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2010-10-05 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

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Posted by Fred 2010-10-05 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top
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#1 Compare MOUD wid

* CHINESE MILITARY FORUM > IS OBAMA READY FOR A STAREDOWN WITH CHINA?

ARTIC > POTUS BAMMER relatively UN-TESTED as a MIL COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF wid NO MAJOR INTERNAT MIL CRISIS on his POTUS Resume, e.g. KENNEDY + CUBAN MISSLE CRISIS; CHINA THINKS POTUS BAMMER IS WEAK.

CHina sees itself as a DE FACTO REGIONAL, GLOBAL? POWERBROKER + HEGEMON, not just a Regional Benefactor, etc. of the US.

AND

* WAFF > [smh.com.au] FUTILE US CRUSADE FOR DEMOCRACY [in Aghanistan = AFPAK].

ARTIC > US should not think that a WESTERN-STYLE MODERN DEMOCRACY which took the West oer 1000 Years to develop will be quickly or easily set up in Muslim AFPAK Region.

AND

* TOPIX > [Taiwan] MA'S GOVT REVIVES ROC CLAIMS TO CHINA [sovereignty oer mainland China].

* TOPIX > SCO MEMBER RUSSIA HAS THE RIGHT TO [militarily]INTERVENE IN NAGORNO-KARABAKH IN CASE OF CONFLICT.

* SAME TOPIX > WIDOUT ARMENIA, RUSSIA COULD LOSE SOUTH CAUCASUS: ANALYST [Armenian XPert] + ARMENIA, RUSSIA MUST HAVE A COMMON BORDER + ARMENIA, RUSSIA SHOULD CREATE A NEW BLOC: EXPERT SAYS.

ARTICS > Widout RUSSIA's Presence + influence, THE US COULD HAD SEIZED THE BLACK SEA/CASPIAN REGIONS LONG AGO + RUSSIA WOULD HAD LOST MILPOL ACCESS, INFLUENCE AS VEE IRAN + TURKEY.

Also from CHINESE MILITARY FORUM > SEAS FILLED IWD TENSIONS OVER CHINA MOVES.

* SAME CMF > CHINA ACQUIRED TU-22M3 "BACKFIRE" ASSEMBLY PRODUCTION LINE.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2010-10-05 01:37|| 2010-10-05 01:37|| Front Page Top

#2 OOOOPSIES, forgot PAKISTANI DEFENCE FORUM > AZERBAIJAN THREATENS ARMENIA WID MILITARY FORCE.

and

* WAFF > THE NEW BAKU: OIL WEALTH IS TRANSFORMING AZERBAIJAN'S CAPITAL AT A RAPID RATE.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2010-10-05 01:45|| 2010-10-05 01:45|| Front Page Top

#3 WORLD NEWS > [Australia] ITS NOW OR NEVER TO GAIN ON TALIBAN.

'Tis going to get harder + harder to deter or defeat the Taliban, etal. as US-NATO planned withdrawals occur as scheduled.

* SAME > EX-NATO OFFICIAL: TALIBAN INFILTRATING AFGHAN SECURITY FORCES [Aghan Army, Police, etc].

* MEMRI > A CALL TO US + EUROPEAN MUSLIMS TO LAUNCH AUTONOMOUS JIHADI OPERATIONS - WID INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO MAKE CAR BOMBS.

* TOPIX > THE NEW TURKEY-RUSSIA NEXUS.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2010-10-05 02:52|| 2010-10-05 02:52|| Front Page Top

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