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Latest Articles: War, War, War
Israeli factor in Syrian conflict unveiled
Post Date: 2013-10-18 04:39:04 by Tatarewicz
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More than two and a half years on, Israel's purported neutrality in the Syrian conflict and the United State's fanfare rhetoric urging a "regime change" in Damascus were abruptly cut short to unveil that the Israeli factor has been all throughout the conflict the main concern of both countries. All their media and political focus on "democracy versus dictatorship" and on the intervention of the international community on the basis of a "responsibility to protect" to avert the exacerbating "humanitarian crisis" in Syria was merely a focus intended to divert the attention of the world public opinion away from their real goal, i.e. to ...
Washington’s Silence on Iraq
Post Date: 2013-10-15 07:13:14 by Ada
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We treat Iraq like a spurned ex-lover Almost five years ago, President Bush sat grasping the hand of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki, flashbulbs from an army of photographers illuminating their smiling, faintly strained faces. As we know now, the agreement they had just signed and were shaking upon turned out to be a very public parting of ways. For Washington, which wanted to keep troops in the country, but was spurned by Maliki and an Iraqi parliament that preferred to go it alone rather than give the US military continued legal immunity, breaking up has been quite easy to do. In the indomitable words of rapper Gang Starr, "you’re my ex-girl cuz I’m on with the next ...
Anti-Assad Committed Atrocities
Post Date: 2013-10-13 02:49:12 by Stephen Lendman
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Anti-Assad Committed Atrocities by Stephen Lendman They repeat with disturbing regularity. Most often Assad's wrongfully blamed. Not this time. Human Rights Watch (HRW) noticed. Usually it points fingers the wrong way. Rare exceptions prove the rule. On October 11, it headlined "Executions, Unlawful Killings, and Hostage Taking by Opposition Forces in Latakia Countryside." More on HRW's report below. Washington bears full responsibility. Syria is Obama's war. Cutthroat killers comprise his proxy army. Complicit allies supply their own brigades. They imported from dozens of countries. There's nothing civil about Syria's war. Assad's battling foreign ...
Nobel Hypocrisy Repeats
Post Date: 2013-10-12 02:52:12 by Stephen Lendman
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Nobel Hypocrisy Repeats by Stephen Lendman Nobel Committee members broke their own rules. Peace Prize nominations "may be submitted by any person who meets the nominat(ing) criteria." Candidates eligible to win "are those persons or organizations nominated by qualified individuals." Nominations "must be postmarked no later than February 1 each year. Nominations postmarked and received after this date are included in the following year's discussions." On October 11, Nobel Committee members awarded the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) its 2013 Peace Prize. It reflects its involvement in destroying Syria's chemical weapons. ...
Unholy Alliance
Post Date: 2013-10-10 02:51:57 by Stephen Lendman
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Unholy Alliance by Stephen Lendman Israel and Saudi Arabia are rogue states writ large. They're two of the world's worst. They deplore democratic values. They spurn rule of law principles. They commit horrendous human and civil rights abuses. They're responsible for daily crimes against humanity. They partner with Washington's imperial wars. They're an odd couple. They're strange bedfellows. Perhaps they're joining forces. Formal relations aren't maintained. Back channel secret ones substitute. On October 2, Israel's Channel 2 TV news said senior Israeli security officials met with a high-level Gulf state counterpart. They did so in Jerusalem. The ...
Violence, Instability, Torture and Deaths in Libya
Post Date: 2013-10-08 02:54:58 by Stephen Lendman
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Violence, Instability, Torture and Deaths in Libya by Stephen Lendman Wherever America shows up, mass slaughter, destruction, instability and human misery follow. Today's Libya reflects Washington's deplorable legacy. North Africa's most developed country was ravaged and destroyed. Anarchical charnel house conditions replaced it. Disinformation.com listed 16 things Libyans lost. They include: (1) free electricity (2) interest free loans from state-owned banks (3) homes considered a human right (4) 60,000 dinars ($50,000) given newlyweds to begin married life, buy a home, and start a family (5) free healthcare and education (6) free land, facilities, equipment, seeds or ...
Deer Spiegel Interviews Assad
Post Date: 2013-10-08 02:53:20 by Stephen Lendman
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Der Spiegel Interviews Assad by Stephen Lendman He called insurgents terrorists. He did so justifiably. He said Western countries lie. He's defending Syrian sovereignty, he stressed. More on what he said below. He deplores war. He wants peaceful conflict resolution. He's defending Syria against foreign invaders. They're extremist insurgents. He voluntarily agreed to eliminate Syria's chemical weapons. International inspectors arrived last week. Syria's working cooperatively with them to destroy its CW stockpile. According to Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov: "Throughout all these weeks since the moment Syria joined the Chemical Weapons Convention ...
KSA behind Syria chemical attack: Russian source
Post Date: 2013-10-05 02:55:03 by Tatarewicz
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A Russian diplomatic source says the August chemical attack near the Syrian capital Damascus was carried out by Saudi Arabian intelligence agents. “Based on data from a number of sources a picture can be pieced together. The criminal provocation in eastern Ghouta was done by a black op team that the Saudis sent through Jordan and which acted with support of the Liwa al-Islam group,” the Interfax news agency reported, citing a Russian source. On Wednesday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said there was evidence that components of chemical weapons were used by foreign-backed militants in Syria and transferred into Iraq for possible “provocations.” "We read ...
Saudi Arabian Backed Insurgents Responsible for Ghouta Chemical Weapons Attack
Post Date: 2013-10-04 14:30:40 by Stephen Lendman
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Saudi Arabian Backed Insurgents Responsible for Ghouta Chemical Weapons Attack by Stephen Lendman Russia has evidence proving it. More on that below. A previous article said the following: On August 29, Mint Press News headlined "Exclusive: Syrians in Ghouta Claim Saudi-Supplied Rebels Behind Chemical Attack," saying: "Rebels and local residents in Ghouta accuse Saudi Prince Bandar bin Sultan of providing chemical weapons to an al-Qaida linked rebel group." Abu Abdel-Moneim lives in Ghouta. He's the father of an insurgent fighter. "My son came to me two weeks ago asking what I thought the weapons were that he had been asked to carry," he said. Some ...
More on Inventing an Iranian Nuclear Threat
Post Date: 2013-10-01 14:31:11 by Stephen Lendman
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More on Inventing an Iranian Threat by Stephen Lendman None whatever exists. US, other Western, and Israeli leaders know it. Claims they make otherwise are false. The Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs (JINSA) is a pro-Israeli front group. It calls itself "the most influential group on the issue of US-Israel military relations." It "advocate(s) on behalf of a strong US military, a robust national security policy, and a strong US security relationship with Israel and other like-minded democracies." It supports Israeli lawlessness. It endorses its regional dominance plans. It's in lockstep with its war on Palestine and other Middle East enemies. It ...
Longstanding US/Iranian Relations
Post Date: 2013-10-01 02:52:17 by Stephen Lendman
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Longstanding US/Iranian Relations by Stephen Lendman Iranians have long memories. They're well justified. They know how America always treated them. They understand Washington's duplicity. They're well aware of its imperial designs. Obama's outreach to President Hassan Rohani changed nothing. His entire agenda is duplicitous. He governs with malicious intent. He's waging war on humanity. Iran's Baku envoy Mohsen Pakayeen said America's "34-year-long animosity cannot be settled with one phone call, although it was a positive start." "The phone talk between the Iranian and US presidents can be the start of a confidence-building move and if the ...
Dirty Wars - the trailer
Post Date: 2013-09-29 21:05:21 by Lod
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Lavrov: Insurgents Have Chemical Weapons
Post Date: 2013-09-29 14:31:21 by Stephen Lendman
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Lavrov: Insurgents Have Chemical Weapons by Stephen Lendman It's no secret. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov affirmed what he said many times before. Russia has clear evidence. It proves Western-enlisted death squads have CWs. It proves they use them. On Saturday, Russia's Channel One interviewed Lavrov. He said Moscow intercepted a phone call between two insurgents. They discussed using chemical weapons. Russia informed Washington and other anti-Assad governments. It called on them "to make sure that their 'charges' kept their hands off any chemical weapons or their components, to say nothing of using them." According to Lavrov: "We are certain ...
Syrian Chemical Weapons Deal: What Follows?
Post Date: 2013-09-29 02:16:34 by Stephen Lendman
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Syrian Chemical Weapons Deal: What Follows? by Stephen Lendman It's all over but the beginning. More on that below. On Friday, Security Council members unanimously adopted Resolution 2118: Security Council Requires Scheduled Destruction of Syria's Chemical Weapons. Ir rules out military force. It's "fully consistent with the Russian-US Geneva agreements," said Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. "This is the result of coordinated efforts of Russia and the United States backed by all members of the UN Security Council and the majority of other states." "The resolution does not fall under Chapter 7 of the United Nations Charter and does not ...
An Inside Look at the Defense Industry
Post Date: 2013-09-28 08:16:22 by Dakmar
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In early 2035, the thirty-fourth year of the war against al-Qaeda, the Pentagon issued a White Paper saying that the F22 Raptor, the front-line fighter plane of the United States, was nearing the end of its useful life and needed to be replaced. Not everyone agreed. Various budget-cutting organizations argued that the Raptor had never been used and thus no one could tell whether it had a useful life. Anyway, the job of the Air Force—killing Third World peasants and their families—had been coopted by drones. America didn’t need a new fighter, said the critics. The Air Force countered that the new plane would look feral and make loud, exciting noises. To this, critics could ...
Brzezinski admits alternative media stalling war with Syria 12
Post Date: 2013-09-28 04:30:52 by Tatarewicz
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During a short interview with Germany’s DW News last Monday, former US National Security Adviser and Trilateral Commission co-founder Zbigniew Brzezinski commented on the growing inefficiency of war due to the increased political knowledge of the public. “Given the contemporary reality of what I have called in my writings ‘Global Political Awakening,’ a policy of force based primarily on Western and in some cases former colonial powers does not seem to me a very promising avenue to an eventual solution to the regional problem,” said Brzezinski, referring to the situation in Syria. Despite Brzezinski’s noted long-term relationship with Obama which included a ...
Deal Reached on Syrian Chemical Weapons
Post Date: 2013-09-28 02:29:45 by Stephen Lendman
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Deal Reached on Syrian Chemical Weapons by Stephen Lendman Give credit where it's deserved. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov earned it. He bested John Kerry. So far at least, he made him eat crow. The five permanent Security Council members agreed on "binding and enforceable" wording to eliminate Syria's chemical weapons. Security Council resolution language excludes military force. Russia wants all Syrian conflict issues resolved diplomatically. So far, things are proceeding that way. It remains to be seen what happens going forward. Obama's regime change plans remain firm. War is his bottom line option to achieve them. Implementing it is delayed. ...
US/Iranian Foreign Ministers Meet
Post Date: 2013-09-28 02:27:58 by Stephen Lendman
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US/Iranian Foreign Ministers Meet by Stephen Lendman On Thursday, they met in New York. They did so on the sidelines of the General Assembly meeting. They held what they called substantive talks. They were the first in over a generation. Smiles, handshakes, and positive sounding language mean nothing. They can't erase decades of unrelenting US hostility. Iran remains justifiably cautious. John Kerry said he and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif "had a very constructive meeting." "Needless to say," he added, "one meeting and a change in tone, which was welcome, doesn't answer those questions yet and there is a lot of work to be done." ...
Netanyahu Exceeds Sharonian Evil
Post Date: 2013-09-27 14:46:35 by Stephen Lendman
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Netanyahu Exceeds Sharonian Evil by Stephen Lendman His crimes of war and against humanity remain unpunished. His bluster long ago wore thin. He's a world class thug and then some. Even Israeli insiders and former officials detest him. They do so for good reason. More on that below. He's heading Israel toward full-blown tyranny and ruin. It's already a fascist police state. He makes more enemies than friends. He mocks democratic values. He spurns rule of law principles. He enforces occupation harshness. He prioritizes apartheid cruelty. It exceeds the worst of former South African inhumanity. Observers who know both say so. In 2002, Archbishop Desmond Tutu visited Israel. ...
Assad Fears US Aggression
Post Date: 2013-09-27 02:57:48 by Stephen Lendman
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Assad Fears US Aggression by Stephen Lendman His fears are well-founded. He knows what he's up against. Longstanding US plans call for regime change. They remain firm. Assad's willingness to destroy his chemical weapons delayed US action. It didn't deter it. On September 25, Latin America's TeleSUR TV interviewed him in Damascus. "(T)he potential for a military offensive will always be present," he said. It can come "(e)ither under the pretext of chemical weapons, or at other times under different pretexts." More on what he said below. Permanent UN Security Council members continue discussing resolution language on Syria. Itar Tass quoted Russian ...
WaPo Interviews Lavrov
Post Date: 2013-09-26 13:25:20 by Stephen Lendman
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WaPo Interviews Lavrov by Stephen Lendman On September 25, Washington Post senior associate editor Lally Weymouth interviewed Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. He did so on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly meeting in New York. In response to a question regarding Obama's Tuesday speech, Lavrov was diplomatically discreet, saying: He "addressed important issues, and he stated willingness to cooperate on resolving problems in the Middle East and to help us find common approaches, which is the key for the international community." This writer called his address imperial mumbo jumbo. It featured beginning-to-end bald-faced lies. They followed in rapid fire ...
CIA Spy Who Nearly Caused World War III Freed By Obama
Post Date: 2013-09-26 03:03:03 by Tatarewicz
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A shocking report prepared by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) circulating in the Kremlin today says that the mainstream propaganda media organs in the United States are continuing to keep covered up the Obama regimes freeing of what Russian intelligence agencies claim is, perhaps, the most dangerous CIA spy-operative ever to have lived and who nearly caused World War III. According to this report, former US Army veteran and current CIA operative Eric Harroun [photo top left] was ordered released this past week by US District Judge Claude Hilton after Harroun’s guilty plea to a felony count of conspiring to violate American arms-control laws and who further ruled that this ...
Remembering Edward Said
Post Date: 2013-09-26 02:57:07 by Stephen Lendman
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Remembering Edward Said by Stephen Lendman September 25 marked the 10th anniversary of his death. He was much more than Columbia University Professor of English and Comparative Literature. He was an extraordinary intellectual, a visionary, a global peace advocate, a man of remarkable humanity, and an uncompromising Palestinian human rights champion. On November 1, 1935, he was born in Jerusalem. In 1947, his family was exiled. In 1991, he was diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic leukemia. It's a malignant cancer of the bone marrow and blood. On September 25, 2003, he succumbed at age 67. He did so after a courageous 12 year struggle for life. Ilan Pappe called his loss ...
Rohani in New York
Post Date: 2013-09-26 02:55:42 by Stephen Lendman
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Rohani in New York by Stephen Lendman On September 25, Iranian President Hassan Rohani delivered his first General Assembly address. It was eloquent, straightforward, honest and important. He spoke truth to power. He did so sincerely and candidly. Israel's UN delegation walked out. It did so disgracefully. Netanyahu speaks next Tuesday. From Israel he lied, saying: "As expected, this was a cynical speech that was full of hypocrisy." "Rohani spoke of human rights even as Iranian forces are participating in the large-scale slaughter of innocent civilians in Syria." "He spoke of a nuclear program for civilian purposes even as an IAEA report determines that ...
Syrian National Coalition Spurns Peace
Post Date: 2013-09-25 14:55:03 by Stephen Lendman
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Syrian National Coalition Spurns Peace by Stephen Lendman The Western-sponsored Syrian National Coalition (SNC) lacks legitimacy. It’s an artificial construct. It operates extrajudicially. It's a rogue outlaw gang. It supports war. It abhors peaceful conflict resolution. It wants Assad toppled. It wants governance subservient to Western interests replacing him. It's anti-democratic. It wants diktat rule. It wants Syrian sovereignty destroyed. It wants Syrians having no say over who'll lead them. It represents what the great majority of Syrians oppose. It doesn't matter. Obama wants another imperial trophy. He intends war to get it. On September 22, Russia Today ...
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