Special to WorldTribune.com Geostrategy-Direct.com TEL AVIV — A simulation by leading Israeli researchers has again pointed to heavy U.S. pressure on the Jewish state not to attack Iran. The Institute for National Security Studies conducted its second simulation of an Iranian nuclear weapons breakout and its impact on the Middle East. The latest simulation, which […]
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 […]
The U.S. government is asking Iran to return the Lockheed Martin-built RQ-170 Sentinel UAV that was recently downed over that country. “We’ve asked for it back. We’ll see how the Iranians respond,” President Obama said Dec. 12 during a news conference with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. … “I hope he said please,” said analyst […]
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. […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Geostrategy-Direct.com JERUSALEM — Iran is working with proxies in Bahrain, Gaza Strip, Iraq, Lebanon, Kuwait and other countries to undermine any U.S.-led effort to destroy its nuclear weapons infrastructure. “From Iran’s standpoint, a head-on confrontation with the United States and Israel would serve its purposes in the region and build its image […]
Special to WorldTribune.com New Edition, Geostrategy-Direct.com LONDON — After years of suspicion, Western intelligence agencies have confirmed that former Soviet scientists had provided significant help to Iran’s nuclear weapons program. NATO intelligence agencies have concluded that the former Soviet Union and its neighbors allowed hundreds of scientists to work in Iran and work to enhance […]
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 […]
Special to WorldTribune.com JERUSALEM — The Iranian-sponsored Hizbullah is planning for war with Israel, a report said. The Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs asserted that Hizbullah secretary-general Hassan Nasrallah, in coordination with Teheran, has been meeting senior commanders to plan for war with the Jewish state. The center, in a report by Shimon Shapira, said […]
Special to WorldTribune.com ABU DHABI — Qatar has launched a project to expand its security force amid threats by Al Qaida and Iran. The Internal Security Force has won approval by the Interior Ministry to construct facilities for the training of thousands of new officers. ISF plans to construct a camp outside Doha that would […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The United States has finally reported the size of its military presence in Kuwait. The Defense Department said it was deploying 23,000 American troops in Kuwait. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said those troops would be on alert for any emergency in the region. “We have about 40,000 troops in that […]