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American Oil Workers In Iraq Exiting Country At US Government Request
American Oil Workers In Iraq Exiting Country At US Government Request Hours after the US drone attack which killed IRGC Quds Force General Qasem Suleimani, the US State Department issued an emergency alert urging all American citizens currently in Iraq to depart the country “immediately” due to “heightened tensions” in the region. While urging Americans to take […]
Iran Deploys F-14 Fighter Jets, Places Ballistic Missile Bases On ‘High Alert’
Iran Deploys F-14 Fighter Jets, Places Ballistic Missile Bases On ‘High Alert’ Tehran has deployed Grumman F-14 Tomcat fighter jets to its borders hours after the U.S. killed Iranian General Qasem Soleimani in an airstrike at Baghdad international airport, according to Sputnik News. NBC News Tehran Bureau Chief Ali Arouzi tweeted that “Iranian f14 fighters jets maneuvering […]
China Urges ‘Calm And Restraint’ After US Kills Top Iranian General
China Urges ‘Calm And Restraint’ After US Kills Top Iranian General Agence France-Presse (AFP) is reporting China on Friday has requested restraint from all sides, “especially the United States,” after the U.S. killed Iranian General Qasem Soleimani in an airstrike at Baghdad international airport. “China has always opposed the use of force in international relations,” Chinese […]
Iran’s Top Military Commander, Qasem Suleimani, Assassinated In US Airstrike
Iran’s Top Military Commander, Qasem Suleimani, Assassinated In US Airstrike LIVE FEED: update2: It’s official — unbelievable as it is — Iraqi state TV moments ago announced the death of Iran’s most senior elite military commander, IRGC Quds Force chief Qasem Suleimani: ✔ BREAKING: #IRAQ OFFICIAL TV ANNOUNCES #IRAN IRGC LEADER QASSEM SULEIMANI IS ASSASSINATED. ALSO KILLED HEAD OF KATAIB […]
4,000 US Troop Surge To Middle East Could Be Imminent Amid Baghdad Chaos
4,000 US Troop Surge To Middle East Could Be Imminent Amid Baghdad Chaos Three U.S. defense officials told Fox News on Tuesday that the U.S. Army’s 82nd Airborne Division’s alert brigade has been given orders to deploy to Kuwait amid the social unrest in Baghdad. Even though all supporters of Iran-backed militias have withdrawn from the heavily fortified U.S. […]
“No More Transit Risk”: Ukraine & Russia Ink Landmark Gas Transit Deal, Hammering European Gas Prices
“No More Transit Risk”: Ukraine & Russia Ink Landmark Gas Transit Deal, Hammering European Gas Prices Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has hailed the completion of an against all odds landmark deal with Russia’s Gazprom as ensuring “energy security and prosperity for Ukrainians.” It will keep natural gas flowing to Western Europe via Ukraine for the next five years, which is […]
Why I Don’t Criticize Russia, China, Or Other Unabsorbed Governments
Why I Don’t Criticize Russia, China, Or Other Unabsorbed Governments Depending on whose political echo chamber I happen to be arguing with on a given day, one common criticism I run into a fair bit which many of my readers have surely also encountered is that I put all my energy into criticizing the foreign […]
Iraq Protestors Storm US Embassy In Baghdad
Iraq Protestors Storm US Embassy In Baghdad Thousands of Iraqi protestors attacked various parts of the US embassy in Baghdad on Tuesday after US airstrikes killed dozens of Iran-backed Iraqi militia over the weekend. The attack on the embassy has been widely documented on Twitter with videos and pictures showing the destruction. Protestors are currently breaking into the #US Embassy in […]
“US Dominance In Mideast Is Over”: Iran Declares After Joint Drills With Russia & China
“US Dominance In Mideast Is Over”: Iran Declares After Joint Drills With Russia & China At a moment the US struck five supposedly ‘Iran-linked’ militia bases in Iraq and Syria on Sunday, sending regional tensions soaring, unprecedented four-day long joint naval drills involving Iran, Russia and China outside the Persian Gulf were simultaneously winding down. Iran used […]
Iraqi Militias Vow “Strong Response” To US ‘Occupiers’ Imminent After Airstrikes
Iraqi Militias Vow “Strong Response” To US ‘Occupiers’ Imminent After Airstrikes After US fighter jets bombed five facilities controlled by the Kataib Hezbollah militia group in Iraq and Syria on Sunday in response to the killing of a U.S. civilian contractor in a rocket attack on an Iraqi military base — which in turn killed at least 24 […]
Media’s Deafening Silence On Latest WikiLeaks Drops Is Its Own Scandal
Media’s Deafening Silence On Latest WikiLeaks Drops Is Its Own Scandal This is getting really, really, really weird. WikiLeaks has published yet another set of leaked internal documents from within the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) adding even more material to the mountain of evidence that we’ve been lied to about an alleged chemical weapons attack in […]
Israel will not allow Iranian forces to station in Iraq: IDF chief
Israel will not allow Iranian forces to station in Iraq: IDF chief BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:45 P.M.) – The Chief-of-Staff for the Israeli Armed Forces, Aviv Kochavi, said on Wednesday that Israel cannot allow Iran to station militarily in Iraq. According to Ynet News, Kochavi stated on the seventh anniversary of the death of the former Chief-of-Staff, Amnon […]
An End to the World as We Know It?
An End to the World as We Know It? Congress and the White House compete in year-end stupidity sweepstakes At the end of the nineteenth century, Lord Palmerston stated what he thought was obvious, that “England has no eternal friends, England has no perpetual enemies, England has only eternal and perpetual interests.” Palmerston was saying […]
Sanctions, Security and the Nord Stream 2 Pipeline
Sanctions, Security and the Nord Stream 2 Pipeline The Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, construction of which is intended to transport 55 billion cubic metres of Russian gas to Germany per year under the Baltic Sea, is a ragbag of options and promises. The fruit of a deal between Berlin and Moscow, it has troubled […]
