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Saudi prince raises prospect of nuclear arms race with Iran
From DW-WORLD:
Prince Turki al-Faisal, a former Saudi intelligence chief, has warned that if Iran obtained nuclear weapons, Saudi Arabia would too. Analysts say the two are already engaged in a ‘cold war’ in various parts of the world.
Britain’s Guardian newspaper revealed recently that Prince Turki al-Faisal gave an unpublicized speech earlier this month to senior officials at a NATO air base in the UK during which the former Saudi intelligence chief and ambassador to Washington and Britain implied that a nuclear arms race could break out in the Middle East if Iran continues to pursue its nuclear ambitions.
Faisal did not outline specific policies, but warned that if Iran had a nuclear weapon, it “would compel Saudi Arabia … to pursue policies which could lead to untold and possibly dramatic consequences.”
The newspaper also quoted an unnamed Saudi official as saying “we cannot live in a situation where Iran has nuclear weapons and we don’t.”
“If Iran develops a nuclear weapon, that will be unacceptable and we will have to follow suit,” the official said.
The Saudis fear Iran’s influence in the Arab Spring
None of this is particularly surprising to Guido Steinberg, researcher at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP).
“He’s said something like this before, if I remember rightly,” he told Deutsche Welle. “Also, you have to be careful, because Faisal doesn’t hold any official position at the moment, though I think it’s clear that he would like to become foreign minister. Continue Reading →
North Korea issues threat to South ahead of joint talks
From the BBC:
By Lucy Williamson BBC News, Seoul
Government and business representatives from South Korea gathered at the Mount Kumgang resortNorth Korea has threatened to launch “a retaliatory sacred war” against its southern neighbour, as the two countries prepare to meet for talks.
Government and business representatives from South Korea are due to meet North Korean officials at the tourist site of Mount Kumgang.
The immediate aim is to discuss stalled tourism operations there.
Relations between the two countries have deteriorated since two fatal attacks on South Korea last year.
The tourist resort at Mount Kumgang, which was run by a South Korean company, has been suspended since a South Korean tourist was shot dead near the site three years ago.
North Korea, which is believed to be struggling economically, said recently it would seize South Korean assets at the resort if operations did not resume.
Target practice
North Korea has issued both an invitation and a threat to South Korea.
The invitation was to come and talk about a joint tourism project at Mount Kumgang in the North, which has been stalled since a dispute erupted three years ago.
South Korea sent a group of government officials and business people across the demarcation line between the two countries on Wednesday, to meet North Korean representatives and hear what they had to say.
As the talks were to begin, North Korean state media published comments from an unnamed spokesman, accusing soldiers in the South of using slogans that slandered North Korea’s army and dignity.
These actions, it said, were “little short of a declaration of war”.
A series of incidents recently have prompted similar rhetoric from the North, including the discovery that some South Korean army reserve units were using pictures of North Korea’s ruling family as target practice.
Iran Threatens Turkey, Reveals Missile Silos
From Pajamas Media
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Iranian regime-run site Entekhab reports:
According to sources close to the Iranian regime, who were interviewed by Al-Manar [Hezbollah affiliated TV run out of Lebanon], Iran’s resolve is as strong as a rock and defending Damascus is as much of a priority as defending Beirut and Tehran. … Tehran does not meddle in any of the events taking place in Syria.
Quoting the Iraqi daily newspaper Al-Akhbar, Entekhab wrote:
Tehran has threatened Turkey by announcing that Iran will bomb every single NATO and U.S. base in Turkey, should they allow any attacks on Syria to be launched from within Turkish soil. The Iranian regime believes protecting Syria to be as important as protecting both Lebanon and Iran.
Though Iranian regime officials have claimed that this threat has not affected Turkish-Iranian relations, there are reports that privately a number of Turkish officials are extremely incensed by the Iranian regime’s belligerence. So far, neither Iran nor Turkey has publicly commented on this matter.
Senate committee speaks on Palestinian TV propaganda
It appears as if some in the US government has noticed what most of us have known for years now. The Muslims, and perhaps in particular the Palestinians, have been propagandizing their children with hatred and desire to kill and find death as a noble aspect of lethal antisemitism.
Iranian Defector Reza Kahlili – Iran Runs “Large Network” Through U.S. Mosques And Islamic Organizations
Here is a link to an interview with Reza, which deals with a lot of important subjects concerning Iran and its plans and current state of the Iranian regime. Below, is one question and answer which is of particular and immediate interest, but do click over to the originating site and read this interview with Reza. We publish a lot of his articles here on Vlad. Reza Kahlili is an important source on all things Iranian.
Q. What kind of presence does the IRG and Hezbollah have within the borders of the United States; are there numerous cells; are there no cells?
A. “…I’m going to quote to you Hassan Abbasi…he was the brains behind the strategy to bog the U.S. forces down in Iraq…he says…and he is very open about things…they have recognized about 800 sensitive sites within the U.S….when the time comes and the order comes their cells…will attack many of these sites…so basically they have agents here…they have a large network here through Islamic student associations…they collaborate with the Muslim Brotherhood…they do run a large network through the mosques in the U.S…”
STRATFOR: Rafah border crossing with Gaza will be permanently opened
May 25, 2011 STRATFOR.COM
Egypt’s official news agency says the Rafah border crossing with Gaza will be permanently opened for Palestinians May 28, AP reported May 25. MENA news agency said that Egypt’s new military leaders set the date for the opening of the crossing as part of efforts “to end the status of the Palestinian division and achieve national reconciliation.”
Clare M Lopez on Iran, 911, and the hidden imam
Clare Lopez did an interview via skype for which, I did the technical work, on Iran and related matters. Please check out the evidence she mentions here at iran911case.com
STRATFOR: Hezbollah Instructed To March To Israeli Border – Source
STRATFOR reports that Hizb’allah has orders to march to the border of Israel by Iran. This is part of an elaborate distraction from events in Northern Syria. Please check the STRATFOR Situation reports for a more detailed and originally worded version of this.
Ahmadinejad’s Team Expects Arrival of 12th Imam … on June 5
From Pajamas Media authored by by ‘Reza Kahlili’
Increasing tensions between Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad intensified when hardline clerics exerted pressure on Ahmadinejad to obey the supreme leader as the ultimate authority. Those tensions were exacerbated with the arrest of over 25 of Ahmadinejad’s associates and loyalists, along with a high-level member of his inner circle. Supporters of the supreme leader are referring to Ahmadinejad’s group as “The Deviant Movement.”
This “group” has announced that within the upcoming weeks a monumental event will turn the tide to their advantage.
Based on a report from Iran’s Ayandeh, one of the officials within “The Deviant Movement” has informed his confidants that certain sources close to the “Mahdi’s Emergence Movement” have stated that an important event will soon change the course of operations to Ahmadinejad’s favor. According to interpretations offered by Ahmadinejad’s team, a high-ranking member of the Islamic Republic will meet with a climactic incident. This in turn will build up to the announcement of the “covert emergence” of the Twelfth Imam (or Mahdi) in Medina, Saudi Arabia.
Hardliners critical of Ahmadinejad maintain that his team believes a covert emergence will commence on the 14th of Khordaad (June 5) in Medina, setting the stage for the announcement of the actual emergence in the next few years.
Certain accounts have chronicled that prior to the official emergence of the Mahdi, he will appear covertly in Medina, and during a period of one to three years he will lay the foundations for the actual announcement of his appearance.
The Deviant Movement states that: “At the time of the covert emergence, his regent (i.e., the supreme leader) will be deposed from his position.”
Previously, Ali Mottahari — a pro-supreme leader member of the Islamic Parliament — criticized Ahmadinejad:
Ahmadinejad believes that the covert emergence has, in fact, occurred. Therefore, he acts like he no longer needs the supreme leader and that he can disobey him, as he is taking his orders directly from the Mahdi himself.
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STRATFOR: Ikhwan wants “true sharia” for Egypt
STRATFOR SITREP
May 22, 2011
In his latest audio message, al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri expressed support for the recent wave of Arab revolts, SITE Intelligence Group reported May 22. Though the Egyptian constitution claims to be Shariah, Egypt’s legislation is man-made, and Egyptians should use the opportunity afforded by the revolution to impose true Shariah, Zawahiri said. He also called on Egypt to end its relationship with Israel and to cease closing the Rafah border crossing with the Gaza Strip, going so far as to urge Egyptians to “dismantle” the crossing. Regarding Libya, Zawahiri said NATO seeks to replace Moammar Gadhafi with its own “tyrannical” ruler, and he urged protesters in Syria to continue their demonstrations against the regime of President Bashar al Assad.
Phyllis Chesler: Facebook Groups Call for Mass Invasion of Israel on Friday
My nightmares—what I knew could happen—is apparently happening.
The Third Palestinian Intifada on Facebook seems to have at least twenty different groups or pages, each with hundreds or thousands of fans. One group has 365,000 fans. According to Yedioth Ahronoth (YNet), these sites are now urging all Arabs to “rush the Israeli borders” after Friday prayers on May 20.
Please click through to Phyllis Chesler’s article to read the rest of it.
May as well read it there before you hear about a distorted version of this false flag op in the news tomorrow.
Coptic church surrounded by armed Salafi Muslims:
(From Coptic group facebook page)
a mob of extremists muslims have surrounded a church in the ains shams district of Cairo. Egyptian army so far to date has allowed the crowds to gather around the church was was recently re-opened.
Breaking News – Hundreds of Salafies with Weapons have surrounded the Church of St Mary in Ein Shams waiting to attack – Priests and Deacons inside the Church – Army looking On! WHAT DO WE DO
‘Die Welt’: Iran building rocket bases in Venezuela
Jerusalem post:
By BENJAMIN WEINTHAL, JPOST CORRESPONDENT
05/17/2011 01:41
German paper says Iranians paid cash to build mid-range missile launch pads on Paraguana Peninsula; Iranian engineers visited site in Feb.
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BERLIN – The Iranian government is moving forward with the construction of rocket launch bases in Venezuela, the German daily Die Welt wrote in its Thursday edition.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is Teheran’s most important South American ally.
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Iran is building intermediate- range missile launch pads on the Paraguaná Peninsula, and engineers from a construction firm – Khatam al-Anbia – owned by the Revolutionary Guards visited Paraguaná in February. Amir al-Hadschisadeh, the head of the Guard’s Air Force, participated in the visit, according to the report. Die Welt cited information from “Western security insiders.”
The rocket bases are to include measures to prevent air attacks on Venezuela as well as commando and control stations.
The Iranian military involvement in the project extends to bunker, barracks and watch tower construction. Twenty-meter deep rocket silos are planned. The cost of the Venezuelan military project is being paid for with Iranian oil revenue. The Iranians paid in cash for the preliminary phase of the project and, the total cost is expected to amount to “dozens of millions” of dollars, Die Welt wrote.
The Paraguaná Peninsula is on the coast of Venezuela and is roughly 120 kilometers from America’s main South American partner, Columbia.
According to Die Welt, the clandestine agreement between Venezuela and Iran would mean the Chavez government would fire rocket at Iran’s enemies should the Islamic Republic face military strikes.
Meanwhile the German press agency (DPA) reported on Friday that Germany will not contest the placement of the Hamburg- based European- Iranian Trade Bank (EIH) on the EU sanctions list at the end of the month. The US Treasury Department sanctioned the EIH last year, saying it was one of the most important institutions in Europe for financing Iran’s missile and nuclear proliferation programs. Germany was the subject of criticism from American, French, British and Israeli officials because it refused to shut the EIH.
The EIH plays a crucial role in facilitating financial transactions for midsize German firms that are active in Iran. German- Iranian total trade amounted to over 4 billion euros in 2010, making German Iran’s No. 1 EU trade partner.