Bill Roggio checks in to talk about the Obama visit
Daveed Gartenstein Ross checks in to talk about what he sees as America's Achilles Heel: Oil in the Middle East. Daveed warns that Al Qaeda is looking to pull of a spectacular catastrophic attack in Saudi Arabia
Eli Lake joins me to briefly chat about Mid East Obama Mania....
Why has Maliki in Iraq suddenly come out for Barak Obama's plan for Iraq, here is a hint, Ahmed Chalabi is a major part of it. In fact, Eli writes in today's New York Sun that: "The matter was taken up at a meeting of Iraq's National Security Council on Thursday on the recommendation of Mr. Maliki, who had been advised by the Iraqi politician Ahmad Chalabi to express public support for the Obama withdrawal plan. Asked for a comment yesterday, Mr. Chalabi, an old hand at working the American political process to the advantage of Iraq, conveyed a statement via his Washington representative, Francis Brooke: "This is an honor I will not claim and a rumor I will not deny."
Interestingly, Lake reports, that "Also supporting the decision to endorse the Obama plan was Bassima al-Jaidri, a powerful adviser to Mr. Maliki who has in the past been accused of undermining tactical and security decisions of Iraq's army to forward a Shiite confessional agenda."
More here!
http://www.nysun.com/foreign/maliki-bets-that-obama-will-prevail/82374/
Brett does a news digest and breaks down the latest on the Iranian diplomatic moves, the border secruity deal that Raytheon is cutting with Pakistan and India, and finally a look at the emerging threat from Al Qaeda in Western Europe.
Bill Roggio from http://www.longwarjournal.org talks about the ongoing fight between US and Taliban forces, plus we explore the broken truce between Pakistan and the Taliban in the FATA and the Northwest Province. Bill takes a whack at the US diplomatic moves with Iran, and takes a look at increasing Iraqi stability. Finally, its Mailbag Friday Brett and Bill take a question about the Iraqi Oil supply.
Right here on the Covert Radio Show with the Long War Journal.
