Iran test-fires missiles in Gulf exercise. Don't mess with nuclear Russia, Putin says By Alexei Anishchuk LAKE SELIGER Russia (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin said on Friday Russia's armed forces, backed by its nuclear arsenal, were ready to meet any aggression, declaring at a pro-Kremlin youth camp that foreign states should understand: "It's best not to mess with us.
" Putin… Iran warns US over aircraft carrier, 'we insist that this warship not return...and we warn only once' An Iranian Army soldier stands guard on a military speed boat during the navy exercises in the Strait of Hormuz.
Picture: Supplied Source: news.com.au Warship told don't come back "we warn only once" "We advise and insist that this warship not return" Comes as part of escalating tension in the region A US aircraft carrier deployed in the Middle East should "not return" to its base in the Gulf, the head of Iran's armed forces declared today, adding ominously there would be no repeat warning. "We advise and insist that this warship not return to its former base in the Persian Gulf," Brigadier General Ataollah Salehi told reporters, according to the armed forces website. "We don't have the intention of repeating our warning, and we warn only once," he was quoted as saying. The warning came just one day after Iran's navy completed 10 days of manoeuvres at the entrance to the Gulf with the test-firing of three missiles designed to sink warships.
Iran threatens US over aircraft carrier. UPDATE 1-Iran threatens action if US carrier returns-IRNA. Iran warns US carrier to stay out of Persian Gulf. Iran warned U.S. aircraft carrier Stennis not to return to the Persian Gulf, but U.S. officials rejected the threat.
NBC's Jim Miklaszewski has more. By msnbc.com news services Updated at 1:37 p.m. Iran plans more war games in strait as sanctions bite. Iranian president to tour US foes in Latin America. Venezuela's Chavez welcomes ally Ahmadinejad. Heroic pit bull saves 8-year-old Oregon boy from swarm of bees Last Tuesday, 8-year-old Jesse-Cole Shaver was playing with some friends near a creek behind their apartment complex in Oregon City, when one of the children accidentally stepped on a beehive.
A swarm of bees rose into the air, prompting the kids the flee the area. Jesse-Cole, however, had… Iranian, Venezuelan leaders rebuff U.S., joke about bomb. Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Venezuela's Hugo Chavez taunt US over 'big atomic bomb' Despite their geographical distance, the two countries have forged increasingly close ties, a lot of which is down to their shared anti-Americanism, although concrete projects have often lagged behind the rhetoric.
"One of the targets that Yankee imperialism has in its sights is Iran, which is why we are showing our solidarity," Chavez said during a joint press conference. "That hill will open up and a big atomic bomb will come out," he said of a hill next to his Miraflores Palace. "When we meet, the devils go crazy," he said, mocking US warnings that Latin American nations should not help the Islamic Republic. The two men hugged, beamed, held hands and showered each other with praise. "President Chavez is the champion in the war on imperialism," Ahmadinejad said. Iranian president arrives in Cuba; U.S. warns of ‘dangerous alliance’ The Ahmadinejad-Chavez Axis. Pages: 1 2 Iranian President Ahmadinejad visited his dear friend, Hugo Chavez, this week as his regime undertook another series of provocations.
The Islamist and radical Marxist embraced, joined together by their ideologies’ common hostility to America. As Iran announces that it is enriching uranium at an underground facility designed for nuclear weapons production, it knows that Islamists aren’t its only allies. Iran has been acting exceptionally aggressive lately, probably with the objective of causing oil prices to spike to counter the impact of international sanctions. President Obama approved sanctions on Iran’s Central Bank, resulting in a 20% drop in the value of the rial against the dollar. Iran launches Spanish TV channel.
Iran's president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, has officially launched a Spanish-language satellite TV channel, saying it would deal a blow to "dominance seekers" – remarks that were an apparent dig at the US and the west.
Iran's broadcasting company said Hispan TV, the first Spanish-language channel airing from the Middle East, will broadcast news, documentaries, movies and Iranian films 24 hours a day. The launch is Tehran's latest effort to reach out to friendly governments in Latin America and follows Ahmadinejad's tour of the region earlier in January, which included stops in Cuba and visits to Venezuela, Nicaragua and Ecuador It also comes as Washington and Europe have imposed tougher sanctions on Tehran over its controversial nuclear programme.
The EU last week imposed an oil embargo against Iran and froze the assets of its central bank. Iran says U.S. warships in Persian Gulf spawn 'mayhem' Iran's defense minister speaks out over U.S. warshipThe Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz are critical areasThe United States has had forces in the Persian Gulf for decades (CNN) -- Another top Iranian official weighed in Wednesday about the tensions brewing between his country and the United States, the latest salvo in the war of words over the Strait of Hormuz and the Persian Gulf. U.S. rescues Iranian hostages, with good timing - Checkpoint Washington. This post has been updated.
For the U.S. Navy, it was like hitting the public-relations jackpot: An aircraft carrier cruising the seas in the Middle East this week stumbled across an Iranian fishing vessel in distress, hijacked by pirates. Forces from the aircraft carrier’s strike group swiftly made the most of the moment. They seized 15 Somali pirates without firing a shot and rescued 13 hungry Iranian fishermen who had been held hostage for several weeks. There was no official response, much less a thank you, from the Iranian government Friday after the Navy released details of the rescue mission. [On Saturday, Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast described the rescue as “humanitarian” act, correspondent Thomas Erdbrink reported from Tehran.] Iran sentences American man to death in CIA case. TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - An Iranian court has convicted an American man of working for the CIA and sentenced him to death, state radio reported Monday, in a case adding to the accelerating tension between the United States and Iran.
Iran charges that as a former U.S. Marine, Amir Mirzaei Hekmati received special training and served at U.S. military bases in Iraq and Afghanistan before heading to Iran for his alleged intelligence mission. The radio report did not say when the verdict was issued. Under Iranian law, he has 20 days to appeal. US Military Rescues Iranian Sailors, Again. <br/><a href=" US News</a> | <a href=" Business News</a> Copy For the second time in as many weeks, the U.S. military has rescued distressed Iranian sailors, despite the extremely high tensions between the two nations.
According to the Navy's account, at about 3 a.m. local time an American Coast Guard patrol boat in the north Persian Gulf was hailed by flares and flashlights from an Iranian cargo ship whose engine room was flooding. Six Iranians were rescued from the ship, fed halal meals in accordance with Islamic law, and later taken to shore.
"Saving lives is the last thing you expect to do at [3 a.m.] while patrolling in the Northern Arabian Gulf, but being in the Coast Guard, that's what we are trained to do," Boatswain Mate 2nd Class Emily Poole said in a statement by the Navy, using an alternate designation for the Persian Gulf. Thousands of US troops deploying to Israel. I'm not sure where to post all of this, but I am pissed. : conspiracy. BREAKING NEWS: The Pentagon to Send US Troops to Israel. Iran is the Unspoken Target. January 2, 2012. Jerusalem. In one of the most blacked-out stories in America right now, the US military is preparing to send thousands of US troops, along with US Naval anti-missile ships and accompanying support personnel, to Israel.
It took forever to find a second source for confirmation of this story and both relatively mainstream media outlets are in Israel. With one source saying the military deployment and corresponding exercises are to occur in January, the source providing most of the details suggests it will occur later this spring. Calling it not just an “exercise”, but a “deployment”, the Jerusalem Post quotes US Lt.
While American troops will be stationed in Israel for an unspecified amount of time, Israeli military personnel will be added to EUCOM in Germany. 'US intervention in Iran will drag China & Russia into War' Gulf states brace for unwanted US-Iran war. The Arab states that lie just miles across the Gulf from Iran are nervously eyeing the prospects of a war between Tehran and the West that none of them want and all know could devastate their economies.
This very real fear is prompting the oil-rich states to enhance their defences while hoping that diplomacy can rein in Tehran's regional ambitions and put an end to its worrying nuclear programme. "No one in the Gulf States wants war but everyone is preparing for the possibility that it might happen," said military analyst Riad Kahwaji. Tension has escalated as the West continues to squeeze Tehran over its nuclear programme, with the EU threatening a total ban on Iranian oil imports. File, Political Analysis, Espionage, Terrorism, Security. U.S. military moves carriers, denies Iran link. Iran violating arms embargo with shipments to Syria: France. Iran has repeatedly violated a UN arms embargo with exports to protest-hit Syria, the French foreign ministry said on Monday, citing a UN group of experts. "The UN panel of experts on Iran has identified and informed the Security Council of several violations of the embargo on arms to or from Iran set up by... the United Nations Security Council," said spokesman Romain Nadal.
"These arms deliveries are illegal and deeply shocking because they benefit a regime that has chosen a kind of repression that the UN rights council has repeatedly said constitutes 'crimes against humanity'," he said. Iran Threatens U.S., Persian Gulf Cities with Missile Attacks. Iran might pound Persian Gulf cities with ballistic missiles and use swift boats to attack American war ships in an attempt to dissuade a U.S. attack on its nuclear arms sites, a new report states. [Iran Flexes Military Muscle in Persian Gulf.] Tehran likely would employ a mixed game plan against the U.S. military consisting of "advanced technology" and "guerilla tactics," according to a research organization with close ties to the Pentagon.
Exclusive: New U.S. Commando Team Operating Near Iran. Royal Navy sends its mightiest ship to take on the Iranian show of force in the Gulf. Iran completed a 10-day naval exercise in the sensitive waters near the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday, staging manouevres which included firing three anti-ship missiles understood to be the Chinese-made C-802. Yesterday, Tehran said that another exercise would be held in the same area next month. Admiral Ali Fadavi, commander of the naval branch of the Revolutionary Guard, warned that this would be "different" from the most recent one.
Two U.S. Aircraft Carriers Near Iran, With A Third On The Way. Ron Paul: War with Iran has already been decided by the Financial Elite. US military chief to Israel as Iran tension grows. U.S., Israel postpone military exercise amid tension with Iran. REPORTING FROM JERUSALEM -- The United States and Israel agreed to postpone a large joint military exercise from this spring to late in the year to avoid aggravating an already tense regional situation driven by conflicts with Iran, Israeli media reported Sunday.
The drill, slated for May and named "Austere Challenge," was announced in November by Andrew Shapiro, U.S. assistant secretary of State for politics-military affairs, at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy. The exercise as originally planned would include more than 5,000 U.S. and Israeli forces and, among other things, simulate Israel's ballistic missile defense. It would be the "largest and most significant joint exercise in the allies' history," Shapiro had said. File, Political Analysis, Espionage, Terrorism, Security. Appeasement Arrives: Joint US-Israel Exercise Postponed For "Budget Reasons", US Will Not Enforce No Fly Zone Over Syria.
NATO Drills For Nuclear Attack On Iran And Syria. Yesterday I carried a story on a crash between a French Air Force Mirage and a Royal Saudi Air Force F-15. The story confirmed that the Saudi pilot and the two French pilots were safe. » RealTime Jim Stone Freelance – RED ALERT E-MAIL dé Garay.com. U.S. aircraft carrier enters Gulf without incident. Britain, US and France send warships through Strait of Hormuz. UK ready to send more warships into Gulf in 'clear signal' to Tehran - Home News - UK. Philip Hammond said contingency plans were in place to send extra warships, aircraft and troops to the region if it became necessary. He said the decision to send a flotilla led by the American aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln through the Strait of Hormuz – which Iran had threatened to block – sent "a clear signal about the resolve of the international community to defend the right of free passage through international waters.
" A British frigate, HMS Argyll, and a French warship were part of the convoy, which sailed within a few miles of the Iranian coast. The UK has about 1,500 naval personnel in the Indian Ocean serving on four minesweepers, two frigates, three support ships, a survey vessel and a hunter-killer submarine. A Response Force Task Group of Royal Marines, helicopters and naval vessels set up last year could also be deployed at short notice.
There has been no discernible Iranian military reaction to the Western manoeuvres. US deploys 15,000 troops to Kuwait as tensions with Iran increase – LSMedia. Iran holds military exercise near Afghan border. Iran, Israel and US plan Gulf exercises. Israel preparing for nuclear Iran: report. File, Political Analysis, Espionage, Terrorism, Security. Magnetic bomb kills Iran nuke expert; Israel accused - World news - Mideast/N. Africa - Iran. US denies killing Iran nuke expert with magnet bomb - World news - Mideast/N. Africa - Iran. ‘Foreign Quarters’ Assassinated Scientist: Iran. The Iranian government said in a letter to United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon that a civilian nuclear scientist who was killed by a bomb yesterday was the latest victim of a foreign terror campaign.
“Based on the existing evidence collected by the relevant Iranian security authorities, similar to previous incidents, perpetrators used the same terrorist method in assassinating Iranian nuclear scientists, i.e. attaching a sticky magnetic bomb to the car carrying the scientists and detonating it,” Mohammad Khazaee, Iran’s ambassador to the UN, said in the letter yesterday. “Furthermore, there is firm evidence that certain foreign quarters are behind such assassinations.” Anti-US chants as slain Iran nuclear expert buried. TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Thousands of mourners chanted "Death to Israel" and "Death to America" on Friday during the funeral of a slain nuclear expert whom Iranian officials accuse the two nations of killing in a bomb blast this week as part of a secret operation to stop Iran's nuclear program.
Iran says it has evidence U.S. behind scientist's killing. » Mossad Insider: Iranian Scientist Assassination A “Precursor To A Military Strike” Alex Jones. Tehran blast kills nuclear scientist. Obama, Netanyahu Discuss Mideast, Iran. U.S. Warns Israel Against Iran Strike. Netanyahu deputy disappointed with Obama on Iran. Obama to ‘take on’ Netanyahu after election? Mossad chief holds secret U.S. meetings on Iran nuclear threat, Senate panel reveals.
Putin ally fears Israel is pushing U.S. toward Iran war. Russia: “Should Anything Happen to Iran … This Will Be a Direct Threat to Our National Security” Russia: Attack on Tehran is Attack on Moscow - Global Agenda. Russia: "Should Anything Happen to Iran ... This Will Be a Direct Threat to Our National Security" Russia Regime Change, Why Washington Wants ‘Finito’ with Putin. Russia warns that Iran strike could trigger 'chain reaction' - Europe - World. Israelis See Iran’s Threats of Retaliation as Bluff. Pentagon Seeks Mightier Bomb vs. Iran. U.S. says will continue to deploy warships in Persian Gulf despite Iranian threats. » Why Attacking Iran Will Not Work in 2012 Alex Jones. If Washington Makes War on Iran, it will be America’s Last (Samidoon, Palestinian Territories) U.S. drone that crashed in Iran goes miniature - Checkpoint Washington. Iran to kick off World War Three.
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