One of the more ‘breaking’ pieces of intel surrounds the potential intervention by the USacting alone to arm rebel forces. We hinted in the Geopolitical section that Iranian warships have docked at Syrian ports. That brings to question as to how the USwould get arms to Syrian rebel forces – especially to those surrounding Homs. [...]
The Nigerian “Underwear Bomber” got life in prison in a UScourt today for attempting to blow up a USjetliner. And, according to USterrorism law, no less should be expected. But there is the potential for some repercussions at this time that would be a blow to US corporations and citizens alike. The timing is simply [...]
Things are getting serious in the Chinese leadership game. This may not have the same drama as the up and down fortunes of candidates competing for the GOP crown but there is always struggle when the stakes are this high. The elevation of Xi Jinping is assured; he played his cards right years ago and [...]
One of the biggest benefactors of Iran hitting Europe with the threat of cutting off oil is Russia. Russian oil sales to Asia and Europe are likely to spike, firmly securing Russia’s position as the number one oil exporter in the world. As an article in the New York Times reported (political biases aside), Putin [...]
We watch a lot of things over the course of a week. We picked up on a scheduled attack of the UNESCO website (a non-threatening denial of service attack) by Anonymous to protest the banning of Wikileaks from an international UNESCO conference. We would not recommend that you follow any of these links – but [...]
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao has now reversed its position and has said that it will not protect the Assad Government. This comes at a time when signals intelligence has detected a significant number of tanks and heavy armor working in the Homs region of Syria – a rebel forces stronghold. Monitors say that more than [...]
The Muslim Brotherhood has warned US Congressional Leaders that if they withhold billions in US aid to Egypt, it would be a violation of the Israeli peace act of 1979 and would then usher in a wave of anti-Israeli and anti-US sentiment – possibly leading to conflict between Egypt and Israel. Ironically, we could paraphrase [...]
Over the weekend, there were two attempts to kill Israeli officials in Georgia (near Russia) and India – both failed to accomplish their goals. Last night, an alleged Iranian (based on passports confiscated at the location of explosives found) attempt to conduct a hit in Thailand failed when one of the bombs went off unexpectedly, [...]
Every media outlet today covered the movement of the USS Kennedy through the Strait of Hormuz today. We just wanted to touch on it for those that missed it. The battle group led by the Super Carrier USS Kennedy went through the Strait of Hormuz today against warnings from Iran last month that these ships [...]
There are some rumors we are seeing about a buildup of US troops in the Kuwaitregion – part of that due to the Iraqwithdraw and part of it as a bit of a defensive position in the northern region of the Persian Gulf. But, sources also confirm that the maneuvers Iranconducted early in February had [...]
