Archive for the 'Iran' Category
Monday, June 14th, 2010
Think Progress…June 13, 2010
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‘The United States “has discovered nearly $1 trillion in untapped mineral deposits in Afghanistan, far beyond any previously known reserves and enough to fundamentally alter the Afghan economy and perhaps the Afghan war itself,” according to senior U.S. officials. An internal Pentagon memo dubs Afghanistan the “Saudi Arabia of lithium.”’
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How about these […]
Posted in Military, Afghanistan, Iraq, Terrorism, Middle East, Lebanon, Dubai, Pakistan, Iran, Syria, Libya, Egypt, Jordan, Somalia, Natural Resources |
Tuesday, October 13th, 2009
Pentagon creating ‘massive ordnance penetrator’ bomb, aka MOP, as possible Iran, N. Korea deterrent
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Tuesday, October 13th 2009, 3:05 PM
…but await the actual invention.
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Handout
This artist’s rendering provided by Boeing Co. shows a “massive ordinance penetrator” or MOP bomb, which will become the largest conventional bomb in the U.S. arsenal.
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Image: (DeSoto tail lights) Jeffrey Jerome […]
Posted in Pentagon, North Korea, Automobiles, Iran, Weapons |
Saturday, June 20th, 2009
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Image: (Khamenei) via scrapetv.com(Bowl o’ Grits) farm2.static.flickr.com; (Package) via americansweets.co.uk; (Arabic for Shia) upload.wikipedia.org; (Ozzie and Harriet title screen) uopload.wikipedia.org;
Posted in Television, Cuisine, Iran, Holier Than Thouists--Muslim Arm, Clerics |
Wednesday, June 17th, 2009
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Naghshe Jahan Square, Iran, June 16 2009. (via Huffington Post)
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But, I saw something completely different.
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Posted in Iran, Prize-Fighting |
Tuesday, June 16th, 2009
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Image: I believe this is from huffingtonpost.com and it is a news service photo.
Posted in Fashion, Iran |
Sunday, January 11th, 2009
Iran Using Fronts to Get Bomb Parts From U.S.
By Joby Warrick
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, January 11, 2009; A01
The Iranian businessman was looking for high-quality American electronics, but he had to act stealthily: The special parts he coveted were denied to Iranians, especially those seeking to make roadside bombs to kill U.S. troops in Iraq.
With a […]
Posted in Business, administration, Iraq, Pentagon, Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Weapons, Malaysia |
Saturday, July 12th, 2008
Expert: Iran `doctored’ photo of missile launches
By CARLEY PETESCH, Associated Press Writer Thu Jul 10, 7:25 PM ET
NEW YORK - An Iranian photograph showing a cluster of missile launches was apparently altered to add a fourth missile lifting off from a desert range, a defense analyst said Thursday.
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(Images) Stalin) via listverse.com; (missiles) AP via […]
Posted in Iran, Photography, Weapons |
Sunday, April 6th, 2008
Insider: Iraq Attack Was Preemptive
April 6, 2008(CBS) The first Pentagon insider to give his account of the run-up to war says the attack on Iraq was more a defensive move against possible future threats from Saddam Hussein than a retaliation for the 9/11 attacks. Douglas Feith, the former undersecretary of defense for policy, also tells […]
Posted in administration, Pentagon, Neo-Romanovs, War, Iran |
Tuesday, March 18th, 2008
Yahoo ‘In the News’
As of 8:20 a.m. EDT
• Dalai Lama says he will step down if violence in Tibet worsens
• Fed poised to cuts rates to combat weak economy, credit crisis
• Explosion near U.S. embassy in Yemen kills guard
• Obama seeks to quell controversy over pastor’s rhetoric
• N.Y. governor and wife admit they had affairs […]
Posted in Music, Iran, Celebrities |
Monday, January 14th, 2008
Gulf prankster possible message source
January 14, 2008
Associated Press
CAIRO, Egypt - A threatening radio message at the end of a video showing Iranian patrol boats swarming near U.S. warships in the Persian Gulf may have come from a prankster rather than from the Iranian vessels, the Navy Times newspaper has reported.
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But, two can play at this […]
Posted in Military, Bush, Middle East, Iran, Weapons |
