Apparantly learning from the fall of long-ruling regimes in Tunisia and Egypt, Bahrain’s military took control of the capital Thursday, February 17, 2011, only hours after riot police firing birdshot, rubber bullets and teargas stormed an anti-government protest camp, killing at least five people and wounding more than 230. The Bahrain government, dominated by the…
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Iran Crosses Into Iraq to Hit Rebels
Iranian forces crossed the border into northern Iraq to strike at a Kurdish Iranian rebel group in retaliation for a bombing inside Iran that killed 12 in a military parade in the town of Mahabad. Iran claimed to have killed 30 rebels on the Iraqi side of the border.
Israel-Iran War Draws Closer
On August 21, 2010, Iran, with Russian aid, began inserting the fuel rods into the Bushehr reactor. Some analysts believed that Israel would not risk an attack after August 21 for because of the risk of serious nuclear contamination throughout the Gulf region if the reactor were to be destroyed. However, other analysts see evidence…
Iran Reactor: Will Israel Attack the Bushehr Reactor?
Russian sources associated with that nation’s assistance program with Iran’s nuclear program announced that by August 21, 2010, the fuel rods necessary to power the Bushehr nuclear reactor will be installed. Some analysts, such as John Bolton, former U.S. ambassador to the U.N., believe that announcement creates a deadline by which Israel will attack the…
Iran, Syria, and Hezbollah may be preparing for a summer, 2010 war against Israel
A new article at Debka.com relates concerns that Iran, Syria, and Hezbollah may be preparing for a summer, 2010 war against Israel. See the article at Debka.com’s site: http://www.debka.com/article/8745/ And the History Guy page at http://www.historyguy.com/iranwar.htm
Iran War Creeping Upon Us
The world is slowly creeping toward the long-awaited and long-feared Iran War. What is this ‘Iran War?” At some point, Iran will be attacked, most likely by Israel, perhaps less likely by the United States or some coalition of Western powers. But the ongoing concerns regarding Iran’s continued nuclear weapons development and the collapse of…
Saudi Air and Artillery Strikes in Aid of Yemen
The Sa’dah insurgency in northern Yemen began in June of 2004 with a rebellion led by the Shiite cleric Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi, head of the Shi‘a Zaidiyyah sect. Most of the fighting has taken place in Sa’dah Governorate (province) in northwesternmost Yemen. In November of 2009, the Sa’ada insurgency took on an alarming new dimension, as Saudi…
Iran’s Baluchi Rebels Bomb Revolutionary Guard
Iran is far from a homogenous nation. The Islamic Republic has many ethnic and religious minority groups, and many of them chafe under Tehran’s rule. The Baluchis of southeastern Iran (like their ethnic kin across the border in Pakistani Baluchistan), want freedom from the central government, and are conducting a guerrilla/terrorist war to achieve their…
Iran War Scenarios Grow
The news out of the Pittsburgh G-20 Summit about the hitherto secret Iranian nuclear facility, coupled with Iranian missile tests near the Yom Kippur Jewish holiday raise the fears of a Western Powers/Israeli pre-emptive attack on Iran. See http://www.historyguy.com/iranwar.htm for more information and links. http://www.historyguy.com/iranwarsbookstore.htm
Iran War Scenarios and Analysis
The Iran War Scenarios and Analysis page is now up and running. This page will track current news, rumors, and analysis related to possible attacks on Iran by the United States and/or Israel. http://www.historyguy.com/iranwar.htm