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Arms ship: How Iran tried to dupe Israeli intelligence

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 15:26:47 +0000

Hezbollah-bound vessel carrying vast amounts of weapons, ammunition left Iranian port 10 days ago; cargo was transferred to German ship, seized a few hours after leaving Egyptian port on Tuesday. IDF: Syria planned to transfer arms to Lebanon by land Hanan Greenberg The Hezbollah -bound arms ...

Yourish.com found this 2 days ago on ynetnews.com

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Life Goes On

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 13:30:41 +0000

We've been focused on this year's elections for the last couple of days, but the rest of the world hasn't stood still. So we should take note of stories like this one : Israeli commandos seized a ship Wednesday that defense officials said was carrying hundreds of tons of weapons from Iran ...

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NY Times Misses Iranian Connection

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 11:32:25 +0000

NY Times readers can be forgiven for not believing Iran is connected to arms boat seized en route to Syria. Reporter Myra Noveck writes: News reports quoted the Israeli president, Shimon Peres, and other officials saying the ship had been...

Hyscience found this 2 days ago on backspin.typepad.com

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Obama remembers to forget

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 10:24:00 +0000

There is something profoundly disgusting about President Obama's October 23 anniversary statement on the 1983 attack on the Marine barracks in Beirut that killed 241 Americans. Here is Obama's statement in its entirety: We remember today the 241 American Marines, soldiers, and sailors ...

Doug Ross @ Journal found this 12 days ago on powerlineblog.com

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Statement by The President on the Anniversary of the Attack on The U.S. Marine Barracks in Beirut, Lebanon

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 14:50:14 +0000

We remember today the 241 American Marines, soldiers, and sailors who lost their lives twenty-six years ago as the result of a horrific terrorist attack that destroyed the Marine barracks in Beirut, Lebanon. The military personnel serving in Beirut were there to bring peace and stability ...

Power Line found this 13 days ago on whitehouse.gov

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White House on Beirut Marine Barracks Bombing--Can't Remember Who Murdered 241 Americans

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 03:34:54 +0000

[Please subscribe. There's too much news from the Middle East to miss a single article; and too little good analysis in the media to miss a single analysis.] By Barry Rubin The White House has just released a very routine but still quite disturbing declaration by President Barack Obama. And it ...

The Corner on National Review Online found this 13 days ago on rubinreports.blogspot.com

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Water Authority blasts Amnesty on report

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:03:00 +0000

A Katyusha-type rocket landed in an Upper Galilee kibbutz on Tuesday evening, causing no casualties. Both police and IDF spokespersons confirmed the attack. Army Radio reported that a fire broke out at the rocket's impact site, near the northern town of Kiryat Shmona. An IDF statement said that ...

Israel Matzav found this 11 days ago on jpost.com

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Lebanese Conflict, Saudis Have a Flogging Good Time

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:54:00 +0000

David Brooks Dana Milbank James Surowiecki "Over the past year, the bonfire of overconfidence has shifted to Washington. Since the masters of finance have been exposed as idiots, the masters of government have concluded (somewhat illogically) that they must be really smart." - ...

guangping posted 11 days ago from notesfromagrumpyoldman.blogspot.com

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Compare and contrast

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 04:41:00 +0000

This is why Israel has more Nobel prize winners than the entire Arab world combined. Lebanese chefs prepared a massive plate of hummus weighing over two tons Saturday that broke a world record organizers said was previously held by Israel — a bid to reaffirm proprietorship over the ...

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And Now the Truth Becomes Clear: Hilary Clinton Announces that the Palestinians are the Obstacles to Peace

Mon, 2 Nov 2009 12:58:00 +0000

[Please subscribe and follow these fast-moving issues with fast-moving analysis.] By Barry Rubin Yesterday I discussed the significance of Secretary of State Hilary Clinton’s praise for Israel’s policy during her trip to Jerusalem, saying Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had offered ...

Israel Matzav found this 5 days ago on rubinreports.blogspot.com

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But what’s the alternative?

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 01:33:04 +0000

Daniel Pipes reports that Hamid Karzai’s brother is on the CIA’s payroll, and this is evidence that Karzai is a kept politician, among others in the Middle East, i.e. Iraq’s Nuri al-Maliki, Lebanon’s Saad Hariri, and the Palestinian Authority’s Mahmoud Abbas. ...

DP posted 9 days ago from democracy-project.com

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