 Iran couples upped uranium enrichment with violent threats
Dateline: 2010-02-09 03:35:31 PT
Tuesday, Feb. 9, Tehran started upping its enriched uranium grade to 20 percent.
The event was charged with the threat from Iran's spiritual ruler Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to "punch the arrogance [of Western powers] on the 22nd of Bahman (Feb. 11) in a way that will leave them stunned!"
In Paris, US defense secretary Robert Gates admitted for the first time that military action was possible to stop Iran developing a nuclear weapon.
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US military boost aims to contain Iran's Gulf supremacy drive
Dateline: 2010-02-08 05:05:43 PT
The Obama administration's decision last week to boost its military presence in the Gulf and supply its Arab allies with tens of billions of new weapons is a bid to win the galloping arms race with Iran and mark out American spheres of influence and contain Iran's drive for regional hegemony - whether or not it attains a nuclear weapon. Washington is closely watching the numbers Iran's opposition can muster on Feb. 11, Iran's Revolution Day..
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US buildup aims to contain Iran's drive for Gulf supremacy
Dateline: 2010-02-08 05:05:43 PT
The Obama administration's decision last week to boost its military presence in the Gulf and supply its Arab allies with tens of billions of new weapons is a bid to win the galloping arms race with Iran and mark out American spheres of influence and contain Iran's drive for regional hegemony - whether or not it attains a nuclear weapon. Washington is closely watching the numbers Iran's opposition can muster on Feb. 11, Iran's Revolution Day..
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 An 'Israeli Remix' of a Palestinian Scarf
Dateline: 2010-02-08 05:00:03 PT
A Jewish D.J. in Brooklyn finds himself defending his right to market what he calls an "Israeli remix of the keffiyeh," a symbol of Palestinian identity..
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Tehran egged on by limp Western- Israeli response to uranium enrichment hike
Dateline: 2010-02-08 01:20:47 PT
Tehran's decision to raise its uranium enrichment level to 20 percent - taking it weeks away from weapons-grade production - in the teeth of international objections, has raised no cries of outrage in Washington or Jerusalem. Asked Monday, Feb. 7, whether president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's announcement brought military action any closer, US defense secretary Robert Gates pinned his trust in non-existent international unity for pressure..
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 Australia’s DEEWR Chooses AVIcode’s Application Monitoring to Identify and Address Poor Performance and Instability Issues
Dateline: 2010-02-07 14:06:30 PT
AVIcode, Inc., a leading provider of real-time, always-on application monitoring solutions, today announced that Australia's Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR) has chosen the company's Intercept Studio and Advisor products to better manage the performance and stability of internally developed applications.
Baltimore, MD (Vocus) February 7, 2010 -- AVIcode, Inc., a leading provider of real-time, always-on application monitoring solutions, today announced that Australia's Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR) has chosen the company's Intercept Studio and Advisor products to better manage the performance and stability of internally developed applications. DEEWR is Australia's lead government agency providing national leadership in education and workplace training, transition to work and conditions and values in the workplace. DEEWR's Employment Systems Group (ESG) works directly with over 100 commercial organizations that provide services to unemployed Australians and help them generate income. Earlier this year, ESG embarked on an entire system rewrite to support new employment law legislation. ESG's fifteen individual development teams needed a solution that could track poor application performance and instability, and could proactively identify and address bottlenecks, issues that ultimately impact the ability of the third party organizations to provide these vital employment services. In order to meet these requirements, AVIcode and its partner, Express Software Asia Pacific, worked with DEEWR to construct a business case to purchase an always-on application monitoring solution."DEEWR and its service providers were very concerned that the new system's technical performance be trouble free," said Bob Cox, director of technical operations for DEEWR. "Historically when such a major system rewrite is deployed, we expect a period of intense activity post release addressing stability and performance issues. Thanks to professional and experienced developers assisted in part by the tools from AVIcode and Express Software, we did not experience any issues with the new rewrite and the service providers have publicly expressed their appreciation" After a brief trial, DEEWR ultimately chose AVIcode's Intercept Studio and Advisor products that were deployed to ESG's development and testing server environments. ESG team members now also rely on AVIcode's technology for key performance metrics around every iterative code rewrite."The ESG technical teams make frequent code changes so it is important that they can expedite development and testing to quickly roll these changes out to production," said Mike Curreri, president and CEO of AVIcode. "A real-time, always-on monitoring tool can help by reducing the amount of required instrumentation coding required and quickly isolating problems that occur, ultimately helping applications get to market faster and with better quality." AVIcode's Intercept Studio is the industry's only .NET application monitoring solution designed for the entire application lifecycle. Working in conjunction with AVIcode Advisor – a management reporting solution that provides application performance intelligence– DEEWR can now quantify key performance metrics around every round of code changes as well as obtain more detailed event information when deploying and assigning software development resources."Many government software applications keep the nation running smoothly, but there is pressure on IT teams to do more with less, given the current financial crisis," said Michael Doherty, director of business development at Express Software Asia Pacific. "Solutions like AVIcode Intercept Studio eliminate the need to ‘hand code' performance instrumentation into .NET apps, which makes a lot of sense for organizations such as federal government departments."
AVIcode has also worked with numerous government organizations within the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and Israel.About AVIcode
AVIcode is the leading provider of .NET application monitoring solutions, recommended by Microsoft as a best practice. Our flagship product, Intercept Studio, reduces business risk and improves profitability by detecting problems in real-time throughout the application lifecycle, including end-user monitoring. Our customers benefit from immediate reporting on root causes of errors, down to the line of code and a completely reproducible test case. Organizations worldwide rely on AVIcode's technology to get applications to market faster, reduce maintenance and management costs, and ensure maximum availability and reliability. For more information, visit www.avicode.com.About DEEWR
The Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR) is the lead government agency providing national leadership in education and workplace training, transition to work and conditions and values in the workplace. DEEWR works in collaboration with the states and territories and have offices and agencies throughout Australia and overseas allowing an active, national and client-focused approach to how the department works with constituents. DEEWR's staff of over 6,000 employees is committed to providing easy and informative access to services and support programs and work directly with clients and stakeholders to ensure expectations are met. For more information, please visit www.deewr.gov/au.About Express Software Asia Pacific
Based in Sydney, Australia and servicing the region through both direct and channel sales models, Express Software Asia Pacific is a specialist software distribution house with expertise representing products that introduce business efficiencies through unique reporting technology. Many areas of focus are tools offering: (1) performance monitoring and root cause analysis of commercial and custom .NET applications and (2) IT wastage identification and asset management. For more information, please visit http://express.com/au.###
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Syrian slips Hizballah Fateh-110 missiles able to destroy Israeli cities
Dateline: 2010-02-06 23:05:47 PT
The secret transfer of the mobile, solid-fueled, surface-to-surface Syrian-made Fateh-110 (range 250km) missile to Hizballah sparked the US prediction Friday, Feb. 5 that cross-border arms smuggling from Syria into Lebanon outside state control was "very dangerous" and "paved the way to war.
debkafile's military sources report that Israel warned Syria through at least two diplomatic channels against Hizballah using this lethal weapon, which is capable of reaching almost every Israel city.
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UN Chief "Uncertain" About Gaza Probes
Dateline: 2010-02-05 03:30:03 PT
Ban Ki-moon Unconvinced by Israeli, Palestinian Reports on Alleged Civilian Targeting During Gaza War
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Hamas High-up was First Grilled for Hours by His Assassins
Dateline: 2010-02-05 02:35:37 PT
The discrepancy in Hamas' dates for the death of its chief arms smuggler Mahmoud Mabhouh in Dubai is explained here by his assassins' spending several hours grilling him first. Not knowing what secrets he spilled, Hamas and its sponsors are having sleepless nights..
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Iranian missile airlift stiffens Syrian war talk, tops up Hizballah, Hamas
Dateline: 2010-02-05 00:05:52 PT
debkafile Iranian and military sources report the new war threats from Damascus are backed by massive Iranian airlifts for boosting Syria's missile arsenal. Fresh supplies have also reached Hizballah and Hamas. Syrian war rhetoric was fanned by the delivery of 100 new medium-range surface-to-surface missiles from Iran. The Syrian foreign minister publicly confirmed debkafile's disclosure in December of a secret mutual defense pact binding Iran, Syria, Hizballah and Hamas.
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 No Gaza judgement by UN chief Ban
Dateline: 2010-02-04 19:00:03 PT
The head of the UN says it is not yet possible to say if Israel and the Palestinians are adequately probing the Gaza conflict..
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Tehran, Damascus Greet Obama's Feelers with Saber-Rattling
Dateline: 2010-02-04 15:21:13 PT
The US decision to restore its ambassador to Damascus and ease pressure on Iran was met with a muscle-flexing space extravaganza in Tehran and Syria lining up with Iran, Hizballah and Hamas for an anti-Israel warfront..
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Obama Now Wants America to Be Regional Cop
Dateline: 2010-02-04 15:21:13 PT
In a sharp policy reversal, Barack Obama has picked up the old US role of Arabian Gulf defender. He has seized on Gulf fears of Iran's ambitions to restore the US military presence "inside the horizon" with Saudi Arabia's blessing..
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Hamas High-up was First Grilled for Hours by His Assassins
Dateline: 2010-02-04 15:21:13 PT
The discrepancy in Hamas' dates for the death of its chief arms smuggler Mahmoud Mabhouh in Dubai is explained here by his assassins' spending several hours grilling him first. Not knowing what secrets he spilled, Hamas and its sponsors are having sleepless nights..
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Israel warns Syrian leader over war comments
Dateline: 2010-02-04 10:45:02 PT
Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman issued a stark warning to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Thursday that he and his family would lose their hold on power if Syria were to attack Israel.
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Israeli Minister Adds Heat to Exchange With Syria
Dateline: 2010-02-04 09:15:05 PT
Israel’s foreign minister, Avigdor Lieberman, warned Syria’s president, Bashar al-Assad, that the Assad family would lose power in any war with Israel..
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Egyptian sources: Israel prepares to strike Iran from Gulf and N. Iraq
Dateline: 2010-02-03 13:21:18 PT
Arab voices were fanning Middle East war fever Wednesday night, Feb. 3. debkafile's military sources report that not only were Syrian leaders beating war drums, but Egyptian military sources reported that Israel with US assistance has for weeks been charting Persian Gulf waters and northern Iraqi routes into Iran in preparation for an Israeli attack on its nuclear facilities..
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Syria: Israel "Planting the Seeds of War"
Dateline: 2010-02-03 07:45:03 PT
Foreign Minister Blasts Jewish State's Leaders as "Thugs," Admonishes them to "Chose the Road of Peace"
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Italian and Israeli leaders airbrush Rome's thriving trade with Tehran
Dateline: 2010-02-03 04:35:43 PT
Italian PM Berlusconi said Tuesday the state-controlled oil giant Eni SpA had withdrawn from developing a southern Iranian oilfield (a small project) and promised to "block new investments in oil and gas."
His silence on current rather than future investments shows which way the wind is blowing. His Israeli hosts withheld comment on Rome's trade ties with Tehran.
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In Response to Iran’s Nuclear Program, German Firms Are Slowly Pulling Out
Dateline: 2010-02-02 23:45:04 PT
As the United States and Israel press to tighten sanctions against Iran, some German companies are winding down operations there or operating through third countries..
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