The escalating crisis in Korea is summarized at http://www.historyguy.com/korean_crisis_2010.htm While the the fighting of Korean War of 1950-1953 ended with an armistice nearly 60 years ago, North and South Korea are still technically at war. Their ongoing hostilities have resulted in many incidents of violence over the years, with two particular incidents in 2010 pushing…
Korean Border Conflicts page updated to reflect recent North Korean Attack on Yeonpyeong Island. http://www.historyguy.com/korean_border_conflicts.htm
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…
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…
Korean tensions increase over South Korean ship attack by North Korea. The U.S. has 28,500 troops defending South Korea and a treaty obligation to aid the South in the event of war with North Korea. This one could get very, very, bad! North Korea’s military capabilities, especially with their active nuclear weapons arsenal, make the…
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…
Mossad Hacked Syrian Official’s Computer Before Bombing Mysterious Nuclear Facility From Wired November 3, 2009 Agents of Israel’s Mossad intelligence service hacked into the computer of a senior Syrian government official a year before Israel bombed a facility in Syria in 2007, according to Der Spiegel. The intelligence agents planted a Trojan horse on the…
North Korea launched five short-range missiles into the sea and declared a “no-sail zone” for the week of October 12. The missile launches came as South Korea called for more talks on the Korean Nuclear Issue. See also: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8302841.stm http://www.historyguy.com/korean_nuclear_crisis.htm
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
On May 28, the Chief of Staff of the United States Army declared that the U.S. has the ability to successfully fight a new war in Korea, despite fighting counter-insurgency wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. See the full article at: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_pentagon_nkorea Also, Chinese fishing boats fled the waters off of Korea in response…