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Iran continues to make inroads into Iraq by supporting the PKK
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• •Qassem Suleimani, the head of the Al Quds Force, the armed wing of the Iranian Pasdaran, wants to deepen the fledgling alliance between Tehran and the PKK. He met Cemil Bayik, one of the main military chiefs of the Kurdish…
New Iran-Saudi front opens with Ahwaz attacking Iranian pipelines
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• •The attack on two pipelines in the Iranian province of Khuzestan, responsibility for which was claimed by the Arab Struggle Movement for the Liberation of Ahwaz (Harakat Al Nezal Al Ahwazi) places the Arab separatist group centre-stage again. The organisation…
A suspected terrorist and drug trafficker just became Venezuela’s vice president
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• •MILITARY & DEFENSE Tareck El Aissami shows the fake passport with which Salvadorean Francisco Chavez Abarca used to enter the country, as President Nicolas Maduro stands in the background.Reuters Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, the successor to the late socialist President…
Italy Referendum: “No” vote seen to win in early exit poll
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• •Italy exit poll by financial firm & polling group in Milan, Rome, Venice & Bari have #VotaNo up 63% to #VotaSi 37% Gold and Bitcoin prices moving up signicantly as a result.
Impact of Georgian Parliamentary Elections on Relations With Russia
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• •Following the second round of the parliamentary elections on October 30, the ruling party, Georgian Dream–Democratic Georgia (GDDG), received a constitutional majority—over three-quarters of the seats in the new parliament. The opposition party of former president Mikheil Saakashvili, United National…
US Election Predictor: Trump to win Florida & General Election
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• •Current polling figures adjusted to fix oversampling, early voting figures and IQ poll finds a Trump victory in Florida by 1.5% and national election win likely.
Early voting show Trump doing better than expected in swing states
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• •Hillary Clinton trails Barack Obama numbers in ballot requests in Iowa, North Carolina and Ohio. Less than a month until Election Day and some warning signs begin to appear for Clinton in vital swing states. With expectations of political polling…
Beijing Talks Tough About “New Cold War” in Asia
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• •Beijing has declared a New Cold War against “hostile anti-China forces in the West,” a code word for the United States and its Asia-Pacific allies (Military.China.com, August 26; Chinaiiss.com, August 25). This contrasts directly with the auspicious language used by…
Azerbaijan’s Possible Reactions to Armenia’s Iskanders: Defense Versus Offense
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• •In recent weeks, Armenia has been showing off the sophisticated new weapons it acquired via a $200 million credit line extended by Russia. And most notably, on September 21, during a parade in Yerevan commemorating the 25th anniversary of Armenian…