The second wave of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic has receded and the people have had enough of restrictions. There is immense pressure to end the lockdowns and many politicians will do as their voters wish. But there will be a...
Last night the U.S. escalated the situation in Iraq by bombing Iraqi government security forces at the Iraqi-Syrian border station near Abu-Kamal/Al-Qaim. One Iraqi soldier, a Sunni, was killed. Other sources claim that as many as 22 were killed. The...
A week ago we found that Biden's slow walking of a U.S. return to the nuclear deal with Iran makes no sense if we presume that doing so is really his aim: Why Is Biden Creating Himself An Iran Quagmire?...
Yesterday the censorship department at Twitter went bonkers. Twitter Safety blogged: Disclosing networks of state-linked information operations Today we are disclosing four networks of accounts to our archive of state-linked information operations; the only archive of its kind in the...
The forever war on Afghanistan will continue. The U.S. and its NATO proxy force have spent nearly 20 years and a trillion dollars to "do something" in Afghanistan. What that something was to be was never clear. There were attempts...
Last week's posts at Moon of Alabama: February 15 - New Documents Reveal More British Efforts To Undermine Russia Related: Leaked papers allege massive UK govt effort to co-opt Russian-language anti-Kremlin media & influencers to ‘weaken Russian state’ - RT...
The U.S. is increasing pressure on Iran by surrounding it with NATO troops. On Thursday, after a meeting of NATO defense ministers, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg announced a larger occupation force for Iraq: Today, we decided to expand NATO’s...
After a month as president Joe Biden has already broken several major campaign promises. There will be: No $2,000 checks. No minimum wage rises. No student debt forgiveness. No halting of deportations. No end of the war on Yemen. No...
Since he came to power President Joe Biden has done nothing to revive the nuclear agreement with Iran. The JCPOA was breached by the U.S. in 2018 when then President Trump left the deal and renewed a 'maximum pressure' sanction...
The impeachment narrative circus is leaving the town and the real world work can now begin: With the distraction of the impeachment trial of his predecessor now over, President Biden will quickly press for passage of his $1.9 trillion coronavirus...
In 2018 we wrote about: The 'Integrity Initiative' - A Military Intelligence Operation, Disguised As Charity, To Create The "Russian Threat". The reporting was based on the British Integrity Initiative's internal files which some 'anonymous' organization had acquired and published....
Last week's posts at Moon of Alabama: February 8 - U.S., Taiwan Manipulate Chip Supplies To Press For War With China Related: Open To All: Taiwan’s Silicon Shield Collides with its Silicon Lance - Peter Lee's China Threat Report Yves...
The New York Times continues Trump's anti-China campaign by claiming that China hindered a WHO investigation into the origins of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic and is withholding data. On W.H.O. Trip, China Refused to Hand Over Important Data The information could...
Last week. during a visit by the EU's foreign policy chief Josep Borrell, Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov slapped down the EU's sanctimonious interference in Russia's internal policies. Back in Brussels, Borrell, who was criticized by some EU hardliners for...
Russia Secretly Offered Afghan Militants Bounties to Kill U.S. Troops, Intelligence Says - New York Times. June 26 2020 US intelligence indicates Iran paid bounties to Taliban for targeting American troops in Afghanistan - CNN, August 17 2020 Scoop: Trump...
On February 1 the military of Myanmar, the Tatmadaw, launched a coup d'état. President Win Myint and State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi were detained, along with ministers and their deputies and members of the parliament. They were accused of...
In June 2018 we debunked a New York Times piece which accused China of 'financial imperialism'. China's Port In Sri Lanka's Is Good Business - The NYT's Report On It Is Propaganda The core of the NYT piece was about...
Last week's posts at Moon of Alabama: February 1 - Lebanon - British Embassy Infiltrates Military Intelligence, Provides Snooping Equipment, Indoctrinates Young Palestinians February 2 - This Is Why They Attack Him - Putin Explains Why We Need New Economic...
It is amusing to what extent the editors of the New York Times resort to lying in their attempts to portray the incarceration of the right wing racist Alexei Navalny as a best thing that happened since the invention of...
Russia had recently said that it would take a more assertive stand against the sanctions and Navalny nonsense the 'west' is throwing at it. Today the EU's foreign policy chief Josep Borrell visited Moscow. He had a talk with Russia's...
Two months ago we documented astonishing changes over time in the testimony of a Uyhgur woman who had claimed to have been incarcerated in China: Over the years [Sayragul] Sautbay has given several interviews. The details of her story continued...
The President of Russia Vladimir Putin has given a great speech to the Davos 2021 online forum organized by the World Economic Forum. As usual it created little echo in the 'western' media. Putin sees a new danger of large...
The British ambassador to Lebanon is 'very exited' to hand off some useless, half armored patrol vehicles to the Lebanese army: Martin Longden @MlongdenUK - 12:25 UTC · Feb 1, 2021 Very excited to witness the arrival in Beirut of...
Last week's posts at Moon of Alabama: January 27 - More Cyber Crimes, Attributed To Russia, Are Shown To Have Come From Elsewhere Related: 30% of 'SolarWinds' Hacking Victims Did Not Actually Use SolarWinds Software, Feds Say - Gizmodo January...
In 2010 some minor Russian businessman, Sergei Kolesnikov, who had pissed off people above his pay grade, resettled from Russia to Estonia. To make himself interesting, and likely to get financial support, he made up a story. David Ignatius, the...
by Hedwig Kuijpers Photo of US soldiers training Maghweer al-Thora forces in the al-Tanf pocket (source: Hammurabi news) bigger Many questions remain unanswered about the al-Tanf United States base in the Syrian desert, that is called illegal by the Syrian...
Early this week a few amateur stock trading nerds decided to promote a stock that was heavily shorted by certain hedge funds. The idea was to raise the stock price of Game Stop Corp., a vendor for computer games, by...
Earlier today police in Europe took down the Emotet bot-network: First discovered as a fairly run-of-the-mill banking trojan back in 2014, Emotet evolved over the years into one of the most professional and resilient cyber crime services in the world,...
Sorry, no post today. The heating installation for the block I am living in failed yesterday. It is supposed to be up again only late this evening. It is freezing not only outside and typing with mittens on is just...
Last week's posts at Moon of Alabama: January 18 - New Leaks Show How British Spies Infiltrate And Undermine Lebanon's Security Services (More to come on this.) January 19 - Dystopia Related: “Here Are the Superheroes To Come and Save...
Yesterday Reuters issued this fake news story: Top Iran leader posts Trump-like image with drone, vows revenge DUBAI (Reuters) - The Twitter account of Iran's Supreme Leader on Friday carried the image of a golfer resembling former President Donald Trump...
On his first day in office President Joe Biden destroyed women's sports. As one of several executive orders Biden issued the Executive Order on Preventing and Combating Discrimination on the Basis of Gender Identity or Sexual Orientation. It sets out...
After being bashed with 24/7 "Trump is bad" news we are now punished with 24/7 of "Biden is great" news. Actions which were an outrage when taken under Trump are now sold as rational endeavors when argued for by Biden...
Today a new U.S. administration will come in. On foreign policy issues it will be just as disappointing as the leaving one. U.S. foreign policy is dictated by ingrained interests. The mechanisms of policy making in Washington DC guarantee that...
The U.S. seems to have gone completely crazy these day. Two full divisions worth of soldiers are closing off Washington DC to 'protect' a mostly virtual inauguration from a non-existing threat. 26,000 National Guard members to secure Washington for inauguration...
A few month ago we reported on documents which revealed secret British 'Strategic Communication' programs in support of the Jihadis who fight against the Syrian people and their government. In December documents of a different secret program revealed similar British...
Last week's posts at Moon of Alabama: January 11 - Dear Congress - Stop Wasting Time With Impeaching Trump - End His Famine In Yemen Related: Dems Reject Bigger Survival Checks, Float Tax Breaks For The Rich - Daily Poster...
On August 4 2020 2.750 tons of ammonium nitrate, stored in a warehouse of Beirut's harbour, exploded. The blast destroyed large parts of the city. The dangerous load had come on a defect ship which was impounded by the Lebanese...
Someone at CNN was tasked with writing a thrilling story about a brave democratic congressman who did not shy away from confronting the Capitol intruders. How a swift impeachment was born under siege Rioters were still ransacking the halls of...
No post by me for today but three views of interest on the current situation in the U.S. of A. Pepe Escobar: 9/11 Was the Prelude. 1/6 Is the Holy Grail So where will 75 million disenfranchised voters – or...
Sheldon Adelson, the casino oligarch who has financed far right causes as well as the political careers of Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahoo, has died. In 2013 Adelson had called for nuking Tehran (vid). Good Riddance. Unfortunately his money will...
The pompous U.S. Secretary of State informed Congress that he will designate the Ansarallah movement in Yemen as Foreign Terrorist Organization. As Ansarallah, also known as the Houthi, is ruling over some 80% of Yemen's population such a designation will...
Last week's posts at Moon of Alabama: January 4 - British Judge Rejects Assange Extradition Related: Wednesday's Other Story - Matt Taibbi The Assange saga: Practicing real journalism is criminally insane - Pepe Escobar Even If Assange’s Death isn’t the...
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