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Saudi Arabia’s Phony War on Terror
Saudi Arabia’s Phony War on Terror BERLIN – Containing the scourge of Islamist terror will be impossible without containing the ideology that drives it: Wahhabism, a messianic, jihad-extolling form of Sunni fundamentalism whose international expansion has been bankrolled by oil-rich sheikhdoms, especially Saudi Arabia. That is why the newly announced Saudi-led anti-terror coalition, the Islamic Military Alliance […]
Saudi Arabia Continues to Ramp Up Oil Output in Face of Market Glut
Saudi Arabia Continues to Ramp Up Oil Output in Face of Market Glut Saudi Arabia increased its exports of oil during October, shipping out more crude than it had in the previous four months, aggravating a supply glut that has severely depressed oil prices and revenues to oil producers. But the desert kingdom reportedly is […]
“I Know Of No One Who Predicted This”: Russian Oil Production Hits Record As Saudi Gambit Fails
“I Know Of No One Who Predicted This”: Russian Oil Production Hits Record As Saudi Gambit Fails In late October, we noted that for the second time this year, Russia overtook Saudi Arabia as the biggest exporter of crude to China. Russia also took the top spot in May, marking the first time in history that Moscow beat out […]
ISIS, Al Qaeda And The CIA: The Documented Connection
ISIS, Al Qaeda And The CIA: The Documented Connection The Middle East is fertile ground for conspiracy theories, and one growing to towering heights these days says the US created the Islamic State. But while the US may well have aided ISIS in its formative days with covert supplies of weapons and CIA funding (directly […]
Saudi Royal Family Announces Its New Global Sunni Military Empire
Saudi Royal Family Announces Its New Global Sunni Military Empire (NOTE: Some news-media have made clear to me flat-out that they won’t publish anything that criticizes the Saudi royal family, especially not as being what they really are, but I have included those media on my distribution-list anyway, as I always do. I send everything […]
Did Saudi Arabia Just Clear The Way For An Invasion Of Syria And Iraq?
Did Saudi Arabia Just Clear The Way For An Invasion Of Syria And Iraq? And now, a further turn for the absurd… While it’s still far from common knowledge among the Western public that Washington’s closest allies in the Mid-East are funding, arming, and otherwise enabling the Sunni extremists (including ISIS) battling for control of […]
What Stinks in Saudi Ain’t the Camel Dung
What Stinks in Saudi Ain’t the Camel Dung In recent weeks one nation after another is falling over themselves, literally, to join the turkey shoot known, erroneously, as the war in Syria, ostensibly against the Islamic State or Daesh. The most wanted but most feared question is where will this war frenzy lead, and how […]
World Leaders Just Agreed To A “Historic” Climate Accord… Which Is Non-Binding And Has No Enforcement Language
World Leaders Just Agreed To A “Historic” Climate Accord… Which Is Non-Binding And Has No Enforcement Language Great news! The “greatest threat to future generations of the world” has apparently been solved. World leaders Saturday adopted an historic international climate accord in Paris, the first-ever agreement to commit almost every country to fight climate change. […]
Financial War over Oil Reshapes World, Will End with Much Higher Prices
Financial War over Oil Reshapes World, Will End with Much Higher Prices Low oil prices are the wreckage from a war – a financial war. By Larry Kummer, Editor of the Fabius Maximus website: Oil sell-off after OPEC makes even ECB look good. Better to have announced something, even if less than hoped for, than nothing […]
Turkey Denies Russian Ships Access via Bosporus
Turkey Denies Russian Ships Access via Bosporus What is becoming clear is that Turkey has most likely NOT acted alone against Russia. They have more likely than not fired the first shot in what may become World War III. Turkey has been buying the oil from ISIS and thus funding them. Yet at the same […]
Inside Saudi Arabia’s Campaign to Charm American Policymakers and Journalists
Inside Saudi Arabia’s Campaign to Charm American Policymakers and Journalists Soon after launching a brutal air and ground assault in Yemen, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia began devoting significant resources to a sophisticated public relations blitz in Washington, D.C. The PR campaign is designed to maintain close ties with the U.S. even as the Saudi-led […]
The Syrian Proxy War: A World War III-esque Summary
The Syrian Proxy War: A World War III-esque Summary Even before any major world powers were willing to go public (so to speak) with their involvement in Syria’s five-year, bloody civil war, it was difficult to keep track of the myriad rebel factions, militant groups, and jihadists battling the Assad regime for control of the […]
The Collision Course in Syria
The Collision Course in Syria Exclusive: President Obama’s continued insistence on “regime change” in Syria and his support for Sunni jihadists not called ISIS have escalated tensions with Moscow, especially after Turkey shot down a Russian warplane along the Syrian border. This division may help only the extremists, writes Daniel Lazare. With Turkey downing a Russian […]
NATO Is Harboring ISIS, And Here’s The Evidence
NATO Is Harboring ISIS, And Here’s The Evidence For the better part of a year, Turkey remained on the sidelines in the “fight” against ISIS. Then, on July 20, a powerful explosion ripped through the town of Suruc. 33 people were killed including a number of Socialist Party of the Oppressed (ESP) and Socialist Youth Associations Federation […]
Presenting SocGen’s 5 Black Swans For 2016
Presenting SocGen’s 5 Black Swans For 2016 If you’re the type who likes black swans this has been the month for you. On the political front, Portugal’s Socialists, led by Antonio Costa, formed an alliance with the Left Bloc and the Communists on the way to overthrowing the Passos Coelho government and presaging a repudiation of Berlin’s brand […]
