An Unholy Alliance: The Use of Terrorism According to John Bolton

John Bolton is carefully uniting an unholy alliance of terrorist groups who all share one goal: opposition to Iran.

Thierry Meyssan
بواسطة Thierry Meyssan
Afghanistan | ISIS

In 1978, President Carter’s National Security Advisor, Zbignew Brzezinski, decided to use the Muslim Brotherhood against the Soviets, and sent Arab combatants to support the Afghan opposition against the Communist regime. Responding to a call for help from the Afghan government, the Red Army became bogged down in an unwinnable conflict. In

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Roseanne Barr Is What America Has Become

Barr’s odyssey from a liberal champion of the underpaid working class to a vitriolic Trump supporter and conspiracy theorist with an attraction to racist language is in many ways symptomatic of the United States itself.

Juan Cole
بواسطة Juan Cole
Actress Roseanne Barr attends the Tribeca Film Festival world premiere of "Roseanne For President!" at the SVA Theatre on Saturday, April 18, 2015, in New York. Evan Agostini | Invision

The cancellation of Roseanne Barr’s situation comedy reboot at ABC/Disney is not, as some of my more serious acquaintances on social media are saying, unimportant. Barr’s attack via Twitter on former Obama aide Valerie Jarrett (who, Barr said, looked like the offspring of a union of the Muslim Brotherhood and planet of the apes), is an important

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Saudi Prince Dubs Iran, Turkey and Extremist Religious Groups “Triangle of Evil”

In a scathing interview with an Egyptian newspaper, Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler spared no words against a growing list of enemies.

Juan Cole
بواسطة Juan Cole
Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman sits during an allegiance pledging ceremony flanked by senior Saudi religious figures in Mecca, Saudi Arabia June 21, 2017. (Bandar Algaloud/Saudi Royal Court)

Egypt’s al-Shuruq newspaper, which tilts liberal and secular, reports on the press conference in Cairo conducted by neophyte crown prince Muhammad Bin Salman, 32 on Wednesday. Bin Salman said that the current “Triangle of Evil” [paraphrasing George W. Bush’s speechwriter David Frum] was Iran, Turkey and extremist religious groups. He alleged

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Egypt’s New Enemies: Turkey, Qatar and the Muslim Brotherhood?

As Egypt reels from the worst terrorist attack in its history, the fragile government is scrambling to piece together clues to uncover who is responsible for the tragic attack in Egypt’s Bir al-Abed.

Steven Sahiounie
بواسطة Steven Sahiounie
A burned truck is seen outside Al-Rawda Mosque in Bir al-Abd northern Sinai, Egypt a day after attackers killed hundreds of worshippers, on Saturday, Nov. 25, 2017. Friday's assault was Egypt's deadliest attack in the country's modern history, a grim milestone in a long-running fight against an insurgency. (AP/Tarek Samy)

235 people have been killed, according to a statement by the Egyptian Attorney General.  The massacre was carried out at al-Rawdah mosque in Bir al-Abed, west of Arish city.  According to eyewitnesses, there was a huge explosion, and then the terrorists opened fire on the worshippers as they prayed the Friday prayers on Nov. 24, 2017.  Afterwards,

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From al-Qaeda Terrorist To CIA “Freedom Fighter”: One Man’s Journey From Europe To Libya

In the bloody terror-fueled conflicts that have been waged by the U.S. and NATO in Libya and Syria, one man has helped to recruit so-called “freedom fighters” and unleash them on those countries’ innocent civilians. But he has yet to be brought to justice.

Steven Sahiounie
بواسطة Steven Sahiounie
Mahdi al-Harati, former commander of the Tripoli Brigade during the Libyan Civil War, is seen here fighting in Syria as commander of Liwaa Al-Umma, a designated terrorist group fighting the Syrian government.

BEIRUT (Analysis) -- Interpol may be on the hunt for the former mayor of Libya’s capital of Tripoli - an Irish-Libyan man who has been named as an international terrorist by Saudi Arabia. Mahdi al-Harati has lived in Malta on-and-off since 2014. In January 2017, he was arrested due to his involvement in a knife attack in Malta that occurred

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Qatar Places Military On Highest State Of Alert Over Fears Of Saudi Invasion

The Qatari Ministry of Defense also sent a letter to Saudi Arabia saying they would fire on any of it’s naval ships that enter into Qatari waters.

ZeroHedge.com
بواسطة ZeroHedge.com
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, left, and Qatar's Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani inspect a military honour guard during a ceremony in Doha, Qatar, Dec. 2, 2015. Turkey approved a bill allowing expedited troop deployment to its base in Qatar. (AP/Yasin Bulbul,)

Yesterday's news that Saudi Arabia has issued an ultimatum to Qatar, listing ten demands among which that Qatar end all ties with the Muslim Brotherhood and Hamas, has prompted a dramatic response by the small Gulf nation, and according to a just released report by Arabic CNN (and confirmed locally) US officials have said they have observed

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