The Political Bridge

Breaking News from the Jerusalem Post: 'Israel will Attack Iran after December'

Jerusalem, October 15, 2009

Israel is planning to carry out military attacks in Iran after December, a French magazine reported Thursday

According to a report in Le canard enchainé quoted by Israel Radio, Jerusalem has already ordered from a French food manufacturer high-quality combat rations for soldiers serving in elite units and also asked reservists of these units staying abroad to return to Israel.

The magazine reports further that in a recent visit to France, IDF Chief of General Staff Gabi Ashkenazi told his French counterpart Jean-Louis Georgelin that Israel may send elite troops to conduct activities on the ground there.

(Information first reported at http://www.legitgov.org/#breaking_news)

Former Israeli Prime Minister Olmert to Visit the University of Kentucky on Wednesday, Oct 14(info courtesy of Joel Selker)

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Sept. 29, 2009) − Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert will deliver a public lecture at the University of Kentucky at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 14, at the Singletary Center for the Arts. The lecture is free and open to the public.
 
Mr. Olmert’s lecture is the first of two the university will sponsor this academic year as part of a continuing campus and community dialogue on the Middle East. In March 2010, the university will host the visit of a prominent Palestinian public figure to be announced at a later date.

Gulf Arabs Are Planning to End Dollar Dealings for Oil

(This is an important story that has global finanicial and security implications...Iran has dumped the dollar in favor of euros)

The Independent

In the most profound financial change in recent Middle East history, Gulf Arabs are planning – along with China, Russia, Japan and France – to end dollar dealings for oil, moving instead to a basket of currencies including the Japanese yen and Chinese yuan, the euro, gold and a new, unified currency planned for nations in the Gulf Co-operation Council, including Saudi Arabia, Abu Dhabi, Kuwait and Qatar.