Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – It is no surprise that Iran should be supporting the Venezuelan government of Maduro, given that both typically take anti-imperialist stands. What is astonishing is that NATO member Turkey has piled on the criticism, along with the Turkish press. It is s sign of US-Turkish relations being at their nadir. […]
Archives for February 2019
Facebook takes Down Vast Iran-Led Manipulation Campaign
The operation dating back to as early as 2010 had 262 pages, 356 accounts
Israeli Siege of Gaza producing “Grotesque” Medical Crisis: European Doctors
“Israeli snipers have been firing military grade ammunition and maiming bullets at the border at unarmed demonstrators, killing 257 to date
Spanish Firm Rejects Israeli Tender for Jerusalem Railroad as Stealing Palestinian Land
BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Spanish rail equipment manufacturer CAF announced, on Friday, that it had refused to participate in a tender to build a section of the railway in occupied East Jerusalem as it violates international law. An international tender to build and operate Jerusalem’s second light rail line has many companies rejecting to participate as […]
Global Warming caused Enormous city-sized Hole discovered in Antarctic Glacier
In an academic paper in the journal Science Advances nestles a short sentence that at first glance is hard to detach from the specialist prose and mathematical formulas that dot it. On profile T3-T4, we confirm the formation of a cavity 4 km [roughly 2 and a half miles] wide by 350 m [0.2 miles] […]
Could Trump Really Launch a War With Iran?
This time around, the U.S. is pretty much alone.
Israel demolishes Bedouin village Al-Araqeeb for 139th time, Plans Expulsion of 36,000
More than 60 years later, the Bedouin villages have yet to be legally recognised by Israel
European colonisation of the Americas killed 10% of world population and caused global cooling
Our new data-driven best estimate is a death toll of 56 million by the beginning of the 1600s
Europe declares independence of Trump, Creates Channel for Iran Trade
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – In what French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian called “an important geo-political gesture,” France, Germany and the UK have swung into action with the backing of the European Union to set up a mechanism, called Instex, which will permit European firms and banks to continue to trade with Iran without […]