The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Strongly Recommended by BGen McMaster in Talk at ODNI January 20, 2010 Abdulkader H. Sinno This is one of two books strongly recommended, with deep admiration, by BGen McMaster, USA (Ret) speaking to the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) on 19 January. The four page trip report on his remarks about improving …
Continue reading “Review (Preliminary): Organizations at War in Afghanistan and Beyond”
Turkey-Israel: Turkey and Israel no longer have the same strategic closeness as in the past, although some common strategic issues continue, Israeli military intelligence chief Amos Yadlin said today and Ynet reported. Speaking to members of the Knesset’s Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, Yadlin said Turkey no longer needs strategic closeness with Israel. Turkey is …
Phi Beta Iota: For over a decade we’ve been tracking the Chinese as they “wage peace” across the Southern Hemisphere, and it is with growing frustration that we recognize that the U.S. Government is simply not paying attention to the real world. See also: Memorandum: Chinese Irregular Warfare; Journal: CINCPAC Slams IC on China; Review: …
Continue reading “Journal: China’s Africa footprint: makeover Algeria”
NOTE: This offering ends 9 Feb 10 unless we can find a volunteer to do once a week. Hot Topics AA: Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb 01/15/10 CD: US and France provide 3.5 million euros for DR Congo refugees 01/15/10 CF: CAR rebels, opposition pull out of poll plans 01/17/10 DZ: China’s Africa footprint: …
Continue reading “AFRICOM Week in Review Ending 19 January 2010”
NOTE: This offering ends 9 Feb 10 unless we can find a volunteer to do once a week. Hot Topics AA: We should take the lead on human rights in South-East Asia 01/18/10 BD: The Cautious Handling of Secularism in Bangladesh 01/19/10 CN: Google’s Act Of War Against China 01/14/10 CN: Remembering Chinese peacekeepers in …
Continue reading “PACOM Week in Review Ending 19 January 2010”
Recurring Themes: 1) US Intelligence Community does not actually “know” where Iran is on nuclear, where Yemen is on Al Qaeda, where the Taliban is on Afghanistan….the list is long. 2) CIA and DoJ ares out of control on assessments and investigations–or they are consistently politicized. One or the other, which is it? 3) Terrorism …
Blackwater/XE behind terrorist bombings in Asia and Africa? ByWayne Madsen Online Journal Contributing Writer Jan 18, 2010, 00:25 WMR’s intelligence sources in Asia and Europe are reporting that the CIA contractor firm XE Services, formerly Blackwater, has been carrying out “false flag” terrorist attacks in Afghanistan, Somalia, the Sinkiang region of China, Pakistan, Iran, and …
