Iran has got its sticky fingers in pies all over the Middle East and North Africa, to say the least. The discovery of this new trail of Iranian interference in Cote d’Ivoire is just one more indication of Iran’s global…
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Update: WalMart Denies Reports, Says It Will Continue to Stock Ammo
Contrary to what we reported yesterday,which was based on a first person report from a WalMart consumer who tried unsuccessfully to order some ammunition at a local store (see the first story below and the last comment by Daniel in…
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To Our Readers – We Were Hacked
As you have no doubt noticed, our site has been hacked (we must be doing something right!) and GerardDirect.com is now in the process of being reconstructed. If you are a subscriber, you will continue to receive newsletters, but without…
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Israel: Islamists Have Taken Over Border Area with Syria
A new fence is being built along the Israeli-Syrian border as a deterrent against a rush by Syrian Islamists who have taken over the areas of Syria just north of the Israeli border. The small towns on both sides of…
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Merry Christmas to Our Troops, You Make Us Proud
God Bless You All! And Thank You!
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Defying US, 29 Rebel Groups in Syria Swear Allegiance to al Nusrah
Our readers have already known for some time that al Qaeda has been actively engaged in leading the opposition in Syria, something the State Department is apparently just finding out. But in naming al Qaeda in Iraq’s own spin-off, al…
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Syria: Jihadist Al-Nusra Front Siezes Chemical Factory Near Allepo
Late Saturday night, it was reported that FSA fighters captured a Syrian chemical factory used to make toxic chlorine. Some reports suggested that the chloride factory at Al-Safira, southeast of Aleppo, is a also a chemical weapons depot and research…
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US Official: Syrian Army Has Mixed and Loaded Sarin Gas. Pentagon Says No.
UPDATED ANALYSIS: An unnamed US official has revealed that the Syrian Army has mixed the precursor agents used to create deadly, weaponized sarin gas, and that it has been placed in delivery systems ready for deployment. Assad has said…