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Al Qaeda in Yemen Calls to Kill Jews & Christians
By Micah Halpern
Tuesday February 9, 2010 I've Been Thinking: An al Qaeda website broadcast an audio recording of Said a Shaheri, the deputy head of al Qaeda in Yemen. In the broadcast Shaheri spoke of his true objective and tried to persuade recruits to join his mission. He continued: Said a Shaheri is one of those notorious prisoners released from US custody in Guantanimo Bay, Cuba who has re-emerged as a significant al Qaeda leader. It is becoming more and more apparent that, best intentions aside, we are the ones who continue to facilitate the growth and strengthening of al Qaeda. Read my new book THUGS. It's easy. Just click. Abdullah Asks Obama for Help
By Micah Halpern
Monday February 8, 2010 I've Been Thinking: On Sunday CNN broadcast an interview with King Abdullah of Jordan. The Monarch was eloquent as he described the ticking time bomb that is the Middle East. King Abdullah minced no words. The King exaggerated slightly when he said that an opportunity for peace would be lost if not accomplished in the next thirty days. But he was correct in describing correctly the disappointment that is felt throughout the Arab and Muslim world that President Obama has not made the Middle East a top priority. The King asserted that the possibility for a two-state solution is slipping away. If that opportunity slips away, so will the possibility for normalizing relations between Palestinians and Israelis. The King implored President Obama to take action now. Read my new book THUGS. It's easy. Just click. Iran Has a Plan
By Micah Halpern
Sunday January 7, 2010 Ive Been Thinking: It is the 31st anniversary of the Islamic Revolution. The excitement had been limited to the launching of rockets and the unveiling of satellites. There is an expression: work for peace and prepare for war. Iran has a larger plan. Read my new book THUGS. It's easy. Just click. New Lead on Mabouh Assassination
By Micah Halpern
Saturday February 6, 2010 I've Been Thinking: The Irish Herald reported yesterday that the assassins who killed Hamas operative Mohamed Mabouh in his hotel room in Dubai were traveling on Irish passports. On more than one occasion the Dubai chief of police has said that the killers entered and left on European Union passports. Most people are still pointing their fingers at Israel. RFID stands for Radio Frequency Identification chips which use a specific frequency to make certain that they are not counterfeit. We may have new information, but it is not yet useful information. Read my new book THUGS. It's easy. Just click.
Russia is Courting Hamas
By Micah Halpern
Friday February 5, 2010 I've Been Thinking: The Russian press is reporting that Moscow will be hosting a very special guest next week. Russia is making a play for influence in the Middle East. Russia thinks they know how to play the game. There is no counter balance to Hamas. Read my new book THUGS. It's easy. Just click. 7-6-5- Blast Off in Iran
By Micah Halpern
Thursday February 4, 2010 Column: The Iranians took a rat, a turtle, a few worms and put them in a rocket ship and launched it into space. It sounds like the opening line of a good joke, but this is nothing to laugh about. The Iranians really did put a rat, a turtle and worms into a rocket ship and sent it off into space. And with that launch the Iranians have catapulted not only a rocket into space, but Iran itself to almost the very head of the class of global space travel. The funny part was watching the launch and hearing the countdown and seeing nothing happen. The count down was begun again and this time the rocket took off - at the count of five. The rocket is a Kovahshgar 3, also called an Explorer 3. It is Iran's third generation of space satellite rockets. What makes this rocket significantly different from other Iranian space ships is that the Kovahshgar 3 is a two-stage rocket system. This machine will travel 320 km into space. Once a country achieves the ability to develop multi-stage rockets there is no limit to the distances their rockets will travel and the tasks their rockets will be able to perform. In a two-stage rocket the first, or spent, rocket detaches itself after lift off allowing the second, or next stage, rocket to launch again as a lighter space ship with more energy. A long term objective of Iran's space program has been to move to any orbit that requires them to launch to 1000 km into space. Now that they have achieved the status of staged rockets, reaching their objective is only a matter of time. The satellites that Iran launches from here on will allow them the ability to monitor everything that happens in every corner of the entire globe. Everything. Just prior to this launch Iran unveiled three new satellites called the Simorgh, or Phoenix. The unveiling and launch were televised on Iranian national TV and promoted as a part of Iran's anniversary celebration commemorating the Islamic Revolution. At the ceremony, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad spoke at length about the importance of these launches and these satellites. The president spoke about study and technology and the information that will be gleaned from this experiment of sending living organisms into space. The rat, the turtle and the worms will, he said, provide important information for scientists to analyze. More frightening than the two-stage rocket, more frightening than the launch, is the knowledge that this despotic, demonic, extremist regime is in possession of this technology. The technology that launched the Kovahshgar 3 is the same technology that will allow Iran to provide a delivery system for non-conventional weapons. This public launching in Iran is a watershed. While the West and the IAEA were running around trying to determine Iran's nuclear capability, Iran was legally building satellite rockets that easily convert to ballistic delivery armaments. This launch demonstrates how advanced science and technology are in Iran, how fast they have developed over the past few months. It shows how deaf and blind the world has been to the significance of Iranian threats, how laissez faire the West has been in monitoring the aerospace industry in Iran, one of the most important elements of a nuclear delivery system. And it shows how proud the Iranians are of their accomplishments - so proud that the Iranian government itself released a video of the launch on You Tube. Iran knows how to play the West - literally and figuratively. Read my new book THUGS. It's easy. Just click. Taliban is Still a Threat
By Micah Halpern
Wednesday February 3, 2010 I've Been Thinking: Dennis Blair, the administration's point man on terror, testified before the Senate Committee on Security yesterday. He said that the Taliban are growing in strength. The Taliban are growing in numbers, in weapons and in influence. Yesterday, the Saudis called upon the Taliban to exile Osama bin Laden. At least the Saudis had an idea and ran with it, even if it was senseless. Read my new book THUGS. It's easy. Just click. Powered by Movable Type Site design by Sekimori
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