U.S envoy Anthony Zinni

GAZ2001010404 - RAMALLAH, WEST BANK: Palestinian President Yasser Arafat,right, with U.S envoy Anthony Zinni during their meeting in the West Bank City of Ramallah, January 4, 2002. Zinni said after a round of meetings with Israeli and Palestinian leaders that U.S.-brokered security talks between the two sides would resume. . cc/cc/Arafat Press Office UPI

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Analysis: Report fans Iran attack fears

WASHINGTON, July 1 (UPI) -- U.S. officials have denied claims that U.S. Special Forces are already operating across the Iraqi border in Iran, but Seymour Hersh's claim that senior U.S. generals are opposing American airstrikes against Iran reflects very real divisions in the Pentagon and the Bush administration.

Commentary: Suez and Hungary redux

WASHINGTON, June 26 (UPI) -- The Hungarian Revolution and the Suez crisis were two of the most dramatic upheavals in international affairs in the post-World War II era. If Israel were to attack Iran’s nuclear facilities while President Bush is still the commander in chief, China and Russia might be tempted to take a page out of the old Soviet geopolitical playbook.

Commentary: Fox Fallon's fall

WASHINGTON, March 14 (UPI) -- The abrupt resignation of Middle Eastern commander Adm. William J. "Fox" Fallon over a controversial interview and profile in Esquire magazine was a carefully choreographed exit for the 63-year-old Navy aviator. The first Navy man appointed to head the Central Command, which stretches from the Middle East to South Asia and includes Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan, he is now one of three former Centcom commanders who are opposed to bombing Iran's nuclear facilities if the mullahs keep on trucking their nuclear weapon ambitions.