Monitor The Strategic Trends

Introduction:

      Modern Technology has made it possible for countries all over the world to possess the means for controlling their own populations and to threaten other nations with mass destruction. It no longer matters whether a nation is rich or poor, large or small, first world or third world. Almost anyone can make or purchase weapons that 50 years ago could not even be imagined.

Israel and Iran's Nuke Sites February 07, 2012

US Destroys Largest Chemical Weapons Stockpile January 17, 2012

Nuclear Smuggling Suspects Plead Guilty December 20, 2011

Taking Out The Enemy's Weapons October 18, 2011

Al Qaida Takes Advantage of Libya Crisis April 05, 2011

Russia's Nuclear Gamble by Steve Elwart

Cyber Warfare: Today's Nukes by Steve Elwart, Senior Analyst Koinonia Institute

Losing Our Freedom, Bit by Bit: The Unseen War by Steve Elwart, IDB Folio Specialist

Middle East Update: Irans Nuclear Ambitions by Chuck Missler

Epistemology, Part 6: Y2K Again? by Chuck Missler

Documents

Overview of State-Sponsored Terrorism - Patterns of Global Terrorism: 1999

E-BOMB - Popular Mechanics - September 2001

Iraq Weapons of Mass Destruction Programs - U.S. Government White Paper, released February 13, 1998

Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty -

Related Sites

Third Person Tests Positive for Anthrax in Florida - 2001-10-10

Tactical nukes deployed in Afghanistan - Military sources say Bush, Putin agree on weaponry - WND.com - 2001-10-07

Advice from Baghdad - Iraq says U.S. needs to 'think over what happened' on 9-11 - Reported to have nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons

Patterns of Global Terrorism - 1999 - State Department - Released April 2000

Weapons of Mass Destruction - Bureau of Nonproliferation

News Sources

NEW! Iran Nuclear Talks Start In Baghdad - World powers and Iran began negotiations in Baghdad on Wednesday, aiming to make progress towards resolving a dispute over Tehran's nuclear program, diplomats said. Iran wants to win reprieve from economic sanctions as a result of the talks, while the six global powers - United States, Russia, China, France, Britain and Germany - hope to win concessions over its uranium enrichment efforts they suspect are meant to produce weapons. "They have just gone into the first plenary," said one Western official. Diplomats have said the Baghdad round of talks, only the second since diplomacy resumed in April after more than a year, may yield initial concessions from all sides. But a breakthrough could still be far off.

Iran May Have Tested Nuke In North Korea - A senior German defense figure said in a report this week that Iran may be significantly further ahead in its nuclear weapons program than public intelligence assessments have so far suggested. Hans Ruhle, who directed the planning department of the German Defense Ministry from 1982 to 1988, argued that Iran may have been involved in the detonation of an experimental uranium nuclear bomb in North Korea in 2010. The article, which appeared on the website of the German daily Die Welt, said that many intelligence agencies believe that at least one of the two nuclear tests that occurred in North Korea in 2010 was an Iranian atomic weapon.

Israel Samsung Tablet Ad Jokes About Striking Iran - An Israeli cable television company has removed an ad from its YouTube channel making light of a possible attack on Iran's nuclear facilities by Israel. The ad, for the cable provider Hot, imagines characters from an Israeli sitcom bungling a covert operation and destroying the Iranian nuclear facility near the city of Isfahan by pressing the wrong button on a Mossad agent's Samsung Galaxy tablet computer. After the facility goes up in smoke, the culpable Israeli character dismisses it with a shrug as just "another mysterious explosion in Iran," a clear reference to a string of deadly attacks on Iranian scientists and installations that have been attributed to Israel. One outraged Iranian official demanded an apology from South Korea and even suggested that a ban on Samsung products might be in order. The company quickly issued a statement stressing that the ad had been produced in Israel "without Samsung's knowledge or participation."

Tehran Residents React To Obama's SOTU - At a time of heightened tension between the West and Iran with the US more determined than ever to prevent the Islamic state from becoming nuclear-armed Iranians are uncertain about the future they face. Local residents in Tehran's northern district are divided over the comments of US president Barack Obama, who, in a State of the Union address, warned Iran the United States would keep up pressure on its disputed nuclear program with "no options off the table" but said the door remained open to talks for a peaceful resolution. Obama said on Tuesday (January 24) Tehran was isolated and facing "crippling" sanctions that he said would continue so long as the Islamic Republic keeps its back turned to the international community.

Israel Concerned About Syria's Weapons Stockpiles - Israel has serious concerns about what will happen to "huge stockpiles" of chemical and biological weapons in Syria when the Assad regime collapses, a senior military official said on Tuesday. Major-General Amir Eshel, head of the Israeli military's planning division, said the working assumption was the regime of President Bashar Assad would eventually fall. "That's a major concern because I don't know who is going to own those the day after. Up till now, what has been transferred to Hezbollah? What will be transferred to Hezbollah? What will be divided between those factions inside Syria? What is that going to create?" asked Eshel.

BioTech: The Sorcerer's New Apprentice - Audio CD - Chuck Missler Updated April 2006! Chuck Missler surveys some of the most promising prospects and reviews the types of ventures emerging. He also reveals some of the concerns emerging among the informed, and includes some of the provocative Biblical implications. Click for more information - Audio CD with MP3