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  • US-Iran stand-off not mere propaganda

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7182637.stm

    The admission by the US Navy that Iranian speedboats might not have been the source of an apparent threat to attack American ships in the Gulf is a significant move that raises new fears about the chances of unintended clashes in the region.
    http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/JA12Ak01.html

    Despite the official and media portrayal of the incident in the Strait of Hormuz early on Monday as a serious threat to US ships from Iranian speedboats that nearly resulted in a "battle at sea", new information over the past three days suggests the incident did not involve such a threat and that no US commander was on the verge of firing at the Iranian boats.

    The new information that appears to contradict the original version of the incident includes the revelation that US officials spliced the audio recording of an alleged Iranian threat onto to a videotape of the incident. That suggests that the threatening message may not have come in immediately after the initial warning to Iranian boats from a US warship, as it appears to do on the video.
    http://www.guardian.co.uk/iran/story/0,,2239119,00.html

    Several news sources reported that senior navy officials had conceded that the voice threatening to blow up the US warships in a matter of minutes could have come from another ship in the region, or even from shore.
    People, if this banking mess accelerates, do not discount the very real possibility of a “new” war.

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    Turkish Warplanes Bomb PKK in Northern Iraq, CNN Turk Reports

    http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?p...ikg&refer=home

    Turkish Warplanes Bomb PKK in Northern Iraq, CNN Turk Reports

    Turkish Warplanes Bomb PKK in Northern Iraq, CNN Turk Reports

    By Mark Bentley

    Jan. 11 (Bloomberg) -- Turkish fighter aircraft carried out bombing raids targeting the Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, in northern Iraq, CNN Turk television reported.

    Turkish warplanes were spotted flying over Turkey's southern border with Iraq today as they mounted the air strikes, the Istanbul-based news channel said citing unidentified northern Iraqi media.

    To contact the reporter on this story: Mark Bentley in Ankara, Turkey on at mbentley3@bloomberg.net .

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      China, U.S. Make Plans for North Korea Collapse, Reports Say

      http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?p...QtQ&refer=home

      Jan. 11 (Bloomberg) -- China and the U.S.-South Korean alliance have begun planning for military intervention in case the Kim Jong Il regime in North Korea collapses, according to two newly published studies -- one of which foresees a race to occupy and control the impoverished communist country.

      ``If the international community did not react in a timely manner as internal order in North Korea deteriorated rapidly, China would seek to take the initiative in restoring stability,'' says a Jan. 3 report by Washington's Center for Strategic and International Studies and the U.S. Institute of Peace.

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        North Korea Lures Hedge Funds to Bonds With Nuclear Promises

        http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?p...GG0&refer=home

        North Korea Lures Hedge Funds to Bonds With Nuclear Promises

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        ``Capitalism will eventually find its way into the country,'' said Winston Wei, founding partner of New York-based Quartersaw Investments LLC, who manages $14 million and started buying North Korea's debt at 23 cents in 2006. ``While the regime has so far defied skeptics and has lasted for more than 50 years, we are beginning to see cracks in the system.''

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