Geopolitics

The Battle for Oil in Central Africa: Fighting Joseph Kony and the Lord’s Resistance Army or Confronting China? First “Highest Ranking” U.S. Official visits Uganda

Timothy Alexander Guzman, Silent Crow News -The Obama administration recently sent the highest ranking official to discuss its support for the Ugandan government’s involvement in various conflict zones in East Africa that includes Somalia, the Democratic Republic of Congo, South Sudan and Sudan and continue its effort to stop Joseph Kony and the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA).  Deputy Defense Secretary…

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Israel’s “New Army” will use “Technological Advantages” including more Drones in Future Middle East Wars

Timothy Alexander Guzman, Silent Crow News – Recently the Jerusalem Post reported that new budget cuts for the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) are expected to create a “New Army” according to Israeli Defense Minister Moshe ‘Bogie’ Ya’alon.  This means that Israel’s defense establishment will focus on new technology to fight its future war’s.  Israel is developing advanced technologies that include…

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Geopolitics, Media Analysis

War Propaganda: Pentagon Accuses Iran of Developing ICBM Missiles “Capable of Reaching the United States by 2015”

Timothy Alexander Guzman, Silent Crow News – Washington’s war machine is now claiming that Iran is capable of developing Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles (ICBM) that can reach the United Sates mainland by 2015.  The Pentagon just released a report that is rather an alarming development within the Obama administration.  The report is a step closer to their long ambitious plan to attack…

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Israel in preparation for another War with Hezbollah

Timothy Alexander Guzman, Silent Crow News -As the Obama Administration is in preparation for a war in Syria, the state of Israel is deploying an Iron Dome anti-rocket battery to counter Hezbollah’s Katyusha rockets that landed on Israeli territory during the conflict between both Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon back in 2006, which resulted in Israel’s defeat.  The Jerusalem Post…

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Can Israel attack Syria over the Golan Heights? IDF Forces Complete Drill for Future War with Syria, Hezbollah and Hamas

Timothy Alexander Guzman, Silent Crow News -Israel is concerned over the Syrian War’s reach into the Golan Heights which they have been occupying since Six-Day War of 1967.  The Golan Heights is a strategic territory for Israel’s security and it is an important source of its water supplies.  An attack on Syria could occur if they crossed into Israel’s occupied…

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Geopolitics, Global Economy

America’s Economic War on the People of Iran: Obama Signs Executive Order Targeting Iran’s Currency and Auto Industry

Timothy Alexander Guzman, Silent Crow News – The Nobel Peace Prize President recently signed another executive order targeting Iran’s currency, the ‘rial’ due to its nuclear program.  It is intended to make the Iranian people angry at the government for high food prices and an economy that is continuing to stagnate due to numerous sanctions imposed by the West, particularly…

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A New “War on Drugs” in West Africa? Think Tank report says West Africa is a Drug Trafficking Hub

Timothy Alexander Guzman, Silent Crow News -In a report recently conducted by the Africa Center for Strategic Studies by Senior Diplomatic Advisor David E. Brown called “The Challenge of Drug Trafficking to Democratic Governance and Human Security in West Africa” wrote that “West Africa is under attack from international criminal networks that are using the sub-region as a key global hub…

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U.S. Marines Train German and Moroccan Troops How to Operate Drones in North Africa

Timothy Alexander Guzman, Silent Crow News – Recently, U.S. Marines conducted a “small unmanned-flying vehicle familiarization course” in a military exercise that involved U.S. Moroccan and German militaries in a yearly exercise called Exercise African Lion 13 in Agadir, Morocco.  The German military participated in the exercise for the first time.  The exercise involved the RQ-11B Raven known as the…

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Geopolitics, Global Economy

New Sanctions Begin: South Korea’s Samsung announces its “online store” will not operate in Iran

Timothy Alexander Guzman, Silent Crow News – Samsung, the South Korean multinational company headquartered in Seoul just announced that its online store will not operate in Iran as of May 22, 2013.  The Associated Press report titled ‘Samsung to block access to app store in Iran’ that “Iranian users of Samsung mobile applications said Thursday that the company had notified…

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“Heading Towards a Collision Course”: Will Israel Attack Iran with America’s Blessing by the End of this Year?

Timothy Alexander Guzman, Silent Crow News – The United States agreed to sell Israel $10 Billion worth of American military equipment for a future war with Iran.  Israel’s newspaper ‘Haaretz’ reported that Maj. Gen. (ret.) Amos Yadlin, the former director of Military Intelligence said “We are headed toward a collision course by the end of this year” in reference to…

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Militarization of Africa: AFRICOM to Deploy “Rapid Reaction” Strike Force in Spain directed against West Africa

Timothy Alexander Guzman, Silent Crow News -In early April, The United States and the Spanish government agreed to station AFRICOM’s “Rapid Reaction” strike force to Moron de la Frontera air base for one year.  It involves 500 marines and 8 aircraft that will be used to respond to countries located in Northwest Africa.  According to the Associated Press on April…

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Venezuela’s new leader plans to visit Moscow

Nikita Sorokin, The Voice of Russia – Venezuela’s new President will visit Moscow in early June. This might be trigger debate between skeptics and optimists who assess the prospects for Russian weapon export to Latin America. In the past seven years, Russia supplied a huge amount of various kinds of weapons, including fighter jets, artillery systems, mobile missile systems for…

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Pentagon Seeks $395.9 Million from US Taxpayers to Buy Iron Dome Missile Defense Systems for Israel

Timothy Alexander Guzman, Silent Crow News – Bloomberg news just reported that the pentagon seeks a total of $395.9 million for Israel’s missile defense systems.  The Pentagon and the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) want to protect Israel against any potential missile attacks during war.  Last October, the U.S. and Israel had a joint air and missile defense exercise called the…

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AFRICOM Propaganda: ‘Hunting the World’s Most Wanted Warlord”: the Rebirth of Joseph Kony on US Network TV

Timothy Alexander Guzman, Silent Crow News – This past Sunday, CBS aired a 60 Minutes program called ‘Hunting the world’s most wanted warlord: Joseph Kony.’  Joseph Kony is a man who correspondent Lara Logan said has existed for more than three decades as the leader of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) that killed thousands of people and built an army…

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New Economic Sanctions on Iran, Washington’s Regime Change Strategy

Timothy Alexander Guzman, Silent Crow News – Since the Nuclear talks between Iran and the Western powers have failed, new proposals to enforce stronger economic sanctions on Iran are now in the works.  Bloomberg News reported that Mark Dubowitz, the executive director of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD) said in a phone interview that “New measures under consideration will…

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