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Europe is Charlie but not Donbass
No Blood, No Recoil video (download link) (updated)
Download it for yourself while it is available and watch it. Here is the link to it: Link to video file. Brought to your attention by commenter elmysterio UPDATE: You can watch the video clip with more detailed comments by “StormCloudsGathering” on YouTube. Brought to your attention by commenter: samuelburke
Ramzan Kadyrov on Takfiri terrorism
Listen to Ramzan Kadyrov, the Muslim leader at the forefront of the struggle against the Takfiri terrorists: Ramzan Kadyrov on fighting terrorism from Oceania Saker on Vimeo. Question: is this Muslim to blame for what happened in Paris? Or is his Islamic faith? Who has done more to fight Takfiri terrorism – Kadyrov or Hollande?
I am NOT Charlie
Okay, let’s be clear. I am not Muslim. I oppose terrorism. I don’t even support the death penalty. I loathe Takfirism. I oppose violence as a means to make a political or ethical point. I fully support freedom of speech, including critical speech and humor. But this morning I am most definitely NOT Charlie. In fact, I am disgusted and nauseated by the sick display of collective hypocrisy about the
Welcome to the new Saker blog!
Dear friends, Christ is Born! Welcome to my new blog! There still might be kinks here and there, especially in the archives before 2014, but generally it looks solid to me. Most of the work on the new blog was done by Gevorg from Armenia who did an absolutely *phenomenal* amount of work which included many, many hours of hard labor including patiently tutoring me on the capabilities of the
Saker schedule update + 2 open threads
Dear friends,Today Orthodox Christians like myself celebrate the Eve of the Nativity (aka “Christmas”) and tomorrow will be a major feast day for us (Orthodox feasts always begin on the previous evening). Icon of the Nativity On Thursday I will have to spend the day on the road to drive my daughter to college so, God willing, I will be back only on Friday. I have a hotspot in the
Not a Buk-M1 missile – full report and analysis of fake evidence
Dear friends, I have recently informed you that the Dutch blogger Max Vanderwerff had posted a very interesting analysis debunking the Buk-M1 “missile plume” theory. Today I am posting his full research online which I encourage you to download from the following to locations:http://www.mediafire.com/view/t5o16c6qz3nl8be/Not_A_Buk_-_final_copy.pdfhttp://www.docdroid.net/oj8s/not-a-buk-final-copy.pdf.html Both of these services offers to read the PDF file online.I think that it is absolutely crucial that we not allow the truth about MH17 to
About the murder of Batman
Dear friends, I want to remind you all that WE DO NOT HAVE ALL THE FACTS!! (sorry for the “screaming” CAPS). I will be the first to admit to this about myself. Colonel Cassad is doing some stellar reporting about this on his blog, and he also is very very cautious (I don’t share Cassad’s political views, but I have learned to admire his intellectual honesty and his excellent reporting).
Innocents Abroad
by MJ On New Year’s Eve, a true story of “babes in the woods” appeared in the news: two sweet, innocent-looking, and very young Italian women, had disappeared into Darkest Syria, and had reappeared, as prisoners of the al-Nusra Front, humbled, eyes turned to the ground, wrapped-up in black shrouds. It all started when Greta Ramelli and Vanessa Marzullo, 20 and 21-year-old university students, discovered Syria’s humanitarian crisis. They become
Putting US war spending in perspective
First, check out this: http://www.ibtimes.com/14-million-hour-war-costs-top-16-trillion-911-say-congressional-researchers-1764816Then watch this:
Batman’s murder in Luganks is very bad news for Lugansk
I deliberately waited a few days before addressing the issue of the murder of “Batman” (Alexander Bednov) in the Lugansk People’s Republic but I am getting too many questions to remain silent any longer. So first, let’s look at the fact Batman What is more or less established: Batman had been traveling in an armored car for a while now because he feared for his life. Near the city of
Open Thread
As requested – here is an open thread.I will be back, God willing, tomorrow.Cheers,The Saker
Past Russian wars: a quick look at history
The number of well-informed commentators, politicians, blogger and observers who are predicting a war – or at least of a serious risk of war – between Russia and the USA is sharply rising. Though I myself am rather inclined to believe that the US will use the Ukrainian junta to attack Russia rather then risk a direct confrontation, I would not go as far as saying that I find a
The US cannot start a major war in Ukraine
By Nikolai Starikov Translated by Val from Osa http://www.vz.ru/opinions/2014/12/25/722171.html How long the West is willing to pay for the crumbling economy of Ukraine without guarantees of the beginning of its war with Russia? The Western strategy rule says: lost control over the territory – create the Antithesis. It is possible to understand what is happening in Ukraine, it is much more difficult to evaluate and forecast the development of events.
Ramzan Kadyrov offers Putin his own *personal* volunteer Chechen special force
Amazing video, thanks so much to all those who translated it in less then 24 hours!! The video begins by showing the Chechen special forces equipped with Russian military and police special forces uniform. Notice that the average age seems to be in the 30s. You can tell that these are hard core, experienced fighters. Will Putin actually use them and, if yes, how so? It is hard to tell.
2014 “End of Year” report and a look into what 2015 might bring
Introduction: By any measure 2014 has been a truly historic year which saw huge, I would say, even tectonic developments. This year ends in very high instability, and the future looks hard to guess. I don’t think that anybody can confidently predict what might happen next year. So what I propose to do today is something far more modest. I want to look into some of the key events of
Not BUK-M1: new video proof
Check out this excellent report by Dutch journalist Max Vanderwerff who debunks the reports allegedly showing a video of a Buk-M1 launch: http://7mei.nl/not-buk-m1-new-video-proof/ There is no doubt my mind that MH17 was shot down by a Ukrainian SU-25, possibly one of several Su-25s patrolling the skies that day to intercept a civilian airliner the downing of which was to become the “surprise” Poroshenko promised and which Kolomoiskii probably organized.The Saker
27-28.12.2014 Ukrainian crisis news. War in Ukraine, Russia, Europe, USA, Afganistan
Rewarding the criminals: how global capitalism preys upon the poor
by Jiwan Kshetry Corporations wiping out large chunks of biodiversity and killing people with impunity in Honduras and Brazil in collusion with the corrupt state machinery, are being rewarded for their contribution to ‘clean development’ as are those throwing hundreds into abject poverty and total unemployment in India. At the end, however, their projects are not ‘clean’ with no net gain for environment in terms of carbon emission. In its
