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Iran Says It Chased Off US Spy Plane During Large-Scale Hormuz Exercises
Iran Says It Chased Off US Spy Plane During Large-Scale Hormuz Exercises On Friday the AFP reported on some surprising statement from Iran’s military, which however remains unconfirmed from the US side: The Iranian navy on Friday said it drove off American aircraft that flew close to an area where military exercises were underway near the Strait […]
Iran Conducts Annual War Drill To Thwart “Foreign Threats And Possible Invasion”
Iran Conducts Annual War Drill To Thwart “Foreign Threats And Possible Invasion” Adding to the regional instabilities in the Gulf of Oman, near the strategic Strait of Hormuz waterway, the Iranian military launched its annual three-day naval exercise on Thursday. Iranian commander Admiral Habibollah Sardari, who is leading the drills, told Iranian state TV that the exercise would allow […]
Putin Sees US & Iran Headed Toward War – Proposes Urgent World Summit To Stop It
Putin Sees US & Iran Headed Toward War – Proposes Urgent World Summit To Stop It Russia thinks war between the US and Iran is on the horizon, and is proposing steps to stop it: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday proposed a video summit with the United States, Britain, France, China, Germany and Iran […]
Blast Hits Power Plant In Central Iran Sunday As Mainstream Media Admits ‘It’s Likely Israel’
Blast Hits Power Plant In Central Iran Sunday As Mainstream Media Admits ‘It’s Likely Israel’ Yet another strange and unexplained explosion has rocked central Iran on Sunday, reports state-owned Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA). Citing no injuries during the large explosion, it occurred at a power station in the city of Islamabad, which is in the central province […]
VIPS MEMO: To the President—Avoid Hostilities Over Iranian Fuel Shipment to Venezuela
VIPS MEMO: To the President—Avoid Hostilities Over Iranian Fuel Shipment to Venezuela The Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS) urges Donald Trump to avoid the slippery slope toward armed conflict as an Iranian oil tanker nears Venezuela on Sunday. MEMORANDUM FOR: The President FROM: Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS) SUBJECT: Avoiding Hostilities Over Iranian Fuel Shipment to […]
Iran & Venezuela Hail Victorious ‘Defiance’ Over US As 1st Tanker Is Escorted By Maduro Forces
Iran & Venezuela Hail Victorious ‘Defiance’ Over US As 1st Tanker Is Escorted By Maduro Forces The first among five Iranian fuel-laden tankers has arrived in gasoline-starved Venezuela amid US threats to intervene against the ‘sanctions-busting’ activity by two official Washington enemies. Reuters reports: “The tanker, named Fortune, reached the country’s waters at around 7:40 p.m. […]
Oil Turns Negative After Russia, Saudis Agree To Cap Output At 8.5MM B/D For 2 Months
Oil Turns Negative After Russia, Saudis Agree To Cap Output At 8.5MM B/D For 2 Months Update (1350ET): What started off euphorically, has quickly become R-OPEC’s latest dud, with oil now sliding red on the day after earlier surging more than 10%, following the latest news out of the oil producerteleconference, according to which Russia and […]
As Iran Hits 20,000 Cases, US Says ‘Coronavirus Won’t Save You From Sanctions’
As Iran Hits 20,000 Cases, US Says ‘Coronavirus Won’t Save You From Sanctions’ Even amid a global pandemic that’s altering daily life as everyone knows it, and with borders shut, markets collapsing, and talk of mobilizing the military domestically, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is keeping up the administration’s “maximum pressure” campaign on Iran. “The […]
The Virus is a Time Machine
The Virus is a Time Machine Around mid-January I started including coronavirus news in the daily Automatic Earth “Debt Rattle” news aggregators, and wrote the first essay on the topic on January 29. Tons of people since have asked why, but I thought the virus had “potential”. Though not everybody would agree, I still think […]
Are Russia and Turkey on a Collision Course?
Are Russia and Turkey on a Collision Course? The murder of the Iranian hero-martyr General Soleimani created a situation in which a war between Iran and the Axis of Kindness (USA/Israel/KSA) became a real possibility but, at the very last minute, Uncle Shmuel decided that he had no stomach for a full-scale war against Iran. […]
NYT: ‘Iran-Backed Militia’ Attack That Provoked Soleimani Killing Was Possible ISIS False Flag
NYT: ‘Iran-Backed Militia’ Attack That Provoked Soleimani Killing Was Possible ISIS False Flag The initial major rationale and justification the US administration offered for the drone assassination of IRGC Gen. Qassem Soleimani and commander of Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis was the Dec.27 rocket attack on K1 camp in Kirkuk, which houses coalition forces. That attack involving […]
Iran War Was “Closer Than You Thought”, Trump Admits
Iran War Was “Closer Than You Thought”, Trump Admits In what the administration has described as an “off-the-record lunch” on Tuesday, President Trump told television anchors hosted at the White House that war with Iran was “closer than you thought,” according to The Wall Street Journal. It’s an annual tradition for the president to host television anchors from […]
False Flag? Fmr CIA Officer Suggests US Hacked Ukrainian Plane Transponder To Provoke Iran Shootdown
False Flag? Fmr CIA Officer Suggests US Hacked Ukrainian Plane Transponder To Provoke Iran Shootdown Philip Giraldi, a former counter-terrorism specialist and military intelligence officer of the CIA, penned a piece in the American Herald Tribune speculating that the U.S. launched several cyber-attacks, one on an Iranian missile defense system, and another on the transponder of the […]
“Iran Must Begin Acting Like A Normal Nation,” Says Totally Normal Nation
“Iran Must Begin Acting Like A Normal Nation,” Says Totally Normal Nation The government which runs a globe-spanning empire led by a reality TV host keeps talking about the lack of normality in the nation of Iran. “What we want all countries to join in,” said State Department Spokesperson Morgan Ortagus in a recent Fox News interview, “is […]
Americans Have Been Brainwashed to Accept War Without Question
AMERICANS HAVE BEEN BRAINWASHED TO ACCEPT WAR WITHOUT QUESTION As the United States seemed to teeter on the edge of yet another war, this time with Iran, the biggest concern was just how much support the government had for its mass-murdering schemes. But psychologists say that that is no mistake. As Americans, we have been […]
