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Highlights:
China to control Darwin for a century
“Prior to World War ii,” we wrote in our free booklet He Was Right, “the British Commonwealth and the United States controlled every major sea gate in the world: Panama, Hong Kong, Suez, Cape of Good Hope, Malta, Papua New Guinea, Timor, West Indies, Gibraltar, Falklands, Cyprus, Gulf of Guinea, Maldives, Sri Lanka, Singapore, Gulf of Aden and others.”“These ‘gates,’ as they are called in the Bible, were major factors in the economic success of the British and American people and were indispensable to Allied success during World War ii. Since that time, however, the U.S. and Britain have, without a fight, surrendered their control as gatekeepers.”The latest of those lost “gates” is Australia’s Darwin Port.
Hamas and the Islamic State cooperating against Egypt
Hamas needs Islamic State jihadists to break the Egyptian siege on Gaza; the Islamic State needs Hamas technical know-how to assemble rockets and other weapons.“Hence,” an expert on Iranian studies told the Jerusalem Post, “they ignore their ideological differences for the time being and cooperate.”“In some cases, this is simply a marriage of convenience. In others, it is a deeper strategic cooperation,” said another expert. The Post paraphrased: “[I]n the case of these two terror groups, the shared disdain for Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s government could be an indication of the latter.”In his March 2008 article “Iran-Egypt Alliance Prophesied,” Trumpet editor in chief Gerald Flurry wrote: “We know the radical Islamic movement in Egypt will certainly have a lot of influence in Egyptian politics; and it’s going to swing that nation toward Iran. Ultimately, that means bad news for Egypt because of the final outcome.”Europe: Dispensing with arms treaties
“There are no prospects of new European arms control agreements anytime soon,” wrote World Affairs in its fall edition. “If anything, the coming years could see the failure of existing treaties without their renewal or replacement.”“Until Russia alarmed nato members by annexing the Crimean Peninsula and supporting separatists in Ukraine, there had been a strong movement in the alliance to remove the last remaining [tactical nuclear weapons] from Europe to promote nuclear disarmament, save money, and reduce intra-alliance burden-sharing tensions.”Today, things are different in Europe.Russia and China’s ‘enhanced human operations’ terrify the Pentagon
Not much unlike science-fiction cinematics, Russia and China are modifying soldiers’ bodies and brains in order to create “super soldiers.”Modifications may include robotic exoskeletons, mind-altering pain vaccines, hallucinogenic drugs, powerful anti-sleep drugs like Modafinil and brain implants to improve cognitive ability.Could these unethical operations, conducted in two of the world’s most populous nations, prelude the “tidings out of the east and out of the north shall trouble” the prophesied king of the north?Federal Reserve finally raises rates
For the first time in seven years, the United States Federal Reserve raised interest rates.Following the announcement Wednesday by Fed chief Janet Yellen, the Dow Jones jumped by more than 200 points.The reality though, the seven years of near-zero percent interest rates has already caused extensive economic distortions and resulted in speculative bubbles.Analysts say that it is just a matter of time before those bubbles pop.Other news:
While politicians in Washington bicker about the proposal to admit 10,000 Syrian refugees, 102,313 Syrians have already been admitted into the United States from 2012 through August this year.Iran on Tuesday called on the Nigerian president to investigate the Nigerian Army’s killing of about 1,000 Shiite Muslims in northern Nigeria. The Shiites belonged to a group called the Islamic Movement of Nigeria—an Iranian-sponsored group that wants to establish an Islamic state in northern Nigeria through an Iranian-style revolution.
China and Pakistan pledged this week to further firm up their all-weather ties by promoting a $46 billion economic corridor.Get more details on these stories and more by subscribing to the Trumpet Weekly!
