Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The U.S. intelligence community has assessed that a fragmented opposition and powerful foreign support could sustain the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad throughout 2012. Officials said the assessment took into account the strong military, intelligence and financial support the Damascus regime has received from China, Iran and Russia. The […]
Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — The United States, concerned over an Iranian backlash, has canceled a major ballistic missile defense exercise with Israel. Israeli sources said the administration of President Barack Obama requested the cancellation of Austere Challenge-2012, meant to take place around April and include more than 2,000 soldiers. They said the administration […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Based on an article by Cliff Kincaid for Accuracy in Media How principled a conservative is Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul? Directly referring to WikiLeaks and Army soldier Bradley Manning being held in detention, Paul said, “Should he be locked up in prison or should we see him as a political hero? […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Compiled by Bill Gertz, Geostrategy-Direct.com Iranian state media displayed a captured U.S. intelligence-gathering aircraft identified as the RQ-170 unmanned aerial vehicle, a system that has been deployed to collect signals and imagery intelligence on Iranian nuclear programs and military forces. U.S. officials confirmed that the drone was lost Dec. 4 in eastern […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Geostrategy-Direct.com WASHINGTON — Members of the House and Senate Select Committees on Intelligence have been briefed on the arrests of at least a dozen CIA operatives in Lebanon. The arrests have badly damaged U.S. monitoring of Iran and its chief proxy, Hizbullah. “It is hard to overestimate the damage,” one official said. […]
Compiled by Bill Gertz, Geostrategy-Direct.com A former CIA officer told Congress last week that the apparent sloppy trade craft of an Iranian operation to assassinate Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to the United States is not unusual. Reuel Marc Gerecht, a former CIA Iranian targets officer, in testimony to the House Homeland Security Committee, dismissed skeptics who […]