Hamas, Hezbollah Could Push Israel To War | AVIATION WEEK

Posted by Matt in March 3rd, 2010 | no comment

Published in Israel, Middle East, War, Aviation Week, Conflict, Defense Analysts, Hamas, hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Israel War, Lead, Neighbors, Proxies, Syria

Israel is always on high alert when it comes to the potential for war with its neighbors, particularly the two groups viewed as proxies of Iran and Syria: Hamas and Hezbollah. Though neither seems particularly eager for a full-blown conflict with Israel at present, defense analysts see a number of developments that could lead to [...]

British Navy Cuts Off Argentine Warship In Apparent Escalation Of New Falklands Crisis

Posted by Matt in February 25th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Americas, Argentina, Britain, Conflict, Argentina, Argentinians, British Navy, British Oil, British Possession, Conflict, Escalation, Navy Cuts, Navy Destroyer, Oil Crisis, Oil Exploration, Small Group, Sun, United Nations, Warship

A British Navy destroyer has intercepted an Argentinian warship in an apparent escalation of the Falklands Island Oil Crisis, according to The Sun.
The announcement comes just hours after the Argentinians filed a complaint with the United Nations over British oil exploration in the Falklands.
The small group of islands off the coast of Argentina are a [...]

The New Rules of War | Foreign Policy

Posted by Matt in February 21st, 2010 | no comment

Published in War, Conflict, Foreign Policy, John Arquilla, New War, Rules Of War, Visionary

The visionary who first saw the age of “netwar” coming warns that the U.S. military is getting it wrong all over again. Here’s his plan to make conflict cheaper, smaller, and smarter.
The New Rules of War – By John Arquilla | Foreign Policy

Iran’s web of secret wars

Posted by Matt in February 19th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Iran, Combating Terrorism, Conflict, Conflicts, Cooperation, Eritrea, Gaza, International Security, Iran, Lebanon, Liaisons, Minimal Involvement, Nuclear Program, Rebels, Regimes, S System, Somalia, Tie Down, Uranium Enrichment, Wages, Western Resources

As the world focuses on Iran’s uranium enrichment and its stance on the nuclear program there is a potentially much larger threat of Iranian power to international security taking place. Iran fuels conflict within the Middle East and beyond in an attempt to consolidate its influence and tie down western resources in these conflicts. This [...]

Flashpoint recipe: Mix Russia, Islam, border war

Posted by Matt in February 16th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Islam, Russia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Border War, Caucasus, Conflict, eurasia, Flashpoint, Intelligence, Islam, Islamic Interests, Military Experts, Russia, Strategic Location

U.S. military experts say the “most likely flashpoint” in Eurasia has become the Caucasus, a strategic location that is grabbing intelligence attention because of the prospect of a border war between Armenia and Azerbaijan, a conflict that not only could draw in Russiabut also Islamic interests there
Flashpoint recipe: Mix Russia, Islam, border war

The Russia-Georgia Conflict as Analyzed by the Center of Analysis of Strategies and Technologies in Moscow – The Jamestown Foundation

Posted by Matt in January 25th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Conflict, Russia, Armed Forces, Army, Capabilities, Conclusions, Conflict, Decisive Evidence, Georgia, Georgians, Jamestown, Jamestown Foundation, Military Implications, moscow, Russia, Russian Intervention, Transformation

The long-term military implications of the Russian-Georgian war are addressed by Viacheslav Tseluiko. He warns that the popular conclusions regarding the weakness of the Georgian army during the conflict should not be taken as decisive evidence of the inability of Georgian forces to counter Russian intervention. The Georgians seem to have learned some valuable lessons [...]

Hezbollah’s relocation of rocket sites to Lebanon’s interior poses wider threat – washingtonpost.com

Posted by Matt in January 22nd, 2010 | no comment

Published in Middle East, Bekaa Valley, Conflict, Countries, hezbollah, Islamist Movement, Israel, Northern Lebanon, Relocation

Hezbollah has dispersed its long-range-rocket sites deep into northern Lebanon and the Bekaa Valley, a move that analysts say threatens to broaden any future conflict between the Islamist movement and Israel into a war between the two countries.
Hezbollah’s relocation of rocket sites to Lebanon’s interior poses wider threat – washingtonpost.com

A New Kind of War | Foreign Policy

Posted by Matt in January 21st, 2010 | no comment

Published in Israel, Middle East, Compounds, Conflict, End Result, Foreign Policy, Gaza City, Gaza Strip, Hamas, Heart, Houses, IDF, infrastructure, Islamist, Israel, Israel Defense Forces, Israelis, Landmines, Palestinians, rockets, Tank, tunnels

The end result of Operation Cast Lead, last year’s conflict between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip, was quite clear. During three weeks of fighting over December 2008 and January 2009, more than 1,300 Palestinians and 13 Israelis were killed and at least 2,500 houses in the strip were demolished. There is an ongoing [...]

BBC News – Global threats in 2010 revealed by report

Posted by Matt in January 15th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Geopolitical, Agriculture, Arrogance, Bbc, Bbc News, Conflict, Drums Of War, Economic Threats, Facing The World, Global Threats, God, Hegemony, hezbollah, Inshallah, Israel, Occupation, Regional Force, Regional News, Reputation

Underinvestment in energy and agriculture are among the biggest economic threats facing the world in 2010, according to a report.
“And inshallah (God willing), Israel, the occupation, hegemony and arrogance are in the process of disappearing.” Nasrallah said that Israel, which fought a devastating conflict with Hezbollah in 2006, was again beating the drums of war [...]

Nasrallah confident of crushing Israel

Posted by Matt in January 15th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Conflict, Israel, Middle East, Arrogance, Beirut, Conflict, Drums Of War, Gulf Daily News, Hamas, Hassan Nasrallah, Hegemony, hezbollah, Hizbollah, Inshallah, Israel, Leader Of Hezbollah, Lebanon, Militant Group, Nasrallah, News Israel, News World, Occupation, Regional Force, Reputation, Syria

Nasrallah, who is the leader of Hezbollah, knows something that most people aren’t thinking about. The next war with Israel will be a coordinated attack by Hezbollah, Syria, Hamas and probably Iran too. The attempt will be to crush and destroy Israel once and for all.
After the next war only one side will exist.
BEIRUT: [...]