Three
major US naval strike forces due this week in Persian Gulf
DEBKAfile’s
military sources note that the arrival of the three new American
flotillas will raise to five the number of US strike forces in
Middle East waters – an unprecedented build-up since the
crisis erupted over Iran’s nuclear program.
Posted
8/15/08
Israelis
eager to join Georgia in fight against Russia
Many
of Israel's 80,000 Georgian Jews trying to return to home
country to join fight against Russian invaders; Moscow thanks
Jerusalem for backing off.
Posted
8/14/08
Georgia
'downs two Russian warplanes' as countries move to brink of war
Posted
8/11/08
Syria
Chooses: Assad to Visit Iran; Israel Continues Talks
Syrian
President Bashar al-Assad is to visit Iran this weekend, even as
Syrian and Israeli negotiators are slated to continue talks in
mid-August. Al-Assad's visit answers the Israeli demand that
Syria choose between Iran and peace.
Posted
8/4/08
Iran
set to receive advanced Russian anti-aircraft system
Russian-made
S-300 considered one of best anti-aircraft systems in the world;
Israel recently practiced against S-300 units in Greece.
Posted
7/24/08
Israel
Planning To Hit Iran's Nuclear Facilities
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has already sent Israel's three
Dolphin-class nuclear submarines to the Gulf of Oman within
striking distance of Iran.
Posted
7/18/08
PM
hopes for direct Syria talks 'soon'
Peace
between Syria in Israel can be achieved in a matter of months,
Syrian President Bashar Assad said Sunday. He estimated six
months to two years would be a likely time-frame in which the
two countries could sign an agreement. However, he added that
peace was likely not to be achieved until a new US
administration is elected. <-
Gee, now why would THAT be, I wonder! Peggy. (being sarcastic
here)
Posted
7/15/08
Earthquake
Destroyed China's Largest Military Armory, Says Source
Posted
7/14/08
IAF
unveils squadron of jets said to be capable of striking Iran
<-
VIDEO
Posted
7/14/08
Israeli
warplanes taking up position in Iraq?
Iraqi
officials say Israeli warplanes conducting exercises, operating
out of US airbase in their country in preparation for strike on
neighboring Iran
Posted
7/14/08
The
weapons of World War III
It
will 'be fought in the electromagnetic spectrum'
Posted
7/10/08
Iran,
Syria sign secret new intelligence cooperation accord
Under
the intelligence cooperation agreement Iran and Syria signed
secretly in Tehran on June 27, thousands of Syrian intelligence and
police officers will receive special training in Iran, DEBKAfile’s
intelligence sources report.
Posted
7/8/08
Turkey
trying to get Israel, Syria into direct talks
Israel
and Syria, two states still technically at war with one another,
will soon sit down for direct talks aimed at securing a peace
agreement between them, according to Turkish foreign ministry
officials cited in Arab-language newspapers Wednesday. Turkey has
...
Posted
7/8/08
The
government of Turkey may be at the crossroads (by
David Bay)
...through
which it must pass if it is to fulfill Ezekiel 38-39 prophecy, the
"Gog-Magog Invasion"!
Posted
7/2/08
Revelation
wipes that snotty look off his face
Posted
5/19/08
Iran
sees soon coming war between Israel and Syria
Tehran trains
top journalists to cover Israel-Syria war; Assad says chances of war
are slim, but then reveals his forces are preparing for conflict
Posted
4/21/08
Ahmedinejad:
'Israel is collapsing and nothing will be able to save it!'
Posted
4/14/08
Israeli
minister: We'll destroy Iran if they attack
Cabinet
minister says Iran is aware of Israel's power, but tempting fate
anyway; Iran announces major step toward acquiring nuclear arms.
Posted
4/14/08
Israel:
We'll 'destroy' Iran
Israel
will "destroy" Iran if Tehran decided to launch a war
against the Jewish state, says Israeli Infrastructure Minister
Benjamin Ben-Eliezer.
Posted
4/10/08
Israeli
intel projects a one-month war with Syria
Posted 4/10/08
German
Chancellor Merkel begins Israel visit
German
Chancellor Angela Merkel arrived in Israel Sunday to begin a
three-day visit, which both countries hope, will usher in a new
phase in bilateral relations.
Posted
3/20/08
Putin
signs Major Indonesia arms deal
Posted
9/10/07
Syria
fires on Israeli war planes
Posted
9/10/07
Iran
Says It Is Now Running 3,000 Nuclear Centrifuges
Posted
9/5/07
Iran's
Ahmadinejad has 'proof' US won't attack
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has sought to justify his
confidence the United States will not attack Iran, saying the
proof comes from his mathematical skills as an engineer and
faith in God, the press reported on Monday.
Posted 9/5/07
Russia
to deploy more new ballistic missiles - IFAX
Posted
9/5/07
Russian
bombers launch missiles over Arctic
Posted
9/5/07
Ex-CIA
official: Israel will attack Iran on its own
Posted
12/28/07
IDF
educates Israelis for missile attack
Educational
campaign announced days after Syria threatens to strike Israeli
nuclear reactor; study predicts Israel would win nuclear
exchange with Iran
Posted 12/28/07
Russia
awaits new Putin role in 2008
Posted
12/28/07
Russia
delivers first nuclear fuel to Iran
Posted
12/28/07
Russia
tests ballistic Nuke missiles
Posted
12/28/07
Russia
test-fires new intercontinental missile
Posted
12/28/07
Russia
will supply new anti-aircraft missiles for Iran
Posted
12/28/07
Iran
develops 900-kg ‘smart bomb’ - official media
Posted
8/27/07
Moscow
flexes its military muscle again, but few in west say it is fit
for a fight
Posted
8/27/07
Russia
unveils pilotless ‘stealth’ bomber
Posted
8/27/07
Putin
increases missile defence rhetoric
Posted 8/15/07
Syria
Missile Deployment Aimed at Israel
Posted 8/15/07
Georgia,
Russia deadlocked over mystery missile strike
Posted 8/13/07
Putin:
Russia launching new air defense program
Posted 8/13/07
Syria
planning to attack Israel - military expert
Leading military analyst says Syria has built massive
missile array pointed at Israel, and regular gov't meetings show Jerusalem
is worried
Posted 8/10/07
Ahmadinejad
tells Israel to look for a new home
Iran's outspoken President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called on Israel to "go
find somewhere else" for its state and leave its territory for the
creation of a Palestinian state, according to an interview published
yesterday. "Our support (for the Palestinian people) is unconditional.
As for the Israelis, let them go find somewhere else," Ahmadinejad told
several Algerian newspapers ahead of an visit to Algiers that starts Monday.
Posted 8/8/07
Power
cuts worsen as Iraqi Electric grid nears collapse
Posted 8/8/07
Russia
reestablishes naval bases in Syria
Bases closed
since the Cold War; Israel fears Russian navy will spy on its missile shield
projects with the US
Posted 8/8/07
25
killed as Iraq bloodshed rages
Posted 3/21/07
ABC
News accused of treasonous report
ABC News
is coming under heavy criticism for its exclusive report revealing a
purported CIA covert operation designed to destabilize the
government of Iraq.
Posted 5/25/07
Ahmadinejad:
Iran ready for anything in US row
President
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Thursday that Iran was prepared for any
possibility in the standoff with the West over its controversial
nuclear activities - a tough reaction to a US military buildup in
the Gulf meant as a warning to Iran.
Posted
1/19/07
Ahmadinejad:
Israel and the U.S. would not dare attack Iran
Iran's
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said neither Israel, nor the United
States, would dare attack the Islamic Republic over its nuclear
program, a Spanish newspaper quoted him as saying in an interview.
Posted 1/18/07
Ahmadinejad:
It will be a 'hot' summer
"We hope that the hot weather of this summer will coincide
with similar victories for the region's peoples, and with
consequent defeat for the region's enemies," Ahmadinejad
added, in an apparent reference to Israel.
Posted 7/20/07
Ahmadinejad
denies adopting peace plan
Saudi
Arabia's official news agency says Iranian president expressed support
for 2002 Arab peace initiative during talks with Saudi officials.
Ahmadinejad's office denies report
Posted 3/6/07
Ahmadinejad
tells Hamas to continue attacks
Iranian
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told exiled Hamas politburo Khaled Mashaal
to continue carrying out 'resistance' action against Israel and also to
stop internal Palestinian violence.
Posted 3/7/07
Alliance
aims to oust Ahmadinejad
Anti-government
forces are planning to deny Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
another term in office and break the grip of what they call the
"militia state,"
on public life and personal freedom, it was reported on Monday.
Posted 5/1/07
Angela
Merkel Is Hitler's Daughter?
Stasi GDR files indicate that she was born on April 20th, 1954,
and details of her birth were included in the records of the
German Dr. Karl Klauberg, who was one of the Nazi "death
doctors" convicted by Soviet courts and imprisoned. When he
later was recognized as a brilliant scientist, he was released
after seven years and was recognized as the father of artificial
insemination.
Posted 8/3/07
Another
bloody day in Baghdad
Awesome
photo from Steve Quayle!
Posted 5/1/07
Arab
kindergarten students taught to seek death
5-year-old
Palestinians declare their greatest desire is to die killing Jews for Allah
Posted 6/6/07
As
war clouds swirl, Iran's 'Hitler' jets to Damascus for
'sensitive talks'
Iranian
megalomaniac Mahmoud Ahmadinejad flew to Syria at the top of a
high-level delegation on a visit made necessary by the
"extremely sensitive" regional situation, according to
the official Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA).
Posted 7/20/07
Attacking
Iran could speed up nuclear programme
Posted 3/6/07
Back
to the Cold War? Putin’s Policies Head in a Dark Direction
Russian
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin described the fall of the USSR as “the
geopolitical catastrophe of the 20th century.” In this extremely
important analysis, FSM Contributing Editor Joel Himelfarb traces
elements that reflect an ominous return to Cold War conditions.
Posted 5/1/07
Baghdad
Offensive Set To Begin - U.S. Officers
A
U.S.-Iraqi campaign to stabilize Baghdad will begin soon and the
offensive against militants will be on a scale never seen during
four years of war, American officers said on Sunday.
Posted 2/6/07
The
Bear Is Back: Russia's Return To The Middle East
The
recent visit to Moscow of Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal came shortly
after Russian President Vladimir Putin's trip to Saudi Arabia, Qatar
and Jordan.
Posted 3/29/07
Beheading
alert issued to troops
Posted
2/12/07
Beware
Russia, energy superpower
In a world concerned with terrorism, genocide
and nuclear-powered despots, Vladimir Putin's Russia is assembling
an economic machine powerful enough to force Europe, the US and Asia
to their knees. It does not involve uranium, explosives or suicide
bombers, but the natural resources that power the global economy.
Posted
1/17/07
Big
rise in Russian military spending raises fears of new challenge to
west
Posted 2/7/07
Bombs
rock Baghdad, killing 70, as unity government crumbles
Posted
8/3/07
BREAKING
NEWS -- Iran Set to Try Space Launch
Iran has converted its most powerful ballistic
missile into a satellite launch vehicle. The 30-ton rocket could
also be a wolf in sheep's clothing for testing longer-range missile
strike technologies, Aviation Week & Space Technology magazine
reports in its Jan. 29 issue.
Posted
1/26/07
Britain
expels Russian diplomats amid Cold War clouds
Posted
7/18/07
Bush
Presses Iran, Syria on Iraq Weapons
Posted
3/13/07
Bush
sees bloody Iraqi summer
Posted 5/25/07
Chavez
seeks investment, submarines from Russia
Venezuelan
President Hugo Chavez called on Russian business leaders yesterday
to boost their investment in his country, criticizing U.S. companies
as "vampires" and inviting Russians to help develop a
massive oil deposit.
Posted 7/2/07
China
economy records huge growth
China's economy expanded by 10.7% in 2006,
marking the fastest growth since 1995, the National Bureau of
Statistics (NBS) has said. It said the rise of the world's
fourth-largest economy was mainly fuelled by investments and
exports.The figure was above the 10.5% that officials had predicted.
Posted
1/26/07
China
Space Weapons Test Shakes Up World View
Posted
1/24/07
China's
FM meets with Russian FM, EU's Solana
New
Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi met with Russian Foreign
Minister Sergei Lavrov and EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana on
Friday at this Red Sea resort on the sidelines of an international
meeting on Iraq's security.
Posted 5/7/07
China's
military budget to rise 17.8 percent in 2007
Posted 3/6/07
Chinese
president pledges to enhance unity, cooperation with Africa
Visiting Chinese President Hu Jintao said in
Pretoria on Wednesday that China will consolidate traditional
friendship, expand practical cooperation and strengthen a new type
of strategic partnership with Africa.
Posted
2/9/07
Clinton:
US might have to confront Iran
DUH, ya think???
Democratic
presidential candidate and New York Senator Hillary Clinton said
Tuesday that it might be necessary for America to confront Iran
militarily, addressing that possibility more directly than any of
the other presidential candidates who spoke this week to the
National Jewish Democratic Council.
Posted 4/27/07
Communist
Symbol Returns To Russian Army's Flag
Russia's
Parliament has voted to restore the communist-era hammer and sickle
to the official flag of the Russian Army. It is expected President
Vladimir Putin will ratify the move in time for next week's
commemorations marking the end of World War II in Europe.
Posted 5/7/07
The
Countdown Has Begun
The
Pentagon expects Israel to do the job itself by use of the aircraft
and arms it received from the US. However, either way, both
Washington and Jerusalem know that the countdown has begun.
Posted 5/1/07
Countdown
to Israel's destruction has begun, says Ahmadinejad
Iranian president says Israel's disappearance imminent, 'Zionist regime'
will have to bow down to Palestinians. Iranian FM meets with Hamas, Jihad,
leader in Damascus, urging them to continue struggle against Jewish state.
Posted 6/4/07
Czar
Putin To Run Russia From the Sidelines
Posted
6/18/07
Deadliest
insurgent bomb made in Iran, U.S. says
Posted
2/12/07
Defense
analyst: Bill Clinton helped China develop missile
An Australian-born national defense analyst
says the recent successful test of a satellite-killing missile by
China would probably not have happened so soon if it weren't for
technology approved for transfer to that nation by former U.S.
President Bill Clinton.
Posted
1/24/07
Defense
official: Time to break Iran-Syria alliance
Israel must sever the alliance between Tehran
and Damascus within the next year, senior Defense Ministry official
Amos Gilad said Sunday evening during a session of the Herzliya
Conference. "Israel must uproot the Iran-Syria alliance, either
by diplomacy or through military means, within the next year,"
said Gilad, the director of the Defense Ministry's
Political-Military Bureau.
Posted
1/26/07
Defiant
Ahmadinejad promises nuclear news in two months
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has vowed Iran
would never surrender to Western demands to suspend its nuclear
drive and promised announcements on Tehran's atomic progress in the
next two months.
Posted 2/13/07
Edwards:
"Perhaps the Greatest Short-Term Threat to World Peace Is the
Possibility That Israel Would Bomb Iran's Nuclear Facilities"
There are other emerging fissures, as well.
The aggressively photogenic John Edwards was cruising along,
detailing his litany of liberal causes last week until, during
question time, he invoked the "I" word — Israel. Perhaps
the greatest short-term threat to world peace, Edwards remarked, was
the possibility that Israel would bomb Iran's nuclear facilities. As
a chill descended on the gathering, the Edwards event was brought to
a polite close.
Posted 2/22/07
Energy-hungry
China gets a big boost
Energy-hungry
China got a big boost as one of its national companies made the
largest oil discovery in three decades – an offshore field with
proven reserves of 405.07 million tonnes. The news comes at a time
when Chinese leaders have been fretting over energy security. The
discovery that took place in Bohai Bay off Hebei province in
northern China was described as a "bulk, quality and efficient
oilfield."
Posted 5/7/07
EU,
Russia clash at summit over eastern members
Russia and the
European Union clashed over a string of issues at a summit on Friday,
showing moves towards closer ties have stumbled.
Posted 5/21/07
EU
members, US back Estonia in face of Russian 'attacks
Posted 5/3/07
Europe
shivering in the new Cold War
Tensions are rising between Moscow and the West as the Russian giant flexes
its muscles again in the old territories of the Soviet empire. In Estonia,
one of deepest faultlines of the confrontation, the conflicts of the past
are throwing a shadow over hopes for the future.
Posted 6/4/07
Explosion
and fire hit major Russian gas pipeline
Posted
7/27/07
Fearing
war, IDF urges Syria talks
Damascus likely
to respond to Israeli apprehension by expanding demands
Posted 6/4/07
Fifth
Fleet commander warns of 'unprecedented tension' in Gulf
Iran may
pose a greater security threat to the strategic Persian Gulf than
does Al Qaida, warned the U.S. Fifth Fleet commander at a news
conference in Bahrain. "We consider this moment in time
unprecedented in terms of the amount of insecurity and instability
that is in the region," U.S. Fifth Fleet commander Vice Adm.
Patrick Walsh said.
Posted
2/23/07
Former
Russian Leader Boris Yeltsin Dies
Posted 4/25/07
France
urged Israel to hit Syria
French President Jacques Chirac told Israel at the
start of the war in Lebanon that France would support an Israeli assault
on Syria, it was reported on Sunday. Army Radio reported that in the
message, which was delivered by Chirac to Israel via a secret channel,
the French president suggested that Israel invade Damascus and topple
the regime of Bashar Assad. In exchange, Chirac assured Israel full
French support for the war.
Posted 3/19/07
French
Minister Says France Not Talking to Syria
France's
new foreign minister, Bernard Kouchner, said on Friday that Paris
would continue to snub Syria because it did not believe Damascus
respected Lebanon's autonomy.
Posted 5/28/07
Fury
as Catholic bishops back Iran
Posted
4/10/07
Germany
and Russia Try to Smooth Over Energy Tensions
Two weeks after Russia turned off oil supplies
to Germany -- causing widespread alarm in the European Union --
German Chancellor Angela Merkel met with Russian President Vladimir
Putin Sunday in an attempt to secure assurances that Russia would be
a reliable energy supplier in the future.
Posted
1/23/07
Gaddafi
Says Africa Should Have Continental Army
Libyan
leader Muammar Gaddafi urged Africa on Wednesday to form a unified
continental army to defend its interests, and he said former
colonial powers should pay compensation for the raw materials they
had extracted.
Posted 4/9/07
German
chopper saves dehydrated Israelis
Victims
caught in heat wave while sailing yacht from Israel to Cyprus;
German warship patrolling Lebanon as part of UNIFIL answers distress
call.
Posted 7/9/07
Germany's
Merkel condemns attack on Jewish nursery School
Posted
3/5/07
Gog
and Magog
Anyone who tries to interpret apocalyptic prophecies can easily get tangled
up in a web of dubious theories, lured on by a certain obsession with
sensationalism.
Posted 6/21/07
Gorbachev
Says U.S. Seeking Control Of Europe Through Missile Shield
Posted
4/16/07
Has
US Defense Sec. Accelerated Ancient Prophecy Of Russian Attack On
Israel?
Defense
Secretary Robert Gates may well have accelerated an ancient prophecy
about Russia and Iran attacking Israel by offering the Russians an
opportunity to see how America would defend herself against Iranian
missiles made with Russian-assistance.
Posted 4/30/07
How
close is Iran to a nuclear bomb?
Posted
2/12/07
Hundreds
of Syrian missiles poised for possible first strike against
Israel
Posted
7/27/07
IDF
prepares for Syrian attack on Golan
The IDF
on Thursday held intensive training maneuvers in preparation for a
feared Syrian attack on the Golan Heights
Posted 4/30/07
In
Overture to Iran, Qaddafi Declares North Africa Shi'ite and Calls
for Establishment of New Fatimid State
On March
31, 2007, Libyan leader Mu'ammar Qaddafi called, in a speech in
Niger to Tuareg tribal leaders , for the establishment of a second
Shi'ite Fatimid state in North Africa, after the model of the
10th-13th century empire that ruled North Africa, Egypt, and parts
of the Fertile Crescent. In his speech, Qaddafi denounced the
division of Muslims into Sunni and Shi'ite as a colonialist plot,
and rebuked the Arab League members for "hating Iran."
Posted 4/9/07
In
snub to UN sanctions, Iran introduces atomic banknotes
In yet
another snub to the United Nations Security Council which has imposed
economic sanctions on Iran over its refusal to suspend uranium
enrichment, the Islamic Republic on Monday introduced a new banknote
carrying the atomic symbol.
Posted 3/14/07
India
and Russia in nuclear deal
Posted
1/26/07
Iran:
Even military actions won't prevent us from obtaining nuclear
technology
Iran's ambassador to Syria, Hassan Akhtari,
said that "a military action will not bring to a halt Iran's
acquisition of nuclear technology for peaceful purposes."
Posted 1/31/07
Iran:
Israel, US will soon die
"Sparking discord among Muslims, especially between the Shiites
and Sunnis, is a plot hatched by the Zionists and the US for
dominating regional nations and looting their resources,"
Ahmadinejad added, according to the report.
Posted 1/24/07
Iran,
EU closer to 'united view' on breaking deadlock
Iran's
top nuclear negotiator said yesterday that talks with a senior EU
official had brought them closer to "a united view" of how
to break a deadlock over Tehran's defiance of a UN Security Council
demand to freeze uranium enrichment.
Posted 4/30/07
'Iran,
Syria prepping for U.S. summer war'
Israel:
Arab countries expect strike, notes defensive military movements
Posted 4/3/07
Iran,
Syria urge Muslims to stay united against US
The
presidents of Iran and Syria, both accused by the United States of
meddling in Lebanon and Iraq, have urged the region's Muslims to stay
united in the face of US attempts to divide them.Syrian President Bashar
al-Assad and President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad expressed satisfaction over
the strength of their ties and pledged to work even more closely, as
Assad wound up a two-day trip to his closest regional ally.
Posted 02/20/07
But
the two wings of
the great eagle
were
given to the woman, so that she could fly into the wilderness to
her place, where she was nourished for a time and times and half
a time, from the presence of the serpent. (Revelation 12:14) [---
Is this America aiding Israel??? ---]
Iran,
Turkey Set To Expand Ties
Iran and Turkey
enjoy high capacities to expand cooperation in different fields, an official
from the Iranian foreign ministry has said.-"We also support Iran's
right to attain peaceful nuclear energy."
Posted 6/14/07
Iran-Venezuela
Cooperation Headquarters To Be Established
According to the approval of cabinet, Iran-Venezuela
cooperation headquarters will soon be established.
Posted 4/18/07
Iran
admits aiding Hamas, Hizballah
Tehran
scoffs at US, Israeli and international efforts to bolster Abbas
against Hamas
Posted 6/27/07
Iran
calls Harry Potter a 'Zionist plot'
Newspaper
affiliated with top religious authority says books were created
to distract young minds from Jewish efforts to rule world
Posted 7/30/07
Iran
develops stealth pilotless drone
Posted
2/12/07
Iran
Dismisses Force Threat Over Nuclear Program
Iran
dismissed on Tuesday threats of force to make it back down over its
nuclear program and said only negotiations -- without the precondition
that it stop enriching uranium -- could resolve the dispute.
Posted 2/21/07
Iran
'failed to meet UN deadline'
<-
Gee, why doesn't this shock me?!!!
The
report said 300 centrifuges had been set up in a plant planning for
industrial-scale enrichment. The refusal to observe the deadline
could lead to further UN sanctions against Iran.
Posted
2/23/07
Iran
fears U.S. attack in summer -Israeli general
Posted
4/3/07
Iran
Guard says U.S., UK, Israel "axis of evil"
Posted 1/16/07
Iran
installing 3,000 nuclear centrifuges
Posted
1/29/07
Iran
'is seeking N Korea's nuclear expertise'
Posted 4/18/07
Iran
Launches Large-Scale War Games
Posted 2/21/07
Iran
launches new missile war games
Posted
2/8/07
Iran
May Be Helping Iraqis Build Bombs
<- Gee, ya think???
Posted 4/12/07
Iran
moves closer to making a nuclear bomb
<- DUH, ya think?
Posted 6/25/07
Iran
poised to strike in wealthy Gulf states
Posted
3/5/07
Iran
prepares for air attack on nuke plant
Posted 3/9/07
Iran
President Vows To Push Nuke Program
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad launched
anniversary celebrations Thursday for Iran's Islamic Revolution with
a defiant promise to push ahead with the country's controversial
nuclear program.
Posted
2/2/07
Iran
Promotes Anti-US Axis
IRAN'S
President has pledged to form an anti-US alliance with
"revolutionary countries" in Latin America. Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad declared: "'Iran, Nicaragua and Venezuela and other
revolutionary countries are together and we will resist
together." Mr Ahmadinejad was in Ecuador last night after
visiting Nicaragua, where he met newly elected leader and old US
enemy Daniel Ortega.
Posted 1/16/07
Iran
puts out call for Hebrew speakers
Islamic
Republic trying to recruit Israeli Arabs and Palestinians to act
as spies against the Jewish state and authors of Hebrew
propaganda
Posted 8/3/07
Iran
receives Russian air defense missiles
Iran has received a Russian air defense
missile system, the Iranian defense minister said Wednesday.
-"We have had constructive defense transactions with Russia and
we purchased Tor M-1 missiles that were recently delivered to
us," the official Web site of Iranian state television quoted
Minister of Defense Mostafa Mohammad Najjar as saying.
Posted
1/25/07
Iran
says Israel planning attack on neighboring Arab states
Posted 4/2/07
Iran
says Russia won't allow U.S. to use Azerbaijani radar station for missile
defense
Iran said Sunday
it had received indications from Russia's president that he would not follow
through with an offer to allow the U.S. to use a radar station in
neighboring Azerbaijan for missile defense against Tehran.
Posted 6/18/07
Iran
says won't rule out using oil as a weapon
TEHRAN (Reuters)
- Iran will not rule out using oil as a weapon if the United States resorts
to military action against the Islamic Republic over its nuclear program, an
Iranian oil official said in remarks published on Tuesday.
Posted 6/20/07
Iran
shrugs off sanctions threat as nuclear talks end in stalemate
Posted 2/22/07
Iran
stops inspectors visiting nuclear site: diplomats
Iran stopped UN inspectors from visiting an
underground bunker where it is building an industrial-scale plant to make
enriched uranium but the inspectors will try again, diplomats told AFP
Monday.Iran had however promised "frequent inspector access" to
the site in Natanz, the UN watchdog International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
reported in February.
Posted 3/22/07
Iran
storm kills five, including three babies-radio
Three
babies choked to death when a sand storm swept through an Iranian desert
city on Friday night, state radio and a senior official said on
Saturday. Two other people also died when winds of 130 km (80 miles) per
hour bore down on Bam in southeastern Iran, the city's governor told the
radio. Bam was hit by a major earth quake that killed 31,000 people in
2003.
Posted 3/19/07
Iran
Strike 'Would Be Disastrous'
A
coalition of organisations has warned Tony Blair any military action
against Iran would be disastrous. Leading charities, faith groups
and unions are urging the prime minister to put
pressure on the US to enter talks with Tehran.
Posted 2/6/07
Iran
'Swiftly Seeks Nuclear Goal'
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has said Iran
will try to achieve nuclear capability as soon as possible. His
comments, reported by Iran's Isna news agency, come as a UN deadline
for Tehran to freeze its uranium enrichment programme expires.
Posted 2/22/07
Iran
'taking control of Basra by stealth'
Posted
1/17/07
Iran
tests missiles "able to sink big warships"
Posted
2/9/07
Iran
threatens Gulf blitz if US hits nuclear plants
Posted 6/11/07
Iran
threatens 'worldwide strike' if attacked
Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei has today warned that if
under attack, Iran will hit back at US interests worldwide.
Posted
2/9/07
Iran
to Build 2 more Nuclear Power Plants
Posted
4/17/07
Iran
To Conduct Missile War Games
Iran plans three
days of military maneuvers, including short-range missile tests, beginning
Sunday — its first since the U.N. Security Council imposed sanctions
against it in late December, state-run television said.
Posted
1/22/07
Iran
to Target New York?
Increasing
tensions between Washington and Tehran have revived New York Police
Department concerns that Iranian agents may already have targeted the
city for terror attacks. Such attacks could be aimed at bridges and
tunnels, Jewish organizations and Wall Street..NYPD briefers told
security execs last fall, according to a person with access to the
briefing materials who asked for anonymity because of the sensitive
subject matter. ...
Posted 3/6/07
Iran
‘to try Captured Britons for espionage’
Posted 3/27/07
Iran
two to three years from nuclear weapon: think tank
Posted
2/2/07
Iran
warns US: You will lose in Middle East
The United
States will not achieve its goals in the Middle East, Iran's supreme
leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned today on state television.
"Realities in the region show that the arrogant front, headed by US
and its allies, will be the principal loser in the region," the
broadcast quoted Khamenei as saying in a meeting with Syrian president
Bashar Assad.
Posted 02/20/07
Iran
'will retaliate if attacked'
Posted 3/23/07
Iran's
Ahmadinejad: Israel, U.S. Soon Will Die
Ahmadinejad
"assured that the United States and the Zionist regime of
Israel will soon come to the end of their lives,” according to the
Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting’s Web site.
Posted 1/26/07
Iran's
military warns U.S. against "stupid move"
Iran's army commander has warned the United States
and other Western powers not to make any "stupid move" over
Tehran's nuclear work, and suggested they would be surprised by Iran's
military response if they attacked.
Posted 3/19/07
Iran's
Proxy War Against Israel Expands
Iran is
expanding its influence among the ranks of the Arab terrorist
organizations targeting Israel.
Posted 3/8/07
Iran's
secret plan for summer offensive to force US out of Iraq
Iran is secretly
forging ties with al-Qaida elements and Sunni Arab militias in Iraq in
preparation for a summer showdown with coalition forces intended to tip a
wavering US Congress into voting for full military withdrawal, US officials
say.
Posted 5/22/07
Iranian
leader warns Israel it may be ‘uprooted’
Iran’s hard-line President Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad on Thursday warned Israel it would be “uprooted” if
the Jewish state made any move against and attacked Lebanon in the
coming summer.
Posted 5/25/07
Iranian
Reveals Plan to Expand Role in Iraq
Posted
1/30/07
Iranian
rockets aimed at Iraq, says US
Posted
7/16/07
Iranians
'trained Shia militants'
Posted 1/16/07
Iraq
is on the verge of collapse: report
Posted 5/18/07
Iraq
to close borders with Syria and Iran
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's government said on Tuesday it would close
its borders with Syria and Iran and extend the hours of a night
curfew in Baghdad under a U.S.- backed security plan to rein in
violence in the capital.
Posted
2/15/07
Israel:
Syria readying for war
The gist of the
Israeli message in its recent talks with United States Defense Secretary
Robert Gates is that Syria is preparing for a military confrontation with
Israel.
Posted 4/25/07
Israel,
Syria boost military presence along border
Escalating moves from both sides amid war warnings from
Damascus' officials
Posted 7/25/07
Israel,
U.S. storm out of UN nuclear forum
<- Surely these allegations can't make
sense to ANYONE??!!!
The Israel and U.S. delegations walked out of the
United Nations' disarmament forum in Geneva, Switzerland yesterday after
Iran said Israel was the "real source of nuclear danger in the
Middle East" and had a "dark record of crimes." Iranian
Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki told the Conference on Disarmament
that Israel's nuclear weapons posed a "uniquely grave threat to
regional and international peace and security" requiring action by
the international community.
Posted 3/19/07
Israel
denies 'secret deal' with Syria
Israel has denied reports that understandings
have been reached with Syria after two years of secret peace talks.
Haaretz, an Israeli daily newspaper, claimed that Israeli and Syrian
officials met secretly in Europe several times between September
2004 and July 2006, reaching a framework for a deal that would
include an Israeli withdrawal from the Golan Heights, which it
captured in the 1967 war.
Posted
1/17/07
Israel
must appease Syria to avert war - IDF
The
Israel Defense Forces believes that if war should erupt between
Israel and Syria, it would be far more destructive than last
summer's conflict with the Lebanese Hizb'allah. "Ten times
worse," according to sources quoted in The Jerusalem Post
Wednesday.
Posted 7/13/07
Israel
prepares for Iran attack: report
Posted 2/26/07
Israel
preparing for war with Syria, confirms general
Senior
general says new plans call for swift and overwhelming invasion
of Syria to eliminate missile threat to Israel's home front
Posted 7/20/07
Israel
Raises Nuclear Stakes With Iran
The
Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, dramatically raised the stakes
in the international showdown with Iran last night, with a clear
warning that his country was prepared to use military force to
prevent Tehran from obtaining a nuclear weapon.
Posted 1/26/07
Israel
seeks all clear for Iran air strike
Israel is
negotiating with the United States for permission to fly over Iraq as
part of a plan to attack Iran's nuclear facilities...
Posted 2/26/07
Israel
to launch new satellite to watch Iran
Streamlined
TecStar satellite boasts world's most advanced imaging system,
capable of monitoring enemies even through cloud cover
Israel
training for strikes on Iran
Air Force pilots
conduct long-range flights, practice mid-air refueling amid fears of
regional nuclear arms race if Iran is not stopped
Posted 6/25/07
Israel
training for war with Iran, Syria?
Posted
3/5/07
Israeli
Experts: Syria Has Secret Underground 'Missile City'
Posted 5/3/07
Israeli
intelligence again warns of summer war
Intel
chief says that any number of likely scenarios could lead to war;
Olmert gov't continues to downplay the assessment
Posted
6/29/07
Israeli
PM in Turkey for Middle East talks amid protests
Turkey, which is also a key US ally, has offered to help in growing
foreign peace efforts, by capitalising on its relationship both with
Israel and the Palestinians, as well as its recent rapprochement
with Syria.
Posted
2/19/07
Israelis
prepare public for conflict with 'genocidal' Iranian regime
Senior
Israeli politicians and analysts appear to be preparing the public
for military conflict with Iran as the Iranian President again
refused to bow to international demands to curb its nuclear
ambitions, and Tehran announced fresh military manoeuvres.
Posted 1/23/07
Italy's
Prodi calls for dialogue with Iran
Italian Prime
Minister Romano Prodi said on Sunday military action against Iran would be
unacceptable and called on Saudi Arabia to continue a diplomatic drive to
ease tension between Tehran and the West.
Posted 4/25/07
Jewish
Sect Ostracized Over Iran Meeting
JERUSALEM -- For decades, the Jewish community
just barely tolerated a small, fiercely anti-Zionist sect as its
members traveled the world, denouncing Israel's existence and
embracing its enemies. But when a delegation from Neturei Karta
hugged Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad at a conference
questioning the Holocaust last month, that was too much.
Posted 1/31/07
Jihadists
moving into Lebanon from Syria
