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Mideast Tensions Threaten Strained U.S. Wheat Exports; Farmers are already struggling following trade war with China and tough weather last year
Monday, January 6, 2020, 2:48 PM ET
By Kirk Maltais
Wall Street Journal

Rising tensions in the Middle East threaten to make a tough export market for U.S. wheat growers even harder to crack.

Fears of retaliation for a U.S. airstrike that killed top Iranian General Qassem Soleimani have sparked concern that U.S. wheat growers will lose access to Middle Eastern markets—a growing destination for U.S. grain exports.

Without continued demand from the Middle East, wheat farmers already struggling following the U.S.-China trade war and the tough weather of last year may face more difficulties in 2020.

Wheat futures on the Chicago Board of Trade have fallen since the airstrike, dropping 2.2% to roughly $5.50 a bushel over the past two trading sessions.

Before their decline, wheat had been on the rise, topping out at its highest level since summer 2019 at $5.60 a bushel last week. That rally was driven by optimism that the signing of a preliminary trade deal this month would unleash demand from China.

The airstrike was a key reason for last week's 2.4% rise in the Jefferies Shipping Index, which tracks the stock performance of shipping companies, with the brokerage forecasting that the attack would lead to "hazard pay" for freight ships operating in the area.

"Getting a tanker or a freighter in there will be more risky. We don't know how the Iranians will react," said Dan Basse, president of agricultural research firm AgResource Co.

Middle Eastern nations are projected to import 17.3 million metric tons of wheat in the 2019-20 marketing year, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture , making them one of the largest importers of wheat outside Southeast Asia and North Africa.

But the U.S. only claims a small portion of exports to the region. Middle Eastern nations imported just 1.6 million tons exported from the U.S. in 2018, according to data from the U.S. International Trade Commission , the last full year of data currently available.

Of Middle Eastern nations, Iraq and Yemen are among the biggest importers of U.S. wheat. This week, Iraq—which imported roughly 470,000 tons of U.S. wheat through October 2019— voted to expel U.S. troops from the country in reaction to the airstrike that killed Mr. Soleimani taking place in Baghdad. The vote spurred threats of sanctions from President Trump.

U.S. grains traders have been hoping that weather events, such as the widespread brush fires in Australia , would boost demand for wheat and other U.S. agriculture. Additionally, traders have held out hope for a weakening U.S. dollar in 2020 to spur further interest in U.S. commodities.

"[Wheat is] such a world market, it would be the biggest beneficiary of that," said Jason Britt, president of Kansas City, Mo.-based Central States Commodities.

Instead, news of the airstrike pushed investors toward haven assets including the dollar and gold. Prolonged uncertainty surrounding a ramp-up of hostilities in the area could cause the dollar to trend higher and thus dampen wheat demand further, said Mr. Britt.

U.S. farmers have been struggling to get through an especially tough growing season in the Corn Belt. Record wet weather, combined with constricted export demand during the trade war, led to record farm bankruptcies in 2019.

Because of the fluid situation in the Middle East, some grains traders have said they think it is too soon to judge the effect on U.S. wheat and other grains.

"The market does need to price in some concern, but I'm not sure this will impact the market just yet," said Rich Nelson , chief strategist with agricultural brokerage firm Allendale Inc.

Write to Kirk Maltais at Kirk.Maltais@wsj.com

Mideast Tensions Threaten Strained U.S. Wheat Exports
 
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What is wrong with the date formatting, isn't that standard for the military?
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Most of the world (everywhere I've ever been at least) write it that way. Most letters meant for an international audience would be written that way.
 
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Push to oust US troops from Iraq a risky undertaking

BAGHDAD (AP) — A push led by pro-Iran factions to oust U.S. troops from Iraq following the U.S. airstrike that killed a top Iranian general is gaining momentum, bolstered by a Parliament vote calling on the government to remove them.
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Push to oust US troops from Iraq a risky undertaking

By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and ZEINA KARAM
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BAGHDAD (AP) — A push led by pro-Iran factions to oust U.S. troops from Iraq following the U.S. airstrike that killed a top Iranian general is gaining momentum, bolstered by a Parliament vote calling on the government to remove them.

But the path forward is unclear, and in Iraq’s deeply divided terrain, with a resigned prime minister and raging proxy war between Iran and the U.S., ending America’s 17-year military presence in Iraq is a risky undertaking.

Iraq was barely starting to recover from a devastating four-year war against the Islamic State group when a mass uprising against the country’s ruling elite erupted on Oct. 1, forcing the resignation of Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi two months later. He hasn’t been replaced.

A pullout of U.S. troops could cripple the fight against Islamic State militants and allow the extremists to make a comeback. Militants affiliated with IS routinely carry out attacks in northern and western Iraq, hiding out in rugged desert and mountainous areas. Iraqi forces rely on the U.S. for logistics and weapons in pursuing them.

An American withdrawal could also enable Iran to deepen its influence in Iraq, which like Iran is a majority Shiite country.

“It is not that simple,” Lebanese political analyst Ibrahim Bayram said of any withdrawal. “This will increase the complications inside Iraq, the conflicts and contradictions ... and the clash, both political and non-political, between the Iranians and Americans.”

U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper, meanwhile, said Monday the United States “has made no decision whatsoever to leave Iraq,” adding that the U.S. remains committed to the campaign to defeat the Islamic State group in Iraq and the region.

The Iraqi parliamentary vote Sunday calling for the ouster of the 5,200 American troops in Iraq requires Iraqi government approval. But it highlights the sharp deterioration in relations between Washington and Baghdad amid soaring tensions between the U.S. and Iran following the U.S. airstrike that killed Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani at Baghdad airport .

American forces withdrew from Iraq in 2011 but returned in 2014 at the invitation of the government to help battle the Islamic State group. The extremists had seized vast areas in the north and west of the country after Iraq’s armed forces collapsed, including the second-largest city, Mosul. A U.S.-led coalition provided crucial air support as Iraqi forces, including Iran-backed militias, regrouped and drove IS out in a costly three-year campaign.

Unlike the previous U.S. deployment, which was governed by the Status of Forces agreement that clearly spelled out the rules of termination, American troops in Iraq are now in the country based on a less formal request by the then prime minister, Nouri al-Maliki.
Pressure has been escalating for a U.S. troop withdrawal since the defeat of IS in 2017, particularly among factions loyal to Iran. But calls for their removal grew louder amid outrage over the U.S. strike last week that killed Soleimani along with senior Iraqi militia leaders.

Abdul-Mahdi asked parliament on Sunday to take “urgent measures” to ensure the removal of foreign forces from the country. In a sign of the divisions, the parliament session was boycotted by many Sunni and Kurdish legislators who oppose abolishing the deal with the Americans, and most of the lawmakers who voted were Shiite.

It was not clear what steps Abdul-Mahdi would take following the parliamentary vote. Experts were split on whether, as a resigned prime minister, he has the authority to request the termination of the U.S. presence.

Thafer al-Aani, a Sunni lawmaker, said Abdul-Mahdi doesn’t want to risk aggravating the Americans too much by acting alone, which is why he turned to Parliament for backing, adding that the vote was mostly for a domestic audience.

“He feels that America isolated his government by siding with the protesters. ... He decided to side completely with the Iranians after the killing of Soleimani and because of the U.S. position toward the protests,” he said.

The U.S. government repeatedly called on the Iraqi government to stop using excessive force on peaceful protesters. Nearly 500 people were killed by security forces in three months of protests against the country’s top political and religious leaders. The protests have also turned into a revolt by the country’s Shiites against Iranian influence in the country, with protesters burning Iranian interests in the southern provinces.

On Monday, Abdul-Mahdi met with U.S. Ambassador Matthew H. Tueller and stressed the need for the two countries “to work together to execute the withdrawal of foreign troops from Iraq,” according to a statement from his office.

In their meeting, Abdul-Mahdi said relations with Washington must be built on a “sound basis.” He didn’t elaborate, but said the situation in Iraq was “critical” and that all efforts were being exerted to prevent “sliding towards an open war.”

Speaking in Washington, Esper said the U.S. was not pulling troops out of Iraq.

“There’s no decision to leave, nor did we issue any plans to leave or prepare to leave,” the defense secretary said. He spoke to reporters in response to a letter from a senior U.S. commander that seemed to suggest a withdrawal was underway.

The Iraqi parliament vote angered President Donald Trump, who promptly warned Iraq that he would levy punishing sanctions if the government expelled American troops. He said the U.S. wouldn’t leave without being paid for its military investments in Iraq over the years
“We will charge them sanctions like they’ve never seen before, ever. It’ll make Iranian sanctions look somewhat tame,” Trump said.

The alarming rhetoric by the two allied nations comes amid a recent series of unclaimed attacks targeting military bases that host U.S. troops in Iraq. One attack killed an American contractor in Kirkuk late last year, and was blamed on an Iran-backed militia. That attack sparked a deadly U.S. airstrike targeting that militia, which in turn led to a New Year’s Eve assault by militias loyal to Iran on the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad.

Abbas Kadhim, head of the Washington-based Atlantic Council’s Iraq Initiative, said because Abdul-Mahdi has resigned as prime minister, he didn’t want to give the impression that he was acting unilaterally and wanted Parliament to be on board, although he has the right to approve the U.S. troop removal himself.

He said there was no reason the Americans should stay now that the mission to defeat IS is over.

“The troops are there and its called the coalition to defeat ISIS not the coalition to re-occupy Iraq,” Kadhim said. “ISIS was defeated and they have no reason to be there now.” Kadhim added that an agreement could be worked out whereby some U.S. trainers can stay behind.

Bayram, the Lebanese analyst, said, however, that Trump’s reaction shows that the Americans have no intention of exiting smoothly from Iraq.

“The United States considers its presence in Iraq fundamental, especially since it rid Iraq in 2003 from Saddam Hussein. America also considers itself an essential partner in Iraq,” he said.
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Karam reported from Beirut. Associated Press writers A.J. Naddaff in Beirut and Lolita C. Baldor in Washington contributed to this report.
 
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Part 1 of Flashbacks to Iran penetrating the Obama Adminstration:

https://www.worldtribune.com/worldtribune/WTARC/2009/me_iran0230_03_19.asp

Transcript of Obama's Message in Celebration of Nowruz

Barack Obama calls for 'new beginning' with Iran

Iran's Axis of Nuclear Evil

Iran targets the US

Détente without deterrence? You call that "realism"?

Opinion | From Tehran to Tel Aviv

www.swissinfo.ch/eng/front/United_States_and_Iran_met_secretly_in_Geneva.html?siteSect=105&sid=10550607&rss=true&ty=st

Iran president says ready for nuclear talks

US Weighing Punishing Israel if it Attacks Iran

As the U.S. Retreats, Iran Fills the Void

A new Iran overture, with hot dogs

We're All Neocons Now


Obama Administration is Said to Assure Israel a Nuclear Iran Isn’t Imminent

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A satellite image taken last September shows construction in a mountain near Qum, Iran, and a major military base.

By MARK MAZZETTI and DAVID E. SANGER

Published: August 19, 2010

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration, citing evidence of continued troubles inside Iran’s nuclear program, has persuaded Israel that it would take roughly a year — and perhaps longer — for Iran to complete what one senior official called a “dash” for a nuclear weapon, according to American officials.

Administration officials said they believe the assessment has dimmed the prospect that Israel would pre-emptively strike against the country’s nuclear facilities within the next year, as Israeli officials have suggested in thinly veiled threats.

For years, Israeli and American officials have debated whether Iran is on an inexorable drive toward a nuclear bomb and, if so, how long it would take to produce one. A critical question has been the time it would take Tehran to convert existing stocks of low-enriched uranium into weapons-grade material, a process commonly known as “breakout.” ...

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Valerie Jarrett

Obama's closest aide is Shirazi

knowledgeplex.org: Jarrett is a member of African-American and Chicago royalty. But her story and her life begin in the Middle East, not the Midwest.

She was born in 1956 in Shiraz, Iran, about 570 miles south of Tehran. Her parents moved to Shiraz, known for its poets, wine and flowers, as part of a program that sent American doctors and agricultural experts to developing countries to help jump-start their health and farming efforts. Her father was on the staff of the brand new Nemazee Hospital, where Jarrett was born. "Every memory from Iran is a very happy memory," Jarrett told me in an e-mail>>>

The Political Web introduces you to Valerie Jarrett


“We have kind of a mind meld,” Jarrett said of herself and the President. “And chances are, what he wants to do is what I’d want to do.”
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Court reveals Iranian operatives in charge of Obama’s Iran policy since 2009

http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blogs/an-open-letter-to-communist-valerie-jarrett

https://www.weaselzippers.us/125161...stop-us-from-building-nukes-if-hes-reelected/

https://www.breitbart.com/national-...ejad-Speech-US-Envoy-Sticks-Around-to-Listen/

https://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/21/world/iran-said-ready-to-talk-to-us-about-nuclear-program.html?

Iran agrees to one-on-one nuclear talks, US sources say

Bush-era official: 'It would be unconscionable to go to war if we haven’t had such discussions'

Digital Globe / AP file This 2004, satellite image provided by DigitalGlobe and the Institute for Science and International Security shows the military complex at Parchin, Iran, about 19 miles southeast of Tehran.

By Helene Cooper and Mark Landler

updated 10/20/2012 5:46:40 PM ET
WASHINGTON — The United States and Iran have agreed for the first time to one-on-one negotiations over Iran’s nuclear program, according to Obama administration officials, setting the stage for what could be a last-ditch diplomatic effort to avert a military strike on Iran.

Iranian officials have insisted that the talks wait until after the presidential election, a senior administration official said, telling their American counterparts that they want to know which American president they would be negotiating with.

News of the agreement — a result of intense, secret exchanges between American and Iranian officials that date almost to the beginning of President Obama’s term — comes at a critical moment in the presidential contest, just two weeks before Election Day and a day before the final debate, which is to focus on national security and foreign policy.

It has the potential to help Mr. Obama make a case that he is nearing a diplomatic breakthrough in the decade-long effort by the world’s major powers to curb Tehran’s nuclear ambitions, but it could pose a risk if Iran is seen as using the prospect of the direct talks to buy time...

https://freebeacon.com/national-security/report-obama-ousting-centcom-chief-mattis/

https://www.irishcentral.com/news/f...an-convert-to-islam-video-190995601-237565111

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Obama Is Nicer To Iran Than Republicans

by Lonely Conservative • October 16, 2013• 3 Comments

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How screwed up is it that the President of the United States is nicer to US enemies than he is to members of the opposing political party? But that’s where we are, Obama will negotiate with Iran but not Republicans in Congress, and most of the media lets him get away with it.
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The president will make a deal with Iran, leaving America vulnerable to nuclear attack. But he won’t join with the GOP to save America from default. Who are more evil, Republicans or ayatollahs?​
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With talks with Iran in Geneva under way involving the U.S., Britain, China, France, Germany and Russia, the Obama administration’s diplomats this week are reportedly offering Islamofascist Iran fast relief from economic sanctions if Tehran makes a deal on its nuclear program — apparently even one that lets it keep enriching uranium.​
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Under the “moderate” with the nice smile, cleric Hasan Rouhani, the regime may soon agree not to enrich to 20% purity, dangerously close to weapons-grade quality. This is touted as a confidence-building measure. In return, the U.S. may ease economic sanctions.​
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Obviously, there are enemies, and then there are enemies. It’s one thing to be a terrorist regime.​
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It’s another thing to be members of the other party and oppose President Obama’s agenda.​
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Read the whole thing.

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Part 2 of Flashbacks to Iran penetrating the Obama Adminstration:



Deleted Blaze story:
Valerie Jarrett Leading Secret Talks in Iran

Nov. 5, 2012 10:04am Mytheos Holt


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The face of the Obama administration’s outreach to Iran may have just been unmasked, and it’s allegedly Valerie Jarrett.

Last month, the New York Times informed America that the Obama administration has been running secret talks with Iran in order to facilitate a working relationship once tomorrow’s election is over. Official disavowals were not long in coming, even as off the record sources confirmed that the talks were taking place.

And thanks to YNetNews, we may now know who the administration’s designated voice is: Obama confidante and senior adviser Valerie Jarrett. From the article:
A Chicago lawyer is the key player behind the secret talks between the US and Iran, Yedioth Ahronoth reported Monday. A close friend of Michelle Obama, Valerie Jarrett is assisting the US government communicate behind the scenes with the representatives of Iran’s supreme leader, Ali Khamenei.

Jarret, who was born in the Iranian city of Shiraz, is a senior advisor to US President Barack Obama.

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TheBlaze reported on the background underlying these negotiations near the tail end of last month, in a story by Isreal-based correspondent Sharona Schwartz. Here’s Schwartz’s take on what a full-scale diplomatic relationship with Iran might mean:

While the body of the report offers no further detail about what full diplomatic relations would mean, a graphic accompanying Maariv’s report (pictured above, beneath the images of Obama and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad) states renewed relations would include: direct flights between Washington or New York and Tehran; granting entry permits for American visitors to Iran and for Iranians to visit the U.S.; “security cooperation and defense of citizens visiting in the host country”; diplomatic dialogue at a senior level; and an exchange of senior officials’ visits.

If true, Maariv’s report provides another example of Obama’s long-held belief that negotiations can stop Iran’s nuclear march.

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Jarrett’s status as a White House confidante and major figure has been well-known for some time, but this bit of news marks her first foray into being an official foreign policy surrogate. If Obama is reelected tomorrow, however, it certainly might not be the last.

www.newsmax.com

Obama Considers Giving Iran Access to Billions in Frozen Assets

The Obama administration is weighing whether to offer Iran the chance to recoup billions of dollars in frozen overseas assets if it takes steps to scale back its nuclear program, U.S. officials and congressional aides said Friday.
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www.breitbart.com

Report: Valerie Jarrett Led Secret Negotiations with Iran for Past Year

The Times Of Israel is reporting that a team of negotiators led by White House adviser Valerie Jarrett has been conducting secret talks with Iran about |
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Dangerous Times: Obama and the Crisis of Evil

The Atlantic, November 2, 2012: Obama's Crystal-Clear Promise to Stop Iran From Getting a Nuclear Weapon. USA Today, October 25, 2013: Iran bomb one month away. The New Republic, March 2, 2012.
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Bloomberg Iran to Build Second Atom Plant With Russian Assistance:
www.bloomberg.com

Iran to Build Second Atom Plant With Russian Assistance

Iran, which plans to have enough nuclear reactors to generate 20,000 megawatts of electricity, hopes the construction of another Russian-built power plant can start after March, said the head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization.
www.bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com

www.powerlineblog.com

One Key Thing the Obama Administration Isn't Telling You About the Iran Deal

Under the agreement reached in Geneva over the weekend, Iran is permitted to keep one-half of the uranium it has enriched to the 20% level, and is required to dilute the remaining one-half to 5% U-235. It is allowed to continue enriching uranium, but agrees not to take that process beyond 5%...
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Obama asks Netanyahu to ‘take a breather’ on Iran

US President Barak Obama reportedly called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu this week and asked him to “take a breather” from publicly criticizing the recent agreement between Ira
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www.wnd.com

Bachmann uncorks on Obama, Armageddon | WND | by Garth Kant

WASHINGTON — It was a warning on the perils of appeasement reminiscent of Churchill. Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., cut straight to the heart of the matter when WND asked her what the nuclear deal with Iran will mean. "The major nations of the world have chosen to fail to thwart Iran from...
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www.washingtonexaminer.com

Report: Obama Arranging Tehran Visit for Next Year - Washington Examiner

The Kuwaiti news outlet Al-Jarida reports that President Obama is seeking to arrange a trip to Tehran, Iran next year. The headline of the article reads, "Obama would like to visit Tehran, official invitation after details resolved." "Al-Jarida has learned from a U.S. diplomat that President...
www.washingtonexaminer.com www.washingtonexaminer.com

www.timesofisrael.com

‘US freed top Iranian scientist as part of secret talks ahead of Geneva deal’

Mojtaba Atarodi, arrested in California for attempting to acquire equipment for Iran's military-nuclear programs, was released in April as part of back channel talks, Times of Israel told. The contacts, mediated in Oman for years by close colleague of the Sultan, have seen a series of US-Iran...
www.timesofisrael.com www.timesofisrael.com

Secret Deals With Our Enemies: Just Give Peace A Chance | NoisyRoom.net

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The Obama Perpetrated Iran Disaster Emerges

Well, the deed is all but done. The Obamanistas have gotten what they wanted all along: a false detente with the Ayatollahs. John Kerry would have us believe that the Iranian nuclear program has be…
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www.reuters.com

Boeing, GE say get U.S. license to sell spare parts to Iran

Boeing Co <BA.N>, the world's biggest airplane maker, and engine maker General Electric Co <GE.N> said on Friday they had received licenses from the U.S. Treasury Department to export certain spare parts for commercial aircraft to Iran under a temporary sanctions relief...
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www.wsj.com

Obama Wrote Secret Letter to Iran’s Khamenei About Fighting Islamic State

The president has written to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to lay out shared U.S.-Iranian interests in combating insurgents, and to spur progress on nuclear talks.
www.wsj.com www.wsj.com

www.chron.com

Krauthammer: Iranian domination worries Arabs, overlooked by Obama

www.chron.com www.chron.com

swordattheready.wordpress.com

Obama’s Middle Nuclear Finger To Us All – Bashes Americans On Iranian State TV

Obama goes on TV to address Iranians with best wishes on their holiday of Nowruz- then bashes Israel and Americans who oppose his efforts to hand Iran nuclear weapons. Is it not amazing that His He…
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There Is No Fatwa Condemning Nuclear Weapons by Iran’s Ayatollah Khamenei

pjmedia.com pjmedia.com

thehill.com

Obama administration won’t commit to making Iran deal public

Anthony Blinken said pieces of the nuclear accord could remain classified.
thehill.com thehill.com

theconservativetreehouse.com

President Obama and Secretary Kerry Close to Deal With Iran - Substance: Nukes OK., Just Wait for Us To Leave Office... - The Last Refuge

Today’s construct of the pending Iranian “nuclear deal” is essentially the same construct that was outlined over a month ago. All sanctions are lifted and in turn Iran keeps centrifuges (around 6,000). The leaked details indicate under the retained ability it would take Iran approximately a year...
theconservativetreehouse.com theconservativetreehouse.com

www.thedailybeast.com

U.S. Backs Iran With Airstrikes Against ISIS

Iran and the U.S. say they’ve been fighting parallel wars in Iraq but now they've become one in Tikrit.
www.thedailybeast.com


www.ynetnews.com

The US has sold Israel out with Iran deal

Op-ed: The Lausanne agreement is evidence of just how hard - and successfully - the Iranians fought to preserve the essential components for creating nuclear weapons.
www.ynetnews.com www.ynetnews.com

nypost.com

Obama concedes deal could leave Iran closer to atomic bomb

WASHINGTON — President Obama is conceding something many of his critics fear: that Iran could end up much closer to developing an atomic bomb at the end of the nuclear agreement now being negotiate…
nypost.com nypost.com

archives.frontpagemag.com

Why the Left Wants Iran to Get the Bomb | Frontpage Mag

A stronger Iran means a weaker America.
archives.frontpagemag.com archives.frontpagemag.com

www.israelnationalnews.com

Iran 'Won't Rest Until US is an Islamic Republic'

Opposition releases clip in which Revolutionary Guards commander vows: regardless of nuclear deal, hostility with US will continue.
www.israelnationalnews.com www.israelnationalnews.com

www.theblaze.com

Former Congressman Allen West Predicts 'Obama Will Carry Out This Particularly Treasonous Action' Before Leaving Office | Blaze Media

"But Obama continues to attack political opposition, not the enemy, and as I’ve stated many times, he is an Islamist sympathizer."
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Original, Col. Allen West slams Obama in N.Y. anti-Iran Rally; Best cheers video (7:13)
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Podesta confirms Iran deal means a future nuclear war in the Gulf
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On Jul 15, 2015 5:21 PM, "John Anzalone" <john@algpolling.com> wrote:

> “This agreement condemns the next generation to cleaning up a nuclear
> war in the Persian Gulf… This is the greatest appeasement since Chamberlain
> gave Czechoslovakia to Hitler.”
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> — Sen. Mark Kirk (R-IL), quoted by BuzzFeed
> <http: www.buzzfeed.com="" andrewkaczynski="" sen-mark-kirk-on-iran-deal-obama-wants-to-get-nukes-to-iran#.mdngqnx3dx="">,
> on the nuclear deal reached with Iran.
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> — John Anzalone
> Anzalone Liszt Grove Research
> 334-387-3121
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Gold surges on Mideast risk but stocks pare losses

Herbert Lash

January 5, 2020 / 6:44 PM / Updated an hour ago

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Gold prices shot to an almost seven-year high on Monday as U.S.-Iranian tensions drove demand for safe-haven assets and pushed a gauge of global equity markets lower, but shares on Wall Street rebounded on a less worrisome view of events.

Oil rose and the dollar weakened after the U.S. killing last week of General Qassem Soleimani, the architect of Iran’s drive to extend its influence across the Middle East. The death raised worldwide concerns that a regional conflict could erupt.

Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, wept in grief as hundreds of thousands of mourners thronged Tehran’s streets for Soleimani’s funeral, and the slain military commander’s successor vowed to expel U.S. forces from the region in revenge.

MSCI’s gauge of stocks across the globe .MIWD00000PUS shed 0.07% after European shares extended losses from Friday, the first day that markets reacted to Soleimani’s death. The pan-European STOXX 600 index closed down 0.41%.

Wall Street finished higher after reversing early declines and gains accelerated into the close, a sign investors were less concerned about the potential for rising hostilities.

The market’s recovery from the 9/11 attacks in 2001 and the financial crisis a decade ago have made it easier to take lesser events in stride, said David Kelly, chief global strategist at JPMorgan Asset Management.

“This is a case that the market is probably under-reacting to a threat because we don’t know what the Iranians may do to retaliate, and we don’t know how the U.S. administration may respond,” he said.

It is important not to get lulled into complacency because there is additional risk in the equity market after Soleimani’s death and high stock valuations, Kelly said.

“In the past if you have a big increase in uncertainty, the market sells off first and asks questions later. We’re in a different situation now,” he said.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI rose 68.5 points, or 0.24%, to 28,703.38. The S&P 500 .SPX gained 11.43 points, or 0.35%, to 3,246.28 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC added 50.70 points, or 0.56%, to 9,071.47.

Emerging market stocks lost 0.99%, while earlier in Asia, China's blue-chip CSI300 index .CSI300 ended 0.4% lower and Tokyo's Nikkei average .N225 fell 1.91% to a one-month low.

Adding to tensions, Iran said it was taking another step back from its commitments under the 2015 nuclear deal with six powers that Washington withdrew from in 2018.

Spot gold XAU= hit $1,582.59 an ounce, its highest price since April 2013, but the precious metal later pared gains.

U.S. gold futures GCcv1 settled 1.2% higher at $1,568.80.

The Swiss franc rose against the dollar on the worries about a broader escalation of Mideast conflict, and the safe-haven Japanese yen surged to a three-month high before weakening against the greenback.

Edward Moya, senior market analyst at OANDA in New York, said the market is still digesting the implications of the Iran events.

“We’re having a little softness in the dollar against safe-haven currencies, but I think risk appetite will return. If Iran does retaliate, they know they’re toast,” Moya said.

The dollar index .DXY fell 0.19%, with the euro EUR= up 0.31% to $1.1193.

The yen JPM= weakened 0.34% versus the greenback at 108.45 per dollar, while the dollar fell 0.28% to 0.9701 franc CHF=.

The Treasury yield curve was flatter as the heightened U.S.-Iranian tensions boosted demand for safe-haven assets. The 10-year U.S. Treasury note US10YT=RR fell 4/32 in price to yield 1.802%.

The yield on Germany’s 10-year bond dropped to its lowest level in over three weeks. The bond, a safe-haven that usually gains during global uncertainty or risk, briefly fell to -0.31% DE10YT=RR. Yields later pulled back to -0.292%, flat on the day.

Oil prices jumped, pushing Brent above $70 a barrel, on the tensions in the Middle East.

Brent crude futures LCOc1 jumped more than 3% to a high of $70.74 a barrel at one point but pared gains to settle up 31 cents at $68.91. U.S. West Texas Intermediate CLc1 crude gained 22 cents to settle at $63.27 a barrel.

Reporting by Herbert Lash; Additional reporting by Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfus in New York; Editing by Nick Zieminski and Leslie Adler


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Squid

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If I was Trump,,,

I would hold a press conference praising China Volunteering to step up and help secure Iraq from attacks and meddling from Iran. We are more than excited to help transition security to Chinese troops over the coming year and will help to ensure a speedy transition to the promised security for this muslim country from the PLA.

We will start in discussions in the coming weeks to help expedite this new security arrangement for our friends in the Iraq government, and appreciate the most recent vote that really helped to make this new era possible.

We would ask that Iran help support this transition and welcome the new PLA security forces aiding their brothers in Iraq and ushering a new age of peace in the middle east.


and yes I know they didn’t fully sign in but it would be fun.
 
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Beach

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Millwright said:
It may just be something to create confusion amongst the enemy.

Iraq, Iran, Russia, China...they are all trying to figure out the next step.

Hard to make good decisions when the complexion of the situation is constantly changing.


I can see Trump "leaking" this, just to jack with them. :lol:
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“The whole secret lies in confusing the enemy, so that he cannot fathom our real intent.”

― Sun Tzu, The Art of War
 
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Craftypatches

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This is a what if question. What if Solomeine was in Iraq traveling with biological weapons? Could that be a possibility? Could that have taken care of the weapon such as Ebola? Listening to different people talking there is more going on here than we know!
 
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northern watch

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Kenya arrests three men for trying to breach British army camp
Duncan Miriri, Katharine Houreld
January 6, 2020 / 3:20 AM / Updated 2 hours ago
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenyan police arrested three men suspected of trying to break into a British army camp in central Kenya on the same day Islamist insurgents attacked another base used by U.S. and Kenyan forces, according to a police report seen by Reuters.

The failed break-in at Laikipia, where the British army trains about 10,000 troops a year, was captured on a security camera. Three men were subsequently arrested at about 5 p.m. (1400 GMT) on Sunday and were being questioned by anti-terrorism officers, the police report said.

It is not clear whether the attempt to break into the British base was connected to the attack on the Camp Simba base in Manda Bay that killed three Americans.

Somali Islamist insurgent group al Shabaab claimed responsibility for that attack early on Sunday and posted pictures of fighters posing next to planes in flames.

The deadly attack came only days after the United States said it was tightening security at its bases following threats from Iran to retaliate for a U.S. airstrike that killed its most prominent military commander.

The United States deployed additional military forces to Kenya on Monday to reinforce security at Manda Bay after Sunday’s attack, the military’s Africa Command said.

Al Shabaab contacted media organisations, including Reuters, to stress that Sunday’s attack was not connected to Iran.

“This Kenya attack has no connection with the Middle East attack. It is a fight between us and the U.S.,” said Abdiasis Abu Musab, al Shabaab’s spokesman for military operations.

AL QAEDA TIES

The insurgent group, which wants to oust Somalia’s U.N.-backed government, is now seeking to broaden its regional reach and reaffirm ties with al Qaeda, which it first pledged allegiance to in 2012, analysts said on Monday.
Al Shabaab has been recruiting Kenyans and other East Africans in a bid to launch more attacks beyond Somali borders, said Matt Bryden, the founder of Nairobi-based think-tank Sahan Research.

“We heard chatter three months ago that al Shabaab was planning intensive cross-border operations and had identified commanders to lead those operations,” Bryden said.

Al Shabaab used the phrase “Jerusalem will never be Judaized” when announcing Sunday’s attack on the Simba base at Lamu, on the Indian Ocean coast, and during an attack a year ago on the upscale Riverside hotel and office complex in Nairobi.

“That is likely a signal of continuing loyalty to al Qaeda,” said Bryden.

Kenyan security forces killed five attackers and arrested five following the early morning attack on Sunday, the military spokesman and Lamu county commissioner said on Monday.

Photographs circulating among security specialists and seen by Reuters showed five dead men in fatigues with military-standard boots sprawled on a concrete slab next to the insurgency’s trademark black flag and an assortment of weapons that included grenades and a machinegun.

The attackers managed to damage six planes and breach the perimeter of the base before being repulsed, U.S. Africa Command said in a statement late on Sunday. They killed a U.S. serviceman, two American contractors and wounded two Americans working for the Department of Defense, the statement said.

The Kenyan military does not typically release details of its casualties.

Tom Munyalo, an artist who has a workshop about 350 metres form the Simba base, told Reuters there had been an unusual power cut in his area that night.

He went outside at about 4 a.m. after hearing two vehicles approaching. They stopped briefly near his water tank to release a man who took off, running away from the base, he said.

Moments later, he heard gunfire and shouts of “Takbir! Takbir!” an Arabic expression for “God is greatest”.

Additional reporting by George Obulutsain Nairobi and Phil Stewart in Washington; Editing by David Clarke and Alex Richardson

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jward

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passin' thru
so we're still a tickin' & tockin', eh....solving mysteries w/o any clues , as it were?
...good deal...no hurry for the dying to start in earnest!

Burial still slated to be wrapped up around 4am et? Then we look for the revenge to begin directly from Iran, and not just their proxies...?

i see VJ plastered all over, dare i hope her treasonous azz is on its way to hell? I loath
that woman like few others, and really want a front row seat to her destruction...
does her being trotted out mean we're seeing the set up for the emergency actions / CoG
being laid out?
 
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northern watch

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Lucy Fisher‏Verified account @LOS_Fisher 34m34 minutes ago

Lucy Fisher Retweeted Neil Henderson
EXCL: Crack team of British military planners sent to Iraq, as Ministry of Defence steps up contingency plans to evacuate personnel
 
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jward said:
so we're still a tickin' & tockin', eh....solving mysteries w/o any clues , as it were?
...good deal...no hurry for the dying to start in earnest!

Burial still slated to be wrapped up around 4am et? Then we look for the revenge to begin directly from Iran, and not just their proxies...?

i see VJ plastered all over, dare i hope her treasonous azz is on its way to hell? I loath
that woman like few others, and really want a front row seat to her destruction...
does her being trotted out mean we're seeing the set up for the emergency actions / CoG
being laid out?
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Well we will find out soon.
 
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Marthanoir

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If the US .mil was bugging out they wouldn't want to announce it, think Fall of Saigon,
A gradual reduction and phased withdrawal under the guise of dispersal would be bwtter than just upping sticks
 
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Jim Rickards‏ @JamesGRickards 5h5 hours ago

Gold has broken out of its trading range to the upside. Now around $1,568 per ounce. No worries, it has a long way to go. Here's the best book on the background, fundamentals and future of gold as a store of wealth. (Yeah, the one I wrote in 2016):
 
samus79

samus79

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I have a feeling that the Israelis might kick this off, if they detect any movement of assets to target them, they won’t hesitate to light them up. They’ve been awful low key during this incident. Iran has directly threatened to hit Tel Aviv and Haifa.
 
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northern watch

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Vincent Lee‏Verified account @Rover829 2m2 minutes ago

WASHINGTON, Jan 6 (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Mike Pence will give a speech next Monday laying out the government's policy on Iran, a White House official said, after the U.S. killing of a top Iranian general sparked protests across the Middle Eastern nation
 
jward

jward

passin' thru
Well iran does not get nukes, at least, not w/o a fight from someone, yeah, so if not us, Israel, if not them, someone else
 
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