Category Archives: War in SW Asia / Middle East

Son, why is there a drill press in your bedroom?

Posted on June 13, 2013 by Fred Stiening

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/2013/06/13/santa-monica-gunman-weapon-assembled-from-parts/vB3YmT7LiAVmfdby2iTRjK/story.html “so I can make a high capacity “assault” weapon to kill you, dad” Of course, when the killings in liberal Santa Monica happened, the who and why were vague. The son had been picked up previously for trying to … Continue reading →

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Crossing the Red Line

Posted on June 13, 2013 by Fred Stiening

With all this “investigation” going on, it’s time for war! It’s official – President Obama is going to decree that President Assad of Syria has used chemical weapons in the Gulf of Tonkin, which means the US has no alternative … Continue reading →

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Syria goes dark

Posted on May 7, 2013 by Fred Stiening

Moving Cc’s comment to it’s own thread Here are some interesting internet traffic statistics: http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-05-07/syria-traffic-goes-dark-country-disappears-internet

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Riddle me this

Posted on February 28, 2013 by Fred Stiening

Secretary of State John F’ing Kerry, who fought in the Vietnam war, is wanting to provide $60 million in assistance to the Syrian “opposition”. On February 21st, the Syrian “opposition” exploded a car bomb in Damascus on a busy public … Continue reading →

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Neo-Ottoman Empire

Posted on October 10, 2012 by Fred Stiening

Back when Egypt and Libya suddenly erupted and Turkey broke its military cooperation with Israel, I wondered aloud if we were seeing the rise of a new Ottoman Empire. Turkey is a member of NATO and receives significant military assistance … Continue reading →

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Turkey wants long range UAVs

Posted on September 13, 2011 by Fred Stiening

http://www.worldtribune.com/worldtribune/WTARC/2011/ss_military1151_09_13.asp The Obama administration is looking at providing access to the long range Pedator Drone. The Predators would be monitoring only, not the ones capable of dropping bombs

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Kurd leader threatens Turkey with war

Posted on May 6, 2011 by Fred Stiening

http://www.npr.org/templates/text/s.php?sId=135539993&m=1 Not that this probably isn’t done every few days. This is the residue of Europeans drawing country boundaries in order to divide ethnic groups.

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Egypt / Iran announce stronger ties

Posted on May 3, 2011 by Fred Stiening

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4063914,00.html At a press conference held in Qatar, Egypt and Iranian foreign ministers announced they will resume warm relations.    They also announced support for the Hamas Fatah unity agreement to cooperate against the “Zionist enemy”. In unrelated news, the Muslim Brotherhood in … Continue reading →

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