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Latest Articles: War, War, War
Obama’s Unaccountable Drone War
Post Date: 2015-05-08 08:22:00 by Ada
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The United States's targeted killing program has neither the controls nor the justifications the president promises. Drone Doubts Ironically, for a president who once ran for office promising “transparency” in government, the dreaded associated “a” word, “accountability,” has been somewhat difficult to discern. Even if government actions were transparent, which they are not, the ability of senior bureaucrats and politicians to make multiple bad decisions goes unchallenged when there is no accountability . The recent killing of two foreign captives in an errant drone strike in Pakistan has raised some serious questions about the government’s ...
DOCUMENTS: GREEN BERET WHO SOUGHT JOB AT CIA CONFESSED TO MURDER
Post Date: 2015-05-07 15:27:16 by Ada
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Featured photo - Documents: Green Beret Who Sought Job At CIA Confessed To Murder On September 14, 2011, the CIA sent an alarming message to the Pentagon: a decorated U.S. special operations commando admitted during a job interview with the agency to hunting down and killing “an unknown, unarmed” Afghan man. The claim triggered an investigation that spanned years and saw U.S. Army Major Mathew L. Golsteyn stripped of his Silver Star. While the admission has been reported in the press, the Army’s investigation into the alleged killing has been largely conducted in secrecy. The Intercept has obtained internal U.S. Army documents that detail elements of the military’s ...
Saudis May Go Nuclear
Post Date: 2015-05-07 14:40:43 by Stephen Lendman
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Saudis May Go Nuclear by Stephen Lendman Imagine nuclear weapons in the hands of a rogue state waging direct and proxy aggression on its neighbors at its discretion. Ruling Saudi family dictatorship thugs run things. Decapitations and public whippings are routine. So are imprisoning people for their political beliefs, torture, state-sponsored assassinations and disappearances, as well as blanket denial of fundamental human and civil rights. Imagine a regime this ruthless with nukes. Lunatics influencing policy claim a nonexistent Iranian nuclear threat. They urge developing Saudi atomic weapons to match what Iranians don't have, don't want and deplore. Imagine an arms race ...
US/Saudi Proposed 5-Day Ceasefire in Yemen: Hold the Cheers
Post Date: 2015-05-07 12:52:48 by Stephen Lendman
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US/Saudi Proposed 5-Day Ceasefire in Yemen: Hold the Cheers by Stephen Lendman On Thursday, John Kerry met his Saudi counterpart in high crimes against peace Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir in Riyadh. They proposed what they called a 5-day humanitarian pause after weeks of US-orchestrated/Saudi- led terror-bombing - including against civilian neighborhoods, refugee camps, schools, hospitals, food storage areas, power facilities and other vital infrastructure. Their proposal combines PR duplicity with strings. It requires Houthis to lay down their arms and stop fighting. It comes at the same time Saudi planes air-dropped weapons to Al Qaeda and other takfiri terrorists Riyadh recruited ...
Saudi king warns of Iran threat, rebels hit border town
Post Date: 2015-05-06 07:04:28 by Tatarewicz
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Yahoo... Riyadh (AFP) - Saudi Arabia's King Salman on Tuesday urged his fellow Gulf leaders to stand up to Iran, as Yemeni rebels backed by Tehran bombarded a Saudi border city. Salman's call came at a summit of Gulf monarchs in Riyadh also attended by French President Francois Hollande, who said his country was "by the side" of the Gulf's Arab nations. The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) summit came with international concern mounting over the impact on civilians of Saudi-led air strikes targeting Yemeni rebels. In a clear reference to Iran, Salman stressed the need to confront an external threat that "aims to expand control and impose its hegemony", ...
Did Reagan Win the Vietnam War?
Post Date: 2015-05-05 08:31:10 by Ada
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American Reckoning: The Vietnam War and Our National Identity, Christian G. Appy, Viking, 396 pages Had you asked my parents to identify the events that shaped the America of their time, they would have answered in unison and without hesitation. The Great Depression and World War II, which both experienced at first hand, cast their shadow over everything that followed and never lost their salience. Pinpointing events that shaped the America of our time is more complicated. Our era has included its fair share of ostensibly momentous episodes, beginning with the fall of the Berlin Wall and Operation Desert Storm but also including the Clinton impeachment, the Bush v. Gore election standoff, ...
US/Saudi Blockade Compounds Naked Aggression Against Yemen
Post Date: 2015-05-05 05:29:26 by Stephen Lendman
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US/Saudi Illegal Blockade Compounds Naked Aggression Against Yemen by Stephen Lendman No nation may attack another except in self-defense - only if authorized by Security Council members. Obama's war on Yemen is naked aggression by any standard. No Security Council authorization exists. Nor will any be forthcoming post-facto - or any other justification for waging war on a country threatening no others using Saudi-led proxies to do Washington's dirty work. So it can regain control of a former client state - no matter how many millions of lives potentially are at risk. Blockading Yemen's borders and airspace compounds America's lawless aggression. Riyadh would never ...
Former terror suspect well known to the FBI is named as one of two gunmen shot dead by cops after attack on anti-Islam 'draw Muhammad' art contest near Dallas
Post Date: 2015-05-04 17:07:58 by BTP Holdings
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Former terror suspect well known to the FBI is named as one of two gunmen shot dead by cops after attack on anti-Islam 'draw Muhammad' art contest near Dallas Elton Simpson, 30, and his roommate Nadir Soofi, 34, were gunned down after shooting a guard in the leg outside the Curtis Culwell Center in Garland, Texas on Sunday evening Simpson was convicted of lying to federal agents about traveling to Africa five years ago - but a judge ruled it could not be proved that he was going to join a terror group Their Phoenix, Arizona home has been surrounded and a bomb squad is carrying out a search The American Freedom Defense Initiative event had offered a $10,000 prize for the best ...
We just sat through the most terrifying presentation we've ever heard at a hedge fund conference
Post Date: 2015-05-04 16:36:51 by Ada
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Serial entrepreneur and inventor Jay Walker gave the most terrifying presentation at the Sohn Conference in New York. Walker is the chairman of TEDMED, the health edition of TED. In his presentation he explained that the technology for bioweapons today is more sophisticated and more widely available thanks to drones. He pulled out a drone and explained that drones are going to continue to get smaller and smaller like the size of an insect. "A high school biology teacher could weaponize these technologies," Walker said. "All you need is a small budget and a fantasy of immortality." The potential for harm is immense when you can attach toxins to drones and send them ...
US-Dominated NATO Readying for War on Russia?
Post Date: 2015-05-04 14:33:59 by Stephen Lendman
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US-Dominated NATO Readying for War on Russia? by Stephen Lendman Mounting evidence should scare everyone - especially with neocon lunatics in Washington driving policymaking. They deplore peace. They demand endless wars against all nations not subservient to America's will - puppet vassal states serving US interests, letting their resources be plundered for profit. Russia and China are prime targets - the only nations able to challenge America militarily, economically, and/or politically. Washington pressuring Japan and other Asian nations against China shows what Beijing faces. So does America's planned increased regional military presence. Growing numbers of US combat troops ...
US Wars Kill Mostly Civilians
Post Date: 2015-05-04 06:54:06 by Stephen Lendman
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US Wars Kill Mostly Civilians by Stephen Lendman Post-9/11 alone, millions of civilians perished in US direct and proxy wars. They were either in harm's way, deliberately targeted, or perished from war related violence, preventable diseases or deprivation. Washington, like Israel, considers noncombatant civilians legitimate targets. International law calls killing them a war crime. Obama's Iraq war and Syria bombing aren't against IS terrorists. They're US recruited proxy foot soldiers, supported by American air power. Washington's Friday's Aleppo area bombing murdered dozens of noncombatant civilians - not a single IS terrorist. None were targeted. ...
USA Today...Thousands dodge Ukraine army in fight with rebels
Post Date: 2015-05-03 23:26:46 by Tatarewicz
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KIEV — Kostyantyn Kovba never answers calls from unknown numbers on his mobile phone. The 23-year-old is afraid a military commissioner might summon him to serve in Ukraine's army to fight pro-Russian separatists in the east. When he visits his mother's house, they shutter the windows, lest a commissioner drops by. "We never even barbecue in the yard, because they may see and come over," he said. Kovba is one of 39,000 Ukrainians who have dodged military service in the first two months of 2015, according to the latest government figures. That's nearly 16% of the total numbers of soldiers supposed to be in the Ukrainian army. "Serving in the army is a ...
Saudis Using US-Supplied Banned Terror Weapons Against Yemeni Civilians
Post Date: 2015-05-03 12:32:40 by Stephen Lendman
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Saudis Using US-Supplied Banned Terror Weapons Against Yemeni Civilians by Stephen Lendman Israel and Saudi Arabia represent regional fascist police state viciousness. Fundamental international laws are systematically violated. Israel mass murders Palestinians with impunity. Saudi terror-bombing massacres Yemenis - willfully targeting defenseless noncombatant men, women and children. US-led Western nations provide full support and encouragement. Media scoundrels turn a blind eye to what demands daily denunciation. Earlier reports indicated Saudis attacked Yemen's Saada province with banned chemical agents. Toxic gas left scores of Yemeni civilians dead or injured. Witnesses and ...
Ukraine: A US-Supported Fascist Cancer in Europe's Heartland
Post Date: 2015-05-03 07:45:28 by Stephen Lendman
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Ukraine: A US-Supported Fascist Cancer in Europe's Heartland by Stephen Lendman As Russia and leaders from dozens of other countries prepare to celebrate Victory in Europe on May 9 in Moscow, the defeated scourge again threatens regional peace and stability - courtesy of US-installed and supported Ukrainian Nazi thugs. They celebrated May 2 as Victory Day - the infamous year ago day when Kiev-unleashed Right Sector Nazi thugs murdered hundreds of anti-regime Odessans wanting to live free from the scourge of fascism. City police did nothing while they shot, bludgeoned, strangled, hacked to death with axes, and threw defenseless victims from windows of Odessa's Trade Union House ...
Donetsk republic official comments on Poroshenko’s words on regaining Donbas and Crimea
Post Date: 2015-05-02 23:41:15 by Tatarewicz
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MOSCOW, May 1. /TASS/. President Petro Poroshenko saying that the war in Ukraine will end when Kiev regains Donbas and Crimea only leads to escalation of the conflict, the official envoy of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic to the Contact Group, Denis Pushilin, said on Friday. "Such statements of Poroshenko are aimed at escalating the conflict in Donbas. This once again confirms the fact that Kiev is not ready to implement all the conditions of the Minsk agreements," Pushilin was quoted by the Donetsk news agency as saying. The Donetsk republic’s negotiator said the words of the official Kiev reflect the similar stance of its "overseas sponsors" ...
Proposed US Strategy for Dominating China
Post Date: 2015-05-02 10:40:30 by Stephen Lendman
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Proposed US Strategy for Dominating China by Stephen Lendman US imperial policy prioritizes endless wars for unchallenged global dominance - madness by any standard at a time super-weapons can end life on earth. Russia and China are Washington's two main rivals - Moscow militarily, Beijing mainly for its growing economic dominance. It's now the world's largest economy based on purchasing power parity (PPP) - the cost of a representative basket of goods in one country v. another. Its growth since the 1980s is one of the greatest success stories in modern times - extraordinary by any standard, enough for Washington prioritizing regime change. It wants pro-Western stooge ...
Kiev's Poroshenko Vows Continued War
Post Date: 2015-05-02 08:39:14 by Stephen Lendman
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KIev's Poroshenko Vows Continued War by Stephen Lendman He lied agreeing to Minsk ceasefire terms. He violated them straightaway. He has no intention of observing them. Washington won't permit it. Obama wants escalated conflict. He's readying Ukrainian forces to launch it full-scale. He deplores peace and stability. So does Poroshenko. He's beholden to Washington controlling his geopolitical agenda. On state-controlled television, he said "(t)he war will be over only when Ukraine regains control of Donbas and Crimea." "It will take as much time as it takes. The country’s territorial integrity must be priority number one." "We will use ...
Washington Blocks Security Council Action on Vital Yemeni Humanitarian Needs
Post Date: 2015-05-02 07:21:32 by Stephen Lendman
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Washington Blocks Security Council Action on Vital Yemeni Humanitarian Needs by Stephen Lendman It bears repeating what other articles stressed. Yemen is Obama's war - another atrocity on his rap sheet affecting an entire country and its 25 million people in dire need of humanitarian aid to survive. Saudis and rogue regional allies are convenient US proxies - carrying out orders from Washington. They'd never attack another Arab country without America's OK, urging and support. Washington and Riyadh imposed air and sea blockade on Yemen - a blatantly illegal act on top of US planned and orchestrated naked aggression against an independent country posing no threat to others. ...
Gunslinger NATO Commander Believes War is Peace
Post Date: 2015-05-01 07:56:27 by Stephen Lendman
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Gunslinger NATO Commander Believes War Is Peace by Stephen Lendman US NATO commander General Philip Breedlove is part of America's lunatic fringe. He believes provoking Russia belligerently promotes world peace. He wants more US combat troops close to Russia's borders - more provocative military exercises antagonizing its leadership. He wants Nazi-infested Ukrainian military forces more heavily armed to the teeth with US heavy weapons than already. He wants war, not peace. In Thursday testimony before Senate Armed Services Committee members, he said: "I support the consideration of using offensive weapons to change the decision calculus on the ground (in Donbass) and to ...
Stalin Billboards Go up in Crimea Ahead of Victory Day
Post Date: 2015-04-30 15:36:35 by Jethro Tull
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SEVASTOPOL, Crimea — Apr 30, 2015, 12:02 PM ET Billboards with the image of Soviet dictator Josef Stalin have appeared all over Sevastopol in Russian-annexed Crimea in the run-up to Victory Day celebrations on May 9. The billboards reading "Eternal glory to the victors" are sponsored by the Communist Party, which has always praised Stalin's role in the defeat of Nazi Germany. Many Russian sailors and retired naval officers who served in the Soviet and Russian armed forces live in Sevastopol, the home port of the Black Sea Fleet. People in Moscow are divided as to whether similar billboards should appear in the Russian capital. Some admire Stalin because of his ...
Putin on WW II Hardships
Post Date: 2015-04-30 11:38:21 by Stephen Lendman
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Putin on WW II Hardships by Stephen Lendman May 9 marks the 70th anniversary of what Russians call the Great Patriotic War - representing victory over Nazi Germany. No nation endured more and today gets less credit than Russia. Without its contribution, Hitler might have won. No one knows for sure how many Russians perished. A 1993 Russian Academy of Sciences study estimated 26.6 million. Some independent Russian researchers believe 40 million died - including combatants and civilians. Millions more suffered serious injuries. Human misery endured can't be quantified. Large parts of Russia were devastated. Many years of rebuilding and recouping were required. Americans can't ...
Chances for Peace in Ukraine: Zero
Post Date: 2015-04-29 14:37:30 by Stephen Lendman
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Chances for Peace in Ukraine: Zero by Stephen Lendman Low-level US/ordered/Kiev initiated conflict before resumed full-scale may not last much longer. Over 1,500 US, UK, and Canadian combat troops are readying Ukraine's Nazi-infested National Guard and likeminded paramilitary battalions for resumed genocidal war on Donbass. Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) parliament speaker Andrey Purgin said foreign elements are training Ukrainian extremists already with "their hands up to the elbows in blood." Foreign mercenaries continue supporting Kiev. DPR Defense Ministry spokesman Eduard Basurin said US State Department enlisted Blackwater elements are involved. Washington ...
Saudis Terror-Bomb Sanaa Runway to Block Humanitarian Aid for Yemen
Post Date: 2015-04-29 09:37:19 by Stephen Lendman
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Saudis Terror-Bomb Sanaa Runway to Block Humanitarian Aid for Yemen by Stephen Lendman On Wednesday, Iran's Foreign Ministry blasted Riyadh's "vindictive and inhumane" terror-bombing of Sanaa International Airport's runway - to block Iranian humanitarian aid from arriving. Orders to do so came from Washington. A previous article said Obama wants Yemenis starved to death or dying from unavailable medical treatment for serious terror-bombing inflicted wounds. A Saudi spokesman called Sanaa's runway inoperable. Brig. General Ahmed Asseri said Tehran's cargo plane didn't coordinate with Riyadh and ignored warnings to turn back. The Iranian Red ...
Canadian military redcruiting in schools
Post Date: 2015-04-29 06:48:48 by Tatarewicz
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GoogleGroups.can.politics Targets Needed Apr 26 With the enthusiastic support of the Saskatchewan government, the Canadian military is partnering with Regina’s Public and Catholic school boards to provide basic military training to high school students. Students who complete the new Canadian Army Primary Reserve Co- op Program will receive $2,000 and two high school credits. According to a Saskatchewan government press release, upon completion of the program students will be eligible to be enrolled in the regular Canadian Army Reserve, which the Canadian military describes “as a part-time, fully integrated component of the Canadian Army.” Currently the “Reserve Co-op ...
Obama Threatens China with Nuclear Weapons
Post Date: 2015-04-28 13:38:07 by Stephen Lendman
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Obama Threatens China with Nuclear Weapons by Stephen Lendman No nation in world history ever threatened humanity's survival more than America. None operates more recklessly. Lunatics in charge wage endless wars of aggression against nonbelligerent countries. Peace and stability are verboten. Direct and proxy wars rage. More are planned. In six years in office, Obama waged preemptive wars of aggression against seven nations. He has lots more death and destruction in mind. Yemen is his latest atrocity. Ukraine heads toward resumed full-scale war at his discretion. He challenges Russia provocatively and recklessly - risking direct confrontation. His Asia policy threatens nuclear ...
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