Fears that Iran Wants to Trigger Mideast War

Posted by Matt in March 11th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Iran, Israel, Middle East, War, Allies, Confrontation, Economic Sanctions, Envision, Fears, Gaza, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East, Mideast War, Neighbors, New War, Nuclear Activities, Sanctions On Iran, Syria, tehran, United States, West Bank, World Citizen

As the United States steps up its campaign to impose economic sanctions on Iran, fears are growing in Washington and in the Middle East that Iran will try to trigger a new war in the region in order to shift attention from its nuclear activities, throw the U.S. and its allies off balance, and put [...]

Open Letter: It’s Time to Invite Russia to Join NATO – SPIEGEL ONLINE – News – International

Posted by Matt in March 8th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Russia, Confrontation, Decades, Defense Experts, Elbe, German Defense, Klaus Naumann, moscow, NATO, News International, Online News, Online Security, Open Doors, Russia News, Russia Online, Spiegel, Spiegel Online, Trans Atlantic, Ulrich, Volker RüHe, Weisser

Trans-Atlantic security needs have changed fundamentally in the last two decades. The East-West confrontation has ended, and Moscow now shares many interests with NATO. It is time for the alliance to open its doors to Russia, say German defense experts Volker Rühe, Klaus Naumann, Frank Elbe and Ulrich Weisser.
Open Letter: It’s Time to Invite Russia [...]

Iran steps up training of Hamas retaliation force

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

Published in Iran, Israel, Middle East, Confrontation, Future War, Gaza Strip, Hamas, Hamas Gunmen, Iran, Israel, Jewish State, Nuclear Facilities, Retaliation, Security Official, tehran

Iran has increased exponentially its training of Hamas gunmen both in the Gaza Strip and abroad, a senior Egyptian security official told WND.
The official said Iran believes there will be a confrontation with Israel this year over Tehran’s nuclear facilities and has thus stepped up training of Hamas, whose gunmen will be instrumental in carrying [...]

Inspectors Say Iran Worked on Warhead – NYTimes.com

Posted by Matt in February 18th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Iran, Nuclear, Conclusion, Confrontation, Iran Military, Nuclear Warhead, Nytimes, United Nations, United States, Western Countries

The United Nations’ nuclear inspectors declared for the first time on Thursday that they had extensive evidence of “past or current undisclosed activities” by Iran’s military to develop a nuclear warhead, an unusually strongly worded conclusion that seems certain to accelerate Iran’s confrontation with the United States and other Western countries.
Inspectors Say Iran Worked [...]

Inspectors Say Iran Worked on Warhead – NYTimes.com

Posted by Matt in February 18th, 2010 | no comment

Published in general, Conclusion, Confrontation, Iran Military, Nuclear Warhead, Nytimes, United Nations, United States, Western Countries

Beijing Bones up its Cyber-Warfare Capacity – The Jamestown Foundation

Posted by Matt in February 4th, 2010 | no comment

Published in China, American Government, beijing, Bilateral Ties, Censorship Internet, Censorship Of The Internet, Chinese Communist Party, Confrontation, Cyber Attacks, Cyber Warfare, Deterioration, Digital Warfare, Furor, Global Digital, Google, Jamestown, Jamestown Foundation, Multinationals, Prowess, Renminbi, Unprecedented Resources

While the furor over cyber attacks against Google has lapsed somewhat, the Sino-American confrontation over the larger issue of Internet security and global digital warfare is expected to intensify in the near future. This is particularly in light of the deterioration of bilateral ties due to issues ranging from the value of the renminbi to [...]

Israeli minister: Third war on Lebanon in sight

Posted by Matt in January 23rd, 2010 | no comment

Published in Israel, Afp, Confrontation, Israeli Cabinet Minister, Israeli Minister, Israeli News, Israeli War, Lebanon, Military Radio, Portfolio, Radio News, Tel Aviv, Third War

An Israeli cabinet minister warns of the third Israeli war on Lebanon amid reports that Tel Aviv has mobilized its troops.
“We are heading toward a new confrontation in the north,” said minister without portfolio, Yossi Peled in remarks carried by military radio and the Israeli news website Ynet, the AFP reported.

Israeli minister: Third war [...]

Former Mossad head expounds on Israel, Iran

Posted by Matt in December 10th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Iran, Israel, Careful Analysis, Confrontation, Debate, Difficult Period, Diplomat, Faces, History Today, Iran, Israel, Manners, Mossad, Regime, Splits, Spy, tehran

Calm debate and careful analysis will show it is Iran, not Israel, that faces an existential threat, he suggests.
“I think Iran is going through a very difficult period in its history. Today, as we sit here, the students of Tehran are demonstrating and the regime is reacting very, very sharply. I don’t know the outcomeof [...]

‘It’s 1938, and Iran Is Germany’: Israel’s Patience with Tehran Wearing Thin – SPIEGEL ONLINE – News – International

Posted by Matt in December 2nd, 2009 | no comment

Published in Iran, Israel, Compromises, Confrontation, Diplomats, Economic Sanctions, Future Of The World, International Isolation, Israeli Citizens, Last Resort, National Security Studies, News International, Nuclear Bomb, Nuclear Facilities, Nuclear Program, Real Solution, scenarios, Six Men, Spiegel, Spiegel Online, tehran, Tel Aviv

Iran’s leaders continue to reject compromises over their nuclear program and are rebuffing the IAEA. The West is likely to respond with tighter sanctions, but that is unlikely to satisfy Israel, which has attack plans already drawn up.
Six men are sitting around a table, deciding the future of the world. The men, who represent the [...]

DEBKAfile – US, Iranian naval Red Sea buildup off Yemen. Debut for Iran’s midget subs

Posted by Matt in November 23rd, 2009 | no comment

Published in Middle East, Conflict, Confrontation, Debkafile, Debut, Egypt, Insurgency, Iran, Midget, Rebels, Red Sea, Regime, Regional Conflagration, Sanaa, Saudi-Arabia, Subs, United States, Yemen, Yemeni

The Yemeni conflict is fast evolving from a Houthi insurgency against the Abdullah Salah regime in Sanaa to a broad regional conflagration drawing in Saudi Arabia and Egypt as major players and increasingly the United States, whose involvement is building up into a direct confrontation with the rebels’ sponsor, Iran.
DEBKAfile – US, Iranian naval Red [...]