A report issued today by the Washington Institute for Near East Policy (WINEP) warned that the Israeli government believes that it still retains the ability to destroy Iran's nuclear program with a unilateral attack, and as the international community's diplomatic...
Karzai Overruled: Afghan Election Will Be Delayed After All
Afghan President Hamid Karzai's decision earlier this month to overturn the ruling of the Election Commission to delay the election to August 20 has itself been overturned, and the commission has once again set the date for August 20. Holding the election in August...
Japan Prepares to Try to Shoot Down North Korean Missile
As Japan continues to fret over a planned test launch in North Korea, the military is preparing to deploy the "Son of Star Wars" missile defense system in case they decide to try to shoot down a North Korean rocket. "If it is capable of reaching Japan then it goes...
Eight Killed as Terrorists Attack Cricketers in Lahore
Terrorist attacks in troubled Pakistan are nothing new, but today's attack in Lahore, which killed six police and two civilian bystanders and injured several others seems to have captured the attention of not just the nation, but much of the world as well. The 12...
Pentagon Estimates Drug Cartels ‘On Par’ With Mexican Army
As the bloody drug war between the Mexican government and the assorted drug cartels along the US border continues to escalate, one US Defense Department official has revealed that the Pentagon estimates that the cartels have at their disposal over 100,000 troops,...
Russia Won’t Haggle Over US Missile Defense Plans
The reports yesterday that the Obama Administration has offered to abandon the missile defense shield in Eastern Europe in return for Russian help in diplomatic measures against the Iranian government were publicly responded to by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev...
Sri Lanka Presses Offensive Against Separatists
Sri Lanka once again rejected international calls for a ceasefire in their several decade long war against Tamil separatists yesterday, declaring that the fighting would only stop when the rebels lay down their arms. But as the war rages on, the Sri Lankan military...
US-Israel Ties May Suffer Over Rightist Govt
Top Israeli officials are reportedly concerned that a potential rightist government led by Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu would establish that the Annapolis peace process is dead, and this "will undoubtedly harm Israel's relations with the US." An unnamed official...
Clinton: US Doesn’t Expect Diplomacy to Work With Iran
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says she has serious doubts that Iran would respond to the Obama Administration's interest to engage in diplomacy on its nuclear program, and that "our eyes are wide open on Iran." Secretary Clinton apparently did not believe that...
French DM Urges Date for NATO Pullout From Afghanistan
When NATO agrees on its latest strategy for the war in Afghanistan, French Defense Minister Herve Morin believes that they should set a specific timetable for its goals and for the "start of the withdrawal of alliance forces." Over seven years into the war, the...