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…
Category: Geopolitics
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…
“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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Iran’s Alleged Nuclear Weapons Program: Are More Economic Sanctions in the Works? Nuclear Talks Fail in Kazakhstan
Timothy Alexander Guzman, Silent Crow News – Nuclear talks between Iran’s negotiating team led by Supreme National Security Council secretary, Saeed Jalili and diplomats from the United States, France, Germany, China, Russia and Britain in the Kazakh city of Almaty has reportedly failed. A senior U.S. administration official earlier this week told CNN “As long as Iran does not take…
Haiti’s Human Rights Abuses and its War on Journalists
Timothy Alexander Guzman, Silent Crow News – The United Nations Human Rights monitor Michel Forst who recently resigned from his position due to “difficulties” he faced with the Martelly government according to the Director of the National Network for the Defense of Human Rights, Pierre Esperance. Forst sent a letter to the Haitian Press criticizing the Haitian government of Michel Martelly…
AFRICOM Prepares for more Conflicts in Mali, Nigeria and Somalia
Timothy Alexander Guzman, Silent Crow News – Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) in Northern Mali is a direct threat to US national security interests according to Major General Carter F. Ham during a House Armed Services Committee hearing on March 15th, 2013. Ham said that although there have been progress in AFRICOM’s mission; new threats have emerged this year…
The Idea of Hugo Chavez and what it means for the Future of Venezuela
No army can withstand the strength of an idea whose time has come. Victor Hugo Timothy Alexander Guzman, Silent Crow News – The Passing of Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez has people from all over the world mourning. Many are also celebrating, especially in Washington. What does the loss of Hugo Chavez and his idea of the Bolivarian Revolution mean? Would…
When “War is Peace”: “Peace Prizes” Awarded to War Criminals
Timothy Alexander Guzman, Silent Crow News – French President François Hollande was awarded UNESCO’s Félix Houphouët-Boigny Peace Prize for “valuable contribution to peace and stability in Africa” according to the United Nations website: www.un.org. Former Mozambique President Joaquim Chissano, chaired the Jury of the Félix Houphouët-Boigny Peace Prize stated that “After analyzing the global situation, it is Africa that held…
Kosovo to get an army in June
Voice of Russia, SETimes.com – Kosovo is planning to convert its lightly-armed Kosovo Security Force into a full-fledged army. Established in 2009, the force consists of 2,500 active and 800 reserve members and is primarily responsible for crisis response. Over the past few years, it has been intensively trained by KFOR, which reports to NATO. Based on the Kosovo Security…
From “The Battle of Algiers” to the Intervention of Mali: French Imperialism, Resistance Movements and False Flag Terrorism
Timothy Alexander Guzman, Silent Crow News – Gillo Pontecorvo’s 1966 movie ‘The Battle of Algiers’ was an award winning film based on the Algerian War (1954-1962) between the Algerian independence movement called the National Liberation Front (FLN) who launched a Guerilla War against French occupation. Algeria eventually won its independence on July 5th, 1962. Algerian nationals were treated as second-class citizens who were discriminated…