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Latest Articles: War, War, War
New York Times Editors: On the Wrong Side of History
Post Date: 2014-01-21 03:12:59 by Stephen Lendman
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New York Times Editors: On the Wrong Side of History by Stephen Lendman Times editors support the worst of US crimes of war and against humanity. Managed news misinformation substitutes for unvarnished truth. Editorials wrongfully blame Assad for Western-supported death squad crimes. They've done so throughout nearly three years of conflict. Obama's responsibility is ignored. Syria is his war. He launched it. He continues it. He wants regime change. So do Times editors. On January 12, they headlined "Treading Water on Syria." They falsely called ongoing conflict "civil war." There's nothing whatever civil about it. Syria was invaded. Death squads ...
UK War Crimes Exposed
Post Date: 2014-01-20 15:29:06 by Stephen Lendman
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UK War Crimes Exposed by Stephen Lendman Britain is complicit in most US wars of aggression. It's no surprise when new information surfaces. More on it below. The July 2002 "Downing Street memo" was leaked to The Sunday Times. In May 2005, it was revealed. Its authenticity never was challenged. Secret Washington/UK collusion was exposed. So-called intelligence claiming justification for war on Iraq was cooked to fit already agreed on policy. Smoking gun evidence said so. Bush, Tony Blair and their close advisors lied. They falsified evidence for war on Iraq. Nonexistent WMDs were claimed. Then Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz was later asked why fictitious WMDs ...
The Minnesota starvation experiment
Post Date: 2014-01-20 08:09:54 by Ada
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During World War Two, conscientious objectors in the US and the UK were asked to volunteer for medical research. In one project in the US, young men were starved for six months to help experts decide how to treat victims of mass starvation in Europe. Click for Full Text!
Shaky Syria Peace Talks
Post Date: 2014-01-20 02:57:45 by Stephen Lendman
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Shaky Syrian Peace Talks by Stephen Lendman Obama doesn't want talks for peace. He wants his rules imposed. He wants government by diktats. He wants unconditional surrender. He wants regime change. He wants Syrians denied the right to decide who'll lead them. He wants war continued to depose Assad. John Kerry is his front man. He matches the worst of Hillary Clinton. He represents lawless imperial arrogance. He pretends to want peace. He and Obama deplore it. So-called talks are more sham than solution. It's not entirely clear who's coming. More on this below. Extremist elements want war, not peace. They want secularism ended. They want Salafist rule imposed. They want ...
Pakistani Taliban offer peace talks after attack on army convoy
Post Date: 2014-01-19 20:53:04 by Tatarewicz
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ISLAMABAD, Jan. 19 (Xinhua) -- Pakistani Taliban Sunday said in a statement that they are ready for peace talks with the government shortly after their suicide bomber killed nearly 20 security men and injured 30 more in the restive northwest of the country. The Taliban spokesman, Shahidullah Shahid, said a bomber used a explosives-packed vehicle to target the security forces in Bannu's military area and killed and injured dozens of soldiers. Military gunships later shelled suspected hideouts of the militants and killed several people in Mir Ali area in North Waziristan, residents said. The Taliban spokesman said they carried out the attack to take revenge of the killing of their ...
News Analysis: Kabul suicide attack revives fears of Iraqi-like unrest in Afghanistan after 2014 pullout
Post Date: 2014-01-19 20:46:39 by Tatarewicz
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KABUL, Jan. 19 (Xinhua) -- A Taliban suicide bomb and gun attack on a Lebanese restaurant popular with foreigners on Friday evening in the fortified part of Afghan capital that killed 21 people including 13 foreigners has revived fears that an Iraqi- like situation could repeat in Afghanistan after the U.S.-led coalition forces leave the conflict-ridden country by the year-end. The deadly attack came amid outstanding stalemate over the controversial Bilateral Security Agreement (BSA) between Kabul and Washington to allow continued American military presence, although in a smaller scale, in Afghanistan after the foreign troops' pullout. With the end of combat mission of the NATO-led ...
ISIL militants confess to direct Saudi links
Post Date: 2014-01-18 22:00:22 by Tatarewicz
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PressTV... Members of the al-Qaeda-linked militant group the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) have confessed to having direct links with Saudi Arabia. Iraqi channel Afaq TV on Friday aired confessions of a number of the ISIL militants admitting to having relations with and taking orders from Riyadh. In the broadcast, the members of the militant group also confessed to Saudi Arabia’s role in terrorist attacks in a number of Iraqi provinces, along with transporting weapons and booby-trapped cars into Iraqi cities. One of the captured ISIL leaders said a Saudi military official ordered him to carry out several attacks. Iraqi Federal Intelligence and Investigations ...
Beating up on Syria and Iran
Post Date: 2014-01-17 14:52:37 by Stephen Lendman
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Beating Up on Syria and Iran Persists by Stephen Lendman Flynt and Hillary Mann Leverett asked whether "Obama is trying to resolve or prolong the conflict with Syria?" Given US preconditions, resolution is impossible. On January 22, talks are scheduled to begin. They'll do so in Montreux, Switzerland. They'll shift to Geneva. It's unclear who's coming. Internal divisions leave Syrian National Coalition members undecided. They're supposed to say shortly if they'll come. Maybe some will. Maybe others won't. Syria's National Coordination Body won't attend. Assad won't negotiate with Al Nusra, Al Qaeda or other terrorists. Nor should he. ...
Subverting Peace
Post Date: 2014-01-15 03:03:15 by Stephen Lendman
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Subverting Peace by Stephen Lendman Washington abhors it. So does Israel. Both countries deplore rapprochement with Iran. Decades of hostility prove it. Little ongoing now suggests otherwise. Last November's agreement represented a first time breakthrough. A previous article said hold the cheers. Longstanding hardline US/Israeli policy hasn't changed. Congress heads closer to imposing new sanctions. Doing so will violate the letter and spirit of Geneva. America is duplicitous. Agreements are systematically violated. Obama is no peacemaker. Throughout his tenure, he's waged multiple direct and proxy wars. They show no signs of ending. Obama's word isn't his bond. ...
Talking Peace, Waging War
Post Date: 2014-01-14 02:48:52 by Stephen Lendman
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Talking Peace, Waging War by Stephen Lendman Obama's war on Syria rages. It's taken a horrific toll nationwide. Tens of thousands died. Dozens more do daily. Millions were displaced. Numbers internally and abroad range up to one-third of Syria's population. Humanitarian crisis conditions exist. Human suffering is extreme. Peace talks reflect more illusion than reality. On January 22, they're scheduled to begin. On Sunday and Monday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov met with so-called Friends of Syria countries in Paris. They include America, Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan, Qatar and UAE. They're imperial collaborators. ...
The misuse of American might, and the price it pays
Post Date: 2014-01-13 06:57:43 by Ada
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The United States no longer knows how to win wars, but it continues to start them. The U.S. military is like the highly skilled, gadget-toting contractor who promises to give your kitchen a nifty makeover in no time whatsoever. Here's the guy you can count on to get the job done. Just look at those references! Yet by the time he drives off months later, the kitchen's a shambles and you're stuck with a bill several times larger than the initial estimate. Turns out the job was more complicated than it seemed. But what say we take a crack at remodeling the master bath? That pretty much summarizes the American experience with war since the end of the Cold War. By common consent, ...
Obama Sabotaging Syrian Peace
Post Date: 2014-01-12 15:32:18 by Stephen Lendman
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Obama Sabotaging Syrian Peace by Stephen Lendman Obama initiated war on Syria. He wants regime change. He wants continued bloodshed, destruction and human suffering to get it. He deplores peace. He bears full responsibility for nearly three years of conflict. He began it. He wants it continued. He says one thing. He does another. His policies speak for themselves. On January 22, so-called Geneva II peace talks are scheduled to begin. Mid-2012 Geneva I talks ended in failure. Washington prevented success. Talks were called a "last ditch effort" to halt violence. Similar rhetoric followed Kofi Annan's one-sided peace plan. It placed the conflict ending burden on Assad. It ...
The Bonus Army: 1932 - watch and weep
Post Date: 2014-01-11 20:58:48 by Lod
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Gates shares the murderous reality of President Obama and Mrs. Clinton
Post Date: 2014-01-11 20:56:47 by christine
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In 1799, George Washington wrote that the “views of men can only be known, or guessed at, by their words or actions.” Well, in recent weeks I have learned that to express a view that damns either a U.S. foreign policy that is defeating the United States or the makers of that policy is to be a racist, an extremist, a bigot, an anti-Semite, an assassin, an ultra-conservative, and any other number of things described by the slurs and epithet that are the products of the ever-adolescent minds always plentiful among Democrats, the Israel-First gang of war-mongering Neoconservatives, and the budding young journalism students at Georgetown University. The latter seem to think journalism ...
Al-Qaida Just won’t Go Away
Post Date: 2014-01-11 08:18:16 by Ada
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How did al-Qaida, a tiny anti-Communist group in Afghanistan that had no more than 200 active members in 2001 become a supposed worldwide threat? How can al-Qaida be all over the Mideast, North Africa, and now much of black Africa? This after the US spent over $1 trillion trying to stamp out al-Qaida in Afghanistan and Pakistan? The answer is simple. As an organization and threat, al-Qaida barely exists. But as a name, al-Qaida and “terrorism” have become the west’s handy universal term for armed groups fighting western influence, corruption or repression in Asia and Africa. Al-Qaida is nowhere – but everywhere. If you’re a rebel group seeking publicity, the ...
U.S. has deployed military advisers to Somalia, officials say
Post Date: 2014-01-10 18:14:03 by scrapper2
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The U.S. military has deployed a small number of uniformed trainers and advisers to the failed state of Somalia for the first time since 1993, when two helicopters were shot down and 18 Americans were killed in the failed “Black Hawk Down” operation. A cell of U.S. military personnel has been stationed in the Somali capital of Mogadishu since last fall to advise and coordinate operations with African troops fighting to wrest control of the country from the al-Shabab militia, an Islamist group whose leaders have professed loyalty to al-Qaeda, according to three U.S. military officials. The previously undisclosed deployment — of fewer than two-dozen troops — reverses two ...
America's Imperial Agenda
Post Date: 2014-01-10 02:55:44 by Stephen Lendman
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America's Imperial Agenda by Stephen Lendman Major media editors support what demands condemnation. Wall Street Journal editors are worse than most. They endorse Washington's imperial agenda. They believe might makes right. On January 2, they headlined "Victory in Okinawa," saying: "...Japanese authorities will allow the US military to relocate an air base on the strategically significant island of Okinawa." "Think of it as a triumph of democratic realism in the face of renewed regional threats." America's presence constitutes the most significant regional threat by far. Not according to Journal editors. They falsely accused China of ...
Lone Survivor - interview & videos
Post Date: 2014-01-09 10:27:40 by Lod
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19 went in, 5 days later, 1 came out.
The Third Battle of Fallujah
Post Date: 2014-01-09 03:05:20 by Stephen Lendman
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The Third Battle of Fallujah by Stephen Lendman Iraq today is a grim reflection of America's ruthless imperial agenda. It includes mass slaughter, destruction, devastation, deprivation, human misery and unending violence. On August 31, 2010, Obama displayed criminal contempt. He's done it many times. He declared an end to America's combat mission in Iraq, saying: "Through this remarkable chapter in the history of the United States and Iraq, we have met our responsibility." Ignored was America's genocidal legacy. Iraq was ravaged and destroyed. Pre-1990 Iraq no longer exists. Charnel house conditions replaced it. So did plunder on the grandest of grand scales, ...
Former Defense Sec. Gates: Obama 'Skeptical' of His Own Afghan Strategy
Post Date: 2014-01-08 22:20:06 by BTP Holdings
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Former Defense Sec. Gates: Obama 'Skeptical' of His Own Afghan Strategy Image: Former Defense Sec. Gates: Obama 'Skeptical' of His Own Afghan Strategy Wednesday, 08 Jan 2014 12:25 PM By Melanie Batley President Barack Obama had major doubts about his decision to commit more troops in the war in Afghanistan, believing it would ultimately end in failure, his former defense secretary, Robert Gates, writes in his memoir, to be published next week. Gates, who served from 2006 to 2011 under Obama and his Republican predecessor, George W. Bush, sharply criticizes Obama's approach to a number of defense-related issues, especially Afghanistan, according to a review of ...
Obama: Repeal Iraq War Authorization
Post Date: 2014-01-08 06:10:46 by Ada
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War Has Been Over for Awhile, Officials Note White House officials say that President Obama is in favor of Congressional action to repeal the Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) against Iraq, the law which green-lit the 2003 invasion and occupation of Iraq. The last US occupation forces left Iraq in 2011, and Sen. Rand Paul (R – KY) tried back then to repeal the authorization unsuccessfully. Administration officials say that since the war is over they have no objection to repealing, but they also say it isn’t a “top priority”. The law may seem on the surface to be little more than an historical curiosity at this point, but while it makes heavy reference to ...
A Century of War
Post Date: 2014-01-08 03:06:29 by Stephen Lendman
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A Century of War by Stephen Lendman July 29 marks WWI's 100th anniversary. It was called the war to end all wars. Never again was heard. In 1928, Kellogg-Briand policy renounced aggressive wars. The UN Charter's Preamble states: "We the Peoples of the United Nations Determined to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war, which twice in our lifetime has brought untold sorrow to mankind..." America, key NATO partners and Israel wage them on humanity. They're ongoing in multiple theaters. They cause horrific human suffering. America waged wars at home and/or abroad every year in its history. They began long before the republic's inception. It's ...
America Greatest Threat to World Peace
Post Date: 2014-01-06 02:50:18 by Stephen Lendman
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America Greatest Threat to World Peace by Stephen Lendman A new poll affirms it. Respondents in 68 countries said so. Anti-US sentiment is palpable. It doesn't surprise. It's for good reason. Around one-fourth of people surveyed believe America is the greatest threat to world peace. Pakistan was second with 8%. Other countries mentioned were Afghanistan, Iran, Israel and North Korea. About 13% of Americans believe the same thing as many abroad. Others in Latin America feel the same way. Moroccans, Lebanese and Iraqis called Israel the number one threat. For sure Palestinians, Syrians and many others throughout the Middle East and beyond feel the same way about Israel and ...
Al-Qaida Fighters Take Control of Fallujah as Iraq Army Attacks
Post Date: 2014-01-04 12:40:53 by BTP Holdings
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Al-Qaida-linked militants held control of much of the Iraqi city of Fallujah and other nearby towns, fighting off efforts by troops with air support to regain control, according to a witness. The al-Qaida fighters have seized military equipment provided by the U.S. Marines to Fallujah police, whose headquarters have been seized, Uthman Mohamed, a local reporter in the city in Iraq’s western Anbar province, said in a phone interview late yesterday. There’s no sign of government forces inside Fallujah, and most of the fighting is taking place on a highway that links the city to Baghdad, he said. Halima Ahmed, a health official in the province, said by phone that the death toll in ...
What would a US - China War look like?
Post Date: 2014-01-01 21:42:58 by Lod
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Interesting speculation. As some warrior observed, "Once the battle begins, all plans go out the window." Or something to that effect.
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