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Iran’s allies lose Iraqi legislative elections

13 October 2021

The Iraqi legislative elections were boycotted by 59% of the citizens. The population is aware that the system is rigged, that foreign powers are calling the shots, that corruption is rife among the elites and that the militias do not abide by the law. It therefore lends no credibility to (...)

Lebanon’s bankruptcy deliberately caused by IMF under Christine Lagarde’s watch

8 October 2021

According to the Swiss Le Temps, the Lebanon Central Bank had known since 2016 that the country was headed toward bankrupcy [1]. Sensitive information was covered up by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) at the request of Riad Salameh. So, inexorably, the predicted disaster came to pass.
On (...)

China-US high-level talks in Switzerland

8 October 2021

The South China Morning Post revealed that high-level contacts between Washington and Beijing have taken place in Switzerland [3].
US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan met with Yang Jiechi, former Chinese Ambassador to the US and currenty the Communist Party’s chief diplomat.
The two (...)

Covid-19: noose is tightening around Doctor Anthony Fauci

7 October 2021

In an article published on 23 September 2021, The Intercept features a grant request submitted in 2018 by the EcoHealth Alliance to the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) [4]. It contains a clear indication of this organization’s intention to engineer a laboratory-based virus (...)

Washington defines attitude towards China

7 October 2021

Washington is attempting to reassess its number one strategic priority. According to President Donald Trump it should no longer focus on the fight against “terrorism”, but on economic competition with China. President Biden is now seeking to pinpoint what kind of cooperation would be viable amid (...)

US Senate vs Facebook

6 October 2021

Frances Haugen, the former Facebook employee who leaked evidence to the Wall Street Journal of the discriminatory practices carried out by the social media giant [10], testified on 5 October 2021 before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
The hearing threw light on (...)

Russia/US in race to shoot first film in space

5 October 2021

The United States and Russia are competing to make a space adventure film. Russia is expected to overtake its rival.
NASA and Elon Musk are poised to send actor Tom Cruise and director Doug Liman to space in a few weeks.
But the first film to be shot outside of the Earth is one likely to star (...)

Taliban open Salt Pit ’Dark Prison’ for visits

5 October 2021

The Taliban gave foreign journalists in Afghanistan a tour of the CIA’s secret base [12].
Before fleeing, the intelligence agents incinerated all their vehicles and detonated their ammunition depot.
The base comprised the replica of an Afghan village used for training the local Agency staff, (...)

Pentagon confirms "War Without End" not over

3 October 2021

According to Pentagon spokesman Admiral John Kirby, President Joe Biden is authorized to bomb Daesh’s cells in Afghanistan under the Authorization for Use of Military Force – AUMF), which became law after the September 2001 attacks.
It is, to say the least, a broad interpretation of this text; (...)

Syrian opposition visits State Department

2 October 2021

A delegation of opponents to the Syrian Arab Republic and members of the Middle East Institute (photo) were received at the State Department and the US Congress this week.
The opposition to the Syrian Arab Republic sits abroad and its representatives are not elected by the Syrian people. This (...)

Quad member India to buy Russian S-400s

1 October 2021

The nightmare that Washington experienced with Turkey’s purchase of the Russian S-400 air defense system is coming back to haunt it India.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi confirmed at the Quad meeting on 26 September at the White House that his country has decided to buy Russian anti-ballistic (...)

Washington welcome to use Russian military bases

1 October 2021

During the Geneva negotiations (dubbed “Yalta 2”), held on 16 June 2021, Russian President Vladimir Putin rejected the request of his US counterpart Joe Biden for permission to open military bases in the countries bordering Afghanistan. However, he suggested - perhaps seriously, perhaps in jest (...)

North Korea tests hypersonic missile

1 October 2021

North Korea, which already masters nuclear bomb development, is said to have reached the first stage of manufacturing a new hypersonic missile, called the Hwasong-8.
The test launch carried out last week demonstrated the stability of the prototype.
The main outstanding difficulty is the fuel (...)

Emmanuel Macron sets up mission to counter disinformation and conspiracy theories

30 September 2021

On 29 September 2021, French President Emmanuel Macron established a “Mission against disinformation and conspiracy theories”.
This entity is expected to "Formulate proposals in the fields of education, prevention, regulation, and the judicialization of hate advocates in order to free society (...)

CIA planned to abduct and assassinate Julian Assange

30 September 2021

The attorneys of Julian Assange have disclosed official US documents showing that the head of the CIA considered Wikileaks to be a “non-state hostile intelligence service”. Mike Pompeo had various kidnapping and murder scenarios drawn up to thwart his transfer from the Ecuadorian embassy in (...)

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