August 19, the first shipment of Iranian crude oil has been sold on Iran’s Bourse Organization/Kish Commodity Exchange. 500,000 barrels of heavy crude oil were sold.
Iran’s Bourse was created in 2008 for the specific purpose of selling oil using any international currency, other than the U.S. dollar. Up until now, the Bourse/Kish exchange was […] Continue Reading…
For several weeks Israeli air forces have been bombing Gaza and West Bank, the U.S. media ignored it. Israeli ground forces have conducted several raids into Lebanon, the U.S. media ignored it.
Then Israel say eight Israelis were killed in an attack on a bus, carrying Israeli soldiers and civilians, north of the Red Sea […] Continue Reading…
The British embassy in Afghanistan is under attack as I write this. It began with massive explosions. Pics show a multi-story building with its facade completely destroyed. Smaller explosions and constant gunfire is ongoing.
The Taliban are claiming they launched the attacks. Insurgents are still inside the embassy compound. At least 12 people killed, officials […] Continue Reading…
The United States has cancelled its bi-annual “Bright Star” war games with Egypt. The two countries have been holding such war games for decades.
This comes as the U.S. and Europe push for UN action against Syria, but officially its because of the political transition taking place in Egypt.
Bright Star war games have also included […] Continue Reading…
“China should move progressively to cut its holdings of U.S. Treasury bonds and use it as leverage to ask Washington [DC] to further open its markets, including the high-technology sector, to Chinese investment.”-Xiang Songzuo, University of China
U.S. Vice President Biden is in China, trying to reassure the Chinese government that the U.S. […] Continue Reading…
“We believe that the time has come for the council to take further actions to step up the pressure against those who are responsible for the violence against the citizens of Syria.”-Philip Parham, U.K. representative to UN Security Council
The U.S., France, Germany and Portugal all backed up the British demand that the […] Continue Reading…
“The Palestinian flag is now flying in Lebanon’s heart and the heart of every Lebanese who loves Palestine.”-Mahmoud Abbas, Palestinian Authority Chief
As far as Lebanon is concerned Palestine is a legitimate country. August 17, the Palestinian people opened an embassy in Beirut.
So far 100 countries have recognized Palestine as a country. The only way […] Continue Reading…
“The future of Syria must be determined by its people, but President Bashar al-Assad is standing in their way. We have consistently said that President Assad must lead a democratic transition or get out of the way. He has not led. For the sake of the Syrian people, the time has […] Continue Reading…
For the second time in one month British cops killed a man. The first time resulted in riots that lasted a week. It’s been proven that police lied about how the killing happened.
This time cops used their tasers to kill. A professional bodybuilder, and father of two, was pepper sprayed and then tasered three […] Continue Reading…
August 17, Syria’s President Assad told the United Nations that military operations against insurgents were a success, and are now complete. I watched reports from the Middle East showing Syrian forces leaving several major cities, with the local population cheering them on.
In fact, the city of Deir ez-Zor suffered a brutal insurgency occupation that […] Continue Reading…