Crop of wheat to try to feed the entire planet. A new public and brazen atrocity by the Islamic State of iraq and levant. In a video out today i. S. I. L. Claims to have we headed american hostage peter cassig, and a dozen captives. Peter cassig was captured last year whilst distributing medical supplying to refugees. The video shows 13 beheadings, 12 alleged soldiers and peter cassig. I. S. I. L. Say he was beheaded because he was an iraqi war veteran who came to iraq during that war to kill muslims, he, himself, had converted to islam drug his captivity. As i say, its a brutal video, but its the propaganda that i. S. I. L. Want out there. What they are capable of doing, the message they are sending to americans, that you cant bomb us without impunity, youll be affected. There are other western hostages, its not just about western hostages. I. S. I. L. Killed 17 iraqis, 20 syrian journalists, and theres 80 people at least that have been kidnapped journalists in iraq and syria, whose w
They are not the same people dedicated to producing the light, sweet crude thats produced in the oil sector, for the most part. So if you offer discounts to asian consumers at large so that they become beholden to your type of oil and they build refineries specifically dedicated troo processing your type of oil its going to be harder for them to switch to somebody elses oil down the line. So it makes sense to keep the price a bit lower right now so that asian consumers build up refinery capacity for medium and heavy sour sulphur rich, saudi type oil, and you try and guarantee your market down the road when you will be putting on the brakes and sending prices back up. Okay, this is kind of thinking about the supply and demand side of the market, but there are other factors that we need to think about that i think people dont often like to consider. And that is that the saudis, the qataris and their friends in the gulf on the sunni side of the aisle have created a monster. By funding rad
The loud bangs of stun grenades shook the city as gunfire signaled a bloody end to the siege. The police stormed the building moments after this dramatic escape in the early hours of the morning. Earlier in the day, these cafe staff also rush for freedom. The terror is etched on their faces. It was clear at the time the authorities would do whatever needed to be done. We are being tested today in sidney. But whatever the test, we will face it head on. Throughout the day, the spector of the gunman wearing a bandanna with arabic writing drifted menacingly in front of the cafe window. He was charged in 2009 with sending abusive letters to the families of australian soldiers killed in afghanistan. Later a flag with arabic writing but pressed to the glass. It was thought to be the emblem of the Islamic State. But it is actually an islamic declaration of faith. All day the hostages were used as human shields, standing in front of the window armed races for two hours at a time. I could see he