Thursday 15 Feb 2007 Daily News

Republican calls for email and IM monitoring


FTC Urged to Boost Internet Oversight

Al-Qa'ida targets Canada


Now It's Personal: Al Qaeda Calls Bush an Alcoholic Liar


Judge rules government supply of marijuana is inadequate


China Flexes Its Muscle To Help Defuse North Korean Nuclear Crisis


Iraq closes borders with Iran and Syria


Expat wins top Iranian science award


Russia may scrap U.S. arms control treaty


U.S. to shun all members of Palestinian unity govt
"JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The United States will boycott all Palestinian unity government ministers, including non-Hamas members, unless international demands on policy towards Israel are met, a Palestinian official and diplomats said on Thursday."


Mortar bombs hit Mogadishu camp

Wensday Feb 14 2007 Daily News

Fleeing Taliban 'use children as shields'


Eleven dead in bomb attack

"ELEVEN people were killed when a car bomb ripped through a bus carrying members of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards in a sensitive south-eastern border province.
...
An attack of this size and nature - a bomb strike on an elite force in broad daylight in an open street - is unprecedented in Iran.
According to unconfirmed website reports, the attack was claimed by a shadowy Sunni militant group, Jundollah, which has been blamed for a string of armed incidents in the volatile Sistan-Baluchestan province."


Wall Street opens higher


UN envoy says Timor mission not over


Baghdad security crackdown begins


Nato strike targets Taliban leader


How the US is doing Iran's killing in Iraq


Nazi Roots for Iraq Super-Bombs

Tuesday Feb 13 2007 Daily News

Columnist testifies Rove confirmed Plame was CIA


Rep. Rohrabacher: Global Warming May Have Been Caused By ‘Dinosaur Flatulence’


Stem cell technique helps women grow their own implants


Avatars consume as much electricity as Brazilians


Teraflops chip points to future


Shoppers slaughtered in rampage


Almost 50% of Teens Screened for Mental Illness Tested "positive" & Referred for Intervention


Stolen kids turned into terrifying killers


Marathon North Korea Nuclear Talks Appear To Secure Breakthrough


Muslims continue protests over work at holy site


Olmert, Netanyahu clash over Hamas and Golan Heights


Fatal bus blasts rock Lebanon


Series of blasts hit Algeria


Bomber strikes near Baghdad college


Blast Hits Near U.S. Base in Japan


Taliban seize second district


Black Hawks down in Iraqi quagmire


Insurgents Stepping Up Efforts to Down U.S. Helicopters in Iraq


There Are Four Iraq Wars


North Korea to close nuclear reactor in return for aid


BofA aims new credit card at illegal immigrants: report

Monday Feb 11 2007 Daily News

Note: Obama will contrast his "Hope" outlook to the current adminstrations reliance on fear. Perhaps this will give him an edge over Hillary, and open new doors with younger voters. Time will tell. Now that the Neocons are losing their power and being disgraced, perhaps the Democrats will pull themselves together and restore the glory they had several centuries ago.

Obama launches presidential bid


Target Iran: US able to strike in the spring


3-D model shows big body of water in Earth's mantle


U.S.-led forces show evidence of Iran arms in Iraq


Jakarta flood clean-up could take months


Obama blasts Howard's 'empty rhetoric' over Iraq


One in three Brits 'confused' about sex


Number of temporary workers increasing (Australia)


Iran Claims New Stealth Drone That Can Attack US Gulf Fleet


Putin Stuns With Attack On US
Speech and the Following Discussion at the Munich Conference on Security Policy


Race Begins For Richest Military Deal Ever In India


Air Force Patents: Transmitting Speech by Radio Frequency (inside of your head)


U.S. cyber counterattack: Bomb 'em one way or the other


US ‘prepares for failure’ in Iraq surge


Bush slashes aid to poor to boost Iraq war chest


Pentagon unit defied CIA advice to justify Iraq war


Scores killed in Baghdad blasts

The Iran Situation

If we do attack Iran, then it won't be like in Iraq. Iran has it's own trained military and is a mountainous country. It would seem from older articles that if action is taken it will be a war via sea and air.

However, the command structures of the Airforce and Navy are much more bureaucratic, and use 2nd generation warfare tactics. Whereas in the current conflict Marines and Special Forces have adapted to the insurgents tactics by decentralizing themselves and their command structure; fighting a 3rd generation war without the strong hierarchy that takes too long to react. Combine this with the fortitude of the Iranian's spirits and we'd have a hard war on our hands, unless the military can adapt. We may not lose the war if it starts, but it will bog us military down even more and stretch it out far too much, leaving us open on the home front. Our homefront infrastructures are not secure enough.


Some history:
Navy Admiral Goes to CENTCOM: Be Very Afraid


You don't deploy Patriot missiles against rebels: is it Iran?


Russian admiral predicts impending US strike against Iran


US Iraq raid draws Iranian anger


Iran tests 'super-fast' torpedo


Iran 'makes own warplane'