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End of an Era and a Sordid Legacy as US Finally Leaves Iraq (opens the original)
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The biggest news of the week has been the withdrawal of the final contingent of US troops from Iraq, marking the end of a long and storied legacy of US occupation. Officially, it marks the end of Operation Inherent Resolve, which itself was a carry over from Operation Iraqi Freedom that began the Iraq War in early 2003.CENTCOM: U.S. Central Command completed the orderly departure of U.S. forces and equipment from Erbil Air Base, Sept. 30, marking the end of the Operation Inherent Resolve mission
Russian Strike Campaign Again Shifts to Target Ukrainian Telecoms and Data Centers in Latest Barrage (opens the original)
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The Russian general staff has again interestingly evolved its tactics this past week. It seems in recent months, Russia has cycled through a gamut of different target types as a kind of ‘monthly theme’. First it was Ukrainian energy infrastructure, then recently it turned to bridges and warehouses, including the Nova Poshta postal service, and lately locomotives. But now the objective du jour has become Ukrainian telecoms, data centers, and internet infrastructure. An open-source tally circulati
Lithuanian Parliament Moves Toward Nuclear Ban Reversal as Baltic Provocations Heat Up (opens the original)
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The number of odd “happenings” is growing in the Baltics each day, as the specter of a broader conflict continues to haunt Europe. Each week brings new alarming signals of false flags and psyops which make it clear that provocations are constantly being prepared and trial-ballooned by Western intel agencies.Another scare was drummed up when news came that Russian FSB imposed “temporary border crossing restrictions” on two sections of the
Mogged by the Dragon: Xi Unmoved by Trump’s Boisterous Bravura in Tepid State Visit (opens the original)
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President Xi touched down in the US for a major state visit yesterday, wherein Trump rolled out the usual bombast and theatrics in an attempt to impress his ascendant guest. The most notable from his gauche bag of tricks was the attempt to “mog” Xi with an ear-deafening fly-over by a B1 supersonic bomber, which did not quite go the way Trump had planned. Trump’s nerves unexpectedly betrayed him, and instead of conveying puissance, he conveyed….something of a less flattering but similar sounding
Ukraine’s New Strategy: Urgent Ceasefire Before Winter Firestorm (opens the original)
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As we had predicted in the last piece, Trump’s meeting with Zelensky did not amount to much apart from a new push for a ceasefire which is nothing more than the same old scripted lip service. Zelensky and his sponsors have begun campaigning for this ceasefire in full force, with FM Sybiha announcing Ukraine’s intention to immediately cease all hostilities, while surrounded by a volary of tensed-up EU mandarins: Intel from the latest Kushner-Witkoff trip to Kiev had suggested that Zelensky was be
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