Special to WorldTribune.com HERZLIYA, Israel — Israel’s military has been exploring the prospect of developing projects in the upper tier of the atmosphere. Officials said the Israel Air Force has drafted plans to develop aircraft that could operate in what they termed the stratosphere. They said this would enable unmanned platforms to conduct reconnaissance and […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama, in a bid to reconcile with the Teheran regime, has blocked legislation that would hold Iran accountable for the Hizbullah bombing that killed 241 U.S. Marines in 1983. A survivors group has asserted that the administration is pressuring Democrats in Congress not to support a bill that […]
Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — The opposition has reported the rebel capture of another Syrian town. Opposition sources said the Free Syrian Army attacked and seized Duma, a major suburb of Damascus, on Jan. 21. They said FSA units, comprised of Syrian Army deserters, overran positions of the regime of President Bashar Assad and captured […]
Special to WorldTribune.com ANKARA — Turkey has reported the installation of an advanced U.S.-origin radar for NATO’s ballistic missile defense shield. Officials said NATO oversaw the installation of the AN/TPY-2 X-band radar at a military facility in the Turkish province of Malatya, about 620 kilometers southeast of Ankara. They said the radar was being operated […]
Special to WorldTribune.com LONDON — The Iranian-sponsored Hizbullah has begun its first combat operations in Syria, the opposition said. Opposition sources said Hizbullah fighters launched Russian-origin BM-21 Grad rockets toward civilian protesters on Jan. 16. The sources said the Hizbullah rocket attack took place near Damascus amid Iranian threats to increase intervention in Syria. “The […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The United States has decided to send a military aircraft to Lebanon despite the domination of its government by the Iranian-sponsored Hizbullah. The Defense Department has awarded a contract for the export of a surplus military aircraft to Lebanon. The aircraft, meant to be supplied by Alliant Techsystems, was identified […]
Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — Israel’s military has launched training to stop bus hijackings. Officials said the Army was instructing infantry troops to rapidly respond to hijackings of buses and trucks. They said the training was formulated in wake of Palestinian attacks on motorists near the southern Israeli city of Eilat in August. “We […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — Israel could destroy Iran’s nuclear infrastructure with three combat air squadrons, a report said. A report by a leading aide to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the Israel Air Force could destroy most of Iran’s infrastructure in two days. The report by Yoaz Hendel, a senior adviser to Netanyahu, said […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Gregory Copley and Yossef Bodansky, Global Information System Rarely in the past six decades has global context counted for as much in strategic forecasting trend analysis as it does at the dawn of 2012. Reliance on stove-piped analysis of strategic sectors such as economic and financial issues, security issues, politics, geopolitics, […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Sumantra Maitra, FreePressers.com Reading Daniel Drezner is a delight. The good professor brings a sense of humor in his articles which is quite a rarity considering the drab subjects we have to study in the field of International Relations. (I haven’t got an opportunity to study under him or meet him […]