Iranian Nuclear Revelations from Argentina - Ben Cohen (JNS.org)...
the deal involved the transfer of nuclear expertise, technology and equipment
to Iran from Argentina.... Bogado confirmed that Venezuelan dictator
Hugo Chavez was the key influence on Kirchner in her decision to embrace
Tehran.
55 Egyptian Policemen Killed in Raid on Militant Base in
Western Desert - Sudarsan Raghavan and Heba Farouk Mahfouz (Washington
Post) Egypt's security forces say the militants belonged to Hasm, the
armed wing of the Muslim Brotherhood.
Iranian
Official Claims: "Iran Spoiled a Plot to Create Second Israel in
Iraq" (Rudaw-Kurdistan) Kurdish
officials have repeatedly said that the Iranian Revolutionary Guards played a
key role in the week-long military incursion into Kurdish-controlled
territories in Kirkuk. Kurdish officials say about 600 civilians
were killed during the Iraqi advances, while the peshmerga reported losing 30
soldiers in Kirkuk and Pirde.
Israel, Jordan, Palestinian Authority Hold Joint
Disaster-Response Drills - Kaamil Ahmed (Anadolu-Turkey)
Israeli Defense Minister Praises New U.S. Iran Strategy - Barbara Opall-Rome (Defense
News) … the White House unveiled a strategy to "neutralize and
counter" all Iranian threats - and not just the nuclear threat
Fatah Admits Its True Goals — but the Media Won’t
Retweet - Sean Durns (The Algemeiner) Palestinian
Authority (PA) President and Fatah leader Mahmoud Abbas — recently tweeted:
“Our goal is the end of Israel. … We don’t want peace. We want war and
victory.”
Palestinian activists build monument to Saddam Hussein - AP (ABC News) The Arab Liberation Front has
built Saddam monuments in several other Palestinian towns.
See also: Palestinians in West Bank Erect Memorial to Saddam Hussein (MEMRI) The monument
bears the slogan "Arab Palestine from the River to the Sea,"
referring to the territory between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea.
The
Russia-Iran Axis: An Existential Threat To Israel - Yigal Carmen (MEMRI) Iran's inventory of 8.5 tons of enriched uranium, shipped out of
Iran to Russia in December 2015 in accordance with the JCPOA, has gone missing
in Russia.
Russia, Qatar sign military cooperation agreement (Middle
East Monitor) Historically, Qatar used to buy US weaponry
Former Saudi, Israeli intelligence chiefs meet in NYC - Amir Bogen (Ynet News)
People
are outraged that Sophia the robot has more rights than most women in Saudi Arabia (Mashable)
In Syrian barrage, a confident message signed by Iran and
Russia - Avi Issacharoff (Times of Israel) The
fire that hit Israel Saturday was likely no accident
130 Israeli Companies, 60
International Corporations on UN "Blacklist" - Itamar Eichner (Ynet News) No
such lists pertaining to other regions of conflict - such as the Crimean
Peninsula and Western Sahara - have been created.
SIGAR:
Alarming rate of Afghan trainees in the US are going AWOL - Phil
Hegseth (FDD's Long War Journal) see actual report from Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR)
Trump Directs State, USAID to Bypass United Nations. Deliver
US Aid More Directly to Christians, Yazidis in Iraq - Susan Crabtree (Washington Free Beacon)
U.S. Mideast Envoy Greenblatt: Hamas "Begging Iran"
for Help (Facebook) Jason
Greenblatt, the U.S. special representative for international negotiations,
wrote on Facebook and Twitter on Monday: "Hamas, which has only brought
ruin and misery to Palestinians, now begs Iran for help and again vows to
destroy Israel. Palestinians deserve so much better than this. We must find a
better path forward toward peace and prosperity."
