http://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/worldmarkets/oil-surges-after-saudi-kings-death/ar-AA8uAC4 Oil prices surge following the death of Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz Of Saudi Arabia The speculators and parasites never miss any opportunity to make money. The despot of Saudi Arabia dies and the price of oil surges.The connection between two unrelated events will be explained by the pundits as "the markets do not like uncertainty" All those tankers lying at anchor and full of oil waiting for the right circumstances to unload their cargoes, can now head towards the terminals and discharge the liquid. We can expect the oil companies to announce huge increases in profits at the next round of company announcements and in the meantime, the recent fall in the price of petrol at the pumps will be reversed within days if not sooner. An enlightening perspective on the oil companies, dealers and speculators in a sick and greedy industry. In t...
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http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/iraq-crisis-isiss-declaration-of-an-islamic-state-is-a-threat-to-the-entire-middle-east-claims-pm-nouri-almaliki-9580085.html Isis's declaration of an Islamic state is a threat to the entire Middle East, claims PM Nouri al-Maliki Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki The ruling factions of existing Middle East countries, supported by the Americans and "the West", are struggling desperately to retain their position and influence in the region. Ironically, by supporting "moderate" factions in the civil war in Syria, against the regime of Bashar al_Assad in the hope of installing a more pro western administration in Damascus, the efforts of Washington and London, are in fact assisting the Isis/Sunni campaign in Iraq, against Prime Minister, Nouri al-Maliki and his ruling clique of Shia dominated government.The sending of hundreds of American "advisers" can only delay the inevitable...
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/iraq-crisis-us-urgently-deploys-hundreds-of-armed-troops-9542131.html US urgently deploys hundreds of armed troops Secretary John Kerry. The U.S. is urgently deploying several hundred armed troops in and around Iraq and considering sending an additional contingent of special forces soldiers as Baghdad struggles to repel a rampant insurgency. Tulsa World. America sends hundreds of troops into Iraq to protect the US embassy and to "safeguard American personnel and other interests in Baghdad". This deployment, not withstanding Whitehouse assertions to the contrary , may be seen as a precursor to an even greater involvement of American military personnel in defiance of domestic public opinion. It is not without precedent in American military history, as US involvement in Viet Nam began with the deployment of "military advisers" to prop up a failing administration in Saigon, leading to a f...
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/it-would-be-worse-if-we-hadnt-invaded-iraq-claims-tony-blair-9537857.html 'It would be worse if we hadn't invaded Iraq,' claims Tony Blair In a 3,000-word essay, Mr Blair rejects that he was to blame Tony Blair's long, and long winded, diatribe (essay) seeking to absolve himself from any blame for the invasion of Iraq and its consequences, is a distortion which takes one event in isolation, and completely ignores the historical route to the events of 2003. Iraq war 2003 Blair, either by accident or more probably design, glosses over the history, and refuses to acknowledge that the war, started by himself and Bush on the basis of lies and false information, was in fact only part of a far more complex situation, going back for almost 100 years and that the Blair/Bush war is only one of the many "chickens" now coming ...
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jun/13/crisis-in-iraq-kurds-baghdad Fighters of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) Arab revolt 1916 On the 17th March 2013, I wrote a piece in this Blog (http://new-agenda2012.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/huffington-post-generates-debate.html, part of the text is reproduced below), commenting on the artificial creation of "countries" in the Middle East by the "Sykes-Picot Agreement" following the end of the First World War. In view of the present situation in Iraq and Syria, and the recent advances of the Fighters of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), it seems appropriate to remind ourselves of the background to the current situation, as the history of the region is ...