US navy rescues Iranian hostages held by pirates
13 Iranians redeemed in Arabian Sea; rescue conducted by same aircraft carrier group Iran warned away from Gulf.
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Iran provokes showdown, warns US carrier not to return to Persian Gulf
In another heated escalation over the strategic Strait of Hormuz, Iran Tuesday, Jan. 3, threatened to take action if the US aircraft carrier USS Stennis, which “moved to the Sea of Oman because of our drill returns to the Persian Gulf.” Army chief Lt. Gen. Ataolla Salehi said:” Iran will not repeat this warning.” It is hard to see Washington caving in
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US-Iranian armed showdown impending
Armed US-Iranian hostilities
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US and Israel run out of options against Iran – Sydney Morning Herald
Press TVUS and Israel run out of options against Iran
Sydney Morning Herald
Iran has fired two long-range missiles during Gulf drill to show it could hit Israel and US bases in the region if attacked. Iran and the United States are once again locked in a war of words over Iran’s alleged secret nuclear military program. …
Persian Gulf tensions mount as US engages Israel on IranJewish Telegraphic Agency
‘Israel can cease to exist if Iran attacked’Press TV
US, Israel discuss triggers for bombing IranSunday Times.lk
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Israel worried Syria weapons going to terrorists – Jerusalem Post
Straits TimesIsrael worried Syria weapons going to terrorists
Jerusalem Post
Concern is growing in Israel over the possibility that Syria’s arsenal of chemical weapons will fall into terrorist hands amid predictions that President Bashar Assad’s regime will fall in the coming weeks. Syria is believed to have one of the most …
Israel: Iran feels int’l sanctions pressureXinhua
Iran war games sign of ‘distress’: IsraelStraits Times
Barak: Iran worried about unrest in Arab worldHaaretzall 26 news articles
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Republicans talk tough on Iran before Iowa caucus
Bachmann follows Santorum in offering “aggressive posture toward letting Iran know we mean business.”
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Along Israel's Border, Preparations Made for Iran-Backed Attacks – Voice of America
Jewish ChronicleAlong Israel’s Border, Preparations Made for Iran-Backed Attacks
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December 30, 2011 Along Israel’s Border, Preparations Made for Iran-Backed Attacks Scott Bobb | Misgav Am, Israel Israel and the United States are planning joint military exercises in early 2012 with a focus on missile defense. …
Will Israel bomb a near-nuclear Iran in 2012?Spectator.co.uk
Israeli army chief says Iran region threatUPI.com
Nuclear Iran: A Dire Threat to Israel?International Business Times
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U.S., Israel Discuss Triggers for Bombing Iran's Nuclear Infrastructure – Daily Beast
Daily BeastU.S., Israel Discuss Triggers for Bombing Iran’s Nuclear Infrastructure
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The Obama administration is trying to assure Israel privately that it would strike Iran militarily if Tehran’s nuclear program crosses certain ‘ -
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Report: Israel, US discuss Iran strike triggers – Ynetnews
YnetnewsReport: Israel, US discuss Iran strike triggers
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The Obama administration has assured Israel privately that the US would strike Iran if its nuclear program cross certain “red lines,” The Daily Beast reported Wednesday, adding that at the same time Washington was trying to convince Israel not to …
U.S., Israel Discuss Triggers for Bombing Iran’s Nuclear InfrastructureDaily Beast
Mossad chief: A nuclear Iran isn’t necessarily an existential threatHaaretz
‘US, Israel discuss ‘triggers’ for Iran attack’Jerusalem Post
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Israeli spyware sold to Iran – Sydney Morning Herald
BloombergIsraeli spyware sold to Iran
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Spyware products made by an Israeli technology firm, Allot Communications, were sold to the country’s worst enemy, Iran, sparking calls by an Israeli MP for an investigation. Hod Hasharon, Israel-based Allot’s equipment for monitoring internet traffic …
Israel Didn’t Know High Tech in Hod Hasharon Was Sent to Iran Via DenmarkBloomberg
Israeli Company Sold Internet Surveillance Software To Iran For Years – OpEdEurasia Review
Israel Didn’t Know Tech Gear Was Sent to Iran Via DenmarkSan Francisco Chronicleall 47 news articles
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Top US general: Iran's dangerous game could draw Mid East and US into conflict
Hours after US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta told CBS that Iran could build a nuclear bomb in a year or less, Gen. Martin Dempsey, Chairman of the Joint US Chiefs of Staff, issued a warning: “Iran is playing a dangerous game that could ensnare the Middle East, the Middle East and others into conflict and a renewed arms race. Don’t push it.” The loss of the drone is not the end of US efforts, he said, adding: “America is sharing intelligence with Israel.”
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Israel Didn't Know Tech Gear Was Sent to Iran Via Denmark – San Francisco Chronicle
BloombergIsrael Didn’t Know Tech Gear Was Sent to Iran Via Denmark
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The Israeli company shipped its Internet- monitoring equipment to a distributor in Denmark. Once there, workers stripped away the packaging and removed the labels. Then they sent it to a man named “Hossein” in Iran, an amiable technology distributor …
Israel Didn’t Know High Tech in Hod Hasharon Was Sent to Iran Via DenmarkBloomberg
Allot Plunges Most Since August as Network Gear Sold to IranBusinessWeek
Iran Using Israeli SpywareArutz Shevaall 32 news articles
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Tehran Embarks on Nuclear Weaponization
Barack Obama set about tightening US cooperation with Israel after discovering Iran had embarked on nuclear weaponization. He was persuaded by Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak that there was no time to lose for eradicating Iran’s nuclear program – hence the White House flip-flop on attack Iran.
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Iran starts building a nuclear weapon: US and Israel tighten cooperation
Iran has embarked on “activities related to possible weaponization,” said American sources Thursday, Dec. 22, thereby crossing the Obama administration’s red line. This accounts for the dramatic reversal of the US administration’s wait-and-see policy on attacking Iran, as articulated this week by
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Iran: IAEA could visit in January
Overture to UN nuclear agency coincides with sharpening of international sanctions imposed on Iran.
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Obama and Barak discuss dwindling anti-Iran strike options as the US exits Iraq
Tehran offers to slow uranium enrichment in stages in step with the lifting of sanctions. The Obama administration is listening – provided Iran ditches Assad. This
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Clarification: Israel's National Security – TIME
Press TVClarification: Israel’s National Security
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Whoever Unlocked the Stealth Drone's Secrets also Broke into CIA HQ at Langley
The US will not review its reconnaissance drone flights over Iran for fear they will also be downed and captured like the RQ-170. Iran could not have accomplished this coup alone because it would have required the technology for filtering through billions of coded communications relayed from Langley to satellites and cracking the coded links from Langley to one satellite and from satellite to drone.
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Iran to Move Nuclear Facilities to Safer Location
The AP has reported that Iran might be moving their uranium enrichment facilities, as safety becomes an issue. Iran is reportedly concerned against a Western strike on their facilities. Neither Israel nor the US have ruled out a possible military …
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Israeli aide: US will lose standing if Iran gets nuclear weapons – Washington Times
Washington TimesIsraeli aide: US will lose standing if Iran gets nuclear weapons
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Zalman Shoval, a senior adviser to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and a former ambassador to the US, says Middle Eastern nations, with the exception of Israel, will lose confidence in the US if Iran develops nuclear weapons. …
Israel Rightly Mum About Iran Attack PlansHuman Events
Israel tells Iran: Choose between a bomb or survivalNational Post (blog)
Israel woes over Iran’s hunt of US dronePress TV
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