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Assad: Winning Hearts, Minds and Battles
Post Date: 2013-06-12 03:02:39 by Stephen Lendman
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Assad: Winning Hearts, Minds and Battles in Syria by Stephen Lendman Most Syrians support Assad. They do so for good reason. Mass crowds turn out in liberated areas. Syria's military is cheered. Polls show over two-thirds of Syrians back their government. The longer conflict continues, the greater Assad backing grows. It's not surprising. Syrians want no part of living under a Washington-imposed dictatorship. They're willing to sacrifice, fight and die to prevent it. They've come this far and won't quit. Obama and imperial allies are worried. John Kerry planned a fifth Middle East visit this week. On Tuesday, he was expected in Israel. He's not coming. He'll ...
What spying apologists don’t tell you about “thwarted plots”
Post Date: 2013-06-11 06:48:22 by Ada
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Defenders of the government's spying programs claim they're stopping massive attacks. Here's the real story Listen to defenders of the U.S. government’s recently revealed data collection practices, and you’re likely to hear claims about terrorist plots these sweeping activities have purportedly stopped. Senate Intelligence Committee Chairwoman Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., explained on ABC’s “This Week” Sunday that in one of the signature uses of the dragnet collection of every American’s phone records, the NSA managed to track one of our own informants, David Headley, as he helped Islamic terrorists plan attacks. She did not mention that it did ...
Syria's Qusair Victory Matters
Post Date: 2013-06-09 13:02:16 by Stephen Lendman
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Syria's Qusair Victory Matters by Stephen Lendman Qusair's strategically important. Western-backed death squads controlled it for over a year. On June 5, Syrian forces triumphed. Insurgent fighters were routed. Many were killed. Others were captured. Remaining elements fled. On June 8, Buwayda village was secured. It was the final area-held insurgent position. Syria's in full control. Qusair borders Lebanon. It's in central Homs province. It's part of an important insurgent supply route. According to General Yahya Suleiman: "Whoever controls Qusair control the center of the country, and whoever controls the center of the country controls all of Syria." On ...
‘Hezbollah: A game changer in Syria’
Post Date: 2013-06-08 03:55:56 by Tatarewicz
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PressTV “Events in al-Qusayr are a transformation on the scope of the region's strategies, and Syria has entered a new phase that is not in ‘Israel's’ and U.S.'s favor.”- Deputy Head of Hezbollah Executive Board Sheikh Nabil Qaouk. In a decisive triumph over US and Zionist-backed rebel forces, Hezbollah resistance fighters aided by the Syrian Army have repatriated the formerly-insurgent-controlled city of Qusayr. Qusayr, located in western Syria, was one of the first cities occupied by the overwhelmingly-Sunni Syrian rebels back in March of 2011. The strategic value of the town, which is just 10 kilometers from the Lebanese border, lies in the fact ...
New York Times Editors Defend the Indefensible
Post Date: 2013-06-08 03:06:32 by Stephen Lendman
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New York Times Editors Defend the Indefensible by Stephen Lendman It's standard Times practice. It's longstanding. On June 6, Times editors praised Obama's selection of Susan Rice and Samantha Power. They're deplorable choices. They'll move from current capacities to new national security positions. More on that below. Times editors endorsed what demands condemnation. What they say matters. Times articles, commentaries and editorials have impact. What's reported attracts global attention. Longstanding Times policy is consistent. It operates as a quasi-official ministry of managed news misinformation. It masquerades as the real thing. Doing so violates ...
Samantha Power for UN Envoy
Post Date: 2013-06-07 03:00:43 by Stephen Lendman
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Samantha Power for UN Envoy by Stephen Lendman Obama's cabinet, national security team, and other close advisors reflect a virtual rogues gallery of scoundrels. Susan Rice as National Security Advisor and Samantha Power as UN envoy are on board in new capacities. Rice shifts from UN ambassador to the White House. A previous article quoted the Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity saying "she belongs in the big house, not in the White House." Given her notion of humanitarian intervention, Power belongs there with her. On June 5, Obama announced both appointments. He was right calling Power "a relentless advocate for American interests and values." He was ...
Susan Rice for National Security Advisor
Post Date: 2013-06-06 03:02:20 by Stephen Lendman
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Susan Rice for National Security Advisor by Stephen Lendman Previous articles discussed her. Calling her controversial stops short of accurately characterizing her. Moral depravity explains best. Vishay Prashad calls her the "queen of interventionist hawks." South African journalist Getahune Bekele said she's a "consummate ally of grubby despots." Ray McGovern says she believes "hawkishness" is "safer" for career advancement than "thoughtful diplomacy." Reuters called her "sharp-tongued." Others condemn her bloody hands. Banality of evil describes her. Death and destruction don't bother her. She was quoted once ...
Anti-Syrian Blame Game Escalates
Post Date: 2013-06-06 03:01:21 by Stephen Lendman
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Anti-Syrian Blame Game Escalates by Stephen Lendman Since early 2011, ongoing blame game strategy holds Syria responsible for Western-enlisted death squad crimes. In August 2011, the Human Rights Council (HRC) appointed a so-called Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Syria (COI). Paulo Pinheiro heads it. His mandate is pro-Western propaganda. Credibility isn't his long suit. His reports bear testimony to his bias. He wrongfully blames Assad for insurgent crimes. He's done so throughout his tenure. Washington calls the shots. Pinheiro and other COI members salute and obey. So do HRC officials. Truth is verboten. False reports up the stakes for full-blown US-led ...
How different would WW2 turned out if Poland accepted Hitler's offer
Post Date: 2013-06-02 22:46:23 by Tatarewicz
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 »» pierogi2000 ♂ Hitler offered Poland deals and hoped for an alliance, much like the one he had with Hungary, Italy, Spain, Slovakia, Japan and countless others At the time of Hitler's offer, Poland faced 3 options A) Stay neutral. Not possible B) Join Germany C) Say no and rely on France & England History has shown that Poland took the bloodiest route. But was it the right decision? Considering how France and England did little to nothing following Germany's attack. Furthermore how Poland was yet again lied to during the War by it's Western allies which ultimately led to 40 years of Soviet control anyway, would have joining Hitler ...
Washington Criticizes Syrian Self-Defense
Post Date: 2013-06-02 03:06:11 by Stephen Lendman
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Washington Criticizes Syrian Self-Defense by Stephen Lendman Seventeenth century philosopher/political theorist/jurist Hugo Grotius perhaps helped inspire international law. In 1625, his "On The Law of War and Peace" said "Most Men assign three Just Causes of War, Defense, the Recovery of what's our own, and Punishment." War must be waged rightly to be just, he said. It must either respond to "wrongs not yet committed, or to wrongs already done." He called self-defense justifiable. Under international law, it's a fundamental right. It's inviolable. The UN Charter affirms it. Chapter VII, Article 51 states: "Nothing in the present ...
First super-governmental world war begins
Post Date: 2013-06-01 04:07:51 by Tatarewicz
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PressTV: The American press is continually filled with one wildly inaccurate and conspiratorial monstrosity after another, each one quickly proven false. The stories that are proven true, the Syrian rebels’ “rape squads” kidnapping and murdering young women and girls in the occupied zones of Syria are censored." Related Interviews: 'S-300 enables Syria to defend itself' ‘Syria opposition relies on Takfiris’ Today, Israeli’s awakened to a new world. Syria has a fully operational S-300 air defense system that covers, if they desire, not just much of Lebanon but most of Israel as well. Israel awakened with its “pants around its ankles.” ...
Stat Department Terrorism Report: Upping the Stakes for War
Post Date: 2013-06-01 03:08:17 by Stephen Lendman
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State Department Terrorism Report: Upping the Stakes for War by Stephen Lendman According to Washington, terrorism is what they do, not us. Defending independent sovereignty is called terrorism. So are legitimate responses to Western/Israeli-sponsored attacks. Incidents manufactured out of whole cloth are called terrorism. In October 2011, Iran was falsely charged with plotting to kill Saudi Arabia's US ambassador (Adel al-Jubeir). No plot whatever existed. So-called plans "never progressed" because they're were none. The entire scenario was fabricated. At issue is falsely claiming Iran represents an existential threat. It's done to build a case for regime change. ...
Syria gets first shipment of Russia's S-300 missiles: Assad
Post Date: 2013-05-30 05:21:45 by Tatarewicz
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DAMASCUS, May 30 (Xinhua) -- Syria's President Bashar al-Assad said his country has already received a shipment of the Russia's long-range S-300 anti-aircraft missiles, Lebanese al-Manar TV released Thursday. Assad made the remarks during an interview with the Lebanese al- Manar TV, whose excerpts were released Thursday morning as the entire interview will be fully aired Thursday night. Assad said the Syrian army received the first shipment of the anti-aircraft missiles, adding that other shipments will be delivered soon. His remarks came couple of days after Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said that sending Russian long-range S-300 anti-aircraft missiles ...
The entire globe is a battlefield for Pentagon
Post Date: 2013-05-29 07:21:11 by Ada
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Forget it; the Global War on Terror (GWOT) is not becoming more “democratic” – or even transparent. US President Barack Obama now pledges to transfer the responsibility of the shadow 'Drone Wars' from the CIA to the Pentagon – so the US Congress is able to monitor it. Until virtually yesterday the Obama administration did not even recognize in public the existence of the shadow 'Drone Wars'. The Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) at the Pentagon – which would then be in charge of the 'Drone Wars' - is bound to remain secret. And the Pentagon is not exactly yearning to retouch its definition of a “militant”, a prime ...
Iran Equips Armored Vehicles with Smart Missile Diverting System
Post Date: 2013-05-29 03:18:18 by Tatarewicz
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Iran Equips Armored Vehicles with Smart Missile Diverting System TEHRAN (FNA)- The Iranian Army has equipped its tanks and armored vehicles with a smart system to divert incoming enemy missiles, an army commander said on Tuesday. Lieutenant Commander of the Army Ground Force General Kiomars Heidari told FNA that the new generation of home-made Zolfaqar tanks has been designed and manufactured. As regards the features of the new tank, Heidari said, "Reactive body is one of the specifications of Zolfaqar tanks." He explained that reactive body is part of the tank's body which is smart and is capable of defusing the impact of incoming enemy missiles. "The system ...
Lifting the Fake EU Arms Embargo
Post Date: 2013-05-29 03:06:02 by Stephen Lendman
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Lifting the Fake EU Arms Embargo by Stephen Lendman On May 27, the so-called one-year EU arms embargo on Syria's opposition ended. Officially it does so on June 1. EU nations agreed to end what never existed. Since Washington's war on Syria began in early 2011, arms flowed freely. Western-enlisted death squads get them. At issue is replacing Assad with a subservient pro-Western puppet. Syria's being ravaged in the process. Washington, key NATO partners, Israel and rogue Arab state allies bear full responsibility. War rages ahead of Geneva II. Planned peace talks are pretense. Syrians genuinely want it. So does Russia going all out to achieve it. Other nations urge peace. ...
Remembering that they're gone...
Post Date: 2013-05-27 18:06:04 by GreyLmist
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Media Blackout: Moslem's Reason for Killing British Militant
Post Date: 2013-05-27 03:25:06 by Tatarewicz
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Kixi After Michael Adebolejo finished knifing the British ex-Afghanistan militant in Woolwich he asked a passerby to turn on his camera to record a statement. That video went viral. PM Cameron flew home to launch a spin campaign to focus discussion on "terrorism", "Islamic extremists" and "radicalization". The jewsmedia dutifully went along and as the days go by the establishment are avoiding the reasons why the militant was knifed to death. Here is the uncut transcript of that video. Transcript of Michael Adebolejo’s statement: "The only reason we have killed this man today is because Muslims are dying daily by British soldiers. And this ...
Obama at Annapolis
Post Date: 2013-05-27 03:02:35 by Stephen Lendman
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Obama at Annapolis by Stephen Lendman Obama represents the worst of rogue leadership. He's a war criminal multiple times over. He's guilty of numerous other crimes. He belongs in prison, not high office. On May 24, he addressed Naval Academy graduates. Why any showed up they'll have to explain. So does why those doing so didn't diss him. The 2013 graduates include 1,047 men and women. Nearly three-fourths are navy ensigns. The others are marine lieutenants, three air force ones, and 16 foreign exchange students. Midshipmen are required to take an Oath of Office, stating: "Having been appointed a midshipman in the United States Navy, do you solemnly swear (or ...
Hezbollah's Nasrallah: Syria's the "Linchpin of Resistance"
Post Date: 2013-05-27 03:00:51 by Stephen Lendman
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Hezbollah's Nasrallah: Syria's the "Linchpin of Resistance" by Stephen Lendman Speaking on the 13th anniversary of Lebanon's Resistance and Liberation Day, Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah addressed grave regional dangers. America, Israel, and takfiris (extremist Muslims, infidels, apostates) pose it. Syria's the "linchpin of resistance," he stressed. "It (it) falls in the hands of the US, Israel and the takfiris, the Lebanese resistance will be beleaguered and Israel will enter Lebanon." "If Syria falls, this means that Palestine will be lost, and a bleak future awaits the peoples of the region." Ongoing conflict in ...
Obama: Defending the Indefensible
Post Date: 2013-05-25 03:10:04 by Stephen Lendman
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Obama: Defending the Indefensible by Stephen Lendman His doublespeak duplicity reflects the last refuge of a scoundrel. He's the worst in recent memory. Perhaps the worst ever. Forked tongue rhetoric can't disguise it. Throughout his tenure, he governed lawlessly. He's done so at home and abroad. He spurns rule of law principles and other democratic values. Nothing suggests change. Business as usual continues. War on humanity is policy. Rogue leaders govern that way. Obama threatens everyone. On May 23, he spoke at Washington's National Defense University. He defended what he urged changing four years earlier. More on his Thursday address below. On May 21, 2009, he ...
Media Responses to Obama's Speech
Post Date: 2013-05-25 03:09:25 by Stephen Lendman
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Media Responses to Obama's Speech by Stephen Lendman They didn't surprise. Media scoundrels support his worst policies. His neoliberal harshness is endorsed. His alliance with monied interests gets no coverage. His crimes of war, against humanity and genocide go unmentioned. His partnership with Israel against Palestine isn't explained. His systematic disdain for rule of law principles gets ignored. Responses to his Thursday speech were largely positive. Challenging them follows below. New York Times editors headlined "The End of the Perpetual War," saying: "For the first time, a president stated clearly and unequivocally that the state of perpetual warfare ...
5 Principles of Patrolling explained, with select quotes from Patton
Post Date: 2013-05-24 23:30:08 by X-15
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In Ranger school a common joke when coming to a decision point is to remind the person in a leadership position "5th Principle of Patrolling" as if that would make their life easier. The Principles of Patrolling are not a checklist, you have to do all five at the same time. However, the principles apply to EVERYONE on the patrol, not just leadership. Even a rifleman should know the route, should be actively engaged in planning (even if it is just over his personal kit and duties), should know where he falls in the chain of command and be able to accomplish the mission (though I be the lone survivor). Oh, and you get to do it all in a time crunch most of the time. 5 Principles of ...
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Post Date: 2013-05-24 11:03:42 by Katniss
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Woolrich London Killing: Terrorism or False Flag? [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2013-05-24 03:09:28 by Stephen Lendman
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Woolrich London Killing: Terrorism or False Flag? by Stephen Lendman Reports said two assailants hacked a British soldier to death. He's been identified as Lee Rigby. He was killed in broad daylight. It was several hundred meters from southeast London's Woolwich Royal Artillery barracks. Weapons included a machete type knife. Alleged attackers remained on the scene. They did so until police arrived 20 minutes later. Why wasn't explained. Killers don't usually stay around to be captured. Both assailants were shot and apprehended. They were hospitalized for treatment. One allegedly said "(w)e must fight as they fight us. An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth." ...
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