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 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. […]
Special to WorldTribune.com from Geostrategy-Direct.com WASHINGTON — The United States is concerned over the future of its military presence in Bahrain, a report said. The U.S. Army has determined that the presence of the American naval presence could be endangered by Shi’ite unrest in Bahrain. A report by the army war college’s Strategic Studies Institute […]
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 […]
By Jeffrey T. Kuhner President Obama is empowering radical Islam across the Arab world. He is presiding over both the American decline and the rapid advance of our mortal jihadist enemies. From the Middle East to North Africa, the Arab Spring has turned into an Islamist winter. Contrary to the administration’s claims, the popular uprisings […]