U.S. in $3.5 billion arms sale to UAE amid Iran tensions
Saturday, December 31st, 2011 | Post a comment
The United States has signed a $3.5 billion sale of an advanced antimissile interception system to the United Arab Emirates, part of an accelerating military buildup of its friends and allies near Iran.
Posted by John under: Wars and Rumors of Wars
Egypt: A religious revival
Saturday, December 31st, 2011 | Post a comment
The Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice party holding a campaign rally
As Islamists emerge from elections as the country’s leading political force – to the alarm of democracy campaigners and regional autocrats alike – western governments will have to adapt to a power shift they have long sought to prevent
Posted by John under: Ishmael,Perilous Times
Strait of Hormuz standoff continues as Iran films US aircraft carrier
Thursday, December 29th, 2011 | 5 comments
The US aircraft carrier which Iran claims went ‘inside the manoeuvre zone’ where Iranian ships are conducting 10 days of wargames in the Gulf Photo: REUTERS
Iran claimed to have successfully taken surveillance footage of a US aircraft carrier near the Strait of Hormuz today as both countries raised the stakes in their standoff over the critical oil route.
Posted by John under: Moving Towards Ezekiel 38-39,Perplexity
TSA screenings aren’t just for airports anymore
Wednesday, December 28th, 2011 | One comment
A Transportation Security Administration behavior-detection officer patrols a train station in Charlotte, N.C. (Brian Bennett, Los Angeles Times / December 11, 2011)
Roving security teams increasingly visit train stations, subways and other mass transit sites to deter terrorism. Critics say it’s largely political theater.
Posted by John under: Anti-Semitism
Obama to ask for debt limit hike: Treasury official
Wednesday, December 28th, 2011 | Post a comment
The White House plans to ask Congress by the end of the week for an increase in the government’s debt ceiling to allow the United States to pay its bills on time, according to a senior Treasury Department official on Tuesday.
Posted by John under: Divided Nation,Perplexity
Israeli textbook slammed for calling homosexuality a disorder
Monday, December 26th, 2011 | 3 comments
Participants of the gay pride parade in Jerusalem, July 28, 2011 Photo by: Olivier Fitoussi
Online petition demanding book’s removal unless its position on homosexuality is revised receives over 500 signatures within day of being posted.
Posted by John under: Days of Lot,Israel in the Last Days
Bombings in Syria and Iraq raise spectre of Sunni-Shia war
Monday, December 26th, 2011 | One comment
Last Thursday, there were 16 bomb blasts in Baghdad (72 people killed, 217 injured). On Friday, two big car bombs in Damascus killed 40 people and injured 150.
Posted by John under: Ishmael
Iran begins naval drills in Strait of Hormuz
Monday, December 26th, 2011 | Post a comment
Iran plans to practice its use of submarines, surface-to-sea missile systems, torpedoes and drones
Tehran’s latest display of military power will bring it into close proximity of US warships in strategic oil route.
Posted by John under: Moving Towards Ezekiel 38-39
IMF’s Lagarde warns global economy threatened
Monday, December 26th, 2011 | Post a comment
PARIS (Reuters) – The head of the International Monetary Fund said the world economy was in danger and urged Europeans to speak with one voice on a debt crisis that has rattled the global financial system.