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In this image made available Sunday Nov. 22 2009 and taken from Al Alam TV, a missile is fired in an unspecified location in Iran. Iran on Sunday Nov. 22 2009 began large-scale air defense war games aimed at protecting the country's nuclear facilities against any possible attack, state television reported. It said the five-day drill will cover an area a third of the size of Iran and spread across the central, western and southern parts of the country.
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Obama renews anti-Iran war rhetoric
Share US President Barack Obama has once again renewed threats against Iran, saying that Washington will maintain pressure on the Islamic Republic over its nuclear program. “America is... (photo: AP / Al Alam TV)
 A view of Israel´s Sorek nuclear reactor center near the central Israeli town of Yavne is seen in this July 5, 2004 file photo. Israeli soldiers will begin distributing pills against radiation sickness in cities near Israel´s two nuclear reac
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Pressure Israel, Not Iran. Israel has an Arsenal of 200-300 Nuclear Weapons…
Share Prof. Marjorie Cohn Global Research Neocons in Israel and the United States are escalating their rhetoric to prepare us for war with Iran. Even the infamous John Yoo, architect of George W.... (photo: AP/str)
Eight Strategic Factors to Consider in 2012  Pakalert Press 
Eight Strategic Factors to Consider in 2012
Share by Strategic Studies Rarely in the past six decades has global context counted for as much in strategic forecasting — trend analysis — as it does at the dawn of 2012. Reliance on stove-piped... (photo: WN / Marzena Jazowska)
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An Iranian woman walks past an anti-US mural, painted on the wall of the former US Embassy in Tehran, Iran, at the side lines of an annual state-backed rally, on Friday, Nov. 4, 2011, marking the anniversary of the seizure of the US Embassy by militant students on Nov. 4, 1979.  GlobalResearch 
Red Lines and Ticking Clocks: U.S. War Plans Against Iran
Before the first bomb falls disinformation specialists prepare the ground. Leading media outlets, foreign policy journals and a plethora of think tanks funded by elite foundations, energy and weapons'... (photo: AP / Vahid Salemi)
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File - Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev reviews a military guard of honour at the Cankaya presidential palace in Ankara, Turkey, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009. The Daily Telegraph
Kazakh leader to sack potential sucessor over riots
Nursultan Nazarbayev, Kazakhstan's president, has said he will sack his son-in-law as the head of the country's powerful sovereign wealth fund, effectively blaming him... (photo: AP / Burhan Ozbilici)
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File - President Barack Obama and President Hu Jintao of China wait in the Green Room of the White House before their press conference in the East Room, Jan. 19, 2010. Al Jazeera
The eagle, the bear and the dragon
Let's celebrate the end of an eventful 2011 with a fable. Once upon a time in the young 21st century, the eagle, the bear and the dragon took their (furry) gloves off and... (photo: White House / Pete Souza)
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Putin's party losing support in parliamentary vote
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's party was struggling to reach 50 per cent in Russia's parliamentary election, polls and official results showed Sunday, suggesting... (photo: Creative Commons / Scanyaro)
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A Russian soldier observes from a tank at a checkpoint on the outskirts of Gori, northwest of the capital Tbilisi, Georgia, Friday, Aug. 15, 2008. Western leaders engaged in intense diplomacy Friday to persuade Russia to pull troops out of Georgia, but regional tensions soared after a top Russian general warned that Poland could face attack over its missile defense deal with the United Sta GlobalResearch
Why Moscow does not Trust Washington on Missile Defense
... (photo: AP / Darko Bandic)
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U.S. Arms Persian Gulf Allies For Conflict With Iran GlobalResearch
U.S. Arms Persian Gulf Allies For Conflict With Iran
Rumors and reports of, speculation over and scenarios for attacks against Iran’s civilian nuclear power facilities and military sites by the United States, Israel or both... (photo: US DoD / Erin A. Kirk-Cuomo)
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A mixture of uses: the tourist cruise ship Canberra and transport ships jostle for position in the Port of Ponta Delgada The New York Times
Arriving at the Temples of Angkor Aboard a Luxurious River Cruise Vessel
PHNOM PENHGliding through the water almost soundlessly, the ship drifted toward a small landing stage and quickly threw down the gangplank. An elderly man in... (photo: Creative Commons / Dashers)
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Nuclear weapon test Mike (yield 10.4 Mt) on Enewetak Atoll. The test was part of the Operation Ivy. Mike was the first hydrogen bomb ever tested, an experimental device not appropriate for use as a weapon. Pakalert Press
Breaking: Iran and Israel Caught – Partnering in Nuclear Attack Ploy
Share Tel Aviv and Tehran Clergy in Oil Price – War Scare Fraud …Iran Nuke Arsenal Exposed by Editors Gordon Duff and Jim W. Dean, with Mike Harris The news has been... (photo: Public Domain / United States Department of Energy)
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