August 20, 2008                                  
Dossier: Gen. Jack Keane


Coming right out and saying it: Al Qaida has been defeated

BACKGROUNDER
Compiled by Bill Gertz

Failure of the Bush Russia policy: U.S. diplomacy no match for Putin strategy

The Georgia-Russia military clash over the breakaway region of Ossetia is being viewed in Washington intelligence circles as a failure of U.S. policy toward Russia, a policy that has relied on the personal diplomacy of President Bush rather than on U.S. national interest.

Bush has stated repeatedly in the past that he believes world problems can be worked out when leaders have good personal relations and he specifically stated that his contact with former Russian President Vladimir Putin was the key to keeping Moscow from becoming a hostile, anti-democratic power.

However, Russia over the past eight years has moved steadily away from democracy and toward anti-democratic authoritarianism. The attacks by Russian strategic bombers and missiles on Georgia represent the first real post-Soviet threats from Moscow.



Multiple air strikes on multiple targets required to destroy Iran sites

WASHINGTON — A new report found that the destruction of Iran's nuclear program would require a sustained air combat campaign by the United States. The Institute for Science and International Security has determined that Iran's nuclear program has been dispersed, protected and concealed. The Washington-based institute said this would rule out a limited air strike on Iran's uranium enrichment facilities. "An attack on Iran's enrichment program could not just rely on a single strike," the report, titled "Can Military Strikes Destroy Iran's Gas Centrifuge Program? Probably Not," said. "It would need multiple strikes against many sites."      
Middle East Report
Major Iran exercise said to test wartime rapid response, security   


"The entire missile firing phase of the exercise was designed to demonstrate deterrence" ...
"...But the real goal of the exercise was to maintain security in times of war."  
Focus on the Gulf States
Kuwait plan focuses on maintaining order, critical services if Iran war   
Northeast Asia Report
Bush in Seoul: North Korea still not off 'axis of evil' list   
Focus on Al Qaida
Hizbullah mentored pre-9/11 Al Qaida on suicide attacks against U.S.   
Military Technology
Lockheed Martin admits giving classified missile data to UAE    
East-Asia-Intel.com
U.S. NSC, Pacific Command differ on whether there is freeze on Taiwan arms
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