Iran won't retaliate for nuclear scientist killings: What We're Reading Now
Sep 27, 2011
IRAN
Iran won't retaliate for nuclear scientist killings
Reuters -- September 27, 2011
Iran will not retaliate against its enemies who killed Iranian nuclear scientists but wants international action to help prevent further attacks, its envoy to the U.N. atomic agency said on Tuesday.
U.S. Sells Bunker Busters to Israel
NPR -- September 25, 2011
Two years ago, the Obama Administration secretly authorized the sale of 55 deep-penetrating bombs — or bunker busters — to Israel. That's according to an investigation by Newsweek magazine. The bombs could potentially be used in Israeli attack on Iranian nuclear sites. Weekends on All Things Considered host Guy Raz talks with Eli Lake, the reporter who broke the story.
NORTH KOREA
"Red Dawn" Remake to come out next year from FilmDistrict
Los Angeles Times -- September 26, 2011
A remake of the invasion movie "Red Dawn" — with its villains now digitally modified from Chinese to North Korean — will finally hit American shores next year.
Opinion: Pyongyang Looks for the Next Payoff
Andrei Lankov, The Wall Street Journal -- September 27, 2011
The lesson North Korean leaders learned from Libya is that there is no security without nuclear weapons.