Andrew McKillop | What’s the easiest way to manipulate the price of oil? Ask Bandar…
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Is the Russian terror attack related to Saudi Prince Bandar’s alleged threats?
21Wire + Zero Hedge | Is the Saudi prince following through on his purported threats?
Edward Snowden in secret hide away in Russia
Metro News | Edward Snowden has been in Russia since the beginning of August, still looking over his shoulder.
Obama to continue proxy in Syria despite Russia’s ‘diplomatic solution’
21Wire + Reuters | The hypocrisy over domestic gun control, while simultaneously supplying heavy artillery to rebel-terror groups in Syria is staggering.
US and Russia reach initial agreement Syrian chemical weapons, but rebels reject it
21WIRE + WP | John Kerry and Sergei Lavrov shake hands following meetings regarding Syria in Geneva.
Chess or Checkers: Putin and Obama on a Collision Course
Andrew McKillop | Both Obama and Kerry appear to out of their depth. They want a war, but can’t work out how to get it on.
Saudi Prince Bandar’s second attempt at bribing Russia to drop support of Syria
Patrick Henningsen | It appears that Washington and Saudi Arabia’s dirty war in Syria, just got dirtier.
NSA chief admits ‘We’ve only foiled one terror plot’ (and even that one is bogus)
21WIRE + WP | There is NO basis for such a program, unless it’s designed to spy on innocent citizens.
Russian Airforce, Navy planning to use airbase, port on Cyprus says Cypriot Foreign Minister
21st Century Wire | Media rumours of Russia’s exit from Syria conceals what is possibly a much bigger development…
Ecuador can’t grant Snowden asylum as he’s not on its soil or in an Embassy
RT | Ecuador says there are obstacles in granting asylum to whistleblower Edward Snowden.
Our Man In Iceland: ‘Snowden was bound for Reykjavik’
21st Century Wire | Following the man of international intrigue through airport lounges across the globe…
Putin sends clear message to G8: ‘Russia won’t support Syria nightmare’
21st Century Wire | What will be the end to Syria’s nightmare, as those in secretive meetings continue to invent ways to destabilize the sovereign nation?
On A False Premise: US looks to G8 Summit to build ‘consensus’ over Syria
21st Century Wire | These claims are unsubstantiated.
Spoonfled: ‘Mafia hitman’ digs Moscow prison escape tunnel with spoon
Brilliant.
Next Stop New York: Wealthy Russians Move Millions from Cyprus to US
The Guardian | Manhattan real estate feels benefit from Europe’s financial crisis as city becomes a money haven for Russians with cash to protect
Russia’s new Middle East energy game
The Commentator | Moscow won’t jeopardize its new deeply strategic energy partnership with its Israeli-Greek Cypriot ‘Western’ partners. Where does that leave Iran?
As Britain and France Beg EU to Ship Arms, Their Proxy Rebels Establish Sharia Law in Parts of Syria
Patrick Henningsen | US and British-backed jihadists already have established their “Sharia Committee for the Eastern Region” in Syria.
Hundreds of Russian Islamists Fighting Assad in Syria
The Moscow times | Russian-speaking Salafi Muslims are fighting against Bashar Assad’s regime in Syria, according to an expert at a state-run think tank.