Left: An entrance to the Bosnian village of Gornja Maoca decorated with ISIS signs, January 26, 2015. Reuters - The individuals involved with the January and the November 2015 attacks in Paris, the June 2016 attack at Atatűrk International Airport … [Read more...] about The Balkans ISIS Training Grounds
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Israel Steers Clear of Europe and U.S. Social Alienation*
Not nearly enough attention is being paid to a social phenomenon that is sweeping through Europe and the US. Great swaths of the population are becoming, or more accurately have already become totally alienated from the political, economic and social … [Read more...] about Israel Steers Clear of Europe and U.S. Social Alienation*
Black Lives Matter, Hamas and the BDS Movement
In October 2014, the U.S. Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation (a clearinghouse for the International Solidarity Movement) ended their Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) organizing conference against Israel in San Diego, California. At the … [Read more...] about Black Lives Matter, Hamas and the BDS Movement
Obama’s Syrian Legacy*
It would be hard to exaggerate the mess in the Middle East that Pres. Barack Obama is leaving his successor. While the five-year Syrian civil war continues unabated, pitting different armed groups against each other with their foreign sponsors, … [Read more...] about Obama’s Syrian Legacy*
Asharq Al-Awsat: American Researcher on Iran’s Terrorist Agenda in Latin America
Left: Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, left, talks to Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez, right, in Havana, Cuba, Monday, Aug. 22, 2016. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa) American Researcher: Iran has Multiple Terrorism Aspects in Latin … [Read more...] about Asharq Al-Awsat: American Researcher on Iran’s Terrorist Agenda in Latin America
U.S. Blocked New Subs for Taiwan
The Obama administration has reversed decisions made by previous administration --Republican and Democrat regarding Taiwan. The United States government has told the Taiwanese it will not help them acquire new submarines or new submarine technology … [Read more...] about U.S. Blocked New Subs for Taiwan
The Finns Choose*
Left: Finland shares a 1,340km (833-mile) border with Russia and has universal male conscription for all men above 18. Do the Finns know something we don’t? Reporting out of Helsinki – as deficient as ever with the mainstream media – says the Finns … [Read more...] about The Finns Choose*
Winning WW4 : A Tale of Four Books
Since the early years of the twentieth century, the world has been engaged in four world wars: World War I, World War II, the Cold War and the current war against Radical Islam. The first of those wars was a struggle against radical nationalism. … [Read more...] about Winning WW4 : A Tale of Four Books
Facing Facts* (On Islamic Terrorism)
There is a consensus that Islamic terrorism is now the greatest threat to America’s peace and stability. [Some few would demur; that it takes a close second place to current economic stagnation.] Within that consensus, there are two distinct … [Read more...] about Facing Facts* (On Islamic Terrorism)
Needed: An Independent Financial Cyber-Threat Clearinghouse
A month before September 11, 2001, President Bush was given his Presidential Daily Briefing (PDB), with an item entitled, “Bin Laden Determined to Strike the U.S.” The PDB didn’t contain any specific evidence of an impending attack; just that … [Read more...] about Needed: An Independent Financial Cyber-Threat Clearinghouse