
Mideast News Spotlight 12-27-11

US Signals Shift on Iran's Nukes
Reconsidering Military Options
In Light of New Intel Reports
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Former Obama Advisor Recommends Attacking Iran
Matthew Kroenig, a nuclear security expert at the Council on Foreign Relations who served as a strategist under Defense Secretary Robert Gates and President Obama has written an article for "Foreign Affairs" magazine outlining the necessity for American military action against Iran. The magazine is an arm of the "illuminating" group known as the "Council on Foreign Relations." Can we say "Illuminati"?
For more on Kroenig's article - LINK HERE.
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Iran's Navy Conducts 10-day War Drills
Focus on Straits of Hormuz Closure
And Counter-Electronic Warfare
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Iran Taunts U.S. Navy Ships
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Jerusalem Experiences Large Street Protest
Thousands March on Sexism-Gender Issues
Ultra-Orthodox Jews Battle Women's Liberation
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Iraq in Flames After Bombings
60 Dead Amid Political Infighting
Religious Civil War Looming?
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Iraq in Turmoil Amid Bombings
Just Days After US Troops Leave
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Iraq's PM Arrests Vice President
Shiite vs Sunni Spills into Politics
Iraq's Shiite Prime Minister, Nouri al-Maliki moved to have the Sunni Vice President arrested and urged a vote of no-confidence against the Sunni Deputy Premier. It's yet another indication of impending religious civil war tha threatens to dissolve Iraq as a nation. More details, LINK HERE.
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Baghdad Bloodbath Threatens Religious Chaos
Will Iran Stoke or Douse the Fires?
Time Magazine Reports:
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Iran To Expand Military Links with Iraq
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Rising Shiite Influence in Iraq
Poses Threat For Turkey
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CNN News Anchor - Wolf Blitzer:
"Iraq Could Break Apart"
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Egyptian Radicals Win 2nd Election Round
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Rift Developing Between Pakistan's
Civilian and Military Leadership
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Huge Protests In Syria
As Bloodshed, Violence Rise
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U.S. & Egypt in Secret Talks
On Fate of Israel Peace Treaty
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