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International Military Review – Syria, Sep 24, 2015
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Moscow inaugurates the biggest mosque in Europe
23.09.2015 Military Report of Novorossia
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In the Saker’s mailbox (the joy of good old snailmail)
Dear friends, Today I want to thank those of you who have used the good old snail mail to write to me and first and foremost the person who wrote me a long (7 pages!) letter and included a fascinating text about the gates of Damascus by Claudia McLaren Lainson which I will read during the next week-end. The included icon was also superb – thanks so much!! Thanks to
The Serbian Demographic Crisis
by Wolfson A couple of weeks ago there was a stir in the Serbian media as a UN World Population Prospect report was released.[1] Today there are 8.851.000 people inhabiting Serbia. In 2030 there will be 8.218.000, in 2050 there will be 7.331.000 and finally in 2100 there will be a measly 5.334.000 people living there. These numbers include Kosovo and Metohija which is now predominantly Albanian, meaning they are
Anissa Naouai interviews Russia’s ambassador to the UN Vitali Churkin
Tortured & Enslaved: Enter the World’s Biggest Prison
The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons. Fedor Dostoevskii
22.09.2015 Military Report of Novorossia
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War on Syria; Not Quite According to Plan Part 3: A USA Unable To Bomb Syria
by Ghassan Kadi With all the different components of the “Anti-Syrian Cocktail”, the most lethal is undoubtedly the USA. We should therefore take a deeper look at the military hopes and gambles that the USA took, in desperate attempts, to be able to bomb Syria in order to understand why those several attempts have failed for more than two decades. In Part 2, we saw how the USA was hoping
Saker appeal for help: do you want to actually *do* something to resist?!
Dear friends, I need your help. Specifically, I are looking for two kinds of volunteers: MODERATORS: I need at least two, ideally three, moderators to help moderate the comments in this blog. Several of our moderators are currently unable to help us due to their personal, real life, issues. We especially need moderators to fill the following time slots: 5PM/1700 to 9PM/2100 GMT 12AM/0000 to 4AM/0400 GMT If you can
21.09.2015 Crisis News
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International Military Review – Syria, Sep. 21, 2015: Forecasting the Syrian War
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Russia and the USA coordinate their joint course against terror
source: http://www.all-in.de/nachrichten/deutschland_welt/politik/Russland-und-USA-stimmen-gemeinsamen-Anti-Terror-Kurs-ab;art15808,2077504 translation: Dagmar Henn As “Bild am Sonntag” reported, referring to US-intelligence circles, last week already leading delegations of the CIA and Russian foreign intelligence service SVR met in Moscow. The secret talks were aimed at coordinating the joint military cooperation in the Syrian war. The Americans intend to support future Russian military action against IS in Syria with findings out of their own espionage, so “Bild am
Interesting but ambiguous video
Check out this video: This video was supposedly made near Homs and supposedly shows a “large Russian aircraft and 4 escorts”. Maybe. The large aircraft could be either Il-76 (transport) or Il-78 (refuelling). The four smaller aircraft are not escorts, but probably SU-24, and if that guess of mine is correct, then this is interesting. Careful now! Iran also has Il-76 and SU-24s, so we don’t know for sure that
The Mideast As Explained By Ideology: Past, Present, And Future – PART I
by Andrew Korybko The politics of the Mideast are intimidatingly complex, with many observers struggling to understand its dynamics and instead falling victim to false simplifications of “Sunni vs. Shiite”. The reality is a lot different than surface stereotypes let on, as the region’s processes are actually determined by the interplay between four official ideologies – Israeli Exceptionalism, Secular Republicanism, Islamic Republicanism, and Monarchic Absolutism – which divide themselves into
Russia is constructing a military base in Syria
Foreword by the Saker: I am delighted to post an article which, unlike all the nonsense we have been fed by Ynet, Debka and the rest of them, actually makes sense and outlines what appears to me a very likely description of the rationale behind the military component of the overall Russian strategy towards the war against Syria. This article also confirms my guess that Latakia (and not Damascus) will
“Nobody but us” (Russian propaganda video)
Times have changed. Now the Russian military is using slick Hollywood-like tricks to promote itself. This video is a good example of this rather new skillset which was basically absent during the Soviet era (when only a few movies were made to promote the Russian Airborne Forces). And just for the record: a few of you might see the posting of such videos as a “glorification of war or violence”.
Russia’s ultimate lethal weapon
by Pepe Escobar for RT Let’s start with some classic Russian politics. Finance Minister Anton Siluanov is drawing up Russia’s economic strategy for 2016, including the government budget. Siluanov – essentially a liberal, in favor of foreign investment – will present his proposals to the Kremlin by the end of this month. So far, nothing spectacular. But then, a few days ago, Kommersant leaked that Russia’s Security Council asked presidential
