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Latest Articles: War, War, War
US Combat Troops Prepare Ukraine for Escalated Aggression
Post Date: 2015-04-17 09:04:48 by Stephen Lendman
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US Combat Troops Prepare Ukraine for Escalated Aggression by Stephen Lendman Obama wants Donbass democracy crushed. He's preparing his fascist allies (overt Nazis) for escalated naked aggression. He's arming them with heavy weapons. Claims otherwise are Big Lies. He deployed US combat troops to prepare them for battle. He's doing it while Kiev systematically breaches Minsk ceasefire terms. Low-level conflict continues daily - heading toward resumed full-scale war at Obama's discretion. About 300 US paratroopers arrived in Ukraine on top of hundreds of other US special forces and combat troops already there. They'll train and perhaps directly participate with ...
US and Saudi Aggressors Want Yemeni Victims to Halt Conflict
Post Date: 2015-04-16 13:48:42 by Stephen Lendman
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US and Saudi Aggressors Want Yemeni Victims to Halt Conflict by Stephen Lendman They want unconditional surrender. They want what they won't get. Blaming victims is one of Washington's dirtiest games. Naked aggression is called liberation. Humanitarian intervention is claimed. Mass slaughter and destruction are considered democracy-building measures. Plundering countries for profit is called economic development. Yemen is Obama's latest atrocity. How many more countries will he rape - turn to rubble, mass slaughter defenseless civilians, and create appalling humanitarian crisis conditions? Saudi-led terror bombing continues massacring defenseless noncombatant men, women ...
Obama's War on Donbass: The Devastating Toll After One Year of Conflict
Post Date: 2015-04-16 13:32:04 by Stephen Lendman
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Obama's War on Donbass: The Devastating Toll After One Year of Conflict by Stephen Lendman Last April, Obama declared war on Donbass - using Kiev forces as convenient proxies. He launched naked aggression weeks after ousting Ukraine's legitimate government - installing putschist Nazi thugs replacing it. They tolerate no opposition. They imprison or murder anyone challenging their authority. Donbass freedom fighters reject fascist rule. They want Ukraine governed democratically. They deserve universal support. All Donbass residents paid dearly for wanting fundamental freedoms. Their struggle continues - perhaps for years. Fascists in Washington and Kiev don't wage wars to ...
National Guardsmen accused of trying to sell guns to Mexican drug cartel
Post Date: 2015-04-16 10:42:57 by war
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Two U.S. Army National Guardsmen have been charged with illegally attempting to sell guns, some issued by the military, as well as ammunition and body armor to Mexican drug cartels. Jaime Casillas, 22, and Andrew Reyes, 34, were arrested Wednesday in Southern California, according to a statement from the U.S. Attorney's office in San Diego. Both men worked in the Army National Guard Armory in La Mesa, Calif. ADVERTISEMENT The Justice Department alleges that Casillas and Reyes sold 10 guns, including four AK-47 assault rifles, and thousands of rounds of ammunition to an undercover agent posing as a cartel member. The complaint says some of the arms were from the military and ...
Global War Today Looms Like Never Before Since WW II
Post Date: 2015-04-16 07:38:52 by Stephen Lendman
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Global War Today Looms Like Never Before Since WW II by Stephen Lendman Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov warned "(w)e have all come to the edge today where it is again necessary, just like after the second world war, to make a fatal choice between cooperation (or) conflicts." US hegemonic ambitions make peace impossible. Lunatics run the Washington asylum. Their lust for war is insatiable. They wage one after another. They accuse other nations for their high crimes. Gunslinging NATO head US General Philip Breedlove risks launching WW III all by himself. He recklessly accuses Russia of US-dominated NATO crimes. He demands Moscow stop fueling conflict in Ukraine it ...
A World Without War
Post Date: 2015-04-15 12:42:41 by Stephen Lendman
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A World Without War by Stephen Lendman Throughout this writer's entire life, US direct and/or proxy wars raged - today more than ever in multiple theaters worldwide. Imagine living over 80 years without knowing a single day of peace. Without conflict, mass slaughter and destruction. Without valuing human life and welfare more than the spoils of war. America is a warrior state - more ruthless than any in history. It wages wars on an unprecedented scale, besides successful and failed regime change efforts by coups, assassinations and other means. US imperial policy threatens humanity's survival like no nation ever did before - with weapons of unimaginable destructive power and ...
Obama to remove Cuba from state sponsor of terror list
Post Date: 2015-04-14 17:08:29 by BTP Holdings
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Obama to remove Cuba from state sponsor of terror list Associated Press By JULIE PACE 4 minutes ago Related Stories 1. Obama says decision soon on Cuba as state sponsor of terror Associated Press 2. U.S. does not expect announcement on Cuba embassy before summit Reuters 3. Obama to Decide Soon on Removing Cuba From Terrorism List MarketWatch 4. State Department recommends removing Cuba from terrorism list: Senate source Reuters 5. Obama says review complete of Cuba's removal from terror list Reuters The terror designation has been a stain on Cuba's pride and a major stumbling block for efforts to mend ties between Washington and Havana. In a message to Congress, Obama ...
Saudi-Led Terror-Bombing Massacres Dozens of Yemeni Schoolchildren
Post Date: 2015-04-14 13:43:49 by Stephen Lendman
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Saudi Terror-Bombing Massacres Dozens of Yemeni Schoolchildren by Stephen Lendman Saudi warplanes target US intelligence-designated sites. Civilian men, women and children are considered fair game. They suffer most in all wars. Deliberately targeting them is longstanding US policy - a shocking war crime by any standard. Tuesday was the latest example. Reports indicate Saudi warplanes struck a populated Ma'rib area. A local source said dozens of defenseless schoolchildren were massacred in cold blood. The exact number of dead and wounded isn't known. The source indicated massive Saudi terror- bombing killed dozens. Yemeni army spokesman Col. Sharif Luqman said: "Saudi ...
Blackwater Convictions Ignore US High Crimes Against Iraq
Post Date: 2015-04-14 11:10:45 by Stephen Lendman
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Blackwater Convictions Ignore US High Crimes Against Iraq by Stephen Lendman On September 16, 2007, US hired Blackwater mercenaries murdered 17 Iraqi civilians in Baghdad's Nisour Square. Without provocation, they opened fire on cars carrying families. They had little reason to think they'd be held accountable. Washington grants so-called private military contractors (PMCs) blanket immunity. Paul Bremer's Order 17 authorized it. The exception proves the rule. At the time of the slaughter, AFP said Blackwater personnel shot recklessly "at everything that moved with a machine gun and even with a grenade launcher (as well as from two hovering helicopters)." ...
Conflict in Donbass Rages
Post Date: 2015-04-14 06:50:43 by Stephen Lendman
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Conflict Rages in Donbass by Stephen Lendman It bears repeating what other articles stressed. Donbass is Obama's war - using Ukraine's military, Nazi-infested volunteer battalions and imported paramilitaries to do his dirty work. Geneva, Minsk I and II ceasefire agreements failed. Fighting never stopped. After Minsk II, it slowed - giving Kiev time to regroup and rearm after being routed in battle. US special forces and other combat troops are involved - on the pretext of training Ukrainian forces. Provocative US military deployments and exercises close to Russia's borders raise the stakes for direct confrontation. Since conflict began last spring, Washington supplied ...
The GOP should take a stand for liberty in Patriot Act vote
Post Date: 2015-04-13 16:58:34 by BTP Holdings
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The GOP should take a stand for liberty in Patriot Act vote Posted by: Jon Dougherty April 13, 2015 •Protecting the country and following the Constitution should not be an ‘either/or’ proposition In 2011, Congress passed and President Obama signed another four-year extension of the USA Patriot Act, the ubiquitous piece of 9/11-era legislation that has been the bane of privacy advocates since it was leaked in December 2005 that the National Security Agency was spying on Americans. You may recall at the time that, according to The New York Times, in the months following Sept. 11, President Bush issued a secret order to the NSA authorizing the agency to ...
Obama's War on Yemen Risks Involving Iran
Post Date: 2015-04-13 07:55:50 by Stephen Lendman
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Obama's War on Yemen Risks Involving Iran by Stephen Lendman Is this what Washington and Israel intend or another example of the rule of untended consequences of reckless actions? What's ongoing in Yemen, Syria, Libya, Palestine and Ukraine dangerously resemble events preceding WW I. One nation after another got involved to help both sides. Things spun out-of-control. Deadly consequences followed. Before they ended, over 20 million died. Many more were maimed for life. An entire generation of youth was lost. If Washington challenges Russia over Ukraine militarily, Syria directly by invading, or Iran over Yemen belligerently, all bets are off. The worst of outcomes may follow. ...
Obama's Rape of Yemen
Post Date: 2015-04-12 13:41:23 by Stephen Lendman
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Obama's Rape of Yemen by Stephen Lendman Obama is systematically raping Yemen - using Saudi-led terror-bombing to do his dirty work. He wants Washington regaining control over its former client state. The lives and welfare of millions of Yemenis don't matter. Israel's Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) believes "(t)he Saudi-led collective move in Yemen entails a significant advantage for Israel." Houthi Ansarullah fighters "cannot be defeated from the air. The Saudi goal is to prevent (them) from using advanced weapons - fighter jets and surface-to-surface missiles - and keep the strategic port city of Aden from falling into their hands." ...
Yankee Imperialism in Panama
Post Date: 2015-04-12 08:10:39 by Stephen Lendman
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Yankee Imperialism in Panama by Stephen Lendman On Saturday, the 7th annual Summit of the Americas concluded in Panama - a longtime US colony. Cuba participated for the first time since the inaugural 1994 event in Miami. Obama met Cuba's President Raul Castro - the first meeting between a US president and Cuban leader since the 1950s. More on this below. Obama wants Washington's regional imperial grip tightened - unchallenged like since the early 19th century. Hugo Chavez once said "the American empire is doing all it can to consolidate its system of domination." "(W)e cannot allow them to do that. We cannot allow world dictatorship…" "What type ...
Comments on Major Geopolitical Events: Post-Cataract Surgery
Post Date: 2015-04-11 06:28:32 by Stephen Lendman
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Comments on Major Geopolitical Events - Post-Cataract Surgery by Stephen Lendman The eyes don't have it at the moment. Healing takes time. One eye done on Thursday. Another in two weeks. The toughest part of healing is rest time needed - being unable to write normally. I'll do what I can without overdoing it. My doctor said I can use my eyes normally online. Easy for him to say. He's a surgeon, not a writer focused on a bright screen for clearness requiring sunglasses while writing until healed. Hopefully not for too long. Major events remain ongoing. Obama's rape of Yemen continues. He got US government military and civilian personnel out safely. He refuses to ...
UN Accuses Saudi Arabia of Killing Yemeni Civilians
Post Date: 2015-04-09 04:56:45 by Stephen Lendman
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UN Accuses Saudi Arabia of Killing Yemeni Civilians by Stephen Lendman Make no mistake. Yemen is Obama's war. He's using Saudi-led terror-bombing to serve US interests - to regain control of its former client state. It's high time this naked aggression was universally condemned. Noncombatant men, women and children are being willfully murdered in cold blood. After two weeks of terror-bombing, the UN finally noticed. Special Rapporteur for Internally Displaced Persons Chaloka Beyani accused Saudi Arabia of deliberately killing Yemeni civilians. Saudi-led warplanes bombed civilian neighborhoods, the Mazraq refugee camp, hospitals, schools and "other civilian ...
US-Sponsored Slow-Motion Genocide in Yemen
Post Date: 2015-04-08 05:49:48 by Stephen Lendman
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US-Sponsored Slow-Motion Genocide in Yemen by Stephen Lendman Washington planned war on Yemen months ago - preemptive naked aggression by any standard with Saudi-led proxies doing Obama's dirty work. Plus direct US involvement. Reports indicate one or more American warships shelled Yemeni targets. Israeli warplanes are involved. Millions of Yemenis are experiencing the horrors of Obama's terror wars - including willfully targeting residential areas, hospitals, schools, power facilities and other nonmilitary sites. Noncombatant men, women and children are being murdered and maimed in cold blood. Bodies are piling up in streets. America's dark side is in plain sight for ...
Obama's Wars Murder Noncombatant Men, Women and Children
Post Date: 2015-04-07 05:16:54 by Stephen Lendman
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Obama's Wars Murder Noncombatant Men, Women and Children by Stephen Lendman In the 1960s, Vietnam war protesters chanted "Hey! Hey! LBJ! How many kids did you kill today?" Obama way exceeds his ruthlessness - murdering and maiming noncombatants in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Syria, Donbass, Palestinians complicit with Israel and now Yemen. Who's next? Everywhere he shows up, mass slaughter and destruction follow. So does horrific human suffering words can't explain. Make no mistake. Yemen is Obama's war. Months of preparation preceded hostilities. Detailed planning chose targets now terror-bombed. Saudi-led forces are US proxies, serving American regional ...
Ukraine: Banning Communism and Donbass Autonomy
Post Date: 2015-04-06 13:47:19 by Stephen Lendman
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Ukraine: Banning Communism and Donbass Autonomy by Stephen Lendman All police states operate the same way. Their rules alone apply. International laws, norms and standards are ignored. Anyone opposing their authority is targeted for elimination. State terror is official policy. So are one-party rule, rigged elections when held, wars against invented enemies, media control, concentrated wealth and power, and government serving monied interests exclusively. Kiev's regime is Nazified, ruthless, belligerent and illegitimate. Elections when held are farcical. They mock real ones. Ukraine's US-installed regime reflects the reemergence of Nazism in Europe's heartland for the ...
Ukrainian Anti-Russian, Jew-Hating, Overt Nazi Given Key Military Post
Post Date: 2015-04-06 08:10:44 by Stephen Lendman
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Ukrainian Anti-Russian, Jew-Hating, Overt Nazi Given Key Military Post by Stephen Lendman Overt Nazi Right Sector leader Dmytro Yarosh openly boasts about "fighting Jews and Russians till I die." He's a wanted man. In July 2014, Interpol issued a warrant for his arrest for "public incitement to terrorist and extremist activities involving the use of mass media." Russia issued criminal charges against him for inciting extremist activities. Its Supreme Court banned Right Sector activities on Russian territory. Yarosh openly urges "more active resistance against Russia." He calls Moscow "an enemy." He threatened to blow up gas pipelines between ...
Preparing for War Opposite Ways
Post Date: 2015-04-05 14:01:10 by Stephen Lendman
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Preparing for War Opposite Ways by Stephen Lendman America always prepares for war - endless ones against one targeted country after another, fought directly or through proxies. Lunatics in Washington deplore peace. Aggressive wars of choice against invented enemies are a national addiction. US-installed Ukraine puppet leader Poroshenko prepares for war his way irresponsibly. Russia does it the right way. More on its efforts below. Poroshenko intends escalating aggression on Donbass. According to Novorossia Today, he's rearming for "new battles." He's building and buying weapons of war - even though Ukraine is so broke it's rationing essentials to life. It ended ...
Russia Urges Resolving Yemen's Conflict Diplomatically
Post Date: 2015-04-05 10:22:59 by Stephen Lendman
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Russia Urges Resolving Yemen's Conflict Diplomatically by Stephen Lendman Russia is the world's leading peace and stability proponent. US policy is polar opposite. You'd never know what Russia stands for the way it’s irresponsibly bashed. Big Lies substitute for hard truths. Vladimir Putin, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and other Russian officials continue working tirelessly for peace in Syria, Ukraine and now Yemen. On April 2, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich expressed great concern about Yemen's ongoing conflict. Saying "Moscow continues to proceed from the assumption that there is no alternative to a political solution in the ...
Obama's Endless War on Humanity
Post Date: 2015-04-04 10:21:45 by Stephen Lendman
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Obama's Endless War on Humanity by Stephen Lendman Throughout his tenure, he's waged one war after another at home and abroad. From militarized killer cops, police state ruthlessness, and his kill list to drone murders and mass slaughter from 30,000 feet. Obama and Bush II made America more than ever a pariah state. He's a neocon masquerading as a populist leader. His rap sheet exceeds the worst of his predecessors. He's hard-right, reactionary, belligerent, pro-business, and pro-war. He's soulless, anti-progressive, anti-populist, anti-labor, anti-fairness, anti-dissent, anti- democratic, anti-rule of law principles, anti-freedom, anti-civil and human rights, ...
Obama's Dirt War on Yemen Murdering Civilians
Post Date: 2015-04-03 13:37:01 by Stephen Lendman
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Obama's Dirty War on Yemen Murdering Civilians by Stephen Lendman Civilians suffer most in all wars. Yemen is no exception. Sanaa is becoming a ghost town. One shopkeeper said "(t)here are very few people left here. Everyone has fled, and those who have stayed live alone without their families." "So hardly anyone comes to buy anything anymore.Now I'm lucky if I make $20 a day." "How can I pay my rent or even my electricity bills? If the situation stays like this then I'm sure I'll be out of business within days." According to Yemeni Post editor-in-chief Hakin al-Masmari, "(a)t the beginning they were targeting only Sanaa, so people ...
'Drones, Baby, Drones!' The Rise of America's High-Tech Assassins
Post Date: 2015-04-03 07:58:26 by Ada
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The following is an excerpt from Andrew Cockburn's new book, Kill Chain: The Rise of the High-Tech Assassins Henry Holt, 2015). The Richard M. Helms Award dinner, held annually at a major Washington hotel, is among the highlights of the intelligence community’s social calendar. Hosted by the CIA Officers Memorial Foundation, the event raises and distributes money to aid families of officers killed in action, whose sacrifice is commemorated in the rows of stars carved into the wall of the foyer at agency headquarters in Langley, Virginia. The venue for the 2011 event, held on March 30, was the Ritz- Carlton Hotel, Pentagon City, and as usual it attracted hundreds of intelligence ...
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