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Author Archives: Jefferson Morley

Posted inIran, Iraq, Middle East, Syria, United States, World

Soleimani managed to weaken US Mideast presence

by Jefferson Morley January 8, 2020February 18, 2020

If you study the military record of the late General Qasem Soleimani, you’ll see why US military and political leaders feared his prowess – yet did not wish him dead. The embodiment of America’s stance was former president George W Bush. In January 2008, Bush was informed that he had a real-time opportunity to kill […]

Posted inIran, Iraq, Israel, Middle East, United States, World

After Israel targeted Soleimani, Trump pulled the trigger

by Jefferson Morley January 7, 2020February 18, 2020
Posted inUnited States, World

Trump, deep state agree on one thing: torture

by Jefferson Morley December 16, 2019February 18, 2020
People walk through the damage, after an air raid in the besieged town of Douma, Eastern Ghouta, Damascus, Syria February 23, 2018. Photo: Reuters/Bassam Khabieh
Posted inMiddle East, Syria, United States, World

Why Douma attack wasn’t a ‘managed massacre’

by Jefferson Morley December 8, 2019February 18, 2020
A satellite in orbit above the Earth. Photo: iStock/Getty Images
Posted inChina, United States, World

New book documents all-seeing surveillance

by Jefferson Morley September 6, 2019February 18, 2020
An Israeli Air Force F-35 Lightning II fighter. Photo: AFP/Jack Guez
Posted inIran, Iraq, Israel, Middle East, United States, World

Israeli attacks in Iraq driving Trump’s anti-Iran campaign

by Jefferson Morley August 16, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inAfghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Middle East, Pakistan, South Asia, United States, World

Mass shootings and ‘national security’

by Jefferson Morley August 7, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inIran, Israel, Middle East, Saudi Arabia, United States, World

The war of spies in the Middle East

by Jefferson Morley July 25, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inNorth Korea, Northeast Asia, South Korea, United States, World

Trump knows that peacemaking is good politics

by Jefferson Morley July 2, 2019February 18, 2020
Photo: Sputnik via Reuters/Mikhail Klimentyev
Posted inIran, Israel, Middle East, Russia, United States, World

Why Trump, Putin are only frenemies just now

by Jefferson Morley June 27, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inAfghanistan, AT Finance, Indonesia, Iraq, Middle East, Northeast Asia, South Asia, South Korea, Timor Leste, United States, Vietnam, World

The empty legacy of Richard Holbrooke

by Jefferson Morley June 13, 2019February 18, 2020
US national security adviser John Bolton may be the key to the way Russia deals with the US. Photo: AFP/Sebastian Scheiner
Posted inIran, Middle East, United States, World

The most dangerous man in the world

by Jefferson Morley May 17, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inNorth Korea, Northeast Asia, Spain, United States, World

Cloak-and-dagger raid threatens to disrupt nuke talks

by Jefferson Morley May 2, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inNorth Korea, Northeast Asia, Spain, World

Spain not satisfied with CIA answers on embassy attack

by Jefferson Morley April 4, 2019February 18, 2020
Enes Kanter (0) of the Utah Jazz during an NBA game against New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden on November 14, 2014 in New York City. Cem Ozdel / Anadolu Agency
Posted inEuropean Union, France, Germany, Middle East, Turkey, World

Basketball star has reason to fear Turkish strongman

by Jefferson Morley January 11, 2019
Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman. Photo: Reuters
Posted inChina, Middle East, World

Has the CIA turned on Mohammad bin Salman?

by Jefferson Morley November 29, 2018
Former CIA director James Clapper. Photo: Jefferson Morley
Posted inWorld

Former spy chiefs warn of Trump’s dangerous radicalization

by Jefferson Morley November 2, 2018
Colin Powell and the WMD false flag.
Posted inAT Finance, Iraq, Middle East, South Asia, Vietnam, World

How historical fact makes right-wing fantasies more plausible

by Jefferson Morley October 31, 2018
US President Donald Trump with Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman in the Oval Office at the White House. Photo: Mark Wilson / dpa for AFP
Posted inIndia, Iran, Middle East, South Asia, Syria, Turkey, United Kingdom, World

How Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Trump are coordinating a plan to get away with murder

by Jefferson Morley October 28, 2018
Yemeni children vent anger against Riyadh and Washington on August 13, 2018, as they take part in a mass funeral in the northern Yemeni city of  Saada, a stronghold of the Iran-backed Houthi rebels, for children killed in an air strike by the Saudi-led coalition last week. Photo: AFP / Stringer
Posted inEuropean Union, France, Lebanon, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Turkey, World

Surgical strikes: what attacks on Yemen and Khashoggi’s demise have in common

by Jefferson Morley October 24, 2018

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