SEOUL (AFP) – North Korea’s military threatened Sunday to launch the “severest punishment” against South Korea for staging massive joint war games with the United States this week.
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N.Korea warns of ‘severest punishment’ over war games
Sunday, August 15th, 2010Fidel Castro: Obama can avert impending nuclear holocaust
Sunday, August 8th, 2010Cuba’s Fidel Castro took part in his first government function since he nearly died in 2006, repeating his apocalyptic warnings of a nuclear war that only President Barack Obama can avert as he spoke Saturday to a formal session of parliament.
Ahmadinejad says expects U.S. to attack MidEast soon
Tuesday, July 27th, 2010TEHRAN (Reuters) – Iran expects the United States to launch a military strike on “at least two countries” in the Middle East in the next three months, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told state-run Press TV.
An Attack on Iran: Back on the Table
Friday, July 16th, 2010
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad visits the Natanz nuclear enrichment facility
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In late 2006, George W. Bush met with the Joint Chiefs of Staff at the Pentagon and asked if military action against Iran’s nuclear program was feasible. The unanimous answer was no. Air strikes could take out some of Iran’s nuclear facilities, but there was no way to eliminate all of them. Some of the nuclear labs were located in heavily populated areas; others were deep underground. And Iran’s ability to strike back by unconventional means, especially through its Hizballah terrorist network, was formidable. The military option was never officially taken off the table. At least, that’s what U.S. officials always said. But the emphasis was on the implausibility of a military strike. “Another war in the Middle East is the last thing we need,” Secretary of Defense Robert Gates wrote in 2008. It would be “disastrous on a number of levels.” (See pictures of President Bush in the Middle East.)
Michelle Obama Rouses NAACP Before Vote Condemning ‘Racist’ Elements of Tea Party
Monday, July 12th, 2010Tea Party Leaders Say Political Motivation Driving NAACP Agenda
The Submarine Deals That Helped Sink Greece
Sunday, July 11th, 2010
Among Greece’s questioned costs is more than a billion euros on new submarines.
ATHENS—As Greece slashes spending to avoid default, it hasn’t moved to skimp on one area: defense.
Another War Will Be Required to Burn $13 Trillion of USA’s National Debt
Saturday, June 5th, 2010The national debt of the United States reached the record level of $13 trillion, which means that every US citizen owes the world $42,000. It seems that the US administration does not seem to care much about the fact. Barack Obama believes that it is the fault of the previous government. Obama stated during his speech at Pittsburg that his administration was not guilty of the enormous national debt. He said that he took office during the time of the crisis, when the economic recession in the country resulted in the creation of a huge hole of $3 trillion in the budget of the country.
U.S. ‘secret war’ expands globally as Special Operations forces take larger role
Friday, June 4th, 2010Beneath its commitment to soft-spoken diplomacy and beyond the combat zones of Afghanistan and Iraq, the Obama administration has significantly expanded a largely secret U.S. war against al-Qaeda and other radical groups, according to senior military and administration officials.
Report: Israel to station nuclear missile subs off Iran
Sunday, May 30th, 2010Sunday Times says Jewish state plans to deploy three submarines equipped with nuclear cruise missiles in Persian Gulf. According to report, decision has been taken to ensure permanent presence of at least one of vessels
Senators press for National Guard troops on border
Thursday, May 20th, 2010WASHINGTON (AP) – Homeland Security and Pentagon officials are at loggerheads over a plan to send National Guard troops to the U.S.-Mexico border, even as President Barack Obama is pledging to bolster security there.