The U.S. military is considering sending Ukraine thousands of seized weapons and more than a million rounds of ammunition once bound for Iran-backed fighters in Yemen, an unprecedented step that would help Kyiv battle Russian forces, U.S. and European officials said.
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The challenge for the Biden administration is finding a legal justification for taking weapons from one conflict and transferring them to another. The U.N. arms embargo requires the U.S. and its allies to destroy, store or get rid of the seized weapons. Biden administration lawyers have been looking at whether the resolution creates any wiggle room for them to transfer the weapons to Ukraine, according to U.S. officials.
Suspected Iranian Weapons Seized by U.S. Navy May Go to Ukraine
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Iran’s Su-35 Aircraft Procurement Is More Dangerous Than You Think
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In all of this, some analysts see echoes of an idea that dates back more than a century and is reckoned to be the foundation of geopolitical thinking. It focused on the struggle between an oceangoing world power—the UK then, the US today—and the land giants of Eurasia. [Heartland Theory]
Declassified intelligence files expose inconvenient truths of Bosnian war
A trove of intelligence files sent by Canadian peacekeepers expose CIA black ops, illegal weapon shipments, imported jihadist fighters, potential false flags, and stage-managed atrocities.
Declassified intelligence files expose inconvenient truths of Bosnian war
Sweden hustled into military pact with US
The Biden Administration’s efforts to put on fast track Sweden’s accession as a NATO member petered out as Turkiye balked, exercising its prerogative to withhold approval unless its conditions regarding Stockholm’s past dalliance with Kurdish separatist elements is fully addressed.
Sweden hustled into military pact with US
Erdogan Rightly Claims the EU is the Master of their own Energy Misfortune
And he is correct. There is really no denying this reality.
Erdogan Rightly Claims the EU is the Master of their own Energy Misfortune
How Canada Created the R2P Doctrine, with Myanmar as its Next Potential Victim
By Daniel Xie – September 2, 2022
On September 21, 2021, Myanmar’s National Unity Government (NUG), a government-in-exile formed by supporters of former state counselor Aung San Suu Kyi declared a “people’s defensive war” against the Tatmadaw (another name for the armed forces of Myanmar). Suu Kyi’s party, the National League for Democracy (NLD), was overthrown by the Tatmadaw in February 2021. On a video broadcast on Facebook, NUG acting president Duwa Lashi La declared a “public revolution” against military “terrorists”. This declaration of open war comes after months of sporadic armed resistance by various anti-government civilian militias and ethnic militias.
How Canada Created the R2P Doctrine, with Myanmar as its Next Potential Victim
US Threatens Ethiopia and Eritrea with “Genocide Designation”
by Ann Garrison, August 10, 2022
Greetings. Thank you for inviting me and imagining that I might have something to say. I had the great pleasure of visiting Eritrea in April and I love it. I’m going to say more about why later.
US Threatens Ethiopia and Eritrea with “Genocide Designation”
‘Turkey won’t let Sweden, Finland into NATO if promises not kept’
Cambodia Internet Gateway: Securing National Information Space
The Southeast Asian country of Cambodia continues taking steps in its battle against US interference within its internal political affairs. More recently it has begun implementing an Internet gateway to secure the nation’s information space from abuse, manipulation, and infiltration by Western interests.
Cambodia Internet Gateway: Securing National Information Space