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Escalation Blues, by Pepe Escobar

The Empire of Piracy got back to bombing, leading to the inevitable Iranian response. So a $40 million U.S. Apache helicopter was targeted by a $20k Shaheed drone just over the Strait of Hormuz only one day after Iran and the death cult in West Asia were trading blows, making a mockery of that wobbly...
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EXCLUSIVE: The Real Story Behind Nuclear Iran and the Islamabad Accord, by Pepe Escobar

MOSCOW and ST. PETERSBURG - On Monday, June 1st, on Power Shift, a new independent geopolitical platform, Zulfiqar Ali, Larry Johnson and myself revealed what for all practical purposes is an uber-bombshell piece of information: if long dark clouds keep coming down, Tehran is ready to pivot from nuclear ambiguity to actually detonating a nuclear...
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Iran: The Art of Controlling Escalation Dominance, by Pepe Escobar

Iran’s response to the American provocation made it crystal clear that the current incarnation of the proposed 60-day ceasefire framework does not hold. MOSCOW – Iran holds an insurmountable escalation dominance in contrast with the U.S. And that’s driving the vociferating Emperor of Barbaria absolutely nuts. Let’s quickly recap the highlights of the past week....
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