World War

(RawStory) – UK troops trained by firing at ‘replica mosques’

A political and religious uproar has erupted in Great Britain over news that the British Army trained troops for the Afghanistan mission by having them fire on replica mosques. Read More Here

(WSWS) – Killings of Civilians in Afghanistan: US Special Forces Covered Up Massacre – Read More Here

(InfoClearingHouse) – Kyrgyzstan And The Battle For Central Asia – Rick Rozoff – Read More Here

Breaking News

(PressTV) – Israel launches ground incursion into Gaza Strip

Israel has launched a ground incursion into the Gaza Strip with its troops entering the south of the long-blockaded coastal sliver.

Israeli tanks and bulldozers advanced about 500 meters into the east of the southern city of Khan Yunis on Wednesday, Press TV correspondent in Gaza reported. Read More Here

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(PressTV) – Ahmadinejad: US bogged down, doomed to fail in region

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has said the United States is doomed to crumple as it is mired in a swamp in Iraq and Afghanistan. Read More Here

(AP) – Video: Top-secret Journey to Keep Nukes From Terrorists – View Video Here

(Xinhua) – China ‘deeply concerned’ over Kyrgyz situations – Read More Here

(BBC) – The day Kyrgyzstan’s anger boiled over

Scores of people lost their lives. More than 400 were injured. This is the day that changed the course of history in this small, mountainous former Soviet state. Read More Here

(ABC) – Kyrgyzstan: Coup in a U.S.-Allied Country?

Key Ally in Afghanistan War May Have Been Overthrown by Opposition Protestors Read More Here

(PressTV) – ‘If Israel attacks, Iran’s response instantaneous’

A senior Iranian official warns of immediate retaliation against Israel, should it dare to launch an attack on Iran. Read More Here

(PressTV) – Iran upset over Russia’s S-300 delivery delay

Iran’s foreign ministry spokesman expresses Tehran’s disappointment with continued delay in the delivery of the S-300 air defense missile system from Russia. Read More Here

(PressTV) – General says Israel too weak to launch Iran war

Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi says Israel is too weak to launch a war against Iran.
“They (Israelis) themselves have stressed on the fact that they could not enter into a war with Iran,” Vahidi told reporters in northeastern city of Orumieh on Wednesday.
He added “the Zionist regime is too weak to launch a war against Iran.” Read More Here

(RFERL) – UN Chief Calls For Total Nuclear Disarmament

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has urged world leaders to follow the example of Kazakhstan and “to realize the aspiration and dream of a world free of nuclear weapons.”

In Kazakhstan, on the last leg of his week-long Central Asian trip, Ban flew over the Ground Zero at the former nuclear-weapons test site at Semipalatinsk. Ban spoke humbly about the 450 atomic and hydrogen bombs detonated there and about the “terrible effect on people and nature.”

“They have totally destroyed our environment. Poisoned earth, rivers, and lakes, children suffering from cancer, birth defects,” Ban said.

Ban called on both U.S. President Barack Obama and his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev to make a “really fresh start” when they meet on April 8 in Prague to sign the successor to the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) between the Soviet Union and the United States.

Source: RFERL