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US Undermining Conflict Resolution in Syria
Post Date: 2017-05-19 07:59:39 by Stephen Lendman
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US Undermining Conflict Resolution in Syria by Stephen Lendman Neocons infesting Washington represent the greatest threat to world peace. They want endless wars waged, all independent governments toppled, US-controlled puppet regimes replacing them, enemies invented to assure aggression without end - feeding America’s ravenous war machine. Russia has no partner in Washington politically, economically or militarily, no prospect for any US administration cooperating to restore peace in Syria or other war-torn countries. Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova blasted the fabricated State Department report, claiming mass executions in Syrian prisons along with bodies ...
Revving Up Lost Afghan War Coming?
Post Date: 2017-05-18 13:02:11 by Stephen Lendman
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Revving Up Lost Afghan War Coming? by Stephen Lendman America’s longest war was lost years ago, privately acknowledged, yet US combat operations continue, escalation likely coming. According to Bloomberg, Trump’s military and national security advisors recommend deploying an additional 50,000 troops, “according to a classified US intelligence community assessment.” It’s partly about propping up Kabul’s puppet regime, mostly to continue endless war, unwilling to acknowledge a long ago lost cause. Surge, if ordered, assures greater mass slaughter and destruction than already, no possible chance of winning a lost war, just waging it endlessly. According to ...
The War on Yemen and Trump’s Foreign Trip
Post Date: 2017-05-16 13:51:57 by bush_is_a_moonie
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Describing Trump’s agenda for his first foreign trip, his National Security Advisor recently said this: “He [Trump] will encourage our Arab and Muslim partners to take bold, new steps to promote peace and to confront those, from ISIS to al-Qaida to Iran to the Assad regime, who perpetuate chaos and violence that has inflicted so much suffering throughout the Muslim world and beyond,” McMaster said. McMaster’s description is hard to take seriously for a few reasons. First, the Saudis and their allies are busily perpetuating chaos and violence in Yemen, and some of them have been responsible for doing the same in Syria for years. These states have no problem perpetuating ...
Congress Should Just Say No to Trump’s Afghanistan Surge
Post Date: 2017-05-16 08:25:26 by Ada
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With the US occupation of Afghanistan well into its sixteenth year and the country no closer to becoming a stable democracy than it was in late 2001, Antiwar.com reports that this isn’t an “all options are on the table” scenario. President Donald Trump seems to have rejected the idea of withdrawing US troops and ending the war. Instead, he intends to become the third president in a row to roll the dice on a “surge” – that is, to send in more troops (the initial estimate is anywhere from 3,000 to 5,000 more in addition to the current 8,400) and hope for the best. That idea has never worked before and it’s not going to magically start working now. If ...
What's next....gas chambers ??
Post Date: 2017-05-15 17:07:39 by Rube Goldberg
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High quality global journalism requires investment. Please share this article with others using the link below, do not cut & paste the article. See our T&Cs and Copyright Policy for more detail. Email ftsales.support@ft.com to buy additional rights. https://www.ft.com/content/28a693d0-399b-11e7-821a-6027b8a20f23 The US believes the Syrian government has built a crematorium to dispose of bodies at a military prison outside the capital Damascus where prisoners are being killed at a rate of up to 50 a day. Stuart Jones, acting assistant secretary for Near Eastern Affairs, who attended Russian-brokered peace talks at Astana this month, presented photographic documentation on ...
Top NSA Whistleblower: Ransomware Hack Due to “Swindle of the Taxpayers” by Intelligence Agencies
Post Date: 2017-05-15 09:19:13 by Ada
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What should we make of the global ransomware attacks which happened today? We’ve documented that the intelligence services intentionally create digital vulnerabilities, then intentionally leave them open … leaving us exposed and insecure. Washington’s Blog asked the highest level NSA whistleblower ever* – Bill Binney – what he thinks of the attacks. Binney told us: This is what I called short sighted finite thinking on the part of the Intelligence Community managers. This is also what I called (for some years now) a swindle of the tax payers. First, they find or create weaknesses then they don’t fix these weaknesses so we are all vulnerable to attack. ...
President Trump: Toss Your Generals’ War Escalation Plans in the Trash
Post Date: 2017-05-15 07:41:12 by Ada
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By the end of this month, Defense Secretary James Mattis and National Security Advisor HR McMaster will deliver to President Trump their plans for military escalations in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria. President Trump would be wise to rip the plans up and send his national security team back to the drawing board – or replace them. There is no way another “surge” in Afghanistan and Iraq (plus a new one in Syria) puts America first. There is no way doing the same thing over again will succeed any better than it did the last time. Near the tenth anniversary of the US war on Afghanistan – seven years ago – I went to the Floor of Congress to point out that the war makes ...
The Decade-Long U.S. Campaign to Foment Syria’s “Revolution” and Unseat Assad
Post Date: 2017-05-13 09:41:20 by Ada
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Though many trace the beginning of the ongoing conflict in Syria back to the Arab Spring protests of 2011, the seeds of war were sown as early as 2001, when the U.S. decided to declare Syria an enemy. The events that followed would send the country into a violent downward spiral. President Bush gives his State of the Union address on Capitol Hill Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2002. Bush fleshed out his vision for the war on terrorism beyond Afghanistan, to a dozen countries that he said harbor terrorists and "an axis of evil" of three more that seek weapons of mass destruction, including Syria. (AP/J.Scott Applewhite) President Bush gives his State of the Union address on Capitol Hill ...
NYT Op-Ed Opposes De-Escalation in Syria
Post Date: 2017-05-13 07:14:25 by Stephen Lendman
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NYT Op-Ed Opposes De-Escalation in Syria by Stephen Lendman The Times and its contributors support imperial lawlessness - endless wars for transforming all sovereign independent states into US vassal ones, no matter the human cost. A May 12 Times op-ed headlined “Trump Should Be Wary of Putin’s Syria Plan,” saying: He’s not “leading…(He’s) following in Moscow’s wake. Mr. Putin’s plan of de-escalation, if accepted, would enhance Iran’s regional role and consolidate the regime of Bashar al-Assad of Syria, the very outcomes administration spokesmen have said they were trying to avoid.” Fact: Syria was invaded by US-recruited, armed, ...
UK Defense Secretary Calls Terror-Bombing Yemen Saudi Self-Defense
Post Date: 2017-05-12 08:17:34 by Stephen Lendman
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UK Defense Secretary Calls Terror-Bombing Yemen Saudi Self-Defense by Stephen Lendman Let’s see if I’ve got this straight. America has been drone-bombing Yemen since the Bush/Cheney years, largely killing defenseless civilians, yet media scoundrels ignore it. In March 2015, Obama launched preemptive war on the country without declaring it, conspiring with Saudi Arabia, creating a humanitarian disaster, at least 80% of the population affected - hundreds of thousands at risk of starvation, dying from preventable diseases or perishing from Riyadh terror-bombing. Media scoundrels largely abstain from covering a raging holocaust instead of condemning it. As long as they’re ...
Assad: Syria Combating Terrorists and Foreign Backers
Post Date: 2017-05-12 08:01:00 by Stephen Lendman
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Assad: Syria Combating Terrorists and Foreign Backers by Stephen Lendman Rogue states wanting Assad ousted and Syrian sovereignty destroyed include America, NATO, Israel, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and their allies - partners in high crimes against peace. Interviewed by Belarus’ ONT News Agency, Assad blasted foreign regimes supporting ISIS and other terrorist groups in Syria - all with a common thread, he said, representing “extremist Wahhabi ideology.” “And all of them are instruments in the hands of the United States” - Obama and now Trump waging war on his country. “…Western Europe doesn’t practically exist on the political map. Europe implements ...
Philippine forces call Beijing’s bluff in South China Sea
Post Date: 2017-05-11 11:25:57 by HAPPY2BME-4UM
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Buildings are seen Friday on the Philippines-controlled Thitu Island, also known as Pagasa, in the Spratly chain of islands in the disputed South China Sea. | REUTERSThe Philippines has begun moving military forces to the disputed Pag-asa Island in the South China Sea(WASHINGTON, DC) Pag-asa Island is claimed by both Manila and Beijing and according to a Philippine general the pacific U.S. ally has plan to build infrastructure and lengthen the airstrip on the island.The troops and initial supplies arrived at Pag-asa Island last week, Lt. Gen. Raul del Rosario, head of the Philippine military's Western Command, said as quoted by AP.Some 1.6 billion pesos (US$32 million) has been set ...
U.S. Military to Move ‘Very Quickly’ in Arming Syrian Kurds Despite Turkish Opposition
Post Date: 2017-05-11 09:10:10 by HAPPY2BME-4UM
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U.S. forces, accompanied by Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) fighters, drive their armoured vehicles near the northern Syrian village of Darbasiyah, on the border with Turkey / Getty Images The U.S. military will move forward "very quickly" with plans to distribute weapons and ammunition to Kurdish YPG fighters battling the Islamic State in Syria despite opposition from NATO ally Turkey, a Pentagon spokesman said Wednesday. "We've got a certain amount of supply in the country already that was used to equip the Syrian Arab Coalition and some of that may be distributed very quickly," Air Force Col. John Dorrian, a spokesman for Operation Inherent Resolve, ...
Trump Approves Heavy Weapons for Kurds, Afghanistan Surge Likely
Post Date: 2017-05-10 07:23:09 by Stephen Lendman
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Trump Approves Heavy Weapons for Kurds, Afghanistan Surge Likely by Stephen Lendman Trump straightaway in office proved his noninterventionist campaign promises were baloney! He escalated Bush/Cheney/Obama wars in Syria, Iraq and Yemen, threatens possible nuclear war on the Korean peninsula, dashed hoped for improved relations with Russia, and likely intends sending thousands more combat troops to Afghanistan - America’s longest war, lost years ago. No increased US troop strength can change things. America’s presence is the root cause of raping and destroying the country, devastating long-suffering Afghans - ruled by illegitimate pro-Western puppet governance. Trump abdicated ...
U.S. Military's Most Powerful Cannon - Electromagnetic Railgun - Shoots 100 miles - Mach 7
Post Date: 2017-05-10 03:42:43 by HAPPY2BME-4UM
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Published on Mar 16, 2017 The U.S. Navy is tapping the power of the Force (of Star Wars fame) to wage war. Its latest weapon is an electromagnetic railgun launcher. It uses a form of electromagnetic energy known as the Lorentz force to hurl a 23-pound projectile at speeds exceeding Mach 7. Engineers already have tested this futuristic weapon on land, and the Navy plans to begin sea trials aboard a Joint High Speed Vessel Millinocket in 2016. “The electromagnetic railgun represents an incredible new offensive capability for the U.S. Navy,” Rear Adm. Bryant Fuller, the Navy’s chief engineer, said in a statement. “This capability will allow us to effectively counter a ...
Syria Supports De-Escalation Zones, Rejects UN Involvement
Post Date: 2017-05-09 07:53:23 by Stephen Lendman
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Syria Supports De-Escalation Zones, Rejects UN Involvement by Stephen Lendman On Monday, Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem said his government supports the Russian, Iranian, Turkish plan, adding: Agreement reached aims to stop “bloodshed and improve the living conditions of the Syrian population…” He expressed “hope that all armed parties will be committed to the provisions of the memorandum. But if any violation takes place, the Syrian army will be prepared to respond in a decisive manner.” Thanking the courage and resilience of Syria’s people and military, he said “we are exerting all possible efforts to prevent foreign interference in (our) ...
Congressional Expert: North Korea Prepping EMP Catastrophe Aimed At U.S. Homefront
Post Date: 2017-05-08 08:52:31 by HAPPY2BME-4UM
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Congressional Expert: North Korea Prepping EMP Catastrophe Aimed At U.S. Homefrontby Aaron Klein8 May 2017TEL AVIV – While the international community and news media focus on North Korean missile tests and the country’s nuclear program, one expert warned on Sunday that North Korea may be secretly assembling the capability to take out significant parts of the U.S. homeland via an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) attack. Dr. Peter Vincent Pry is executive director of the Task Force on National and Homeland Security and is the chief of staff of the Congressional EMP Commission. Speaking on this reporter’s talk radio program, Pry pointed to two North Korean satellites that are ...
US, Saudi Arabia Negotiating Major Arms Deal
Post Date: 2017-05-07 07:31:14 by HAPPY2BME-4UM
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US, Saudi Arabia Negotiating Major Arms Deal Via TOI:The United States is seeking to finalize arms deals worth tens of billions of dollars with Saudi Arabia ahead of US President Donald Trump’s visit to Riyadh later this month, Reuters reported Friday. Trump is due to arrive in Saudi Arabia in late May as part of his first foreign trip since becoming US president, after which he will visit Israel. He is also set to travel to the Vatican, as well as NATO and G7 summits in Brussels and Sicily. The proposed weapons contracts are said to include the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense anti-missile system (THAAD), which costs $1 billion and was recently deployed by the US in South Korea to ...
America's Brilliant New Exit Plan in Afghanistan: Never Leave
Post Date: 2017-05-06 08:56:30 by Ada
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The Pentagon knows it can not exit Afghanistan on its own terms, so it would rather just keep it forever The surge worked! That was the buzzphrase of 2008. Supposedly the 20,000 extra troops Bush ordered into Iraq for a year had calmed the situation so much the US could now proclaim victory and gradually withdraw from the country. In reality the extra troops had done nothing. What had really happened was that the US – as it had done in so many of its wars – finally accepted a deal it could have had all along. US accepted local insurgent control of Sunni areas, and these in turn booted out foreign fighters and al-Qaeda in Iraq. Nonetheless the surge myth was born. All the US ...
Pentagon Intends Continued Aerial Operations in Syria De-Escalation Zones
Post Date: 2017-05-06 07:47:33 by Stephen Lendman
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Pentagon Intends Continued Aerial Operations in Syria De-Escalation Zones by Stephen Lendman Washington wants endless war and regime change in Syria, not conflict resolution for peace and stability throughout the country. On Thursday, Russia, Iran and Turkey agreed on creating four de-escalation zones in the Syria, these nations serving as guarantors. Sergey Lavrov said America “proposed (the idea) at the beginning of this year, with a view to creating conditions to ensure safety of the civilian population, to stop violence in those regions where fierce fighting was underway between government and armed opposition forces.” Not exactly following Thursday’s announcement. ...
Experts Agree: McMaster Is a Major McAsshole
Post Date: 2017-05-05 10:21:47 by Ada
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Trump should fire his National Security Advisor and replace him with a potato. Less war, better advising While policy wonks are still deeply divided on how to fix America's completely broken healthcare system, everyone seems to agree that National Security Advisor H. R. McMaster is a major McAsshole. What dumb bullshit is McMaster advocating for now? We're very glad you asked, because that is the subject of this internet article. According to Bloomberg, Trump is likely to sign off on a plan drawn up by McMaster which "calls for a more robust American presence in the fight to stabilize Afghanistan". So basically: Washington is going to double-down on the same failing ...
North Korea accuses US, South Korea of assassination attempt
Post Date: 2017-05-05 09:08:38 by HAPPY2BME-4UM
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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- North Korea on Friday accused the U.S. and South Korean spy agencies of an unsuccessful assassination attempt on leader Kim Jong Un involving bio-chemical weapons. In a statement carried on state media, North Korea's Ministry of State Security said it will "ferret out and mercilessly destroy" the "terrorists" in the CIA and South Korean intelligence agency for targeting its supreme leadership. North Korea frequently lambasts the United States and South Korea, but its accusation Friday was unusual in its detail. The ministry said the spy agencies in June 2014 "ideologically corrupted and bribed" a North Korean citizen who had ...
De-Escalation Zones in Syria: Hold the Cheers
Post Date: 2017-05-05 08:00:45 by Stephen Lendman
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De-Escalation Zones in Syria: Hold the Cheers by Stephen Lendman On Thursday, Russia, Turkey and Iran signed a memorandum in Astana, Kazakhstan on establishing four de-escalation zones in Syria - these countries acting as guarantors. According to Tass, zones will be in “Idlib province and some neighboring territories (Latakia, Hama and Aleppo) to the north of Homs, East Ghouta and some provinces in southern Syria (Daraa and Quneitra).” Checkpoints will be set up on borders of zones for security, safe passage of civilians, and delivery of humanitarian aid. “Points of monitoring the ceasefire will be also arranged there,” Tass explained. Russia’s Presidential ...
de-Escalation Zones in Syria: Hold the Cheers
Post Date: 2017-05-05 08:00:11 by Stephen Lendman
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De-Escalation Zones in Syria: Hold the Cheers by Stephen Lendman On Thursday, Russia, Turkey and Iran signed a memorandum in Astana, Kazakhstan on establishing four de-escalation zones in Syria - these countries acting as guarantors. According to Tass, zones will be in “Idlib province and some neighboring territories (Latakia, Hama and Aleppo) to the north of Homs, East Ghouta and some provinces in southern Syria (Daraa and Quneitra).” Checkpoints will be set up on borders of zones for security, safe passage of civilians, and delivery of humanitarian aid. “Points of monitoring the ceasefire will be also arranged there,” Tass explained. Russia’s Presidential ...
Fabricated HRW Report on CW Use in Syria
Post Date: 2017-05-05 07:50:52 by Stephen Lendman
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Fabricated HRW Report on CW Use in Syria by Stephen Lendman Human Rights Watch’s latest report reads like a Pentagon press release - a despicable attempt to blame Syria for CW attacks it had nothing to do with. Claiming nonexistent evidence, it said at least four government CW attacks occurred in recent months. They’ve been NONE - toxic agents only used by ISIS, al Nusra and other US-supported terrorists. HRW’s report further tarnished its long ago discredited reputation more than already, disgracefully claiming recent CW attacks “are part of a broader pattern of Syrian government forces’ use of” these weapons - calling them “widespread and ...
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