BRAZIL: Exercising Nuclear Diplomacy

"Brazil's on-going nuclear program lends proof that the use of diplomacy to assure a country's peaceful intentions, remain an essential thread to the survival of humanity."

"Einstein told us that one day agreements
would become essential...The time is now."-M.B.
newspress

"If you can enrich to 5 percent, you're decades away from enriching to 90 percent," Odair Dias Goncalves, president
of the Brazilian Nuclear Energy Commission, explains. "You need a whole new technology that we don't have."

"To further elaborate"....
Brazil says its plant will be capable of enriching natural uranium to less than 5 percent uranium-235, (an isotope needed to fuel its two reactors)...
Warheads need ore that has been enriched to 95 percent uranium-235, a material..Brazil says it can't and won't produce.~~~~~~Many crucial differences exist between Brazil's current nuclear production, & Iran's defiant stance:

Brazil doesn't cheat on the Nonproliferation Treaty and does not exist in an area of high tension. In fact, it is safe to say that Brazil has NEVER been in a war (unless, you count 1870.) Brazil essentially has NO geopolitical enemies! (Wish I could say that of the United States.)

Brazil hasn't threatened to remove any country, and its peaceful constitution bans the military use of nuclear energy.
~~~~~~~~Current Nuclear FactsBrazil has the world's sixth-largest uranium reserves, but until the plant becomes operational, it can't use the fuel for energy without shipping it to and from URENCO, the European enrichment consortium. The government-run Industrias Nucleares do Brasil S.A. has been conducting final tests at the enrichment plant, built on a former coffee plantation in Resende, 90 miles west of Rio de Janeiro. When it opens this year, Brazil will join the world's nuclear elite.
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Framboise et Mascarpone!

For Variation: click-image!~~~~~~The "giant-sized" raspberries are here!...(And you really must try Mascarpone!)~~~~ You won't need an ice-cream maker!Ingredients:serves six~1/2 cup sugar
~Scant 2 cups Water
~1 Lemon finely grated zest & juice
~2 cups Raspberries, (plus extra to decorate!)
~2- 1/2 cups Mascarpone Cheese
How to:1. Gently heat sugar and water in sauce-pan bring to boil
2. Add lemon zest, juice; gently boil 3 min. till syrup -& cool
3. Crush raspberries lightly (fork), but not puréed, stir rest of sugar
4. Beat Mascarpone (Large bowl) till smooth slowly add lemon syrup
5. By hand: Pour mascarpone mixture into freezer container;
Freeze: 3-4 hrs, beating twice as thickens
6. Spoon crushed raspberries onto ice-cream (Using metal spoon)
Fold until rippled. Make sure to reach corners, too! :)
7. Freeze several hours or overnight until firm
8. Scoop the ice cream into glasses, decorate with extra raspberries! Enjoy!DesertLightjournal
hosts:
Carnival of the Recipes #89~~~~~~~~~~~

Iran's New Assembly-line Missiles

"From out of the sky come launchers...
Fresh off the assembly-line!"
NovostiRussia's Tu-160 Blackjack bombers and Tu-95 BearsIt is claimed that: On April 22, Russia’s military planes
(Above) flew undetected through the U.S. zone of the Arctic Ocean
to Canada (during recent military exercises) with U.S. investigating
how the military was unable to detect the Russian bombers...*Routine, Peaceful mission
Iran receives 'missile shipment'
9:14- AM, Thu Apr 27. 2006(As is reported by Haaretz.)In February, a German diplomat, citing his country's
intelligence data, confirmed a German newspaper report
which stated that Iran had purchased 18 disassembled BM-25s
from North Korea. Iran has now received a shipment...~~~~ The BM-25, capable of carrying a nuclear warhead; also
known as SSN6 (originally manufactured in Soviet Union) "After the Russians decommissioned the SSN6, the
missiles were sold to North Korea, which adapted them to
carry a heavier payload", the newspaper's military affairs
correspondent said. -Complete list of Soviet's bombs.
"Can't find the satellite images, of which show
enrty of these OLD Soviet bombs."
Meanwhile...Iran's new PMisagh 1; anti-aircraft missile
Iran's new 'flying boat' continues to be sharpened in
its ability to track the target with extreme precision, missiles;
firing capabilities carried out by a single in-flight maneuver;
(Claimed to be in "mass-production" & made exclusively in Iran)
And as with the Russian technology (above) completely
"Undetectable by any Naval or aerial radar tracking systems."~~~~Can you imagine what is going on for this guy,
who just finished his report for the IAEA?"
International Atomic Energy Agency
(head) Mohammed ElBaradei(More later)Iranian test facility expansionLinked with:Outside the beltway:
Beltway Traffic JamBasil’s: Articles of InterestFriday at: JoscafeJay at: stoptheaclu

Cult Misrepresentations of Islam

The full text of Prince Turki Al-Faisal’s speech to the
Oxford University PPE Society, can be found here~UPDATE: Kingdom's oil initiatives: 4.27.06
Speech to the Oxford PPE Society:
“Terrorism – threats and challenges”11/10/2005:Excerpt:Do I believe that if the problems of Palestine and Iraq
were resolved, Al Qaeda and other similar movements would
disappear into the night never to be heard of again?
Do I believe that?
.... I don’t.
One of the best known Quronic verses tells us.
"Whoever kills a person has killed the whole of humanity."
There is no faith - and that includes Islam -that condones
the taking of innocent life and that celebrates suicide.
These terrorists claim to be faithful to Islam and faithful to
God but they are not. This is not Islam and these acts are
absolutely not the will of God. Their twisted vision is alien
to the healthy body of the faith that holds the world's
Muslim community together. It is a wicked perversion
of the common values of all faiths. Read more
Our views about Israel, differ; however his speech explains about
those who form cults around the principals of Islam....Similarly
as does the ideology of Bin Laden. A cult of hate, in which everyone
is a target. Nothing is sacred to these organizations. Not age, not
race, not religion. "Al-Qaeda will attack Christian, Jew, or Muslim
without distinction. They care only to spread chaos."And another, who stands against fraudulent Islam:
Islam is innocentThe Dunces of Doomsday :
10 Blunders That Gave Rise to
Radical Islam, Terrorist Regimes,
And the Threat of an American Hiroshima~~~~~ Meanwhile, in Iraq...During a meeting in Najaf, the ayatollah told Mr Maliki
Newly elect, Prime Minister he had to end bombings,
drive-by shootings and kidnappings, fight corruption
and restore electricity and clean drinking water."On the double!"
Ayatollah Ali Sistani, one of Iraq's most senior Shia clerics, has
called for the next government to dismantle militias operating in
the country. The grand ayatollah said only the government should
have weapons, and its forces. read more. And in
the land of Islam; read about what is:
permissible and forbidden
BBC's Jim Muir in Baghdad says the attacks indicate that
there is clearly a campaign against Sunni politicians trying to
take part in the government...

AUDIO: Sanctions or Pro-Reform Force

Iran threatens retaliative strikes as it
threatens to withdraw from IAEA relations:~~~~click-on-photograph-(will open to another window)AUDIO
-MOVING TOWARD SANCTIONS-Excellent audio; listen through to the end!
N.Y. Traders- and continuing oil ciaos- 4-27-06Threats: "I have clearly said that if you impose sanctions, Iran will suspend its relations with the IAEA," he said. "This is what you will get [by imposing sanctions]. Will it help this problem? If you are seekingto put Iran within the framework [of international law] because of itsnuclear case, you should reach an agreement on this framework with Iran. You cannot design a framework for us by force."-Ali Larijani

~Rice Cuts Trip Short...(see Turkey briefing- below)
Prague (RFE/RL)U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Riceexpressed her displeasure with Tehran'sstance in (above) remarks today; in Athens... Rice response:
"I think that what the Iranian statements do is to further
Iran's isolation from the international community," she said...
"Threatening the international community, that you will walk
out of treaty obligations, that you'll throw the IAEA out
because the world demands that you demonstrate that your
nuclear programs are, indeed, peaceful and not on the way to
a nuclear weapon, is very emblematic of the kind of Iranian
behavior that we've seen over the past couple of years."-Rice~~~~~~~~~~-Incidentally: U S Dollar- EuroStatement: Russian financial advisor: Alexei KudrinWASHINGTON, April 21-Novosti - Russia cannot consider the dollar as a reliable reserve currency because of its instability, the finance minister said Friday. "This currency has devalued by 40% againstthe euro in recent years," Alexei Kudrin told a news conference inWashington on the occasion of the opening spring session of theInternational Monetary Fund...~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
NOTE:Today's Briefing in Turkey-(From above)
With Rice approval of Turkey’s attitude towards the Cyprus issue,Rice also pledged a thorough investigation on possible “legal”channels to end isolation policies on the administration inNorth Cyprus... (A cold shoulder was read in the capital, asthey printed that Rice issued an ultimatum to the administrationin Southern Cyprus not to impede Turkey’s advancement towards the E.U.
Personal Perspective
Turkey meeting: A restive Turkish Kurdistan, could
strengthen Islamist forces in Turkey, destabilizing Turkish
Democracy and weakening the secular traditions of Kemal Ataturk,
pulling Turkey even further from the possibility of EU membership,
giving rise to the demand for an Islamist Turkey, if not, hopefully,
for a revival of the Khilafat (Caliphate) abolished by Kemal
Ataturk in 1920. A Turkish civil war on the lines of what
happened in Algeria, cannot be ruled out entirely.~~~~~~
Linked with: Basil's: Articles of InterestThursday at: Jo's CafeBlogs for Condi: Interview With Sean HannityAmerican's: For Dr. Rice

MEXICO'S: New Drug Legalization Laws

Seized at the border-David Maung/APUpdated: 8:46 p.m. ET April 28, 2006
If it wasn't enough to worry about the masses of illegals
coming into our country that we cannot even identify...
America now can add a more lucrative Drug environment
at our borders...with Mexico's, NEW DRUG LAWS!
New laws in Mexico: Passed by Mexico’s Senate on a 53-26 vote
with one abstention, had already been approved in the lower
house of Congress and was sent to the desk of Mexico's
President Vicente Fox for his signature.~~~~New laws which inclue 2- 1/2 pounds of Peyote,
LSD, MDA, ecstasy, heroin, etc.. With a country
that has proven in numbers, its preference to
jump the system into a level of illegality,
this is just a marker with which to be exceeded.
New legalization laws.
“No charges will be brought against ... addicts or consumers
who are found in possession of any narcotic for personal use,”
according to the Senate bill, which also lays out allowable
quantities for a large array of other drugs, including LSD,
MDA, ecstasy — about two pills’ worth, — and amphetamines.
Some of the amounts are eye-popping: Mexicans would be allowed
to possess 2.2 pounds of peyote, the button-sized hallucinogenic
cactus used in some native Indian religious ceremonies.~~~~View images of "the drug suppliers" which greatly
challenge our borders: Mexico the Next Lebanon.While we campaign billions of dollars against the war on
drugs, Mexico is intent on culling theirs.Mass Mexican-import of poverty, doesn't need
an easier drug circulation!!~~~~Statement from Drug treatment expert in Mexico:"This is going to increase addictions in Mexico,” said Ulisis Bon,
a drug treatment expert in Tijuana, where heroin use is rampant.
“A lot of Americans already come here to buy medications they
can’t get up there ... Just imagine, with heroin.”~~~~~~~~Linked with:Outsidethebeltway:
Beltway Traffic jamJos cafe on Wednesday Wizbang's: Carnival LXI!Uncooperativeblogger:
May 1st Boycott Back On

Secretary Rice: Iraq, Militias, OBL

"First let me just be very clear. This isn't U.S. policy toward
Iran, all right? This is the policy of the Security Council of
the United Nations toward Iran." -Sec. Rice~~~~-Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice-
"I admire the strengths of this woman, in times
of a show-down, and equally amidst our allies."-M.B.
Rice chats with: Prince Saud Al Faisal at the Jeddah~~~~Secretary Rice and Foreign Minister Saud Al-Faisal discuss the
objectives of the Strategic Dialogue - strengthening, deepening,
broadening, and institutionalizing the historic relationship
that has bound the two countries for over sixty years.~~~~Off to Greece and Turkey and then to a NATO ministerial in
Bulgaria. Rice answers a few questions about Iraq's quelling
of the militias, the new Iraqi Prime Minister, and her
opinion about the new bin Laden tape.~~~~On-the-Record Briefing -
April 24, 2006
En Route Athens, GreeceFull Transcript: usinfo.state.gov
-QUESTION-
On the bin Laden tape, what do you make of it?
What's your reaction? Is he still trying to seem relevant?
Does the U.S. still think that he is relevant and also what
do you say to critics that said our efforts in Iraq are
taking away from actually capturing him?~~~~SECRETARY RICE: Well, first of all, there is -- all the time,
every day, all the time, an effort to continue to degrade and
round up the al-Qaida network, including efforts against Osama
bin Laden. But the effort is more than one man. This is about
disabling the al-Qaida network. It is the scores of important
field generals of al-Qaida that have been put out of commission
one way or another in the last three and a half years, and
that's the real story of dealing with al-Qaida... read more
-QUESTION-If I could just ask you to follow up on something that you said
on Saturday. You were talking about the importance of quelling
militias or bringing militias under the government authority in
Iraq. Do you see the rise of militias now as a greater threat
to the long-term stability of Iraq than the insurgency?~~~~SECRETARY RICE: The Iraqi people, for the first time, have a frame-
work to control sectarian militias, With the selection of Jawad
al-Maliki as Iraq's prime minister-designate to head a permanent
government, "the Iraqis actually have a framework in which to
deal with those militias; that is, a permanent government,
permanent armed forces and police forces, and opportunity
to get a ministry of interior that will not be sectarian in
its orientation but national in its orientation." read moreclick-image-to-enlarge-Newly elect: Prime Minister-Jawad al-Maliki Rice Hails Choice of Iraqi
Prime Minister as "Important Milestone"~~~~Linked with:
outsidethebeltwayBeltway Traffic JamBasil's: Articles of InterestWizbang's: Donald Rumsfeld in Baghdad

Mexico: Raging in America's Streets

UNITED STATES, PROTECT YOUR SOVEREIGNTY!!ht: II.orgThe Mexican government is deliberately and systematically working to destabilize and undermine the very fabric and framework of American society (link).
Please check out the NumbersUSA
Vote Day Action Page: Updates throughout week.
Please read: The United Mexican States. April 10, 2006- illegals: Mobilizing for action!

"On May 1st, the Mexican Government and it's citizens,
are planning a nation-wide street closure in 100 major
cities across America. Considering those countries
where there have been outbursts of civil unrest,
I urge you, go now: interactive notify!
-READ about other areas of the World:
MOROCCO'S ILLEGAL MIGRANTS
Around the Spanish enclaves of Melilla and Ceuta on the northern
Moroccan coast, sub-Saharan Africans began to rush, razor-wire
fences in an effort to gain entry to the country. A Geneva-based
intergovernmental group, assisted in another flight, arranged
by the International Organization for Migration.
Intelligence studies suggest that around 20,000 immigrants
are in Algeria determined to begin their journey to Morocco
and then Ceuta and Melilla, with another 10,000 waiting in
Morocco," Mr Frattini said. "Illegal migrants who make it
into Spanish territory will, in many cases, move on to other
member states, be it France, the Netherlands or the U.K.

The border fences at the Spanish enclaves, relics of the colonial era,
were facing "massive and coordinated" assaults by migrants. Senior
Commission officials visited the region last weekend after violent
clashes and fatalities as migrants tried to scale razor-wire barriers.

Taking the total number of Malians deported on four flights of 639,
with another 689 (Wednesday and Thursday)Senegalese deported
on five flights earlier in the week. The migrants received blankets,
shoes or small bags filled with bread and milk for the flights home.
Plain clothed policemen stood by at the Oujda airport to see them
onto the plane. It is essential for the safety and survival of their
country, that they enforce their laws to protect their sovereignty
by effectively addressing the daily over-flow.~~~~~~ Had this been implemented earlier, France may not
have been overwhelmed with high unemployment,
destruction, and major setback towards third world.
~OVERWHELMED~
Comparison of America's 20th century growth rateClick of the mouse: fax from here!Read Wizbang's links!
May 1 Illegal Immigration Protesters
Hope to Close Cities~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~I have created this post for: The Guard the Borders Blogburst. It is syndicated by Euphoric Reality, and serves to keep immigration issues in the forefront of our minds as we’re going about our daily lives and continuing to fight the war on terror. If you are concerned with the trend of illegal immigration in our country, join the Blogburst! Send an email with your blog name and url
to euphoricrealitynet at gmail dot com.

The Flowerbed

((closer look: click-on-photo))
”How Lovely to be in an eccentric family,
whose idea of a “flower-bed” is just perfect for
an “in-door” cat, like me.” - xoxo butterscotch~~~~"It's Friday Catblogging"Time for the Modulator's...Friday Ark #84!~~~~Furry Paws
hosts
Laurence Simon's
"Carnival of the Cat's #110!

Hamas Approval: Iran’s Energy & Bombs

LGFClick-image- FOLLOW VIDEO

"We, the Palestinian People, Are in Favor

of Iran Having a Nuclear Bomb" "Talk about chilling and Awful!"
Pictured here: rally...
Anwar Raja - PFLP Rep in Lebanon:Excerpt-The Muslim, Iranian, fighting people now possess nuclear capabilities. "My brother, the Iranian representative sitting here, let me tell you that we, the Palestinian people, are in favor of Iran having a nuclear bomb, not just energy for peaceful purposes!"~~~~"America may be a lot of different things,
but naive is not one of them...It hadn't occurred
to me that "Peaceful Purposes" was in their plan."
"Not with a slogan like that, below!"
WAJ"Allah is our objective. The Prophet is our leader.The Qur'an is our law. Jihad is our way. Dying in the way of Allah is our highest hope.~~~~UPDATE:If you think the Hamas Video was bad:
al-Qaida's Zarqawi is in the NEWS
StoptheACLU, Posts this link to more Muslim
hate in a VIDEO of al-Qaida Leader:
Zarqawi appears in rare Web videoExpose the Left has the Video: at his site~~~~Wizbang posts some translations:
Video of Zarqawi on Internet~~~~Greyhawk at: Mudvillegazette Outsidethebeltway’s: Beltway Traffic Jamin the bull pen: Hamas and Sudan Distance from OBLprosandcons: Terrorists gravitate towards each other
Basil's: Articles of interest | Jo's Monday

Equality Between All U.S. Immigrants

"Uh-- excuse...excuse me, please!..Just one minute!
"If Mexican Immigrants are temporary, we might
just as well make them eligible to vote in 08."- Ted~~~~Speeches, Legislation...Laws for new Immigrants...
Our government assumes that all of America's
Immigrants are from Mexico, as they prioritize
by race. This not only violates our principals, but also leaves
millions who patiently go through the process of
citizenship, at an unfair disadvantage. ~~~~The accurate count of immigrants who await U.S.
citizenship in this country, exceeds the count of Mexico.~~~~"The thread of Democracy is a delicate one, with its
enduring quality being: 'the ability to regard people
of all race and creed, as equal'.
Likewise, a Country with true Democracy has the
first responsibility to protect its citizen's sovereignty.
Its duty is to suppress insurrections
and repel Invasions." -M.B. ~~~~~~~ International law requires four criteria for a
functioning, sovereign state: Permanent population,
a recognized territory, a functioning government
and the capability to conduct international relations.~~~~U.S. Constitution Article 4 Section 4:
"The United States shall guarantee to every State
in this Union a Republican Form of Government, and
shall protect each of them against Invasion;"~~~~
U.S. Constitution Article 1 Section 8 Clause 15:
"The Congress shall have Power to provide for
calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws
of the Union, suppress insurrections
and repel Invasions;" Linked with: Basil's: Articles of interest | Jo's Monday~~~~Visit Heidi at Guard the borders...A link to her site below:
I have just participated in the Guard the Borders Blogburst. It was started by Euphoric Reality, and serves to keep immigration issues in the forefront of our minds as we’re going about our daily lives and continuing to fight the war on terror. If you are concerned with the trend of illegal immigration facing our country, join our Blogburst! Just send an email with your blog name and url to
euphoricrealitynet at gmail dot com.

Forever Etched In the Grids

(click-full-size)
This Photo was sent to my friend Ellie, taken
by friends from Ireland, on their boat tour of NYC...~~~~The photo (taken on 6. 14. 05) clearly shows the shadows of
two towering buildings that are no longer standing in the
city. The picture has not been digitally tampered with."Amazing.""Again, click on image for full size"~~~~Basil's: Articles of InterestJo's: Over the Weekend Linked by: amboytimes

Decoding the Scrolls- VIDEO

Image: Courtesy © vulcan-06Click-on-photo to View VIDEO!
Something interesting
for Earth Day
National Geographic: April 10, 2006— Digitally archived texts, now being decoded, found centuries ago in the in the ancient Roman village of Herculaneum!... The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D 79 entombed the town in lava and ash, but the blackened papyruses survived! (Barely)
Click on the image (above) Watch a short video by National Geographic! This interesting VIDEO shows new technology (developed by NASA)employed to reveal the scrolls' hidden words.~~~~A record of the destruction of Herculaneum and Pompeii isfound in Marcus Aurelius (121-180 AD) and in Dio Cassius (AD 150-235). This last author also reports that the ashes of the eruption reached Africa (the modern Libya), Syria and Egypt, and caused pestilence.
The memory of the lost cities lasted for centuries. The vestiges of a lost town called "La Civita" (from the latin Civitas-town) were commonly found by farmers. The systematic excavation of Pompeii started only in the XVIII century by the order of Charles III, King of the Two Sicilies.~~~~

Message of Hope- (VIDEOS)

Link: On Earth Day, hope for the environment!As we celebrate Earth Day this Saturday,
here are some very positive improvements:~~~~Excerpt: ~Air pollution has decreased 50 percent overall, with sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides dropping steadily.~~~~~Lakes in the Northeast are recovering from their earlier dousing with acid rain.~~~~~Cars no longer burn leaded gasoline.~~~~~Ozone-destroying chlorofluorocarbons
(CFCs) have been generally phased out.~~~~~Endangered species, including bald eagles, wolves, and grizzly bears, have rebounded.~~~~Read the rest "There exist, environmental conditions which are
beyond our control, but the practice (below) must end...
In areas of our world, in the quiet rhythm of life in the frozen Antarctic, we must end a practice that does not "Aid in 'keeping down seal populations'.. in fact, world experts agree that the size of this hunt puts the harp seal population at risk, and the increasingly high annual quota for hunting seals is regularly exceeded by sealers."-M.B. -Click-image-(above or below)-to-enlarge-
VIDEO-1
VIDEO-2
VIDEO-3
(Some parts- 2 & 3- sensitive endings)
"Please go to site (below) & support... Thank you"..M.B.www.stopthesealhunt.comLinked with:Basil's Picnic | Jo'scafe~~~~Wizbang's: Carnival LX

IRAN: Their Sabotage and Misconceptions

In what has been determined by Iran as 'empty talk'...Iranian Defense Minister, Mostafa Mohammad Najjar spokein Azerbaijan about the use of force by United State's to halt their nuclear program: Source: © Reuters-Ltd Netscape04/20/06 08:40Mostafa Mohammad Najjar told reporters:~~~~"The United States has been threatening Iran for 27 years andthis is not new for us, therefore we are never afraid of U.S.threats... If you take into account the fact that they are not doing anything, this shows it is just talk. We are ready to resolve all issues through negotiations (but) if we areconfronted with something, we are ready to deal with it."~~~~Iran's Deadly Misconceptions:
"Nearly "The Entire International Community" has
confronted him on this issue...(which still gives me the impression
that the U. S. is being baited for a strike, to justify an full attack
on Israel.) Perhaps we're the least of his worries. Ahmadinejad
might just take a look at his own country, censored from
expressing division on his leadership; and their worry of
coming under US or Israeli military strikes.
Ahmadinejad, who wishes to appear (in eyes of Iranian citizens)
as Iran's nationalist leader, Dr. Mohammad Mosaddeq (who
nationalized Iranian oil in the early 1950's) has failed...~~~~On April 18th- 19th:
Ahmadinejad militiamen
Shoot up another family town:One thing clear, is his continuing sabotage of Iraq:
Read this post, by an Iraqi dentist, who maps the violence,
as it leads back to Iran… Street Battles in Adhamiya
"One resident recalled a voice broadcast over a nearby
mosque's loudspeakers shouting: "Go for jihad! Defeat
these aggressors!" Ahmadinejad militiamen's typical style
has been to round up the Sunnis and execute them...~~~~Iran keeping Iraq on the boil… How they believe that this,
and an upset to the relatively stable Kurdish north area
(coveted by the Turks) will stave off action against their
nuclear program, I do not understand...~~~~Azerbaijan (a Caspian Sea state on Iran's northern border)
is an ally of Washington, who has run joint exercises with the
U.S. military. Azerbaijan's President, Ilham Aliev, is to fly to
Washington next week at the invitation of the White House.
Linked with: Iran Doesn’t Think We’re SeriousWizbang's: Carnival LXBasil's: Articles of Interest Jo's cafe: Weekend posts Behind the Baghdad clashes-pajamasmedia