Saudi Southern Border Controlled
The Arab newspaper Alsharq Alaswat is reporting that their border with Yemen is now under their control. Jizan, Asharq Al-Awsat-Saudi military sources confirmed yesterday that many of the commanders of the Huthi infiltrators have been killed, while a number of others have been captured attempting to flee the conflict in disguise. This comes at the same time that the Royal Saudi Air Force is launching constant attacks against the Huthi insurgent’s strategic camps and fortifications, which sources confirmed were completely destroyed. Analysis. I don

Inquiry Finds Major British Failures in Iraq War Preparation
New documents have come to light as a result of the investigation in the United Kingdom into the war in Iraq. Not surprisingly, the papers show some level of deceit by the British government regarding the preparations to attack Iraq and make the planning and execution of the war look frighteningly bad. They show there was significant tension between the civilian administrators and the military commanders who wanted more resources, and that there was little planning for the post-Saddam situation. In fact, the unit set up for post-war planning wa

Iran Update, 26 Nov 09
These events have been reported to World Threats. Nov. 24 - Approximately 100 students from Ahwaz Free University were threatened with dismissal or long term suspensions by Discipline Committees of the university. This was in relation to their participation in the November Fourth protests that ended in the closure of the university. Nov. 24 - Karrobi has revealed that a rape victim whom he did not name has vanished after a meeting with the regime’s General Prosecutor. Karrobi added, “now it is not clear whether she is alive or dead. Mr. Eje-ee must speak up about this lady and her current status. Was she right? Did she lie? We don’t have any news of her.&#

LET Leader Openly Preaching in Pakistan
So much for the “crackdown” on the Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist group following the Mumbai attacks in November 2008.  The group’s founder, Hafiz Mohammed Saeed, is openly preaching to thousands of people in Lahore, Pakistan. And what sort of things was Saeed telling his followers? “Our rulers are the slave of America and have sold their conscience for a few dollars,” continued the diminutive former university teacher, his long beard dyed red with henna. As the article explains, the ISI has worked closely with LET, and Saeed also founded a gro

Yemeni Situation Update and the Hajj
Debka has two updates on the situation in Yemen and the Houthi Rebellion. First, Debka is reporting here that the Iranians are planning to deploy midget submarines to the area. This is apparently in response to the assignment of the USS Chosin to lead Task Force 151 patrolling the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden. The Yemeni conflict is fast evolving from a Houthi insurgency against the Abdullah Salah regime in Sanaa to a broad regional conflagration drawing in Saudi Arabia and Egypt as major players and increasingly the United States, whose involvement is building up into a direct confrontation with the rebels̵