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 [...]

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 [...]

Analysis: What’s behind Saudi offensive in Yemen | GlobalPost

Posted by Matt in November 14th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Middle East, Armed Forces, Internal Stability, Iran, Rebels, riyadh, Saudi-Arabia, Turmoil, Yemen

Saudi Arabia’s ongoing military offensive against rebels in neighboring Yemen — the first time its armed forces have gone into combat in almost 20 years — underscores Riyadh’s deep concern about Yemen’s crumbling internal stability, and the possibility that Iran will exploit the turmoil to spread its influence.
Analysis: What’s behind Saudi offensive in Yemen | [...]

DEBKAfile – A large Saudi armored force crosses into Yemen to fight Iran-backed rebels

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

Published in Middle East, Ally, Armored Infantry, Border Guard, Crosses, Gaza, Hamas, Iran, Israel, Jizan, Military Sources, Nov 5, Palestinian Hamas, Rebel Positions, Rebels, Saudi Air Force, Saudi Border, Sources Report, Tank Column, Tornado Jets, Yemen

Thursday, Nov. 5, a substantial Saudi armored infantry force and tank column crossed the border into Yemen to do battle with Iran-backed Houthi rebels the day after they killed a Saudi border guard. Saudi air force F-15 and Tornado jets have been bombing Yemeni rebel positions near the border with the southern Saudi Jizan province [...]

Thousands of Myanmar refugees stream into China — latimes.com

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

Published in Asia, beijing, Cross Border, Groups, Headache, Latimes, Northern Myanmar, Rebels, Refugees, Southern China, Uneasy Calm, United Nations

An uneasy calm settled over northern Myanmar on Sunday as rebels and refugees continued to cross the border into southern China after an assault by Myanmar’s military.
United Nations and overseas Myanmar groups say more than 10,000 ethnic Kokang refugees, including hundreds of militiamen, are now in southern China, presenting a logistical headache for Beijing.
Thousands [...]

Are Saudi Arabia and Iran at war in Yemen?

Posted by Matt in August 28th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Middle East, Air Strikes, Artillery, Cold-War, Economist, Foreign Policy, Iran, Katyusha, Katyusha Rockets, Los Angeles Times, Middle East, Northwestern, Proxy War, Rebel Positions, Rebels, Refugees, Saudi-Arabia, tanks, Uprising, Volleys, Yemen

Has a proxy war broken out in Yemen? The Los Angeles Times has reported that 100 Shiite rebels are dead and 100,000 refugees are on the move in the Saada region of northwestern Yemen after the Sunni-dominated government attacked rebel positions with tanks, artillery, and air strikes. According to The Economist, the rebels retaliated with [...]

Saudis alarmed at mounting Yemen crisis – UPI.com

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

Published in Middle East, Ali Abdullah Saleh, Arab State, Arabian Peninsula, Army, Crises, Fighting Escalates, Insurgents, Iran, Northwestern Mountains, President Ali Abdullah Saleh, Rebellion, Rebels, riyadh, Saudi-Arabia, Saudis, Southern Neighbor, Southwestern Tip, Upi, Yemen, Yemeni Government

As fighting escalates in Yemen between the army and Shiite rebels in the northwestern mountains along the border with Saudi Arabia, Riyadh is becoming increasingly alarmed that Iran is arming the insurgents and that its unruly southern neighbor is in danger of sliding out of control.
The Saudis fear that the Yemeni government of President Ali [...]

U.S. Military Base Plan Puts Colombia in Hot Water – TIME

Posted by Matt in August 12th, 2009 | no comment

Published in general, Air Bases, Continent, Drug Traffickers, Hot Water, Latin-America, Military Base, Neighbors, Odds, Plan Colombia, Political Tide, President Alvaro Uribe, Rebels, Soil, Water Time

As one of the few surviving pro-U.S. conservative heads of state in a continent that has swung left, Colombia’s President, Alvaro Uribe, is used to being at odds with his neighbors. But accustomed though he may be to swimming against Latin America’s political tide, Uribe is scrambling to explain his less-than-transparent decision to allow the [...]

Nigeria’s oil curse

Posted by Matt in June 1st, 2009 | no comment

Published in Africa, Oil, African Man, Audience, Blood Diamond, Cinema, Curse, Diamonds, Government Forces, Lagos Nigeria, Laughter, Leonardo Dicaprio, Leonardo Dicaprio Film, Oil Wealth, Old Man, Photos, Rebels, Sierra Leone, Surveys, Vicious Civil War, Violence

The story in photos behind the fight for Nigeria’s oil wealth.
During a scene in the Leonardo DiCaprio film “Blood Diamond,” an elderly African man surveys a village destroyed in Sierra Leone’s vicious civil war and laments the violence tearing his country apart as rebels and government forces fight for control over access to diamonds and [...]

Reports: China secretly subverting India, is now top supplier to rebels

Posted by Matt in November 19th, 2008 | no comment

Published in China, India, China, Insurgent Groups, Insurgents, Northeast India, Oct 31, Rebels, Times Of India, weapons

China has been active in supplying weapons and support to insurgents in northeast India, according to press reports from India and Britain.
For the past two years, China has been indirectly pressuring India by supplying arms and weapons to insurgent groups, the Times of India reported Oct. 31.
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