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Latest Articles: War, War, War
Former Saddam Officers Dominate ISIS Ranks
Post Date: 2015-08-09 11:40:48 by Stephen Lendman
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Former Saddam Officers Dominate ISIS Ranks: US Recruits? by Stephen Lendman Global Research.ca reported former US Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) head/retired Lt. General Michael Flynn citing official US documents telling Al Jazeera creating ISIS was “a willful (Obama administration) decision.” A strategic one serving US interests. Its insurgents aren’t an independent entity or enemy to be destroyed. The so-called war on ISIS is a complete fabrication - as phony as America’s “war on terror.” Washington ignores Security Council Resolution 2178 (September 2014) calling on member states to “suppress the recruiting, organizing, transporting, equipping ...
John Kerry on the Vietnam War: Earlier and Now
Post Date: 2015-08-09 06:17:04 by Stephen Lendman
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John Kerry on the Vietnam War: Earlier and Now by Stephen Lendman From August 4 - 8, Kerry visited five Asian countries, including the ASEAN Regional Forum in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, ending his trip in Hanoi, Vietnam - enlisting support against legitimate Chinese activities in its own waters, risking direct confrontation to solidify Washington’s military footprint in a part of the world not its own. He highlighted America’s current relationship with its former foe - ludicrously calling earlier US Southeast Asian naked aggression “a diplomatic failure.” Saying “(t)he war that took place here half a century ago divided each of our countries and stemmed from ...
Obama Heads for Full-Scale War on Syria
Post Date: 2015-08-08 07:38:10 by Stephen Lendman
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Obama Heads for Full-Scale War on Syria by Stephen Lendman It’s been coming for a long time - facilitated by repeated Big Lies about Bashar al-Assad, ignoring his overwhelming public support, especially for defending Syria responsibly against imported Islamic State and other takfiri terrorists, enlisted by Washington as foot soldiers to topple his government. Obama upped the stakes a year ago by authorizing the bombing of Syrian infrastructure targets, a bandit diktat without Security Council or congressional authorization - on the phony pretext of fighting IS. Now in collaboration with Turkey, plans are to establish illegal buffer and no-fly zones in northern Syria bordering ...
Report: Russian Hack on Pentagon the ‘Most Sophisticated’ in Military History
Post Date: 2015-08-07 22:53:38 by HAPPY2BME-4UM
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The Pentagon took down the Joint Staff unclassified email system after Russian hackers attacked the emails of 4,000 military and civilian personnel. The email has been offline for the past 11 days. US officials called the hack the “‘most sophisticated’ cyberbreach in U.S. military history.” In fact, the level of sophistication is so high the officials did not rule out is a “state entity” took part in the hack. They also told The Daily Beast they are “creating mock hacking scenarios” before the personnel can access the system. The hackers used a “spear phishing attack” to obtain personal information on numerous users. The attack occurred on ...
Gorbachev Fears Nuclear War
Post Date: 2015-08-07 12:12:31 by Stephen Lendman
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Gorbachev Fears Nuclear War by Stephen Lendman Aging and illness months earlier haven’t affected his outspokenness on issues as vital as preventing nuclear war. Interviewed by Spiegel Online, he said as long as these weapons exist, “sooner or later they will be used.” They’re not going away - at least no time soon. Washington intends spending $1 trillion over the next 30 years upgrading its already formidable arsenal - a warning of intent to use against Russia, China or any other nation challenging its quest for world dominance. Gorbachev’s message is clear. If these weapons aren’t eliminated, they’ll eliminate us. Founder of America’s nuclear ...
Sergey Lavrov Says US Spreads Global Terrorism
Post Date: 2015-08-06 13:58:30 by Stephen Lendman
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Sergey Lavrov Says US Spreads Global Terrorism by Stephen Lendman On April 4, 1967 (exactly one year to the day before his state-sponsored assassination), Martin Luther King called America “the greatest purveyor of violence in the world today” - in his Beyond Vietnam speech delivered at New York’s Riverside Church. America is “on the wrong side of a world revolution,” he said. It allies with “landed gentry (against) shirtless and barefoot people.” “(C)apitalists of the West invest huge sums of money in Asia, Africa and South America, only to take the profits out with no concern for the social betterment of the countries.” He accused Congress ...
Hiroshima and Nagasaki: Gratuitous Mass Murder
Post Date: 2015-08-06 06:37:35 by Stephen Lendman
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Hiroshima and Nagasaki: Gratuitous Mass Murder by Stephen Lendman The atomic age began on August 6, 1945 in real time - after its July 16 pre-dawn open-air birth in successful Alamogordo, NM testing. At the time, perhaps prophetically General Thomas Farrell said “(w)e were reaching into the unknown, and we did not know what might come of it.” Called by some “the father of the atomic bomb,” Robert Oppenheimer quoted from the Bhagavad Gita saying: “Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.” August 6 marks the 70th anniversary of one of history’s great crimes, followed three days later by incinerating Nagasaki. At least 200,000 died, many others ...
US fighter jets ‘may target Syrian government’
Post Date: 2015-08-06 01:38:25 by Tatarewicz
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By approving the Pentagon’s proposal of expansion of airstrike rules of engagement, Obama has redefined who the US can hit, and it now includes Syrian government forces, retired US Air force Lieutenant Colonel Karen Kwiatkowski told RT. President Obama approved airstrikes in Syria on Friday. US warplanes could begin to target government forces in Syria if they consider them to be a danger to Pentagon-trained rebels. US officials say the force will be used to defend fighters from the Al-Qaeda linked Al-Nusra front. RT: How is the purpose of these expanded airstrikes in accordance with international law? Karen Kwiatkowski: I think I have to agree with the State Department that you ...
Propaganda Works: New Polls Show Most Americans Oppose Iran Nuclear Deal
Post Date: 2015-08-05 08:38:50 by Stephen Lendman
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Propaganda Works: New Polls Show Most Americans Oppose Iran Nuclear Deal by Stephen Lendman Three recent polls show most Americans oppose what they know little about or what’s potentially at stake. More on this below. The vast majority of Americans know virtually nothing about Iran, its history, culture, abhorrence of nuclear weapons and war, as well as its outreach to work cooperatively with all nations. They’re the most over-entertained, uninformed people anywhere - despite easy access to online and other ways to understand major issues touching their lives directly, as well as learn how their government at all levels betrays them. They’re easy marks for relentless ...
Washington’s Alliance With Syrian Jihadists
Post Date: 2015-08-05 07:02:28 by Ada
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We’re aiding our enemies who have sworn to kill us Remember when President Obama decided it was time to bomb Syria and was only stopped by a wave of widespread grassroots protest? After announcing his intent to bomb, Obama decided to seek congressional approval and go through the motions of asking permission – although reserving the right to do what he wanted in any event – perhaps because he realized the move would not be popular. And he was right about that: as congressional switchboards were overloaded with calls from outraged, war-weary citizens, one-by-one those members of Congress who were either on the fence or inclined to go along with the War Party changed their ...
Straight Talk on Syria
Post Date: 2015-08-05 05:56:19 by Stephen Lendman
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Straight Talk on Syria by Stephen Lendman Syria is a sovereign independent country threatening no others, an Israeli regional rival, a thorn in the side of Washington’s hegemonic aims, an ally of Iran and Hezbollah, a victim of US imperial ruthlessness. There’s nothing civil about Obama’s war on Syria despite official claims otherwise. Conflict was planned months in advance of its March 2011 onset, weeks after US-led NATO attacked Libya without just cause, Washington thinking both governments could be toppled in months - replaced by puppet regimes serving Western interests. One of many Big Lies proliferated about both governments claims popular sentiment rejected their ...
What Militarism Means
Post Date: 2015-08-04 08:53:43 by Ada
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Its perfect symbol isn’t Prussia, it’s the F-35. When we think of militarism, Prussians in spiffy uniforms goose-stepping down Unter den Linden probably comes to mind. Prussia’s fixation on her army was less an “ism” than a product of her geography, which stranded the country between two great land powers, France and Russia, with no natural defenses on her borders. Nonetheless, a cartoon from the Kaiser’s time depicts such militarism well. It shows a Berlin street full of people in various uniforms, all staring pop-eyed at a man in a suit. The caption reads, “A civilian! A civilian!” A book a friend recommended offers a supplementary definition of ...
US Airstrikes Kill Hundreds of Civilians in Syria and Iraq
Post Date: 2015-08-04 05:35:18 by Stephen Lendman
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US Airstrikes Kill Hundreds of Civilians in Syria and Iraq by Stephen Lendman US warplanes began bombing Iraqi targets in June 2014. Last September, US Syrian airstrikes followed. Washington falsely claims it’s waging war on the Islamic State (IS) - with pinpoint accuracy against positions and fighters targeted. Just the opposite. Bombing aims to destabilize Iraq and Syria more than already. Infrastructure sites are struck - not IS fighters as claimed. America is its de facto air force. US Central Command (CENTCOM) in charge of the air campaign falsely claims few civilian deaths at most - saying pinpoint targeting avoids them, one of the many Big Lies proliferated in all US wars. ...
New Russian White Book on Kiev Junta Crimes in Donbass
Post Date: 2015-08-03 14:32:16 by Stephen Lendman
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New Russian White Book on Kiev Junta Crimes in Donbass by Stephen Lendman Two Russian White Books on Ukraine last year revealed serious regime criminality. The first issued documented: (1) Horrendous violations of human rights. (2) Interference by America and EU countries in what’s happening in Ukraine, harming its people nationwide. (3) Weapons and violent methods used by Maidan protesters. (4) Restrictions on basic freedoms and crackdown on dissidents. (5) Discrimination based on ethnic background. (6) Religious persecution. According to Moscow's press service, content was "based on reports in the Russian and Western media, as well as statements by ...
UK Special Forces Fighting Assad in Syria
Post Date: 2015-08-03 12:20:20 by Stephen Lendman
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UK Special Forces Fighting Assad in Syria by Stephen Lendman On August 2, Britain’s Sunday Express newspaper headlined “SAS dress as ISIS fighters in undercover war on jihadis,” saying: “More than 120 members belonging to the elite regiment are currently in the war-torn country” covertly “dressed in black and flying ISIS flags,” engaged in what’s called Operation Shader - attacking Syrian targets on the pretext of combatting ISIS. Maybe covert US special forces and CIA elements are involved the same way. During Obama’s war on Libya, Britain deployed hundreds of Special Forces Support Group (SFSG) paratroopers - drawn from SAS (Special Air ...
Obama Orders Airstrikes to Defend ISIS in Syria
Post Date: 2015-08-03 05:13:27 by Stephen Lendman
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Obama Orders Airstrikes to Defend ISIS in Syria by Stephen Lendman Previous articles explained what Western officials and media scoundrels suppress. ISIS or ISIL or IS are US recruited, trained, armed, funded and directed Pentagon proxy foot soldiers doing Obama’s dirty work - to destabilize and/or topple governments where they’re deployed. Using them is part of Washington’s imperial strategy for unchallenged global dominance. They’re likely to show up almost anywhere. Mass slaughter, destruction, brutal atrocities and human misery follow - notably in Syria and Iraq. On August 2, the Wall Street Journal headlined “US to Defend New Syria Force From Assad ...
Syria govt forces battle rebels near regime bastion: monitor
Post Date: 2015-08-03 05:01:40 by Tatarewicz
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Yahoo... Beirut (AFP) - Syrian troops backed by Hezbollah fighters on Sunday pressed a counteroffensive against rebels near President Bashar al-Assad's coastal heartland, a monitoring group said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that more than 100 fighters have been killed in three days of intense clashes in the Sahl al-Ghab region of central Hama province. The area borders the Latakia province, a bastion of support for Assad and home to his ancestral village. A rebel alliance including Al-Qaeda's Syria affiliate, Al-Nusra Front, launched an offensive late Monday against Sahl al-Ghab, in a push threatening a string of pro-regime Alawite villages. The rebel alliance, ...
Cruz Goes Bat-shit for Jizrul
Post Date: 2015-08-02 20:29:50 by Lod
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Assad Honors Syria's Army
Post Date: 2015-08-02 13:21:26 by Stephen Lendman
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Assad Honors Syria’s Army by Stephen Lendman It represents the land component of Syria’s armed forces - its dominant military branch engaged in a heroic struggle against US and Israeli imperialism. Its origin dates from post-WW I - its modern incarnation since 1945. On July 31, Assad honored it on the 70th anniversary of its founding. He expressed thanks for over four years of heroically defending the Syrian people and homeland against US recruited, armed, funded, trained and directed death squads sent cross-border to commit horrendous atrocities - to destabilize and topple his government, to continue endless violence and chaos. “Because you embodied an example in ...
Syria's Refugee Crisis Just Got Worse
Post Date: 2015-08-02 05:37:32 by Stephen Lendman
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Syria’s Refugee Crisis Just Got Worse by Stephen Lendman US wars on humanity caused the gravest refugee crisis since WW II - millions displaced, mostly victims of imperial conflicts and chaos, suffering hugely, many perishing from deprivation, an appalling high crime too horrific to ignore. How do displaced people cope with limited access to nutritious food, at times any, inadequate or no medical care, lack of education for children and other essentials? How do they survive? How can anyone not experiencing their suffering imagine life in hellhole refugee camps or displacement on their own without minimal lifelines? Nearly half of Syria’s 23 million people are imperial war ...
US Neocon Urges War on Iran
Post Date: 2015-07-31 10:13:23 by Stephen Lendman
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US Neocon Urges War on Iran by Stephen Lendman Age hasn’t mellowed neocon lunatic Norman Podhoretz. At 85, he’s as outrageously over-the-top as ever. He urges mass murdering Iranians in a Wall Street Journal op-ed no respectable editors would touch. Journal editors featured it. Podhoretz urged the same criminal act numerous times before. The late Alex Cockburn called him an “apex neo-con.” He nicknamed him “Norman the Frother.” Journalist Bob Dreyfuss once called him a “wheezing neoconservative warhorse.” He’s a longtime apologist for Israel’s worst crimes - and America’s. His anti-Iranian rants border on delirium. He calls the ...
Russia Challenges America's Orwellian National Endowment for Democracy
Post Date: 2015-07-30 14:48:28 by Stephen Lendman
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Russia Challenges America’s Orwellian National Endowment for Democracy by Stephen Lendman NED’s duplicitous mission statement indicates a “dedicat(ion) to the growth and strengthening of democratic institutions around the world.” Its practices are polar opposite - a State Department-funded agency created to undermine democracy wherever it exists. It’s a global mischief-maker - a rogue agency financing anti-democratic groups and initiatives in scores of countries worldwide. Its objective is regime change - notably in independent nations like Russia. It subversively interferes in its electoral practices among other ways of targeting its sovereignty. Moscow’s ...
Irresponsibly Bashing Russia Veto Against Kangaroo MH17 Tribunal
Post Date: 2015-07-30 06:03:49 by Stephen Lendman
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Irresponsibly Bashing Russia Veto Against Establishing Kangaroo MH17 Tribunal by Stephen Lendman Neither Russia nor Donbass freedom fighters had anything to do with downing MH17. Not a shred evidence suggests it. Plenty points to Washington and Ukraine culpability. They had clear means, motive and opportunity - the key determinants for initiating a criminal proceeding. They and partnered nations want Moscow and rebels blamed for their crime. The Obama administration conspired with Malaysia, the Netherlands, Belgium, Australia and Ukraine for unprecedented Security Council authorization for a tribunal to absolve culpable parties responsible for the incident and declare innocent ones ...
Congress Infringes on Due Process: Votes to Allow Obama to Strip You of Right to Travel Without Trial
Post Date: 2015-07-29 22:55:33 by Horse
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Another day, another right lost to the political corruption in Washington. In a move that has garnered almost "no" media attention, the House of Representatives passed HR 237, known as the "FTO (foreign terrorist organization) Passport Revocation Act, which allows the "Obama administration the unilateral power to strip you of your passport and right to travel without a trial or even criminal charges." This piece of legislation did not receive a "recorded vote" due to the "uncontroversial" support and passed after only 15 minutes of "supposed" debate. For anyone caught up in this "web" wrongly, there is no recourse contained in ...
The War You Don't See -- John Pilger film
Post Date: 2015-07-29 22:42:54 by christine
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John Pilger's 'The War You Don't See' (2011) is a powerful and timely investigation into the media's role in war, tracing the history of 'embedded' and independent reporting from the carnage of World War One to the destruction of Hiroshima, and from the invasion of Vietnam to the current war in Afghanistan and disaster in Iraq. As weapons and propaganda become even more sophisticated, the nature of war is developing into an 'electronic battlefield' in which journalists play a key role, and civilians are the victims. But who is the real enemy? John Pilger says in the film: "We journalists... have to be brave enough to defy those who seek our ...
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