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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 […]
“Secret” Norwegian Report Details ISIS-Turkey Oil Trade As UN Vows To “Cut Off” Terrorist “Funding Sources”
“Secret” Norwegian Report Details ISIS-Turkey Oil Trade As UN Vows To “Cut Off” Terrorist “Funding Sources “The resolution gives us more flexibility to go after those who are helping Isil [Isis], whether to move funds, to store funds or to earn funds”. That’s from Adam Szubin, undersecretary for terrorism and financial intelligence at the US […]
Erdogan calls MP ‘traitor’ for telling RT that ISIS got chemical weapons via Turkey
Erdogan calls MP ‘traitor’ for telling RT that ISIS got chemical weapons via Turkey © Kayhan Ozer / Reuters; Eren Erdem / Facebook Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has accused opposition MP Eren Erdem of “betrayal.” Erdem told RT that Islamic State terrorists had obtained sarin gas supplies through Turkish territory – and that […]
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 […]
US calls on Turkey to withdraw ‘unauthorized’ troops from Iraq
US calls on Turkey to withdraw ‘unauthorized’ troops from Iraq © Yilmaz Kazandioglu / Reuters The US has urged Turkey to withdraw its “unauthorized” military forces from northern Iraq, calling on Ankara to respect the country’s sovereignty and territorial integrity. US Vice President Joe Biden has spoken to Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi regarding Turkey’s […]
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 […]
The Neoconservatives’ Hegemonic Goal Of Making Sovereign Countries Extinct Is Bringing Instead The Extinction Of Planet Earth
The Neoconservatives’ Hegemonic Goal Of Making Sovereign Countries Extinct Is Bringing Instead The Extinction Of Planet Earth My warning that the neoconservatives have resurrected the threat of nuclear Armageddon, which was removed by Reagan and Gorbachev, is also being given by Noam Chomsky, former US Secretary of Defense William Perry, and other sentient observers of […]
Cornering Russia, Risking World War III
Cornering Russia, Risking World War III Official Washington is awash with tough talk about Russia and the need to punish President Putin for his role in Ukraine and Syria. But this bravado ignores Russia’s genuine national interests, its “red lines,” and the risk that “tough-guy-ism” can lead to nuclear war, as Alastair Crooke explains. We […]
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 […]
Iraq Seeks To Cancel Security Agreement With US, Will Invite Russia To Fight ISIS
Iraq Seeks To Cancel Security Agreement With US, Will Invite Russia To Fight ISIS Most Iraqis, be they civilians, military personnel, or government officials, do not trust Americans. At a base level, that makes all kinds of sense. After all, the US did launch what amounted to a unilateral invasion of the country just a […]
Why ISIS Exists: The Double Game
Why ISIS Exists: The Double Game Pete Souza The western press laments the near impossibility of defeating an organization that didn’t even exist a couple of short years ago. Brand ISIS, the unconquerable, may actually become a truism if the people of the western nations continue to listen to the lies and propaganda of their […]
Putin Hopes “There Will Be No Need To Nuke” The Islamic State
Putin Hopes “There Will Be No Need To Nuke” The Islamic State Earlier today, in a clear advance notice to the French and US navies which are both set to arrive just off the coast of Syria in the coming weeks, Russia for the first time targeted Islamic State targets in Syria with Kalibr land-attack […]
War Is On The Horizon: Is It Too Late To Stop It?
War Is On The Horizon: Is It Too Late To Stop It? One lesson from military history is that once mobilization for war begins, it takes on a momentum of its own and is uncontrollable. This might be what is occuring unrecognized before our eyes. In his September 28 speech at the 70th Anniversity of […]
Russia Presents Detailed Evidence Of ISIS-Turkey Oil Trade
Russia Presents Detailed Evidence Of ISIS-Turkey Oil Trade On Monday, Turkey’s sultan President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said something funny. In the wake of Vladimir Putin’s contention that Russia has additional proof of Turkey’s participation in Islamic State’s illicit crude trade, Erdogan said he would resign if anyone could prove the accusations. Now obviously, conclusive evidence that Ankara is […]
