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Israel assassinated Mohammad Reza Zahedi, Iranian IRGC’s Syria-Lebanon chief. Two F-35s dispensed six missiles at a building in the diplomatic sector of Damascus. This is not just another targeted killing. It matters for a few reasons:
1) Zahedi is the replacement for Suleimani and by far the most important person in... See more
Shaiel Ben-Ephraimx.com
A Spymaster Sheikh Controls a $1.5 Trillion Fortune. He Wants to Use It to Dominate AI
By Bradley Hopewired.comA Mole Infiltrated the Highest Ranks of American Militias. This Is What He Found.
Joshua Kaplanpropublica.org
The repeated cycle of mass military invasion, large-scale destruction, transient unity and imperial breakup gave the Islamic world a ‘medieval’ history starkly different from that of Europe or China.
John Darwin • After Tamerlane: The Rise and Fall of Global Empires, 1400-2000
“blurred distinctions between the roles of military and humanitarian organisations; political manipulation of humanitarian assistance [and the] perceived lack of independence of humanitarian actors from donors or from host governments”.
Michael Neuman • Humanitarian Negotiations Revealed: The MSF Experience
The End of The Beginning
aitkenadvisors.com
The Manfield amendments were a huge blow to Project Whorl. Panic set in among the Trustees as they scheduled urgent meetings with top officials from the Nixon administration, including the president himself. Out of those meetings came a brilliant idea. The Gang of Eight has to be briefed on all special access programs, even those that are waived... See more