JFK assassination: what to expect from the publication of secret files?
These 3100 files should not provide shocking information, but perhaps lift the veil on certain mysteries surrounding the past of Lee Harvey Oswald.
Thousands of documents on the assassination of US President John F. Kennedy are due to be released online on Thursday. However, experts are not expecting strong revelations, or the end of many conspiracy theories.
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"It would be miraculous if a war between Iran and the United States did not break out in two years"
INTERVIEW - The situation in Washington and Tehran is particularly favorable for an escalation of tensions, alarms the researcher Ali Vaez, who deciphers for Le Figaro the underside of the conflict.
Ali Vaez is leading the Iran research project at the International Crisis Group.
LE FIGARO. - What do you think of Mike Pompeo's accusations against Iran after the attack on two tankers in the Arabian Sea?
Ali VAEZ. - At this time, I have not yet seen credible evidence incriminating Iran. It is entirely possible that the boat seen on the video broadcast by the Administration is in fact that of Iranian rescuers trying to rescue the tanker. Rather than accusing without evidence, the correct attitude would have been to demand an impartial investigation under the aegis of the United Nations.
The Trump administration has pursued a policy of "maximum pressure" against Iran for two years. With what results?
There is no question that the American sanctions inflict considerable economic damage, but these do not seem to translate into a change of line within the regime - quite the contrary. If he is indeed involved in ...
Gulf of Oman: is Iran behind the attack of two oil tankers?
ANALYSIS. Trump accuses Tehran of targeting two tankers near the Strait of Hormuz, based on a Pentagon video. Experts are more skeptical.
Images of burning tankers in the Strait of Hormuz, where a third of the world's oil transits by sea, have been seen around the world. And raised the specter of a new Gulf War, 29 years after the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. At 6 am Thursday, the Front Altair, a Norwegian tanker flying the flag of the Marshall Islands, suffered three explosions 3 nautical miles from the Iranian coast. In a statement, the Norwegian maritime authorities said that the 25-ton tanker, which was carrying a cargo of loaded ethanol to Qatar destined for Taiwan, had been "attacked" without causing any casualties.
An hour later, it was the turn of the Japanese tanker Kokuka Courageous, flying the Panamanian flag, to be targeted by gunfire 28 nautical miles from Iran. "Our crew carried out maneuvers to try to escape the attacks, but, three hours later, they were attacked again," said Yutaka Katada, the head of the shipping company Kokuka Sangyo, on Thursday, according to Agence France. -Press (AFP), adding that his cargo of methanol was intact. "Sailors say the boat was hit by a flying object," he said on Friday. We received a report that something had flown to the ship, then there was an explosion and it was pierced. "
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The most important document on the reality of the North Vietnamese attacks is a 2001 article in which a National Security Agency historian Robert J. Hanyok argues that agency intelligence officers deliberately falsified reports to politicians and the public, to suggest that North Vietnamese ships attacked American destroyers on August 4, 1964. Hanyok claims that 90% of the interceptions of North Vietnamese communications concerning the supposed attack of August 4, 1964, were omitted in the documents of the major agencies.
Christophe wrote:It's not just the temperatures that will heat up over the next few days:
Donald Trump gave the green light to attack Iran ... before changing his mind at the last moment
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Christophe wrote:Manipulation is omnipresent in diplomacy ... it's even the basis isn't it?
But do the US really have the means to wage a war against Iran? Iran is not Iraq ... and the invasion of Iraq has already been a total fiasco!
How many operating fields are the USA already in?
Christophe wrote:Manipulation is omnipresent in diplomacy ... it's even the basis isn't it?
But do the US really have the means to wage a war against Iran? Iran is not Iraq ... and the invasion of Iraq has already been a total fiasco!
How many operating fields are the USA already in?
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