Monday, June 01, 2009
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US Hostages Face Hard Labor in North Korea
Two innocent American citizens--reporters for former Vice President Al Gore's Current TV--are facing hard labor in the Hitlerian hell-hole called North Korea. Click here for the story.
The women were captured on Chinese territory and dragged across the border by North Korean guards.
China Confidential was the first media outlet to report that the Americans would be used as hostages by the nuclear-armed, rogue regime.
The liberal media have shown more interest in defending the supposed rights of captured Al Qaeda mass murderers than in raising awareness of the plight of two American journalists.
Nobel Peace Prize winner Gore has been noticeably silent about the kidnapping of his employees. His media company has discouraged coverage of the crime.Sunday, May 31, 2009
Iranian Analyst Promises Reprisals Against US and its Allies Even if Israel Attacks Iran Without US Help
Appeasement invites aggression....
Iran's Fars News Agency, which is close to the country's judiciary and most hardline government factions, has published an interview with an Iranian analyst that seems to threaten the United States with retaliation for an Israeli attack on Iran ... even if the U.S. does not join in the assault.
Gloating over Israel's isolation, the article begins:Israel has been left alone in its threats against the Islamic Republic of Iran, an analyst said, referring to the recent allegations by the regime's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that if Israel does not eliminate the Iranian threat, no one will.
"Netanyahu acknowledged that there is no will and power in the world community to confront Iran's might and influence in the Middle East region and this shows that the visit by the Zionist regime's prime minister to Washington and the meeting he had with US president Barack Obama were completely fruitless," a senior analyst on international relations Sa'dollah Zaree'i told FNA on Sunday.
He reiterated that Israel is in a situation that has no ability to perform successful military attack against any regional country.
Noting that any aggression by the regime against Iran could merely accelerate Israel's demise, Zaree'i warned that Israel threatens Iran from a weak stance but it should know that even a small attack by the regime will be reciprocated by Iran's pounding response.
"Iran's response will not be limited to the Zionist regime but its allies will also be within Iran's range and (will be included in the) military confrontation and will pay for their support for this criminal regime," he added. West Bank Clash Could Spark Palestinian Civil War
Responding to a raid on one of its armed cells by its U.S.-supported rival in the West Bank, Iranian-backed Hamas, which already rules Gaza, could start a Palestinian civil war in the disputed territory that the United States and Europe want Israel to abandon.
Click here for the breaking news report, which begins: "Tension between Palestinian factions exploded in their worst violence in nearly two years as a paramilitary police raid left six people dead today in the West Bank, underscoring the risks for the Palestinian Authority as it moves forcefully, with fresh encouragement from President Obama, to disarm militants intent on attacking Israel."Israel Holding Huge Civil Defense Drill
Israel is holding the biggest civil-defense drill in its history--a five-day exercise, code-named Turning Point 3.
Amid growing tensions with Iran, Israel is training soldiers, emergency crews, and civilians for the possibility of all-out war.
The scenarios include massive missile attacks possibly with chemical or biological weapons.
The crisis Israel fears is a massive rocket and missile barrage on all fronts: from Iran in the East, to Syria and Lebanese Hezbollah guerrillas in the North, to the Palestinian militant group Hamas on Israel's southern border in the Gaza Strip.US Officials in Asia for Meetings on North Korea
A U.S. government delegation is winding its way through Asia this week to discuss how to respond to North Korea's latest nuclear test.
U.S. Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg is leading the group, which arrives in Japan Sunday.
The delegation includes Stuart Levy, the Treasury Department's undersecretary on terrorism and financial intelligence. Stephen Bosworth, the U.S. special representative for North Korean policy, also is expected to be part of the mission.
From Japan, the delegation travels to South Korea, China and Russia. The countries are part of stalled negotiations aimed at ending North Korea's nuclear program.
- VOAObama's Appeasement Policy Fanning Flames of Aggression Ahead of Address Validating Islamism
As if to confirm that U.S. President Barack Obama's policies and upcoming address to "the Muslim world" are effectively emboldening Israel's enemies and strengthening Islamism by elevating an inherently intolerant and warlike religion to the level of a global political power, Reuters reports:Obama's best chance to win over Muslims and Arabs was to use Washington's leverage on its Israeli ally, said Saudi political analyst Turad al-Amri. "By pressuring Israel, Obama will win in more than one area -- in terrorism, the Iran file, Lebanon."
The U.S. president has said Israel must halt all settlement expansion in the occupied West Bank, a demand that sets him on a collision course with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
For PLO negotiator Saeb Erekat, Obama's task was to ensure creation of a Palestinian state. "People of this region don't want to hear words any more. They want to see deeds," he said.
In Kabul, Afghan lawmaker Sabrina Saqib said Obama's roots, as a black American with a Muslim father, meant he understood deprivation and would work to settle the Palestinian issue.
"One speech will not work, but it's good for a start," she said of Obama's planned address on Thursday. "When you pay homage to others and respect them, you enliven their spirit."Iranian Missiles Can Hit US East Coast
Israel believes that Iran's long-range missiles can reach America's East Coast.
China Confidential analysts agree, and add that Iran and North Korea can already attack American coastal cities with short-range missiles tipped with North Korean nuclear warheads.
North Korea has a stockpile of nuclear warheads; and the missiles capable of delivering them can be concealed in shipping containers and launched from seagoing cargo ships flying so-called flags of convenience.
North Korea and Iran have successfully test-fired missiles from cargo ships.
There is no defense against that kind of attack.
China Confidential analysts add that the Axis of Nuclear Evil may have already deployed their attack vessels--with help from Venezuela. Inspired by the Cuban Missile Crisis, which resulted in an American non-interference pledge for the Castro regime, Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chavez has shown interest in developing a nuclear deterrent against the United States. Intelligence officers and agents from Iran and its Islamist Lebanese proxy, Hezbollah, have established an important base of operations in Venezuela's capital, Caracas, and other locations in the South American country.The Case for Calling North Korea's Bluff
From Collin Spears, via Brooks Foreign Policy Review, comes one of the most interesting and thought-provoking articles yet on the North Korean crisis. He writes:If the United States and its allies want to denuclearize the Korean peninsula, and not just temporarily allay tensions, they must call Kim Jong-Il’s bluff by escalating the situation. As North Korea’s primary benefactor, China is the only nation that can force the North to dismantle its nuclear arsenal and return to 6-Party Talks. However, China will not exert such pressure, until the threat of instability on its border forces it to recalculate the utility of supporting the Kim regime. When the liability of North Korea becomes a greater threat to China’s internal security than the potential presence of American troops at its border, China will cooperate with the American alliance. Contrary to common media depiction, Kim is a rational actor. In fact, when scrutinizing North Korea’s conduct with the supposition that every action it has taken is for the preservation of Kim’s personal power, it is apparent that even the most provocative actions have been deliberate. America must use a realist approach to exploit these aims, if it wants to end the last great impasses of the Cold War.
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