by Tyler Durden Most Iraqis, be they civilians, military personnel, or government officials, do not trust Americans. At a base level, that makes all kinds of sense. After all, the US did launch what amounted […]
by Tyler Durden Earlier today we revisited Islamic State’s most important revenue stream: crude oil. When US attack planes destroyed 116 ISIS oil trucks on November 16 (allegedly after dropping leaflets warning “innocent” drivers to […]
by Tyler Durden Having exposed the world yesterday to the 2-mile long line of tankers-full’o’crude heading from Iraq to the US, several weeks after reporting that China has run out of oil storage space we […]
by Tyler Durden After some initial excitement, November has seen crude oil prices collapse back towards cycle lows amid demand doubts (e.g. sllumping China oil imports, overflowing Chinese oil capacity, plunging China Industrial Production) and […]
US foreign policy at work by Chris Martenson Without any doubt, the Middle East has been a very long-simmering region of violent religious and tribal enmity. In that regard, perhaps today is no different than […]
Covert Geopolitics “It is technically difficult to target a plane on that level,” Ismail told reporters, saying it’s too early to give a reason for the crash. It’s not clear that the Islamic State group in […]
by Tyler Durden When the Obama administration announced it would soon put 50 (er… 100 we guess, since soldiers generally have two feet) boots on the ground in Syria, the US media immediately asked the […]
by John Rubino Russia’s decision to bomb pretty much everyone opposed to Syria’s Assad regime — including the guys the US was training and funding — startled the West last month. But at least we […]
The Iraqi government authorised Russia to target Islamic State group convoys coming from Syria, a senior Iraqi official said. The authorisation for Russia to target IS inside Iraq comes amid security coordination between Iraq, […]
By Fars News Agency “The security and popular forces have held captive an Israeli colonel,” a commander of Iraq’s popular mobilization forces said on Thursday. “The Zionist officer is ranked colonel and had participated in […]
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