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Latest Articles: War, War, War
Terrorist Leader Zahran Alloush's Death
Post Date: 2015-12-26 06:15:41 by Stephen Lendman
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Terrorist Leader Zahran Alloush’s Death by Stephen Lendman On Friday, a Syrian military statement said “(t)he Syrian air force has carried out airstrikes, following intelligence reports and assistance by respected citizens, targeting terrorist groups in the eastern suburb of Damascus. As a result, terrorist Zahran Alloush was killed.” He headed the Saudi-supported Islam Army (Jaish al-Islam) salafist umbrella group, representing thousands of fighters, operating from the eastern Ghouta area of Damascus. His father, Abdullah, is a salafist cleric. He rejected negotiations with Assad all along - called for eliminating all Shiites and Alawites from Damascus and greater Syria. ...
Cutting Off ISIS Oil Revenues Requires Attacking Its Operations at Their Source and Along Their Transport Routes
Post Date: 2015-12-25 11:34:43 by Stephen Lendman
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Cutting Off ISIS Oil Revenues Requires Attacking Its Operations at Their Source and Along Their Transport Routes by Stephen Lendman Russia degraded its Syrian oil smuggling. Its main source now comes from Iraq - with Libya to follow if it expands its Sirte stronghold to the nation’s oil operating areas. On Christmas day, Russian General Staff Lt. Gen. Sergey Rudskoy said state intelligence aerial imagery spotted nearly 12,000 oil tanker transport trucks on both sides the Turkish/Iraqi border. “(O)il from both Iraq and Syria comes through (the Zakho) checkpoint” in Iraqi Kurdistan, a few km from the Turkish border. “According to satellite data the number of oil ...
The Real Meaning of the 1914 Christmas Truce
Post Date: 2015-12-25 06:00:58 by Ada
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One hundred years ago last week, on Christmas Eve, 1914, German and British soldiers emerged from the horrors of World War One trench warfare to greet each other, exchange food and gifts, and to wish each other a Merry Christmas. What we remember now as the “Christmas Truce” began with soldiers singing Christmas carols together from in the trenches. Eventually the two sides climbed out of the trenches and met in person. In the course of this two day truce, which lasted until December 26, 1914, the two sides also exchanged prisoners, buried their dead, and even played soccer with each other. How amazing to think that the celebration of the birth of the Prince of Peace could bring ...
Turkey: ISIS' Home Base
Post Date: 2015-12-25 05:32:45 by Stephen Lendman
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Turkey: ISIS’ Home Base by Stephen Lendman Turkey’s Erdogan is directly involved in letting ISIS fighters move freely cross-border to and from Syria and Iraq. He provides training, weapons and Turkish territory as a jumping off point to wage war against both neighboring countries - complicit with Washington, other key NATO partners, Israel and rogue Arab states. He assures they’re well financed by buying their stolen oil for black market resale, mainly to Israel. He’s involved in their illicit trafficking in drugs, antiquities and human beings, held for ransom or sold as slaves. Wiretapped evidence shows direct communications between Turkish military officials and ...
The Free Syrian Army Myth
Post Date: 2015-12-24 12:15:47 by Stephen Lendman
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The Free Syrian Army Myth by Stephen Lendman It’s a phantom army, virtually nonexistent, on paper only, a PR stunt, its so-called “moderates” allied with terrorist groups fighting Assad. On Wednesday, Fars News (FN) said elements calling themselves the Free Syrian Army (FSA) continue supplying terrorists fighting Assad with weapons. “The FSA is working side-by-side with al-Qaeda-affiliated groups and supplying them with US- made arms supplied to them by certain Persian Gulf countries like Saudi Arabia and Qatar in order to continue the fight against the Syrian Army,” FN explained. “FSA worked hand-in-hand with Al-Qaeda affiliates, providing them with ...
Turkey's War on Its Kurdish Population
Post Date: 2015-12-24 12:07:07 by Stephen Lendman
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Turkey’s War on Its Kurdish Population by Stephen Lendman Turkey is an Erdogan-run fascist dictatorship, masquerading as democratic, not a glimmer of its values in sight. It’s Kurdish communities resemble Occupied Palestine. Turkish soldiers and militarized police wage war on Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) members - freedom fighters wanting autonomy, democratic rights denied them, called terrorists to justify the unjustifiable. An earlier peace process collapsed last July. Open warfare followed. Turkey’s involvement in Syria and northern Iraq adds to ongoing belligerence. Kurdish freedom fighters are being attacked in Diyarbakir, Cizre, Silopi and Nusaybin - Ankara ...
Turkey Admits Act of War Against Russian Bomber
Post Date: 2015-12-24 05:39:19 by Stephen Lendman
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Turkey Admits Act of War Against Russian Bomber by Stephen Lendman On November 24, a Turkish Lockheed Martin-produced F-16 warplane willfully targeted and downed a Russian Su-24 bomber in Syria airspace. At the time, Ankara was caught red-handed lying, claiming it violated Turkish airspace. The action was a clear act of war - complicit with Washington, ordered by Erdogan after getting Pentagon permission. It was no accident. Moscow informs Washington of its daily Syrian sortie flight paths - to avoid accidental US/Russian confrontation in the same airspace. The Pentagon informed Turkey’s General Staff for the sole purpose of permitting the attack on the Russian bomber. Ankara ...
Turks, Kurds, Seymour Hersh and the Lies they Tell
Post Date: 2015-12-23 12:43:41 by randge
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Turks, Kurds, Seymour Hersh and the Lies they Tell By Gordon Duff, Senior Editor on December 22, 2015 I have five minutes to write this before heading out to a Christmas party with really good food I am probably not allowed to eat. As Jim Dean pointed out today, the Turks are continuing to bring in more troops, a fullscale invasion of Northern Iraq. As a bit of background, the Turks have been involved in large scale oil theft, oil and everything else, since 2012. Seymour Hersh was right when he pointed out that there never has been a “moderate terrorist” military force. What nobody points out is that the 4000 Turkish troops now moving into Iraq have mostly been taken ...
Russia Supports Anti-Terrorist Forces
Post Date: 2015-12-23 12:34:22 by Stephen Lendman
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Russia Supports Anti-Terrorist Forces by Stephen Lendman On Wednesday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov met with pro-Kurdish People’s Democratic Party of Turkey (HDP) co-chairman Selahattin Demirtas in Moscow. Ahead of his arrival, the Kurdish leader said he’d be discussing “recent tension between Turkey and Russia. Many people, many businesspeople and students, are affected by this tension.” Erdogan “closed all doors (to improving relations). We are effective, and we want to use our power.” HDP plans “open(ing) a party office in Moscow,” Demirtas said. His party was founded in 2012, combining several left-wing groups - including supporters ...
ISIS: A US Created/Supported Monster
Post Date: 2015-12-23 04:33:10 by Stephen Lendman
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ISIS: A US Created/Supported Monster by Stephen Lendman Western media and too few independent counterparts acknowledge what’s vitally important to know. ISIS, Al Qaeda and likeminded groups are US creations. They couldn’t grow and flourish without its significant support, along with from other Western countries and regional ones. Putin urges world unity in combating a menace too dangerous to ignore. He’s gotten few takers so far - on his own along with Syria, Iraq, Iran, and Hezbollah fighters committed to eliminate this scourge, spread to Libya, Afghanistan and elsewhere in Central Asia, separate articles explained. It released video footage showing its forces operating ...
US Extends Anti-Russian Sanctions
Post Date: 2015-12-23 04:24:39 by Stephen Lendman
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US Extends Anti-Russian Sanctions by Stephen Lendman Analysts believing recent G20 sideline talks between Putin and Obama, followed by Kerry meeting Lavrov and Russia’s president in Moscow changed anything better think again. Washington’s longstanding anti-Russian agenda remains unchanged - aiming to replace its sovereign independence with US-led Western puppet rule, what Moscow won’t ever tolerate. The latest evidence of US intentions came Tuesday. A hostile US Treasury statement extended earlier illegally imposed sanctions. US Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) acting director John E. Smith lied, saying: “It is critical that Russia takes the steps necessary ...
German TV Station makes (up) some news, Russian TV station investigates
Post Date: 2015-12-22 11:59:08 by Aragorn
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See link. Apparently, the German reporters paid some guy to pose as a Russian mercenary in Ukraine or... something. Not so sure what's really going on here.
SY HERSH: ISIS FUNDED BY USA
Post Date: 2015-12-22 08:44:26 by Ada
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Civil war brews between Pentagon and President Obama A look at Pulitzer Prize winning author Seymour Hersh’s expose on the military’s resistance to funding Syrian “moderate rebels” — a figment of the administration’s imagination. Hersh names names and takes it back to the summer of 2013 when the Obama administration was pushing the sarin gas attack as a basis for overt American involvement in Syria. Click for Full Text!
US Helps ISIS Gain New Stronghold in Libya
Post Date: 2015-12-22 05:23:20 by Stephen Lendman
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US Helps ISIS Gain New Stronghold in Libya by Stephen Lendman ISIS, Al Qaeda and other terrorist groups would be little more than annoyances without foreign backing. America bears full responsibility for creating these groups, using them as proxy foot soldiers to advance its imperium. It’s war on terrorism is a hoax. US warplanes serve as ISIS’ air force, bombing government targets in Syria and Iraq, wanting another battlefield in Libya after helping ISIS establish a new stronghold. Russia’s intervention in Syria foiled US strategy - perhaps to be followed cross-border in Iraq if Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi OKs it as key government officials urge. ISIS is being ...
U Navy Seals Involved in Afghan Detainee's Torture Death
Post Date: 2015-12-22 05:08:37 by Stephen Lendman
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US Navy Seals Involved in Afghan Detainee’s Torture Death by Stephen Lendman Post-9/11, torture became official US policy, nearly always used on innocent victims, disappeared into CIA/Pentagon black sites, some never seen again. US policy remains unchanged, despite Obama’s false claims otherwise. Guantanamo is the tip of the iceberg. A surprising detailed December 17 New York Times report headlined “Navy SEALs, a Beating Death and Claims of a Cover-Up.” Three US Navy Seals are accused of “stomp(ing) on…bound Afghan detainees and dropp(ing) heavy stones on their chests,” according to eyewitnesses, said The Times. “They stood on the ...
Assad to Visit Tehran
Post Date: 2015-12-21 13:09:41 by Stephen Lendman
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Assad to Visit Tehran by Stephen Lendman In October, Assad visited Moscow - unannounced for security reasons, flown on a Russian aircraft. It was his first foreign trip since Obama launched war on Syria in March 2011. His second trip abroad is imminent, this one publicly announced. Fars News and other Iranian media said he’s coming in late December or early January. For security reasons, he’ll be escorted by four Russian fighter planes. Washington and its coalition partners were alerted - told to stand down and not interfere. Russian aircraft have orders to “fire at will at any incoming aircraft,” said Fars News. Assad will travel through Iraqi airspace en route to ...
Hidden Jihadist Threat in Syria?
Post Date: 2015-12-21 05:30:58 by Stephen Lendman
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Hidden Jihadist Threat in Syria? by Stephen Lendman What motivates thousands of young men and some women to leave peaceful environs for conflict zones where the risk of death or serious injury is high? Certainly not hoped for monetary gain for most. Is it mainly ideology? Yet religious extremism doesn’t automatically indicate a predisposition to violence. Most often it’s expressed peacefully. Perhaps it’s anger at political systems doing nothing to help them. So they’re willing to fight and die for something better. French economist Thomas Piketty believes extreme Middle East and European social inequality is the key driver. Maybe youths vulnerable to mind ...
Libya 2.0 Ahead?
Post Date: 2015-12-21 05:21:39 by Stephen Lendman
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Libya 2.0 Ahead? by Stephen Lendman In 2011, US-led NATO ravaged and destroyed Africa’s most prosperous country - Jamahiriya “government of the popular masses by themselves for themselves.” “(T)he People (served) as president” through democratic committees and congresses - polar opposite America’s sham system, run exclusively by and for powerful monied interests. Gaddafi shared his nation’s oil wealth with all Libyans, providing generous rights and benefits ordinary Americans can’t imagine. His independence marked him for regime change. Libya today is a cauldron of endless violence and chaos, a testimony to the kind of dystopian harshness ...
We could cut traffic fatalities considerably by outlawing left turns and reducing the speed limit to 5 MPH.
Post Date: 2015-12-19 16:18:24 by PL213
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The demagogic exaggeration of the “terrorist threat,” which was the centerpiece of the last Republican debates, is easily deflated with just a moment’s thought. What is the chance that any particular resident of the United States will happen to be in the same place as someone who intends to murder in the name of the Islamic State, al-Qaeda, or some other cause? Less than minuscule. Many commonplace things are likely to kill you long before you encounter an Islamist, white-supremacist, or anti-abortion terrorist in the United States. Typically, we don’t find it worth the money it would take to substantially reduce those other risks. We could cut traffic fatalities ...
Putin Has More Tricks Up His Sleeve in Combating Terrorism
Post Date: 2015-12-19 12:48:05 by Stephen Lendman
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Putin Has More Tricks Up His Sleeve in Combating Terrorism by Stephen Lendman No one paying attention to his involvement in Syria against ISIS and other terrorist groups needs convincing about Russia’s formidable military capability. On Saturday, addressing a reception to mark Security Agency Worker’s Day, he said in less than so many words, you ain’t seen nothin yet. More on this below. He thanked and expressed admiration for attending professionals - for “reliably protecting Russia’s sovereignty and national integrity and the lives of our citizens, who are ready to perform the most complicated, responsible and dangerous assignments.” “These have ...
America First or World War III
Post Date: 2015-12-19 12:15:15 by christine
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“If you’re in favor of World War III, you have your candidate.” So said Rand Paul, looking directly at Gov. Chris Christie, who had just responded to a question from CNN’s Wolf Blitzer as to whether he would shoot down a Russian plane that violated his no-fly zone in Syria. “Not only would I be prepared to do it, I would do it,” blurted Christie: “I would talk to Vladimir Putin … I’d say to him, ‘Listen, Mr. President, there’s a no-fly zone in Syria; you fly in, it applies to you.’ “Yes, we would shoot down the planes of Russian pilots if in fact they were stupid enough to think that this president was the same feckless ...
Obama's Syria Strategy: Conflict Resolution His Successor's Problem
Post Date: 2015-12-19 12:09:25 by Stephen Lendman
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Obama’s Syria Strategy: Conflict Resolution His Successor’s Problem by Stephen Lendman Nearly five years of Obama’s war on Syria accomplished nothing strategically - nor will anything meaningful be resolved during the remainder of his deplorable tenure. His Syria legacy alone includes: • endless US naked aggression;
• hundreds of thousands dead or maimed for life;
• vast destruction, requiring many years to rebuild once conflict ends;
• US-supported ISIS and other terrorist groups controlling most of the country; and
• over half the population displaced, contributing heavily to the severest refugee crisis since ...
US Warplanes Bomb Iraqi Forces
Post Date: 2015-12-19 06:21:43 by Stephen Lendman
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US Warplanes Bomb Iraqi Forces by Stephen Lendman US rules of engagement violate core international laws - attacking nonbelligerent nations threatening no one, mercilessly slaughtering civilians, dismissing what it deplorably calls “collateral damage.” Human lives aren’t “collateral.” They too precious to be needlessly lost. In Iraq and Syria, Washington maintains the fiction of combating ISIS and other terrorist groups. It’s at war with both countries without declaring it, waging lawless aggression - striking Syrian armed forces two weeks earlier, inflicting casualties as well as destruction of arms, munitions and vehicles. On December 18, US warplanes ...
Another UN Resolution on Syria
Post Date: 2015-12-19 06:12:20 by Stephen Lendman
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Another UN Resolution on Syria: Hold the Cheers by Stephen Lendman On Friday, Security Council members unanimously adopted SC Res. 2254 on Syria. It calls for a ceasefire and diplomatic settlement to the long-running conflict - launched by Obama in March 2011 for regime change, using ISIS and other terrorist groups as imperial foot soldiers.. Washington’s key objective remains unchanged. Although SC resolutions are binding under international law, history shows they’re regularly breached or ignored unaccountably. Israel is Exhibit A. It flagrantly ignored numerous Security Council and General Assembly resolutions throughout its history, condemning or censuring its treatment ...
America’s Asymmetrical War Against the Muslim World
Post Date: 2015-12-19 06:00:51 by Ada
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The demagogic exaggeration of the “terrorist threat,” which was the centerpiece of the last Republican debates, is easily deflated with just a moment’s thought. What is the chance that any particular resident of the United States will happen to be in the same place as someone who intends to murder in the name of the Islamic State, al-Qaeda, or some other cause? Less than minuscule. Many commonplace things are likely to kill you long before you encounter an Islamist, white-supremacist, or anti-abortion terrorist in the United States. Typically, we don’t find it worth the money it would take to substantially reduce those other risks. We could cut traffic fatalities ...
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