Tag: middleeast

ISIS is America’s Dream Rebel Army
November 10, 2014 0

ISIS is America’s Dream Rebel Army

By News Desk

Links ISIS is America’s Dream Rebel Army US policy paper reveals desire for construction of full-scale extraterritorial army to invade Syria. Such an army is being built in Iraq and Turkey and it’s called "ISIS."   November 10, 2014 ( Tony Cartalucci – NEO ) – The corporate-financier funded and directed policy think tank, the Brookings Institution, has served as one of several prominent forums documenting and disseminating US foreign policy. It would host in part the architects of the so-called "surge" during the nearly decade-spanning US occupation of Iraq, as well as battle plans for waging a covert war against Iran now well under way.

Iran and the Proxy War in Kurdistan
October 17, 2014 0

Iran and the Proxy War in Kurdistan

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Links Iran and the Proxy War in Kurdistan October 17, 2014 ( Eric Draitser – NEO ) - In the midst of the war against ISIS (Islamic State) now taking place in both Iraq and Syria, a possible shifting of alliances that could fundamentally alter the balance of power in the region is taking place, and no one seems to have noticed. Specifically, the burgeoning relationship between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region of Northern Iraq has the potential to remake the political landscape of the Middle East.

US Air Raids: The Unlearned Lesson of Libya
October 8, 2014 0

US Air Raids: The Unlearned Lesson of Libya

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Links US Air Raids: The Unlearned Lesson of Libya October 8, 2014 ( Yuri Zinin – NEO ) The speaker of the Libyan House of Representatives Akila Saleh Issa at the UN General Assembly demanded the international community to provide assistance in enhancing security in this troubled country. He stated that the rebuilding of a combat capable army in Libya is a matter of utmost importance, otherwise people will be left to face terrorists on their own.  The alarming statements made by Libyan authorities coincided with the ongoing missiles strikes of the US against ISIL militants.  This latest US military endeavor is now in the media’s focus, while Middle Eastern experts try to figure out the purpose of those strikes, just like Washington’s future steps and time limits that remain largely unclear to this day

Someone’s Already Fighting ISIS: The Syrian Arab Army
September 15, 2014 0

Someone’s Already Fighting ISIS: The Syrian Arab Army

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In the US Army’s West Point Combating Terrorism Center (CTC) 2008 report titled, " Bombers, Bank Accounts and Bleedout: al-Qa’ida’s Road In and Out of Iraq ," it stated unequivocally that (emphasis added):  During the first half of the 1980s the role of foreign fighters in Afghanistan was negligible and was largely  unâ€noticed by outside observers. The flow of volunteers from the Arab heartland countries was just a trickle in the early 1980s, though there were more significant links between the mujahidin and Central Asian Muslims—especially Tajiks, Uzbeks, and Kazakhs.