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Washington Targets Syria and Iran
Post Date: 2012-12-18 03:01:21 by Stephen Lendman
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Washington Targets Syria and Iran by Stephen Lendman US policies threaten both nations. Doing so imperils the region and beyond. Syria's now in focus. Iran's turn awaits. What's likely should terrify everyone wanting America's imperium defeated and peace restored. Doing so remains a distant dream. Potential worst of times loom. On December 17, the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) cited Syrian Vice President Farouk al-Sharaa saying continuing armed conflict favors neither side. Opposition elements can't topple Assad without creating endless violence and chaos, he stressed. He urged conflict resolution and national unity. "We are not protecting some particular ...
Russia Ousts Meddling US NGOs, Fake Protests Peter Out
Post Date: 2012-12-17 13:19:39 by Original_Intent
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Russia Ousts Meddling US NGOs, Fake Protests Peter Out Alexey Navalny US-funded "activist" Tony Cartalucci, ContributorActivist Post Saturday, December 15 saw a disappointing show for Western-backed protesters in Moscow - with estimates of only a few hundred showing up. Led by faux-Communist Sergey Udaltsov and confirmed Western-funded opposition leaders Alexey Navalny, Ilya Yashin, and Boris Nemtsov, even the Western media had to admit the momentum they had hoped to incite is failing to materialize. AFP's "Year on, Russian opposition subdued but not defeated," and Washington Post's "Thousands protest against Putin, but opposition momentum has ...
'Did We Just Kill A Kid?' — The Six Words That Ended A US Drone Pilot's Career
Post Date: 2012-12-17 12:44:40 by Ada
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The New Mexico desert gets blistering hot, but inside the small windowless container where Brandon Bryant worked as a drone operator in the U.S. Air Force it stays a cool 63 degrees all year long. Nicola Abé at der Spiegel spoke with Bryant, no longer in the Air Force, who relays a disturbing and tragic scene from his time inside that isolated container in the American desert. Sixty-three finger numbing degrees and Bryant describes sitting with a group of other pilots looking at more than a dozen computer monitors. The crew are directing drones over Afghanistan 6,250 miles away and the screens jump with a two to five second delay, as infrared video sent from the UAVs whips through ...
Islamofascist Killers Threaten Syria
Post Date: 2012-12-17 02:57:26 by Stephen Lendman
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Islamofascist Killers Threaten Syria by Stephen Lendman They're merciless cutthroat murderers. They commit grotesque atrocities. Torture, beheadings, and other monstrous savagery are all in a day's work. They're Washington favorites. They're recruited, heavily armed, trained, funded and directed in all US regional wars. Ronald Reagan called earlier equivalents "freedom fighters." Some got White House visits. A March 1983 photo showed Afghan Mujahideen fighters there. Reagan called them "an inspiration to those who love freedom." He called Nicaraguan Contra killers "our brothers, these freedom fighters and we owe them our help. They are the moral ...
The Parents of Innocent Drone-Murdered Afghan children feel the Same Pain as the Parents of Those Murdered esterday. Think about it.
Post Date: 2012-12-15 16:02:50 by F.A. Hayek Fan
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I'm hearing all sorts of talk about banning firearms from the government propaganda outfits called the main stream media due to the Connecticut murders yet not a word from them about banning drone strikes.
3,000 US troops secretly return to Iraq via Kuwait
Post Date: 2012-12-14 10:06:23 by Jethro Tull
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3,000 US troops secretly return to Iraq via KuwaitUS troops (file photo)Sun Dec 9, 2012 6:36PMShare | Email | PrintRelated Interviews:‘Afghan deal struck to affirm US foothold’Over 3,000 US troops have secretly returned to Iraq via Kuwait for missions pertaining to the recent developments in Syria and northern Iraq, Press TV reports. According to our correspondent, the US troops have secretly entered Iraq in multiple stages and are mostly stationed at Balad military garrison in Salahuddin province and al-Asad air base in al-Anbar province. Reports say the troops include US Army officers and almost 17,000 more are set to secretly return to Iraq via the same route.All US troops left ...
Human Rights Court: CIA Tortured, Sodomized German Citizen
Post Date: 2012-12-14 08:53:45 by Ada
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Macedonia Ruled Culpable in Torture of Innocent Detainee The European Court of Human Rights has issued an historic judgement on the case of Khaled el-Masri, the German citizen unfortunate enough to have a similar name to a militant named Khalid al-Masri. The court confirmed CIA agents tortured and sodomized el-Masri in front of Macedonian state police, and found the Macedonian government complicit in his secret torture by CIA officials. In a case of mistaken identity, Masri was kidnapped in 2004 by the CIA and sent to multiple black sites in Baghdad and Afghanistan for abuse. The CIA figured out they had the wrong man after months of torture, and dumped him on a desolate road in Albania. ...
Propaganda War on Syria Rages
Post Date: 2012-12-14 02:59:43 by Stephen Lendman
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Propaganda War on Syria Rages by Stephen Lendman Propaganda wars precede hot ones. Conflicts and other forms of violence are glorified in the name of peace. Doublespeak duplicity claim it. Wars are waged to prevent it. Ongoing ones assure more ahead. Unconscionable death counts rise. America, Israel, key NATO partners, and regional allies bear full responsibility. Humanity hangs in the balance. Humanitarian intervention and responsibility to protect (R2P) mask ravaging one country after another. Slaughter and mass destruction are called liberating struggles. Plunder is for economic development. Exploitation and dominance are called democracy building. Media scoundrels invert truth for ...
The NYU Student Tweeting Every Reported US Drone Strike Has Revealed A Disturbing Trend
Post Date: 2012-12-13 11:31:48 by Ada
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More Evidence That Drones Are Targeting Civilian Rescuers In Afghanistan US Drone Strikes In Pakistan Are Based On A Monthly Unanswered Fax David Petraeus May Have Committed Much Worse Crimes In Afghanistan NYU student Josh Begley is tweeting every reported U.S. drone strike since 2002, and the feed highlights a disturbing tactic employed by the U.S. that is widely considered a war crime. Known as the "double tap," the tactic involves bombing a target multiple times in relatively quick succession, meaning that the second strike often hits first responders. A 2007 report by the Homeland Security Institute called double taps a "favorite tactic of Hamas" and the FBI ...
David Petraeus May Have Committed Much Worse Crimes In Afghanistan
Post Date: 2012-12-13 11:18:36 by Ada
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CIA Requests More Of Those Drones That It Refuses To Acknowledge Team Obama's Justification For Killing A 16-Year-Old American In A Drone Strike Is Stunning Obama's Drone War In Yemen May Be Al Qaeda's Best Recruitment Tool Ever While ousted CIA Director David Petraeus eats dirt for his extra-marital affair, some people would like him to answer for much more serious crimes. There is evidence that Petraeus, when he commanded US forces in Afghanistan, oversaw the intentional bombing of funerals and civilian rescuers with drones, which constitutes a war crime according to The International Criminal Court. For years the Bureau of Investigative Journalism (TBIJ) has reported on ...
America and Israel Wage War on Humanity
Post Date: 2012-12-13 03:08:29 by Stephen Lendman
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America and Israel Wage War on Humanity by Stephen Lendman America's longstanding policy is permanent war. It's the only nation ever to wage them ever year in its history abroad and/or at home. Multiple direct and proxy wars rage now. Obama plans more. He's a war criminal multiple times over. He violates fundamental human and civil rights. He mocks rule of law principles and democratic values. He should be in prison, not high office. He serves wealth, power and privilege. He spurns peace, equity, justice, and basic human needs. He and George Bush made America a police state. It's a hair's breadth from full-blown tyranny. He plans four more years of harsher than ...
Syria: Tightening the Noose
Post Date: 2012-12-12 03:18:52 by Stephen Lendman
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Syria: Tightening the Noose by Stephen Lendman Since conflict erupted last year, Washington, other NATO states, and regional allies recruited, armed, funded, trained and directed Syrian insurgents. Public admissions emerge slowly. Language conceals what's been ongoing all the time. On November 29, CNN said Washington is "weighing whether or not to provide arms to the Syrian opposition." US Syrian ambassador, Robert Ford, said Obama "never (took) the provision of arms off the table." They've been supplied regularly under it covertly. On December 9, Los Angeles Times columnist Doyle McManus headlined "A call to arms for Syria's rebels." Within ...
Lawsuits for Information on Drones
Post Date: 2012-12-12 03:18:02 by Stephen Lendman
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Lawsuits for Information on Drones by Stephen Lendman Drones are increasingly becoming America's weapon of choice. They're used to kill and spy. Domestic warrantless surveillance is illegal. It's done extrajudicially on a regular basis. By around 2020, eyes in the sky spying will cover America. Fourth Amendment freedoms are null and void. It states: "The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be ...
Syria Boils
Post Date: 2012-12-11 03:01:52 by Stephen Lendman
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Syria Boils by Stephen Lendman News from Syria is grim. Libya 2.0 looms. Fabricating a chemical weapons threat looks like pretext for full-scale war. On December 8, the Toronto Sun said Foreign Affairs officials urged Canadian citizens to leave Syria. Maybe they know something they're not explaining. On December 9, Israel National News said the London Sunday Times said IDF special forces now operate inside Syria. Allegedly they're trying to locate "non-conventional weapons" and "sabotage" them. Israel considered ground and/or air attacks to destroy them. Perhaps they're still planned. The Sunday Times said if evidence suggests Assad used chemical ...
Navy SEAL Team Member Dies Saving Kidnapped Doctor
Post Date: 2012-12-11 02:04:54 by scrapper2
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The Navy SEAL who died during the daring rescue of an American physician in Afghanistan has been identified as Petty Officer First Class Nicolas D. Checque. He was 28 years old and lived in Virginia Beach, Va. A highly decorated combat veteran, Petty Officer Checque, who was originally from Monroeville, Pa., was assigned to the Naval Special Warfare unit, Department of Defense officials said. He was a 2002 graduate of Norwin High School in North Huntingdon, Pa., the eastern suburbs of Pittsburgh, where he was a member of the school’s wrestling team, reports triblive.com. As our colleagues, Sharifullah Sahak and Azam Ahmed, report, Petty Officer Checque was among six people who were ...
Preemptive Strike on Syria Looms
Post Date: 2012-12-10 03:05:55 by Stephen Lendman
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Preemptive Strike on Syria Looms by Stephen Lendman Washington planned war on Syria years ago. Only its timing and methodology remained to be decided. US administrations want all independent governments replaced by pro-Western puppet regimes. War is the bottom line option when other methods fail. Washington's proxy war on Syria raged since winter 2011. Full-scale intervention looms. Pretexts are easy to invent when none exist. Fabricating a chemical weapons threat appears the option of choice. Iraq WMD 2.0 hype headlined enough convinces most people of a nonexistent danger. Full-scale war could erupt anytime. Washington positioned a powerful fighting force off Syria's coast. ...
Homeland creator urges MoD to stop shooting live pigs
Post Date: 2012-12-09 20:17:23 by scrapper2
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The creator of hit TV drama Homeland has condemned the Ministry of Defence for running a "crude animal laboratory" in which live pigs are shot with high-powered rifles so army medics can practise surgery on them. Gideon Raff, the former Israeli Defence Force (IDF) paratrooper who wrote and directed the Israeli original of the award-winning American drama, has written to the Defence Secretary Philip Hammond to express his outrage at the scheme, in which British military medics practise emergency surgery on pigs shot at a Nato training camp in Denmark. Formerly known as "Operation Danish Bacon", the practice was condemned last month by the animal rights group Peta, who ...
NATO Intervention in Syria Imminent
Post Date: 2012-12-09 02:55:52 by Stephen Lendman
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NATO Intervention in Syria Imminent by Stephen Lendman On December 7, Voice of Russia (VoR) headlined: "Iraq 2.0, another false-flag invasion rated XXX," saying: "The US and NATO are set to invade Syria, something many of us have been warning about for a while now. It has been obvious that they have been looking for a pretext and that pretext has already been injected into the public debate." VoR cited fabricated claims about threatening chemical weapons. Media scoundrels hype them. Sarin nerve gas was mentioned. Reports claimed Assad readied it in bombs. No evidence whatever was cited. They're ready to go but haven't been loaded on planes, said an unnamed ...
Obama Plans African Wars
Post Date: 2012-12-08 03:18:00 by Stephen Lendman
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Obama Plans African Wars by Stephen Lendman Obama's warmaking appetite exceeds all his predecessors and then some. He's already waging multiple direct and proxy wars. His rhetoric about winding them down rings hollow. He wants to make the most of the next four years. No targeted country left behind reflects his agenda. He's ravaging the world multiple countries at a time. He's out-of-control. He governs like a serial killer. He plans more war on Iran, perhaps Lebanon, and full-scale intervention against Syria. He has other targets in mind. He's insatiable. Africa dreaming explains what's on his mind. On December 15, 2006, the United States Africa Command ...
Middle East on the Boil
Post Date: 2012-12-07 03:26:53 by Stephen Lendman
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Middle East on the Boil by Stephen Lendman Call it the curse of oil and gas. Countries with large and smaller reserves are affected. So are some with few or perhaps none. Living in a targeted neighborhood is challenging. Independent governments are most vulnerable. Reports suggest the worst ahead. Iran remains a longtime US/ Israeli target. Syria's very much on the boil. Washington's proxy war rages. It's been ongoing since early last year. It was planned many years ago. Previous articles explained that America wants all independent governments replaced by pro-Western puppet ones. War is the bottom line option of choice when other methods fail. Direct US/NATO intervention ...
NNC News Interviews Lendman
Post Date: 2012-12-04 03:20:56 by Stephen Lendman
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NNC News Interviews Lendman NNC's Iman Soleimani conducted the interview. He did another last October. US foreign policy, its phony war on terror, its human rights record, imperial wars, belligerent diplomacy, and anti-Iranian agenda were discussed. NNC (Namavaran Network Corporation) initially operated as a cultural and publishing institute. It trained bilingual journalists working with foreign media. More recently it began "giving press service(es) to foreign media by recruiting its trained journalists." It's now one of Iran's largest media operations. It works collaboratively with major TV and News services. Questions and answers are below. Editing was done as ...
Susan Rice's Imperial Credentials
Post Date: 2012-12-03 02:49:30 by Stephen Lendman
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Susan Rice's Imperial Credentials by Stephen Lendman She's favored to replace Hillary Clinton next year as secretary of state. Obama calls her "extraordinary." She matches the current incumbent's bullying, bluster and arrogance. Both deplore peace, nonviolence, and social justice. They're pro-war, contemptuous of rule of law principles, and brazenly anti-democratic. They represent wrong over right. They're war criminals multiple times over. They're indifferent to human suffering. They disgrace America and humanity. A December 1 Alaska Dispatch headline asked, "What's so wrong with Susan Rice's bid for Secretary of State?" Christian ...
Another Mystery NatGas Explosion, Except This Time the Gas Company Rushes To Throw Itself Under the Bus.
Post Date: 2012-11-29 22:39:05 by Esso
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Gas Company Accepts Full Responsibility For Springfield Explosion SPRINGFIELD (CBS) – Columbia Gas Company admits they are at fault for an explosion that leveled a Springfield strip club. [What lawyer would allow a client to make an admission like that? - Esso] It looked like a missile strike on Friday night. [WTF? Why would they say that? - Esso] Pipe punctured by gas worker in Springfield The massive natural gas explosion injured more than 20 people and damaged 42 buildings on Worthington Street in Springfield. The explosion was caused by a gas company employee sticking a metal probe into an underground pipe. But it was not his fault. WBZ has confirmed the painted marking on ...
The Osama bin Laden Myth
Post Date: 2012-11-27 08:58:54 by Ada
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The interview below with Osama bin Laden was conducted by the Karachi, Pakistan, daily newspaper, Ummat and published on September 28, 2001, 17 days after the alleged, but unsubstantiated, al Qaeda attack of September 11, 2001, on the World Trade Center twin towers and Pentagon. The interview was sensational. The alleged “mastermind” of 9/11 said that he and al Qaeda had nothing to do with the 9/11 attack. The British Broadcasting Corporation’s World Monitoring Service had the interview translated into English and made public on September 29, 2001. Osama bin Laden’s sensational denial was not reported by the US print and TV media. It was not investigated by the ...
Israel Signals Hardline Policy Intentions
Post Date: 2012-11-27 03:17:53 by Stephen Lendman
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Israel Signals Hardline Policy Intentions by Stephen Lendman Observers thinking Palestinians gained from Pillar of Cloud might think again. Nothing changed. Hardline Netanyahu policies continue. Expect worse ahead. Palestinian peace, reconciliation and unity advocates are murdered or arrested. Qassem brigades leader Ahmed Jabari negotiated a truce agreement draft. Ways for establishing ceasefires in case of future flare-ups were included. Jabari was working with Egypt to establish permanent peace. Israel murdered him to prevent it. Peace, stability, and Palestinian unity defeat its agenda. Conflict and violence are prioritized. Rogue states need enemies to justify policies. ...
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