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How Sanctions Against Iran Could Backfire

Nathan Gonzalez | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Netanyahu, Gas Prices, Sanctions, Npt, Khamenei, Missiles, Uranium Enrichment, War, Proliferation, Obama, Weapons, Shahab Missile, Iran, Shah, Non-Proliferation Treaty, Natanz, Ahmadinejad, Nuclear Weapons, Embargo, Economy of Iran, Oil, Uranium, Israel, Iran Nuclear Program, Foreign Affairs, Obama Foreign Policy, Foreign Policy, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran Sanctions, World News

It is no secret that Iran is developing its nuclear capacity in a clandestine and deceptive manner. Yet ironically it is our reaction to Iranian intransigence that is more likely to lead to an Iranian bomb. And it's not for the reasons that many have cited.

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A Bad Joke's Kernel of Truth

Shai Baitel | Posted 04.22.2012

Geographically, Iran may be far away from the Americas but its growing presence in Venezuela is a serious danger. It is not a joke.

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Israel Test Fires Missile That Could Hit Iran

AP | JOSEF FEDERMAN and DAN PERRY | Posted 01.02.2012

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JERUSALEM — An Israeli official said Wednesday that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is trying to persuade his Cabinet to authorize a military ...

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Romanian Authorities Find Rocket Warheads That Were Stolen From Train

AP | ALINA WOLFE-MURRAY | Posted 09.17.2011

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BUCHAREST, Romania — Dozens of small, old rocket warheads stolen from a train carrying military equipment were found Monday stashed near a railw...

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The U.S. Nuclear Arsenal Structure: Time to Move Away From the Triad

Rizwan Ladha | Posted 08.17.2011

Read More: White House, Department of Defense, Missiles, Nuclear Weapons, United States, Gary Samore, World News

In a talk Thursday, General Scowcroft suggested that the U.S. nuclear force should be restructured, eliminating the air- and sea-based legs of the triad and only maintaining 1,000 to 1,500 single-warhead ICBMs.

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Japan May Have Another Nuclear Crisis to Worry About in North Korea

Joshua Gleis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Missiles, Japan Earthquake, Japan Tsunami, South Korea, United States, Japan, North Korea, US Navy, Al Qaeda, World News

The world is witnessing an unprecedented series of catastrophes taking place in Japan. A massive earthquake and powerful aftershocks, followed by wave...

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The No-Fly Zone Decision

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bad Guys, President Obama, Missiles, Prisoners, No Tank Zone, Iraq, Obama, Benefit, Libyan Air Force, Urban Warfare, Cost, Radars, Military, Air Force, Revolution, No Ghaddafi Zone, Planes, Aircraft Carrier, Risk, Machine Guns, Civil War, Gaddafi, Bomb, Good Guys, War, Rebels, Anti-Aircraft, Tanks, Forces, Runways, Barack Obama, No-Fly-Zone, Helicopters, Loyalist, Aircraft, Chris Weigant, Artillery, Airfields, Libya, Afghanistan, Ghaddafi, Torture, Politics News

President Obama is in a tough spot on the whether or not to push for a no-fly zone over Libya. He is weighing the costs and benefits of the situation, and his reluctance to get involved may turn out, in the long run, to be the correct decision.

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A Security Test for the GOP

Joe Cirincione | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Senator Chuck Hagel, Heritage Foundation, Missiles, Ronald Reagan, Gary Hart, John Bolton, Brent Scowcroft, Mitt Romney, New Start Treaty, Barack Obama, James Baker, Military, Nuclear Weapons, Robert Gates, National Security, Start Treaty, Politics News

America's military is solidly behind the new security treaty that cuts Russia's nuclear weapons. Is the Republican Party? The test comes Thursday when senators have to choose: Back the military or play politics?

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Iran: U.S. Defensive Missiles In Gulf Are A Political Ploy

AP | NASSER KARIMI | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Iran, Missiles, Defensive Missiles, Iran u.s., Ali Larijani, Petraeus, Israel, World News

TEHRAN – Iran on Tuesday warned its Arab neighbors in the Persian Gulf that the U.S. is trying to drive a wedge between them by ramping up its m...

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U.S. Speeding Up Missile Defenses in Persian Gulf

AP | ROBERT BURNS | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — As the Obama administration edges toward imposing tougher sanctions on Iran, it has begun upgrading its approach to defending its P...

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US Drones Kill 17 In Pakistan

AP | CHRIS BRUMMITT | Posted 05.25.2011

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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Pakistan's anti-corruption agency has barred the defense minister and nearly 250 other top officials from leaving the coun...

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A Spoonful of Sugar

Roseann M. Lake | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Military, China Pollution, Hu Jintao, Chinese Communist Party, China's Economy, Missiles, Mao Zedong, China, Tiananmen Square, Wen Jiabao, Home News

As a westerner living in the capital, I have mixed feelings about the 60th anniversary. I was initially vexed to learn that Beijingers couldn't attend their own country's parade.

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Report: China Modernizes Navy For Potential Taiwan, US Conflict

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Missiles, China, China Navy, US Navy, World News

China has built up a sophisticated navy in preparation for a potential conflict with Taiwan, a new report from the U.S. Office of Naval Intelligence (...

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Surveillance Drones: Army Eyes Missiles Filled With Flying Spy Bots

wired.com | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Army wants to instantly get eyes in the sky to watch over a potential enemy. But spy drones or satellites or even fighter jets can be too slow to ...

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Iran Test Fires Short-Range Missiles

AP | NASSER KARIMI | Posted 05.25.2011

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TEHRAN — Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guard said it successfully test-fired short-range missiles Sunday in drills meant to show Tehran is prepa...

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Russia Open To Discussing US Plan On Iran

AP | DOUGLAS BIRCH | Posted 05.25.2011

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MOSCOW — Russia's president seemed open Tuesday to discussing a U.S. plan to cancel an anti-missile system in Europe if Russia helps prevent Ira...

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Russia Abandons Plans For Nuclear-Capable Missiles In Move To Improve Relations With US

The Guardian | Luke Harding | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pentagon, Kaliningrad, Missiles, Barack Obama, Central Europe, Russia, The Kremlin, Moscow, Nuclear, Dmitry Medvedev, World News

Russia today announced it was abandoning plans to deploy nuclear-capable Iskander missiles in its European Kaliningrad outpost - a sign that Moscow wa...

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Obama and the Perils of Gaza

Sandy Tolan | Posted 05.25.2011

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Obama promised in his too-brief comments on Gaza that "after January 20th, I'll have plenty to say." Here's hoping he does, and that by the time he opens his mouth, it won't be too late.

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Georgetown Newspaper Editor Reports on Sderot-Gaza, and Recording With Rockets

Karin Kloosterman | Posted 05.25.2011

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In a recording studio in Sderot, a few miles east of Israel's Gaza strip, Sergio Arditi felt the steady pulse of Rock and Roll give way to the sporadic vibration of bombs.

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Roadway Through the FATA

Ashley Bommer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Waziristan, Youth, Missiles, U.S. Goverment, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Sarhad Rural Support Programme, Vice President-Elect, Pakistani Center for Research and Security Studies, Joe Biden, British Territory, Warzone, Osama Bin Laden, Tribal Areas, Islamabad, Federall Administered Tribal Areas, Al Qaeda, Emissaries, Rural Support Programs, Below Poverty Line, Fata, Anti-Coalition Militias, Extremism, Bajaur, Srsp, Politics News

While the enemy weaves in and out of the tribal areas, living and interacting with the people, we fight the war against Al Qaeda superficially through military airstrikes and covert operations.

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Russia Rejects US Missile Defense Plan, Reports Say

AP | MIKE ECKEL | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Russia, Foreign Affairs, Missiles, US, Missile Defense, Politics News

MOSCOW — The Kremlin has rejected a second set of U.S. proposals offered to assuage increasingly strident Russian criticism of plans for an Amer...

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US: Iran Sending Missiles Into Iraq

AP | SAMEER N. YACOUB | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Iraq War, Missiles, Iran, Iraq, Terrorism, Weapons Smuggling, Home News

The U.S. military accused Iran on Sunday of smuggling surface-to-air missiles and other advanced weapons into Iraq for use against American troops. Th...

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