Archive for September, 2007

US trains Gulf air forces for war with Iran

Posted by me on September 30th, 2007

Telegraph:
An air warfare conference in Washington last week was told how American air chiefs have helped to co-ordinate intelligence-sharing with Gulf Arab nations and organise combined exercises designed to make it easier to fight together.
Gen Michael Mosley, the US Air Force chief of staff, used the conference to seek closer links with allies whose support […]

U.S., Iraqi Forces: More Than 60 Insurgents Killed

Posted by me on September 30th, 2007

FOXNews.com - U.S., Iraqi Forces: More Than 60 Insurgents Killed - International News | News of the World | Middle East News | Europe

Arab newspapers claim lost general gave Israel attack co-ordinates for air-raid on Syria - Hürriyet
Two Arabic newspapers claimed on Friday that a retired Iranian general who disappeared without a trace in early February supplied intelligence for Israel’s September 6th air attack on what is believed to be a Syrian military installation.
According to Kuwaiti newspaper […]

US says Iranian-made missiles found in Iraq

Posted by me on September 30th, 2007

AFP:
The US military in Iraq said Sunday it had seized sophisticated Iranian-made surface-to-air missiles that were being used by insurgents in the war-torn country.
Several Misagh-1s have been found in different locations, the military said, although it stopped short of saying the use of the weapons represented an escalation of Iranian activity in Iraq.
“We’ve said […]

Some in Fairfax Public Housing Make Six Figures

Posted by me on September 30th, 2007

Some in Fairfax Public Housing Make Six Figures - washingtonpost.com
Hundreds of families living in housing subsidized by Fairfax County taxpayers exceed income caps designed to ensure that only the neediest receive assistance, a review of county records shows.
In the most extreme cases, Fairfax is underwriting rents for families making well into six figures: One household […]

Dallas Morning News

Hsu defense: Dismiss the case

Posted by me on September 30th, 2007

Inside Bay Area - Hsu defense: Dismiss the case
When a San Mateo County judge accepted Democratic financier Norman Hsu’s no-contest plea on a grand theft charge 15 years ago, nearly everyone expected Hsu would return to court a few weeks later and be sentenced to three years in prison by that same judge.
Instead, the defendant […]

China’s war (mind) games

Posted by me on September 30th, 2007

LASTAMPA.it:
It all started with the launch of a missile against a dead, spent satellite. The Chinese torpedoed their out-of-use weather satellite in January 2007 with a ground-based ballistic missile. The launch took place without previous notice and was interpreted by the foreign press as a strategy statement: China could disable air satellites—its own, but presumably […]

In Contrast, Appeasement Just Prolongs The Inevitable

Posted by me on September 30th, 2007

The New York Sun
War by its very nature is disastrous. But should that prohibit the United States from launching even unilateral action against a Theocratic Dictatorship which declared war on the United States in 1979? The terrorist act of 9/11/01 was not the first act of terror launched on the U.S. by this rogue Iranian […]

AFP:
US military deaths in Iraq stood at a 14-month low on Sunday and Ramadan attacks were sharply down on last year, US commanders said, while announcing that at least 20 insurgents had been killed.
The military said the suspected Al-Qaeda militants were killed by US aircraft as they headed into a palm grove northwest of Baghdad […]

Attack on Iran Said To Be Imminent

Posted by me on September 30th, 2007

The New York Sun:
In a sign that U.N. Security Council-based diplomacy is losing steam, a number of sources are reporting that a military strike against Iran’s nuclear facilities may be imminent. France and America also are pushing for tighter economic sanctions against Tehran, without U.N. approval.
Yesterday’s edition of Le Canard Enchaîné, a French weekly known […]

CAIR Supports VA Muslim Jihad Leader

Posted by me on September 30th, 2007

Yahoo! News
The Council on American- Islamic Relations (CAIR) today offered moral support to a Virginia physician who is under attack from “Islamophobes who seek to demonize and marginalize the mainstream Muslim community and its leaders.”
Dr. Esam Omeish, national leader of the Muslim American Society (MAS), was forced to resign from a Virginia immigration commission yesterday […]