Archive for the ‘War’ Category

Egypt: On the Brink of Revolution?

Sunday, May 11th, 2008

Frontpage Interview’s guest today is John R. Bradley, a British journalist and author. His last book on the Middle East was the critically acclaimed Saudi Arabia Exposed: Inside a Kingdom in Crisis (2005). He joins us to discuss his new book, Inside Egypt: The Land of the Pharaohs on the Brink of a Revolution. He maintains a website at www.johnrbradley.com. for more click here

We are close to war, says Georgian leader

Saturday, May 10th, 2008

MOSCOW Georgia and Russia have come close to war in recent days and the threat of armed conflict remains, Mikhail Saakashvili, the Georgian President, told Russian journalists.for more click here

Civil War Looms at Israel’s Northern Border

Friday, May 9th, 2008

Civil war has returned to Lebanon and Hizbullah seems to be winning, having taken over parts of Beirut. for more click here

Four killed as Hezbollah, Sunni gunmen fight in Beirut

Friday, May 9th, 2008

BEIRUT — Lebanon’s long-simmering political crisis lurched deeper into violent civil conflict Thursday as bands of Shiite and Sunni gunmen battled in the streets for a second day and politicians took to the airwaves to denounce each other for pushing the country toward war. for more click here

Gorbachev: US could start new Cold War

Thursday, May 8th, 2008

Mikhail Gorbachev has accused the United States of mounting an imperialist conspiracy against Russia that could push the world into a new Cold War. for more click here

Georgia says “very close” to war with Russia

Wednesday, May 7th, 2008

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Russia’s deployment of extra troops in the breakaway Georgian region of Abkhazia has brought the prospect of war “very close”, a minister of ex-Soviet Georgia said on Tuesday. for more click here

War crimes fugitives in Serbia’s reach - prosecutor

Monday, May 5th, 2008

BELGRADE, May 4 (Reuters) - Serbia could arrest four war crimes fugitives still on the run from the Hague tribunal, including top suspect Ratko Mladic who is likely in the country, the U.N. chief prosecutor was quoted on Sunday as saying.

The arrests are key to Serbia’s progress towards European Union membership. A pact on closer ties, signed between Belgrade and the bloc last week, is due to go into effect only when all, and especially Mladic, are brought to trial. for more click here

Sunday Times Hints: Israel’s Evidence on Iran Justifies Strike

Sunday, May 4th, 2008

Sunday Times: Israel has evidence against Iran’s nuclear capacity - similar to that which led Israel to destroy Syria’s nuclear reactor. for more click here

MI6 chief visits Mossad for talks on Iran’s nuclear threat

Sunday, May 4th, 2008

THE head of MI6, Sir John Scarlett, is to visit Israel later this month as Britain forges closer links with Mossad, the Israeli intelligence service.

Iran’s nuclear programme is expected to be high on the agenda in an intelligence-sharing process described by Israeli officials as a “strategic dialogue”. It is building on long-standing cooperation between MI6 and Mossad, both of which have extensive spy networks in the Middle East. for more click here

United States is drawing up plans to strike on Iranian insurgency camp

Sunday, May 4th, 2008

The US military is drawing up plans for a “surgical strike” against an insurgent training camp inside Iran if Republican Guards continue with attempts to destabilise Iraq, western intelligence sources said last week. One source said the Americans were growing increasingly angry at the involvement of the Guards’ special-operations Quds force inside Iraq, training Shi’ite militias and smuggling weapons into the country. for more click here