Any US strike against Syria likely to last ‘hours not days’ By Jennifer Griffin August 27, 2013 Any U.S. strike against Syria is “likely to last hours not days” and probably would not come before the British Parliament votes on military action Thursday, a senior U.S. defense official told Fox News Sources tell Fox that […]
Fact Sheet: New START and Nuclear Modernization Funding
by Kingston Reif Background As part of his effort to win Republican support for the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) in 2010, President Obama submitted to lawmakers a 10-year plan to maintain and modernize US nuclear warheads, strategic delivery systems, and their supporting infrastructure. Contained in what was originally known as the “Section […]
Bloomberg Story on Potential Syrian Chemial Weapons Usage Quotes Phil Coyle
Nonetheless, the “fact that so many of the wounded and dead have no apparent shrapnel or other types of wounds that might come from rifle or artillery attacks is also suggestive” of chemical weapons, Coyle, now a senior science fellow at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, a Washington research group, said in an interview.
Bloomberg Story on Potential Syrian Chemial Weapons Usage Quotes Phil Coyle
UN Inspectors Seek to Investigate Alleged Syria Atrocity By Donna Abu-Nasr & Terry Atlas August 22, 2013 Syrian troops renewed their artillery assault on a Damascus suburb where the opposition says hundreds were killed by toxic gases, as France urged the world to respond “with force” to any use of chemical weapons. A team of […]
Reaching for a bigger stick with Iran
Recently, some optimism has surfaced among those hoping for a deal with Iran. The election of a new, more moderate president who seems to be engaged in the installation of an equally moderate cabinet, and who has taken steps to distance himself from his predecessor, seems to offer some hope for the future of nuclear talks.