05-01-2012, 06:12 AM
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U.S.-Iran Tensions: Mideast Showdown Builds As United States Tightens Military Ties To Israel
"'Powder keg doesn't begin to describe it,' said Louise Arbour, president of the International Crisis Group, an independent organization that monitors global tensions. 'Rising strategic stakes have heightened the regional and wider international competition,' she wrote in a new assessment. It is, she concluded, '"an explosive mix.'"
The Pentagon to Send US Troops to Israel. Iran is the Unspoken Target
Analysis: Fuel test won't hasten Iran bomb: experts
"(Reuters) Iran's latest claim of a breakthrough in its nuclear program appears unlikely to bring it any closer to having atomic bombs, but serves rather as another defiant message to the West."
Iran prepares bill to bar foreign warships from Persian Gulf
Exclusive: EU agrees to embargo on Iranian crude
Turkey to seek US waiver on Iran oil -energy official
"Turkey will seek a waiver from the United States to exempt its biggest refiner Tupras from new U.S. sanctions on institutions that deal with Iran's central bank, a Turkish energy ministry official told Reuters on Wednesday."
Iran's Real Weapon Of Mass Destruction Is Oil Prices
Don't expect an Iranian oil crisis (CNN Money)
"Moves this week by the U.S. and the European Union may complicate Iran's ability to sell oil, but they will hardly kill it."
Geithner to Travel to China, Japan to Discuss Iran Sanctions
Syrian rebel leader threatens to escalate attacks
Syrian activists say government armor still in cities
Militias may drag Libya into civil war: NTC chief
Turkey warns against Shi'ite-Sunni Cold War
"Middle East powerhouse Turkey on Wednesday warned against a sectarian Cold War in the region and said rising Sunni-Shi'ite tensions would be 'suicide' for the whole region."
Eight Strategic Factors to Consider in 2012
Egypt's Street Kids Are Revolution's Smallest Soldiers
[URL="http://original.antiwar.com/updates/2012/01/03/sunni-and-kurdish-blocs-boycott-iraqi-parliament-while-attacks-continue/"]Sunni and Kurdish Blocs Boycott Iraqi Parliament While Attacks Continue
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U.S.-Iran Tensions: Mideast Showdown Builds As United States Tightens Military Ties To Israel
"'Powder keg doesn't begin to describe it,' said Louise Arbour, president of the International Crisis Group, an independent organization that monitors global tensions. 'Rising strategic stakes have heightened the regional and wider international competition,' she wrote in a new assessment. It is, she concluded, '"an explosive mix.'"
The Pentagon to Send US Troops to Israel. Iran is the Unspoken Target
Analysis: Fuel test won't hasten Iran bomb: experts
"(Reuters) Iran's latest claim of a breakthrough in its nuclear program appears unlikely to bring it any closer to having atomic bombs, but serves rather as another defiant message to the West."
Iran prepares bill to bar foreign warships from Persian Gulf
Exclusive: EU agrees to embargo on Iranian crude
Turkey to seek US waiver on Iran oil -energy official
"Turkey will seek a waiver from the United States to exempt its biggest refiner Tupras from new U.S. sanctions on institutions that deal with Iran's central bank, a Turkish energy ministry official told Reuters on Wednesday."
Iran's Real Weapon Of Mass Destruction Is Oil Prices
Don't expect an Iranian oil crisis (CNN Money)
"Moves this week by the U.S. and the European Union may complicate Iran's ability to sell oil, but they will hardly kill it."
Geithner to Travel to China, Japan to Discuss Iran Sanctions
Syrian rebel leader threatens to escalate attacks
Syrian activists say government armor still in cities
Militias may drag Libya into civil war: NTC chief
Turkey warns against Shi'ite-Sunni Cold War
"Middle East powerhouse Turkey on Wednesday warned against a sectarian Cold War in the region and said rising Sunni-Shi'ite tensions would be 'suicide' for the whole region."
Eight Strategic Factors to Consider in 2012
Egypt's Street Kids Are Revolution's Smallest Soldiers
[URL="http://original.antiwar.com/updates/2012/01/03/sunni-and-kurdish-blocs-boycott-iraqi-parliament-while-attacks-continue/"]Sunni and Kurdish Blocs Boycott Iraqi Parliament While Attacks Continue
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