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Spanish Government Blames Russian “Dezinformatsiya” Campaign For Catalan Uprising
Spanish Government Blames Russian “Dezinformatsiya” Campaign For Catalan Uprising No, not The Onion… In what is perhaps the least surprising tactic from the Spanish establishment, a government-backed research institute in Madrid has stated that Spain’s struggle to quash separatism in its Catalonia region was disrupted by Russian hackers agitating for a break-up, in a hallmark […]
If The Saudi Arabia Situation Doesn’t Worry You, You’re Not Paying Attention
If The Saudi Arabia Situation Doesn’t Worry You, You’re Not Paying Attention A key geopolitical axis is swiftly shifting While turbulent during the best of times, gigantic waves of change are now sweeping across the Middle East. The magnitude is such that the impact on the global price of oil, as well as world markets, […]
Things Are Escalating Quickly
Things Are Escalating Quickly I didn’t spend all week writing about the gigantic tremors occurring in the Middle East because I thought it was fun. If I’m even remotely correct in my analysis, the entire world will be affected and shaped for decades to come by what’s about to go down in the region. Rather […]
The End of “The End of History” – U.S. Mid-East Policy’s Fork in the Road
The End of “The End of History” – U.S. Mid-East Policy’s Fork in the Road In 1989 Francis Fukayama declared that we had reached “The End of History.” Democracy as a form of government would, in fact, be the end of the evolution of human interaction. The West had triumphed and that the rest was ‘just […]
War with Russia: Two Great American Myths
War with Russia: Two Great American Myths There are two myths which are deeply imprinted in the minds of most US Americans which are extremely dangerous and which can result in a war with Russia. The first myth is the myth of US military superiority. The second myth is the myth of US invulnerability. I […]
Saudi Arabia’s Desperate Gamble
Saudi Arabia’s Desperate Gamble Furious over defeat in Syria, Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince is gambling again, arresting rivals at home and provoking a political crisis in Lebanon, but he may lack the geopolitical chips to pull off his bet, says ex-British diplomat Alastair Crooke. It is always tempting. The Syrian war is coming to an end, […]
Why Saudi Purge Signals War Footing
Why Saudi Purge Signals War Footing Mass arrests of senior royals, amid fear of assassinations, indicate that what is going on in Saudi Arabia is a far-reaching purge. The facade of a “corruption probe” – promoted in part by Western news media and US President Donald Trump – is a barely credible cover. The cover […]
Kingdom Of Fear: Saudi Arabia On Lockdown
Kingdom Of Fear: Saudi Arabia On Lockdown Events in Saudi Arabia are unfolding at a blinding pace, with a radical shift taking place within the upper echelons of government. Last weekend, King Salman announced the set-up of a special anti-corruption force that wasted no time in rounding up more than a dozen government officials—both former […]
How Saudi Arabia Sows Instability
How Saudi Arabia Sows Instability U.S. propaganda claims Iran causes Mideast instability, but the truth is that Saudi Arabia – from backing Islamic extremists to blockading and bombing Yemen – is the real culprit, as ex-CIA analyst Paul R. Pillar explains. The anachronistic family enterprise known as the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has long been […]
Leaked Documents Expose Stunning Plan to Wage Financial War on Qatar–And Steal the World Cup
Photo: Max Faulkner/The Fort Worth Star-Telegram/AP LEAKED DOCUMENTS EXPOSE STUNNING PLAN TO WAGE FINANCIAL WAR ON QATAR — AND STEAL THE WORLD CUP A PLAN FOR the United Arab Emirates to wage financial war against its Gulf rival Qatar was found in the task folder of an email account belonging to UAE Ambassador to the […]
DOJ To Russia Today: Register As A Foreign Agent Or Face Arrest
DOJ To Russia Today: Register As A Foreign Agent Or Face Arrest Congress is using a decades-old piece of legislation to force Russia Today to register as a foreign agent in the US, adding that if the site doesn’t comply with the order by Monday, the DOJ could move to shutter its operations and arrest […]
Kuwait Orders Citizens To Leave Lebanon Immediately “As Precaution Against Any Negative Impact That Might Take Place”
Kuwait Orders Citizens To Leave Lebanon Immediately “As Precaution Against Any Negative Impact That Might Take Place” The drums of war are beating at a deafening pace: with Saudi Arabia ordering its citizens to immediately leave Lebanon on Thursday, just a few hours later Kuwait joined in. According to the Kuwait News Agency, citing a […]
WikiLeaks Publishes CIA Hacking Tool Designed To “Impersonate” Russia’s Kaspersky Lab
WikiLeaks Publishes CIA Hacking Tool Designed To “Impersonate” Russia’s Kaspersky Lab On September 18th, the US Senate voted to ban the use of products from the Moscow-based cyber security firm Kaspersky Lab by the federal government, citing national security risk. The vote was included as an amendment to an annual defense policy spending bill approved […]
Saudi Arabia Orders Its Citizens To Leave Lebanon Immediately
Saudi Arabia Orders Its Citizens To Leave Lebanon Immediately In a odd coincidence, just moments after we published an article laying out Hezbollah’s military power at a time when both Saudi Arabia and Lebanon appear to be targeting Lebanon, and just two days after we discussed a leaked Israeli cable that confirmed Saudi Arabia and […]
