This Blog is intended for use by students in the Islamic Middle East course at Northfield Mount Hermon School and guest students and teachers from other participating schools.
Summary:
New Iraqi Air-force recruits are training on equipment that is comparable to that of the US Airforce.
At the beginning 2008 year the IQAF had 800 airmen, but that figure has already more than doubled to just over 2,000, and by the end of 2009, the IQAF is set to triple to over 6,000 airmen.
“Their biggest [...]
Iran continues to enrich unranium in defiance of UN Security Council Resolution.
Iran says enrichment is for civilian atomic energy, but West believes that Iran is developing nuclear weapons. –
Iran seems to be trying to get on the West’s nerves.
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Is an invasion of Iran by Western nations (&the USA) plausible in the next five years?
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7616744.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7589557.stm
Berlusconi (Italy’s PM) agreed to pay $5B to resolve colonial era disputes.
Money is set to be distributed over a period of 25 years.
Money ends “40 years of misunderstanding” - Berlusconi.
Focus of payment will be on a coastal motorway running from Egypt to the Tunisian Border.
Is it superficial to pay of these type of disputes with [...]
BBC Middle East