Month: April 2016

Israel's Dimona Nuclear Reactor Plagued by 1,537 Defects

The Levant News -- An innovative ultrasound examination has shown signs of 1,537 defects at the aging aluminum core of the Dimona nuclear reactor, according to study findings released at a scientific forum held in Tel Aviv this month. Fears for the condition of the reactor were palpable at the conference. Israel received its nuclear reactor […]

Seymour Hersh Dishes on Saudi Oil Money Bribes and the Killing of Osama Bin Laden

By Ken Klippenstein* for AlterNet -- Seymour Hersh is an American investigative journalist who is the recipient of many awards, including the Pulitzer Prize for his article exposing the My Lai massacre by the U.S. military in Vietnam. More recently, he exposed the U.S. government’s abuse of detainees in the Abu Ghraib prison facility. Hersh's […]

'SHUT UP YOUR MOUSE OBAMA' WOMAN OFFERS SAUDI ARABIA THE PYRAMIDS AND SPHINX

THE LEVANT NEWS -- Mona al-Behiera – aka 'Shut up your mouse Obama' woman – has resurfaced, this time supporting Sisi's decision to hand over islands to Saudi Arabia, adding that if King Salman wants the Pyramids or Sphinx that Egypt should give it to him. When the ‘Shut Up Your Mouse Obama’ woman became […]

China’s Maritime Choke Points

By George Friedman for Stratfor -- There is widespread interest in the rising tensions over the waters east of China. China has become increasingly assertive in the region, and regional powers from Japan to Singapore have become alarmed at China’s behavior. The Chinese recently built an island in the South China Sea, apparently as a […]

India’s message to China in Uyghur activist row

By Rezaul H Laskar, Hindustan Times, New Delhi-- The visa granted by India to Uyghur activist Dolkun Isa to attend a conference in Dharamsala was aimed more at sending a signal to China after it blocked a move to sanction Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Masood Azhar at the UN. Isa, a German national who is part of […]

Is China changing its policy towards Uighur Muslims?

By Ahmed Rashid* -- Has China just issued its first conciliatory statement towards the Uighur Muslim ethnic group, which has been persecuted for years? And has it done so out of fear or embarrassment that Uighur Islamic militants have now gone global, fighting for Islamic causes in many corners of the globe? Chinese Prime Minister […]

India cancels visa for Uyghur dissident Dolkun Isa

By Dipanjan Roy Chaudhury, for The Economic Times -- Days after giving permission to Dolkun Isa, chairman of the executive committee of the World Uyghur Congress (WUC), to attend a conference of Chinese dissidents in Dharamsala, India has cancelled his visa amid the hype surrounding his maiden trip to the country. However, IIshat Hassan, the […]

At least 5,000 jihadists entered Syria from Turkey, including Chinese Uighurs

The Levant News - Damascus – Syrian Prime Minister Wael Nader al-Halqi confirmed recent reports that more than 5,000 Jihadis travelled through Turkey on their way to Idlib and the outskirts of Aleppo. The Syrian leader told Russian news agency Sputnik that “Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Qatar, as well as Western countries such as Great […]

Democracy alone is not the solution

By Sobhi Ghandour* -- As is the case every four years, America currently is witnessing an important election season to choose the president, his deputy, the members of the House of Congress, and a third of the members of the Senate. Elections are a regularly occurring, reliable institution in a true democratic society, and America’s […]

THE “SEVENTH STAGE” OF TERRORISM IN CHINA

By Sajjan M. Gohel for CTC – On October 28, 2013, a new phase of terrorist violence emerged in China. On that day a man drove a jeep packed with explosives and carrying his wife and mother into a crowd in Tiananmen Square, in the country’s capital Beijing. Two civilians were killed in the incident […]

THE KINGDOM’S PERFECT STORM: SECTARIAN TENSION AND TERRORISM IN SAUDI ARABIA’S EASTERN PROVINCE

By Chris Zambelis for CTC -- Abstract: With Saudi Arabia now firmly in the Islamic State’s crosshairs, concern over sectarian tensions in the kingdom’s volatile Eastern Province is rapidly increasing. The Islamic State has initiated a campaign of violence and terrorism targeting Saudi Shia to create and take advantage of worsening relations between Sunnis and […]

US To Purchase Heavy Water From Iran For $8.6 Million, Deal To Be Signed Friday

BY AVANEESH PANDEY -- The U.S. will purchase 32 tons of heavy water from Iran, in a deal valued at $8.6 million, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday, citing senior American officials. The deal will be signed by U.S. and Iranian officials in Vienna Friday. “The idea is: Okay, we tested it, it’s perfectly good […]

“Assad’s Fateful Choice”

by David W. Lesch -- This spring marks the fifth year anniversary of the events that launched a civil war in Syria. Typically, there were some huge miscalculations early on that set the conflict in motion, such as the Syrian opposition’s expectation that the West would militarily intervene to facilitate the overthrow of the regime […]

ISIS execute 250 women in Mosul for refusing to become sex slaves

By JULIAN ROBINSON FOR MAILONLINE -- ISIS has executed 250 women in Mosul for refusing to become sex slaves under the group's 'sexual jihad'. The victims had all been ordered to accept 'temporary marriages' to fighters in the terror group's northern Iraq stronghold. But when they refused the so-called sexual jihad, they were butchered - […]

US Sees Uptick in Number of Foreign Fighters Headed to Libya - Obama

THE LEVANT NEWS - WASHINGTON — The US-led coalition against the ISIS(Daesh) has degraded the core of terror group in Iraq and Syria, and its fighters are now at their lowest level in two years. "As we, our allies and partners have made it harder for foreign terrorists to reach Syria and Iraq, we have […]

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