Iraqi Refugees Underground Economy: The Sex Trade in Damascus | Foreign Policy

Posted by Matt in March 9th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Middle East, Syria, damascus, Deborah Amos, Elderly Parents, Female Headed Households, Foreign Policy, Glimpse, iraq, Iraqi Exiles, Iraqi Refugee, Iraqi Refugees, Jobs, Led, Refugee Agency, Refugee Crisis, Sex, Sex Trade, SexTrade, survival, Syria, Underground Economy, Underground Sex

Hundreds, perhaps thousands, of the Iraqi exiles in Syria had turned to the sex trade for survival. In Damascus, refugees were not permitted to hold jobs. As resources dwindled, many were led into the underground economy. Female-headed households accounted for almost a quarter of the refugees registered with the U.N. refugee agency. Widowed, divorced, or [...]

Syria is regional missile threat

Posted by Matt in February 13th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Iran, Missiles, Syria, Ballistic Missile Threat, Chemical Warheads, iraq, Israel, Jordan, Launch, Pdf, Presents, Scud Missiles, Ss, Syria, Turkey

Syria also presents a regional threat. It has several hundred SCUD-class and SS-21 SRBMs and may have chemical warheads available for a portion of its SCUD missiles. All of Syria’s missiles are mobile and can reach much of Israel and large portions of Iraq, Jordan, and Turkey from launch sites well within the country.
PDF: The [...]

Egyptian sources: Israel prepares to strike Iran from Gulf and N. Iraq

Posted by Matt in February 3rd, 2010 | 4 comments

Published in Iran, Israel, Middle East, Charting, Egyptian Sources, Espionage, Fifth Fleet, Gulf Waters, IDF, Intelligence, Iran Nuclear, iraq, Israel, Israeli Navy, Nuclear Installations, Persian Gulf, Shorelines, Special Forces, Special Operations Forces, Terrorism Security

They report that the Israeli Navy together with the US Fifth Fleet have for some weeks been charting Persian Gulf waters and Iranian shorelines in preparation for attacks by Israeli naval and special operations forces.
IDF intelligence and special forces officers, they also say, have been marking out routes for their air and ground forces to [...]

Iran threatens to hit Gulf » Kuwait Times Website

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

Published in Iran, Afghanistan, Defense Minister, Iran Nuclear, Iranian Officials, iraq, Islamic Republic, Kuwait Times, News Agency, Targets, Tehran Iran, warships

TEHRAN: Iran’s Defense Minister Ahamd Vahidi said yesterday that Western warships stationed in the Gulf are “best targets” for the Islamic republic if its nuclear sites are attacked, Fars news agency reported. Iranian officials have repeatedly threatened to deliver a “crushing response” and hit US targets, including its bases in the Gulf and neighboring Iraq [...]

Four global crisis spots – Washington Times

Posted by Matt in January 13th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Forecasts, Geopolitical, 21st Century, Afghanistan Pakistan, American President, Amount Of Time, climate change, Global Crisis, Global Economy, Immigration, India, International Crime, Iran, iraq, Israeli Peace, Milestones, North-Korea, Peace Process, Russia, Security Issues, Transnational Issues, Washington Times

Of course, any American president has umpteen international issues to address in any given year – including those that can be foreseen as well as those that pop up. Managing the three big wars (Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan), the three additional major crisis spots (North Korea, Iran, the Arab-Israeli “peace process”), and the three big, new [...]

Why Wars No Longer End with Winners and Losers – Newsweek.com

Posted by Matt in January 12th, 2010 | no comment

Published in War, Academic Project, Afghanistan, Civil Wars, Cold-War, Columbia University, Correlates Of War, Half A Percent, iraq, Newsweek, Political Scientist, Winners And Losers, world-war-II

With U.S. troops leaving Iraq and deploying in Afghanistan, it’s worth asking: how are wars won now? Increasingly, they’re not. Instead, says Page Fortna, a political scientist at Columbia University who researches war outcomes, nearly half of all wars since World War II have ended indecisively. That trend between states started with the Cold War, [...]

The Iranian Connection – Iraq

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

Published in Iran, Al Quds, Brick Factory, British Hostages, British Men, General Petraeus, Guard Member, Guard Members, Hostages, Intelligence Officers, Iran Hostages, Iranian Border, Iranian Connection, Iranian Revolutionary Guard, iraq, Iraq Hostages, Iraqi Intelligence, Khamenei, Kidnappers, Mehran, Quds Iran, Supreme Leader, Two And A Half Years

General Petraeus confirms Iraq hostages were held in Iran
Just one of the five British men taken hostage in Baghdad two and a half years ago, made it out alive. With his release has come shocking new evidence of high-level Iranian involvement in the kidnap.
When five British hostages were driven away from the government building they [...]

Gerald Celente Predictions for 2010, Trends Research Institute | NowPublic News Coverage

Posted by Matt in January 3rd, 2010 | 1 comment

Published in Favorites, Forecasts, Afghanistan, Countries, Gerald Celente, iraq, Lot, Many People, Nowpublic, Pakistan, Revenge, Top Trends, Trends Research Institute, United States Foreign Policy

Gerald Celente is back with his predicitions for 2010 and many people think that Gerald Celente from the Trends Research Institute says a lot of things that come true and that he accurately predicts what will happen.
Unfortunately Gerald Celente seems to think that 2010 is not going to be the year for America either.
He [...]

Navy of 2030 could bring sci-fi to reality – Navy Times

Posted by Matt in January 2nd, 2010 | no comment

Published in Military Tech, Culture Change, Fighter Jets, iraq, Jobs, Missions, Navy, Navy News, Navy Times, News News, Retirement, sailors, Satellites In Space, Sci Fi, Science Fiction Writers, Weaponry

In the year 2030, sailors may be using laser-based weaponry, flying fighter jets overseas from a computer console in Virginia and spending as much time protecting satellites in space as they will spend guarding strike groups at sea.
Once a far-flung date considered solely by science-fiction writers, the year 2030 is now a potential retirement date [...]

Iran comes out on top in secret simulated war games – Times Online

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

Published in Iran, Israel, Afghanistan War, Enriching Uranium, Games Online, Gaza, Hamas, hezbollah, Iran Nuclear, Iranian Missiles, iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Militants, Militias, Online Security, Proxies, Security Analysts, Top Games, Top Secret, United States, War Games

Security analysts in Israel and America have warned of the potential high cost to be paid if Israel attacks Iran and say that such a strike would at best delay, rather than stamp out, Iran’s nuclear programme. The cost would be not only to Israel, whose cities are within range of Iranian missiles and which [...]