Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — Iran has claimed the interception of Israeli-origin as well as western unmanned aerial vehicles. A senior military official said Iran has downed several Israeli UAVs since 2004. The unidentified official told Iran’s Fars News Agency that the interceptions took place over the Gulf. Officials said Iran has developed the capability […]
Sol W. Sanders “Moderation in all things”, said a pre-Christian North African Roman dramatist, Terence [Publius Terentius Afer]. But like so many artists, he latched on to a beautiful artifact but got the logic wrong. He’s echoed these days in the oft repeated mantra from talking heads calling for compromise. It usually follows a description […]
Jeffrey T. Kuhner President Obama has been reborn as a populist. At a major speech this week in Kansas, Mr. Obama outlined the themes of his 2012 re-election campaign. He is a champion of the middle class, which he claims is under siege. Their enemies are big business, corporations and the rich. He chose Osawatomie […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Based on an article by Cliff Kincaid for Accuracy in Media A New York Times story about a “modest” global tax mentions some of those supporting the idea but forgets an important one — the United Nations. At a Nov. 30 U.N.-sponsored conference in Washington, D.C., officials of the U.N. Development Program […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — A U.S. federal appeals court has determined that Hamas employed the United States to derail an Israeli peace initiative with the Palestinians. The federal appeals court in Texas ruled that Hamas invested heavily in its presence in the United States during the 1990s. The 5th Circuit court, in a Dec. […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Based on an article by Cliff Kincaid for Accuracy in Media Democrats say they have dirt on Newt Gingrich, but he appears ready to speak out on the dirt he has on them. In a reference to his new book, Gingrich has accurately described the socialist infiltration of America: “The Left has […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The United States must plan for a campaign to destroy Iran’s nuclear weapons program, a leading think tank said. The American Enterprise Institute stated that the United States is unlikely to stop Iran’s nuclear program either through sanctions or deterrence. As a result, the Washington-based institute said in a report […]
John J. Metzler UNITED NATIONS — With the historic visit of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to Burma, the highest profile American diplomatic contact in fifty years, the United States has entered a high stakes geopolitical chess game in Southeast Asia. Burma, a political pariah state has long been courted by China, coveted by India, […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Compiled by Bill Gertz, Geostrategy-Direct.com Russian President Dmitri Medvedev threw down the gauntlet of strategic nuclear escalation in Europe last week. Evidently angry over U.S. missile defense deployments in Europe, Medvedev said Moscow would be bolstering its strategic missiles and planning for new deployments of advanced missiles in southern and western Russia. […]
Special to WorldTribune.com BAGHDAD — The U.S. military has nearly completed its withdrawal from Iraq. The Iraqi Defense Ministry said the U.S. military presence in the Arab League state has declined to 9,000 troops. The ministry said the remaining U.S. soldiers would leave by the end of December. “The number of remaining U.S. soldiers until […]