Monthly Archives: August 2012

Syrian: ’20 Missiles Can Take Out Israel’s Nuclear Sites’

By | 2012-08-24T00:46:58-04:00 August 24th, 2012|News|

Syria's envoy in Jordan, Bahajat Suleiman, says Syria can cause "heavy damage" to Israel's nuclear facilities.   The statement by Suleiman appears on Jordanian news sources Thursday, which quoted an unknown site identified with the regime of Bashar al-Assad. According to the report, Suleiman met a delegation that came to the Syrian embassy in Amman

Iran Has Installed Hundreds of New Centrifuges, Say Diplomats

By | 2012-08-24T00:28:49-04:00 August 24th, 2012|News|

Iran has accelerated its activities at the Fordo underground nuclear facility near Qom, international diplomats said Thursday. The information is of concern to Israel, which fears Iran is developing a nuclear weapon.   The information revealed by the diplomats comes several days before the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog agency, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA),

Hizbullah Holds ‘Unprecedented’ Maneuver

By | 2012-08-23T23:45:13-04:00 August 23rd, 2012|News|

Terror-guerrilla organization and Iranian proxy Hizbullah held a three-day-long exercise this week, according to Lebanese newspaper Al Joumhouria.   The drill included over 10,000 men and was unprecedented in its scope, the newspaper reported. The organization's director Hassan Nasrallah reportedly supervised part of the drill, flanked by several officers from the Iranian Revolutionary Guards.  

Muslim Brotherhood: Israel’s the One that Violated Peace

By | 2012-08-23T23:27:16-04:00 August 23rd, 2012|News|

Mohammed Jamal Arfa, a senior Egyptian journalist linked to the Muslim Brotherhood, has launched a frontal attack on Israel following its demand that Egypt withdraw armored vehicles it recently deployed in the Sinai Peninsula.   In an article in the mouthpiece of the Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice party, Arfa wrote that Israel is the

Egypt: August 24-25 Uprising against Muslim Brotherhood: Will this be the start Civil War?

By | 2012-08-23T22:52:04-04:00 August 23rd, 2012|Op-Eds|

Egyptian revolutionaries of the youth uprising of January 2011 who succeeded in ousting Hosni Mubarak are once again organizing through social media and traditional media outlets (where allowed) to protest against the Morsi presidency and the Muslim Brotherhood. This time with the benefit of political leaders and a coalition of pro-democratic parties they plan peaceful

There Are 1,600 Terrorists in Sinai

By | 2012-08-23T14:20:10-04:00 August 23rd, 2012|News|

Egyptian police have identified 120 individuals in North Sinai who are allegedly wanted for attacking police stations and killing policemen, a security source in the area said on Wednesday.   The source told the state-owned MENA news agency that most of the wanted individuals follow "takfiri" ideology, a term for extremists who excommunicate other Muslims

Terrorists Warn Israel: Harming Al-Aqsa Will Open Gates of Hell

By | 2012-08-23T03:48:37-04:00 August 23rd, 2012|News|

The Popular Resistance Committees terrorist organization threatened Israel on Tuesday, warning it that any harm to the Al-Aqsa mosque would “open the gates of hell against the Zionist enemy.”   In a statement the organization issued, it stressed its commitment to protecting the dignity of the mosque, which it claimed is being “contaminated by the

Egyptian Expert Calls to Change Peace Agreement with Israel

By | 2012-08-23T03:18:12-04:00 August 23rd, 2012|News|

An Egyptian expert on strategic matters and security said on Tuesday that he supports the idea of changing some parts of the Camp David Accords signed between Israel and Egypt in 1979, Arab affairs expert Dalit Halevi reported Tuesday.   The expert, Gen. Talat Muslim, made the comments in an exclusive interview to the official