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Earlier this month, the Pentagon offered scant details to a group of concerned lawmakers regarding its assessment of casualties that could result from a military conflict with North Korea. However, last week, the Pentagon’s assessment was repudiated by one of its own, when retired Lt. General Jan-Marc Jouas penned a letter with a different take to the same group of lawmakers. In detailing his views on the potential outcomes of a conflict on the Korean peninsula, Jouas – the former deputy commander of U.S. Forces Korea — painted a decidedly troubling picture for Representatives Ted Lieu (D-CA) and Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), and Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL). While some government officials had previously warned that the death toll in South Korea’s capital, Seoul, could reach the tens of thousands within minutes, Jouas – in addition to noting this near-certitude – also stated that the U.S. military would be woefully unprepared to take on North Korean forces within their

An armed conflict between Riyadh and Tehran would have a major impact on oil markets and the global economy. RT asked experts what a war between the two Middle East superpowers would mean for crude prices. If a conflict happens, oil prices could increase 500 percent. “ Energy prices will seriously depend on the severity of the conflict. Let's remember the unrecognized Iraqi Kurdistan, which in a state of continuous war exported about 550,000 barrels per day through Turkey. In this connection, we can expect a panic rise in oil price to $150-$200 on the first day of the conflict… If Saudis and Iran attack each other's oil facilities, crude prices can skyrocket to $300, ” Mikhail Mashchenko, an analyst at the eToro social network for investors told RT. Ivan Karyakin, an investment analyst at Global FX, points out that the area of possible conflict pumps a third of global oil. Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Iran, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Oman, and Qatar

The humanitarian calamity in Northern Yemen, fueled by Saudi Arabia’s blockade, has been killing large numbers of people, a result of lack of medicine and increasingly scarce food. The situation just got much worse. Hopes that Sanaa International Airport would be opened to aid flights to at least slightly ease the crisis were dashed Tuesday morning when Saudi warplanes attacked the airport, destroying its navigation station and effectively shutting it down. This isn’t the first time Saudi planes have attacked the airport, and indeed strikes against aid delivery sites, the airport and Hodeidah Port, have been recurring throughout the war, making aid shipments all the more complicated even on those rare occasions when the Saudis will let such aid in at all. Saudi officials offered no justification for the attack, which added even further to UN concerns about the shortages across Yemen. The Saudi strikes underscore their increased willingness to use aid rest

του Νίκου Μπογιόπουλου Στη ΔΕΘ ο Μητσοτάκης είχε κάνει εκείνη την απίθανη τοποθέτηση ότι            η κοινωνική ισότητα είναι… αντίθετη στην ανθρώπινη φύση και στη δημοκρατία! Σήμερα ο Γεωργιάδης, μιλώντας για τις off shore και τα paradise papers, μας είπε ότι            «στο μέτρο που τα χρήματα αυτά είναι προϊόν πραγματικής εργασίας και πραγματικής δράσης (…) ναι, το να μπορεί κάποιος να ξεφύγει από μία κυβέρνηση, που θέλει να τον υπερφορολογήσει, δεν το βρίσκω καθόλου ανήθικο». Συμπέρασμα (νόμιμον και ηθικόν): Κύλησε ο (νεοφιλελεύθερος) τέντζερης και βρήκε το (θατσερικό) καπάκι. http://www.imerodromos.gr/tentzeris-me-kapaki-tou-nikou-bogiopoulou/ Απόλυτη επιβεβαίωση ότι ο Κούλης αποτελεί την καλύτερη εφεδρεία ...

At a moment of widespread acknowledgment that the short-lived Islamic State (ISIS) is no longer a reality, and as ISIS is about to be defeated by the Syrian Army in its last urban holdout of Abu Kamal City in eastern Syria, the US is signaling an open-ended military presence in Syria. On Monday Defense Secretary Jim Mattis told reporters at the Pentagon that the US is preparing for a long-term military commitment in Syria to fight ISIS “ as long as they want to fight. ” Mattis indicated that even should ISIS lose all of its territory there would still be a dangerous insurgency that could morph into an “ISIS 2.0” which he said the US would seek to prevent. “ The enemy hasn’t declared that they’re done with the area yet, so we’ll keep fighting as long as they want to fight, ” Mattis said. “ We’re not just going to walk away right now before the Geneva process has traction. ” Mattis was referring to the stalled peace talks in Geneva which some analysts have described as a c