August 27, 2007

Officials: Grim intelligence report on Iran coming

France's Sarkozy raises prospect of Iran airstrikes

Palestinian state outline 'coming by November'

Barak: Hezbollah rocket arsenal bigger now than before the war

Fatah and Hamas Unite in New Terrorist Group

Hamas and Fatah working together to attack Israel

Hamas chief says Mideast conference doomed to fail

Leading Kuwaiti sheikh attacks 'Iranian expansionist scheme', warns of 'Shiite exploitation'

Recession looms large for American economy

Al Qaida editions of the Koran circulating in Gulf states

Musharraf has become a dangerous friend

Jordan to accelerate nuclear program

Public Security Minister: It is in Egypt's interest to strengthen Hamas

Frequent Kremlin critic killed; Could have been done by outside assassins to make Putin look bad 

New Arabian Oil Pipeline Network Will Detour Hormuz

Comments
A report by leading US intelligence agencies has determined that it is highly unlikely that Iran will ever change its nuclear ambitions and will continue causing problems in Iraq.  This information will be shared with US President Bush within a week.

Certainly, this report does not yield good news and could lead to a US led attack on Iranian nuclear sites.  Many believe that this attack will take place toward the end of President Bush's term sometime in mid-2008.

Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak said on Monday that Hezbollah now has more rockets than it had during the Second Lebanon War.  In fact, the Lebanese army, who was instructed by the UN Security Council to prevent Hezbollah from re-arming themselves along Israel's northern border, has been helping them to get back to full strength.

Iran and Syria have concocted the perfect plan. Fight a proxy war against Israel on somebody else's land (Lebanon) and let Israel destroy that country's infrastructure.  It worked perfect in 2006 where Israel sustained heavy damage and casualties from over 4000 incoming rockets.

Despite Israel's attempt to calm fears about a possible war with Syria, actions on both sides of the border have been speaking louder than their words. When war breaks out, it's likely that Syria will limit their end of the war to guerrilla tactics in the Golan Heights (avoiding a full-scale war) and give Hezbollah the green light to rain rockets down on Israeli towns.  

If this happens, I hope Israel has the sense to attack the source... Syria (and Iran).  Personally, I believe they will attack Syria, but probably not Iran...that may be left to the US.  To what extent this war will go is hard to say, but I do believe there will be war in the Middle East within the next several months. 

The US will be hosting a Middle East peace summit in November.  What, if any impact this will have on peace talks is unknown.  But as we have seen in the past, about the time peace looks to be making progress something always come on the scene to stop it in its tracks.

According to Israeli President Shimon Peres he believes peace is around the corner and has been dubbed a prophet by Israeli right-wing organizations after the following prediction he made 30 years ago was made public.  

"The following is a chillingly accurate prediction made three decades ago, by none other than Shimon Peres, the nation's newly elected president. In it he foresaw, in precise detail, the dire perils that would result if Israel were to embark on precisely the policy he himself championed and which continues to advocate with passion:"

'The establishment of such a [Palestinian] state means the inflow of combat-ready Palestinian forces (more than 25,800 men under arms) into Judea and Samaria; this force, together with the local youth, will double itself in a short time. It will not be short of weapons or other [military] equipment, and in a short space of time, an infrastructure for waging war will be set up in Judea, Samaria and the Gaza Strip. Israel will have problems in preserving day-to-day security, which may drive the country into war, or undermine the morale of its citizens. In time of war, the frontiers of the Palestinian state will constitute an excellent staging point for mobile forces to mount attacks on infrastructure installations vital for Israel's existence, to impede the freedom of action of the Israeli air-force in the skies over Israel, and to cause bloodshed among the population. In areas adjacent to the frontier-line.' Shimon Peres, Tomorrow is Now, Jerusalem: Keter, 1978, p. 232." http://web.israelinsider.com/Articles/Politics/11931.htm

Certainly, President Peres has made a stunning about-face in these last days. 

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