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Welcome to European Tribune. It's gone a bit quiet around here these days, but it's still going.
by Oui
Wed Jan 14th, 2026 at 12:40:49 AM EST
Losing the fight of regime change, Trump becomes more aggressive and throws punches in all corners of the ring.
Iran has blocked Elon Musk's Starlink communication that angers American interventionists in operation to overthrow the Mullah's of Tehran. War rhetoric in high gear as never before.
Pro-government Iranians gather on streets in Tehran on January 12, 2026, in opposition to recent anti-government riots, and US and Israeli interference in Iran. (Photo: VCG)
US slaps tariff on Iran's trading partners amid escalating situation; move solidifies US' image of arbitrarily abusing power: Chinese expert | Global Times |
Escalating situation
About 2,000 people including security personnel have been killed in protests in Iran, an Iranian official said on Tuesday, per Reuters.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Iranian government is in its "final days and weeks." Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, in response, has accused Germany of double standards on human rights, citing Berlin's stance on Israel's war in Gaza, Al Jazeera reported.
Euractiv reported that several EU countries - including Spain, Finland, Belgium and Czechia - have summoned Iranian ambassadors to increase pressure on Iran over its handling of domestic protests amid a widening diplomatic backlash.
The previous day, Iran's foreign ministry has summoned the envoys of Britain, Germany, France, and Italy after their governments expressed support for the protests, the semi-official Tasnim reported.
by Oui
Tue Jan 13th, 2026 at 11:22:55 PM EST
The idiocy has no border except his own evil 👿 conscience he calls "morals" .. Europeans manifest one another as apologists for American fascism. The new role of actors in character of British prime minister Chamberlain.
America On Path to Break-up the European Union | 21 May 2018 |
Very much the theme of the AngloSaxon conservatives joined by the alt-right across the Western world ... once again warmongering coming out of the Pentagon, White House and the National Security Council under leadership of neocon John Bolton.
by Oui
Tue Jan 13th, 2026 at 03:29:19 PM EST
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On Tuesday 13 January 2026, the NATO Secretary General, Mr Mark Rutte, will address the Renew Europe Global Europe Forum 2026 at the European Parliament.
by Oui
Tue Jan 13th, 2026 at 10:02:04 AM EST
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Iran in 2025: Attacks, sanctions and a nation under strain | Al Jazeera - 27 Dec 2025 |
From nuclear negotiations with the West to economic struggles at home, and an unprecedented Israeli strike, 2025 shook Iran on every front. Its effects continue to unfold, influencing diplomacy, daily life, and critical decisions yet to be made.
My recent diary ...
Severe Drought In Tehran, Iran | 2 Dec 2025 |
Trump Pulls US Out Of Dozens Of International Organisations
| Dawn News English | Dawn News - 6 Jan 2026 |
by Oui
Mon Jan 12th, 2026 at 09:50:46 PM EST
NATO's Original Purpose: Double Containment of the Soviet Union and "Resurgent" Germany | National Archives |
Secretary of State Dean G. Acheson. He was a key figure in the creation of the North Atlantic alliance and the effort to bring West Germany into a Western European community. (Photo taken at Acheson's office in 1950, from collection of Harry S. Truman Library, accession number 85-63).
French Told U.S. that West Germany Could Join NATO
as Long as There Was "No Independent Wehrmacht"
State Department Intelligence Saw NATO as a "Place" to
Help West Germany "Satisfy its Reasonable Aspirations
and Contain any Potential Unreasonable Ones"
In the Fall of 1966, as part of an ongoing debate about the U.S. troop presence in Western Europe and the role of NATO during the Cold War, Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara sent an illuminating memo to President Lyndon B. Johnson to explain the political reasons for keeping U.S. troops in Europe. The rationales, he wrote, were to maintain NATO's "cohesion," to prevent Soviet "political blackmail," to deter "any bilateral Soviet-FRG [Federal Republic of Germany] security agreement," and to discourage "the revival of German militarism," according to a collection of previously classified documents published today for the first time by the National Security Archive.
by Oui
Mon Jan 12th, 2026 at 09:16:29 AM EST
Today's chilling headlines as war sentiment rises across several continents.
See recent diaries ...
Not so long ago ... the imminent risk of nuclear strikes
by Oui
Sun Jan 11th, 2026 at 06:17:39 PM EST
by Oui
Sun Jan 11th, 2026 at 08:16:29 AM EST
THE EYE IN THE SKY
The Tech Colony Complex: Silicon Valley a Proxy State Orchestrating Regime Change In Iran
21st Century Wire
In Tehran, the streets are tense, the internet is down in many places. In a bid to try and stem a foreign-backed destabilisation operation, Iranian government has imposed a nationwide blackout, cutting citizens off from information, communication, and the outside world. Yet while state authorities scramble to maintain control, Silicon Valley quietly undermines sovereignty. Smuggled Starlink terminals from SpaceX beam uncensored internet into homes and streets, letting protesters livestream events, coordinate actions, and access unblocked platforms, a lifeline aligned with U.S. and Israel strategic objectives. This is not philanthropy. It is corporate-enabled geopolitical intervention.
by Oui
Sat Jan 10th, 2026 at 06:41:10 PM EST
Bewildered in Venezuela | El Pais |
Those who were hoping for change have suddenly found themselves living in a caricature: Donald Trump is now the one leading the Bolivarian revolution
A Venezuelan man, during a demonstration for the release of Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores on January 7 in Caracas. (Credit Gaby Oraa - Reuters)
The U.S.-orchestrated military intervention to kidnap Nicolás Maduro bore the hallmarks of a major television production, in which the scriptwriters crafted a heroic narrative devoid of any bloodshed. The background explosions, the gunfire, the din of planes and helicopters, and then the immediate transition to the figure of a handcuffed and humiliated leader: the gray tracksuit, the dark glasses, the headphones, the water bottle. The dead appear only as a minor detail, a number in small print.
The opposition was stunned to realize that neither Edmundo González Urrutia, the undeclared winner of the last elections -- which Maduro ignored to cling to power -- nor María Corina Machado whose resilience serves as an inspiration to those yearning for a different country, were part of Trump's plans.
by Oui
Sat Jan 10th, 2026 at 08:56:02 AM EST
Motivation? Because We Can!
From a policeman of the globe to the OUTLAW state it has become in recent years. IMO more clearly after the OBL attacks of 9/11 ... each and every administration operated the CIA and its armed force outside of International law and the UN Charter ... replacing honesty by lies, bullying and state propaganda.
Big tech and its social media was a crucial factor in fabrication of lies and delivering any war narrative the White House managed to supply.
The massive turn around in the MENA countries were managed by Facebook - Google maps - Twitter. In history described as the "Arab Uprising."
NATO was useful by calling on the Article 5 support in the aftermath of 9/11, making these states complicit in crimes against humanity. The former Soviet satellite state in Eastern Europe could qualify for NATO membership by joining the criminal enterprise of the Pentagon and its intelligence arm of dozens of entities coordinated by the DNI and special operations by the CIA under direction of VP Cheney. Under Obama for foreign policy, he relied on VP Biden who wasted little time to extend the military might of the U.S. and offered Ukraine the same opportunity. The slaughter we see today after 11 years of war 2014-2026.
by Oui
Fri Jan 9th, 2026 at 07:56:58 AM EST
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Danger-to-life red warning issued by the Met office as thousands left without power
F*ck the Dutch and EU fearmongering and the 72 hrs survival kit ...
by Oui
Thu Jan 8th, 2026 at 08:58:21 PM EST
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Venezuela continues march for the release of Pres. Nicolas Maduro
and First Combatant Cilia Flores | TeleSUR - 2 hrs ago |
Acting Pres. Rodriguez | "Nothing will stop us,
nothing scares us; We will continue forward"
Statements by Delcy Rodriguez, Acting President of Venezuela, as she leads deployment of Obraton for the delivery of services and infrastructure.
by Oui
Thu Jan 8th, 2026 at 04:17:56 PM EST
Great action by Trump's goons in Caracas ... why are they hailed as "special forces" for shooting up the place. Character of an act of bloody terror ... nothing heroic.
Venezuela buries soldiers killed by US during Maduro abduction raid | TRT World |
Venezuela's Interior Ministry says the US attacks on Caracas left 100 people killed.
Relatives of soldiers killed in the US attack mourn during the soldiers' funeral in Caracas, Venezuela | 7 Jan. 2026 | (AP News)
Venezuela's military held a mass funeral in the country's capital as it began to bury dozens of soldiers slain during the United States' weekend raid to abduct President Nicolas Maduro.
by Oui
Wed Jan 7th, 2026 at 07:50:52 AM EST
Marching into the slaughter house of U.S. New Security Strategy ... America needs consumers of military equipment, not "defense" partners. Years of foolishness in Europe, self-absorbed personalities in Brussels.
Sky's military analyst Sean Bell explains why the United States is interested in Cuba, Venezuela and Greenland, as leaders hold Coalition of the Willing talks in Paris. He says all three nations are part of the US's area of influence, but the downside is Greenland is a member of NATO.
Forgetting Canada? Whatabout Mexico ... another narco state.
by Oui
Tue Jan 6th, 2026 at 11:16:31 PM EST
Dole and Chiquita in Central America ... corruption, bribes, dictatorship and death squad training @ School of the Americas
Explore the history of the notorious United Fruit Company and how its influence over the banana industry impacted Central America.
In December 1910, the exiled former leader Manuel Bonilla boarded a borrowed yacht and set sail for Honduras in hopes of reclaiming power by whatever means necessary. Bonilla had a powerful backer: the notorious organization known throughout Latin America as "El Pulpo". It was a U.S. corporation trafficking in, of all things, bananas.
John Soluri investigates the United Fruit Company.
Banana Boats and Gun Boats: The Rise of United States Influence, 1899-1932
Continuing where the Promised Land left off in late 19th Century ... expansion, land grab and destruction indigenous peoples, cultures and society.
by Oui
Tue Jan 6th, 2026 at 04:52:09 PM EST
Full circle from Mossadeq in 1953 to Khamenei in 2026 ...
Brothers in Crime ...
by Oui
Tue Jan 6th, 2026 at 08:06:24 AM EST
My hero for many, many years ...
Samuel Reinaldo Moncada Acosta, the Permanent Representative of Venezuela to the United Nations arrives for a Security Council meeting at the United Nations
concerning the situation in Venezuela on January 05, 2026 in New York (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Link from yesterday's diary ...
VDL/EU Approves Venezuelan Coup d'État
Jeffrey Sachs Blasts US Power Grab Over Venezuela, Maduro Capture at Historic UN Meeting | DRM News |
by Oui
Mon Jan 5th, 2026 at 09:48:31 AM EST
If you do not CONDEMN this brutal attack on the sovereignty of a state ... fundament of the Global International Order ... you are no good ... read the UN CHARTER.
Hair On Fire 🔥
See update below the fold ...
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by Oui
Mon Jan 5th, 2026 at 01:07:34 AM EST
An observation not falling from a clear blue sky ... see my writings over the years since 2004 George Bush - Dick Cheney
See update below the fold ...
Liz Truss nuclear decision "I will push the button of nuclear Armageddon"
Google search came up with zero links, empty, nada ... only this message:
Some results may have been removed under data protection law in Europe.
Learn more ... PROPAGANDA and CENSORSHIP
by Oui
Sat Jan 3rd, 2026 at 08:12:29 PM EST
New Dutch PM Rob Jetten, Same Old Colonial View VOC
Horrendous ... support for a military coup d'état made in USA ... murderous gang in the White House and US Congress ... now supported by EU nations of capitalism and wealth.
Rob Jetten wrote the following shortsighted statement to stay in line with the EU of former German Minister of War Von der Leyen. The younger generation following the narrative forwarded by Washington DC. Fascism scores best ..,
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