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How the Sunni-Shia schism is dividing the world The unprecedented Saudi refusal to take up its Security Council seat is not just about Syria but a response to the Iranian threat Robert Fisk The Independent, 23 October 2013 The Muslim world’s historic – and deeply tragic – chasm between Sunni and Shia Islam is having …
Quitting Over Syria: Forcing Both Brennan And Clapper To Back Down From Attacking A number of [intelligence] analysts threatened to resign as a group if their strong dissent was not noted in any report released to the public, forcing both Brennan and Clapper to back down. The release of the White House “Government Assessment” on …
Syria-Kurds: Islamist groups in northern Syria are weakening after months of fighting and Kurdish militias are gaining ground, a top Syrian Kurdish leader said on Wednesday. Saleh Muslim, head of the Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD), said in an interview that Tuesday’s announcement of an interim Syrian Kurdish autonomous administration in northeastern Syria is only …
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Saudi Anger Masks Concern About Loss of Influence by Emile Nakhleh via IPS News, 13 November 2013 Saudi Arabia’s public anger against the United States masks the kingdom’s growing concern about its diminishing influence in the Persian Gulf and the wider Arab world. It has nothing to do with U.S. policy toward the Palestinians, Washington’s …
The staggering costs to clean up Fukushima More than two years since the worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl, the Fukushima power plant meltdown is still a major, global environmental problem. And the staggering price tag for cleaning it up continues to rise. The Japanese government just announced that it’s borrowing about $30 billion more to …
Analog Laws Lag Digital Reality Phi Beta Iota: The above requires an honest informed legislature and an honest informed executive, both committed to the public interest. Mike Nelson described the problem in 1994: “1970’s technology and 1950’s mind-sets struggling with 1990’s opportunities.” It has gotten worse, not better. Cyber Commands are retarded — they destroy …
