Jeffrey T. Kuhner Herman Cain continues to soar in the polls. In some, he is leading the presumptive front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination, Mitt Romney. What accounts for Mr. Cain’s meteoric rise? He is the anti-Romney. The media class despises Mr. Cain. The establishment GOP and some neoconservatives dismiss him as a lightweight. Both […]
Special to WorldTribune.com LONDON — Libya has in effect become the main arms supplier of Hamas. Western intelligence sources said the Hamas regime in the Gaza Strip has received a huge amount of missiles, rockets and other weapons from Libya since June. They said the weapons taken from the military warehouses of the former regime […]
By Donald Kirk, East-Asia-Intel.com SEOUL — The timing of the annual descent on South Korea of the United States defense chief was uncanny. Here the people of the South Korean capital had just elected an anti-American, anti-bases, anti-everything protester as their mayor, and here was Leon Panetta, the defense secretary, talking about the North Koreans’ non-stop “threat” […]
Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — Israel and Singapore have developed an advanced unmanned aerial vehicle system. Industry sources said Israel Aerospace Industries and Singapore’s Horizon Energy Systems have enhanced a UAV for reconnaissance missions. Israel and Singapore have been deemed longtime strategic allies. The sources said Singapore helped pay for Israeli development of advanced […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — A Western contractor has expanded its search for energy in Egypt’s Faghur basin. A leading U.S. contractor has reported the development of a crude oil reserve in the Western Desert. Apache Corp., based in Houston, Texas, said its Tayim South 1-X well flowed at a rate of 8,196 barrels of […]
Special to WorldTribune.com ABU DHABI — Qatar has acknowledged a combat presence in Libya. The Qatar military said hundreds of troops participated in the ground war against the former regime of Col. Moammar Gadhafi in Libya this year. The military said Qatari soldiers joined rebels in attacks on Gadhafi forces throughout the North African state. […]
Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — The Israeli military is examining the feasibility of ordering fire on its soldiers taken captive in an effort to avoid another massive release of Palestinian insurgents. Officials said Israeli Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz was drafting orders to prevent another Hamas abduction of soldiers at any cost. […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — Jordan, under pressure from the Islamist opposition, appears ready to again host Hamas, a report said. The Hudson Institute asserted that Jordan’s King Abdullah was preparing to welcome Hamas after its expulsion more than a decade ago. The institute, in a report by Israeli analyst Khaled Abu Toameh, said Jordan […]
Lev Navrozov In 1949, Mao named his country the “People’s Republic of China.” Historically, China had practically no foreign visitors, just as practically no Chinese had visited the outside world. While Lenin and many other future “Soviet leaders” had been living a great deal in free Western countries, Mao was a pure product of China, […]
Special to WorldTribune.com ABU DHABI — Saudi Arabia intends to significantly increase its oil refining capacity. The state-owned Saudi Aramco plans to raise domestic refining capacity by more than 50 percent over the next five years. Aramco said the current refining capacity of 2.26 million barrels per day would increase to 3.5 million by 2016. […]