December, 2022

• 22 December

  The Significance Of Bitcoin For State Power – Analysis

  

  Much has been said about the problematic implications of cybercurrencies like Bitcoin for contemporary security environments. After all, they provide unsupervised conduits for the cross-border circulation of money in ways that can conceal the identities of those responsible. Needless to say, such advantage can be useful for the various financial …

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• 22 December

  Communism Capitalizes On Extremism – OpEd

  

  In order for organized communism to exert its will on the people that it governs, it must be able to justify its mass curtailment of individual human rights, civil liberties and police state power over the most minute areas of each of its citizens daily lives.  The abusive use of …

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• 22 December

  Iran Claims It Busts Mossad Spy Team Targeting Defense Industry

  

  The Intelligence Ministry of Iran identified and arrested the members of a Mossad spy network who were planning to sabotage the country’s defense industry through security marketing.  The Iranian intelligence forces uncovered a plot by a Mossad espionage network to gather information from Iranian knowledge-based companies that cooperate with Iran’s …

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• 22 December

  Britain’s Battle Against The Boat People – Analysis

  

  In the second week of December, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak told parliament that in 2023, his government will announce new measures to curb ‘illegal’ immigration. “If you enter the UK illegally you should not be able to remain here,” Sunak told parliament. “Instead, you will be detained and swiftly …

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• 22 December

  Biden Drains 40 Percent Of America’s Oil Reserve – OpEd

  

  President Joe Biden plans to add three million barrels to the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) after wiping out more than 40% of the nation’s emergency oil supplies. As a result, the country’s stocks now stand at their lowest levels since January 1984, totaling a little more than 380 million barrels. The administration had intended …

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• 22 December

  Facing Houthi Victory In Yemen, US Changes Tactics – OpEd

  

  After years of backing a disastrous, Saudi-led military intervention in Yemen, the United States is shifting its approach to the war, supporting a UN-brokered truce that has resulted in the most significant reduction of violence since the war began. Bowing to the reality that the opposition Houthi movement now controls …

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• 22 December

  China’s Deal with Saudi Arabia is a Disaster for Biden

  

  Nothing better illustrates the utter ineptitude of the Biden administration’s dealings with the Middle East than Saudi Arabia’s decision to forge a strategic alliance with China. Biden set the tone for his strained relationship with the Saudi royal family during the 2020 presidential election contest when he denounced the kingdom …

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• 22 December

  How Organized Crime Plays a Key Role in the Ukrainian Conflict

  

  On November 1, the deputy director of Finland’s National Bureau of Investigation downplayed remarks made on October 30 by an agency official, who warned of Western weapons bound for Ukraine being smuggled into Finland, Sweden, Denmark, and the Netherlands. Nonetheless, the affair generated significant attention and reflected previous concerns expressed by European authorities over …

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• 22 December

  Latest Islamic State attack highlights security challenges facing Iraq

  

  The Islamic State continues to carry out attacks in northern Iraq, creating serious security challenges for the country. At least nine members of the Iraqi security forces were killed and three others were wounded on Sunday in a bomb attack targeting their convoy in the Kirkuk governorate of northern Iraq. …

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• 22 December

  44 espions collaborateurs du Mossad arrêtés par le MIT turc

  

  Les suspects rassemblaient des informations sur des Palestiniens. Les services turcs des renseignements ont démantelé dans la mi-décembre 2022 un réseau de 44 espions qui activent pour le Mossad israélien, a informé l’agence médiatique turque. Les suspects devaient récolter semble-t-il des informations sur des Palestiniens présents sur le territoire turc. …

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