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When it comes to Iran’s nuclear threat, the powers that be always conjure up worst-case scenarios. ‘But the underlying assumptions need to be questioned more thoroughly. Why would a nuclear Iran necessarily set off a nuclear arms race in the Middle East? The conventional wisdom is that the Sunni Arab powers fear the power of Shiite Persia, and [...]

After a short period of public doubt, the Indonesian National Police finally ascertained on September 19 that a DNA test has positively identified Noordin Mohammad Top as the man killed in a raid on a safe-house in the outskirts of Solo, Central Java on September 17. Top used to be with Jemaah Islamiyah, touted to be al-Qaeda in Southeast Asia. Ideological [...]

Evidence has surfaced showing the connection between the supporters of deposed President of Honduras Manuel Zelaya and the largest South American supplier of illegal drugs to North America: the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). This is the missing link that directly explains why Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has been openly working [...]

On Saturday, March 7, the Colombian Army seized at least four tons of explosives from rebels of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). Barrels containing explosives were discovered and confiscated during a military operation in Restrepo, southern Colombia. This is proof that the FARC, once a revolutionary group turned terrorist and drug [...]