An assassination plot against President Obama has been foiled in Turkey. US officials are allegedly taking the threat “very seriously.” However, the president did not need to change his schedule. The man who had been planning the attack was arrested last week in Turkey. Read more… continue reading...
This was really a matter of time, really. The Kurds have been sitting silently on the sidelines while Shiites and Sunnis kill one another, biding their time to claim independence. While America might be blinded to this, Saudi Arabia saw it coming, enough to offer the Kurds $2 billion for a 10 year freeze on claiming Kirkuk - oil rich Kirkuk - as the capital of Kurdistan.
If you thought Iraq was unstable now, just wait and see what is about to happen between Syria, Turkey, Iran, Iraq over the volatile Kurdish issue. continue reading...
