The Biden administration has acknowledged neither its responsibility for the pipeline bombing nor the purpose of the sabotage I do not know much about covert CIA operations—no outsider can—but I do understand that the essential component of all successful missions is total deniability. The American men and women who moved, …
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Erdogan: Iran ‘views positively’ a land corridor linking Turkey to Azerbaijan
Turkish President Erdogan said Iran, which has opposed a land corridor linking Turkey to Azerbaijan, is now changing its tune. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Tuesday that Iran is now warming up to a joint Turkish-Azeri plans to set up a transport corridor connecting Turkey to Azerbaijan via Armenia. …
Read More »American Abrams tanks roll into Ukraine
M1 Abrams tanks from the United States have arrived in Ukraine, the Pentagon confirmed Monday, in the latest escalation of US involvement in the war against Russia. The United States promised to send nearly three dozen Abrams tanks to Ukraine in January. At the time, delivery of the weapons was …
Read More »Al-Sudani’s Iraq Looks Good Only On Paper – OpEd
During last week’s general debate at the UN General Assembly, Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani eagerly outlined his government’s adoption of a meticulously designed program, earmarked with pivotal priorities for swift execution, all aimed at substantially bettering the lives of Iraqi citizens. Among the initiatives are the generation of …
Read More »The India-Middle East-Europe Corridor: Challenges Ahead – Analysis
The India-Middle East-Europe Corridor (IMEC), announced during the 2023 G20 Summit, holds significant potential for enhancing economic integration, trade, investments, and fostering cooperation among the participating countries on multiple fronts. This ambitious project aims to establish a seamless trade route connecting India, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the Kingdom of …
Read More »Kosovo And The Lesson From Nagorno-Karabakh – OpEd
It remains an open question whether differing ethnic and/or religious groups – tribes if you will – can share a state without conflict turning into ethnic cleansing. Since antiquity, history offers few examples except at times in large multi-ethnic empires such as the Roman, Ottoman and American. Even in the …
Read More »Poland Demands Justice After Canada Honored A Ukrainian Nazi Whose Division Genocided Poles
By drawing attention to the crimes that this Nazi’s division committed against Poles like Ambassador to Canada Witold Dzielski did and pushing for his extradition like Minister for Education Przemyslaw Czarnek is attempting, Poland is showing that it wants the whole world to know the dark truth about Ukraine’s “heroes”. …
Read More »The End of Nagorno-Karabakh
How Western Inaction Enabled Azerbaijan and Russia The third war over Nagorno-Karabakh, the long-disputed Armenian enclave within Azerbaijan, ended almost as soon as it began. At 1 PM on September 19, Azerbaijani forces began attacking the territory with artillery and drones in what it called an “antiterror” operation. Within 24 …
Read More »The Oslo Accords – How The Israeli Intelligence Community Failed
The failures of the Israeli intelligence community in the Yom Kippur War in 1973 and of the American intelligence community on September 11, 2001 have been widely discussed. But there was another failure on the part of the Israeli intelligence community that merits attention: For over two years after the …
Read More »Spotlight on Iran
Overview The IRGC commander responded to the Israeli Mossad chief’s threats to increase Israel’s activity against Iran, warning that if Israel continues its assassination policy, its life will be shortened, and Iran will have the upper hand. The Iranian media reported on a visit to Syria by Qods Force Commander …
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