By a media trick, Tehran proved its claim that closing the Strait of Hormuz is as “easy as drinking water,” DEBKAfile reports. First thing Saturday morning, Saturday, Dec. 31, Iran’s state agencies “reported” long-range…
Category: Europe
The weather in Tripoli this New Year’s weekend is unseasonably bone chilling with heavy rains flooding the streets reminding this observer more of dreary London this time of year than the southern Maghreb coast of…
“Our war there will be over. All of our troops will be out of Iraq,” President Barack Obama said in his Dec. 17 weekly radio address. But while combat troops are leaving, for now…
January 02, 2012 “Daily Star” — BRITAIN is gearing up for fighting in Syria that could be bigger and bloodier than the battle against Gaddafi. The Ministry of Defence is drawing up secret plans for…
Speaking of democratic revolutions… Play dedicated in memorium of “Grovel” Havel for services to the Empire beyond the call of duty. _______________________________ Act 1, Scene 1 (A cafe in upper west…
WASHINGTON: The US military carried out 5,316 flights in Libya since the allied “Operation Unified Protector” began, comprising 27 percent of all NATO missions, the Pentagon said Monday. The United States, which initially led the…
Voltaire Network, Monday, August 22, 2011, 13:20 GMT – Voltaire Network is concerned about the threats targeting two of its team members in Tripoli. Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya, Research Associate, Centre for Research on Globalization, and…
Chavez denounces West over Libya VENEZUELAN President Hugo Chavez…has slammed Western powers for “destroying Tripoli with their bombs,” as rebels surged to seize control of the Libyan capital. “Today we are seeing images of…
From Tripoli, Thierry Meyssan reports on the carnage he has witnessed. Article posted on Monday, at 0:35 AM. _____________________ On Saturday, 20 August 2011, at 8:00 PM, that is to say just after the Iftar,…
Heavy gunfire and explosions have been reported in the Libyan capital, and according to rebel commanders, the firing signals the start of a final onslaught on Muammar Gadaffi’s stronghold. Earlier NATO-backed rebels in Libya said…