The U.S. embassy in Syria has started evacuating personnel, April 26.
The U.S. State Department is also recommending all U.S. citizens to leave Syria ASAP.
The U.S. embassy in Syria has started evacuating personnel, April 26.
The U.S. State Department is also recommending all U.S. citizens to leave Syria ASAP.
After President Obama’s anti-Syrian speech, that was so similar to his anti-Libyan speech that it had to be a rewrite, he now is calling for sanctions. I told you…
White House spokesman Jay Carney said on Monday, April 25, the U.S. is pursuing a range of possible options, including targeted sanctions, such as freezing […] Continue Reading…
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi announced that Italy will now take part in air strikes against Libya. He says the order came from U.S. President Obama.
Italy previously said it would not join bombing raids, because of its “friendly” relationship with its former colony. But Obama, in a phone call, convinced Berlusconi to take military […] Continue Reading…
Reports are being issued saying emitted radiation levels, from Fukushima Daiichi, are going down. At the same time reports are being made about increasing radiation levels in water.
Japan’s Nuclear Safety Commission estimates the amount of radioactive emissions are down at around 1 terabecquerels per hour as of Sunday. They compare that to 154 terabecquerels […] Continue Reading…
Reactor 1, at the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, will be filled with water, in an attempt to create a temporary water tomb.
Tokyo Electric Power Company has decided it is the best way to bring the reactor under control. Robots will be used to check for possible leaks inside the building. TEPCo wants to […] Continue Reading…
Ford is temporarily closing plants in Taiwan, China, and South Africa. The Taiwan plant will be closed for about two weeks. The plants in China and south Africa will be closed for one week.
Ford did not say whether the lost production would be made up later, or if it would adjust its global output […] Continue Reading…
Toyota has already lost its number 1 ranking, no thanks to the March 11 disasters in Japan. Now its heading down to number 3.
General Motors is now the number 1 world producer of cars, not just because of what happened in Japan, but because GM’s sales are taking off in China. Who’s about to […] Continue Reading…
Iranian media continues to release confusing reports on Iran’s military hardware. Recently they reported on a “sokho-24 missile”. The article jumps back and forth from calling the “sokho-24” a missile, and an aircraft.
In researching this I realized that what happened is the Iranian journalists confused a military press statement. The Iranian military had announced […] Continue Reading…
Iran will be hosting its second classic car show. The show will open April 28, in Tehran.
It’s not that big, only about 80 classic cars, but for the second effort by Iranian car collectors, it’s good enough. “Most of the cars are being displayed for the first time. Some have never even been used […] Continue Reading…
“However, certain characteristics about the Stars worm have been identified, including that it is compatible with the (targeted) system and that the damage is very slight in the initial stage, and it is likely to be mistaken for executable files of the government.”-Gholam-Reza Jalali, Iran’s Passive Defense Organization
No other details […] Continue Reading…