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By Peter Brookes, Contributing Editor 

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Yesterday we reported on the connection between Tamerlan Tsarnaev and two know Russian terrorists.  Now, thanks to The Daily Mail we also learn that the government of Saudi Arabia warned the U.S. authorities last year in writing that the Tamerlan was a serious security threat.  

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The question comes up a lot these days, "Are you better off than you were four years ago?"  But, the question is almost always asked in a personal economic context.  Jed Babbin, a former deputy undersecretary of defense and widely published author, analyzed the "Are you better off…" question from a foreign policy/national security perspective.  His conclusion: "America's enemies are, not our allies."  

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Editor's Note: The Telescope feature editorial in the August issue of A Line of Sight, "Iran at our Doorstep," documented increased uranium enrichment and the announced plans for an Iranian missile base being constructed on the extreme northern borders of Venezuela stocked with Russian weapons. A Line of Sight contributing editor, Major General Paul Vallely, an acclaimed national security expert, and his sources at Stand Up America have just released the following analysis that also confirms increased uranium enrichment by Iran. Vallely also states that SUA believes Iran "now possesses low yield nuclear war heads that can be mounted on the Shehab missile and deployed on the oceans in container ships with the Russian provided Club K missile launch systems." Those unfamiliar with the Club K system may watch at a short video here.

In April, 2011 MG Vallely wrote the following about the Russian Club K container system for A Line of Sight:

"Moscow markets cruise missiles launched from a freight container -- Russia's Club-K Freight Container cruise missile. This relatively cheap, extra-smart, easy-to-use Club-K Container Missile System, which Moscow has put on the open market (Iran is the first acquirer), allows cruise missiles or Shehabs to be concealed in freight containers which can then be launched from a sea platform container ship. I have warned of this "spear" threat for over a year now; with no response from the powers-to-be. It is virtually undetectable by radar until activated. No wonder, Iran and Venezuela were keenly interested when the Club-K was put on the market at the Defense Services Asia exhibition in Malaysia for $15 million."  Read more here 

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Mikhail Gorbachev, the Soviet President that Ronald Reagan challenged to "tear down" the Berlin Wall – and, he did – says that he sees Russia slipping backwards into the failed hard line authoritarian ways of the old Soviet Union. 

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