Sunday, 24 May 2009

Saturday, May 23, 2009

 

Did Iran's Proxy Kill a Former Lebanese Premier?


It looks like Hezbollah's American and European apologists will have to work overtime to help their Hitlerian, Islamist friends.

The Los Angeles Times reports:


In a bombshell report published Saturday, the German weekly Der Spiegel says the investigation into the 2005 assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri is moving toward the conclusion that the Shiite militia Hezbollah was behind the attack.


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N. Korea Preparing to Test Short-Range Missiles

Following a warning by China Confidential analysts on Tuesday that North Korea was planning a series of new provocations in order to raise international tensions, 

North Korea appears to be preparing to test-fire short-range missiles after banning ships from waters off its northeast coast, a report said Friday.

A vehicle mounted with a missile launcher has been seen moving around for the past two or three days in an eastern coastal area of Hamkyong province, South Korea's Yonhap news agency quoted a government source as saying.

"Judging from an analysis of the movements, the North appears to be preparing to test-launch short-range missiles," the source was quoted as saying.

In Tokyo, Japan's Coast Guard said the communist state was warning ships not to pass through waters within a 130-kilometre (80-mile) radius of the town of Kimchaek.

It said the warning applied to the hours between 10:00 am (0100 GMT) and 6:00 pm until the end of this month.


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