If Russia goes through with the sale of its most advanced anti-aircraft missile system to Iran, Israel will use an electronic warfare device now under development to neutralize it and as a result present Russia as vulnerable to air infiltrations, a top defense official has told The Jerusalem Post.
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Israel is building up its strike capabilities amid growing anxiety over Iran's nuclear ambitions and appears confident that a military attack would cripple Tehran's atomic program, even if it can't destroy it. Such talk could be more threat than reality. However, Iran's refusal to accept Western conditions is worrying Israel as is the perception that Washington now prefers diplomacy over confrontation with Tehran.
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Militant Islam, or what US President George W Bush once called "Islamo-fascism", may look back on the last months of the Bush administration as its moment in the sun. Iran's nuclear program soon may cross the point of no return; Pakistan's ruling coalition may have become the instrument of Muslim revanchism...
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Two additional United States naval aircraft carriers are heading to the Gulf and the Red Sea, according to the Kuwaiti newspaper Kuwait Times. Kuwait began finalizing its "emergency war plan" on being told the vessels were bound for the region. The US Navy would neither confirm nor deny that carriers were en route...
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Israeli leaders have been meeting with world leaders to try and stir up some alarm over what’s happening in Lebanon. Last week Defense Minister Ehud Barak and Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni met with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to tell him how brazenly Hezb'allah and Syria have been flouting UN Security Council Resolution 1701 that purported to put a peaceful end to the summer 2006 Israel-Hezb'allah war.
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This coming Monday, the tenth day of the month of Av, marks three years on the Hebrew calendar since the Israeli withdrawal from Gaza. As if on cue, Israelis received a stark reminder this week that while some might want to put Gaza behind them, the Strip and its problems can not just be wished away....
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