Persian Gulf

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• Obama meets with Bahrain's crown prince

  President Barack Obama has met with the crown prince of Bahrain to discuss security issues and ties between the U.S. and the Persian Gulf nation.The White House says Obama dropped in on a meeting between Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa and Obama's deputy   Read more »

• Nader: Five myths about a nuclear Iran

  Iran, for example, might feel more secure in impeding shipping through the Strait of Hormuz or stoking unrest in the Persian Gulf .In reality, however, a nuclear bomb would not be of much use to Iranian efforts to spread its influence across the Middle East.   Read more »

• Quake kills at least 46 along Iran-Pakistan border

  was the second deadly quake to hit Iran in less than a week after a magnitude 6.1 temblor struck near Bushehr, on Iran's Persian Gulf coast, killing at least 37 people and raising calls for greater international safety inspectors at Iran's lone nuclear reactor   Read more »

• US fighter crashes in Gulf; crew rescued

  -- The U.S. Navy says a fighter jet has crashed into the Persian Gulf near the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower, but both crew members were rescued safely by divers.The Navy cited engine failure on the F/A-18F Super Hornet as the reason for Monday's   Read more »

Around the web

• Taliban Open Door to Peace Talks

  in Qatar on Thursday, U.S. officials said, after the Taliban opened a political office on Tuesday in Doha, the capital of the Persian Gulf emirate, and made a gesture toward renouncing links to international terrorism. Qatari Assistant Foreign Minister for 6/18/13 from Wall Street Journal Read more »

• MJ Rosenberg: Arming the Syrian Rebels: A Terrible Idea

  war, it has been one presidentially initiated intervention after another: Dominican Republic, Grenada, Panama, Lebanon, Persian Gulf, Yugoslavia, Somalia, Afghanistan, Iraq , Libya. (This list does not even include the delivery of arms to the mujahideen in 6/18/13 from The Huffington Post Read more »

• Iran increases precision of indigenous missile

  commander says Iranian experts have enhanced the precision of domestically-designed and manufactured Khalij-e Fars (Persian Gulf) supersonic anti-ship ballistic missile to 8.5 meters. Commander of the Aerospace Division of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps 6/18/13 from GlobalSecurity.org Read more »

• Italy exhibits Persian Gulf photos

  with the Culture Department of Venice. The show is programmed to be continued until October 15, 2013. FGP/FGP A collection of various photos on Persian Gulf has been showcased during an exhibition held at the Ca’ Foscari University of Venice in Italy. 6/18/13 from Press TV Read more »

• Infertile Crescent? Waters run dry in Iraqi marshes

  it. Lower river levels — a result of the upstream dams that have already been built — had allowed salty water from the Persian Gulf to creep upstream and increase the marsh waters' salinity. The salinity went from a standard level of 200 parts per million   from Global Post Read more »