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Saudi Arabia calls out US bluster
Saudi Arabia has politely but firmly rebutted the threats and calumnies levelled by the US political elites in the past week since the OPEC decided to cut oil production by 2 million barrels per day. On Thursday, a Foreign Ministry official in Riyadh forcefully pushed back the allegation that the OPEC decision was at Saudi… Continue reading
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Two potentates meet up at St. Petersburg
There was something profoundly meaningful that the President of the United Arab Emirates Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan undertook a visit to Russia amidst the gathering storms in Ukraine. Conscious of the symbolism, Russian President Vladimir Putin received Sheikh Mohammed on Tuesday in a grand setting befitting a monarch — at the gorgeous Konstantinovksy Palace in… Continue reading
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A perfect storm in US foreign policy
The old adage is that a good foreign policy is the reflection of the national policy. A perfect storm is brewing on the foreign policy front in America triggered by the OPEC decision on Thursday to cut oil production by 2 million barrels a day, which will on the one hand drive up the gas… Continue reading
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OPEC’s body blow to Biden presidency
The Biden Administration is swiftly establishing a narrative that the recent OPEC decision to cut oil production by two million tonnes is a geopolitical “aligning” by Saudi Arabia and Russia. It taps into the Russophobia in the Beltway and deflects attention from the humiliating defeat of President Biden’s personal diplomacy with Saudi Arabia. But it… Continue reading
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Where JCPOA, oil conjoin stands OPEC+
The news that made the headline today is that the Biden Administration may have inched closer to restarting the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran. Meanwhile, it escaped attention that Iran’s oil minister Javad Owji said just a day earlier in Tehran following a meeting with Igor Levitin, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s senior aide, that the two countries have… Continue reading
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Reports of OPEC+ death are greatly exaggerated
The fact that the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member states held a joint ministerial meeting with their Russian counterpart Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in the Saudi capital of Riyadh at this point in time in global politics conveys a powerful message in itself. Continue reading
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EU stumbles over Russian oil slick
The European Union officials are insisting that oil sanctions against Russia are coming. On Sunday, France’s Ecological Transition Minister Barbara Pompili was certain that “we will reach (an agreement) by the end of the week.” Continue reading
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How black swans are shaping planet panic
Is the planet under the spell of a pair of black swans – a Wall Street meltdown, caused by an alleged oil war between Russia and the House of Saud, plus the uncontrolled spread of Covid-19 – leading to an all-out “cross-asset pandemonium” as billed by Nomura? Continue reading
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OPEC And Russia Reset Oil Market Ignoring Trump’s Urgings By M. K. BHADRAKUMAR
Belying most predictions by analysts and energy experts, OPEC and Russia and its allies have agreed on Friday on a larger than expected cut in oil production to the tune of 1.2 million barrels a day. The deal aims to mop up the oil supply glut and stabilize the price. Continue reading
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How George Bush won the war in Iraq – really! By Greg Palast
The invasion was not about “blood for oil”, but something far more sinister: blood for no oil. War to keep supply tight and send prices skyward. Continue reading
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Updates on Libyan war/Stop NATO news: July 27, 2011
27 July 2011 — Stop NATO OPEC Won’t ‘Give NATO Carte Blanche To Bomb Oil-Producing Countries’ U.S. AFRICOM Commander Meets With Egyptian Junta Leader In Cairo U.S. Planning To Maintain Military Bases In Afghanistan? Poland Pushes West’s Eastern Partnership In Caucasus, Ex-USSR Kosovo On Verge Of Armed Conflict Sweden: Protest Held Outside Base Used For Continue reading
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Libya Newslinks 6 June 2011
6 June 2011 — williambowles.info SCF: NATO to take its time in Libya Stop Nato: Libyan war updates/Stop NATO news: June 6, 2011 Global Research: The Libyan (Vietnam) Syndrome Global Research: LIBYA: NATO IS ONE STEP FROM A GROUND WAR RT: Medvedev discusses Libya with African Union chairman Continue reading
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Venezuela – U.S. Research File The Interdependence Behind Bilateral Political Tensions: Economic Realities Affecting Venezuela – U.S. Relations By Felix Blossier
In January 2006, the sixth gathering of the World Social Forum, during which Hugo Chávez as well as other left-leaning and socialist leaders fiercely criticized imperialist practices, was held in the Caracas Hilton Hotel. As James Surowiecki noted in an article for The New Yorker six months before the conference opened, a meeting sponsored by… Continue reading
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Martin Saatdjian: Venezuela taken steps to weather the financial crisis
Regardless of the impact of the existing economic meltdown, the Venezuelan government has taken important economic decisions, even before the crisis was even known, that now benefits and secures its economy against the financial crisis. Continue reading
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Ahmed Chalabi – Oil Man in Baghdad By William Bowles
As ever, the Western media whether pro- or ‘anti-war’, when push comes to shove, knows where it stands and is prepared to ignore the obvious as it dishes up pathetic excuses for western imperialism in the name of ‘objective’ journalism and its attempts to relegate opponents of the war as ‘loony conspiracists’. Continue reading
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