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Iran Counter-Threatens 'Painful' Response, Signs Pact With Iraq - Defense/Middle East -... - 0 views

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shared by liveinfreedom . on 11 Jun 08 - Cached
  • On Monday, Iran and Iraq signed a Memorandum of Understanding on bilateral defense cooperation. The agreement lays out the basis for an "expansion of defense cooperation between the two countries,"  according to Iran's official IRNA news agency. The agreement is expected to play a role in influencing Baghdad to refuse an American request that US troops be allowed to remain in Iraq past the end of 2008.
  • n addition to its defense pact with Iraq, Iran signed a similar Memorandum of Understanding with Syria in 2006. Iran and Syria cooperate in supplying and supporting the Hizbullah terrorist organization endeavoring to take over Lebanon, on Israel's northern border.
  • liveinfreedom . on 11 Jun 08
     
    Will this "alleged" mutual defense pact between Iraq and Iran affect America's abitlity to conclude a diplomatic solution to the nuclear issue between Iran and the rest of the world?
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Interview: Bush warns Brown over plan to cut Iraq force | World news | The Observer - 0 views

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shared by liveinfreedom . on 18 Jun 08 - Cached
  • George Bush flies into London today with a warning for Gordon Brown not to announce a timetable for a British pull-out from Iraq
  • The stern message to the Prime Minister was delivered during an exclusive interview with The Observer, and contrasted with praise for Tony Blair
  • the world is in an 'ideological struggle' and that 'ultimately freedom has to defeat the ideology of hate'.
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  • He said American and British troops were not 'intentionally killing innocent people', that large numbers had been deliberately killed by Saddam in the years before the war, and that Iraqis were now living under an elected government in a 'free society'.
  • He had already been urging King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia to increase production.
  • And the truth of the matter is that there's either got to be more supply or less demand. And demand doesn't decline overnight' - particularly with 'big consumers of hydrocarbons' such as China 'subsidising their populations'.
  • liveinfreedom . on 18 Jun 08
     
    It appears that more European countries are beginning to see a huge threat from Al Qaeda and are now on board with America to defeat the threat.
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US sending more air power to Afghanistan | The News is NowPublic.com - 0 views

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shared by liveinfreedom . on 10 Jul 08 - Cached
  • The United States is sending more air power to Afghanistan amid reports that American commandos are poised to stage hot pursuit raids into Fata.
  • the plans for stepped-up US military operations were in response to Pakistan’s failure to disrupt terrorist training camps and cross-border attacks from Fata.
  • On Tuesday, US military officials told reporters in Washington that the aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln and its escort vessels were moved out of the Gulf to the Arabian sea,
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  • The officials said that since violence is down dramatically in Iraq, US military planners believe it was possible to focus some air capabilities away from Iraq and more on Afghanistan
  • The United States has about 34,000 troops in Afghanistan, a number expected to rise to nearly 40,000 with reinforcements next year.
  • Congressman Cuellar said that “either Pakistan does more or we will be taking things into our own hands,” adding: “If our troops are fired on, there will be hot pursuit into that territory.”
  • liveinfreedom . on 10 Jul 08
     
    After failure from Pakistani forces to contain Taliban in the border areas and disrupt terrorist training camps, American government is reinforcing more air power to Afghanistan. They have moved US Air carrier from gulf to closer to Afghanistan border in Arabian sea.
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Hirsh: Petraeus Bids to Calm Pakistan Tensions | Newsweek Voices - Michael Hirsh | News... - 0 views

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shared by liveinfreedom . on 20 Jun 08 - Cached
  • Though he hasn't even been confirmed yet, NEWSWEEK has learned that the energetic Petraeus is already informally involved in talks with the new Pakistani government, including its ambassador to Washington, Husain Haqqani, about counterinsurgency plans for the tribal regions, where Taliban and Al Qaeda elements still hold sway.
  • Petraeus has indicated he would add up to two additional Coalition brigades to Afghanistan once he takes over CENTCOM,
  • Interestingly, that's close to what Obama has called for, as well.
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  • the general has begun to hint at a drawdown in Iraq, where smaller-size U.S. units—say, a company—would work at the brigade level with the increasingly competent Iraqi Army.
  • liveinfreedom . on 20 Jun 08
     
    The heat in Afghanistan and Pakistan is beginning to rise and to be used against the Wahabi and Taliban Islamic radicals.
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Russia's Lavrov warns against attack on Iran - Yahoo! News - 0 views

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shared by liveinfreedom . on 20 Jun 08 - Cached
  • MOSCOW - Russia's foreign minister on Friday warned against the use of force on Iran, saying there is no proof it is trying to build nuclear weapons.
  • The IAEA suggested in a report to the U.N. Security Council last month that Iran was stonewalling investigators and possibly withholding information crucial to determining whether it conducted research on nuclear weapons.
  • liveinfreedom . on 20 Jun 08
     
    Russia's Lavrov warns against attack on Iran
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Iran/America Deal Maybe; Thinking About the Unthinkable: A U.S.-Iranian Deal - 0 views

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shared by liveinfreedom . on 02 Mar 10 - Cached
  • liveinfreedom . on 02 Mar 10
     
    "There is a third strategy, however: Washington can seek to redefine the Iranian question. As we have no idea what leaders on either side are thinking, exploring this represents an exercise in geopolitical theory. Let's begin with the two apparent stark choices."
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