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British sovereign air base in Cyprus hit by drone

British sovereign air base in Cyprus hit by drone

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Happy Birthday Gonzalo Lira and RIP friend

We remember a great guy, a friend and a legend

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Iran Defiant After Khamenei Death; Picks New Leaders Closes Hormuz Continues Strikes; Russia Backing

Iran Defiant After Khamenei Death; Picks New Leaders Closes Hormuz Continues Strikes; Russia Backing
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Back in 1980-81, by a series of flukes, I found myself working as a programmer on financial applications at the HQ of Aramco at Dhahran. It was at a time when oil was selling for $33 - like $150 today. I knew from my work that the oil was costing 65 cents to produce. Multiply that by 9mbd to get an idea of the profit. Unimaginable.

I would occasionally share a lift ride with Sheikh Yamani. A few months later, we were on the same dance floor at a luxury night club in Monte Carlo. He looked at me with bewilderment. His British bodyguards lining the walls got tense. I was with my beautiful Iranian girlfriend and Yamani was with his wife. We were guests of an Iranian ex-prince (pre-Pahlavi). The builder and owner of the famous Villa Ispahan in Monaco. The ex-prince was being threatened by the gangsters of the region. A bit later, he sold the villa and moved to California.

At Aramco, I was desperately trying to get out of my contract. The original deal was that I was to head a new "Arab ...

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USA GETTING MORE THAN IT BARGAINED FOR IN THE WAR ON IRAN

It is a persistent habit of US government officials to underestimate their adversaries and express shock at their ability to strike back.

Trump and his delusional subordinates had expected the Iranians to strike Tel Aviv and perhaps do a throw-away token attack on a US base in Qatar and then return for negotiations.

There was also an expectation that the assassination of Ayatollah Khamenei in his well-known residence would disorientate the Iranians. None of that happened. Instead, the Iranians acted on their pre-war threats and attacked US military bases (plus hotels hosting US troops) across the Gulf Arab States. Israel is also taking a massive beating from Iranian drones and missiles.

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A quick commentary on the "Piss Summit"
I might not be able to upload much more or do lives for a while

My Fellow Duranianss.

Yes, it's happened again. I have been assaulted by a vicious Malware Bot Virus or whatever 911 Socks is and this thing is bad ! 

However I wanted to give you a "peace" of my mind concerning the "Piece" or piss, as Elensky calls it, as this thing fell to pieces before it even happened.

Coincidentally on the very SAME DAY  this crap happened Saudi Arabia DROPPED the US Petrodollar as a buying currency and NO ONE absolutely NO ONE is talking about this fact anywhere !!!

 

Hope to see you all asap.

 

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September 29, 2023
Locals Community Private Telegram Messaging

Locals will be sunsetting the private messaging feature throughout the Locals website. In order to keep our private messaging active we have created a private Telegram messaging group called 'The Duran Locals.'

This is a private channel open only to our Locals subscriber community. In the private Telegram group you can send a message to the group or a private message to Alex or Alexander via a direct Telegram message. 

You can access Telegram for web, desktop or mobile here: https://telegram.org/

The link for this Telegram group is below (can be viewed by community subscribers).

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