Saturday, January 14, 2012
Syrian Border Activity Concerns IDF
Iran Says CIA Killed Scientist
Ominous Warning from Russian Defense Czar
Russia's new deputy prime minister, Dimitry Rogozin, who is in charge of overseeing the country's defense sector, says any military action against Iran would threaten Iran's neighbor--Russia. Read the story here.Iran Arming Assad Regime: Report
Saturday, 14 January 2012
The IDF is concerned about a slight increase in Syrian soldiers along the border with Israel; and two theories have emerged about their presence. Click here for the story.
Iran is blaming the CIA for the magnet-bomb murder of a nuclear scientist. Click here. But an investigative article in Foreign Policy magazine is likely to stir suspicions that the assassination was an Israeli false flag operation. The blame-Israel lobby will have a field day with the piece. Click here and here.
Rogozin, who has just completed a stint as Russia's ambassador to NATO, is known for being militantly anti-Western. But his remarks should be taken seriously because (a) it must be assumed that they reflect the views of Russia's Prime Minister and presumed next President Vladimir Putin, and (b) the Cold War image of America as the enemy at Russia's door still resonates in the country, as this article explains.
Related: Russian Arms Ship Reaches Syria
AFP says U.S. officials believe Iran's IRGC Quds Force is arming the Syrian regime. Click here for the report.
Iran is committed to keeping Assad in power. Regime change would end Iran's hopes for establishing military and missile bases in Syria--something the United States and Israel cannot allow.
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