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Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Israel Ready for war with Iran?


For Israel to carry out an attack on Iranian nuclear sites would have to overcome dissent within his governing coalition, which reflects the fear of people to start a war of unprecedented missile. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said any threat to Israel would be "small" at the prospect of an Iranian nuclear bomb, which he has described as the equivalent of a second Holocaust, in language that seems to announce a call from Jewish State to arms. However, the Conservative leader has not proven to be very persuasive.Although polls indicate that a growing minority of Israelis, who now stands between 32 and 35 percent are in favor of carrying a solo attack against Iran, many more opponents. Meanwhile, around a quarter of the population is undecided on the issue. Some commentators question whether the Jewish state, formed through decades of war, has become more fearful of the consequences of carrying out military action against Iran, a powerful enemy with allied Islamist guerrillas in Lebanon and Gaza could deal it a rain of missiles and rockets in retaliation. Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak, estimated that about 500 of his countrymen die after an attack on Iran, who has denied trying to develop nuclear weapons. These declines would be painful for a population of 7.8 million, but would not be on the same scale of deaths that left Israel's war of independence of 1948, which was 1 percent of its population, or large losses suffered in similar conflicts in 1967 and 1973. The difference is that this time Israel has about any possible retaliation by Iran, the Lebanese militia Hezbollah, Palestinian armed factions and perhaps Syria. A sophisticated missile shield could serve Israel to defend against some attacks, but those who overcome the barriers could potentially cripple its economy. Matan Vilnai, Minister of Civil Defense, told Israeli television Channel 10 that while the home front was not fully prepared for war, expects emergency drills in recent years have been able to help in that regard. Other reasons to resist Israeli war include the current U.S. opposition to join a war against Iran, Washington prefers diplomacy and confidence in Israel's deterrence. It is believed that Israel has the only nuclear arsenal in the region and has killed Iranian scientists through a campaign of sabotage. But tolerance of Israeli casualties, whether civilian or military, may also have declined. Its forces inflicted a death rate of 10 to 1 in the 2006 Lebanon war and a measure of 100 to 1 on the offensive carried out between 2008 and 2009 in the Gaza Strip. Last year, Netanyahu freed more than 1,000 Palestinian prisoners in exchange for Gilad Shalit unprecedented, an Israeli soldier held in Gaza. Martin van Creveld, a military historian who is critical of the government's position on Iran Netanyahu poses a deterioration of the suitability of Israel to face an enemy state. "Over 20 years of struggle against the weak has grown up in Israel a disgusting mixture of aggression and self-pity," says Van Creveld, referring to the military victory of the Lebanese and the Palestinians. Van Creveld wonders if the morale of Israel is prepared to assume the costs of a war against Iran. However, Philip Handleman, co-author of "Air Combat Reader - Historic Feats and Aviation Legends", believes that Israel is willing to confront Iran, but lacks the long-range bombers and aircraft refueling available to Americans. "I do not think Israel 'tell' with the subsequent U.S. military intervention, although this could happen. If Israel attacks take place would leave a (...) very basic survival instinct," said Handleman. Israeli public support for a war, once started, will depend on whether the patriotic sentiment swept the undecided and the voltage exceeds a possible Iranian counterattack. Amos Oz, Israeli novelist best known, said that wars are considered necessary only when they can have a broad domestic support. "Everything depends on whether a war has no choice or is it a war of choice," the writer told Reuters. "I think an Israeli strike against Iran would be a mistake because Iran is a world problem," he added.

iPhone 5: Motherboard appear?


Only less than a month then speculation could result in the iPhone 5  are already in the display cases and the rumor mill would have for the coveted smartphone finally bubbled enough. After several alleged pictures like thethinner design, a mini-dock connector or the in-cell display , as well as detailed size information than the current iPhone 4S , or a much more compact nano-SIM cards slots , now comes the next piece of the puzzle for Apple Smartphone added: The heart piece of the iPhone 5 , the so-called logic board or motherboard. A user has uploaded some photos in the Chinese Forum "WeiPhone" that seem to confirm some rumors from the past. In the illustrated hardware is probably still a prototype, because there are no typical labels.Nevertheless, one can draw some conclusions from the images already. What is particularly obvious in the eye, is that the sim card slot is slightly smaller than the previous model iPhone 4S . This confirms the assumption that the iPhone 5 is fed with a nano-simcard. A new, more powerful battery will be there, instead of four pins as the iPhone 4S , which is iPhone 5  most likely have 5 pins. Furthermore, additional connection points are available for future antenna, which in turn the use of the new LTE in the next -generation iPhone affirm. When the speculation surrounding the iPhone 5 finally come to an end, will probably only know Apple , but the group can still overheat, and the fans. We stay for you in the loop.

Iran: earthquake killed 306, officials say


The two strong earthquakes that devastated rural villages in northwestern Iran over the weekend killed a total of 306 people - women and children mostly - and wounded 3,037, said on Monday the country's health minister, Marzieh Vahid Dastjerdi. She said the death toll rose because 50 people were wounded died in hospitals. She said 219 women and 306 children were among the dead and most of 2000 injured were released from hospital a few hours later because they had minor injuries. The figures, presented in a report to Congress and posted on the parliament, are much higher than those offered on Sunday by Interior Minister Mustafa Mohammad-Najjar. On occasion, the minister said there were 227 dead and 1,380 injured. Iranian officials say the old ceilings, structures with weak anchors, were largely responsible for landslides in rural areas. Shock waves hit the region, where about 300,000 people near the borders with Armenia and Azerbaijan. The two major earthquakes had magnitude of 6.4 and 6.3 on the Richter scale, on Saturday night, the northwestern city of Tabriz, capital of Iranian Azerbaijan. Earthquakes hit hard the towns of Ahar, Haris and Varzaqan in East Azerbaijan.According to Iranian state television, 12 villages were razed and 425 others from 50% to 80% of buildings were damaged. Many roads in the mountainous region were severely damaged. Meanwhile, the Red Crescent of Iran said the country needs no international aid. The spokesman for the Red Crescent, Pouya Hajian, said that the embassies of Turkey, Taiwan, Singapore, Germany, among others, offered assistance, as well as the arm of the United Nations for children, UNICEF. But the Red Crescent of Iran ruled that the aid is not necessary, sending back to a team of rescuers from Turkey who arrived without prior arrangement with local authorities, state news agency IRNA said. On Sunday, the authorities abandoned the search, by claiming that all possible survivors had been rescued.

Saudi Arabia: a city is reserved for women in construction


The Saudi government has recently allowed the citizens to work as saleswomen in lingerie shops and cosmetics. But the  laws are very strict, inspired by Sharia and tribal custom, and the female is allowed to rub shoulders with men in highly supervised. Women represent only 15% of Saudi workers. To remedy this problem and enable women to more easily integrate the government to decide to build their cities specially dedicated, and not just any. Vills of industrial, filled with textile mills, pharmaceutical and food. The first, b Atie in the eastern province of Hofuf , is expected to create  5,000 jobs in premises adapted to the requirements of Islamic law. A specialized training center will allow the entry of women in factories.  According to the Guardian, q UATRE other cities of the same type are under development in Riyadh. Saudi Arabia holds the record gap between the employment  of women and men, with an impressive 23% offset. 

Ban Ki-moon proposed to replace the observers in Syria for a humanitarian and political


The Secretary General Ban Ki-moon proposed to the Security Council that, given the continuing violence in Syria, replace the unarmed observers deployed in the country for a mission to channel humanitarian aid and also boost political dialogue. "United Nations can not stop their support and assistance to the Syrian people to achieve an end to this crisis, but must adapt to the situation," Ban said in a report sent to maximum security international body to which Efe had access today and in which he defends "an effective and flexible presence" of the UN in the country. The UN chief believes "vital" that the body remains in Syria, where, "in addition to humanitarian work", should work to encourage the parties to "build a peaceful future for their people," which translates into "a political solution, negotiated and inclusive "to the conflict. Ban's report will be studied by members of the Security Council on Thursday, when the fifteen should discuss the future of the so-called Observation Mission United Nations in Syria (UNSMIS), whose term ends on 20 August. The secretary general regrets in writing that the conditions set by the Security Council in its resolutions to expand the mandate of the observers have not been met because there has been "the cessation of the use of heavy weapons or any party has reduced the violence. " "The mission has not been able to exercise their key role in verifying the cessation of violence," he said Ban, who believes that "a flexible presence in Syria UN agency would provide the impartial methods to study the situation on the ground. " This presence will allow the UN humanitarian agencies "remain active" in the country, Ban said, while stressing that it is "imperative" that the team supports him in his "good offices" and the mediating role of special envoy to Syria "to mediate and facilitate a peaceful solution to the crisis." "Without a proper presence of the UN to facilitate a mediating role, the ability to directly access, support and facilitate compromises between the parties, and to verify and report on opportunities for dialogue would be severely limited," said South Korean diplomat. The Secretary General therefore again asked the Syrian government and the opposition to "cease its military action to protect civilians and fulfill their obligations under international law." Further regrets that both the government of Bashar al-Assad, whom he accused of not advancing in their "promised" peace plan implementation of the UN, and the opposition are convinced that shall solve the crisis "by military means." "Syria still happen in serious human rights violations, such as using heavy weapons against civilians, abductions, arbitrary arrests, civilians shot by snipers, extrajuduciales executions and denial of medical care to injured civilians," he adds. Ban, who again called "unity" to the Security Council regarding the crisis in Syria, still praises the work of the special envoy to Syria, Kofi Annan, noting that "his important work must continue," but offers no details of who will be his replacement after he resigned from the office on August 2. "When we have something, we will announce" today told the press a spokesman for Ban, Eduardo del Buey, when questioned about when you made the appointment of substitute Annan, a position for which the strongest candidate is the veteran Algerian diplomat Ladjar Brajimi. After the third double veto by Russia and China made, the Security Council reached last July 20 a minimal agreement to agree "a final extension" of the mandate of the UNSMIS for thirty days, a period which meets next week.

Mursi took military divisions and the impact of the attack in Sinai

Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi rivalries could have used a military hierarchy decadent and weakened by the attack in the Sinai to the quarterback out of office Hussein Tantawi, Minister of Defence for 20 years, analysts said on Monday. The announcement of the pass retired quarterback who led the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (CSFA) and the "number two" of the agency, the Chief of Staff Sami Annan, the president demonstrated a will to dominate Islamist military machine, with which it was conflict, AFP reported. To reach its aims, Mursi could have benefited from rivalries and general decadence well hidden until now "old guard" military, while trying to find an honorable way out to the leaders who were sections. "The decision to bring down Mursi Tantawi Anan and confirms that the CSFA was really helpless that it was a paper tiger," said one of the most prestigious Egyptian editors, Ibrahim Eissa, the newspaper al-Tahrir . "Although Tantawi and Annan had wanted to resist, mobilize troops or reject this decision, I think that would be very unlikely given the way things developed," said Gamal Salama, director of the Department of Political Science at the University Suez. "The two men were the main Egyptian decorations and were recruited as advisers to the president, which is reassuring, although it is an honorable position," he said. CSFA Three other officers - the chief of the navy, Vice Admiral Mohab Mamish, the air defense commander, Saif Abdelaziz el Din, and the air force chief, Mahmoud Reda Hafez - in return received high positions in the public sector. Mamish important and prestigious direct the administration of the Suez Canal One of the main sources of income for Egypt. Other members of CSFA rise in the government hierarchy, particularly the military intelligence chief, General Abdel Fatah al-Sisi, who was appointed defense minister. Numerous media highlighted the Marshal Tantawi, 76 and a veteran of three Arab-Israeli wars, was replaced in that role for 50 years overall, showing a jump of generation at the expense of "old guard". Another member of CSFA, General Mohamed Asar, was promoted to deputy defense minister. All these movements "do constitute a form of prior understanding between the president and certain members of the high military council" to redistribute the cards on top of the hierarchy and alienate Tantawi responsibilities said Mustafa Kamel political scientist el Sayed, University of Cairo. A military source quoted by the official news agency MENA said on Sunday that those decisions were made ​​"in cooperation and after consultations with the military." An attack attributed to "terrorists" that killed 16 border guards on 5 August in the Sinai border with Israel and the Gaza Strip, revealed serious deficiencies in security in the area and might also encourage a restructuring of the dome military.