There are no surprises in the results of the Saudi response against the rebel incursion from Yemen into the Kingdom’s territories. There are also no surprises in the outcome. This is because both the balance of power and the Saudi determination to defend the Kingdom’s territorial sovereignty leave no room for the intruders to achieve any military objectives inside the Kingdom. There can also be no doubt that the Huthis fully realize these facts, and know that Saudi Arabia will not be lenient in what regards its sovereignty, especially when the latter is violated by an armed group. Also, the Huthis’ move cannot be justified by the requirements of the conflict with the Yemeni army inside Yemen, even if the battles are taking place in a region that borders Saudi Arabia. For this reason, this incursion must be considered from a viewpoint that goes beyond pure military calculations. There are thus a number of political messages that this incursion entails, added to those sent through the battles themselves inside Yemen.
Istanbul, Turkey – Iran offered on Wednesday to take part in a “collective approach” to resolving an escalating Shiite rebellion in Yemen that has pulled Saudi Arabia into the fighting. But analysts cautioned that hostilities did not yet add up to a proxy regional conflict between Iran and Saudi Arabia.
They are each sites where Americans killed Americans in a culture whose violence extends from here to places like Iraq and Afghanistan. They are symptoms of a deep problem not likely to disappear without serious intervention.
Indian media should put some tough questions to this extreme right wing, pro-war, pro-coal, pro-pollution PM of a rich but irresponsible, greedy, violent and racist country that is a world leader in per capita greenhouse gas pollution and which acutely threatens India, South Asia and indeed the World with Climate Genocide.
The military operates through indoctrination. Soldiers are programmed to develop a mindset that resists any acknowledgment of injury and sickness, be it physical or psychological. As a consequence, tens of thousands of soldiers continue to serve, even being deployed to combat zones like Iraq and/or Afghanistan, despite persistent injuries. According to military records, over 43,000 troops classified as “nondeployable for medical reasons” have been deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan nevertheless.
Having drowned the Iraqi people in blood, the American financial and corporate oligarchy now believes that day has finally arrived. While US corporations are not the sole beneficiaries of the contracts, there is no question who has the final say over Iraq’s oil.
While once considered unconventional, cyber attacks and biological warfare have become an increasing threat to security and a tactic of rising concern. Spanning the areas of computer science, technology and government, technological warfare elucidates the importance of functioning computer networks, screening technologies and the danger that such an attack could pose.
All telecoms companies and internet service providers will be required by law to keep a record of every customer’s personal communications, showing who they have contacted, when and where, as well as the websites they have visited.
Sergei Gavrilov admitted he had used parts of his murdered mother’s legs to make soup and pasta for weeks on end. But he argued he was driven to the desperate act because he had ran out of money and was starving.
