Russians To Deploy Missiles On Border With Poland

The Russian President Dmitri Medvedev, within hours after the election of Barack Obama as the new US President announced the deployment of Iskander missiles in its Baltic enclave of Kaliningrad next to the border with Poland.

Believed to be a response both to the missile shield deployment in Poland and as a way to test the new administration, thought it does not take over the office until January 20th 2009.

This leaves current President Bush, with the choice of leaving this for the next President to deal with or taking a stance now. It is yet to be known what he will do.

This is also just one of many things the Russian's have done lately to bolster its status and power in the world of late. I have written about some of these things earlier such as New Cold War Heats Up, Is Russia Renewing the Cold War With Words and Actions?, and Russia To Deploy New Nuclear Missile.

Evidence seems to support that the Russians with their new found oil funded wealth will be making a power play for years to come...

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Omar Bid Laden Seeks Asylum In Spain

Osama Bin Laden's son Omar Bin Laden has asked for asylum after flying to Spain. Omar Bin Laden has been denied a British residency request, and has demonstrated continuing loyalty to his father.

No word on the reason for the request has been announced at this time, but The ministry has 72 hours to make a decision, and the petitioner has a right of appeal.

It should be noted that Omar Bin Laden seeks to be an "ambassador for peace" between the Muslim world and the West. Though it seems many are skeptical and seem to be waiting for him to publicly renounce his father.

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Iranian Earthqauke May Have Been Nuclear Test

DOD Priscilla Test Photo

According to a newspaper report this weekends 5.0 Magnitude earthquake in southern Iran, may have actually been a nuclear test.

This report would also put the Iranians well ahead of the projected three month date of developing a weapon according to recent intelligence reports. But as we all know intelligence reports are not always spot on.

Questions remain, such as is this report accurate, though I have my own doubts to the validity of the report. If this is true however, how much left over material do they have to develop more weapons? How many weapons do they now have?

Of course with the help they have received from the Russians they may well be ahead of the game and are either very close to obtaining the weapon or may already secretly have several weapons.

One thing however holds true no matter if they already have the weapon, or will develop one in the near future, they will have to test it to show the West they have it for certain.

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United States Expects New Bin Laden Video Prior To Election

According to an ABC exclusive report several top U.S. Officials are expecting the release of a new video from Bin Laden just prior to the election. Though they also say there is no current hard evidence of such a message as yet, they are expecting one.

The report also cautioned against such speculation, suggesting that bin Laden is most concerned about his own safety at the moment, and might increasingly fear for his life.

We shall see in the next few days if it happens.

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Jellyfish Cause Shut Down of CA Nuclear Reactor

The nuclear reactor at the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant had to be shut down Tuesday evening after a large swarm of jellyfish clogged the cooling water intake screens.

The jellyfish also caused a second reactor at the site to be powered down by 50% as well.

According to the report divers inspected the water intake screens for damage. It was reported that no damage was found by the divers, but it was also reported that it would be some time before the plant was fully operational again.

According to PG&E the plant provides power to more than 3.0 million northern and central California homes.

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