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Obama Vows More Middle East Wars
Post Date: 2015-05-17 07:41:38 by Stephen Lendman
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Obama Vows More Middle East Wars by Stephen Lendman Candidate Obama promised hope, peace and change. President Obama delivered duplicity, betrayal and endless wars of aggression against nations posing no threat to America or its neighbors. He represents rogue leadership writ large. His rap sheet exceeds the worst of his predecessors - lawless, anti-progressive, one-sidedly pro-business and pro-war on humanity. He deplores peace and stability. He goes all-out to prevent their emergence. He's destroying fundamental freedoms in plain sight. Core international, constitutional and US statute laws don't matter. Police state justice replaced them. America's phony war on terror ...
US Strategy: Bombing Yemen Back to the 19th Century
Post Date: 2015-05-15 12:30:10 by Stephen Lendman
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US Strategy: Bombing Yemen Back to the 19th Century by Stephen Lendman On March 26, US-orchestrated/Saudi-led terror-bombing began - supplemented by imported takfiri death squad attacks. Civilians are prime targets. Obama is systematically destroying Yemen - the way Washington ravaged Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya and Syria. US strategy is total dirty war without mercy - including deliberately targeting civilian neighborhoods, schools, hospitals, power facilities, refugee camps, food depositories, vital infrastructure and other nonmilitary targets. Riyadh's so-called 5-day ceasefire (beginning Tuesday) continues being punctuated by terror- bombings and ground attacks. According to ...
Kiev Heads Toward Resuming Full-Scale War on Donbass
Post Date: 2015-05-15 11:47:39 by Stephen Lendman
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Kiev Heads Closer to Resuming Full-Scale War on Donbass by Stephen Lendman Poroshenko awaits Obama's OK to launch it. He openly promised continued war until fascist opponents are crushed. "We will fight to the last drop of blood," he blustered. He continues irresponsible ranting about nonexistent "Russian aggression." Ukraine is a US-installed fascist police state. Fundamental democratic rights are prohibited - including a free and open media. On Thursday, thuggish Ukrainian security forces shut down Odessa's Timer independent online news service. Its editor-in-chief, Yuri Tkachov, three journalists and web site administrator were arrested. They'll ...
Lapdogs, redux: How the press tried to discredit Seymour Hersh’s bombshell reporting on CIA domestic spying
Post Date: 2015-05-15 07:29:30 by Ada
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Seymour_Hersh-IPSSeymour Hersh found himself in the middle of an F-5 shitstorm this week after breaking his biggest blockbuster story of the Obama Era, debunking the official heroic White House story about how Navy SEALs took out Osama Bin Laden in a daring, secret nighttime raid in the heart of Pakistan. According to Hersh’s account, OBL was given up by one of his Pakistani ISI prison wardens—our Pakistaini allies had been holding him captive since 2006, with backing from our Saudi allies, to use for leverage. Hersh’s account calls into question a lot of things, starting with the justification for the massive, expensive, and brutal US GWOT military-intelligence web, which ...
“I Am Not Backing Off Anything I Said”
Post Date: 2015-05-14 12:01:13 by Ada
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An interview with Seymour Hersh. In a blockbuster 10,000-word story for the London Review of Books this week, longtime New Yorker investigative journalist Seymour Hersh called into question the official account of the American raid that killed Osama Bin Laden, and argued that what is arguably seen as the apex of Barack Obama’s presidency is actually built on a lie. Hersh’s piece claims that Bin Laden was being held prisoner by the Pakistani military and intelligence service (the ISI), who were using him as a means to control Taliban and al-Qaida elements, and hoping to use him as leverage in their relationship with the United States. According to Hersh, who relied largely on an ...
Obama Wants Extreme Yemeni Pain and Suffering Inflicted
Post Date: 2015-05-14 10:14:00 by Stephen Lendman
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Obama Wants Extreme Yemeni Pain and Suffering Inflicted by Stephen Lendman Yemen is Obama's war. Saudis and other regional states are convenient US proxies - waging premeditated aggression against a sovereign independent state threatening no one. A previous article explained halting hostilities for five days is a thinly veiled PR stunt - ignoring US imperial lawlessness to regain control over a former client state. US strategy involves inflicting maximum pain and suffering. Blockade continues preventing enough vital humanitarian aid from reaching millions of needy Yemenis. Amounts permitted in are woefully inadequate. Iran's cargo ship "Rescue" is en route with food, ...
Inside the CIA’s Use of Terror During the Vietnam War
Post Date: 2015-05-14 08:19:20 by Ada
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Author Douglas Valentine discusses how the Phoenix Program set the stage for the War on Terror. The CIA’s Phoenix program changed how America fights its wars and how the public views this new type of political and psychological warfare, in which civilian casualties are an explicit objective. The CIA created Phoenix in Saigon in 1967 to identify the civilian leaders and supporters of the National Liberation Front; and to detain, torture, and kill them using every means possible, from B-52 raids and “Cordon and Search” operations, to computerized blacklists, secret torture centers, and death squads. Originally called ICEX-SIDE (Intelligence Coordination and Exploitation – ...
Fidel Castro's Remarks on the 70th Anniversary of Russia's Great Patriotic War
Post Date: 2015-05-13 14:17:58 by Stephen Lendman
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Fidel Castro's Remarks on the 70th Anniversary of Russia's Great Patriotic War by Stephen Lendman Fidel is a living legend - bigger than life, remarkable by any standard, a hero to Cubans and millions worldwide. He recovered from serious illness that nearly took him. His inner strength and redoubtable spirit saved him. He's an inspiration to us all. In August, he'll reach age 89. His intellect and spirit remain strong. The flesh isn't what it used to be - nor for most anyone after 80 years. He still writes occasional articles and reflections - always with important thoughts to convey - this time on "Our right to be Maxist-Leninists." His article was ...
Saudis Violate Agreed On 5-Day Truce in Yemen
Post Date: 2015-05-13 13:12:02 by Stephen Lendman
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Saudis Violate Agreed On 5-Day Truce in Yemen by Stephen Lendman Riyadh's proposed 5-day ceasefire is a duplicitous thinly veiled PR stunt ignoring what matters most - halting Obama's aggression using Saudis and other regional rogue states as convenient proxies to do his dirty work. Announced short-term cessation of hostilities is meaningless. Rogue states operate by their own rules. Saudi terror-bombing continued after its proposed pause, effective 11PM Tuesday evening local time. Multiple airstrikes targeted Hajja, Saada and Lahij province - in blatant violation of announced truce. Dozens were killed or wounded. Residential areas and civilian infrastructure were struck. On ...
Bin Laden’s End: The Truth Comes Out
Post Date: 2015-05-13 07:50:42 by Ada
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What we’re learning from Seymour Hersh’s bombshell story Who said this?: “I’m not saying that they’re at the highest levels, but I believe that somewhere in this government are people who know where Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda is, where Mullah Omar and the leadership of the Afghan Taliban is, and we expect more cooperation to help us bring to justice, capture or kill those who attacked us on 9/11." That was Hillary Clinton, almost exactly four years ago. Her remarks caused a storm of controversy – not in the US, where suspicion of the Pakistanis was rife, but in Pakistan, where the US was already in trouble due to drone attacks that routinely kill ...
NBC: Sources Confirm Reporter's Exposé on bin Laden Raid
Post Date: 2015-05-12 16:52:11 by BTP Holdings
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NBC: Sources Confirm Reporter's Exposé on bin Laden Raid Image: NBC: Sources Confirm Reporter's Exposé on bin Laden Raid April 25, 2012 photo of Pakistani laborer working at a house in front of the demolished compound of slain Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, in northern Abbottabad. (Aamir Queshi/AFP/GettyImages) Tuesday, 12 May 2015 11:09 AM By Melanie Batley After Seymour Hersh claimed in a lengthy exposé that the Obama administration inaccurately took full credit for the killing of Osama bin Laden, more sources have come forward to confirm his account. Two intelligence sources have told NBC News that the year before the U.S. raid that killed Osama bin ...
Kiev's Ongoing Aggression on Donbass
Post Date: 2015-05-12 13:30:54 by Stephen Lendman
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Kiev's Ongoing Aggression on Donbass by Stephen Lendman Minsk II ceasefire terms didn't end conflict. Kiev breached them straightaway - the way it did after two previous 2014 agreements. Nothing its fascist regime agrees to is worth the paper it’s written on. Low-level conflict continues. A previous article quoted US-controlled puppet Ukrainian president Poroshenko on state-controlled television saying: "The war will be over only when Ukraine regains control of Donbass and Crimea." "It will take as much time as it takes. The country’s territorial integrity must be priority number one." "We will use every way possible. We will be ...
US Defense Department's Fabricated Chinese Threat
Post Date: 2015-05-12 12:24:40 by Stephen Lendman
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US Defense Department's Fabricated Chinese Threat by Stephen Lendman The whole world knows China threatens no other nation. Its foreign policy is polar opposite America's. Like Russia, it deplores war. It promotes peace, stability and mutual cooperation among all nations. It prioritizes economic growth and development. Its accomplishments over the past three and a half decades reflect one of the great success stories in modern times - enough to roil officials in Washington. It's becoming the world's preeminent economic power by any measure. It's a powerhouse independent nation. Allied with Russia, it's a major deterrent to US global hegemony. A new Defense ...
'ATTACK THE MESSENGER' — Seymour Hersh defends his blockbuster bin Laden story
Post Date: 2015-05-12 08:47:36 by Ada
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Investigative journalist Seymour Hersh is pushing back against critics of his controversial story claiming the White House lied about key details of the Osama bin Laden raid. Soon after the story was published in the London Review of Books on Sunday night, former CIA officials and national-security experts slammed Hersh's reporting, with CNN's Peter Bergen calling the piece "a farrago of nonsense." And the White House blasted the story as full of inaccuracies and "baseless." When reached at home by Business Insider on Monday afternoon, Hersh addressed some of the criticisms of his reporting, which have centered around his reliance on anonymous sources and an ...
THE BIN LADEN RAID WAS A WORK OF FICTION, AND BARACK OBAMA SHOULD IMMEDIATELY RESIGN
Post Date: 2015-05-12 07:58:28 by Ada
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Pulitzer Prize winning investigative journalist Seymour Hersh has uncovered one of the biggest lies in modern American history It turns out that much of what the American public was told about the raid that killed Osama bin Laden was a blatant lie. According to Hersh, Osama bin Laden had been captured by Pakistan all the way back in 2006, and he was being held by the ISI as a prisoner at the Abbottabad compound that the Seals ultimately raided in 2011. In addition, Hersh says that the ISI and Pakistan’s military knew about the Seal raid in advance. Arrangements were made so that the Black Hawk helicopters could travel through Pakistani airspace safely, and the ISI guards at Osama bin ...
Obama DID NOT Kill Bin Laden!
Post Date: 2015-05-12 06:58:39 by Stephen Lendman
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Obama DID NOT Kill Bin Laden! by Stephen Lendman Claiming otherwise is one of his many Big Lies. On May 1, 2011, he willfully deceived the US public saying: "The death of bin Laden marks the most significant achievement to date in our nation's effort to defeat Al Qaeda." "Today's achievement is a testament to the greatness of our country and the determination of the American people." In last Sunday's London Review of Books, investigative journalist Seymour Hersh shredded Obama's Big Lie like others before him. Obama's official narrative "might have been written by (Alice in Wonderland author) Lewis Carroll," he said. It was a total ...
White House calls Seymour Hersh story about Osama bin Laden raid ‘baseless’
Post Date: 2015-05-11 17:17:50 by BTP Holdings
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White House calls Seymour Hersh story about Osama bin Laden raid ‘baseless’ Dylan Stableford Senior editor May 11, 2015 Dylan Stableford White House calls Seymour Hersh story about Osama bin Laden raid ‘baseless’ President Obama announcing the death of Osama bin Laden, May 1, 2011. (Photo: Brendan Smialowski/Getty Images) Famed investigative journalist Seymour Hersh is standing by his controversial account of the 2011 killing of Osama bin Laden despite a growing chorus of critics, including the White House, who say his version is flat-out wrong. “This is not a wager,” Hersh told CNN’s “New Day” ...
White House calls Seymour Hersh story about Osama bin Laden raid ‘baseless’
Post Date: 2015-05-11 17:17:44 by BTP Holdings
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White House calls Seymour Hersh story about Osama bin Laden raid ‘baseless’ Dylan Stableford Senior editor May 11, 2015 Dylan Stableford White House calls Seymour Hersh story about Osama bin Laden raid ‘baseless’ President Obama announcing the death of Osama bin Laden, May 1, 2011. (Photo: Brendan Smialowski/Getty Images) Famed investigative journalist Seymour Hersh is standing by his controversial account of the 2011 killing of Osama bin Laden despite a growing chorus of critics, including the White House, who say his version is flat-out wrong. “This is not a wager,” Hersh told CNN’s “New Day” ...
Kiev Demands Russia Pay $350 Billion for Destruction Its Own Aggression Caused in Donbass
Post Date: 2015-05-11 14:16:46 by Stephen Lendman
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Kiev Demands Russia Pay $350 Billion for Destruction Its Own Aggression Caused in Donbass By Stephen Lendman US-installed Kiev fascist putschists find new ways to elevate chutzpah to a higher level. In April 2014, they launched premeditated US proxy naked aggression against their own people in Donbass for wanting democratic rights everyone deserves. Mass slaughter and destruction followed. Civilians by far suffered most. Three agreements to end conflict failed - Minsk II the latest in February. Low-level fighting continues ahead of US/Kiev plans to escalate it full-blown. Hundreds of US combat troops and special forces are training Kiev's Nazi-infested National Guard and ...
Iran's Humanitarian "Rescue" Ship to Yemen
Post Date: 2015-05-11 07:42:09 by Stephen Lendman
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Iran's Humanitarian "Rescue" Ship to Yemen by Stephen Lendman Washington wants mass Yemeni casualties. It prioritizes overwhelming human suffering as a strategy to defeat resistance to its proxy war of aggression. Iran is the region's most prominent peacemaker. It vows not to let Yemen become another Gaza. It intends trying to deliver vital humanitarian aid despite US/Saudi efforts to block it. On Saturday, a cargo ship named "Rescue" set sail for Yemen. It carries 2,500 tons of medical supplies, food, water, tents and other needed aid. On board are human rights workers, doctors, other medical professionals, anti-war activists and Iranian journalists. A ...
Wait, President Obama Lied About Osama Bin Laden Assassination? Seymour Hersh Insists Pakistanis Assisted US
Post Date: 2015-05-10 21:18:42 by Ada
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President Barack Obama has been accused of lying about the details surrounding the assassination of Osama Bin Laden back in May 2011. Seymour Hersh has compiled a lengthy report for London Review Of Books that alleges Bin Laden was killed by U.S. forces who worked in conjunction with Pakistani intelligence agencies. In fact, Seymour Hersh has reported that Bin Laden was being held prisoner inside the Abbottabad compound that he was eventually killed inside for several years. Seymour Hersh’s 10,000 word report is much different to how President Barack Obama and his administration documented the raid, which resulted in Bin Laden’s death. Hersh wrote, “The White House still ...
Phony US/Saudi Proposed 5-Day Truce in Yemen
Post Date: 2015-05-10 11:50:52 by Stephen Lendman
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Phony US/Saudi Proposed 5-Day Truce in Yemen by Stephen Lendman A proposed 5-day humanitarian pause belies weeks of relentless terror-bombing harming civilians most - deliberately mass murdering them in cold blood. Pausing in genocidal slaughter is subterfuge. It ignores US-orchestrated/Saudi-led naked aggression against a nation threatening no others. It does nothing to address their illegal blockade - willfully preventing essential to life humanitarian aid from reaching Yemenis in need. At the same time, Houthis are wrongfully blamed for defending themselves against pro-Saudi forces, imported takfiri death squads and by retaliating cross-border. On Saturday, UN humanitarian ...
Obama's Duplicitous V-Day Remarks
Post Date: 2015-05-10 07:39:27 by Stephen Lendman
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Obama's Duplicitous V-Day Remarks by Stephen Lendman Obama and Vladimir Putin are geopolitical polar opposites. Russia's leader supports peace, stability and mutual cooperation among all countries. He believes nation-state sovereignty is inviolable. He embraces UN Charter and other fundamental rule of law principles. He opposes interfering in the internal affairs of other nations. He believes no country may attack another except in self-defense - and only if Security Council members authorize it as core international law stipulates. Obama thrives on endless wars of aggression, violence and instability. He claims a divine right to intervene against other nations at his ...
Ukraine Commemorates V-Day by Waging War and Honoring Nazi Criminals
Post Date: 2015-05-09 13:21:02 by Stephen Lendman
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Ukraine Commemorates V-Day by Waging War and Honoring Nazi Criminals by Stephen Lendman US-installed Ukrainian fascists commemorated Poroshenko's established victory in Europe Day of Remembrance by vowing to "destroy Moscow," free its people, and let them "shape their own future." Ukrainian ultranationalists attending a May 8 commemoration included 14th SS Waffen Grenadier division veterans, Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) members, and Nazi-infested volunteer battalions involved in what they call "the Russian-Ukrainian war." Svoboda party overt Nazis participated. Their slogan is "Ukraine for the Ukrainians" - meaning ethnically pure, free of ...
Washington and Saudis Plan Escalated Aggression on Yemen
Post Date: 2015-05-08 12:37:47 by Stephen Lendman
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Washington and Saudis Plan Escalated Aggression on Yemen by Stephen Lendman On Thursday, John Kerry met with Saudi officials in Riyadh. They planned escalated aggression on Yemen harming defenseless civilians most. A so-called proposed 5-day humanitarian ceasefire is phony. Terror-bombing continues. US/Saudi enforced blockade prevents enough essentials to life from entering Yemen. Suggesting a limited pause in fighting is willful deception. Washington wants all-out terror war against 25 million Yemenis. It wants control regained over its former client state - no matter how much mass slaughter and destruction it takes to achieve it. It bears repeating what other articles stressed. ...
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