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Latest Articles: War, War, War
"I Am Sorry That It Has Come to This": A Soldier's Last Words
Post Date: 2013-06-24 14:11:12 by christine
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Daniel Somers was a veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom. He was part of Task Force Lightning, an intelligence unit. In 2004-2005, he was mainly assigned to a Tactical Human-Intelligence Team (THT) in Baghdad, Iraq, where he ran more than 400 combat missions as a machine gunner in the turret of a Humvee, interviewed countless Iraqis ranging from concerned citizens to community leaders and and government officials, and interrogated dozens of insurgents and terrorist suspects. In 2006-2007, Daniel worked with Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) through his former unit in Mosul where he ran the Northern Iraq Intelligence Center. His official role was as a senior analyst for the Levant ...
Pakistani Taliban Says Tourists Killed Over US Attack – Report
Post Date: 2013-06-24 03:08:30 by Tatarewicz
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MOSCOW, June 23 (RIA Novosti) – The Pakistani Taliban has claimed responsibility for killing a group of tourists, including one Russian, five Ukrainians and three Chinese, as retaliation for a leader’s death in a US drone attack, The Associated Press reported Sunday, citing a Taliban spokesman. No Americans appear to have been killed in the attack. According to local officials, at least a dozen Islamic militants dressed in police uniforms shot the nine tourists and a local guide on Sunday after rousing them from their sleep in a hotel at the foot of the world’s ninth-highest mountain, Nanga Parbat, in northern Pakistan. The Taliban spokesman, who the AP cited as speaking ...
Enemies of Syria Plan Escalated Aggression
Post Date: 2013-06-24 02:48:35 by Stephen Lendman
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Enemies of Syria Plan Escalated Aggression by Stephen Lendman So-called "Friends of Syria" are their worst enemies. They're a rogue's gallery of scoundrels. They're complicit with Washington's imperium. They violate core international law principles. They're no friends of peace, stability and freedom. Umbrella group members America, Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Jordan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, UAE, and Qatar met in Doha. They agreed on "secret" escalating measures. They hope to tip the military balance. They're desperate to counter Assad's impressive victories. He's routing insurgents convincingly. They're no match against ...
General Wesley Clark: Whistleblower, Warrior
Post Date: 2013-06-22 03:02:46 by Stephen Lendman
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General Wesley Clark: Whistleblower, Warrior by Stephen Lendman One a warrior, always one. Clark hasn't forgotten. His credentials are notorious. He's a war criminal. He's also a whistleblower. More on that below. He formerly commanded NATO. From March 24 - June 19, 1999, he led naked aggression against Yugoslavia. For 78 days, hundreds of warplanes attacked mercilessly. About 3,000 sorties were flown. Thousands of tons of ordnance were dropped. Hundreds of ground-launched cruise missiles were used. Nearly everything was struck. Massive destruction and disruption followed. An estimated $100 billion in damage was caused. A humanitarian disaster resulted. Environmental ...
Obama's Nuclear Arms Reduction Hoax
Post Date: 2013-06-21 03:02:08 by Stephen Lendman
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Obama's Nuclear Arms Reduction Hoax by Stephen Lendman Jack Kennedy was America's last peace president. He underwent a spiritual transformation. He changed from cold warrior to peacemaker. He wanted nuclear weapons abolished. He urged "general and complete disarmament." He wanted force-fed Pax Americana ended. He assumed great risk. Nearly all his top advisors disapproved. Pentagon commanders opposed him. So did most congressional members. CIA officials weren't pleased. Kennedy was vulnerable. He knew it. He accepted the risk. It cost him his life. He was assassinated weeks after signing the US/Soviet Russia Limited Test Ban Treaty and National Security Action ...
Obama's Berlin Moment
Post Date: 2013-06-21 03:00:16 by Stephen Lendman
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Obama's Berlin Moment by Stephen Lendman Obama's unwelcome in Berlin. He's not wanted. Many Berliners aren't pleased he came. His rhetoric fell short. Doublespeak duplicity is hollow. It doesn't sell well. On July 29, 2008, 200,000 Germans cheered him. They did so in central Berlin's Tiergarten. They hoped he'd change Bush/Cheney policies. He promised. He lied. He exceeds the worst of his predecessors. On June 19, Obama chose the Brandenburg Gate. It was hermetically sealed off to protect him. He spoke behind thick bullet-proof glass. About 4,000 got to attend. They were handpicked to avoid embarrassment. More on his speech below. It wasn't an "Ich ...
Mossad Recruiting Algerian Youths for Fighting Syrians
Post Date: 2013-06-20 02:16:40 by Tatarewicz
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TEHRAN (FNA)- Israel's spy agency, Mossad, is recruiting Algerian young men to send them to Syria to help the other foreign-backed terrorists in the fight against the Syrian people and government, an Algerian newspaper revealed on Wednesday. Informed sources who asked to remain anonymous told the Algerian daily al-Fajr that the activities of Salafi groups in the country are under the supervision of Mossad and these groups coax the Algerian young men into getting involved in what they call as "Jihad in Syria" and includes killing civilians and increasing insecurity in the country. The sources said that the Salafi groups in Algeria are in direct contact with their religious ...
US - Taliban Peace Talks
Post Date: 2013-06-20 00:19:24 by Tatarewicz
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Talking with the enemy: Obama, Taliban negotiate Afghanistan's future With the US and Taliban due to open talks, Obama's idea of negotiating an end to the Afghanistan war faces its big test. Fortunately, the Taliban will also be tested to face the new Afghan realities. The key to ending America’s war in Afghanistan has long been a negotiated deal with the Taliban. Finally, such talks will begin Thursday in Qatar. If they go well, the talks will serve primarily as a test of how much the Taliban have accepted the new realities of progress in Afghanistan and elsewhere. Much has changed since 2001 when the militant group’s ruthless rule ended with an American-led invasion to ...
US, Taliban Start Talks on Ending Afghan War
Post Date: 2013-06-19 07:31:43 by Ada
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US Drops Demand Taliban Renounce al-Qaeda The Taliban has opened an official headquarters in the Qatari capital of Doha today, with an eye on negotiating a settlement of the 12-year-long NATO occupation of Afghanistan. Talks are expected to include both Afghan government officials and the US. The initiative to finally end the war is a long time coming, with the US spending years trying to open up side negotiations with mid-ranking Taliban, while openly insisting the talks were only designed to “divide” the rebellion. It is the first major push for talks since March of 2012, when the Taliban withdrew in the early stages of talks, citing “erratic and vague” US ...
Michael Hastings, 'Rolling Stone' Contributor, Dead at 33
Post Date: 2013-06-19 07:17:47 by Ada
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The bold journalist died in a car accident in Los Angeles Michael Hastings, the fearless journalist whose reporting brought down the career of General Stanley McChrystal, has died in a car accident in Los Angeles, Rolling Stone has learned. He was 33. Hastings' unvarnished 2010 profile of McChrystal in the pages of Rolling Stone, "The Runaway General," captured the then-supreme commander of the U.S.-led war effort in Afghanistan openly mocking his civilian commanders in the White House. The maelstrom sparked by its publication concluded with President Obama recalling McChrystal to Washington and the general resigning his post. "The conduct represented in the recently ...
Putin Alone at G8
Post Date: 2013-06-19 01:55:21 by Stephen Lendman
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Putin Alone at G8 by Stephen Lendman On June 17, G8 leaders began two days of talks in Northern Ireland. Seven nations want escalated war on Syria. Putin's alone. He's an outlier for peaceful conflict resolution. Obama's hands are bloodrenched. He bears full responsibility for ravaging Syria. It's been ongoing since early 2011. It was planned many years earlier. On Monday, Obama lied saying: "We're not taking sides in a religious war. Really, what we're trying to do is take sides against extremists of all sorts and in favor of people who are in favor of moderation, tolerance, representative government, and over the long-term, stability and prosperity for ...
High Level Opposition to Escalating Syria's Conflict
Post Date: 2013-06-19 01:54:35 by Stephen Lendman
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High Level Opposition to Escalating Syria's Conflict by Stephen Lendman Dozens of responsible world leaders oppose Washington's war on Syria. They do so for good reason. They want peaceful conflict resolution. They're against greater escalation. Few say so publicly. On May 15, the UN General Assembly adopted an anti-Assad resolution. It's non-binding. It was Arab League-led. Washington co-sponsored it. It followed four others since 2011. It passed 107 - 12. Over 70 nations refused support. They endorse peace, not war. They oppose greater foreign intervention. Russia called the measure "counterproductive and irresponsible." Assad expressed views many other ...
Syria and Iran: In America's Crosshairs
Post Date: 2013-06-18 02:55:57 by Stephen Lendman
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Syria and Iran: In America's Crosshairs by Stephen Lendman Obama's on a fast track toward tyranny. He's heading for greater intervention against Syria. Ravaging the country entirely is planned. At issue is establishing another pro-Western vassal state. Mass killing and destruction don't matter. Imperial priorities come first. Longstanding plans pre-date 9/11. Former French Foreign Minister Roland Dumas doesn't know the half of it. If he does, he didn't say. He told French parliamentary channel (La Chaine parlementaire) viewers: "I’m going to tell you something. I was in England two years before the violence in Syria on other business. I met with top ...
Syrian Girl
Post Date: 2013-06-17 10:29:24 by christine
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One Big Issue: Surveillance and Expansionism Are Linked
Post Date: 2013-06-17 09:48:19 by Ada
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"Governments, like married couples, are entitled to their secrets" has written Richard Cohen a few years back. Which secrets? Lines have to be drawn. A government shouldn't cover up crimes under the mantle of secrecy. It shouldn't conceal wrongful seizures and exercises of power. This government and the preceding one under Bush have concealed the fact that they were collecting information wrongfully, namely, information on private communications. The term "national security" cannot reasonably be invoked as an excuse for doing this because it's too vague, and almost anything can be construed as affecting "national security". The quest for catching ...
Obama urged to impose Syria no-fly zone
Post Date: 2013-06-17 03:25:36 by Tatarewicz
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has warned against any effort by the US and its allies to impose a no-fly zone over Syria, saying the move would be a ‘violation of international law.’" Related Interviews: US lawmakers have urged President Barack Obama to go beyond supplying militants in Syria with lethal aid, urging him to consider imposing a no-fly zone over the Arab country. South Carolina Republican Senator Lindsey Graham said in a television interview with NBC network on Sunday that supplying the militants in Syria with ammunition is not enough and Washington needs to establish a no-fly zone. “We need to create a no-fly zone. We cannot take air power ...
The Forbidden Truth: The U.S. is Channeling Chemical Weapons to Al Qaeda in Syria, Obama is a Liar and a Terrorist
Post Date: 2013-06-16 15:20:13 by Southern Style
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The Forbidden Truth: The U.S. is Channeling Chemical Weapons to Al Qaeda in Syria, Obama is a Liar and a TerroristWho has Crossed the "Red Line"? Barack Obama and John Kerry are Supporting a Terrorist Organization on the State Department List By Prof Michel ChossudovskyGlobal Research, June 14, 2013 Is president Obama setting the stage for a “humanitarian intervention” by casually accusing the Syrian president of killing his own people? “Following a deliberative review, our intelligence community assesses that the Assad regime has used chemical weapons, including the nerve agent sarin, on a small scale against the opposition multiple times in the last year,” ...
Is Obama Starting A War With Syria Just To Distract Us From All The Scandals?
Post Date: 2013-06-16 15:02:59 by Itistoolate
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Is Obama Starting A War With Syria Just To Distract Us From All The Scandals? Well, isn't that convenient? At the moment when the Obama administration is feeling more heat then ever before, it starts another war. Suddenly everyone in the mainstream media is talking all about Syria and not about the IRS scandal, Benghazi, NSA snooping or any of the other political scandals that have popped up in recent weeks. As if on cue, Obama made headlines all over the globe on Thursday by claiming that the Syrian government has used chemical weapons against the rebels "multiple times", and that the U.S. was now ready to do more to assist the rebels. That assistance ...
US Sarin Gas Claims Pat Buchanan: This Has Tonkin Gulf Written All Over It
Post Date: 2013-06-16 12:34:27 by Southern Style
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US Sarin Gas Claims Pat Buchanan: This Has Tonkin Gulf Written All Over It 1 Minute Video "We are getting ourselves into a conflict, Iran, Russia, Hezbollah on one side and us, Saudi Arabia, Qatar on the other side. It is Insane!" Poster Comment:The only group to gain from using chemical weapons to then blame on Assad are obviously the jihadist 'rebels' who have already been caught in Turkey with sarin gas
The Chemical Weapons Hoax
Post Date: 2013-06-16 02:53:59 by Stephen Lendman
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The Chemical Weapons Hoax by Stephen Lendman Greater US intervention in Syria looms. Manufactured threats facilitate doing so. Replacing Assad with puppet leadership is planned. Independent governments aren't tolerated. More on that below. Fact: Washington bears full responsibility for Middle East/North Africa/Central Asian wars. Resource control is prioritized. So is imperial dominance to Russian and Chinese borders. Fact: State terrorism is official US policy. Obama's waging multiple direct and proxy wars. He's doing so lawlessly. He's ravaging humanity in the process. Washington, its allies, and proxies use chemical and other illegal weapons. Permanent wars reflect ...
One-Sided Anti-Syrian Human Rights Council Resolution
Post Date: 2013-06-16 02:53:19 by Stephen Lendman
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One-Sided Anti-Syrian Human Rights Council Resolution by Stephen Lendman HRC mocks human rights, It systematically spurns them. It's a de facto US imperial tool. It defiles its own mandate. It does so lawlessly. It does it unapologetically. HRC was established to strengthen "the promotion and protection of human rights around the globe and for addressing situations of human rights violations and make recommendations on them." It consistently blames Syria for Western-sponsored crimes. It downplays or ignores proxy US death squads ones. They constitute crimes of war and against humanity. They persist daily. They show no signs of ending. HRC complicity facilitates greater US ...
C2C recap - WWII Last Battle
Post Date: 2013-06-15 06:48:39 by Tatarewicz
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The Last Battle: On Sunday night's program, Ian Punnett was joined by journalist specializing in military affairs, Stephen Harding, for a discussion on how U.S. and German soldiers joined forces in the waning hours of World War II. He explained that this unlikely collaboration was forged in an effort to save high value French prisoners that were being held captive by the Nazis in an Austrian castle. Originally to be used as hostages or pawns by the Nazis, by May of 1945 these prisoners were slated to be executed since Germany had lost the war. However, before the orders could be carried out, the plans were thwarted thanks to a sympathetic German army major named Josef Gangl and an ...
Obama Ups the Stakes in Syria
Post Date: 2013-06-15 02:50:21 by Stephen Lendman
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Obama Ups the Stakes in Syria by Stephen Lendman Obama lied. He's a serial liar. He claims Syria used chemical weapons. His so-called red line was crossed. No verifiable evidence provides proof. Clear facts prove he lied. Syria's Foreign Ministry called Obama's accusations "a caravan of lies" and "fabrications." On May 5, Reuters headlined "UN has testimony that Syrian rebels used sarin gas: investigator." Geneva-based "UN human rights investigators have gathered testimony from casualties of Syria’s civil war and medical staff indicating that rebel forces have used the nerve agent sarin, one of the lead investigators said on ...
America's National Security State
Post Date: 2013-06-12 15:37:27 by Stephen Lendman
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America's National Security State by Stephen Lendman Post-WW II, Washington's 1947 National Security Act became law. It streamlined the nation's military, established the National Security Council, created the CIA, and instituted what became America's military-industrial complex and police state apparatus. Post-9/11, they've accelerated exponentially. Washington's long arm is merciless. It's been that way for decades. Go along or else became policy. The CIA's first major foreign operation ousted Iran's democratically elected Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadeq. A generation of repressive Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi rule followed. So did the growth of ...
Epidemic of Birth Defects in Iraq: America's Toxic Legacy
Post Date: 2013-06-12 03:03:36 by Stephen Lendman
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Epidemic of Birth Defects and Cancer in Iraq: America's Toxic Legacy by Stephen Lendman America's Gulf War, intermittent bombings in the 1990s, the 2003 war, and aftermath left a toxic legacy. Children born with two heads reflect it. Some had only one eye. Missing sockets look like the inside of an oyster. They're milky and shapeless. Some children had tails like a skinned lamb. One or more had a monkey's face. Girls had their legs grown together. They were half fish, half human. Miscarriages are frequent. Hundreds of newborns have cleft pallets, elongated heads, overgrown or short limbs, and other malformed body parts. Some are too gruesome to view. Deformed Iraqi ...
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