‘Exorbitant Privilege’ Under Siege
Frank Lee It was the French politician Valery Giscard D’Estaing who first coined the phrase ‘Exorbitant Privilege’ – a reference to the many advantages enjoyed by the US ownership...
Let’s talk about the Golan Heights
Yesterday an Al-Monitor piece by Akiva Eldar contrasted Netanyahu’s success in getting Trump out of the Iran deal, and ‘recognising’ Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, with his...
The Bizarre Explanation For Why The U.S. Has Avoided Bombing ISIS Oil Wells
by Michael Snyder from The Economic Collapse Why hasn’t the U.S. bombed the oil wells that ISIS controls into oblivion by now? Would you believe that it is because...
Turkish MP to reveal evidence linking Erdogan to Daesh oil
The President of Turkey, Recep Erdogan. Sputnik International reports Eren Erdem [pictured below], a lawmaker from the Republican People’s Party, Turkey’s largest opposition party, says that he may have...
Video: Russian military reveals details of ISIS-Turkey oil smuggling
An image released today by the Russian MoD allegedly showing 3,000 tankers and light trucks parked in Silopi, Turkey, near the borders with Iraq and Syria. Russia’s Deputy Defense...
Erdogan: “I will leave office” if proven Turkey bought oil from terrorists
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Photo Burhan Ozbilici/AP RT reports Russia has received additional intelligence confirming that oil from deposits controlled by Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) goes through...
Analysis: Russian airstrikes stop NATO’s terrorist convoys in their tracks
Oil trucks destroyed by Russian airstrikes in Syria. Sott.net writes: For years, NATO has granted impunity to convoys packed with supplies bound for ISIS and Al Qaeda. Russian airstrikes...
