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Saudis Intercept Ballistic Missile Over Capital Riyadh
Saudis Intercept Ballistic Missile Over Capital Riyadh Just hours after the previously reported unexpected, and shocking resignation of Lebanon’s pro-Saudi prime minister Saad al-Hariri, Saudi defense forces said they had intercepted a ballistic missile over the capital Riyadh, which was fired from Yemen. According to Yemen’s Houthi-controlled Defense Ministry, the Yemeni Air Force targeted King […]
Lebanon Plunges Into Crisis After Premier Resigns, Fearing Assassination Plot
Lebanon Plunges Into Crisis After Premier Resigns, Fearing Assassination Plot The Lebanese Prime Minister, Saad al-Hariri, unexpectedly resigned on Saturday, saying in a fiery televised broadcast from Saudi Arabia that he feared for his life while also fiercely criticizing Iran. According to regional analysts, the move has “plunged Lebanon into crisis” amid heightened regional tensions. […]
Bombshell Revelation of US and Saudi Culpability in Creating ISIS Ignored by Mainstream Media – and by the Team Trump
Bombshell Revelation of US and Saudi Culpability in Creating ISIS Ignored by Mainstream Media – and by the Team Trump Here it is, right from the horse’s mouth! Qatar’s former prime minister spills his guts about how his country worked with Saudi Arabia and Turkey under the direction of the United States – meaning then […]
Trump’s Hate-Iran Campaign
Trump’s Hate-Iran Campaign On October 19th, the far-right Foundation for Defense of Democracy (FDD) held a “National Security Summit” which featured as speakers both Donald Trump’s CIA chief Mike Pompeo and Donald Trump’s National Security Advisor Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster, both of them (as will be shown here by extensive excerpts from their speeches) whipping […]
The Ploy to Shift 9/11 Blame to Iran
The Ploy to Shift 9/11 Blame to Iran The U.S. government often plays the game of blaming “enemies” and excusing “friends,” a particularly ugly reality in the push to blame Iran and absolve Saudi Arabia for the 9/11 attacks, says 9/11 widow Kristen Breitweiser. Largely unreported and widely unknown is the recent push to re-establish […]
NSA Document Says Saudi Prince Directly Ordered Coordinated Attack by Syrian Rebels on Damascus
NSA DOCUMENT SAYS SAUDI PRINCE DIRECTLY ORDERED COORDINATED ATTACK BY SYRIAN REBELS ON DAMASCUS A LOOSELY KNIT collection of Syrian rebel fighters set up positions on March 18, 2013, and fired several barrages of rockets at targets in the heart of Damascus, Bashar al-Assad’s capital. The attack was a brazen show of force by rebels […]
Global Powers Take Next Step to Dethrone U.S. and the Dollar
Global Powers Take Next Step to Dethrone U.S. and the Dollar China, Russia, and Saudi Arabia are rapidly aligning in response to trade sanctions and political discord from western nations. Together, they could soon bring a dramatic end to the global supremacy of America and the U.S dollar. Foreign leaders have been laying the groundwork […]
The Geopolitical Consequences Of U.S. Oil Exports
The Geopolitical Consequences Of U.S. Oil Exports Two crucial things happened yesterday. The first you may have noticed – oil prices moved back up. As for the second, most so-called “experts” seemed to have missed. See, the environment we’re seeing in energy markets is very different from what we saw only a week ago, when […]
Gunman Storms Saudi Royal Palace, Is Killed After Shootout With Guards
Gunman Storms Saudi Royal Palace, Is Killed After Shootout With Guards An armed attack took place on the Saudi Royal palace in Jeddah, with two Saudi guards shot dead while three others were injured on Saturday morning when a man drove up to the gate of the palace and began shooting, the interior ministry said […]
Is This The Geopolitical Shift Of The Century?
Is This The Geopolitical Shift Of The Century? The geopolitical reality in the Middle East is changing dramatically. The impact of the Arab Spring, the retraction of the U.S. military, and diminishing economic influence on the Arab world—as displayed during the Obama Administration—are facts. The emergence of a Russian-Iranian-Turkish triangle is the new reality. The […]
Why Are Washington’s Clients Getting Cozy With Moscow?
Why Are Washington’s Clients Getting Cozy With Moscow? Turkey, which has the second largest army in NATO, has been cooperating with Russia in Syria against Washington’s interests since last year and has recently placed an order for the Russian-made S-400 missile system. Similarly, the Saudi King Salman, who is on a landmark state visit to […]
Is Saudi Arabia’s Grand Strategy Shifting?
Is Saudi Arabia’s Grand Strategy Shifting? Even in this era of global paradigmatic changes, Saudi Arabia’s shifting grand strategy is perhaps one of the most surprising developments to occur thus far, but the fast-moving Russian-Saudi rapprochement is likely to provoke an Iranian “zero-sum” reaction which could complicate Moscow’s multipolar efforts in managing the “New Middle […]
Cracks in Dollar Are Getting Larger
Cracks in Dollar Are Getting Larger Many Daily Reckoning readers are familiar with the original petrodollar deal the U.S made with Saudi Arabia. It was set up by Henry Kissinger and Saudi princes in 1974 to prop up the U.S. dollar. At the time, confidence in the dollar was on shaky ground because President Nixon […]
Petrodollar Under Attack
Petrodollar Under Attack (ANTIMEDIA Op-ed) — Once upon a time, the U.S. dollar was backed by the gold standard in a framework that established what was known as the Bretton-Woods agreement, made in 1944. The dollar was fixed to gold at a price of $35 an ounce, though the dollar could earn interest, marking one notable difference from gold. We’re […]
The Cardinal Sin Of Investing: Permanent Impairment Of Capital
Victor Moussa/Shutterstock The Cardinal Sin Of Investing: Permanent Impairment Of Capital How to avoid making it Last week we presented a parade of indicators published by Grant Williams and Lance Roberts that warned of an approaching market correction as well as a coming economic recession. The key message was: When smart analysts independently find the same […]
