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Since 9/11, The U.S. Has Been Involved In More Than 5 Wars … And They’ve All Been Disasters
Since 9/11, The U.S. Has Been Involved In More Than 5 Wars … And They’ve All Been Disasters Why Does America Keep “Losing” Its Wars? Below, we demonstrate that the U.S. keeps “losing” war after war. There are 3 potential reasons this might be happening: Is this chaos an intentional way to implement regime change and grab resources? Or is this […]
Welcome to World War Three
Welcome to World War Three In case anyone didn’t get ISIL’s message from their latest video in which 21 Egyptian Coptic Christians have their heads sawn off, here it is: “We’re executioners, not warriors.” Those gouts of blood spilled on a Libyan beach amount to ISIL’s welcome mat to the mass execution of the Euro-American […]
Libya Warns of Oil Shutdown as Attacks Escalate
Libya Warns of Oil Shutdown as Attacks Escalate (Bloomberg) — Libya’s state-run oil company warned that it would shut production at all fields if authorities in the divided nation fail to contain an escalation of attacks on facilities that cut crude output to a year-low. “If these incidents continue, National Oil Corp. will regrettably be […]
Crude Conspiracies? Data Suggest Nations Do Go to War Over Oil
Crude Conspiracies? Data Suggest Nations Do Go to War Over Oil The “thirst for oil” is often put forward as a near self-evident explanation behind military interventions in Libya, for instance, or Sudan. Oil, or the lack of oil, is also said to be behind the absence of intervention in Syria now and in Rwanda […]
Ron Paul Decries “Obscene” Paris Attack: Blames Bad Foreign Policy
Ron Paul Decries “Obscene” Paris Attack: Blames Bad Foreign Policy “This is pretty obscene,” exclaims Ron Paul with regard the massacre in Paris, “libertarians are pretty annoyed by anybody who initiates violence.” But, he adds, “I put blame on bad policy that we don’t fully understand,” pointing out Western inability to see foreign policy from the […]
Did The United Arab Emirates Just Declare War On Greece?
Did The United Arab Emirates Just Declare War On Greece? Just over 4 months ago, the US was furious as the “mysterious” bloc launching bombing raids on Libya was identified as consisting of Saudi Arabia, UAE, and Egypt. This weekend saw another “mysterious” bombing raid, but as AP reports, this time it was not on Libya directly but on […]
Oil rises to $60 per barrel, Libya fire supports | Reuters
Oil rises to $60 per barrel, Libya fire supports | Reuters. (Reuters) – Brent crude oil rose to $60 per barrel on Monday, supported by concerns about disruption to exports from Libya, but a global supply glut kept prices nearly 50 percent off their peak for the year. A fire at one of Libya’s main export terminals has destroyed […]
Fires Spread to Five Crude Tanks at Libya’s Oil Terminal – Bloomberg
Fires Spread to Five Crude Tanks at Libya’s Oil Terminal – Bloomberg. Libyan storage tanks capable of storing 6.2 million barrels of oil, or four times the country’s daily oil production capacity, are at risk of catching fire with southerly winds threatening to spread the blaze. Five tanks are on fire at the Es Sider […]
Oil declines amid stronger dollar, crude oversupply in U.S. | Reuters
Oil declines amid stronger dollar, crude oversupply in U.S. | Reuters. (Reuters) – Oil prices fell Friday, tumbling as the dollar strengthened and as a supply glut in top consumer, the United States, trumped worries about falling production from Libya. The market had come under pressure from Wednesday’s Energy Department report, which showed a 7.3 million-barrel […]
Peak Oil Review – 25 December 2014
Peak Oil Review – 25 December 2014. Mid-Week Update Oil futures have been volatile this week, swinging $1-2 a barrel on the latest news. New York crude closed Wednesday at $55.84 a barrel and London at $60.24, about where they have been for the last ten days. This week the up swings came from better […]
Libya Oil Output Drops as Fighting Spreads to Third Oil Port – Bloomberg
Libya Oil Output Drops as Fighting Spreads to Third Oil Port – Bloomberg. Libya’s oil output fell below its own consumption as fighting spread to Mellitah, a region that hosts the country’s fourth largest oil port. National Oil Corp. already this month declared force majeure at two export terminals, Es Sider and Ras Lanuf, after […]
Libya’s official government targets rival forces trying to seize ports | Reuters
Libya’s official government targets rival forces trying to seize ports | Reuters. (Reuters) – Military planes loyal to Libya’s recognized government attacked on Sunday an opposing force that is seeking to seize the country’s two biggest oil ports, officials said. The advancing force, which is allied to a rival government based in Tripoli, moved east […]
Oil Jumps Most in Two Weeks as Fighting, Strike Curb OPEC Output – Bloomberg
Oil Jumps Most in Two Weeks as Fighting, Strike Curb OPEC Output – Bloomberg. Crude oil jumped the most in two weeks on signs output may contract from two nations accounting for about 9 percent of OPEC production. Prices remain near a five-year low, and the United Arab Emirates said the 12-nation group won’t rein […]
Operation AURORAGOLD: How the NSA Hacks Cellphone Networks Worldwide
Operation AURORAGOLD: How the NSA Hacks Cellphone Networks Worldwide. In March 2011, two weeks before the Western intervention in Libya, a secret message was delivered to the National Security Agency. An intelligence unit within the U.S. military’s Africa Command needed help to hack into Libya’s cellphone networks and monitor text messages. For the NSA, the […]
West’s action in Libya in 2011 was a ‘mistake’ – Italy’s foreign ministry — RT News
West’s action in Libya in 2011 was a ‘mistake’ – Italy’s foreign ministry — RT News. Western countries made a ‘mistake’ three years ago, when they intervened in Libya to overthrow the Gaddafi regime, according to Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs. The statement came amid reports of the US discussing airstrikes on Libya’s territory. “Three […]
