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 Shielding Its Nuclear Efforts in Maze of Tunnels – NYTimes.com

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

Published in Iran, ahmadinejad, Ancient Persia, Close Ties, Creating Networks, Creation, Iran Nuclear, Maze, Nuclear Program, Nytimes, Professional Groups, Professional Life, Revolutionary Guards, Tehran Subway, Transportation Engineer, Tunneling Conference, tunnels, Universities, Waterways

Mr. Ahmadinejad began professional life as a transportation engineer with close ties to the Revolutionary Guards and an abiding interest in tunnels.
He helped found the Iranian Tunneling Association in 1998, according to the group’s Web site. That year, the Tehran subway began a major expansion, and Iran, in secret, accelerated its nuclear program.
In early 2004, [...]

Iran Shielding Its Nuclear Efforts in Maze of Tunnels

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

Published in Iran, Bunkers, Decade, Holy City, Iran Nuclear, Last September, Maze, tunnels, Uranium Enrichment Plant

Last September, when Iran’s uranium enrichment plant buried inside a mountain near the holy city of Qum was revealed, the episode cast light on a wider pattern: Over the past decade, Iran has quietly hidden an increasingly large part of its atomic complex in networks of tunnels and bunkers across the country.
The New Media [...]

Hamas preparing advanced rockets, missiles and tunnels | Israel | Jerusalem Post

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

Published in general, Anti Tank Missiles, Armor, Dozens, Hamas, Israel, Israel Jerusalem, Jerusalem Post, Kilometers, Konkurs, Philadelphi Corridor, Rockets Missiles, Tel Aviv, tunnels, Weapons Smuggling

Since Operation Cast Lead ended almost a year ago, Hamas has increased its weapons smuggling and today operates hundreds of tunnels along the Philadelphi Corridor. It has smuggled in dozens of long-range Iranian-made rockets that can reach Tel Aviv as well as advanced anti-aircraft missiles and anti-tank missiles.
Hamas is believed to have a significant number [...]

Jerusalem: Israelis, Palestinians in Deadlock Over Site – TIME

Posted by Matt in December 7th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Israel, 000 People, Deadlock, Early 1990s, Elad, Face, Flagship, Israel, Israeli Organization, Israelis Palestinians, King Solomon, Mount Moriah, Muslim World, S Center, Southern Walls, Theme Parks, Tourist Destination, Tourists, tunnels, Walls Of Jerusalem

On the face of it, the project sounds innocent enough: Since the early 1990s, the Israeli organization Elad has been rehabilitating the City of David, a once neglected area nestled at the foot of the southern walls of Jerusalem’s Old City. The site is believed to have been the seat of power of the kingdom [...]

DEBKAfile – Egypt’s abrupt shutdown of operations against tunnels revives missile flow to Gaza

Posted by Matt in November 20th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Egypt, Cairo, Clarifications, Consequences, Debkafile, Egypt, Gaza, International Accords, Jerusalem Report, MiddleEast, Military Sources, Missile, Special Forces, Stoppage, tunnels

Egypt’s special forces and engineering units suddenly shut down operation against the smuggling tunnels to Gaza without warning to Washington or Jerusalem, DEBKAfile’s military sources report. US and Israeli requests for clarifications from Cairo, which must have ordered the stoppage, were not answered. So the Obama administration signaled Egypt that if it continues to violate [...]

Exiled group says Iranian nuclear site needs check

Posted by Matt in November 4th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Iran, Associated Press, Hillside East, Iranian Opposition Group, Mujahedeen Khalq, National Council Of Resistance Of Iran, Ncri, News Conference, Nuclear Agency, Political Arm, Resistance, tehran, tunnels

An exiled Iranian opposition group called on the U.N. nuclear agency Tuesday to waste no time in examining a hidden site near Tehran that it claims is used to help build nuclear detonators.
The National Council of Resistance of Iran, or NCRI, the political arm of the Mujahedeen Khalq, said the site is built under a [...]

Hamas tested rocket with a longer range, Israel says — latimes.com

Posted by Matt in November 3rd, 2009 | no comment

Published in Missiles, arsenal, Egypt, Gaza, Hamas, Hostilities, Iran, Israel, Israeli Officials, Jewish State, Last Winter, Latimes, Launch, Mediterranean Sea, Palestinian Territory, tunnels

Israeli officials said the launch into the Mediterranean Sea was the latest sign of the rebuilding and upgrading of Hamas’ arsenal since the Jewish state’s crippling 22-day offensive in Gaza last winter, but did not appear to foreshadow an imminent renewal of hostilities. They said the rocket had been supplied by Iran, smuggled in pieces [...]

Global Politician – A Possible North Korea – Myanmar alliance?

Posted by Matt in August 8th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Asia, Alarm Bells, Global Politician, Iran, Japanese Nationals, Korean Ship, Measuring Device, Military Junta, Missiles, myanmar, Nam, Neighbouring Countries, North-Korea, northkorea, Nuclear Arsenal, Pact, Photographs, Relationship, Scud, Shivers, spine, tunnels

At a time when there has been an increasing concern in the international community over the clandestine nuclear programme in North Korea and Iran, reports regarding the possible involvement of Myanmar’s military junta in developing a nuclear arsenal are disturbing. Factors like the recent aborted voyage of a North Korean ship – the Kang Nam [...]

Fears of a nuclear Burma | GlobalPost

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

Published in Asia, Nuclear, Bertil Lintner, Blogged, Burma, cameras, Confluence, Expert, Fears, Fledgling, Flock Browser, Korean Engineers, Led, Massive Construction Project, North-Korea, Nuclear Ambitions, Regime, Satellites, Smoking Gun, Test Missiles, tunnels, Underground Bunkers

WHAT’S THE EVIDENCE? There is no smoking gun. But analysts and U.S. officials have cited a confluence of events that suggest nuclear ambitions in Burma, also called Myanmar.
North Korean engineers, who specialize in building tunnels and underground bunkers, have led a massive construction project in Naypyidaw, the regime’s remote capital. This network of 800-odd tunnels, [...]