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Indonesia Deploys Fighter Jets To South China Sea Amid Tensions With China
Indonesia Deploys Fighter Jets To South China Sea Amid Tensions With China The Indonesian Air Force has deployed four General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcons to the South China Sea on Tuesday in a stand-off with China over its exclusive economic zone, reported Reuters. The stand-off began last month when Beijing sent a coast guard vessel and […]
Iranian MPs Pass Bill Labeling All US Military Personnel “Terrorist Entities”
Iranian MPs Pass Bill Labeling All US Military Personnel “Terrorist Entities” Lawmakers of the Islamic Consultative Assembly on Tuesday have labeled the Pentagon and its affiliates as terrorist entities under a new law, according to Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA). Iran’s new legislation was overwhelmingly approved by 223 lawmakers, according to IRNA. The law comes in response to the […]
Futures Tumble After Iran Fires “More Than A Dozen” Ballistic Missiles At Two US Targets In Iraq
Futures Tumble After Iran Fires “More Than A Dozen” Ballistic Missiles At Two US Targets In Iraq Update 8: The Pentagon has released a full statement on the attacks, claiming that more than a dozen missiles were fired from within Iran, and that at least two Iraqi military bases hosting US troops were targeted. Statement from […]
Iran Evaluating 13 Retaliation Scenarios To Inflict “Historic Nightmare” On US
Iran Evaluating 13 Retaliation Scenarios To Inflict “Historic Nightmare” On US Breaking a 5-day silence over its response for the US killing of General Qassem Soleimani, on Tuesday Iran said it was assessing 13 scenarios to inflict a “historic nightmare” on the US. “Even if the weakest of these scenarios gain a consensus, its implementation can […]
“We’re Going To War, Bro”: Elite 82nd Airborne In Largest ‘Fast Deployment’ In A Decade
“We’re Going To War, Bro”: Elite 82nd Airborne In Largest ‘Fast Deployment’ In A Decade “We’re going to war, bro” — declared a young US soldier from the US Army’s celebrated 82nd Airborne Division. He gave reporters a confident two thumbs up as his unit moved out on its largest “fast deployment” in a decade at a moment Iran has promised to inflict a […]
Amphibious Assault Ship Bataan With 2,000 Marines On Board Is Headed Toward Iraq
Amphibious Assault Ship Bataan With 2,000 Marines On Board Is Headed Toward Iraq The Iraqi parliament voted on Sunday to expel US troops out of the country but so far, it appears that nobody in the US got the memo. In fact quite the contrary. According to the US Naval Institute, amid rising tensions with Iran, […]
Some Other People Do Some Other Things
Some Other People Do Some Other Things An almighty bafflement befogs the nation as the first full business week of 2020 commences and events pile up like smashed vehicles on a weather-blinded highway. Before we even smoked that Iranian bird on the Baghdad airport tarmac, something ominous was tingling away in the financial markets, in […]
Iran, energy and war
Iran, energy and war The American obsession with Iran is about oil and natural gas. If these two resources had been absent, it is hard to imagine such an intense American focus on the country from the time of a U.S. Central Intelligence Agency-backed coup of Iran’s elected government in 1953 to today. The Foreign Policy magazine piece linked […]
Rabobank: “World War 3? The US Has Crossed A Red Line… But It’s Not The One They Think”
Rabobank: “World War 3? The US Has Crossed A Red Line… But It’s Not The One They Think” “World War Three!” is trending on social media the day I return to work after two weeks off deliberately not reading any news for once: ironic given my reputation for being bearish about geopolitics. Markets, of course, have failed to […]
2020 Begins With A Bang (Literally)
2020 Begins With A Bang (Literally) A heck of a lot happened this week It sure didn’t take long for 2020 to get interesting. Iran The biggest development of the new year happened Thursday when the US military assassinated Qassem Soleimani, Iran’s most powerful figure after its Supreme Leader, in a surgical drone strike. This is […]
“We Do Not Seek War,” Says President Who Just Started A War
“We Do Not Seek War,” Says President Who Just Started A War President Trump has been steadfastly assuring the world that the United States government does not wish to start the war it has already started by assassinating Iran’s top general. “We are a peace-loving nation and my administration remains firmly committed to establishing peace and harmony […]
War With Iran
War With Iran The assassination by the United States of Gen. Qassem Soleimani, the head of Iran’s elite Quds Force, near Baghdad’s airport will ignite widespread retaliatory attacks against U.S. targets from Shiites, who form the majority in Iraq. It will activate Iranian-backed militias and insurgents in Lebanon and Syria and throughout the Middle East. […]
Trump’s Point of No Return
Trump’s Point of No Return When I wrote that the coup against President Trump had morphed into a Civil War, I wasn’t kidding. The sham impeachment created the perfect environment for the Democrats and Republicans to get something definitive from him by playing the House and the Senate off each other. With the Senate Neocon Occupied Territory the […]
The Terrifying Rise of the Zombie State Narrative
The Terrifying Rise of the Zombie State Narrative The ruling Establishment has learnt a profound lesson from the debacle over Iraqi Weapons of Mass Destruction. The lesson they have learnt is not that it is wrong to attack and destroy an entire country on the basis of lies. They have not learnt that lesson despite […]
Iraq General Denies Unconfirmed Reports Of “Massive Explosions” At US Military Base In Iraq
Iraq General Denies Unconfirmed Reports Of “Massive Explosions” At US Military Base In Iraq Update: according to WaPo reported Mustafa Salim the Iraqi 7th division commander has “completely denied” any attack took place: ✔ · 1h Breaking: Unconfirmed reports of ballistic missiles hitting largest US military base Ain Al-Assad in #Iraq & massive explosions, via IRGC Telegram channels. […]
