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US Sending Nearly 300 Troops Into Iraq to Protect Embassy From Islamic Jihadist Threat

The U.S. is sending nearly 300 troops into Iraq to protect the American embassy in Baghdad amid escalating threats that Islamic jihadists who have captured several cities in the region could move in on the capital. “The personnel will provide … Continue reading

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9 Signs That China Is Making A Move Against The U.S. Dollar

By Michael Snyder The following are 9 signs that China is making a move against the U.S. dollar… #1 Chinese credit rating agency Dagong has downgraded U.S. debtfrom A to A- and has indicated that further downgrades are possible. #2 China has just … Continue reading

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United States becomes world’s largest producer of oil in 2013

The US has surged to be the world’s lead oil supplier because of growth in shale oil. Shale crude and condensate production at 2.5 MMB/D in 2013 is now slightly over one-third of total US crude production, and shale NGL … Continue reading

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Gold Celebrates America’s Three Month Can Kicking, Soars

Remember that persistent seller of epic amount of gold futures contracts, whose dumps have resulted in two NYMEX shutdowns in the past month alone, and whose daily tape bombing is now watched carefully by all (even the CFTC’s Bart Chilton … Continue reading

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US appeasement of Iran drowns Israel’s military option against nuclear Iran or chemical Syria

Thursday, Sept.26, will go down in Israel’s history as the day it lost its freedom to use force either against the Iranian nuclear threat hanging over its head or Syria’s chemical capacity – at least, so long as Barack Obama is … Continue reading

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Partial Israel reserves call-up. US beefs up Qatar air base. Syria moves units into sheltered sites

Ahead of the US strike on Syria, the Israeli security cabinet in special session Wednesday, Aug. 28, ordered the partial mobilization of select, qualitative IDF reserve forces: Rocket, Air Force, missile interception, Home Defense command and intelligence units. Anti-missile Arrow, … Continue reading

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Egypt set for Fattah 2 offensive on Sinai Islamist terror. Gaza sealed. US and Israeli forces on alert

The Egyptian army has set Friday, July 19, as D-Day for launching a major offensive, dubbed Fattah 2 (Conquest 2), against a coalition of aggressive Salafists, Muslim Brotherhood operatives, Hamas and Jihad Islami groups terrorizing Sinai. The commanders of Egypt’s … Continue reading

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US Alerts Two “Elite Military Units” To Be On Standby Over Deteriorating Libyan Situation

Earlier today, news crossed the wire that the British Embassy was pulling all non-essential staff from its Libya embassy, with the release of this warning: “Given the security implications of the ongoing political uncertainty, the British Embassy is temporarily withdrawing a small … Continue reading

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France, Britain flout US objections on arms to Syrian rebels

Working through Jordan, Britain and France are determined to get arms shipments to the Syrian rebels fighting Bashar Assad –  parting ways for the first time with the Obama administration’s objections to this course throughout Syria’s two-year civil war The … Continue reading

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A List of Extreme Events in the Past Two Months

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US and EU call out Iran’s delay tactics at IAEA meeting

On the heels of last weeks Iranian nuclear talks in Kazakhstan both the US and the EU voiced their concerns about the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program at the board meeting of the UN International Atomic Energy Agency on Wednesday. The … Continue reading

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U. S. Boosts War Role in Africa

The U.S. is markedly widening its role in the stepped up French-led military campaign against extremists in Mali, providing sensitive intelligence that pinpoints militant targets for attack, U.S. and allied officials disclosed. U.S. Reaper drones have provided intelligence and targeting … Continue reading

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US joins Russia in drawing ceasefire lines for ending Syrian war

Incoming US Secretary of State John Kerry, on his first foreign trip, set forth what sounded like a new Obama administration policy for Syria in his remarks in Paris Wednesday, Feb. 27. They were accompanied by reports that the US … Continue reading

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U.S. moves toward providing direct aid to Syrian rebels

The Obama administration is moving toward a major policy shift on Syria that could provide rebels there with equipment such as body armor and armored vehicles, and possibly military training, and could send humanitarian assistance directly to Syria’s opposition political … Continue reading

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US Drones, Boots Arrive In Mali

Absolutely “nobody” could have possibly anticipated that the week old French incursion into Mali could already have such disastrous consequences: a botched hostage rescue attempt by French commandos while leaving behind one of their team, a downed pilot on the first day … Continue reading

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