NIGHTWATCH Revolution 2.0 Round-Up
Bahrain, Peninsula Shield Force, Saudi-Arabia-Iran, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Yemen, Libya, Benghazi Government, New (Western) No-Fly Zone Coalition
Bahrain, Peninsula Shield Force, Saudi-Arabia-Iran, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Yemen, Libya, Benghazi Government, New (Western) No-Fly Zone Coalition
Bahrain, Libya, and related reactions. Phi Beta Iota: The ineptitude of the Western governments will go down in history. What started as a public uprising against dictators, with Muslim and Christian, Sunni and Shi’ite standing shoulder to shoulder, has now been flipped to military interim governments and a surge of Iranian proxies against Sunni allies …
30 December 2010 Cyber-sabotage and espionage top 2011 security fears (BBC) The WikiLeaks War on America (Commentary) The Dark Side of Wikileaks (Atlanta Post) Assange: I’ll reveal info that will spark Arab world coups (YNETNews) Assange: Many Arab Officials Work With CIA (CBSNews) WikiLeaks founder vows to release all files in case of death or …
Much ado is being made of the “revelation” in the Wikileaks data dump that some Sunni Arab leaders were quietly in favor of an American and/or Israeli strike on Iran to terminate Iran’s alleged nuclear weapons program with extreme prejudice. Implicit in this war-mongering hysteria is an acceptance of an implacable Shia-Sunni conflict threatening the …
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Excellent Primer Lacking in Some Substantive Respects July 7, 2010 James DeFronzo There is no question but that this book would be an excellent undergraduate primer, but it is lacking in a number of substantive respects. The shortfalls first: 1. Needs to add understanding and summary of “secret war” and covert action dimensions underlying each …
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Five for Personal Effort Most Intriguing Overview December 28, 2009 Gunnar Sevelius, MD This is actually three books in one, and I am not certain if the middle book is intended or not. Book 1: Page 1-140 then pick up with pages 141-185 Book 2: G. K. Chesteron, What’s Wrong with the World by Seven …
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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 …
Continue reading “Journal: Strong Signals–Azerbaijan in Play”