Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is worried that Israeli will launch a preemptive, unilateral military strike on Iran within the next few months, according to David Ignatius of the Washington Post. "Panetta believes there is a strong likelihood," writes Ignatius, "that...
Israeli officials have apparently been engaged in an aggressive public relations offensive to broaden support for a military attack on Iran, with particular emphasis on American audiences. Israel's strategy conference this week in Herzliya, a Tel Aviv suburb, has...
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The Obama administration played down comments from Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta that the U.S. could end its combat role in Afghanistan by the end of 2013, saying the original policy has not changed. "This was an assessment of what could happen within the context...
An American public-relations agency, Racepoint Group, has been providing hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of services to the autocratic Rwandan government as a propaganda arm. Racepoint Group engages in a media campaigns consisting of white-washed self-promotion...
Iraq does not plan to abide by Washington's sanctions on Iran, as Baghdad officials announce they plan to submit a waiver to the U.S. government. The U.S. has heaped harsh economic sanctions on Iran and has managed to convince the European Union to go along with a...
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Israel and its allies can destroy all of Iran's nuclear facilities, said Vice Prime Minister and Strategic Affairs Minister Moshe Ya’alon at a conference on Thursday. Some commentators have claimed that a military strike on Iran's nuclear facilities could not possibly...
The U.S. government's secret list of suspected terrorists who are prohibited from flying to or within the country has more than doubled in the past year. The no-fly list went from about 10,000 names one year ago to about 21,000, according to government figures, about...
