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Whitewashing Kiev Mass Murder
Post Date: 2014-10-20 12:32:19 by Stephen Lendman
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Whitewashing Kiev Mass Murder by Stephen Lendman Washington ousted Ukraine's democratically elected president. It elevated fascist thugs to power. They're radicalized ultranationalists. They're overt anti-Semites. They're militant hate-mongers. They have no legitimacy whatever. They're convenient US stooges. They're puppets. They take orders from Washington. They masquerade as politicians. They represent mob rule. They make mafia bosses look saintly by comparison. For the first time since WW II, overt fascists have real power. They hold major government posts. They represent the epicenter of European fascist reemergence. They usurped power by force. ...
The Forever-War President: Obama’s ‘Transformational’ War Powers Legacy
Post Date: 2014-10-20 07:11:38 by Ada
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This article appeared on The Federalist on October 10, 2014. In May 2013, some 11 years into the War on Terror, President Obama took a break from reviewing target sets and kill lists to deliver a much-anticipated “drone speech” at the National Defense University in Washington DC. “We must define the nature and scope of this struggle, or else it will define us,” Obama admonished; “we have to be mindful of James Madison’s warning that ‘No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare.’” It was a disorienting performance: at times, Obama seemed to be speaking not as the president, but as his own loyal opposition—a ...
Dead-End US/Russian Relations
Post Date: 2014-10-19 16:04:39 by Stephen Lendman
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Dead-End US/Russian Relations by Stephen Lendman NTV television interviewed Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. US/Russian relations reached dead- end long before Ukrainian crisis conditions, he said. He discussed a range of bilateral problems. "Our relationship is quite complicated," he said. "(B)y the fact that Washington does not attempt to take into account the wishes of partners." "Suggestions our American partners (bring) to the table (are) one-sided…(W)hile we…try to take into account their approaches and find the balance of such issues." Diplomacy requires "compromise," he stressed. "We're always ready." ...
Russia: On the Right Side of History
Post Date: 2014-10-19 07:15:16 by Stephen Lendman
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Russia: On the Right Side of History by Stephen Lendman Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's comments reflect Russia's position on geopolitical issues. Especially major ones mattering most. He explained them following discussions days earlier with John Kerry and French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius in Paris. He's a world-class diplomat. He embarrasses his Western counterparts. They're no match for his forthrightness. Straight talk. Candor. Telling it like it is. Explaining what everyone needs to know. Paul Craig Roberts is right calling Russia the world's moral leader. At a time America descends into tyranny. Waging war on humanity. At home and abroad. Risking the ...
Ukrainian troops kill their own soldiers in fighting for Donetsk airport
Post Date: 2014-10-18 21:27:19 by Tatarewicz
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Pravda... As a result of either errors or negligence, a company of Ukrainian security services that launched an attack on the terminal of the Donetsk airport came under artillery shelling. The Ukrainian troops launched a massive attack on the new airport terminal in Donetsk, said RIA Novosti. A column of military equipment and about a hundred people went to the runway of the airport from the direction of the village of Peski. The local militia forces tried to halt the offensive, but all of a sudden, the Ukrainian side opened fire on their own advancing column. Thus, the Ukrainian troops destroyed a company of Ukrainian servicemen almost completely. Donetsk militia leaders conduct ...
Reinvented Scoundrel Media History
Post Date: 2014-10-18 12:50:22 by Stephen Lendman
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Reinvented Scoundrel Media History by Stephen Lendman New York Times editors do it numerous ways. At times in their "Room for Debate" series. Featuring mostly one-sided views. Crowding out truth and full disclosure. Overwhelming it with Big Lies. On October 17, they headlined "Should Nations Recognize a Palestinian State? Six views were presented. More on them below. An earlier article said the following: Debating is an ancient tradition. Socrates and Plato debated political, social, and other issues. The Socratic method involves opposing sides asking and answering questions. Ideas are freely aired. Beliefs are challenged. Truths are sought. Critical thinking is ...
We Supplied Saddam’s Germ Weapons
Post Date: 2014-10-18 06:37:24 by Ada
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Back in the 1990’s, journalists used to joke, “Of course we know Iraq has chemical weapons. We have the delivery receipts to prove it!” The joke turned out to be the exact truth. While covering Iraq in 1990 – just before the first massive US bombing campaign – I discovered the US and Britain had secretly built a germ weapons arsenal for Iraq to use against Iran in the eight year-Iran-Iraq War. This while both the US and Britain were fulminating with breathtaking hypocrisy against the alleged dangers of Iraq’s supposed WMD’s (weapons of mass destruction) that never existed. Some years later, the two leading apostles of attacking Iraq, George W. Bush ...
Deconstructing John Kerry's Big Lies
Post Date: 2014-10-17 11:52:35 by Stephen Lendman
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Deconstructing John Kerry's Big Lies by Stephen Lendman Kerry disgraces the office he holds. He's an unindicted war criminal. He represents America's dark side. Its consummate evil. Big Lies infest his rhetoric. He's been caught red-handed numerous times. He disdains rule of law principles. He supports war. He deplores peace. He's indifferent to human suffering. He's a monument to wrong over right. He mocks legitimacy. He's a world-class thug. He's Washington's foreign policy front man. Its imperial lawlessness representative. Its evil agenda. Its war on humanity. Its contempt for democratic values. "Has any country, anywhere on the face of ...
Fear-Mongering Ahead of Another US False Flag? (Part II)
Post Date: 2014-10-17 06:44:09 by Stephen Lendman
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Fear-Mongering Ahead of Another US False Flag? (Part II) by Stephen Lendman Dick Cheney is an unindicted war criminal. He's guilty of genocidal high crimes against peace. He predicts another mass casualty event on US soil. Much worse than 9/11. More on what he said below. Fear-mongering is a longstanding US tactic. False flags are an American tradition. Both schemes usually precede premeditated war plans. They're used to wage war on freedom. Quash human rights. Eliminate civil liberties. Replace them with police state harshness. Post-9/11 National Security Presidential Directive (NSPD) 51 established coup d'etat authority. It masquerades as so-called "continuity of ...
Don’t trust Wesley Clark, generals on foreign policy
Post Date: 2014-10-15 07:17:14 by Ada
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Wesley K. Clark, a retired U.S. Army general and former NATO supreme allied commander, has sallied forth with wildly naive or misplaced views about the United States and China in his new book, “Don’t Wait for the Next War: A Strategy for American Growth and Global Leadership.” Mr. Clark’s sophomoric understanding of national security and China’s ambitions underscores that military leaders are experts in killing and should not wander beyond that realm. The retired Army general assumes that the national security of the United States requires that we retain “global leadership.” But he never explains what global leadership entails, or why we should care ...
Guerrilla groups hunt down Islamic State in Syria
Post Date: 2014-10-14 04:36:34 by Tatarewicz
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(Reuters) - Small groups of Syrians are hunting down Islamic State fighters in one of their main strongholds in eastern Syria in a new guerrilla campaign that has emerged as a response to the Islamists' growing brutality. Related Stories Assad steps up bombing as West strikes militants in Syria Reuters New recruits join Islamic State in Syria's Aleppo: monitor Reuters At least 14 militants dead in U.S.-led strikes in Syria: monitor Reuters U.S-led raids hit grain silos in Syria, kill workers: monitor Reuters U.S.-led strikes pressure al Qaeda's Syria group to join with Islamic State Reuters The main aim is to generate fear in Islamic State's ranks, said the head of ...
Iraq PM rejects foreign troops deployment to fight ISIL
Post Date: 2014-10-14 00:27:21 by Tatarewicz
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PressTV... Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has rejected the deployment of foreign ground troops for his country's campaign against the ISIL terrorists. The office of the Iraqi prime minister issued a statement on Monday after a meeting with British Foreign Secretary Phillip Hammond in Baghdad. According to the statement, during the meeting the Iraqi prime minister urged the international community to help Iraq eliminate the ISIL. Abadi emphasized that the actual battle against the Takfiri group will be carried out by Iraq's security forces and people’s volunteer forces. Hammond expressed support for the Iraqi government’s campaign against terrorist groups, ...
Biased Human Rights Report on Ukraine
Post Date: 2014-10-13 15:51:18 by Stephen Lendman
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Biased Human Rights Report on Ukraine by Stephen Lendman Former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay is gone. She served from September 2008 through August 2014. She won't be missed. disgraced the office she held. She lacked credibility altogether. She served Western interests. She was a reliable imperial tool. She buried truth. She irresponsibly bashed Assad. She blamed him for Western-sponsored death squad crimes. She published misinformation on Obama's war on Syria. She supported illegitimate Ukrainian fascist putschists. Prince Zeid Ra'ad Zeid Al-Hussein replaced her. He's Prince Ra'ad bin Zeid's son. He heads the so-called Royal Houses of ...
Armageddon Battle Plan [Dead Sea War Scroll fragments - decades of war in the Middle East] [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2014-10-13 05:41:26 by GreyLmist
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2.25 minute YouTube: Robert Eisenman in The Nostradamus Effect, Season 1 Episode 11: Armageddon Battle Plan [History Channel H2 -- no trace of info on that 1 hour program was found at the website but it was recently aired on October 6. Original air date: 12/08/09] livedash.ark.com partial transcript of Nostradamus Effect - Armageddon Battle Plan We call this theoretical convergence between doomsday prophecies and today's events the nostradamus effect. The war scroll describes a future battle, an eschatological battle -- in other words, a battle that has to do with the end of days with kind of the final battle of good versus evil. Some believe it is a blueprint for armageddon, of ...
Nobel Hypocrisy 101
Post Date: 2014-10-11 11:06:11 by Stephen Lendman
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Nobel Hypocrisy 101 by Stephen Lendman Nobel tradition is horrific. Disreputable. Long and inglorious. War criminals win peace prizes. Past honorees include a rogue's gallery of some of the world's worst. Peace advocates are spurned. Ignored. Shut out for doing the right thing. Especially in today's highly- charged atmosphere. Selection is politicized. It's longstanding policy. It's no surprise. Nobel Committee members violate their own rules. Alfred Nobel's will was clear and unequivocal. It says Peace Prize recipients "shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the ...
Turkey comes too close to its own disintegration
Post Date: 2014-10-11 07:55:59 by Tatarewicz
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Pravda... Turkey and Europe have witnessed violent protests of the Kurds who, according to Turkish and Western media, are extremely concerned about the activities of Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan in Syria. The West had been pedaling the creation of the Kurdish state with a view to finally solve the problem of Bashar al-Assad. Yet, Recep Erdogan stood on the way. The Turkish PM is facing a dilemma: either to preserve the integrity of the state or ruin relations with ISIL. On October 6, Islamist militants from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant entered the Syrian city of Kobani and started fighting against Kurdish self-defense forces, known as the Committee of National Defense (YPG). ...
Better Isn’t Good Enough When it Comes to War
Post Date: 2014-10-10 07:09:31 by Ada
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Barack Obama could have been worse in terms of foreign policy. Now, worse is a silly word to use when you’re talking about life and death. It’s not going to comfort survivors to know that more people died in the last war or Hellfire missile strike than in this one that killed their loved ones. At the same time, by body count standards, Obama’s drone war, the Afghanistan surge, and even the current, terrifying slip back into the war in Iraq have so far been less horrific than both of George W. Bush’s wars. And not so long before Bush, there were worse wars still. Is Obama’s presidency some kind of twisted progress in terms of intervention? If neocon and ...
Dueling Ideologies: America v. Russia and Venezuela
Post Date: 2014-10-09 16:56:02 by Stephen Lendman
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Dueling Ideologies: America v. Russia and Venezuela by Stephen Lendman These countries are geopolitical opposites. America represents rogue governance. Permanent war is official policy. Russia and Venezuela prioritize world peace and stability. Responsible governance. Respect for sovereign independence. Rule of law inviolability. On October 8, Obama addressed top Pentagon commanders. He usually does it in White House surroundings. "(N)ow was a good time for me to come over to the Pentagon," he said. "(T)o hear from our top military about the work that they're doing." It's no mystery what they're up to. Ravaging one country after another. Directly and ...
The Iraqi Army Never Was
Post Date: 2014-10-09 12:28:35 by Ada
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Careerist U.S. generals touted a toothless military consumed from the start by corruption and split loyalties. In a bloody ISIS attack on an Iraqi Army base just north of Fallujah on September 21, upwards of 500 government soldiers perished or disappeared, fleeing into the marshlands, the woods, or to the next base camp four miles away. Few were left behind alive, surrounded by militant fighters who by all accounts were supposed to be less equipped, less trained, and less organized than Iraq’s professional fighting force. But the Iraqi security forces, into which American taxpayers poured some $25 billion over the course of a decade, had in the span of a summer, crumbled. While ...
Obama's Syria Strategy
Post Date: 2014-10-08 13:46:15 by Stephen Lendman
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Obama's Syria Strategy by Stephen Lendman It's lawless. Ruthless, Transparent. Islamic State (IS) fighters hold mostly Kurdish-populated Kobani along Turkey's border under siege. Controlling it looms. So does likely mass slaughter. Hundreds already are dead. Around 200,000 fled cross-border. Today's Zaman is one of four English language Turkish broadsheets. On October 8, it headlined "Turkey asks US to ramp up air strikes against ISIL," saying: They're needed to keep Islamic State fighters "from seizing" Kobani. According to Deputy Prime Minister Yalcin Akdogan: "Our government and our related institutions have emphasized to US officials ...
As of October 7, 2014:
Post Date: 2014-10-08 08:41:31 by Itistoolate
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As of October 7, 2014: 6,836 Dead American Soldiers - 1,000,000+ American Veterans Injured - Number of Iraqi Deaths Due to US Invasion: 1,455,590 - Cost of War
Saber Rattling Ahead of Resumed Ukraine Conflict
Post Date: 2014-10-08 06:46:06 by Stephen Lendman
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Saber Rattling Ahead of Resumed Ukraine Conflict by Stephen Lendman US-controlled NATO operates lawlessly. It's a killing machine. A monster threatening world peace and stability. Anders Fogh Rassmussen is gone. Jens Stoltenberg replaced him. He did so seamlessly. He's an imperial tool. A puppet serving US interests. His marching orders are clear. Instituting Washington's policy. Serving Western monied interests. Benefitting war-profiteers. Like his predecessor and others before him, he's a convenient US stooge. He wasted no time proving it. On Sunday, he said NATO will deploy forces wherever it wants. For any reason. Anywhere. "These capabilities already exist. ...
The Real Status of Forces in Afghanistan and Iraq
Post Date: 2014-10-07 17:20:30 by Ada
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After 13 years of war in Afghanistan – the longest in US history – the US government has achieved no victory. Afghanistan is in chaos and would collapse completely without regular infusions of US money. The war has been a failure, but Washington will not admit it. More than 2,000 US fighters have been killed in the 13 year Afghan war. More than 20,000 Afghan civilians were also killed. According to a study last year by a Harvard University researcher, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan will cost in total between four and six trillion dollars. There is no way of looking at the US invasion of Afghanistan and seeing a success. So in light of this failure, what does the Obama ...
Heading for Ground War in Syria and Iraq
Post Date: 2014-10-07 15:08:51 by Stephen Lendman
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Heading for Ground War in Syria and Iraq by Stephen Lendman Believe nothing Obama says. His policies are polar opposite duplicitous rhetoric. Big Lies repeat one after another. His word isn't his bond. His pledge to avoid more Middle East ground war is meaningless. All signs suggest it's coming. More on this below. William Blum knows how US imperial works as well as anyone. He documented it over six decades. He explained how Washington toppled dozens of governments. Crushed countless popular movements. Slaughtered millions of people in the process. Created unspeakable human misery. US policies are "worse than you imagine," he says. "If you flip over the rock of ...
The Hidden Government Group Linking JFK, Watergate, Iran-Contra And 9/11
Post Date: 2014-10-07 08:01:51 by Ada
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Peter Dale Scott is considered the father of “Deep Politics”— the study of hidden permanent institutions and interests whose influence on the political realm transcends the elected, appointed and career officials who come and go. A Professor of English at Berkeley and a former Canadian diplomat, he is the author of several critically acclaimed books on the pivotal events of our country’s recent past, including Deep Politics and the Death of JFK ; Drugs, Oil, and War: The United States in Afghanistan, Colombia, and Indochina (War and Peace Library); The Road to 9/11: Wealth, Empire, and the Future of America and American War Machine: Deep Politics, the CIA Global Drug ...
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