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Russia Sticks To Its Guns Against Heavy Hitters Backing Syria

Thursday, February 02, 2012

The political heavy hitters were all there at a key Security Council meeting early this week to decide on the future of beleaguered Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

Dempsey Told Israelis U.S. Won't Join Their War On Iran

Wednesday, February 01, 2012

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey told Israeli leaders Jan. 20 that the United States would not participate in a war against Iran begun by Israel without prior agreement from Washington, according to accounts from well-placed senior military officers.

U.S. Group Urges 'more Credible' Military Threat Against Iran

Wednesday, February 01, 2012

The administration of President Barack Obama should take steps to make threats of a possible U.S. or Israeli attack against Iran more credible, according to the fourth in a series of studies released here Wednesday by a 13-man 'bipartisan' task force dominated by Iran hawks.

Pakistan Denies 'intimate' Taliban Links

Wednesday, February 01, 2012

Pakistan has rejected as 'frivolous' a leaked NATO report which claims that the country's security services are helping the Taliban, and suggesting that the group believes it is poised to regain power.

Falklands/malvinas, From Rhetoric To Pressure

Friday, January 27, 2012

Although the latest rhetoric seems to signal a hardening of the historical sovereignty dispute between Argentina and Britain over the Malvinas/Falkland Islands, some experts are sceptical and say nothing will change in essence.

U.S.: Growing Elite Opposition to Military Option Against Iran

Thursday, January 26, 2012

Like the imminent prospect of one's hanging, to paraphrase the 18th century British essayist Dr. (Samuel) Johnson, the suddenly looming possibility of war can concentrate the mind wonderfully.

Eu-Iran: New Sanctions Aimed at Averting Wider Conflict

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

European countries are imposing unprecedented sanctions against Iran in part in hopes of preventing an Israeli attack on Iranian nuclear installations that could further destabilise the Middle East and wreak havoc on the global economy.

U.S.: Worries Mount over Blowback of Israeli Attack on Iran

Wednesday, January 18, 2012

A former senior adviser on the Middle East to the last four U.S. presidents says that 'the negatives far outweigh the positives' of war with Iran and the United States should augment Israel's nuclear weapons delivery systems to dissuade it from attacking the Islamic Republic.

In Signal To Israel And Iran, Obama Delays War Exercise

Monday, January 16, 2012

The postponement of a massive joint U.S.-Israeli military exercise appears to be the culmination of a series of events that has impelled the Barack Obama administration to put more distance between the United States and aggressive Israeli policies toward Iran.

Saudi Arabia And Iran Spar Over Oil Embargo

Monday, January 16, 2012

Saudi Arabia will make up for any shortfall in world oil supply caused by sanctions against Iran, the country's oil minister has said, despite warnings from Iran that such a move would provoke unspecified 'consequences'.

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