There are rumors that President Barack Obama is ready to change his military and national security staff.
Current Defense Secretary Robert Gates wants to leave. He could be replaced by current CIA chief Leon Panetta. The position of chief of the CIA could go to current Army General David Petraeus, who is about to finish […] Continue Reading…
At a press conference in United Kingdom, U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates admitted there were no set plans for troop withdrawal from Afghanistan.
“I expect that (the recommendations) will be coming in the not-too-distant-future.”-Robert Gates
Gates said he was still waiting for recommendations from General David Petraeus. President Obama had announced that troops would start […] Continue Reading…
“Iran reserves the right to hit back.”-Ramin Mehmanparast, Iran’s Foreign Ministry
Bahrain has ordered the second secretary in the Iranian embassy, Hujatullah Rahmani, to leave within 72 hours. They accuse him of being a spy for Kuwait.
Of course the accusation comes after Kuwait seemingly switched sides. Originally Kuwait supported the Saudi Arabian led invasion […] Continue Reading…
The Japanese Coordinating Committee for Earthquake Prediction, said seismic activities started to increase off eastern prefectures, from Miyagi to Ibaraki, three years before the massive 9.0 quake.
Professor Koshun Yamaoka added that research shows that the focus of small quakes two days before March 11, moved closer to what became the epicenter of […] Continue Reading…
The Law of Mother Earth. If it passes, it will be historic. Bolivia’s legislature is debating the new bill, which many believe will be passed.
The proposed law states: “Mother Earth is a living dynamic system made up of the undivided community of all living beings, who are all interconnected, interdependent and complementary, […] Continue Reading…
First Vice President Mohammad-Reza Rahimi has shown his ignorance of world history, in statements made regarding Japan.
Rahimi said Japan should not bow to imperialist countries. Hello, Japan is an imperialist country, they have an Emperor!
Rahimi also said Japan “…should not pursue the wrong policies of the bullying governments because the same powers […] Continue Reading…
Venezuela has officially quite the economic union “Andean Community”. It’s made up of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.
Venezuela said it quite the trade group because of free-trade agreements signed with the United States and Andean pact members Peru and Colombia.
Venezuela now hopes to join MERCOSUR, a trade group made up of Brazil, […] Continue Reading…
A U.S. Pew poll said 54% of Egyptians want an end to the Egyptian/Israeli peace treaty.
The survey shouldn’t be taken too seriously, after all only 1,000 Egyptians were surveyed.
The survey also said that 79%of Egyptians don’t like the United States, and 64% don’t like Obama.
Iraqi Prime minster Nuri al-Maliki, made several statements in the recent past, saying Iraq does not need U.S. troops. Now it seems Maliki is caving into demands from the Obama administration.
His latest statements are that Iraq does not need U.S. help for “internal” security, but help is still needed for training, weapons and financing. […] Continue Reading…
Notice how little coverage of the Drug War in Mexico gets in the main stream media? After all, more people have been killed in Mexico, in the last three years, than in Afghanistan or Iraq. Mexico is just “south of the border” from the U.S.
If you don’t mind the Spanish language, or gory pictures […] Continue Reading…