Alpine Jihad: Libya’s Gadhafi Declares Holy War Against Switzerland – SPIEGEL ONLINE – News – International

Posted by Matt in February 26th, 2010 | no comment

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The Swiss and Libyan governments have been at odds since 2008, when Swiss police arrested Ghadafi’s son Hannibal and Hannibal’s wife, the model Aline Skaf. The couple was charged with abusing servants in a luxury hotel. They were quickly released on bail, and officials soon dropped charges, but Libya responded by withdrawing billions of dollars [...]

Tehran has developed an advanced nuclear warhead

Posted by Matt in February 6th, 2010 | no comment

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Iran has developed according to information from the Süddeutsche Zeitung with the help of a scientist from a former Soviet nuclear weapons laboratory, the design for an advanced nuclear warhead.
[I used Google Translate to translate from the original German to English]
Western intelligence agencies and diplomats confirmed with information from a paper that the knowledge of [...]

Middle East: Atomic agitation | FT.Com

Posted by Matt in January 7th, 2010 | no comment

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Just over a month ago, a group of veteran US and Israeli diplomats met at Harvard to play out scenarios for one of the most momentous issues facing the world this year – Iran’s nuclear programme.
In the simulation, as in real life, the stakes were high. If Iran comes within reach of a nuclear weapon [...]

Intel report: Teheran wants uranium deal with Kazakhstan | Iranian – Iran News | Jerusalem Post

Posted by Matt in December 29th, 2009 | no comment

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Iran is close to clinching a deal to clandestinely import 1,350 tons of purified uranium ore from Kazakhstan, according to an intelligence report obtained by The Associated Press on Tuesday. Diplomats said the assessment was heightening international concern about Teheran’s nuclear activities.
Such a purified uranium ore deal would be significant because Teheran appears to be [...]

China behaving badly. Yet again – The Independent

Posted by Matt in December 27th, 2009 | no comment

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They scupper climate talks, jail dissidents and execute prisoners. Some leaders just don’t care what the world thinks
They didn’t even wait until the dust had settled on the disastrous Copenhagen climate summit. In the middle of last week, China’s leaders watched approvingly as a leading dissident, Liu Xiaobo, was hauled into court and tried on [...]

Videos About The Iranian Threat

Posted by Matt in December 5th, 2009 | no comment

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One official said that if the Iranian nuclear issue is not resolved, “It may develop into a threat to the peace and security of the entire world, not only in a specific region [like the Persian Gulf or Israel].” When asked whether NATO would defend states in the event of an Iranian assault he said [...]

‘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

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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 [...]

Iran Is Said to Ignore Effort to Salvage a Nuclear Deal – NYTimes.com

Posted by Matt in November 8th, 2009 | 1 comment

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The Obama administration, attempting to salvage a faltering nuclear deal with Iran, has told Iran’s leaders in back-channel messages that it is willing to allow the country to send its stockpile of enriched uranium to any of several nations, including Turkey, for temporary safekeeping, according to administration officials and diplomats involved in the exchanges.
But the [...]

The Possibility of a Nuclear Iran Alarms Arabs – NYTimes.com

Posted by Matt in September 30th, 2009 | no comment

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As the West raises the pressure on Iran over its nuclear program, Arab governments, especially the small, oil-rich nations in the Persian Gulf, are growing increasingly anxious. But they are concerned not only with the prospect of a nuclear-armed Iran but also with the more immediate threat that Iran will destabilize the region if the [...]

UN agency says Iran got nuclear designs; warhead plan suspected – The Boston Globe

Posted by Matt in September 17th, 2009 | no comment

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This report confirms that Iran has the blueprints for a nuclear warhead capable of being mounted on a missile.
There is some speculation from left-wing websites that the source for this report was Israel. I’m sure these same websites are not anti-Israel.
This article was originally published on November 19, 2005.
The UN atomic watchdog agency revealed yesterday [...]