by Paul Vallely | Dec 29, 2011 | MidEast
Editor’s Note – While the Straits of Hormuz is a major shipping lane for oil and other essentials the world needs, it is unlikely that Iran can run a blockade and be successful. The intention is not really to close the shipping lanes, but rather to test...
by Paul Vallely | Nov 13, 2011 | MidEast
Editor’s Note – Things are getting dicey on an hourly basis of late in the Middle East. With the suspension of Syria from the Arab League, Iran vows to back the Assad administration and accuses two Kuwaitis of spying. Meanwhile, Assad’s local...
by Paul Vallely | Sep 11, 2011 | MidEast
Editor’s Note- As America remembers 9/11 and rightly holds many ceremonies in recognition, the rest of the world rambles on as if 9/11/01, or ten years later, 9/11/11, were just another day on the calendar. Why, because many outside our borders were not all...