Today's Wall Street Journal reports that Trump plans to add 15,000 more troops in the Middle East to counter a purported Iranian threat. That's in addition to an earlier added deployment of 15,000 troops. This brings total U. S. forces in the region to nearly 80,000. Though there was almost a GOP insurrection over Trump's abrupt pullout of our remaining … [Read more...]
Dark Matter, Leading UAE Hacking Firm, Entices IDF Cyberwar Veterans at $1-Million a Pop, Israeli Media Report Censored
Haaretz reported recently week that the UAE spyware company, Dark Matter, the commercial subsidiary of UAE intelligence, has hired Israeli veterans of Unit 8200, the IDF SIGINT intelligence branch. The Israelis are enticed with astronomical salaries and perks, some as high as $1-million yearly excluding bonuses; along with villas on the seashore. In fact, an … [Read more...]
Al-Bagdhadi: We Killed the Man, But Not the Movement
Originally, I conceived this post as a critique of Trump's withdrawal from Syria, which is itself part of an overall U.S. 'pivot' away from the Middle East that has gathered momentum over the past decade or more. But yesterday's announcement of the murder of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi offered an even more direct and specific way into the subject. The success of … [Read more...]
Another Trump Foreign Policy Quid Pro Quo, This One Abandons Kurdish Allies
NOTE: I did a new interview for Real News Network about the near-murder of Palestinian prisoner, Samer al-Arbid, by Shabak torturer, "Nurit." Please give it a listen and promote it on your social media accounts. For Pres. Trump...embroiled in an impeachment crisis at home, he has searched desperately for a foreign policy triumph to divert the public's … [Read more...]
