Central Command Chief Resigns??

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Does this mean that things are going to turn bad and we're going to heat things up with Iran?

Breaking: Central Command Chief Resigns (Updated) | Danger Room from Wired.com

Hezbollah in Lebanon

Photo Credit: ortonesque

If this is correct? it is definitely something to watch for this summer. 

Counterterrorism Blog: A Hezbollah Coup Attempt This Summer?

This week, MEMRI issued a report entitled "Possible eruption of violent crisis in Lebanon after July 15." The report either cites or quotes previous reports published by Lebanese and Arab media, both pro and anti-Syro-Iranian.  Read More...

Technorati Tags: Middle East, International Affairs, Hezbollah

Iran Behind Cartoon-Rage Riots??

Is it possible that the riots that happened in Lebanon that resulted in the burning of the Danish Embassy, were orchestrated by Iran? I don't know if I buy into this theory, but is interesting.

Related:
WorldNetDaily: Iranian fingerprints on cartoon-rage riots?

Technorati Tags: Conspiracy, Middle-East, Muslim, Riots

Part of Arafat's Money found

It appears that the US goverment has found about half of the reported $8bn missing from the Palestinian Authority.DebkaFile is reporting that the US has run to ground part of Arafat’s secret business empire that sprawled far and wide, ranging from telecommunications companies in Brazil to Guinea Bissau’s national airline and a coffee plantation in Zimbabwe. And that Rice told Abu Mazen that he should take back control of Palestinian Investment Fund were large parts of these funds came from or else the PA would not get any more funds from the World the Bank.

Eighty percent of international donations accumulated over nearly a decade appear to have been invested for profit. A portion of the profits supported Arafat’s corrupt entourage of cronies, hangers-on and their life style. Not much was left over for creating jobs or building hospitals.

Link DebkaFile article

Is this the long awaited "Domino Effect"?

Does Lebanon show that the neo-con's had some of there malarkey proven correct? With the fall of Lebanon it appears that their is a domino effect at work here. While it isn't that simple, this has been brewing for awhile now. I do give the devil his due. Some of what they said is coming true. Egypt also has said today that it will have some form of opposition parties in it next election. So change is in the wind in the Mid-East. But at a very high cost in blood.

Analysis from Debka

DebkaFile has an interesting take on killing of Former PM Rafiq Hariri: Syrian Military Intelligence Eliminates Hariri

Former Lebanon PM Killed

I find it interesting that this man was killed. The question that comes to mind is why? And why now? According to the BBC article on the event. He had resign from the goverment last October and was at odds with Syria. But why kill him now?

Here we go again!

Bush: World Must Speak with One Voice on Iran Nukes

President Bush (news - web sites) said on Wednesday Iran with a nuclear weapon would be a "very destabilizing" force and that it was important for the world to speak with one voice against Tehran's program.