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Iran Has Started a Mideast Arms Race

Posted by Matt in June 11th, 2009 | no comment 
Published in Iran, Nuclear, , , , , , , , , ,

States throughout the region are looking to establish nuclear programs.
The Middle East may be on the verge of a nuclear arms race triggered by the inability of the West to stop Iran’s quest for a bomb. Since Tehran’s nuclear ambitions hit the headlines five years ago, 25 countries — 10 of them in the greater [...]

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A new cold war in the Middle East

Posted by Matt in June 10th, 2009 | no comment 
Published in Iran, Middle East, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

In one sense, the Lebanese election was the latest episode in what is becoming a fairly clear cold war in the Middle East. On one side of this cold war are the US, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and, despite Arab unease with them, the Israelis. On the other side are Iran, Syria, Hezbollah and Hamas, which [...]

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Iran Could Put U.S. in Missile Range by 2015, Air Force Report Warns

Posted by Matt in June 10th, 2009 | no comment 
Published in Iran, Missiles, , , , , , , , , , , ,

“Iran has ambitious ballistic missile and space launch development programs and, with sufficient foreign assistance, Iran could develop and test an ICBM capable of reaching the United States by 2015,” the report says.
In the preceding paragraph, the report warns that North Korea’s Taepodong 2 missile could also be developed as an ICBM could put the [...]

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