage of division. But who is ruling as a result? Any lingering hopes of a two-state solution to the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians evaporated last week as the Islamist extremists of Hamas seized control of [...]

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June 17, 2007: Russia will now be replacing RS-18 (SS-19) and RS-20 (SS-18) ICBMs with the newer RS-24 (SS-27 Topol M), more rapidly than earlier planned. This is the result of more money being allocated to buying ICBMs, and more reliable new ICBMs becoming available.
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U.S. shouldn’t be partner in Republic’s military build-up
Two years ago, the Portsmouth Herald printed my piece, “Invest in Mexico, not China (August 21, 2005), wherein I pointed out the huge trade imbalance we had with China and the opportunity to provide a means to potentially stem the flow of illegal aliens from Mexico. I believe [...]

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Britain’s relationship with its Muslim community is not getting any easier. Many Muslims want to build mosques, schools, and adhere to Islamic dress codes with ever more energy. But that energy also derives from the same culture and accompanying institutions that produced British-born suicide bombers. The space in which to argue that Islam is an [...]

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