The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Phi Beta Iota: We now know that no one briefed the White House on the fact that Iraq was deeply divided between Sunnis in power and Shi-ites under repression. We have to ask ourselves if anyone has figured out that Azerbaijan is the other Shi’ite majority nation. Iran starts to introduce visa-free regime with Azerbaijan …
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Hot Topics AA: Afghan War Could Spill Over Into Central Asia 12/31/09 AA: Kazakhstan: Kyrgyz secret services are involved in the murder of Gennadyi Pavlyuk 12/30/09 AF: Afghan civilians killed in air raid 12/31/09 EG: Egyptian minister slams Al-Jazeera for ‘instigating civil war’ 01/02/10 IQ: Iraq says more ‘superfields’ up for grabs 12/31/09 IR: Exiled …
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The Radical Legacy Of 1979 By Edward. P. Djerejian If ever one year in recent times was a catalyst for change in the broader Middle East and Muslim world, it was 1979. One ray of bright light in that year of darkness was the signing of the historic Camp David peace treaty between Israel and …
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UPDATE 3: Obama summons intelligence chiefs to White House meeting Comment: This is pathetic. No one now serving in the White House is capable of telling the President the truth–that our $75 billion a year is wasted, that the agencies are suffering from 1950’s mindsets with 1970’s technology and security and legal blinders that are …
Hot Topics AA: Instability in Iran negative for Azerbaijan, political scientist 12/29/09 AA: Lebanon’s Druze leader urges Israeli Druze not to serve in IDF 12/29/09 AA: National Intelligence Estimate Targets Organized Crime 12/28/09 AA: Switzerland spoiled Turkey’s EU dream 12/29/09 AM: Armenia – FY 2009 Results Summed Up by the Head of Government 12/28/09 AZ: …
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In 2010, A World Of Turmoil Yet Iraq could be the biggest success story By David Ignatius Will Iraqi democracy be 2010’s big success story? Visiting Anbar province several weeks ago and listening to the governor of Ramadi talk about his big development plans, I found myself wondering if maybe the cruel Iraq story might …
Interview With Dutch Major General Mart de Kruif, Former Commander, Regional Command South Phi Beta Iota: Read every word. Highlights include: ;1) Every province is difference (see General Zinni’s characterization of the six different Viet-Nam wars in Battle Ready) 2) Climate and Ops Tempo, not the Taliban, are the major challenge 3) Taliban losing, resorting …
