Current Events in Mideast-Africa

From Flight Global [excerpt]

From Time's Battleland blog [excerpt]

From Iraq considers MiG-29 fighter buy [excerpt] This on the heels of ... Iraq Says Signs Contract For 18 F-16 Fighter Jets [excerpt]

Here's something for the Things That Make You Go Hmmmm File: http://nosint.blogspot.com/2012/10/irans-speedboats-capable-of-launching.html This update to the database, might make for some interesting Persian Gulf scenarios.

From Congressional Research Service (CRS) Israel: Possible Military Strike Against Iran's Nuclear Facilities (pdf) an update of a report from March 28, 2012

From http://www.defensenews.com/article/20120930/DEFREG03/309300006/Iraq-Stop-Iran-Flights-Over-Suspicions-Syria-Arms?odyssey=mod|newswell|text|FRONTPAGE|p [excerpt]

From http://www.cnn.com/2....html?hpt=hp_t1 [excerpt]

From http://www.foxnews.com/world/2012/09/25/party-appears-to-be-ending-for-somali-pirates/?test=latestnews [excerpt]

From http://www.defense-aerospace.com/article-view/release/138660/royal-navy-task-force-heads-to-the-med.html [excerpt]

From http://atwar.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/19/syrias-dark-horses-with-lathes-makeshift-arms-production-in-aleppo-governorate-part-i/?partner=rss&emc=rss [excerpt] CV32: Necessity is the mother of invention, they say.

From http://www.businessweek.com/ap/2012-09-18/iran-deploys-russian-made-submarine-in-gulf [excerpt]

From CSIS ... Analyzing the Impact of Preventive Strikes Against Iran’s Nuclear Facilities http://csis.org/files/publication/120906_Iran_US_Preventive_Strikes.pdf

BBC News report So, I guess Mursi isn't as Islamist as some people feared...

New York Times link, with a link to the YouTube video

Iranian Nuclear Facility Under Cyberattack, Computers Playing AC/DC’s Thunderstruck at Night Yesterday, the security research group F-Secure received a puzzling email claiming to be from a nuclear scientist with the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI). In it, the author claimed that the country’s nuclear facilities were once again under attack. Only this time, the hackers brought Angus Young along for the ride. F-Secure’s Mikko Hypponen said that a strange new chapter in the ongoing strife over Iran’s nuclear activities may be unfolding. He posted the following email which, although he cannot confirm the veracity of the claims, he does say came from wi…

From Voice of America [excerpt]

From The Telegraph

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From The Telegraph [excerpt]