Middle East News Update

9-9-12

Canada Closes Iranian Embassy
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Expel Iranian Diplomats

Canada has closed its embassy in Tehran and will expel any Iranian diplomats left in Canada. The Canadian government has taken the action because the Iranian government is viewed as "the most significant threat to global and security in the world today." A government spokesman cited Iran's nuclear program and its assistance to the Syrian regime of Bashar Assad as two specific reasons in concluding Iran's threat to global peace. See LINK HERE for confirmation.

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Israeli Leaders Debate EMP Usage
Now That Iran is a Defacto Nuclear Nation

An EMP Attack Would Send Iran
Back to the Stone Age


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More Talk of an Israeli EMP Strike

US Worried About EMP Discussions


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What a US Strike on Iran Would Look Like


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Israeli Forces To Hold

Large-scale Drill In N. Israel

The Israeli government has announced that a large-scale war drill will be held in northern Israel for the coming week. The exercise is termed as "routine." LINK HERE

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Israel's Field of Dreams: Israel's Natural Gas

Another Reason for the Magog War?
"Have You Come to Take a Spoil?"


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Syria Has Dispersed Chemical Weapons

to 20 Sites

Western intelligence agencies suspect that the Assad regime has several hundred tons of chemical weapons scattered among as many as 20 sites across Syria according to the Washington Post. The stockpile appears to be larger and more widely distributed than previously thought. In fact, no one is sure if there are other secret locations as yet unknown to the West.

This revelation has increased worries among Western allies should there be a breakdown in security guarding those stockpiles. Of course, there is also concern that Assad may yet order their use either against his own people or against Israel and Turkey.

Military analysts along with current and former US officials are worried about the ability to secure those stockpiles in the event intervention becomes necessary. Securing such stockpiles could be difficult in the middle of a civil war. Of course, the other concern is that intervention will trigger Assad's usage of these weapons against Turkey and Israel. For more on this, LINK HERE.

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Late-Breaking...

Assad Moving WMDs To Port City

Syria's Assad regime is reportedly now moving chemical agents in its WMD arsenal to the Syrian port city of Tartus. Details, LINK HERE.

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Syria's Biggest City Loses Water Supply


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France Publicly Admits Aid To Syrian Rebels

Concern that Assad May Retaliate with WMD

The French have publicly admitted that the Syrian rebels are receiving aid from France. This has sparked renewed concerns that Syrian President Assad will make good on his threat to use chemical or biological weapons against his neighbors if there is foreign intervention.

So for the French have only provided weapons and supplies to the rebels and the rebels downplay the military importance of the support. France is the first western nation to admit it is providing direct support to the rebel cause in Syria. More details, LINK HERE.

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US Sends More Help to Syrian Rebels

CIA Providing Assistance


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Turkey Calls Syria a Terrorist State

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British & Dutch Call for Sanctions

Against Lebanon's Hezbollah Forces

There is a new push for sanctions against Hezbollah in response to Hezbollah's role in the Syrian revolt. The Dutch Foreign Minister says that the EU should label Hezbollah a terrorist organization. More details, LINK HERE.

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Israel Considers Closing Gaza/Sinai Borders


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Syrian Troops Storm Damascus Refugee Camp


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Hezbollah Claims It Has No WMDs


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