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ISRAEL, IRAN and the BALKANS Part 1

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<br /> <br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: 63.0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"></span></b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4lxgxknXx_yltSxmTLNVhJmchF3w_NLThInDRQegB9KJBoRmv0-UCKsrYCD-VF0BCS7Ft3vYrYpMY-Qspkf_dFyiMlDiGpFfTAb_4PAceNfXwVBDcM4-fvHATLW0lnafLFqtgSwa2N7t8/s1600/balkans_map.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4lxgxknXx_yltSxmTLNVhJmchF3w_NLThInDRQegB9KJBoRmv0-UCKsrYCD-VF0BCS7Ft3vYrYpMY-Qspkf_dFyiMlDiGpFfTAb_4PAceNfXwVBDcM4-fvHATLW0lnafLFqtgSwa2N7t8/s400/balkans_map.gif" width="400" /></a></b></span></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">ISRAEL’S SECURITY CONCERNS IN THE BALKANS </span></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://www.balkanalysis.com/editors-and-contributors/chris-deliso/"><i><span style="color: blue;"></span></i></a></span> </div><br /><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></b><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Executive Summary: </span></b></span></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"> </div><ul><li><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Time for the BALKANS?</span></b></li><li> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Balkans: an attractive target, thus ISRAEL is increasing its countermeasures</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div></li><li> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">EUROPEAN UNION reluctance to declare Hezbollah a terrorist organization</span></b></div></li><li> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Burgas bombing and the “political issue” of Hezbollah in EUROPE</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div></li><li><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Renewed, but not rethought, interest in terrorism in the BALKAN</span></b></li><li> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In ARGENTINA, IRAN actively converted individuals to Shia Islam and carried out activities against ISRAELI and Jewish targets</span></b></div></li><li> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Hezbollah and IRANIAN growth in AFRICA and in LATIN AMERICA </span></b></div></li><li> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Hezbollah going global on terror attacks challenges counter intelligence </span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">  </span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div></li></ul><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ISRAEL is confronted with a complexity of issues in the greater MIDDLE EAST. These include: chronic political disagreements at home; the SYRIAN conflict next door, with its possibility to affect LEBANON; volatile unrest in EGYPT; the precarious condition of CYPRUS and the effect of this on possible future joint energy projects; an intensified threat from IRAN and Hezbollah, and strategizing how to handle TURKISH diplomatic moves following the (US-brokered) rapprochement. These moves may include an emotive emphasis on the Palestinian issue, which would increase existing anti-ISRAELI prejudices in the larger Muslim world.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">TIME FOR THE BALKANS?</span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Given these distractions, nurturing the strategic relationships ISRAEL has forged in the BALKANS since the TURKISH alliance deteriorated in 2010 would not seem a high priority for the new coalition. However, we do expect that ISRAEL will continue to work with BALKAN governments to monitor security vulnerabilities and threats (as it does elsewhere in the world), and possibly on a higher level than in the past. This will be due to both local developments and security issues on a more global level.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVdYVPGR6vtPM0_GWE9q7e4tIgssNGpNd18ugNms8ZIoyvfOjbweJYxDaABHWI4iWGIiN7jyGbj04anHcHdR6EF6bBN24ajnUpPDIX2tkMwU5u3JRrQolCOE45gpVliWO6r_X_rnLjHOsC/s1600/hp.02.12.13.Sarajevo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVdYVPGR6vtPM0_GWE9q7e4tIgssNGpNd18ugNms8ZIoyvfOjbweJYxDaABHWI4iWGIiN7jyGbj04anHcHdR6EF6bBN24ajnUpPDIX2tkMwU5u3JRrQolCOE45gpVliWO6r_X_rnLjHOsC/s320/hp.02.12.13.Sarajevo.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sarajevo </td></tr></tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Even before the May 2010 Gaza Flotilla, ISRAEL had enjoyed good relations with BALKAN countries in diplomatic, economic and security cooperation. In some cases, these friendly ties went back to the early 1990s. However, in the aftermath of the Flotilla incident, the TURKISH - ISRAELI falling out was so high-profile that many foreign media simply interpreted ISRAEL’S expanding diplomatic relations in the BALKANS as implicative of reactive diplomacy, an after-effect of the suspended alliance with TURKEY.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Yet while ISRAELI officials did certainly have to acknowledge a unique new situation unfolding then, it is also clear that ISRAEL’S growing regional presence had already been in development over many years, independent of any temporary problems with TURKEY.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Nevertheless analysts will still want to follow how the revived ISRAEL-TURKEY relationship plays out, and also how both states’ approaches to the BALKANS on the bilateral and regional levels will be affected by it. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The following analytical survey draws upon interviews with numerous sources interviewed in recent weeks, including diplomats, high-level intelligence and military officials of regional states, informed journalists and other experts, as well as general field knowledge and secondary sources. It discusses current security issues for ISRAEL in the BALKANS and its relations with regional countries, in the larger context of the IRANIAN threat and the emerging rapprochement with TURKEY.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">RENEWED, BUT NOT RETHOUGHT, INTEREST IN TERRORISM IN THE BALKANS</span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The 18 July 2012 Burgas terrorist attack that killed five ISRAELI tourists and one BULGARIAN national was unfortunate proof that terrorist attacks can indeed occur in the BALKANS. This possibility had previously been considered doubtful by experts who view the BALKANS as specifically a safe haven/logistics base for extremists- and as something altogether impossible by partisan supporters of local Muslim populations.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">However, since the spectacle of an armed Islamist standoff at the US Embassy in Sarajevo on 28 October 2011, US security officials have started to take greater interest, though this has not resulted in overt policy changes.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Since then, however, we have encountered greater interest in the topic from local and international security officials seeking insight, while media supported by the US government have started to frame terrorism as a regional security concern- striking, considering that they have historically tended to just ignore the subject altogether.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Yet while the Burgas attack and the Sarajevo embassy showdown did bring regional terrorism concerns back into the public spotlight, media assessment of these events failed to change the conventional wisdom. The prevailing media and political discourse that has shaped public opinion on terrorism in the BALKANS has largely failed to discuss the issue, even hypothetically. This is because it tends to discount the possibility of terrorist attacks (usually, for partisan reasons), arguing for example that IRAN cannot have influence over Sunni populations, that Muslims in the BALKANS are somehow ‘different’ than those in conflict regions, that ethnic affiliation is more important than the religious one, and so on.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Comment by Geopolitical Analysis and Monitoring</span></b><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">: When Muslims are trying to gain influence in a country, it is common practice for Sunni and Shiites not to confront each other. Such is the case in BOSNIA, where Islamist NGOs from both fractions (Sunni and Shiite) work often hand in hand in order to reach their objectives. Once these goals are reached however, the two fractions start to confront each other.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">What these presuppositions ignore is that (as in Burgas) it takes very few people to execute a successful terrorist attack, and that the influence needed to execute such an attack is, as opposed to generational, long-term sectarian influence acquisition, an easily obtainable commodity that merely requires financial or in-kind incentives. They also ignore that the prevailing conditions on the ground make the region a ‘soft target’ for terrorists or insurgents.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The following sections we will showcase breaking developments and provide brief threat assessments and vulnerabilities by country, to get a better understanding of how the ISRAELI security assessment may develop in years ahead concerning the region.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">THE BURGAS BOMBING AND THE “POLITICAL ISSUE” OF HEZBOLLAH IN EUROPE</span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">While the Burgas bombing targeted ISRAELI tourists and as such was a concern first and foremost for ISRAEL, the event has since become a ‘EUROPEAN issue’ for international leaders. For example, CANADIAN Foreign Minister John Baird referenced the attack on March 4, 2013 in an <a href="http://www.jpost.com/DiplomacyAndPolitics/Article.aspx?id=305225"><span style="color: blue;">interview with the <i>Jerusalem Post</i></span></a>, stating that “when terrorist incidents can happen right inside the EUROPEAN Union by Hezbollah, that compels civilized people everywhere to act.” Baird said this while calling on the EU to declare the LEBANESE group a terrorist entity.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">More pressure for EU leaders to do this is expected to come now after <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/21/world/europe/in-cyprus-trial-man-says-hezbollah-scouted-israeli-targets-in-europe.html?ref=todayspaper&_r=1&"><span style="color: blue;">the trial in Cyprus</span></a> of a professed Hezbollah member believed to have been planning a near-simultaneous attack on ISRAELI tourists there when he was arrested last July, two weeks before the Burgas bombing. <a href="http://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/Cyprus-jails-Hezbollah-man-for-plotting-to-kill-Israelis-308000"><span style="color: blue;">The conclusion of the trial</span></a> on 28 March resulted in a guilty verdict and four-year sentence for Hossem Taleb Yaacoub. This SWEDISH-LEBANESE citizen, who had also used FRANCE and the NETHERLANDS as a base for his activities, had been tasked by a handler known to him only as ‘Ayman’ with conducting surveillance on ISRAELI tourist targets in CYPRUS.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Benjamin Weinthal, the <i>Jerusalem Post’s </i>Berlin correspondent and a research fellow with the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, notes that this successful prosecution of a Hezbollah member – the first in an EU country – may put new pressure on the bloc to designate Hezbollah as a terrorist entity. The case takes on more weight too since the internationally-researched official BULGARIAN report stated that Hezbollah was indeed behind the Burgas bombing.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">EU RELUCTANCE TO DECLARE HEZBOLLAH A TERRORIST ORGANIZATION </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbB4un06FiAJli0pwvo3JKxXG8tVxaVMtLk4l_5H0Q99oX2408qpQpITEeH8oF5ShFFkbwa-ueSk-OawlySX2zM9eWtRoNTbeNocc2KogXyRClv2SHYd1lb3mAUJa3kiOktVlhHIOsvooY/s1600/Israels-President-Shimon-Peres-with-European-Commission-President-Jose-Manuel-Barroso-in-Brussels-at-the-EC-headquarters-March-7-2013.-Photo-by-Reuters.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="176" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbB4un06FiAJli0pwvo3JKxXG8tVxaVMtLk4l_5H0Q99oX2408qpQpITEeH8oF5ShFFkbwa-ueSk-OawlySX2zM9eWtRoNTbeNocc2KogXyRClv2SHYd1lb3mAUJa3kiOktVlhHIOsvooY/s320/Israels-President-Shimon-Peres-with-European-Commission-President-Jose-Manuel-Barroso-in-Brussels-at-the-EC-headquarters-March-7-2013.-Photo-by-Reuters.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Until now, GERMANY has said there is not enough legal evidence to blacklist Hezbollah,” says Weinthal. “GERMANY and FRANCE particularly are also concerned that their diplomatic relations with LEBANON would be damaged by such an action.” Currently, HOLLAND has designated Hezbollah a terrorist organization in full, while BRITAIN considers its military wing to be a terrorist entity.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The diplomatic ramifications of the BULGARIA terrorist attack provide insight into the intricacies of ISRAELI-BALKAN relations. The lack of EU consensus regarding Hezbollah put member state BULGARIA in a difficult diplomatic position, and it has said that it will “not initiate” the technical process required for the designation, emphasizing the need for EU unity on the subject. However, when it concluded the case in early February, the BULGARIAN government did announce that Hezbollah had been responsible- as ISRAEL had suspected from the beginning.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Many, including from the US side, had not expected BULGARIA to take such a robust stand. There was <a href="http://www.jpost.com/Features/InThespotlight/Article.aspx?id=302731"><span style="color: blue;">reported pressure on authorities</span></a> not to do so, and when they did, the domestic political opposition argued that the government had put the country at greater risk from Hezbollah and IRAN. (Both have denied any involvement). </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">THE BALKANS: AN ATTRACTIVE TARGET, THUS ISRAEL IS INCREASING ITS COUNTERMEASURES</span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The BALKANS has long had its share of dangerous groups: from organized crime rackets, extremist right-wingers, leftists and anarchists, volatile nationalistic protesters and varieties of sometimes violent Islamic causes. While the ISRAELIS are of course concerned by the occasional manifestations of neo-Nazism, they are currently focusing on Hezbollah (and behind it, IRAN) as the main potential threat to their own interests. ISRAELI diplomats, tourists and local Jewish populations are all regarded as potential targets. In contrast to the case with BALKAN Sunni extremists, however, relatively little research has been published on Hezbollah in the BALKANS today.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Nevertheless with its porous borders, rampant corruption, underdeveloped regions and relatively lax security, the BALKANS can be compared to other parts of the world in which Hezbollah and IRAN are already known to be expanding their operations. And, as ISRAEL continues to increase its diplomatic, commercial and tourism presence in the region, more potential targets are coming into existence as well. The civilian nature of most of these targets makes them very difficult, if not impossible to secure. Even a cursory infrastructure analysis exposes numerous ways in which a dedicated and professional adversary could exploit security vulnerabilities and inflict damage.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">HEZBOLLAH GOING GLOBAL ON TERROR ATTACKS CHALLENGES COUNTER INTELLIGENCE </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Dr. Ely Karmon, senior research scholar at the International Institute for Counter-Terrorism in Herzliya, ISRAEL recently talked about the tactics and strategy of Hezbollah and IRAN, and subsequent trouble spots in the region, in the context of greater global trends. Worldwide, he points to a spike in Hezbollah plots in the past year. In 2012, “Hezbollah was responsible for 20 plots- all foiled except for the one in Burgas,” he notes. A map illustrating these plots <a href="http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/analysis-iran-and-hezbollah-s-terror-escalation-against-israel-1.452953"><span style="color: blue;">provided by <i>Haaretz</i></span></a> indicates that they were all planned for places as far apart as GEORGIA, KENYA, TURKEY, CYPRUS, INDIA, SINGAPORE and THAILAND. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">This kind of global reach requires extended logistical and intelligence networks, and of course plenty of funds and supporters.</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">HEZBOLLAH AND IRANIAN GROWTH IN AFRICA AND IN LATIN AMERICA </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVNWYP9Gi91nMy90kXLU4RV7DQ_wyR-seyjUtOpf7E0f0rdUP5pwHmhlMxc5Prqnq-DeKMWRzLR6z1zALHA4a7ONcRy7S-lwyxklKibmD3tqxvQmM1-xvPdNqgDo5KAFDlOr9D8gAKNFSc/s1600/20130220_hezbollah_south_america.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="153" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVNWYP9Gi91nMy90kXLU4RV7DQ_wyR-seyjUtOpf7E0f0rdUP5pwHmhlMxc5Prqnq-DeKMWRzLR6z1zALHA4a7ONcRy7S-lwyxklKibmD3tqxvQmM1-xvPdNqgDo5KAFDlOr9D8gAKNFSc/s200/20130220_hezbollah_south_america.jpg" width="200" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hezbollah presence in LATAM</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">IRANIAN activities in the developing world indicate patterns that might be applicable to the BALKAN theater. Dr. Karmon’s vital analyses of Hezbollah and IRANIAN growth in AFRICA and in LATIN AMERICA detail the pattern of how IRAN has gained a foothold in numerous countries there, using them for sectarian purposes, terrorism logistics, and trade in illicit goods (as well as legitimate commerce and infrastructure projects). The general conclusion is that IRANIAN diplomatic expansion today is part of a strategy to “balance the pressure of the international community on its nuclear project and prepare the ground for subversive and terrorist responses in case of crippling sanctions or a military strike at its nuclear facilities.” A key part of this strategy includes developing economic and political influence among Muslim states and others hostile to US and Western interests.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Dr Karmon states that “there is a clear pattern. IRAN begins [in small countries] with diplomatic relations, investment promises and cultural relations. But all IRANIAN diplomatic and cultural activities carried out are under the control of their intelligence services.”</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">IN ARGENTINA, IRAN ACTIVELY CONVERTED INDIVIDUALS TO SHIA ISLAM AND CARRIED OUT ACTIVITIES AGAINST ISRAELI AND JEWISH TARGETS</span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“For IRAN, the BALKANS are a good platform for two reasons,” he adds. “First, countries like BOSNIA have already been penetrated for a long time. Second, the local security and law enforcement are not sufficiently prepared for an adversary like IRAN.” He points out that the plotters in Burgas and CYPRUS were traveling with passports from WESTERN EUROPEAN countries, making it much more difficult for local countries to detect anything suspicious.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Further, even though the BALKAN Muslim populations are primarily Sunni, this is not necessarily an impediment to IRAN. Dr. Karmon points out several cases, such as in ARGENTINA, where “IRAN actively converted individuals to Shia Islam and has carried out activities against ISRAELI and Jewish targets.” In parts of AFRICA, IRAN has also worked on converting Sunni Muslims to their own sect. Dr. Karmon also points out numerous cases of Hezbollah plots in which Sunni Muslims in places like SOUTHEAST ASIA and NORTH AFRICA were radicalized and took part in plots. If it happened there it could happen in the BALKANS, we can conclude. “They adapt their operations to the situation on the ground,” Dr. Karmon affirms.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Adapted by Geopolitical Analysis and Monitoring from original article written by <b>Chris Deliso</b> </span></div>

ISRAEL, IRAN and the BALKANS Part 1

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Nuts for coconuts

1:04 PM Tukiyooo 0

Nuts for coconuts

I like to drink Coconut Water to hydrate. But look what's on the shelf next to it - Aloe Vera water. Ever have it? What are the benef...

Dublin Bikes

12:03 PM Tukiyooo 0

Dublin Bikes - not the subscription city bikes but these great painted ones I found on Montague Street.<br /><br />My sister and I also went and tried on Vintage clothing.  I tried on a horrible green dress - too revolting to even put up here.  Amy tried on this groovy mini dress!  Fun! <br/><br/><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUk5rWWax17fpUG99QQvitKfZu6Nvk1aIdTpIlGpPyRyzEAuQALUpevntxFLPs6QKiM7mtbd01Za98kI3_Zxpj_70DUvO4BvDd0tJPxr58f1o54P1ntw2g-jRY5-2vd3Lvxs0yNLiDR4rn/s640/blogger-image-1903264263.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUk5rWWax17fpUG99QQvitKfZu6Nvk1aIdTpIlGpPyRyzEAuQALUpevntxFLPs6QKiM7mtbd01Za98kI3_Zxpj_70DUvO4BvDd0tJPxr58f1o54P1ntw2g-jRY5-2vd3Lvxs0yNLiDR4rn/s640/blogger-image-1903264263.jpg" /></a></div> <br/><br/><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU19ovJw93qk9cRynQJEh4myMjK-u0DxVysJpcn3oO_Blk0AtET5xNcAC2_fW3zH2jbbnT671q8cNnobj2Zqf9zFxnM-zy3aHSCxexRiBtD42WcueqHOIcaKiP-GUHyhN_MTf9lgcvnzSq/s640/blogger-image-29260713.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU19ovJw93qk9cRynQJEh4myMjK-u0DxVysJpcn3oO_Blk0AtET5xNcAC2_fW3zH2jbbnT671q8cNnobj2Zqf9zFxnM-zy3aHSCxexRiBtD42WcueqHOIcaKiP-GUHyhN_MTf9lgcvnzSq/s640/blogger-image-29260713.jpg" /></a></div> <br/><br/><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZiMra3acgSdv1Aub1gxijXGNUJQpcRL5OL8aXG2npEmSb7ElYGsiXj42M5vdv3DZnOrLfJT-PGf0qPhLpXhL1CJlhkvxJVQZtqFAEGR9W5M_BtgLbPtHrovM1gALvoNSjTzLvE9MBNvu3/s640/blogger-image-587548686.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZiMra3acgSdv1Aub1gxijXGNUJQpcRL5OL8aXG2npEmSb7ElYGsiXj42M5vdv3DZnOrLfJT-PGf0qPhLpXhL1CJlhkvxJVQZtqFAEGR9W5M_BtgLbPtHrovM1gALvoNSjTzLvE9MBNvu3/s640/blogger-image-587548686.jpg" /></a></div>

Dublin Bikes

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Fishy fishy

11:21 AM Tukiyooo 0

<p>What did you get up to during the weekend?</p><p>Yesterday I was treated to a fish pedicure by my sister. So much fun!!!</p><div class='separator' style='clear: both; text-align: center;'> <a href='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0xJaF8K4cAT2KENo5ivBJ8EqoMpUe6AvPGAFxbF1GGGYaETVDcNfgcBS_A2ifmk5w2E-yxH44RN2SJC8hASk-prM32eDlXKbsmpk_YEGuSMdR7sfwu98j2T4zv6CnalFxoFAMhFRqfxJ7/s1600/299163_185131411568569_478921727_n.jpeg' imageanchor='1' style='margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;'> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0xJaF8K4cAT2KENo5ivBJ8EqoMpUe6AvPGAFxbF1GGGYaETVDcNfgcBS_A2ifmk5w2E-yxH44RN2SJC8hASk-prM32eDlXKbsmpk_YEGuSMdR7sfwu98j2T4zv6CnalFxoFAMhFRqfxJ7/s400/299163_185131411568569_478921727_n.jpeg" /> </a> </div><br /><br />We went to the salon at the top of the Stephen's Green Shopping Centre.  It was very relaxing and I totally recommend it.<br /><br />After our pedi we walked home past the canal. Such a lovely day! <br /><br /><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5G1vxLfqKXDfP8ZKMYDif3oZ4fudDRecMDesJZvp6F4XvI9tVEt5yVvdA4K9YVS47V9t9HFRU_dNS7dCBi07m4GOB0xsjmSIOqqV4Fk5DHFEkTQlrtDCk7h4K0yXeZhNBZHP7ag3sXHm2/s640/blogger-image-1623685523.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5G1vxLfqKXDfP8ZKMYDif3oZ4fudDRecMDesJZvp6F4XvI9tVEt5yVvdA4K9YVS47V9t9HFRU_dNS7dCBi07m4GOB0xsjmSIOqqV4Fk5DHFEkTQlrtDCk7h4K0yXeZhNBZHP7ag3sXHm2/s640/blogger-image-1623685523.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br />My thoughts on fish pedicure is that the water is cold, the fish tickle and it is no replacement for a pumice stone!

Fishy fishy

What did you get up to during the weekend? Yesterday I was treated to a fish pedicure by my sister. So much fun!!! We went to the salon ...

Today's archidose #671

4:45 AM Tukiyooo 0

Here are some photos of the <a href="http://www.starwoodhotels.com/luxury/property/overview/index.html?propertyID=3565">Twelve at Hengshan</a> (2012) in Shanghai, China, by <a href="http://www.botta.ch/">Mario Botta Architetto</a>, photographed by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wujian1014/">Jian Wu</a>.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wujian1014/8652181732/" title="Hengshan Road 12 Hotel by Janins911, on Flickr"><img alt="Hengshan Road 12 Hotel" height="373" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8544/8652181732_42b7108000_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wujian1014/8652181758/" title="Hengshan Road 12 Hotel by Janins911, on Flickr"><img alt="Hengshan Road 12 Hotel" height="426" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8247/8652181758_a23eb1d6dd_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wujian1014/8651116719/" title="Hengshan Road 12 Hotel by Janins911, on Flickr"><img alt="Hengshan Road 12 Hotel" height="431" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8401/8651116719_fc6b70bfe3_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wujian1014/8651111609/" title="Hengshan Road 12 Hotel by Janins911, on Flickr"><img alt="Hengshan Road 12 Hotel" height="412" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8243/8651111609_234dc16f37_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wujian1014/8651126469/" title="Hengshan Road 12 Hotel by Janins911, on Flickr"><img alt="Hengshan Road 12 Hotel" height="426" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8116/8651126469_7e0978a54e_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wujian1014/8032778757/" title="Hengshan Road 12 Hotel，Shanghai by Janins911, on Flickr"><img alt="Hengshan Road 12 Hotel，Shanghai" height="800" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8032/8032778757_cbfb4c65fd_c.jpg" width="531" /></a><br /><br />To contribute your Flickr images for consideration, just:<br /><blockquote>:: Join and add photos to the <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/archi-dose/">archidose pool</a>, and/or<br />:: Tag your photos <span style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/archidose/">archidose</a></span></blockquote>

Today's archidose #671

Here are some photos of the Twelve at Hengshan (2012) in Shanghai, China, by Mario Botta Architetto , photographed by Jian Wu . To contribu...

Babe of the Week: Raging Bitch Gwyneth Paltrow

9:00 PM Tukiyooo 0

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /> <br /><div class="MsoNormal">IWS Radio is proud to present Oscar winning actress, singer, cookbook author and lifestyle guru Gwyneth Paltrow as our Babe of the Week! </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_KSBePI6ZIflvAbqn9-tcUZ3D0tuOishE7LyHBl989AuppbwFAIQJl_w5K-qqWDRN-c6hbWPewP1hyphenhyphenegWWf95Z1fPtyBbHbHyn650dExfZVKGi5Gt60tK2l6FeoWONj-u3yKr-W5tP7k/s1600/Gwyneth-Paltrow-Cleavage-Boobs-Legs-Sexy-Cunt.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_KSBePI6ZIflvAbqn9-tcUZ3D0tuOishE7LyHBl989AuppbwFAIQJl_w5K-qqWDRN-c6hbWPewP1hyphenhyphenegWWf95Z1fPtyBbHbHyn650dExfZVKGi5Gt60tK2l6FeoWONj-u3yKr-W5tP7k/s320/Gwyneth-Paltrow-Cleavage-Boobs-Legs-Sexy-Cunt.jpg" width="235" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">Recently named People Magazine’s “World’s Most Beautiful Woman” Gwyneth is one of the most multi-faceted and talented … Oh screw this! She was named “Most Beautiful” by People at the same time that “Iron Man 3” was premiering and we’re supposed to believe People wasn’t bought off for that? PUH-LEEZE! I can’t take it. Paltrow is an over-privileged pretentious self-absorbed snob who thinks she’s better than everyone … </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX9B1gjtUvjx5l5m-2YuyDkMtujm8nZSpEoM92AQqLwYjhjHbqB2uzNaAGXI1cmJ_Uiy-0Ex4bMHrirwnRqR0-1TqnidHnV81BEcVD5bdhVG__-4UYg0ImROMyj1i_8z7i6GqK0mdWYJk/s1600/Gwyneth-Paltrow-See-Through-Iron-Man-3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX9B1gjtUvjx5l5m-2YuyDkMtujm8nZSpEoM92AQqLwYjhjHbqB2uzNaAGXI1cmJ_Uiy-0Ex4bMHrirwnRqR0-1TqnidHnV81BEcVD5bdhVG__-4UYg0ImROMyj1i_8z7i6GqK0mdWYJk/s400/Gwyneth-Paltrow-See-Through-Iron-Man-3.jpg" width="218" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">Is she pretty? Sure she is! Tall, lean, leggy blue-eyed blonds usually are. But so is the girl who works at the Dollar General here in Redneckville. The difference is the girl at DG doesn’t look down on everyone who shops there and tell them what sad, pathetic people they are! </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtkVOPDHSZW2UIh293wuMqmFisc-yYTcLOlUfi73RcwdLMoJ-e8gQ7tkpmADOEGBbj8f0UEhZrU2_wiVFoTE6zTsBnooLkUjoqkPP4VGGkddm_Bt5fqsNEdYPs9aWRqb8LQTNcwkBU-nE/s1600/Gwyneth-Paltrow-Legs-Hot.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtkVOPDHSZW2UIh293wuMqmFisc-yYTcLOlUfi73RcwdLMoJ-e8gQ7tkpmADOEGBbj8f0UEhZrU2_wiVFoTE6zTsBnooLkUjoqkPP4VGGkddm_Bt5fqsNEdYPs9aWRqb8LQTNcwkBU-nE/s400/Gwyneth-Paltrow-Legs-Hot.jpg" width="223" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal">Gwyneth is just another one of these snooty condescending bitches who was born on third base but thinks she hit a triple. She can’t be bothered to live in America because were all sooooooo uncouth. She has to live in London where she claims everyone is a sophisticated, worldly intellectual on her level. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTa5xpHnZRGhnMTcasPIWgX_pDltj9xRzuMPJWnhxTUAmcAmddEcDUiycVPP7f4rTA9dcgHVzI1nRTeOcT7RktngNEND9i_4-4XtFU4HtjXaeLaUZxhawuugxAXAO4Nd6gGGnAlbEnVy8/s1600/Gwyneth-Paltrow-Nude-Topless-Hot.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTa5xpHnZRGhnMTcasPIWgX_pDltj9xRzuMPJWnhxTUAmcAmddEcDUiycVPP7f4rTA9dcgHVzI1nRTeOcT7RktngNEND9i_4-4XtFU4HtjXaeLaUZxhawuugxAXAO4Nd6gGGnAlbEnVy8/s400/Gwyneth-Paltrow-Nude-Topless-Hot.bmp" width="223" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">Her favorite thing in the world to do is to go onto her website tell all the downtrodden people of the world what they can do to <strike>better their lives</strike> BE MORE LIKE HER!!!! I would congratulate “Gwennie” on her Babe of the Week hono(u)rs, but she has probably already congratulated herself. Of course, while staring at herself in the mirror and being mesmerized by her beauty and greatness, she is also asking how it could possibly have taken so long for this to happen since she’s sooooooo much more deserving than the babes who have won before she did.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">How on Earth the lovely, charming and delightful Blythe Danner could have given birth to this snooty self-important cunt I have no idea. Anyway, enjoy being the Babe of the Week Gwyneth. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div>By the way, don't forget to listen to<a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/im-with-stupid/2013/04/28/at-long-last-spring" target="_blank"> I'm With Stupid LIVE Sunday at 12 Noon ET</a> as we talk about Spring Cleaning and other fun stuff.<br /><br /></div>

Babe of the Week: Raging Bitch Gwyneth Paltrow

IWS Radio is proud to present Oscar winning actress, singer, cookbook author and lifestyle guru Gwyneth Paltrow as our Babe of the Week! Re...