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Minister Orders Troop Deployment Across Germany After Sex Attacks

German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble has called for armed military troops to take to the streets of Germany following the sex attacks of hundreds of women by migrants two weeks ago.  “We will have to deal with the question of why almost all other European countries have clear legal regulations enabling them to use their armed forces to support the police — and we don’t“, Schäuble said in an interview with newspaper Sueddeutsche Zeitung.

Iran Is About To Reclaim The Oil Market From Saudi Arabia

Iran’s deputy oil minister has announced that the countries oil market will be taken back from Saudi Arabia following the removal of international sanctions on Iran.  Amir Hossein Zamaninia said that the removal of sanctions has allowed Iran “the possibility to export 500 thousand barrels of crude oil.” Mehrnews.com reports: Zamaninia emphasized that the country’s production and exports capacity of oil will reach one million barrels per day within a few months; “during the sanction years, Iran lost a portion of its oil market with countries like Saudi Arabia conquering the Iranian oil marke

Rubio’s Iran Tantrum and the Hawkish Loathing of Diplomacy

Marco Rubio’s response to the string of diplomatic successes with Iran is as foolish as one would expect:

By channeling this money to Tehran and giving the mullahs international legitimacy, the Obama administration is fueling the greatest growth in Iranian power since the Islamic Republic was established in 1979. What’s worse, for months Iran has telegraphed in word and deed how it plans to utilize this newfound power—namely, to dominate the Middle East and threaten American security.

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