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Some 100 large fires are causing heavy economic damage at Turkey’s southern coast: bigger Firefighters have been forced to work in impossible conditions, combating fires in mountainous areas that only airplanes or helicopters can reach. At least two have died….

A Technical Look at the Science Behind the Headlines by Gordog The Americans are now crying ‘uncle’ about Russia’s hypersonic weapons. After the most recent flight test of the scramjet-powered Zircon cruise missile, the Washington Post on July 11 carried…

Last week’s posts at Moon of Alabama: July 26 – U.S. – China Talks Point To A Longer Conflict Related: – The US needs to break China’s siege mentality – Responsible Statecraft – Chinese nationalism is more than what you…

The New York Times is using a dubious criminal case in Sweden to vilify president-elect of Iran Ebrahim Raisi over his alleged involvement in the execution of prisoner. The smear works, but only because the New York Times decided to…

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Back when Stephen S. Roach was Morgan Stanley’s chief economist Moon of Alabama often quoted from his columns. Fifteen years ago Roach spoke out against globalization and emphasized the need of labor power. His takes stood in stark contrast to…

Daniel Larison writes that Joe Biden’s foreign policies are probably worse than Trump’s: Joe Biden’s foreign policy record as president in his first six months has been as bad as his non-interventionist and antiwar critics feared it would be. Biden…

The U.S. wants to slice and dice its approach to China. It will use all means to take advantage of China where it can, while restricting China in those fields were it can no longer compete with it. The Chinese…

Last week’s posts at Moon of Alabama: July 19 – U.S. Takes Down Israeli Spy Software Company Related: – Meet Toka, the Most Dangerous Israeli Spyware Firm You’ve Never Heard Of – Mintpressnews – Pegasus is Just the Tip of…

Canada seems to have some rather ambiguous position towards fascists. While compares China’s handling of its Uyghur population to a holocaust it is favoring the perpetrators of the real Holocaust. The Canadian Broadcast Corporation reports of donations from supporters of…

Remember these June headlines? Iran sends ships to Atlantic Ocean rumored to go to Venezuela – NY Post, June 10 2021 Are Iranian warships smuggling weapons to Venezuela? – gCaptain / Bloomberg, June 12 2021 U.S. warns Venezuela, Cuba to…

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The sanctions war the U.S. waged against Germany and Russia over the Nord Stream 2 pipeline has ended with a total U.S. defeat. bigger The U.S. attempts to block the pipeline were part of the massive anti-Russia campaign waged over…

People in China have first world problem…

A number of international papers report today on the Israeli hacking company NSO which sells snooping software to various regimes. The software is then used to hijack the phones of regime enemies, political competition or obnoxious journalists. All of that…

A number of international papers report today on the Israeli hacking company NSO which sells snooping software to various regimes. The software is then used to hijack the phones of regime enemies, political competition or obnoxious journalists. All of that…

Last week’s posts at Moon of Alabama: July 12 – U.S. Launches Another Attempt To Regime Change Cuba Related: – Cuban President addresses the nation calling for peace and solidarity – Granma – Fake Social Media Operation from Abroad Catalyzes…

Last week’s posts at Moon of Alabama: July 12 – U.S. Launches Another Attempt To Regime Change Cuba Related: – Cuban President addresses the nation calling for peace and solidarity – Granma – Fake Social Media Operation from Abroad Catalyzes…

The Washington Post is differentiating between ‘civilized’ and -unsaid- ‘uncivilized’ nations. bigger After making false claims about the illegal passage of a British destroyer near Crimea, a planned provocation, the author goes on to bash Russia as well as China….

The Washington Post is differentiating between ‘civilized’ and -unsaid- ‘uncivilized’ nations. bigger After making false claims about the illegal passage of a British destroyer near Crimea, a planned provocation, the author goes on to bash Russia as well as China….

During the last 36 hours some people had problems to reach Moon of Alabama. The issue was weird. For some it worked on their phone and laptop but not on their tablet. Others had the opposite experience. I could not…

I did not expect this. Great – if true: Nafiseh Kohnavard @nafisehkBBC – 13:57 UTC · Jul 15, 2021 Breaking White house coordinator for MidEast, Brett McGurk has informed Iraqi officials that US troops will withdraw from Iraq. “step by…

bigger Today the Guardian published another fake ‘Russiagate’ story: Kremlin papers appear to show Putin’s plot to put Trump in White House Vladimir Putin personally authorised a secret spy agency operation to support a “mentally unstable” Donald Trump in the…

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In late 2018 we learned about the secret British government campaign to smear Russia. The campaign was run by the ‘Integrity Initiative’ – A Military Intelligence Operation, Disguised As Charity, To Create The “Russian Threat”. A year later the release…

In mid June Turkey floated a plan to occupy the airport of Kabul with Turkish troops to allow for emergency evacuation of ‘western’ embassies. The plan seems to have originated on the U.S. side. I had speculated on what might…

Yesterday saw minor protests in Cuba driven by U.S. regime change dollars and by economic problem caused by U.S. sanctions. They were accompanied by a number of newly created accounts on various social media which posted the same slogans over…

Last week’s posts at Moon of Alabama: July 5 – Growing Saudi Vs. Emirates Conflict May Open The Door For Moscow Related: – Has the ‘strategic alliance’ between Saudi Arabia and the UAE run its course? – Abdel Bari Atwan…

Ransomware attacks continue to disrupt many businesses. Earlier this month an attack through Kaseya VSA, a remote managing software, disabled several managed service provider and some 1,500 of their customers. Their data was encrypted and will only be restored if…

by Gordog lifted from a comment A little while ago, commenter Karlof1 asked me about the space race, the Apollo Program, and the role of Nazi scientists recruited under Operation Paperclip. This is a fascinating subject that has also been…

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As we wrote eight days ago: On Sunday the U.S.bombed three positions of Iraqi Popular Mobilization Force at the Syrian-Iraqi border. The U.S. had no right to do so. The legal reasoning the Biden administration provided for the attack is…

This is awkward: The U.S. left Afghanistan’s Bagram Airfield after nearly 20 years by shutting off the electricity and slipping away in the night without notifying the base’s new Afghan commander, who discovered the Americans’ departure more than two hours…

In 2015 the Saudi cown prince Mohammad bin Salman was best friend with the crown prince of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed bin Zayed. Together they decided to attack the Houthi government in Yemen which had ousted the former regime under the…

Last week’s posts at Moon of Alabama: June 28 – Mentions June 29 – Biden’s Iran Policy Is Already At A Dead End Related: – Curated Discourse, Narrative Artists and the Coming Conflicts – Alastair Crooke / SCF – U.N….

Forty two years ago the U.S. launched its war on Afghanistan: SPIES&VESPERS @SpiesVespers – 22:24 UTC · Jul 3, 2021 #OTD July 3 1979: President Jimmy Carter signs a “presidential finding” authorizing the CIA to spend just over $500,000 on…

China is adding more intercontinental nuclear missiles (ICBM) to the meager 200+ nuclear weapons it currently deploys: China has begun construction of what independent experts say are more than 100 new silos for intercontinental ballistic missiles in a desert near…

Right in time for the 100th anniversary of the Communist Party of China the World Health Organization certified China to be free of Malaria: The World Health Organization (WHO) today is certifying China as free of malaria, after a decadeslong…

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In October 2019 the Global Health Security Index published a report about global preparedness for epidemics and pandemics. It led to this graphic with was flogged by various news sites and the World Economic Forum. The U.S. and Britain were…

On Sunday the U.S.bombed three positions of Iraqi Popular Mobilization Force at the Syrian-Iraqi border. The U.S. had no right to do such. The legal reasoning the Biden administration provided for the attack is nonsense. As is the claimed rational…

Thanks to Peter Lee, aka Chinahand, for pointing out that China’s flagship English language media, the Global Times, recently quoted Moon of Alabama: In an article published on the independent political blog site Moon of Alabama on May 27, the…

Last week’s posts at Moon of Alabama: June 21 – The War On Afghanistan Is Lost But The U.S. Still Tries To Keep A Foot In Its Door Related: – The Afghan army we tried, but failed to build -…

Last week someone ‘leaked’ a number of confidential papers from the British Ministry of Defence to the BBC: Classified Ministry of Defence documents containing details about HMS Defender and the British military have been found at a bus stop in…

Washington State is having a hot weekend. I have been there twice but only during fall and winter. I find it hard to image the landscape there with such tropical temperatures. This picture shows the projected deviation from historic temperatures…

On Wednesday the British Royal Navy destroyer HMS Defender staged a provocation by sailing through territorial waters of Crimea. The British government, which had explicitly instructed the destroyer to do so, insists that the move was legal: The British government…

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The Brits were getting a bit uppity today so the Russians responded by opening fire: A Russian patrol ship and fighter jet have fired warning shots after the British destroyer HMS Defender violated the country’s border in the Black Sea….

In there attempt regime change the country the U.S. and the European Union have launched an economic war against the people of Belarus. First they doubted the results of elections in Belarus which the longtime socialist President Alexander Lukashenko had…

The Afghan government forces the U.S. had trained are quickly losing the fight against the Taliban. The U.S. has promised a complete retreat from Afghanistan. But it has now a plan to keep a foot in the door by staying…