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http://politicom.moldova.org/news/russia-needs-honest-discussion-of-molotovribbentrop-203328-eng.html
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So there is no failure of imagination…

Several weeks after the initial Israeli air strike … a) with the Straits jammed and... b)oil pipelines sabotaged throughout the UAE and... c) the UN and...

Iran starts to move more small boats to Strait of Hormuz (increasing #s to 500) adding to the 200 or so that were there. Iran then starts to redeploy Shahab-3, Zelzal 1 and Zelzal 2, M-11...

William F. Owen asks a reasonable and important question.

simple answer: existential belief and strategic thinking are one in Iran. they actually believe.

recent Ahmadinejad interview: ...

Suicide bombers disrupt Zakum oil field and explosions occur along pipelines throughout the UAE.

6 to 7 million barrels a day are now offline.

Within days the Dolphin Project (gas) is...

mines may effectively jam up the Straits and their potential should be reconsidered, not many mines need to be laid for insurance companies to see risk...

review....
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President Obama holds a press briefing stating it is imperative that Iran remove mines from the Strait of Hormuz and calls on Ahmadinejad to restore "unfettered" shipping in the Strait immediately. ...

The USS Nimitz CSG with CVW 11 is notified to prepare for operation “right of passage” along with the USS Bataan Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) conducting a...

UN Security Council convenes in several emergency sessions as oil prices continue to rise. Pressure mounts to clear the Strait of Hormuz and resume cargo shipments.

(Russia benefits as market...

Financial markets open and oil starts heading towards $100 barrel, insurance rates sky rocket for tanker and cargo ships in the gulf

Iranians lay mines in the Strait of Hormuz