Special to WorldTribune.com from Geostrategy-Direct.com The new chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said last week that the United States is engaged in a war of ideas in battling Islamist extremists, setting a new tone for dealing with the terror war. Army Gen. Martin Dempsey said in a speech Oct. 13 that at the […]
Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — Israel has disclosed that annual defense and security exports topped $7 billion in 2010. The Defense Ministry reported a sharp rise in foreign defense sales over the past decade. Officials attributed the increase to Al Qaida’s air suicide strikes in the United States in 2001 in which more than […]
Special to WorldTribune.com RAMALLAH — The Palestinian Authority has been accused of harassing Hamas prisoners released by Israel. The PA has not confirmed the Hamas report. Israel has released 477 Palestinians, most of them transferred to the Gaza Strip, and plans another release of 550 in December. The Hamas prisoner release is said to have […]
Special to WorldTribune.com from Geostrategy-Direct.com WASHINGTON — A month after denying the threat, the United States has expanded its operation to find the missing surface-to-air missile arsenal of ousted Libyan ruler Moammar Gadhafi. The administration of President Barack Obama has approved a $30 million allocation to track and intercept SAM systems smuggled out of Libya. […]
Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — Israel has confirmed that it was releasing veterans of the Hamas insurgency network in the West Bank. The government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has acknowledged that it planned to free the leading planners of Hamas suicide attacks over the last decade. The Prison Service said the detainees, regarded […]
GAZA CITY — Hamas has reported increased Israeli unmanned aerial vehicle operations over the Gaza Strip. Officials said the Hamas regime has been monitoring Israeli UAVs over the Gaza Strip in mid-October. They said the Israel Air Force has deployed additional UAVs since the announcement of the prisoner exchange with Hamas on Oct. 13. “They […]
NICOSIA — Islamic insurgents are targeting officers loyal to the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad. Opposition sources acknowledged that scores of Syrian security officers have been killed in such cities as Dura, Hama and Homs since April. They said Islamic insurgents have established networks that identify and target officers loyal to Assad in Sunni […]