WASHINGTON/NEW YORK, April 7 (Reuters) - The U.S. government on Tuesday slapped sanctions on a Chinese metals company and six Iranian companies suspected of collaborating on a scheme to transfer missile and nuclear technology from China to Iran.
A New York grand jury also indicted the Chinese metals company, LIMMT Economic and Trade Co Ltd, and its manager, Lee Fangwei, on 118 counts including suspicion of shipping 33,000 pounds (15,000 kg) of specialized aluminum alloy used for long-range missile production from China to Iran.
Lee was charged with the suspected misuse of Manhattan banks employed to transfer money between China and Iran by way of Europe and the United States. ...
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[Al Arabiya Latest] Iran welcomed on Monday a proposal to set up a global nuclear fuel repository, part of a U.S.-backed plan to put all uranium enrichment under strict international control.
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, in Kazakhstan on a visit, said he supported a proposal to host the nuclear bank in the fellow Caspian nation, which is accessible from Iran by sea. "We think that (Kazakh President) Nursultan Nazarbayev's idea to host a nuclear fuel bank is a very good proposal," he told reporters after talks with the Kazakh leader.
Iran's support for the idea comes as U.S. President Barack Obama pushes for a "new beginning" in bilateral ties, and could play a role in mending bridges after decades of mistrust.
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This is so bad there's no need for snark.
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See also RIAN > PYONGYANG: MISSLE FOR OBAMA.
* PRAVDA > RUSSIA MUST TAKE DECISIVE ACTIONS IN THE KOREAS. Artic - Post-Cold War continuing presence of US Milfors only serves to keep KOREAS divided in favor of the USA. RUSSIA SHOULD SUPPOR PAN-KOREAN UNIFICATION in order to prliferate PRO-RUSS = RUSS-SPECIFIC REGIONAL TRADE espec "PETRO-ECONOMICS" [Trans-regio PIPELINE to NOKOR, JAPAN, + BEYOND]. Also, UNIFICATION > REDUCE THE NUMBERS OF KOREANS [ NOT counting Chinois/Chinese] MIGRATING TO RUSS FAR EAST = VLADISVOSTOK FOR WORK + NEW WAY OF LIFE???
Also on PRAVDA > KAZAN OFFICIALLY BECOMES THE THIRD CAPITAL OF RUSSIA. Read, [future, expanding]ISLAMIC/MUSLIM RUSSIA???
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2009- 2012/2016 POST-DUBYA POTUS PERIOD >
Pragmatically,PRE/PROTO-NUKULAR IRAN 's = RADICAL ISLAM'S strategic focii broadly remains CENTRAL, etc. MAINLAND ASIA espec Cold War Nuke States RUSSIA, CHINA, INDIA = NUC-, MILTECHS for JIHAD.
[Iran Press TV Latest] The Pentagon is spending millions to learn from Israeli's defeat in the 33-day war on Lebanon, amid fears the US army would be outpowered by Hezbollah in case of a conflict.
The US Department of Defense has conducted interviews with those Israel Defense Forces (IDF) officers, who fought against Hezbollah in the summer of 2006, to learn from the failures of their campaign, The Washington Post reported Monday.
The US military experts who studied the Israeli Army's annihilation were surprised by the defeat Hezbollah inflicted upon the armored columns, using anti-tank guided missiles.
Hezbollah forces are "extremely well trained, especially in the uses of anti-tank weapons and rockets," the newspaper cited a Pentagon report conducted on the group's military power.
According to another study conducted by the Army's Combat Studies Institute, "From 2000 to 2006 Hezbollah embraced a new doctrine, transforming itself from a predominantly guerrilla force into a quasi-conventional fighting force."
The 33-day war highlighted a rift among US military leaders, with some believing that the military should be restructured so that it would be better prepared for asymmetrical wars.
Others, meanwhile, were concerned that such changes would make the military vulnerable to conventional battles.
Many top Army officers however believed the war's outcome illustrated the price of focusing too much on counterinsurgency wars.
"The real takeaway is that you have to find the time to train for major combat operations, even if you are fighting counterinsurgency wars," said one senior military analyst who studied the Lebanon war for the Center for Army Lessons Learned at Fort Leavenworth, Kan.
In an attempt not to be caught off-guard by Hezbollah forces in the event of a war, the US Army and Marine Corps had arranged several multi-million-dollar drills to simulate battles against the group.
Citing Frank Hoffman, a research fellow at the Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory in Quantico, the newspaper reported that the organization has conducted "five major [war] games in the last two years, and all of them have focused on Hezbollah."
Andrew Exum, a former Army officer who has studied the battle from southern Lebanon, was quoted as saying that "Even if the Israelis had done better operationally, I don't think they would have been victorious in the long run."
Tel Aviv, which launched the offensive to destroy Hezbollah's military power, was forced to eventually leave the region without achieving any of its objectives.
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Well the Israelis were owned. Rockets still rained in Haifa at "end" of War. And the most criminaly incompetent Prime Minister and their Military leaders made a war from 9-5 and retire then get back to be again hit by Hizballah, plus a suicidal dash to Litani in last 2 days that made most of armored corps deaths for no result whatsoever. The only explaination that Olmert wasn't out is the Media and US and EU money and their political support.
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Keep in mind that mullah tools actually believe this tripe and they plan accordingly. They will be slaughtered like sheep in the next round.
The only Hezbollah "victory" was in the results of what passed for Olmert's thought processes. He had yet to learn that "world opinion" is a whorehouse bought and paid for with Arab petro-dollars.
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This article is total crap. Israel kicked Hizbollah butt all over Lebanon. All the evidence is in that Hizbollah leaders hide in the shadows while Israel hunts them.
These fools should stop arguing that because they aren't all dead yet somehow Israel failed. With that approach, sooner or later an Israeli leader will go all Old Testament on them just to make the point clear.
What is happening is that the Israeli and American military are doing the prudent research on these villains now to answer the call when it comes.
[Beirut Daily Star: Region] Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's main moderate challenger at the June presidential vote said Monday he would adopt a conciliatory foreign policy toward the West unlike his "extremist" opponent. Prime minister during Iran's 1980-88 war with Iraq, Mir Hossein Mousavi, 67, is seriously considered by many moderates and even some conservatives as their main presidential candidate and a strong rival to Ahmadinejad in the contest.
"Our country was harmed because of extremist policies adopted in the last three years ... My foreign policy with all countries will be one of detente," Mousavi said at his first news conference since announcing his candidacy.
"We should try to gain the international community's trust while preserving our national interests." Ahmadinejad's critics say his fiery speeches against the West have exacerbated a dispute over Iran's nuclear program, which the West says is a front to covertly build nuclear weapons. Tehran denies the charge.
US-Iran tensions have worsened since the 2005 election of Ahmadinejad, who questioned the Holocaust and called for Israel to be wiped off the map. When asked about his views regarding the Holocaust, Mousavi said: "Killing innocent people is condemned. The way the issue [Holocaust] was put forward [by Ahmadinejad] was incorrect."
"Of course the question could be ... why Palestinians should be punished for a crime committed by Germans?" Mousavi's conciliatory tone followed an overture by US President Barack Obama toward the Islamic Republic.
Obama has offered a new US approach to Iran, which has not had relations with Washington for three decades, saying he would extend a hand of peace if Iran would "unclench its fist."
Iran says Washington must show real policy change toward Iran rather than in words.
While repeatedly stressing his belief in following the guidelines of Ayatollah Ruhallah Khomeini, the late founder of Iran's 1979 Islamic Revolution, Mousavi said Iran had no intention to continue decades of hostility. "If America practically changes its Iran policy then we will surely hold talks with them," Mousavi said.
Obama on Sunday presented Iran with a "clear choice" of halting its nuclear and missile activity or facing increased isolation. Tehran has repeatedly rejected international demands to stop its most sensitive nuclear work. "Iran will never abandon its nuclear right. We have no right to do it," Mousavi said.
Mousavi, who defended Iran's state-controlled economy when prime minister, said high inflation and unemployment were among major issues that had to be tackled and that more liberalization of the economy was needed. "At that time Iran was at war ... Now we need privatization, creation of jobs and ... foreign investment," said Mousavi.
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