Patrick Henningsen

UK COLUMN: Marwa Osman on Saudi Purge, Iraqi PMU’s Defeat ISIS, Paradise Papers & More

A Saudi purge is underway. What will it lead? Also, ISIS is nearly defeated in Iraq thanks to the brave efforts of the People’s Mobilization Units aka Hashed al-Shabbi forces. Meanwhile, the establishment’s media arm mounts another major distraction – a paper tiger drift-out another toothless ‘journalist investigation’ of offshore paperwork under the marketing banner of the “Paradise Papers” in order to restart their calls for a global tax regime.

Henningsen: Obama White House Colluded with Facebook to Fabricate ‘Russian Bot’ Conspiracy

WASHINGTON DC – This week the Senate Intelligence Committee finally gave an update on its continuing investigation into whether Russia actually had anything to do with the 2016 Election. If anyone was expecting any actual evidence to be presented, they would have been sorely disappointed, again. 

UK COLUMN: Fracking Arrests, Kurdistan Blues, Yemen’s Puppet, More NATO Drills

This week: anti-fracking activist Ian R. Crane arrested for filming a demonstration at drilling test site in North Yorkshire, dangers on horizon after a Iraqi Kurdistan referendum, US and Saudi Yemeni puppet Hadi addresses UNGA, NATO continues it’s around the clock cycle of endless ‘drills’ in Europe, and Facebook moves in to censor criticism of Hollywood actor Morgan Freeman. 

Henningsen on U.S. vs North Korea: ‘Wouldn’t You Want a Nuclear Deterrent?’

Regarding the current North Korea missile crisis, President Trump’s teleprompter-led address to the United Nations General Assembly was provocative, and perhaps counter-productive in terms of achieving peace and stability in the Far East region. Some will even say that it ranks as one of the most embarrassing moments in the history of American international diplomacy.