Posted by Rosa Maria Young on
July 15, 2010
Defection or kidnapping?
The story of the Iranian scientist Shahram Amiri could be one of those spy thrillers many of us read on the beaches or plane trips. But it seems to be a real thing as much as we take the word real with a pinch of salt. At the moment most of us can write as many comments as we want to articles or blogs but the truth is that we don’t know what really has happened. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Rosa Maria Young on
April 19, 2010
Gates memo about Iran
After disclosures were made about Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates having written to White House officials back in January to warn them that more options were needed to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons, people interpreted it as a possibility that an attack to Iran could be in the cards. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Rosa Maria Young on
March 1, 2010
Syria, the US and Iran
Towards the middle of February, President Obama moved to repair relations with Syria after five years of interruption. He announced his decision to appoint Robert Ford as US ambassador to Syria and sent US Undersecretary of State, William Burns, to Damascus. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Rosa Maria Young on
September 26, 2009
Iran’s nuclear program
Nobody is sure yet of how much was accomplished at the G20 meeting mostly because the most talked about event, one that was probably orchestrated behind the scenes but not expected to be presented, was the dramatic disclosure Friday made by Obama, flanked by Brown and Sarkozy, the leaders of Britain and France, of the existence of a covert Iranian nuclear enrichment site. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Rosa Maria Young on
September 6, 2009
The mystery of the ‘Artic Sea’ deepens
Remember the Artic Sea? The vessel with a full cargo of timber that disappeared en route from Finland to Algeria at the end of July was finally recovered off west Africa on August 17 and eight alleged hijackers were arrested. From the beginning there were all sort of rumors (see article “A ship is missing: pirates, terrorists? from August 13) while Russia denied the vessel was carrying a secret cargo claiming it was hijacked by criminals for a ransom. Read the rest of this entry »
