Arabs fear fallout of nuclear conflict

Posted by Matt in July 11th, 2008 | no comment

Published in Iran, Middle East, Nuclear, Arab States, Arabs, Desalination Plants, Eastern Saudi Arabia, Fallout, Fear, Gulf States, Iran, Nuclear Conflict, refineries, Retaliation, tehran, War In The Gulf, Worry

Nervous Arab states fear a war in the Gulf but a nuclear-armed Iran is an even greater concern.
Iranian retaliation against oilfields, refineries and desalination plants in the Gulf, especially in eastern Saudi Arabia, is an obvious worry. Tehran has gone on the record as threatening to close the Straits of Hormuz, the choke point for [...]

Playing games with U.S. security

Posted by Matt in July 2nd, 2008 | no comment

Published in Nuclear, U.S., Icbms, Minuteman Missiles, Nuclear Deterrent, Nuclear Triad, Obama, Playing Games, Retaliation, Risk, Storage, submarines, Temptation, Warheads

Obama’s feel-good approach puts nuclear deterrent at risk
More worrisome, Mr. Obama has called for de-alerting all of our 450 Minuteman III missiles - taking their warheads off and putting them in storage. This would effectively eliminate this critically important leg of our nuclear Triad. It would make it useless in a crisis, as it would [...]

German report: Assad’s brother-in-law attempted coup

Posted by Matt in June 7th, 2008 | no comment

Published in Syria, Arab League, assad, Brother, Coup, damascus, Disclosure, German Report, Hizbullah, Intelligence Officers, Intelligence Sources, Military Intelligence Chief, Mugniyah, Rebellion, Report Stated That, Retaliation, Turnover, Welt

The report stated that Assaf Shawkat, Syrian military intelligence chief and Assad’s brother-in-law, planned to sieze control of the government while the president was hosting a meeting of the Arab League in Damascus in February. Shawkat was detained along with a hundred other Syrian intelligence officers.
According to Die Welt, Assad was informed of the turnover [...]

Lebanon to West: Wake Up Fast!

Posted by Matt in May 12th, 2008 | no comment

Published in Middle East, Barry Rubin, Casablanca, Ceremony Of Innocence, Contempt, damascus, Dictators, Enemy Camp, Government Side, Hizballah, Logjam, Niceness, Nuclear Weapons, Original Article, Param Name, Passionate Intensity, Policy Strategy, Retaliation, Riz Khan, Self Criticism, War In Lebanon, West Beirut, Western Friends, What Time Is It In New York, William Butler Yeats, Www Youtube, Youtube Video

Rick: “Sam, if it’s December 1941 in Casablanca , what time is it in New York ?”
Sam: “Um, my watch stopped.”
Rick: “I bet they’re asleep in New York . I’ll bet they’re asleep all over America .”
You bet America is asleep. The entire western world is asleep. Sitting back now will cost us big time [...]

‘Hizbullah may send bomb-laden UAVs’

Posted by Matt in April 7th, 2008 | no comment

Published in Israel, Middle East, War, damascus, Defense Establishment, Drone, Explosives, Fears, Hizbullah, Imad Mughniyeh, Lebanon, Retaliation, Syria, UAVs

As tensions rise with Syria, fears have mounted in the defense establishment that Hizbullah may fly an explosives-packed drone into Israel in retaliation for the February assassination of Imad Mughniyeh in Damascus, The Jerusalem Post has learned.
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Report: Iranian, Syrian missiles to pound Israel in next war

Posted by Matt in March 24th, 2008 | no comment

Published in Iran, Israel, Missiles, Syria, War, Barrages, Ben Gurion Airport, Central Israel, Chemical Weapons, Government Ministries, Lebanon War, Missile, Missiles, Municipalities, Nuclear Event, Nuclear Weapons, Out Of The Blue, Paralysis, Pearl-Harbor, Power Outages, Report Deals, Retaliation, War Scenarios, Wartime Scenarios, Water Supply

Hundreds of dead, thousands of injured, missile barrages on central Israel, full paralysis at Ben-Gurion Airport, constantly bombed roads, nationwide power outages that last for long hours, and whole regions’ water supply being cut off â€“ this is what the next war could look like.
A secret report recently distributed among government ministries and local municipalities [...]