Unrest in Middle East continues

November 28, 2011

The ill informed U.S. news media, headline grabbing political pundits and many in Congress know not what they do in calling for “democracy” in the Middle East.
So how does the run up to “democracy” in the Middle look today?
Violent demonstrations have erupted in the initiator of the so called “Arab Spring” in Tunisia’s impoverished central [...]

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Syria in crisis

November 21, 2011

It has been reported in the news media that deserters from the Syrian Army carried out attacks on symbols of the Bashar Al Assad government’s centers of power, targeting the youth offices of the ruling Baath Party after firing rocket-propelled grenades on a military intelligence base on Wednesday. These attacks, along with fraying relations among [...]

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Shi’ites and the U.S.

November 14, 2011

It is well known that Iran is a Shi’ite theocracy.  It is also well known that Iran is the leader of the Shi’ites in the world. There’s the rub. The U.S. has been in disfavor of the Shi’ites for some time now.
So, why do they hate us so much?
First, it is the Shi’ite memory of [...]

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Despot in Iraq?

November 7, 2011

The New York Times, November 5, 2011, pg. 18, reported: “The authoritarian tendencies of Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki of Iraq are well known. But the arrest of more than 600 Iraqis whom the government describes as suspected former members of Saddam Hussein’s Baath Party and army is particularly cynical and reckless. With American troops [...]

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Mexican drug wars

October 31, 2011

On 24 October STRATFOR published its update on the Mexican drug cartels.
The report stated that while there has been a reshuffling of alliances among Mexican drug cartels since the STRATFOR July cartel update, the trend continues. This is that there is  the polarization of cartels and associated sub-groups toward the two largest drug-trafficking organizations, the Sinaloa [...]

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China odservations

October 24, 2011

Interesting “Half-Full Report,” written by Dr. Jack Wheeler, 14 Oct 2011, on China.
“China. No wives, no water, no banks – and a hyper-dangerous military. Much of China is uninhabited – deserts, mountains, and wastelands. Habitable China is about the size of the US east of the Mississippi, with over a billion people squeezed into it. [...]

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Iran & an act of war?

October 17, 2011

The U.S. government has accused the Iranian government of what amounts to an act of war after disrupting what officials said was a plot to assassinate a Saudi Arabian envoy in Washington, D. C.
According to the Washington Post, when nearly $100,000 landed in an undercover FBI bank account from a source linked to an Iranian [...]

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Al Qaeda strategy?

October 10, 2011

Is Al Qaeda waiting in the wings or are they too weak to act in the so called Arab Spring?
The conflict between protesters and certain Arab governments has showed no signs of easing even after reshuffling of interim governments. Thousands of people are still marching in the streets for a variety of reasons. This has [...]

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Nonsense on Al Awlaki

October 3, 2011

After several days of surveillance on Mr. Anwar Al Awlaki, armed drones took off from a base in the Arabian Peninsula, flew into northern Yemen and fired Hellfire missiles at a car carrying Al Awlaki and possibly other members of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQIAP) It is reported that this attack may include [...]

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COIN Challenges

September 26, 2011

During the U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War the basic doctrine was one of securing the people and “winning the hearts and minds of the people.” After the U.S. left Vietnam a conventional war with North Vietnam, with no U.S. support to the South Vietnamese, was lost by South Vietnam.
Even today there are many political [...]

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