|
|||||
|
From AZDem at Daily Kos: From ABC’s The Note: And it was McCain who owns the first big gaffe of the trip — appearing to confuse Iraq and Afghanistan. Asked by ABC’s Diane Sawyer Monday morning whether the “the situation in Afghanistan in precarious and urgent,” McCain responded: [...] From Scott Peterson and Howard LaFranchi at the CSM: Iran’s intervention comes as previously undisclosed details are emerging of a secret meeting between Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, other senior Iraqi officials, and the commander of Iran’s Qods Force, Brig. Gen. Qassem Soleimani, in April, after clashes with Sadr’s Mahdi Army in Basra. In that meeting, General [...] A Chinese-made Iranian Catamaran Missile Boat A larger Iranian Combatant II with Chinese missiles. Dr. iRack at Abu Muqawama has word of Christopher Dickey‘s Newsweek article reminding us of the US – Iran naval battle of 1988. It mentions SecDef Gates’ comments about the brief deployment of the Abraham Lincoln to the Persian Gulf preparatory to [...] Before I get into this, understand the importance of Abu Muqawama. Regularly, folks like Gian Gentile and Spencer Ackerman appear as commenters. This is the deep end of the pool. From Tina Susman‘s latest LAT report: Iraq’s national security advisor, Mowaffak Rubaie, and Ministry of Defense spokesman Mohammed Askari said caches found in [...] From Dr. iRack at Abu Muqawama: Notice that the U.S. and Iran have discovered a mutuality of interest in combating Sadr/JAM in the south, yet the Iranians appear to be continuing support for Sadr/JAM in Sadr City (Baghdad). What gives? Well, down south, the fight is mainly an intra-Shia conflict, Iraqi forces are in the lead, [...] From M K Bhadrakumar at the Asia Times: The deal was brokered after negotiations in the holy city of Qom in Iran involving the two Shi’ite factions – the Da’wa Party and the Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council (SIIC) – which have been locked in conflict with Muqtada al-Sadr’s Mahdi Army in southern Iraq. It appears [...] From BBC News: Gen David Petraeus told the BBC he thought Tehran had trained, equipped and funded insurgents who fired the barrage of mortars and rockets. He said Iran was adding what he described as “lethal accelerants” to a very combustible mix. Petraeus is merely mouthing words written for him: “It is clearly a difficult situation, in part [...] I’ve been awaiting a long time for this guy to show up again. From Juan Cole at Informed Comment: So what convinced the US intelligence community that Iran’s weapons program was long ago dismantled? A prominent Iran specialist is suggesting on a private email list that very likely, it is explained by one name: Ali Reza Asghari… Some speculate [...] |
|||||
|
Copyright © 2010 Vie de Malchance - All Rights Reserved |
|||||
Recent Comments