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SYRIA IN CHAOS

ISRAEL ON-ALERT Syria: A war with no winners, millions of losers, a threat to the entire Middle East! On October 30, 2015, I wrote the following in an effort to describe the current status of Russian, Iranian, Syrian Forces, ISIS … Continue reading

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Growing Evidence Supports Syrian Rebels Launched Chemical Attack

UPDATED:  The Other Side: Assad Set-up so that Obama would have a Reason to Bomb Syria? There is as yet independently unsubstantiated evidence for the involvement of the Jabhat al-Nusrah al-Qaeda offshoot in the chemical weapons attack in Syria, at least as … Continue reading

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Are Iranian Attacks on Israeli Embassies Meant to Ignite a War?

Iran Attacks Israel Abroad First, on Monday a magnetic explosive device was planted on the car carrying the wife of an Israeli diplomat in Delhi.  She was injured and is still hospitalized in Dehli.  Shortly afterward, there was an attempt … Continue reading

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Iran: Smoke, No Fire

Under cover of all the smoke billowing from the much-heralded but not exactly ‘long-range’ missiles in the Strait of Hormuz, what’s going on? The newspapers are filled with pronouncements by high-up and sometimes rival Iranian officials.  Their message, a savage, … Continue reading

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Regime Change – N. Korea and …

Man Proposes; God Disposes –   Anyone who thinks they are totally prepared for what the morning brings is delusional.  Even conclusions we draw based on our interpretations of current events and world alliances can become totally irrelevant in an instant. … Continue reading

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Middle East Crisis Continues Apace

Meantime, the crisis in the Middle East continues, though at a slightly lower threat since Turkey’s Erdogan has been temporarily bought off: TURKEY Turkish PM Erdogan didn’t start WWWIII in the Middle East by attacking Greece, Israel, NATO and US. … Continue reading

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And Tomorrow is Monday….UN, Cyprus, Turkey, Greece, Israel, EU and US in Multilateral Crisis

Monday:  If Cyprus begins to drill for gas as planned on Monday, Turkish PM Erdogan has threatened to take military action against Cyprus, Greece and Israel. AND/OR he  will begin drilling illegally off the coast of Cyprus with military protection. … Continue reading

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The Erratic Winds of War

The Storm Clouds Darken and the Winds are Blowing And so in the Middle East the winds of war continue to blow, like wild cyclones colliding, moving in every direction. Just because the last ‘on-the-hour’ 5-minute newscast only mentioned one … Continue reading

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Renegotiate Israel’s Peace Treaty with Egypt?

Israel’s Border with Sinai, Egypt Even prior to the vicious attack on Israeli civilians along the Israeli-Egyptian border, it was clear that the Sinai border was not being defended adequately.  However, from 1979 until recently, it had indeed been a … Continue reading

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Israel-Lebanese Border – Renewed Tensions

Today the Lebanese Goverment has commended the Lebanese military for firing at Israeli soldiers this morning in a new Israel-Lebanon border ‘incident’.  No Israelis were injured, 1 LAF soldier was reported wounded.  It’s not clear whether this was, again, a rogue … Continue reading

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