The first thing to say here is that we have no means to know what really happened. At the very least, there are two possible hypotheses which could explain what took place: 1) a US provocation: it is quite possible ...
Read More »Iran Goes For “Maximum Counter-pressure”
By Pepe Escobar – with permission and cross-posted with Strategic Culture Foundation Sooner or later the US “maximum pressure” on Iran would inevitably be met by “maximum counter-pressure”. Sparks are ominously bound to fly. For the past few days, intelligence circles ...
Read More »Trump’s ‘near strike’ shows US hesitation caused by Iranian unity & patience
by Ramin Mazaheri for the Ooduarere (Written for PressTV and cross-posted by permission) I am deeply skeptical that the US ever initiated a missile strike against Iran and then called it off, as was claimed by The New York Times. Of course, ...
Read More »Iran shows wreckage of U.S. spy drone shot down earlier in Iranian airspace Gulf
Russia Won’t Leave Iran to the Wolves! New Bilateral Cooperation Measures Approved By Kremlin!
Gulf Conflict: Iran Shot Down U.S. Global Hawk. Houthis Struck Saudi Power Plant With Cruise Missile
Late on June 19, Ansar Allah (also known as the Houthis) carried out a new one “cruise missile” strike on Saudi Arabia. The missile strike targeted a major power plant in the area of al-Shuqaiq in the Kingdom’s southern province ...
Read More »The curious case of the tankers in the Gulf of Oman
I have taken the opportunity to look at the recent incident involving two outbound tankers in the Gulf of Oman. I have got some questions or two, (or three) about certain parts of the incident, from a civilian mariner’s perspective ...
Read More »US planning ‘tactical assault’ on Iran in response to ‘tanker attack’ — report
UN sources believe that the United States is planning to carry out a “tactical assault on Iran” in response to the attack on two oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman, which it blamed Tehran for without providing credible evidence. ...
Read More »The Unipolar Moment is Over
By Pepe Escobar – with permission and cross-posted with Consortium News Something extraordinary began with a short walk in St. Petersburg last Friday. After a stroll, they took a boat on the Neva River, visited the legendary Aurora cruiser, and dropped in to ...
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