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UAE Withdraws From Yemen
UAE Withdraws From Yemen Christopher Pike for the Crown Prince Court-Abu Dhabi A United Arab Emirates decision to withdraw the bulk of its forces from Yemen shines a spotlight on hard realities underlying Middle Eastern geopolitics. The pullback suggests that the UAE is preparing for the possibility of a US military confrontation with Iran in which the […]
Egypt Seizes Tanker Carrying Iranian Crude
Egypt Seizes Tanker Carrying Iranian Crude Tehran’s threats of retaliation against the UK for seizing a tanker carrying Iranian crude oil for export have prompted a British vessel to shelter in the Gulf, but the rest of the world doesn’t seem to be taking them too seriously. Citing local press reports, Middle East Monitor said Tuesday that a Ukrainian tanker carrying […]
“Iran-Backed” Attack On Merchant Ship In Red Sea Thwarted: Saudi Coalition
“Iran-Backed” Attack On Merchant Ship In Red Sea Thwarted: Saudi Coalition As the tanker and pipeline wars in the gulf continue to heat up, Saudi state sources are claiming to have thwarted a new “terror attack” on a commercial ship targeted by Yemen’s Houthis. Spokesman for the Saudi coalition fighting in Yemen, Col. Turki al-Maliki, announced Monday that “Houthis attempted to attack […]
British Oil Tanker Seeks Shelter Over Fears It Could Be Seized By Iran
British Oil Tanker Seeks Shelter Over Fears It Could Be Seized By Iran After a former IRGC commander exhorted his government to take a British oil tanker hostage following the seizure by Royal Marines last week of a vessel hauling Iranian crude, an oil tanker run by British Petroleum is sheltering in the Persian Gulf […]
How Iran Will Determine If The US Dollar Remains The World’s Reserve Currency
How Iran Will Determine If The US Dollar Remains The World’s Reserve Currency For almost two centuries, Sterling reigned supreme as the world’s reserve currency, propping up the vast British Empire which was the world’s superpower during the 19th century and the early 20th. Then, in the span of just a few months, everything changed […]
The Winds are Shifting
The Winds are Shifting How do you define terror? Perhaps, because of the way the term has evolved in the English language, one wouldn’t call the west ‘terrorists’ per se, but ‘we’ are certainly spreading terror and terrorizing very large groups of people. Yeah, bring on the tanks and parade them around town. Add a […]
On Eve Of 4th Of July Parade US Attempts To Lure Iran Into Shooting Down Another US Plane
On Eve Of 4th Of July Parade US Attempts To Lure Iran Into Shooting Down Another US Plane Today a manned US reconnaissance plane entered Iranian airspace in a clear attempt to provoke Iran into shooting it down. Such an incident would have created an occasion for Trump to give the American people a special […]
Iran’s FM Zarif Confirms Enriched Uranium Limit Now Breached
Iran’s FM Zarif Confirms Enriched Uranium Limit Now Breached It what appears to be the first known violation of the terms of the 2015 nuclear deal (JCPOA), Iran’s stockpiles of enriched low-grade uranium have surpassed the limit of 300 kg, Iran’s semi-official Fars News is reporting. Fars noted further that the International Atomic Energy Agency had confirmed […]
The Oil Crisis Saudi Arabia Can’t Solve
The Oil Crisis Saudi Arabia Can’t Solve Saudi Arabia’s CEO Amin Nasr’s message to the press that oil flows to the market are guaranteed, should be taken with a pinch of salt. Looking at the current volatility in the Persian/Arabian Gulf and the possibility of a temporary closure of the Strait of Hormuz, the Aramco CEO’s message […]
Trump To Unleash Hell On Europe: EU Announces Channel To Circumvent SWIFT And Iran Sanctions Is Now Operational
Trump To Unleash Hell On Europe: EU Announces Channel To Circumvent SWIFT And Iran Sanctions Is Now Operational With the world waiting for the first headlines from the Trump-Xi meeting, the most important and unexpected news of the day hit moments ago, when Europe announced that the special trade channel, Instex, that will allow European firms […]
Scenario Fulfillment? Why Should We Believe US on Location of Drone Shot Down By Iran?
Scenario Fulfillment? Why Should We Believe US on Location of Drone Shot Down By Iran? The Iranian military shot down a US spy drone yesterday. The US says the drone, a $22 million RQ-4A Global Hawk was in international airspace. Iran said the drone was over Iranian airspace. Are we looking into “Scenario Fulfillment?” Global Hawk surveillance […]
Washington’s wager concerning Iran
Washington’s wager concerning Iran Even more than Syria, Iran is now at the heart of the confrontation between East and West. The astounded public is witnessing Washington’s daily about-turns in what seems – mistakenly – to be an escalation towards war between the two countries. But this is not what it is about. Fortunately, the […]
How to Start an Unnecessary War
How to Start an Unnecessary War I confess to being mystified by those Americans who lean conservative, like myself, who continue to think that President Donald J. Trump is somehow doing a good job. To be sure, the economy continues to add mostly low paying jobs but claims that the new tax law benefits the […]
The Ongoing Restructuring of the Greater Middle East
The Ongoing Restructuring of the Greater Middle East Map showing the 40 military bases the US has been compelled to position around Iran to combat Iranian aggression. So, according to the corporate media, and to President Literally Hitler, himself, while America was sleeping last Friday morning, the U.S. Air Force was just minutes away from bombing […]
