China Confidential
Monday, April 26, 2010
Iranian Nuclear Expert Seeks Asylum in Israel
Israeli Deputy Minister Ayoub Kara said Saturday the Iranian academic is awaiting a decision on the asylum request in a country "friendly" to Israel.
Kara did not identify the academic or the country. He said Israel will do all it can to help people who want to remove what he called the strategic and nuclear threat posed by Iran.
In related news, The Washington Post on Sunday quoted U.S. officials as saying a growing number of Iranian nuclear experts are defecting or leaking information to the West about Iran's nuclear program.
The newspaper quoted current and former officials in the United States and Europe as saying some of the most significant new material has come from scientists and others with access to Iran's military programs.
U.S. officials have reportedly acknowledged that Iranian nuclear physicist Shahram Amiri defected to the West after disappearing on a pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia last June.Iran Reportedly Fires 5 New Missiles
Saturday, April 24, 2010
Cubans Deeply Involved in Venezuelan Military
A former Venezuelan army general says Cuba is deeply involved in Venezuela's military and intelligence services, as reported here.
China Confidential analysts agree.
They add that Cuba and Venezuela are believed to be cooperating closely in illicit biological weapons research, production, weaponization and stockpiling.
Cuba has provided dual-use technology to the Chavez regime to support the development of offensive bioweapons, analysts assert.Islamic Inquisition Intensifying
In parts of the world it is clear that societies are going backwards and not forward and this notably applies to many Islamic societies. Liberals in the West or the fear of political correctness means that you have a media blackout "on reality" and instead every excuse is given. Yet in the early 21st century it is clear that "the stone age mentality" is still alive in many parts of the world.
Indeed, it could be argued that "the stone age mentality" was more progressive than modern day Saudi Arabia, just to give one example. After all, women would have had more freedom in the stone-age period than they would have in modern day Saudi Arabia.
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Monday, 26 April 2010
An Israeli official says an Iranian academic with ties to Iran's nuclear program has requested asylum in Israel.
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