There is a big difference between being collateral damage of a ballistic missile and being the target of a ballistic missile. Collateral damage from a ballistic missile that hit some distance away means that a building is structurally damaged but still standing, even if in a bad condition. Being...
That Kurdistan24 station is near the location of the new US consulate under construction which is 8 miles from center of Erbil. When they hit near the new consulate, the powerful blasts of 6-12 ballistic missiles impacting after each other in rapid succession will cause severe shockwaves that...
A lot of people are not realizing that the existing US consulate in Erbil was not the one hit, the one that was hit by the missile attack was over 8 miles from the city center, it is the new US consulate on the outskirts of Erbil under construction. It is unclear if the new consulate itself was...
You can always count on US to downplay the severity of any missile attacks and that is certainly the case here. State Dept will issue its typical statements to stay calm in light of the fact that really any US officials who are still in Iraq are essentially living on borrowed time.
Expect to...
It is obvious that while UAE is a hub of black money, that has nothing to do with why it is blacklisted by FATF.
FATF is simply a mechanism to blackmail countries into falling in line with the west. It is a clear cut, open and shut case.
UAE did not condemn Russia and US is going to blackmail...
1. US will have to make even more concessions to Iran in JCPOA
2. Iran will definitely get a nuke in some form
3. Turkey is fucked as relations with Russia and Iran worsen
4. Parallel economy outside of SWIFT becomes a real thing between Iran, Russia and China
5. Iran will get whatever weapons...
I mean look at it from the other side, can you imagine IK hosting Putin during the opening hours of Swift Retort? A military operation like that requires full concentration. Considering the scale of the military operation, the fact that IK was there at all is interesting to say the least...
There is no doubt Russia planned it. However, Pakistan also had to call the right shots by actually going. It is easy to assume this now after the fact as a given but a few days ago, this was not as obvious and a lot of people thought he would cancel or at least delay it under pressure which to...
A "diplomatic meet" as you would have it would would have happened on any other day of the year, not on the day of the actual invasion. As for ISI, they definitely have some cards left to play.
I think in India this day will go down as a once a decade, conspiracy type major black swan event with the likes of the Zia plane crash and Benazir assassination. The real truth will probably never be known. This visit was planned long in advance and surprised many. Who knows how long this visit...
It is difficult to say whether it was the right or wrong move but one thing that no one can deny is that this visit will never be forgotten.
A visit on any other day of the year would have been ignored by everyone, but as it would happen, the visit happened on the day of the invasion and...
As Vladimir Putin’s tanks rolled into eastern Ukraine, the Biden administration was once again caught flat-footed. Its first year in office has been filled with unpleasant surprises, from the collapse of the government of Afghanistan to skyrocketing inflation to the stubborn refusal of Yemen’s...
I don't think "official" confirmation will come until this plane actually lands in Pakistan but J-10 is worst kept secret of PAF at any rate. Pakistan likes to deal in secret and so does China. Even though everyone here knew J-10C was coming, I think Sheikh Rasheed admitting it this early was...
I must admit for a long time I didn't believe that PAF would actually have the sense to realize that the J-10C is the best choice for the job, but I am glad that they came to this conclusion eventually. I was pretty worried that they were going to just make more JF-17B3 and hope that was enough...