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Top Def. Min. Official: We Won't Let Iran Get Nukes, Period - Defense/Middle East - Isr... - 0 views

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Top Def. Min. Official: We Won't Let Iran Get Nukes Period

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    Top Def. Min. Official: We Won't Let Iran Get Nukes, Period
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Rocket Barrage on Ashkelon - Defense/Middle East - Israel News - Israel National News - 0 views

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    Rocket Barrage on Ashkelon
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Iran to "hit Tel Aviv, U.S. ships" if attacked - Yahoo! News - 0 views

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  • This has no relevance on dollar-shekel trade. I assume if we see a strike, there will be a reaction," said Neil Corney, treasurer for Citigroup's Israel office in Tel Aviv.
  • Iran has previously threatened to close the Strait of Hormuz if it comes under attack. About 40 percent of globally traded oil moves through the Gulf waterway.
  • The United States, France, Britain, China, Russia and Germany offered the package last month and said Iran must suspend its uranium enrichment work before formal talks on implementing it.
  • liveinfreedom . on 10 Jul 08
     
    The first bullet fired by America at Iran will be followed by Iran burning down its vital interests around the globe," the students news agency ISNA quoted Ali Shirazi as saying in a speech to Revolutionary Guards.
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Iran reportedly test-fires 9 missiles - International Herald Tribune - 0 views

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  • Gordon Johndroe, the deputy White House press secretary, said in a statement at the Group of 8 summit meeting in Japan that Iran's development of ballistic missiles was a violation of United Nations Security Council resolutions.
  • In case that they commit such foolishness, Tel Aviv and the U.S. fleet in the Persian Gulf would be the first targets to burst into flames receiving Iran's crushing response," said Ali Shirazi, a representative of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's supreme leader, according to the Iranian news agency.
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My Way News - Iran test-fires missiles in Persian Gulf - 0 views

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    "Those who say that there is no Iranian missile threat against which we should build a missile defense system perhaps ought to talk to the Iranians about their claims," Rice said while traveling in Sofia, Bulgaria.
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Pentagon plumbing Iran's missile tests for clues - 0 views

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    WASHINGTON (AP) - The Pentagon is studying Iran's latest missile test to figure out exactly what was launched and what it shows about Tehran's missile capabilities.
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My Way News - Iran test-fires more missiles in Persian Gulf - 0 views

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  • The report came hours after Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice warned Iran that Washington will not back down in the face of threats against Israel.
  • liveinfreedom . on 10 Jul 08
     
    TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran test-fired more long-range missiles overnight in a second round of exercises meant to show that the country can defend itself against any attack by the U.S. or Israel, Iranian state television reported Thursday.
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US Navy: Persian Gulf Exercise to Protect Oil - News Briefs - Arutz Sheva - 0 views

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    US Navy: Persian Gulf Exercise to Protect Oil
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BBC NEWS | Business | French firm quits Iran gas deal - 0 views

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  • Analysts say Total's move will be a big blow to the Iranian energy industry.
  • Total was the last major Western energy group to have seriously considered investing in the country's huge gas reserves. It was also one of the few companies in the world to have the technology needed to exploit Iran's huge, but untapped gas reserves.
  • Jon Leyne in Tehran says it has been particularly galling for Tehran to watch as Qatar pumps vast amounts of gas from the South Pars field to its side of the Gulf, helping it become one of the world's major energy suppliers.
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  • The reality is there is a lot of signalling going on, but everybody recognises what the consequences of any kind of a conflict would be," said Defence Secretary Robert Gates.
  • liveinfreedom . on 10 Jul 08
     
    The head of French energy giant Total has said it will not invest in Iran because it is too politically risky.
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US sending more air power to Afghanistan | The News is NowPublic.com - 0 views

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  • 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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Amid policy disputes, Qaeda grows in Pakistan - 0 views

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    Pakistan and Tribes vs Coalition troops
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"LIVE FREE or DIE" -- IRAN STUDENTS RIP MAHMOUD - 0 views

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Iran: Israeli drill jeopardizes global peace and security | Jerusalem Post - 0 views

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  • A second goal, the official was quoted by the New York Times as saying, was to give a clear message to the US and the rest of the world that Israel was prepared to attack Iran if diplomatic efforts to stop the country's march toward the production of bomb-grade uranium fail.
  • The New York Times went on to claim that Iran had recently beefed up its air defenses. "They are clearly nervous about this and have their air defense on guard," a US official was quoted as saying.
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Hirsh: Petraeus Bids to Calm Pakistan Tensions | Newsweek Voices - Michael Hirsh | News... - 0 views

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  • 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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Level of Iranian Support for Ahmadinejad Uncertain : NPR - 0 views

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  • "Ahmadinejad recognizes that the urban sophisticates in Tehran don't like him," he says. "He doesn't like them. And therefore he's been traveling nonstop to the provinces to appeal to people outside of Tehran for the votes.
  • "This comes at a convenient time to point the finger to these fat-cat clerics to send a signal to the Iranian public they're the reason why Iran is not developed, they're the reason why we're not progressing economically.
  • liveinfreedom . on 20 Jun 08
     
    An investigator named Abbas Palizdar gave a speech late last month in which he accused high-ranking clerics - many are rivals of the president - of corruption.
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BBC NEWS | Middle East | Timeline: US-Iran ties - 0 views

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BBC NEWS | Middle East | Israeli warning over nuclear Iran - 0 views

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  • Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has said drastic measures are needed to stop Iran obtaining nuclear weapons.
  • Mr Olmert told members of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee that targeted economic sanctions imposed against Iran were not enough.
  • "The international community has a duty and responsibility to clarify to Iran, through drastic measures, that the repercussions of their continued pursuit of nuclear weapons will be devastating," he said.
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  • He did not specify what these measures might be. He also said peace with the Palestinians was "attainable", and pledged to pursue a "historic breakthrough" for peace by the end of the year.
  • Earlier, the UN's nuclear watchdog said Iran's alleged research into warheads was of "serious concern", urging the country to give "full disclosure" on its atomic work.
  • liveinfreedom . on 20 Jun 08
     
    Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has said drastic measures are needed to stop Iran obtaining nuclear weapons.
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Iran: Who holds the power? - 0 views

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    Organizational structurre of the Iranian government.
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BBC NEWS | Middle East | Iran's key nuclear sites - 0 views

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    Iran's key nuclear sites can all be reviewed here. The link also shows the nuclear processes used to obtain bomb grade nuclear materials.
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U.S. says exercise by Israel seemed directed at Iran - International Herald Tribune - 0 views

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  • A second, the official said, was to send a clear message to the United States and other countries that Israel was prepared to act militarily if diplomatic efforts to stop Iran from producing bomb-grade uranium continued to falter.
  • But American officials were also told that Israel had prepared plans for striking nuclear targets in Iran and could carry them out if needed.
  • Two sets of advance Russian-made radar systems were recently delivered to Iran. The radar will enhance Iran's ability to detect planes flying at low altitude.
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  • "They are clearly nervous about this and have their air defense on guard," a Bush administration official said of the Iranians.
  • Mike McConnell, the director of national intelligence, said in February that Iran was close to acquiring Russian-produced SA-20 surface-to-air missiles. American military officials said that the deployment of such systems would hamper Israel's attack planning, putting pressure on Israel to act before the missiles are fielded.
  • liveinfreedom . on 20 Jun 08
     
    Iran is getting nervous about aircraft fying in the air corridors adjacent to their air space. Israel is making arrangments to remove the nuclear sites in Iran.
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