Hamas wages Iranâ€™s proxy war on Israel

Posted by Matt in March 9th, 2008 | no comment

Published in Iran, Israel, Middle East, Hamas

A Hamas leader admits hundreds of his fighters have travelled to Tehran
The Hamas commander, however, confirmed for the first time that the Iranian Revolutionary Guard has been training its men in Tehran for more than two years and is currently honing the skills of 150 fighters.
The details he gave suggested that, if anything, Shin Bet [...]

EU report warns of conflict with Russia over energy issue

Posted by Matt in March 9th, 2008 | 2 comments

Published in Asia, Energy, Europe, Middle East, Russia, E.U.

A REPORT on security challenges to the EU will bluntly warn the union’s summit next week that Europe could face conflict with Russia over access to energy reserves in the Arctic and a dangerous surge in immigration due to the impact of climate change.
And the report warns that the EU must address the reality that [...]

The New Cold War With Russia

Posted by Matt in March 9th, 2008 | 1 comment

Published in Amazon.Com, New Cold War, Russia, Amazon Asin, Chicken Little, Cold War Rhetoric, Crackpot, Criminal Charges, Criminal Trials, Double Jeopardy, Former Prime Minister, Hot One, Jeopardy, Judgment, Mikhail Kasyanov, Missiles, Nuclear Weapons, Red Square, Resurgence, Russian Economy, Sake, Soviet State, Vladimir Putin

By the third week of January this year, we heard Russia announce that it would not hesitate to be the first to use nuclear weapons in battle, that it would resume this May parading tanks and missiles through Red Square in the Soviet fashion, that it would reestablish the application of double jeopardy in criminal [...]

Putin Says Medvedev Will Be `Russian Nationalist’ Too

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Published in Russia, Medvedev, putin

Outgoing Russian President Vladimir Putin told visiting German Chancellor Angela Merkel that his successor Dmitry Medvedev will defend Russia’s interests just as aggressively as he has.
Medvedev “will be free to demonstrate his liberal views, but he isn’t any less of a Russian nationalist, in the positive sense of the word, than I am,” Putin [...]

North Korea admits to sending engineers to Syria

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Published in Koreas, Nuclear, Syria, north_korea

North Korea admitted to sending engineers to military- related and other facilities in Syria during its recent talks with the United States over its nuclear program, diplomatic sources in New York said Friday.
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Bellicosity in Belarus

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Published in Europe, Iran, Koreas, Middle East, Syria, Belarus

The regime in Belarus â€” a small country of 10 million â€” is as corrupt and evil as they come. Syria, Iran and North Korea are strategic allies. Belarus, during 2001 alone, secretly sold $500 million in arms to Syria and its terrorist faction, the Hezbollah, that used the deadly Katyusha rockets against Israel.
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