Khamenei changes sides

In the aftermath of Iran’s Presidential Elections, Khamenei positioned himself in line with the hardliners. He probably linked his fate to that of Ahmadinejad and flamed on the protests.Now he just turned his back on the hardliners and denied any foreign hand behind the leaders of the opposition and left them just as involuntary puppets of a long orchestrated charade of the West.So, what now? The main accusation against the dozens of detained that are now under trails is of being agents from foreign powers -specially Britain and the USA- acting in Iranian soil to destabilize the country. If the Supreme leader diminishes those charges, what about...

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Friendly fire 26/08/09

- How Poles struggle in Afghanistan.- China cuts the supply of rare metals.- One of the kidnapped French spies captured in Somalia, free. How? Well...- Maybe the Russian freighter kidnapped in the Atlantic wasn't carrying just timber…- The third man in Afghanistan's presidential elections (the ona Obama should listen to)Did you like it? Share it...

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To the space and beyond

When last April North Korea launched a rocket/long-range missile into space, several voices started to shout out for sanctions against Kim’s regime. In the end, the test was, according to American military sources, a failure; although the North Koreans claim that their satellite is rounding the Earth chanting echoes of admiration for his present leader. But looking forward the test itself, the point is that North Korea is under sanctions and is not allowed to test that kind of rockets or missiles. As we pointed out here, having a space platform doesn’t automatically qualifies for having a long-range missile system, but it helps. A lot. And that’s...

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Afghan elections aftermath

First provisional results on the Afghan elections will be published tomorrow (if we are lucky enough), but some polls are already showing an impressive win for the current president Hamid Karzai. A comfortable difference of 50 points (Karzai, 72% of the votes; Abdullah Abdullah, the closest competitor, 23%) that would make unnecessary a second round. Still, two million votes have to be counted, but are from zones supposed to be Karzai strongholds.The election day, by the way, was relaxed and calmed. Few reports leaked about problems caused by road devices, the Talibans or bombs. Indeed, Karzai’s government was trying to minimize the impact of...

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I'm back!

I’m back. Well, sort of. My body is back, but my brain is still on holidays. And after two weeks disconnected, the updating on the news from the last 15 days is being really painful. So expect less writing this week. Coming soon the usual length of the posts, though. I'm getting there, I promise. Slowly.PS. This is why I hate holidays...Did you like it? Share it...

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