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Personally, I feel this deserves at least as much attention on the news as the swine flu. General Petraeus says the next two weeks will decide whether the Pakistani government falls to the Taliban insurgency. This cannot be ridiculued as alarmist, as the Pakistani military just launched an offensive against Taliban forces near Islamabad, the [...]
Archive for April, 2009
Petraeus: Next 2 Weeks Will Decide Fate of Pakistani Goverment
Posted by Ryan Mauro on April 30th, 2009
Britain Ends Combat in Iraq
Posted by Matthew Avitabile on April 30th, 2009
After six years in Iraq, the British forces there have officially ended their combat mission. In turn, their base was turned over to American forces. An additional 300 troops or so will stay behind for training Iraqi forces. This comes after the British have finished training two Iraqi Army divisions. “Today Iraq is a success [...]
Top AQ Leader: We Worked With Iran To Target Saudi Oil
Posted by Ryan Mauro on April 30th, 2009
Can you say smoking gun? Mohammad Al-Oufi, the commander of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, who turned himself into the Saudi authorities, has testified that his group was working with Iranian intelligence. “They are engaged in supporting Al Qaida with money and weapons needed to carry out terror attacks,” he said. Regarding Iran’s sponsorship [...]
Update on Second Iranian Revolution
Posted by Ryan Mauro on April 29th, 2009
An Iranian source of mine has sent me footage, pictures and news of the regime’s suppression of the students expressing a desire for democracy again. Below you will see footage of what my source says is a student at Ferdosi University at Mashhad City, who condemns the Basiji militia and especially Supreme Leader Khamenei, pointing [...]
Report: Iranian-Backed Terror Plot in Azerbaijan Foiled
Posted by Ryan Mauro on April 29th, 2009
From MEMRI: The Kuwaiti daily Al-Siyassa cites “highly sensitive sources” as saying that authorities in Azerbaijan several months ago arrested two Lebanese nationals who were active in a cell of Hizbullah and Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) that planned operations against Western targets in the country’s capital in response to the February 2008 assassination [...]
Iran and Egypt Dueling for Influence
Posted by Matthew Avitabile on April 28th, 2009
Two of the largest Middle Eastern countries are fighting for influence. Similar populations: one Persian, one Arab. Both autocratic. One secular, one theocratic. One has a peace treaty with Israel, the other calls for its destruction. The Wall Street Journal is reporting how both nations are trying to control the geopolitical situation in the region. [...]
Posted in State Sponsor of Terrorism: Iran, The Middle East 
Tags: Egypt, Hezbollah, Iran 
No Comments »Bipartisan Support for New Iran Sanctions
Posted by Ryan Mauro on April 28th, 2009
Senators Joe Lieberman, Jon Kyl, and Evan Bayh have received bi-partisan support for new sanctions on Iran. The legislation would: ”…amend the 1996 Iran Sanctions Act to allow the President to sanction foreign companies that are involved in the sale of gasoline and other refined petroleum products to Iran, or that provide insurance or shipping [...]
AQI Leader Nabbed
Posted by Matthew Avitabile on April 27th, 2009
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has announced that his government has captured a key affiliate of al Qaeda in Iraq. Abu Omar al Baghdadi, who was thought to be fictional, was captured in an Iraqi raid. This represents another blow to al Qaeda, even as they attempt to reorganize in Iraq. Iraqi intelligence operatives were [...]
Turkey Wargames With Syria
Posted by Matthew Avitabile on April 27th, 2009
Turkey, an American and Israeli ally is conducting wargames with Iran’s ally Syria. This comes as Turkey is distancing itself from Israel. DebkaFile is stating that this is the first joint operation between the two countries. Both countries have some overlapping interests, like the repression of their respective Kurdish minorities. This also represents a shift [...]
Iranian Boat Carrying Weapons to Sudan Sunk
Posted by Ryan Mauro on April 27th, 2009
The Israelis are getting serious (if the report is accurate and if they were the attackers). Here’s the unverified Egyptian report: An Egyptian weekly reported Sunday that an Iranian ship carrying weapons traveling en route to the Gaza Strip has been sunk in the Red Sea, off the coast of Sudan. Al-Usbua’s report quotes sources [...]
Latin American Bloc Issues Statement Slamming Capitalism
Posted by Ryan Mauro on April 26th, 2009
Want some proof that a socialist anti-American bloc is forming in Latin America? Look no further. The governments of Cuba, Nicaragua, Venezuela, Honduras, Bolivia and Dominica have issued a joint statement calling the U.S. blockade on Cuba as “criminal” and calls for making “an alternative to the capitalist system.” Capitalism is blamed in the statement [...]
Israelis, Palestinians Favor Two-State Solution
Posted by Ryan Mauro on April 26th, 2009
This poll shows that there is only one potential solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict: Two sides living side by side. At the macro level, the findings indicate that the two-state solution remains the only resolution that is acceptable to the majority of both Israelis and Palestinians: 74 percent of Palestinians and 78 percent of Israelis [...]
Iraq Says Syria Still Harboring Insurgents
Posted by Ryan Mauro on April 25th, 2009
From MEMRI: In anticipation of the Syrian prime minister’s visit to Iraq (which took place on Tuesday and Wednesday of this week), Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zibari called on Syria to put an end to the conspiracies against his country by former Iraqi military officers residing in Syria. Zibari told Syria and other Arab countries [...]
63 Pakistanis Held at Gitmo Sent Back
Posted by Ryan Mauro on April 24th, 2009
Something bad will definitely come of this. Of the 71 Pakistanis imprisoned at the Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, 63 have been shifted back to Pakistan while eight are still imprisoned there, according to a report by the New York Times, a private TV channel reported on Friday. Abdul Rehman, Ali Abdul Aziz, Majid Khan, Saifullah [...]
Duelfer Didn’t Interview Sada’s Pilots, Receive Key WMD Info
Posted by Ryan Mauro on April 24th, 2009
Check it out here. Duelfer admitted to me in an interview that he did not interview Georges Sada’s pilots who reported they personally flew Iraqi WMD into Syria, nor did he receive the Ukrainian intelligence passed to a high-level Pentagon official detailing the transfer. Unbelievable.
