Iran Revolutionary Guards take over Gulf Naval Forces

An American intelligence report claims that Iran's Revolutionary Guards Corps has been given command over Iran's navel operation in the Straights of Hormuz and in the Persian Gulf. With the command transfer,...

Choksy on Iran: 'situation very grave for Iranian people'

Indiana University professor of Iranian Studies and specialist on Iranian history and religions, Jamsheed Kairshasp Choksy, thinks the situation is very grave for the Iranian people. " "I think the situation is...

French Open Military Base in Persian Gulf

On Tuesday, France opned its first military base in the Persian Gulf.  This decision by President Zarkosi underlines France's desire to have a strategice influence in the area.  The decision will capture...

Obama Causes Writer to Worry About Israel

In an American Thinker opinion piece today, Cliff Thier expresses grave concern about the future of Israel and worries that President Barack Obama will use U.S. Air Force assets to prevent Israeli forces from...

The Mumbai Attacks and the Militaries of the USA, India and Pak

aangirfan Friday, Feb 27, 2009 Taj, Mumbai, 2008 The CIA, and its friends, may have used Pakistani military officers in the November 2008 attack on Mumbai? India claims that Pakistani officers have links to the Mumbai shootings. Pakistani Army colonel ‘was involved’ in...

20,000lb Spy Satellite - Plummeting Uncontrolled to Earth

I don't know about you, but I plan on keeping a watchful eye toward the heavens, and an ear on the radio over the next few weeks.  Coming out of Washington today, Associated Press is reporting that yet...

Scarlett Johansson to Please US Troops, with Tour of Mideast

Hollywood starlet and Woody Allen muse, Scarlett Johansson, is sure to raise the 'spirits' of US troops when she participates in a USO tour of the Mideast."some of those serving around the Persian Gulf region will...

Mischievous 'Filipino Monkey' could have triggered latest US-Iran row

"A heckling radio ham, known as the Filipino Monkey, who has spent years pestering ships in the Persian Gulf, is being blamed today for sparking a major diplomatic row after American warships almost attacked Iranian patrol boats. The US navy came within seconds of firing at...

Teaching In Dubai

I’ve recently researched the possibility and advantages of teaching in Dubai. As one of the richest, if not the richest gulf states, the United Arab Emirates pays the highest for its foreign teachers. There are a lot of myths out there about teaching in Dubai, but Dubai...

Virtual Slavery: Migrant Workers in Persian Gulf Work in Horrific Conditions,...

The article reports that poor workers from small Asian countries are lured into labor camps. They often pay $1,000 to $2,000 for travel costs or visas to get to the jobs.Their employers take their passports, making them literally imprisoned in a strange land."Migrant workers...

The USA's Misplaced Trust in Saudi Arabia

Why did the American government make a weapon selling deal worth $20 billion with Saudi Arabia? Saying that Saudi Arabia's efforts to fight Islamic terrorism are unconvincing is an understatement. Yesterday at the...

Russian intelligence sees U.S. military buildup on Iran border

"MOSCOW, March 27 (RIA Novosti) - Russian military intelligence services are reporting a flurry of activity by U.S. Armed Forces near Iran's borders, a high-ranking security source said Tuesday. "The latest...

US Carriers Headed to Gulf

"Hot on the heels of a post I wrote about the Bush admin. hyping Iran as a threat ("Iran -- The Next War?"), I came across this Newsweek story posted at Think Progress (emphasis theirs):"At least one former White House official contends that some Bush advisers secretly want...

How to build an atom bomb. By the US Government

"Last March, the federal government set up a Web site to make public a vast archive of Iraqi documents captured during the war. The Bush administration did so under pressure from Congressional Republicans who said they hoped to “leverage the Internet” to find new...

closeSign in to NowPublic

is reporting from