Day: May 27, 2017

FILE PHOTO: An Egyptian fighter jet © Global Look Press

Egypt Strikes ‘Terrorist Camps’ in Libya in Response to Attack on Coptic Christians

On By Asif AzizIn Military

Egyptian fighter jets have struck militant camps following the deadly attack on Egypt’s Coptic Christians, President Abdel Fattah Sisi has announced. The strikes were carried out in eastern Libya, state television said. https://youtu.be/VV4jfKiaSsk Egypt’s president also vowed to continue striking bases used to train militants and who carry out terrorist attacks in his country, regardless …

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Manchester, Berlin, Paris, Nice, London, New York: Passports and IDs Mysteriously Discovered in the Wake of Terror Attacks

On By Asif AzizIn Opinion

This article reviews the “mysterious” phenomenon of IDs and Passports of terror suspects routinely discovered (often in the rubble) in the wake of a terrorist attack. In most cases the alleged suspect was known to the authorities. Is there a pattern? The ID papers of the suspect are often left behind, discovered by police in …

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Donald Trump’s Unhappy NATO Visit as US and Europe Drift Apart

On By Asif AzizIn Opinion

European leaders annoyed by Trump's calls to increase defence spending, making NATO look too obviously like a protection racket. Having been showered with compliments in Saudi Arabia and Israel, Donald Trump’s visit to Europe where he has met the US’s formal allies in the NATO and G7 formats, have gone unhappily. Despite efforts on both …

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Eastern Europe Tilts to OBOR and Eurasia

On By Asif AzizIn Opinion

Small but geopolitically important steps were taken by key members of the European Union from the EU’s Eastern periphery. While largely ignored in Western mainstream media and in Brussels, they could well portend a longer-term alternative economic space to the failing construct known misleadingly today as the European Union with its bankrupt Eurozone single currency …

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Are Credit Rating Agencies America’s Secret Fifth Column?

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A “Fifth Column” is a group within a country at war who are sympathetic to or working for its enemies. Even a full-blown war with North Korea or Russia could not inflict the damage done to this Country by Moody’s, Fitch and S&P.  The rating agencies have declared war on the United States and the damage they are inflicting will …

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Former US National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski © Terje Bendiksbi / AFP

Zbigniew Brzezinski, US Cold War National Security Advisor, Dies at 89

On By Asif AzizIn North America

Zbigniew Brzezinski, one of the most influential US political thinkers at the height of the Cold War, has died aged 89, according to his daughter. The advocate of US hegemony, Brzezinski, authored numerous proposals to bring down the Soviet Union. "My father passed away peacefully tonight," his daughter and MSNBC anchor Mika Brzezinski wrote. There …

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Trump Threatens to Ban ‘Very Bad’ Germans from Selling Cars in US

On By Asif AzizIn Business

US President Donald Trump’s top economic adviser acknowledged that the president said Germany is "very bad" when it comes to flooding the U.S. with cars, but insisted it wasn’t an attack on one of America’s most-important allies. “He said, ‘They’re very bad on trade,’ but he doesn’t have a problem with Germany," Gary Cohn, director …

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This is What Happens to Your Body When You Try Acupuncture

On By Asif AzizIn Misc

Did you know: The theory and practice of acupuncture dates back to around 6000 B.C.? 2000 years before the modern era – ancient history in other words. In this period, needles did not exist; instead, sharpened stones and bones were used for acupuncture treatment. Fast-forward 8,000-plus years, and – in addition to being far more …

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