Berto Jongman: How Many Foreign Fighters in Syria and Iraq?
Foreign (Terrorist) Fighter Estimates: Conceptual and Data Issues Roughly 30,000? Policy Brief
Patrick Cockburn: Changing Balance of Power in Syria
Too Weak, Too Strong Patrick Cockburn on the state of the Syrian war EXTRACT The Russian intervention in Syria, the greater involvement of Iran and the Shia powers, and the rise of the Syrian Kurds has not yet changed the status quo in Iraq and Syria, though it has the potential to do so.
Chuck Spinney & Gareth Porter: US to Blame for Rise of Islamic State and Syria Disaster UPDATE 1: WikiLeaks Documents US Perfidy
Below is a very important report describing how a string of US covert operations reaching back to the 1980s has created the bloody shambles in Iraq, Syria and the emergence of ISIS.* The author, Gareth Porter, is one of the finest investigative reporters now operating in the United States. Most importantly, IMO, Porter ends by …
Chuck Spinney: Syria as Root for WWIII UPDATE Mike Whitney on Putin Winning
A General Summing Up of the West’s March to Folly in Syria EXTRACT These early failures by the German and American leaderships led to ever more costly missteps and a loss of purpose as the respective leaders ‘dug in’ to defend their mistakes. To make matters worse, some domestic interests — e.g., the Krupp in …
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Graphic: Russian Airstrikes Into Syria
Source See Especially: Wayne Madsen: CIA; Turks created caliphate to launch attacks on Russia and China UPDATE 1 Are Chinese Coming to Syria? See Also: Syria @ Phi Beta Iota
Ray McGovern: Russia, Syria, & US-Israel UPDATE
The Hope Behind Putin’s Syria Help The risk here, however, is that the American neocons and liberal interventionists remain drunk on their dreams of a permanent U.S. global hegemony that doesn’t broach any rivalry from Russia, China or any other potential challenger to America’s “full-spectrum dominance.” If these war hawks don’t sober up – and …
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Owl: Chinese Aircraft Carrier in Syria? UPDATE 1 Debka Lies…
Aircraft come in November. A Chinese aircraft carrier docks at Tartus to support Russian-Iranian military buildup Chinese warplanes to join Russian air strikes in Syria. Russia gains Iraqi air base UPDATE 1: Debka lies… No one can find the carrier, no photo of it anywhere near Syria. Chinese naval expert denies PLA joining fight against …
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