Epstein Secrets

t for the Syria-Iran axis. Russia is rebuilding its Soviet-era naval base in the Syrian port of Tartus, which allows Moscow to reassert a plausible Mediterranean threat to NATO. Syria also provides Iran with a front line against Israel via Hezbollah in Lebanon, and that too can be a most effective anti-Weste

President Bush when he invaded Iraq. But public opinion puts a thumb on the scale. The U.S. used force to stop a genocide in Bosnia, but did not in Rwanda or Darfur — one critical difference being that Americans (and American TV screens) were paying attention to the European slaughter, but not to the

the vessels. And the German government has long known about it. By SPIEGEL The pride of the Israeli navy is rocking gently in the swells of the Mediterranean, with the silhouette of the Carmel mountain range reflected on the water's surface. To reach the Tekumah, you have to walk across a wooden jetty at

380 00.html Article 2. EFTA00712616 Los Angeles Times Toppling Syria's Assad Max Boot June 5, 2012 -- After the Holocaust and the genocide in Rwanda, the world said: Never again. And there have been interventions to stop the killing — in Bosnia, Kosovo and Libya. But these have been the exception

om Russia and Iran, triggering the risk of a broader conflict. That is highly unlikely. Iran lacks the military muscle to make an impression in the Mediterranean, although it might attempt to persuade Lebanese Hezbollah to launch reprisal terrorist operations. Though an opportunist power, Russia pursues a p

he threat of a Russian veto. Addressing the UN General Assembly in 1999, then Secretary- General Kofi Annan offered a reflection on the genocide in Rwanda: "If, in those dark days and hours leading up to the genocide, a coalition of states had been prepared to act in defense of the Tutsi population, b

ions with foreign vessels in the past 24 hours. But Iran had previously warned Britain of `consequences' for seizing an Iranian supertanker in the Mediterranean last week, a move it denounced as `an act of piracy.' That vessel was carrying oil to Syria in violation of European Union sanctions, Britain said.

th employment and entrepreneurship, and provide women in business with access to financing and other assistance. They range from an effort in Rwanda to help 1,400 women get into the African country's fast- growing energy sector, to a Latin American initiative that aims to equip 8,700 women w

tions with foreign vessels in the past 24 hours. But Iran had previously warned Britain of `consequences' for seizing an Iranian supertanker in the Mediterranean last week, a move it denounced as 'an act of piracy.' That vessel was carrying oil to Syria in violation of European Union sanctions, Britain said.

with employment and entrepreneurship, and provide women in business with access to financing and other assistance. They range from an effort in Rwanda to help 1.400 women get into the African country's fast-growing energy sector, to a Latin American initiative that aims to equip 8,700 women wit

of the modem and palatial house on El Brillo Way. Palm Beach Island is a 3.75-square-mile spit of land famous for towering ficus privacy hedges on Mediterranean-influenced architecture that begins at over $5 million for a single-family home. But the police did their work miles across the water, in the sprawl

l Rights Reserved) CALL it "The Three Amigos' Most Excellent African Adventure." Former President Bill Clinton is on a trip through Ghana, Nigeria, Rwanda, Mozambique and South Africa with Oscar-winning actor Kevin Spacey and Chris Tucker, the star of "Rush Hour' and its sequel. The three are being fl