The other threat to Israel | The Call

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

Published in Israel, Accuracy, Economy, Game, Guided Missile, Heart, hezbollah, Israel, Israel Population, Israelis, Lebanon, Missile Attacks, Missiles, Target, Tel Aviv

Other threats are more serious. One day soon, Hezbollah will have access to missiles with the range and accuracy to effectively target Tel Aviv from anywhere inside Lebanon. That will be a game-changer for Israel’s security, its economy, and its politics. More than half of Israel’s population and the heart of its economy are centered [...]

With Arms for Taiwan, U.S. Sends Beijing a Message – NYTimes.com

Posted by Matt in January 31st, 2010 | no comment

Published in Taiwan, Arms Sales, beijing, China Policy, Heart, News Analysis, Nytimes, Sales Package, Taiwan, United States, United Strike

Now, the Obama administration has started to push back. In announcing an arms sales package to Taiwan worth $6 billion on Friday, the United States leveled a direct strike at the heart of the most sensitive diplomatic issue between the two countries since America affirmed the “one China” policy in 1972.
News Analysis – With [...]

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 [...]

Iran to hold war games to protect nuclear facilities – Yahoo! Canada News

Posted by Matt in November 21st, 2009 | no comment

Published in Iran, Canada Military, Canada News, Cleric, Games Yahoo, Heart, Iran Military, Islamic Republic, Missiles, News Iran, Nuclear Facilities, Nuclear News, Revolutionary Guards, Tel Aviv, War Games, Yahoo, Yahoo Canada, Yahoo News

Iran’s military said it will begin large-scale air defense drills on Sunday, and a cleric in the Revolutionary Guards warned that the Islamic Republic would fire missiles at “the heart of Tel Aviv” if attacked.
Iran to hold war games to protect nuclear facilities – Yahoo! Canada News

The secret war continues – Israel Opinion, Ynetnews

Posted by Matt in October 19th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Israel, Middle East, damascus, Explosives, February 12, Flame, Heart, hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Jeep, Lebanese Sources, Lebanon Syria, Neighborhood, Nissan, People, Public Arena, Rare Appearances, Secret War, Surfaces, Tip Of The Iceberg, Ynetnews Israel

Israel, Lebanon, Syria, Iran, and Hezbollah are engaged in a war. Only the tip of the iceberg surfaces once in a while, yet this is a war in every way, and it takes place every day and every hour. On Sunday, according to Lebanese sources, we saw one of the rare appearances of this war [...]

Iranian official: We’ll blow up heart of Israel if attacked | Iranian – Iran News | Jerusalem Post

Posted by Matt in October 9th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Iran, Israel, Ali Khamenei, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Cleric, Heart, Iran News, Iranian Missiles, Iranian Official, Israel, Israel Jerusalem, Israel News, Jerusalem Post, Jewish State, Military Force, Missile, Mojtaba, News Iran, Retaliation, Supreme Leader Ayatollah, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, United States

Iran will “blow up the heart of Israel” if the United States or the Jewish state attacked it first, a top official with Iran’s most powerful military force, the Revolutionary Guard, warned Friday.
Cleric Mojtaba Zolnour, who is Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s representative in the Guard, said that if a US or Israeli missile lands [...]

Pakistan: The dirtiest war – World – Macleans.ca

Posted by Matt in September 24th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Pakistan, Aftermath, Cauldron, Concept Of Justice, Crimes, Dangerous Place, Guns, Heart, Macleans, Minor Skirmish, Pakistan, Pashtun, Pashtuns, Revenge, Rivalries, Taliban, Tribal Conflict, Tribal Militias, Vendettas, Vengeance, War World

The Pakistani Taliban is broken. But a deadly new menace is rising.
Indeed, the Pakistani Taliban is broken, possibly for good. But a new menace is rising, largely hidden from the eyes of the outside world. To see it, you have to venture into what many consider the world’s most dangerous place, a cauldron of tribal [...]

The great bailout – Europe’s best-kept secret

Posted by Matt in June 6th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Economy, Europe, Financial, Bailout, Baltic State, Best Kept Secret, Centenary Celebrations, Confluence, Credit Crunch, democracy, Devastation, Economic Crises, Europe, European Election, Freedom, German People, Heart, Isaiah Berlin, Jewish Philosopher, Perfect Storm, Secret Germany, Vote

Germany is at the heart of a huge plan to prop up crippled EU economies – not that the German people would ever know
I will not vote in today’s European election. Instead, I am doing something much more interesting and relevant to the future of Europe and Britain. I am travelling to Riga to speak [...]

How China still fears Falun Gong

Posted by Matt in April 25th, 2009 | 1 comment

Published in China, 10 Years, Activists, Aim, beijing, China, Demonstration, Evil Cult, Falun Gong, Fellow Believers, Heart, Leadership, Rubbish, Spiritual Sect

Evil cult or spiritual sect? The Falun Gong is the most persecuted group in China, even though 10 years have passed since thousands of its activists stunned the leadership by quietly surrounding its headquarters in the heart of Beijing for a day and then melting away.
The demonstration was unprecedented. Seemingly out of nowhere 10,000 people [...]

Taliban Seize Vital Pakistan Area Closer to the Capital

Posted by Matt in April 22nd, 2009 | no comment

Published in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Cnn, Control, Frontier Province, Game, Heart, Islamabad, Law Enforcement Official, Law Enforcement Officials, Militants, National Security, North West Frontier, Pakistani Army, Peter Bergen, Rural Area, Security Analyst, Station Houses, Swat, Taliban, Talibanization, Vital Pakistan

Taliban militants have established control of a strategically important area only 70 miles from the capital, law enforcement officials said Wednesday. The move is part of an unrelenting push by the Taliban toward the heart of Pakistan.
Heavily armed militants were patrolling villages and local police had retreated to their station houses in much of the [...]