It is impossible to predict what will happen following the recent meetings between US Secretary of State Kerry and President Putin and Foreign Minister Lavrov in Moscow. After all, all which can come out of such a meeting are only words. Still, words matter, and in the case of the highest level officials of the two major powers on the planet, they matter a lot. And a lot of very
The Syrian Information Minister, Omran al-Zoabi, reads a statement by the Council of Ministers (the Syrian Cabinet), in which he directly links Israel to the Takfiri Islamist mercenaries fighting in Syria to topple the Syrian government.I think that this is a very good reaction: its make the US/NATO and Israelis pay the maximal political price for that aggression by using the Israeli attack as a proof that the Zionists and
The latest Israeli airstrikes are now the clear proof that the US/NATO/al-Qaeda insurgency is currently losing the war against Syria. I submit that the purpose of these strikes is rather obvious: to trigger a Syrian response which would give Israel a pretext to wage what Pepe Escobar aptly called a “mini shock and awe” campaign against Syria, tipping the balance in favor of the US/NATO/al-Qaeda insurgency. Here is how that
I take refuge in Allah from the stoned devil. In the Name of Allah, The Compassionate, The Most Merciful. Peace be on the Seal of prophets, our Master and Prophet, Abi Al Qassem Mohammad and on his chaste and pure Household and on his chosen companions and on all messengers and prophets. I would like to offer my felicitations first on the anniversary of the birthday of the daughter of
Russian military analysis have been saying that Assad is gradually winning this war for a while already. Then, Robert Fisk pretty much confirmed this theory. Today, it is the Israeli Jerusalem Post which, with its usual hatred for everything Syrian, reluctantly admits that, well, if Assad is not winning, he sure ain’t losing either. Check out the article by Jonathan Spyer entitled “Is Assad winning in Syria?” which gives some
Shevchenko I just heard one of my favorite analysts, Maksim Shevchenko, offer a very interesting theory about the tensions on the Korean Peninsula. Here is a summary of his theory:There is no way the DPRK would have started that kind of confrontation with the USA without the blessing of the Chinese. What happened in this case is that the Chinese told the North Koreans to “rock the boat” in Korea
According to the notorious (and mostly unreliable) DEBKAfile, the Tsarnaev brothers were double agents who betrayed the US: The conclusion reached by debkafile’s counterterrorism and intelligence sources is that the brothers were double agents, hired by US and Saudi intelligence to penetrate the Wahhabi jihadist networks which, helped by Saudi financial institutions, had spread across the restive Russian Caucasian. Instead, the two former Chechens betrayed their mission and went secretly over
Robert Fisk Finally some honest reporting from inside Syria! Two articles by Robert Fisk which I highly recommend to everybody: The Syrian Army Believes They Are Winning Syria and Sarin Gas: US Claims Have a Very Familiar Ring I have my points of strong disagreement with Robert Fisk, in particular about Hezbollah and the Hariri family, but at least I respect him for his courage (physical and intellectual) and his
Do you remember how crowds on Boston cheered and celebrated their “victory” when, after a week-long manhunt, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was finally arrested? When I saw these videos I marveled at how stupid American crowds can get, but I decided not to post anything about it since, after all, stupidity is not something worth posting about, I think. Still, I though, what a pathetic display of incompetence and ignorance, what a
By Franklin Lamb for Information Clearing House and Counterpunch “This is one damn fine idea, what took us so long to see a simple solution that was right in front of our eyes for Christ’s sake”, Senator John McCain of “Bomb, bomb, bomb Iran” and “no-fly zones for Syria” notoriety, reportedly demanded to know from Dennis Ross during a recent Washington Institute for Near East Policy (WINEP) brain storming session
By Soraya Sepahpour-Ulrich for Global ResearchFor some time now, the predominant narrative about Syria has been that the unrest has been fueled in order to weaken Iran. This prevalent account is common to neoconservatives and liberals alike. While The New York Times trumpeted Israeli-firsters Senators John McCain and Lindsey Graham message that “rebel fighters deserved to be armed and that helping them take on the Syrian government would aid Washington’s
Over the past few days I tried really hard to ignore the propaganda about the use of chemical weapons by Syrian government forces? Why? Frankly, I am very busy these days, and that entire story is so self evidently ridiculous that I naively hoped that somehow at least the governments in the US and UK would not feel like they have to pretend like this is anything but the usual
Ok, I am *not* saying that they are saying the truth or that I believe them (the very same folks denied that they were behind the Moscow airport bombings). I am just offering this “for your information”. In my opinion it is way too early to make a determination of what this bombing was all about since there are all too many inconsistencies and contradictory information presented to the general
There is a price to pay for ignorance such as, for example, having a foreign Ambassador issuing the following communique: click on image for full size Nope, this is not a joke. You can find the original page here:http://www.mzv.cz/washington/en/czech_u_s_relations/news/statement_of_the_ambassador_of_the_czech.htmlBut what a shame for a country which fancies itself as some kind of world policeman with a “special responsibility’ or even the ‘leader of the free world”.This reminds me of this
Meet the modern Chechnia willed by Vladimir Putin and Ramzan Kadyrov:
Yesterday, in the comments section of my post Assad and the Syrian Army are fighting for all of us, Uprooted Palestinian reminded me that he had predicted that what I had called the “US subversion model: Bosnia v.4, Kosovo v.3, Libya v.2 and now Syria v.1” would not work in Syria (FYI: the preceding sentence contains five links, not one long one). He was right. Something really different happened, and
So it turns out that the Boston bombers are two Chechen brothers who are “refugees” even though neither is from Chechnia proper (they are from Kyrgyzstan). But nevermind that, here is the interesting part: check out the Russian “Facebook equivalent” (called “V Kontakte”) page of the younger of the two brothers, Dzhohar (named after Dudaev I suppose…): How do you like that combination: “World view: Islam; Personal priority: Career and
“At the present time, the situation in Russia is characterized by some of the new features that distinguish it from the preceding period. One of them is the end of the “tandem era” Evgenii Primakov As I have already mentioned in a past article, there really is no “true” opposition in Russia. Putin and Medvedev have very skillfully manipulated the various political forces to make sure that none of the
So finally the US has published its “Magnitsky List” (see full list here). Russia instantly retaliated with its own list (see full list here). Now what?Nothing.Let’s recap what happened. The US Republicans, now completely controlled by Jewish Neocons, tried to play electoral politics by showing that, unlike the Democrats, they are “tough on Russia”. First, this caters to the traditional Jewish hatred of everything Russia and, second, it also caters
and now, also a personal message from me, the Saker, to Maggie’s rotten soul:
