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August 20, 2015 SITREPs

Ukraine SITREP August 20th, 2015 by Scott

About an article East Ukraine’s Donetsk Republic Will Hold Referendum To Join Russia Without going into intricacies of world affairs, I need to give to you, our readers and commentators, the same warning I give to our Research Assistants: Check Your Sources. First, ZeroHedge reposts a xinhuanet.com article that claims its source was “the Donetsk-based Ostrov news agency” Upon simple cross-reference, nothing is found that would confirm that the Referendum

The Saker interviews Omar Ma’arabouni
August 19, 2015 Saker Analyses and Interviews

The Saker interviews Omar Ma’arabouni

The Saker: Please introduce yourself to your readers, education, professional experience, military experience, political leanings, religion, etc. Omar Ma’arabouni: I am an ex officer in the popular liberation army of the Socialist Progressive Party (Jumblat).  During the Lebanese War I have undergone several high level military training sessions in the USSR (artillery and infantry).  Currently I don’t have any alignment with any particular party. I am secular and currently engaged

Is Ukraine On The Cusp Of A Real Uprising?
August 19, 2015 Guest Analyses

Is Ukraine On The Cusp Of A Real Uprising?

by Andrew Korybko It’s been discussed since the civil war first began last spring, but Ukraine might finally be on the verge of a legitimate people’s uprising against the government. The Color Revolutions in 2004 and 2014 were organized from abroad (despite the misleading mass media representation that they were popular movements) and aimed to achieve concrete geopolitical objectives on behalf of the West, thereby discrediting them as real grassroots

US Military Afraid It Can’t Fight Russia
August 18, 2015 Guest Analyses

US Military Afraid It Can’t Fight Russia

by Shellback for Russia Insider Do you suppose people at the Pentagon read RI? I don’t mean read it in the sense that they have to know the Sewage Emitted by the Vast Army of Putin Trolls so they can Counter it with the Clear Water of NATO Bromides. I mean read it in the sense that they think they might learn something from the VAofPT ? We at RI have

Hybrid Wars: The Indirect Adaptive Approach To Regime Change
August 17, 2015 Blog, Community News and Announcements

Hybrid Wars: The Indirect Adaptive Approach To Regime Change

Dear friends, Our Saker blog contributor Andrew Korybko has just published his first book.  Here is the press release written by our friends at Oriental Review.  Check it out and make sure to grab a copy of the book! Cheers, The Saker ——- source: http://orientalreview.org/press-release/ Sputnik International’s political analyst and journalist, Andrew Korybko, just published his first book on “Hybrid Wars: The Indirect Adaptive Approach To Regime Change”. It was

Will Russia finally agree to deliver S-300/S-400 to Iran? (UPDATED!)
August 17, 2015 Saker Analyses and Interviews

Will Russia finally agree to deliver S-300/S-400 to Iran? (UPDATED!)

It is often forgotten that what happened to Russia with the French Mistrals is very much a case of bad Karma coming back: just as Russia had already paid France for the Mistrals, so had Iran already paid Russia for the S-300 SAMs.  Both Russia and France reneged after the contracts were signed and finalized.  And just as France’s reputation will suffer from the Mistral fiasco, the Russian reputation will

Afghanistan Map of War, August 16, 2015: Taliban’s Disunity Hasn’t Made the Group Any Less Lethal
August 16, 2015 Blog

Afghanistan Map of War, August 16, 2015: Taliban’s Disunity Hasn’t Made the Group Any Less Lethal

(for a full-size high resolution of the map please go to: http://southfront.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Afghanistan-16-August-2015.jpg) The new exclusive series “Maps of War” is released due to your support. Help produce interesting content and join our struggle by donating via PayPal: southfront@list.ru or via: http://southfront.org/donate/  This year the political environment in the Central Asia has been favorable to peace talks between Kabul and the Taliban. The Afghan and Pakistani governments are battling intertwined insurgencies.

August 16, 2015 SITREPs

Ukraine SITREP August 16th, 2015 by Scott & BAAZ

Donbass Donetsk Novorossia 1. Today again non-stopping Ukrainian artillery strikes on civilians in Makeevka [source] 2. Full list of shellings in Makeevka [source] 3. Town Zhovanka, Donetsk, after Ukranian Arned Forces shelled it overnight August 13 – 14 2015 Images of horrible obliteration [source] Жованка после обстрела со стороны ВСУ 4. Terrible tragedy in Gorlovka. Severe intentional shelling of Gorlovka by NATO and Kiev junta armed forces. Video Последствия обстрела

Yemen Map of War, August 6 – 14, 2015: Saudi-led Forces Advance on Sana’a
August 15, 2015 Blog

Yemen Map of War, August 6 – 14, 2015: Saudi-led Forces Advance on Sana’a

(for the high-resolution full size map please go to http://southfront.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/yemen-august-6-13.jpg) SouthFront commentary: The new exclusive series “Maps of War” is released due to your support. Help produce interesting content and join our struggle by donating via PayPal: southfront@list.ru or via: http://southfront.org/donate/  Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) and the Islamic State (ISIS) have already used the recent success of the Saudi Arabia-led forces to increase their territorial control and boost

Public Law 86-90| The Vietnam War Shows the Strength of Donbas’ Rights!
August 14, 2015 Guest Analyses

Public Law 86-90| The Vietnam War Shows the Strength of Donbas’ Rights!

by GH Eliason  Could US Senator John McCain find North Vietnam on a map during or before the period he spent 5 years as a POW in Hanoi? Could you? The answer is no. North Vietnam only existed in Public Law 86-90. Some of the other countries that we also recognize that are enshrined in the law did not exist concretely until 1991. The Vietnam War and Ukrainian war are

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