Special to WorldTribune.com By Alexander Maistrovoy The West has left the forefront of history which is repeating itself in force and with dispatch throughout Eurasia. While condemning the actions of Russia in Crimea, John Kerry said that the time of empires is long gone; we live in the “21st century, and not in the 19th […]
Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — Israel’s military has been preparing for a rocket war against cities in the Jewish state. The military has been organizing teams that could respond to any missile or rocket attack on Israeli cities amid a war with Iran or its proxies. Officers said the teams consisted of reservists trained […]
John J. Metzler UNITED NATIONS — Less than a week after the spectacular closing ceremony of the Sochi Winter Olympics, Russian President Vladimir Putin decided for an encore and invaded the sovereignty of neighboring Ukraine. The chill winds of the Cold War have returned to Europe and the halls of diplomacy. Taking advantage of Ukraine’s […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk, East-Asia-Intel.com The Russian bear is definitely waking up after a long period of hibernation. Russian troops have taken over the Crimean peninsula, and it’s hard to believe they’re about to leave under a blitzkrieg of scolding by President Obama and a phalanx of editorialists and European leaders. The Russian […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Willy Lam, East-Asia-Intel.com While President and commander-in-chief Xi Jinping is generally credited with boosting China’s global profile, chinks in the armor of China’s aggressive foreign policy have also become obvious. Supremo Xi was so wrapped up with the “strategic partnership” he put together with the disgraced president Viktor Yanukovych that he […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Grace Vuoto A congressional hearing held last week on the 2011 helicopter crash in Afghanistan that killed 30 American service members, including 17 elite troops from Navy SEAL Team Six, was a farce, say family members of the fallen warriors. “This was a joke,” said Billy Vaughn, father of Navy SEAL […]
John J. Metzler UNITED NATIONS — Amid the continuing carnage from Syria’s civil war, there are small, if hard won, humanitarian victories which bring a tiny glimmer of hope to the battered and bleeding Mid East nation. Surprisingly, the UN Security Council unanimously agreed to a resolution which allows “unhindered humanitarian access” to cities, towns, […]
Bill Gertz, Inside the Ring, The Washington Times U.S. intelligence agencies are stepping up their spying on Russia’s military amid concerns that Moscow is preparing to use force against Ukraine in the wake of the pro-democracy revolution in Kiev. Earlier this week, intelligence agencies reported that two Ural-4320 trucks full of armed Russian troops were […]
Special to WorldTribune.com East-Asia-Intel.com North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-Un has imprisoned 40 popular actors and actresses connected with Jang Song-Thaek, including a woman believed to have had affairs with his executed uncle, U.S.-based broadcaster Radio Free Asia said. “About 40 entertainers, referred to as a group linked to Jang Song-Thaek, have been sent to Susung […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk, East-Asia-Intel.com The Chinese are wielding a dangerous weapon that may have escaped the notice of military strategists. While everyone worries about China’s territorial claims and growing influence from the Indian subcontinent to the Yellow Sea and North Korea, the more immediate threat posed by Middle Kingdom expansionism is the […]