New Saudi king announces major government shake-up
• http://www.channelnewsasia.com,Saudi Arabia's new King Salman has announced a cabinet reshuffle, as well as bonuses for civil servants, students and pensioners.
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Expect a Blowout Win by Syriza in Greece
• http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com-Mike S.Conventional wisdom on Greece is that Syriza will win but will fall short of winning a sufficient margin to avoid having to form a coalition.
Argentine prosecutor who accused Fernandez of Iran plot found dead
• ReutersThe Argentine prosecutor who accused President Cristina Fernandez of orchestrating a cover-up in the investigation of Iran over the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center has been found shot dead in his apartment,
Saudi Arabia Is Building A 600-Mile 'Great Wall' To Shield Itself From ISIS
• http://www.businessinsider.comWhen a raiding party from Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant attacked a Saudi border post last week, it was no mere hit on a desert outpost.
Egypt: Hosni Mubarak fraud conviction overturned
• http://www.bbc.comA court in Egypt has overturned the convictions for embezzlement of former President Hosni Mubarak and his two sons and ordered a retrial.
Europe's Islam Debate Erupts as Paris Killers at Large
• http://www.businessweek.com-James G. NeugerThe bodies haven't been buried and the killers are on the loose, but that didn't prevent anti-Islam politicians across Europe from seizing on the Jan. 7 massacre in Paris.
Pentagon Confirms US Airstrike Against Somalia
• http://news.antiwar.com, Jason DitzNo Word on Casualties From Latest Attack
Israeli police probing major political corruption case
• http://news.yahoo.comIsrael's police said Wednesday they are investigating dozens of public figures and politicians in a major corruption case that could impact upcoming elections.
Egypt opens border with Gaza after 2-month closure
• http://gulfnews.com,The border post will remain open only for two days, official says
Turkey Is a Bad Ally
Ivan ElandBeing a superpower has its drawbacks. One of them is being manipulated by smaller countries that know that America wants to be "Big Man on Campus" in the world, usually giving its taxpayers only vague "influence" around the globe for all the money th
Articles by Dr Jerome Corsi (Al Qaida, Libya, Benghazi, etc...)
• http://www.libyanwarthetruth.comJames and JoAnne Moriarty have posted these interviews, articles, and information about the wars in the Middle East that paints the U.S. as the bad guy...
Talk of a Third Intifada: Where to from Here, Palestine?
• http://original.antiwar.com, by Ramzy BaroudWhen a journalist tries to do a historian's job, the outcome can be quite interesting.
Turkey's Reluctance to Help Against ISIS Should Be a Red Flag
Ivan ElandThe questionable continuance of the NATO alliance after the Cold War ended is demonstrated by Turkey's reluctance to help against the rampaging group Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS).
Strange Bedfellows: To Fight ISIS, US Now Supports Iranian Revolutionary Guard...
• http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.comUS Mideast relationships get stranger every day. The US has come to the defense or has given aid to three rather unlikely groups in the past few weeks.
Fidel Castro accuses McCain, Israel Mossad of creating ISIS
• http://therawfeedlive.comHe accused McCain of supporting Israel's Mossad intelligence agency as well as participating "together with that service in the creation of the Islamic State, which today controls a considerable and vital portion of Iraq and reportedly one-third
Locals Leading the Fight Against the Islamic State Will Be More Effective
Ivan ElandMy recent book, The Failure of Counterinsurgency: Why Hearts and Minds Are Seldom Won, which summarizes the lessons learned from many historical wars against irregular armies such as IS, concludes that is almost impossible to win against guerrillas b
US Boots in Iraq and Baltics, Authorization to Attack Syria?and US Troops in Ukraine!
• http://www.onfirenn.comAs the NATO summit in Wales kicks off today, with an expected agreement to create a "spearhead" force of up to 5,000 troops to rapidly deploy to any "hotspot" in eastern Europe, we learn that the US will also send several hundred troops to participat
Libya To UN: Civil War Is About To Break Out
• http://www.businessinsider.comLibya warned the U.N. Security Council on Wednesday that the chaotic North African state could descend into full-scale civil war if heavily armed warring factions are not disarmed.
US Launches Surveillance Flights Over Syria: ISIS Eliminates Syrian Air Defenses
• http://www.thedailysheeple.comRight on schedule and as many researchers, including myself, predicted, the Western-backed and engineered rise of ISIS across Iraq and the most likely staged Foley beheading video is now being used as justification for the violation of Syrian airspac
7,000 Trapped Ukrainian Forces; IMF to Fund Ukraine Wars?
• http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com,IMF to Fund Ukraine Wars?
Saudi Court Orders Woman Flogged For Insulting Morality Police
• Jonathan TurleyA businesswoman who will receive 50 lashes for merely insulting the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice, or the Saudi morality police. Of course, the Saudi morality police is widely ridiculed and denounced as a
Gunmen Attacked A Saudi Prince's Motorcade In Paris And Made Off With $335,000 Cash
• Business InsiderKalashnikov-wielding robbers have attacked the motorcade of a Saudi prince in Paris, making off with 250,000 euros ($335,000) in cash and reportedly stealing "sensitive" documents, French police said Monday.
US Sending 600 Troops, APCs And Tanks To Countries Bordering Russia...
• http://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler DurdenUS Sending 600 Troops, APCs And Tanks To Countries Bordering Russia To "Reassure Threatened Allies"
And there goes the tomb of the Prophet Jonah.
• http://www.dailypaul.comDestroyed as "idolatry" by those currently running Mosul. These people are seriously messed up.
US Evacuates Embassy In Libya
• http://www.rttnews.comThe United States shut down its embassy in Libya on Saturday and evacuated its diplomats to neighboring Tunisia on security concerns in Tripoli, reports said.
Someone Is Launching Airstrikes On Iraq, But No One Knows Who
• http://www.businessinsider.comWhen the history is finally written about this latest bout of fighting in Iraq, it's a safe bet that the ebooks will describe the fighting as the strangest war/conflict/combat to grace the annals of conflict in quite some time. Take last week's bout
Here Are Where The Missiles And Bombs Are Falling In Israel And Gaza
• http://www.businessinsider.comAs Israel's Operation Protective Edge in Gaza reaches it third day and rockets continue to fall in Israel, we map the targets of military strikes from each side
Saudi Arabia Sentences Another Leading Reformer To 15 Years In Prison
• Jonathan TurleySaudi Arabia's medieval legal system added a new outrage to its record: Saudi lawyer and reform advocate Waleed Abulkhair was sentenced on Sunday to 15 years in prison and a 15-year travel ban (to start after his release).
Thumbing Its Nose at U.S., Russia Sends Military Experts to Iraq
• the wireAfter the United States delayed a sale of fighter jets to Iraq, Russia sold planes to the Iraqi government. Now they've sent military experts to Baghdad. Gen. Anwar Hama Ameen, who heads the Iraqi air force, explained that the
The Western-Imposed Partition of the Middle East Is Dead
• http://www.commondreams.org, by Robert Fisk"Sykes-Picot is dead," Walid Jumblatt roared at me last night – and he may well be right.
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