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Gulf council to unify members' militaries under a single command structure
2012-12-26
The Gulf Cooperation Council will fold the military of its member states under a single command structure, Bahrain's foreign minister announced Tuesday, the state-run Bahrain News Agency reported.

The announcement came at the end of a GCC summit at a time of heightened tensions with Iran.

Foreign Minister Khalid Al-Khalifa told reporters in the capital city of Manama that the council's command would bring together "the Peninsula Shield Forces as well as the air and naval forces" of member states in the oil-rich region, BNA reported.

"It is an entity that will bring all efforts together under one umbrella," he said.

Three representatives of each of the six GCC member states have been working on a team since last year to map out the command structure, which Al-Kalifa said was in a preliminary stage.

The GCC, which comprises Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Oman and Qatar, encourages cooperation among members in a number of areas, including economy and security.
Posted by:tipper

#5  DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > FARS NEWS AGENCY: IRGC ADVISOR: MILITARY ATTACK ON IRAN MEANS 30,000 AMERICANS DEAD ON FIRST DAY, vee US acknowledged Iran capability to saturate ME wid 2,500-km range LRBMS.

* TOPIX, BHARAT RAKSHAK > IRGC: IRAN WILL NOT ALLOW US TO DOMINATE GULF.

versus

* DEFENCE/PK/FORUMS . A "GREATER ISRAEL" STRETCHING FROM EGYPT AND TURKEY TO KUWAIT, IRAN?

* WORLDNEWS > PROFESSOR [Hugh White]: DON'T BE SURPRISED IFF THERE IS WAR BETWEEN JAPAN AND CHINA IN THE NEXT YEAR [2013].

ARTIC > PROF. WHITE = ...
- WAR IS NOT ABOUT ROCKS OR RESOURCES, BUT CHINA "CHALLENGING THE US IN THE PACIFIC".
- Don not assume that such a Sino-Japan War would be containable, or short.

* SAME > CHINA CHALLENGES ABE, SENDS THREE SHIPS TO CONTESTED ISLANDS.

* SAME > [PHYSORG] DISPUTED ASIAN ISLANDS [ +
Taiwan, SCS Islands] ONCE HAD A STRATEGIC ROLE.

Whaddaya mean "once" - they still do.

* SAME > CHINA TO INVEST US$1.6BILYUHN ON DISPUTED ISLANDS [South China Sea = new Sansha/Sasha province], HERALD REPORT SAYS, to also include Maritime Enforcement.

VARIOUS MILBLOGGERS = opine that, short of major war, China has effectively + likely permanently? removed Vietnam, PHIL, + ASEAN from any position of authority oer the isles vee China, + IS UNLIKELY TO HEED ANY US OR UN CALLS TO SHARE THE REGION.

* DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > CHINA'S NEW MISSLE VESSEL READY FOR DEBUT: REPORT. Type 052d DDG, aka "Chinese AEGIS".

* WORLD MILITARY FORUM > USE OF MILITARY FORCE THE ULTIMATE BOTTOM LINE: CHINA GIVES INDIRECT DOUBLE "WAR WARNING" TO JAPAN AND US OVER DISPUTED EAST ASIAN ISLANDS [East China Sea + South China Sea]. CHINESE ACADEMY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES "YELLOW BOOK" PUBLICATION DESCRIBING CHINA'S NATIONAL SECURITY SITUATION IN 2013, PARTY-APPROVED "HAIL TO THE OLD RED GUARD AND PEOPLE'S WAR OF AID, RESISTANCE AGZ US AGGRESSIONISM IN KOREA".

ADVANTAGE - POTUS BAMMER + ADMIN, as per Benghazi, "Fast-n-Furious" I, II; "Fiscal Cliff", US-World Economy, etc, suddenly becoming irrelevant due to the above.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2012-12-26 23:55  

#4  Like Hunter Thompson said, when you throw up while drinking, it's all about whether or not you get any on your shirt, pants and shoes...
Posted by: M. Murcek   2012-12-26 16:28  

#3  It may be a "falling" Iran. Unfortunately it's going to do a lot of damage before then.

That's always something the 'experts' seem to leave out. It must fall under the 'acceptable level of violence' metric.
Posted by: Pappy   2012-12-26 14:11  

#2  Ummm, you mean "Falling Iran" don't you.
Posted by: Redneck Jim   2012-12-26 01:06  

#1  Rising Iran is likely to stay on the strategic defensive vee US-Israel + do nothin unless you-know-what hits the fan between the local Govts. + their respective Shia communities - in the meantime, while its LR mil capabilities improve Iran's focii remains directed at Central Asia, AFPAK, eastern Indian Ocean, + of course Syria.

AFAIS THE PROVERBIAL "BURDEN" STILL REMAINS ON THE BAMMER = US TO DO SOMETHING MILITARILY AGZ CLEARLY PEACE-LUVIN IRAN + ITS "GOING JAPANESE" CIVIE NUCENPROGS.

* TOPIX > [Payvand News = Mehr News Agency] BAHRAIN WARNED: THE ISLAND SHOULD RETURN TO [ancestral]MOTHERLAND IRAN, or else Bahrain's Govt. risks facing the same fate as Saddam Hussein iff it does something foolish.

versus

* SAME > [Guardian.UK] WE HAVE UNTIL JUNE 2013 TO END IRAN NUCLEAR CRISIS | SHASHANK JOSHI.

Peacefully amiably.

IMO Artic also read, JUNE 2013 IS EARLIEST FOR OBAMA-ORDERED US ATTACK, GROUND WAR AGZ IRAN IFF NO DEAL.

versus

* TOPIX > [RealClearWorld = Bloomberg] 2013: BEGINNING OF AMERICA'S DECLINE.

All the way to the US NIC's Year 2030 + lack of effec reliable unified OWG includ effec reliable OWG Space Defense agz Comet Apophis.

No OWG becuz in 2030 World Govts-Perts are still arguing about everything and doing their absolutely positively categorically undeniably
....@etc. College/Intellectual-best to make sure that NOTHING GETS DONE.

[GUAM, WORLD-VISIBLE MOON EXPLOSIONS HERE].

RELATED REDDIT > XMAS NATIVITY SCENE + THREE WISE MEN/MAGIS > "ZZZOOOOOOMMMMGGGG, ITS A GIRL"!

Aka OWG MADONNA = never send a Man to do a Woman's job.

* SAME > [RADM Habibollah Sayyari] NAVY COMMANDER: IRAN CONTROLS [closely monitors] ALL MOVEMENTS IN THE CASPIAN SEA.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2012-12-26 00:48  

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