So we heard all these stories of how this Iranian boat was threatening us. Bush even made speeches blasting Iran and wants to take them to the security council. Well guess what? It looks like it may all be bullshit: Just two days after the U.S. Navy released the eerie video of Iranian speedboats swarming […]
(on a personal note – I wasn’t able to blog yesterday because I decided to take the plunge and move to Vista. I will post about that experience on my tech blog later for those interested). Following yesterday’s news that the State Department decided to give Blackwater immunity, today we find out a new battle […]
The U.N. Security Council finally has passed a resolution on Iran’s nuclear ambitions: The U.N. Security Council passed a weakened resolution Monday giving Iran until Aug. 31 to suspend uranium enrichment or face the threat of economic and diplomatic sanctions. Because of Russian and Chinese demands, the text is weaker than earlier drafts, which would […]
This is the mess in Iraq that the Democrats, especially Jack Murtha, have been warning about: Iraq will ask the United Nations to end immunity from local law for U.S. troops, the government said on Monday, as the U.S. military named five soldiers charged in a rape-murder case that has outraged Iraqis. In an interview […]
You just know this is going to get nasty in the near future: TEHRAN (Reuters) – President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Thursday Western countries were vulnerable and would suffer more than Iran if they continued to try to impede its attempts to develop nuclear technology, local media reported. Speaking a day after it became clear […]
Well things are really heating up with Iran. You can tell that Bush’s approval ratings are in the crapper and they really need something else to divide this country. What a better way to do this then to get Cheney out there opening his mouth (from the WAPO) Though Lavrov said it was too early […]
ABC NEWS WASHINGTON Mar 6, 2006 (AP)- Unless Iran executes a dramatic about-face and suspends all its nuclear activities, the U.N. Security Council will intervene “quite actively,” a senior State Department official said Monday. The message to Iran is that it has “crossed the international red line” and engaged in unacceptable enrichment activity “and there […]
It will be interesting to see how the administration tries to downplay this report: United Nations inquiry has called for the immediate closure of America’s Guantanamo Bay detention centre and the prosecution of officers and politicians “up to the highest level” who are accused of torturing detainees. The UN Human Rights Commission report, due to […]
The Pentagon has admitted the use of white phosphorus as a weapon against insurgents in Falluja. This adds more credibility to the documentary ran on Italian television last week about the use of such weapons. The use of white phosphorus is not necessarily a violation of any treaties, however the legal wording and the use […]
An agreement has been reached in the six party talks with North Korea. It still is lying short of a non-proliferation agreement but is considered a major stepping stone in progress. North Korea says they will abandon their weapons program but maintains the right to nuclear energy. The part that is not leaving me wondering […]