TRAVELING THE WORLD, WRITING WHAT THE PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW.
TRAVELING THE WORLD, WRITING WHAT THE PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW.
Buying up equipment for their military, Iraq is in the market for some new air defense systems. This has got the potential of putting them at odds with the United States, and potentially facing US sanctions for buying the wrong product. As with other nations in the region, Iraqi Foreign Minister Ibrahim Jaafari is confirming his nation is Read More…
You remember where you were when you heard the news about the 9/11 attacks? Do you remember the terrible feeling of shock in your guts that innocent people were suffering? How about what you were doing when the first bombs hit at the beginning of the Iraq invasion? Do you remember that one? Or did Read More…
Both Turkey and the U.S.-allied Kurds have been accused of using chemical weapons in Syria, but the U.S. has had two very different responses. AFRIN, SYRIA — On Saturday, Syrian news agency SANA reported that six men had been hospitalized after an alleged Turkish chemical weapons attack on a small town near the city of Afrin in Northern Read More…
The torrent of reckless false accusations against Russia made by the US and its NATO allies is hitting warp speed. This week saw more baseless allegations of Russian cyber attacks on American elections and British industries. There were also crass claims by US officials that Russia was behind so-called sonic attacks on American diplomats in Cuba. Then a Dutch foreign minister was forced to Read More…
With an eye toward ending the conflict within Ukraine, a new report from former NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen, currently working as an adviser to the Ukrainian government, is pushing for the UN to commit 20,000 troops to the country. The 20,000 troops would be from “non-NATO countries,” with only Sweden and Belarus named as Read More…
America’s current Syria strategy opens up the door for a war with Turkey and a potential war with Iran and Syria. All the while the U.S. loses its status as the so-called global leader, with Russia emerging unscathed from the conflict as the region’s major power broker. WASHINGTON (Analysis) — It’s not clear if the United Read More…