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Syria: A jihadi paradise

Syria: A jihadi paradise By Pepe Escobar (AT-online) So Bashar al-Assad hath martially spoken – for the first time in seven months – predictably blaming the Syrian civil war on “terrorists” and “Western puppets”. Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, he … Continue reading

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Realpolitic blurs US red line on Syria

Realpolitic blurs US red line on Syria By Pepe Escobar –  (AT) Weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) are back. It’s like we never left Dubya’s glory days. No, they didn’t find the non-existent Saddam stash on eBay. This is about … Continue reading

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The deadly Israeli and the mad Turk

The deadly Israeli and the mad Turk By Pepe Escobar – The inmates are running – or think they are running – the asylum. As Asia Times Online already reported (See Bomb Iran fever, Aug 8, 2012), Tel Aviv may … Continue reading

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Blood on the (Bain) tracks

Blood on the (Bain) tracks By Pepe Escobar. Asia Times. – This is the moment everyone was waiting for in the 2012 US presidential campaign; the hardcore drawing of first blood. Whatever one’s judgment on Nobel Peace Prize winner and … Continue reading

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NATOGCC Holy War Accelerate the End of US Dollar as Global Reserve Currency

NATOGCC Holy War Accelerate the End of US Dollar as Global Reserve Currency There will be hell to pay for NATO’s Holy War By Pepe Escobar – US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is running out of rhetorical ammunition in … Continue reading

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Drone me down on the killing floor.

Drone me down on the killing floor. Lord knows, I should’a been gone Lord knows, I should’a been gone And I wouldn’t’ve been here, down on the killin’ floor – Howlin’ Wolf, Killing Floor By Pepe Escobar. As convenient as … Continue reading

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The Art of War and a Glass of Wine.

The Art of War and a Glass of Wine. By Pepe Escobar. PARIS – There it was, magically empty, on a discreet corner, never spotted by the tourist magma; my favorite little table since the 1980s at the Cafe de … Continue reading

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