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What do you do when war is brewing? Disarm. ? Mail Online
2012-01-07 01:08:00 The once and future President Vladimir Putin doesn’t do unspoken messages: the Russia ns are no match for the Chinese in the inscrutability department. Practically every speech he delivers includes a kind reminder orbi et urbi that Russia is still a nuclear power. And it’s not just words; Russia’s military buildup is proceeding apace. The Russians ... More About: Mail , Military , Online , Match
Thousands of US troops land in Israel. Aircraft carrier coming soon
2012-01-06 18:12:00 Thousands of US troops began descending on Israel this week. Senior US military sources told debkafile Friday, Jan. 6 that many would be staying up to the end of the year as part of the US-IDF deployment in readiness for a military engagement with Iran and its possible escalation into a regional conflict. They will ... More About: Aircraft , Land , Troops
U.S., E.U. Spearhead Islamic Bid To Criminalize Free Speech :: Stonegate In
2012-01-06 15:19:00 The European Union has offered to host the next meeting of the so-called Istanbul Process, an aggressive effort by Muslim countries to make it an international crime to criticize Islam . The announcement comes less than one month after the United States hosted its own Istanbul Process conference in Washington, DC. The Istanbul Process – its ... More About: Islamic , Cooperation
Egypt?s Salafi al-Nour Party Outflanks the Muslim Brotherhood | Foreign Pol
2012-01-06 06:48:00 These guys make the Muslim Brotherhood look like latte liberals. … The Brotherhood has found itself outflanked on the right by the Salafi al-Nour Party , which has challenged the movement’s religious credentials and gained a surprising degree of traction in the process. The Salafis appear poised to claim between 25 and 30 percent of the ... More About: Politics , Liberals , Islam , Egypt
Hard-line U.S. Policy Tips Iran Toward Belligerence: Vali Nasr ? Bloomberg
2012-01-06 06:37:00 The latest warning by Iran , that a U.S. aircraft carrier that recently transited through the Strait of Hormuz should not do so again, is a sign to the West that should be well-observed. It tells us the regime in Tehran is ready for a fight. Tensions between Iran and the U.S. are so high, a ... More About: Tips , Bloomberg , Policy , Hard
Girl Sneaks Into Russian Military Rocket Factory | Gizmodo Australia
2012-01-06 06:24:00 Her name is Lana Sator and she sneaked into one of NPO Energomash factories outside of Moscow. Her photos are amazing, like sets straight out of the next Alien movie. She just went there, jumped over the fence, and got right in through a series of tunnels and pipes, which is very surprising for an ... More About: Russian , Military , Australia , Factory , Girl
Report: Israel could take out Iran?s nuclear infrastructure ?in two days? |
2012-01-06 06:03:00 “The difficulties also depend on the precise goal of the air strike,” the report said. “A short-term, financially costly degradation of Iran ’s nuclear program can be achieved in one wave of attacks, but Israel i defense analysts have estimated that a decisive blow could require hitting as many as 60 different targets with return sorties lasting ... More About: Nuclear , Infrastructure , Report
The U.S. Military?s New Plan to Deter China ? The Atlantic Wire
2012-01-06 05:10:00 So what does that mean? According to Roxana Tiron at Bloomberg , it means preparing the military for a different type of threat. “The U.S. should be able to deter any emerging anti-access capabilities such as the diesel attack submarines being developed by China and the anti-ship ballistic missiles deployed by China and Iran, and if necessary, defeat ... More About: Military , Cooperation , Diesel
How China Stays Stable Despite 500 Protests Every Day ? The Atlantic
2012-01-06 05:06:00 Philip Pan, a former Washington Post Beijing bureau chief, reported in his 2008 book Out of Mao’s Shadow that the protest leaders privately agreed that single-party rule was the underlying cause of Liaoyang’s problems, but were afraid to publicly criticize it or call for democracy and ultimately decided to appeal to senior Party leaders rather ... More About: China , Protests
Eight simple truths you need to know about 2012 | Sovereign Man
2012-01-05 23:19:00 Yesterday we discussed certain events that, in my view, are nearly mathematical certainties. Things like a restructuring of public pensions and Social Security in Europe and the US. Western governments blocking Internet and mobile networks. War. The US government being forced to issue debt in a foreign currency. All of these events are underpinned by ... More About: Simple
Obama to share US missile defense secrets with Russia
2012-01-05 22:07:00 At Big Peace , former Republican Congressional candidate Joel Pollak reports that the Obama administration has decided to share the United States’ missile defense secrets with the Russians. Do you all want me to repeat that so that you will know that you are not hallucinating? At Big Peace, former Republican Congressional candidate Joel Pollak reports ... More About: Iran , Israel , China , Barack Obama
Saudis, Gulf states on war alert for early US-Iran clash
2012-01-05 20:48:00 The armies of Saudi Arabia and fellow Gulf Cooperation Council states stood ready Thursday Jan. 5, for Washington to stand up to Iran ian threats and send an aircraft carrier or several warships through the Strait of Hormuz into the Persian Gulf. Riyadh has been leaning hard on the Obama administration not to let Tehran get ... More About: Alert , Early
WELCOME TO THE PARANORMAL: Bill Gross Warns Of Financial Market Implosion A
2012-01-05 16:33:00 Bill Gross starts 2012 with a bang in a new note titled “Towards The Paranormal ”, with “paranormal” being an international successor to PIMCO’s famous ‘new normal’ descriptor. Gross’ letter is very gloomy. The world has too much debt, too little trust, and is vulnerable towards total collapse. He writes: … It?s as if the Earth ... More About: Market , Financial
In Bold Step, Europe Nears Embargo on Iran Oil ? NYTimes.com
2012-01-05 16:06:00 European countries have taken their boldest step so far in the increasingly tense standoff with Iran over its nuclear program, agreeing in principle to impose an embargo on Iranian oil, French and European diplomats said on Wednesday. A final decision by the European Union will not come before the end of January and would be ... More About: Europe
China extends Iran oil import cut as sanctions mount | Reuters
2012-01-05 12:55:00 China will reduce crude imports from Iran for a second month, sources said on Thursday, as the two remain divided over payment terms for Iranian crude targeted by ever tougher international sanctions. The dispute underlines the difficulty Iran will have selling its oil after European Union governments on Wednesday agreed in principle on banning its ... More About: China , Reuters , Oil
The New Cold War with Russia: ?We Build, They Build. We Stop, They Build.?
2012-01-05 12:12:00 With Russia ’s announcement that it will build a new 100 ton intercontinental ballistic missile – apparently pursuing its own nuclear modernization program — the Cold War , it seems, has returned. Russia is building a system with the ability to quickly add hundreds of new warheads to its inventory. And it is conveniently placing the blame ... More About: Stop , Leverage
Lessons for Europe From America?s First Great Depression: Echoes ? Bloomber
2012-01-04 20:08:00 The Europe an Union is in trouble. Some governments are teetering on default, and even German creditworthiness is questioned. Interbank lending in the euro area is increasingly strained. The entire project of European economic integration, wrought through six decades of delicate negotiation, seems at risk of collapse. In the U.S., meanwhile, European leaders are being criticized ... More About: America , Collapse , Depression , European Union
Mandelbrot Beats Economics in Fathoming Markets
2012-01-04 19:38:00 The possible collapse of the European monetary union, at least in its current form, brings home the truth that there’s little in economics that is certain. We’re again “thinking the unthinkable,” as we were a few years ago when we suddenly realized that financial engineering hadn’t banished financial crises, and that 70 years of relative ... More About: Truth , Economy , Economics , Power , Collapse
The mathematical law that shows why wealth flows to the 1% | The Guardian
2012-01-04 19:14:00 The economist Edward N Wolff, of New York University, has pointed out that, as of 2007, the top 1% of households in America owned 34.6% of all privately held wealth, and the next 19% had 50.5% of the wealth. This means that just 20% of the people owned 85% of the wealth, leaving only 15% ... More About: Economist , Power , Wealth , Guardian , Protesters
North Korea?s military strategy ?far superior? to South?s, but would still
2012-01-04 17:19:00 North Korea ’s military strategy is superior to the defensive posture of its affluent neighbour to the South, an independent think-tank said on Wednesday, giving Pyongyang the edge in the early days of any war on the divided peninsula. The Seoul-based Korea Economic Research Institute said in a report that in 2011 North Korea operated a ... More About: Military , Strategy , North
China plans military base in Northern Pakistan, says report : North News ?
2012-01-04 17:07:00 A secret report prepared by the government’s joint intelligence committee has confirmed India‘s worst fears – China is planning a military base in Pakistan . The report, based on inputs from the Research and Analysis Wing, is meant for the PM, members of the cabinet committee on security and the national security adviser. The report says ... More About: News , Military , Report
BBC News ? Iran nuclear crisis: France wants ?stricter? sanctions
2012-01-04 15:05:00 France is convinced Iran is developing nuclear weapons and should face “stricter sanctions”, Foreign Minister Alain Juppe has said. He urged EU countries to follow the US in freezing Iranian central bank assets and imposing an embargo on oil exports. BBC News – Iran nuclear crisis: France wants ‘stricter’ sanctions More About: France , Nuclear , Face
2012 Economic Scorecard: The Case for Hope, Despair, and Utter Confusion ?
2012-01-04 14:56:00 Abroad: There is a sense among some economists that 2012 is going to live up to its Mayan reputation. Europe is set to collapse. China ’s deterioration will turn critical. Indian inflation will rise, and its exports will slow, since so many of them go to China and Europe, in the first place. But what if ... More About: United States , Mexico , Canada
Spencer: Jihad plotting persists in mosques ? Jihad Watch
2012-01-04 14:24:00 It is now official U.S. Government policy that Islam has nothing whatsoever to do with terrorism, and that therefore any examination of the stated motives and goals of Islamic jihad terrorists constitutes “Islamophobia” and must be shunned, as well as punished. But new revelations this week from a confessed jihad plotter indicate that this is ... More About: Watch , Muslim , Islamic Jihad , Jihad
Parasitic flies turn bees into zombies before wiping them out completely
2012-01-04 12:54:00 Something is very wrong with the bees. Since 2006, the mysterious phenomenon known as colony collapse disorder has wiped out countless honeybee colonies throughout Europe and North America, and nobody knows why. But a weird parasite may hold the answer. Honeybees are a natural target of a parasitic fly species called Apocephalus borealis. These tiny ... More About: Zombies , Bees , Flies
ASEAN Predictions for 2012 | ASEAN Beat
2012-01-04 12:36:00 What, then, should we expect for an encore? Here are several trends to watch: China will bring back the charm. Over the past two years, Beijing has cost itself much of the gains it made in Southeast Asia in the late 1990s and early 2000s, when it appeared to be a good neighbor, trading partner, and ... More About: United States , Investor , Predictions , Asean
China Takes Aim at U.S. Naval Might ? WSJ.com
2012-01-04 11:07:00 Pentagon officials are reluctant to talk publicly about potential conflict with China . Unlike the Soviet Union during the Cold War, Beijing isn’t an explicit enemy. During a visit to China last month, Michele Flournoy, the U.S. undersecretary of defense for policy, told a top general in the People’s Liberation Army that “the U.S. does not ...
If Israel Falls, There Will Be Hell to Pay
2012-01-04 10:29:00 Several years ago, PA President Yasser Arafat said, “Since we cannot defeat Israel in war we do this in stages. We take any and every territory that we can of Palestine, and establish sovereignty there, and we use it as a springboard to take more. When the time comes, we can get the Arab nations ... More About: Hell
Israel to shut down Dimona nuclear reactor should war break out ? Haaretz
2012-01-04 10:27:00 Nuclear activity at the reactors at Dimona and Nahal Sorek will desist should missiles attack Israel ’s home front. The aim of such nuclear stoppage would be to prevent damage to the reactors’ outlying area, should missiles penetrate the facilities’ defense shields. A decision for such a stoppage was reached by the Israel Atomic Energy Commission, ... More About: Nuclear , Break , Reactor
The New Egypt: We Will Never Recognize Israel | FrontPage Magazine
More articles from this author:2012-01-04 10:01:00 Muslim Brotherhood deputy leader Dr Rashad Bayoumi started off 2012 with a belligerent interview published in the Arabic daily al-Hayat, in which he insisted that his organization will not recognize Israel “under any circumstance.” Bayoumi added that “we do not recognize Israel at all. [Israel is] an occupying criminal enemy.” Bayoumi’s declaration came less than ... More About: Magazine , Egypt , State News , Gaza 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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