John Batchelor
Words to watch for from an Oscar source re tonight’s major acceptance speeches. Count who thanks his/her mom, who thanks his/her Dad, who thanks God Almighty. Since 1992, of the 42 major waward speeches (actor, actress, movie) only five actresses…
Best signals source reports that on Friday morning 3/3 prayers and sermons in Baghdad and throughout the critical Sunni and Shia mosques of Iraq (and including the critical Wahhabist mosques in Arabia) the message was the same in each case:…
The lead editorial “Open the Iraq Files” in today’s WSJ identifies Bill Tierney and his Saddam Tapes work as well as Steve Hayes of Weekly Standard and his work on DOCEX and HARMONY as two parts of the effort to…
British naval source tells me that Iran now posesses at least three German-built, most-silent, electric-powered submarines that are a threat to a carrier battle group in the Persian Gulf or Arabian Sea. It also is said that the Iranians may…
Best Iran source reports that Iran now deploys many more Shahab-3 missiles than previously determined. Iran likely has up to 300 Shahab-3, which are forward deployed. There is no confirmation of what kind of warheads are now mounted. At the…
Why is the U.S. negotiation with India over nuclear weapons critical to the long term (century long) defense of the United States? Examine the facts on the ground. Call this neo-realism. Best India source confirms that India now possesses 30-40…
Jerusalem source confirms that Abu Nasser, deputy commander of Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigade on the West Bank, directed two shooting attacks against Israelis in the last news cycle: one fatality at point blank range in a service station near Jenin,…
Three alarming alarming reports have arrived with regard the lynching of the young Jewish Frenchman Halimi, who was found mutilated and dying on February 13 in Paris. All of the perpetrators are not yet apprehended, though some 20 of the…
Report from Nigeria that the rioting is politically directed sectarian mass murder. The Muslims resent that the Christian Obasanjo won’t go. The killing is with machete and stones and petrol, just like the Rwanda tales. The killing is widespread north…
Observe that the WSJ editorial on the weekend — “Ports of Gall” — summarizes in cogent prose the facts of the matter of the port imbroglio. I mention that in the course of last week’s report, I learned that the…
