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Latest Articles: War, War, War
What Next in Syria?
Post Date: 2012-08-15 03:12:19 by Stephen Lendman
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What Next in Syria? by Stephen Lendman A war of words accompanies conflict on the ground. On August 14, Reuters headlined "Assad's rule disintegrating, ex PM says after defecting," saying: Former prime minister Riad Hijab claims Assad "controls less than a third of Syria and his power is crumbling." Hijab has no credibility. He was bribed to defect. In June, he was appointed prime minister after May parliamentary elections. Other defectors were also bought off to leave. Former Gaddafi officials were enlisted the same way. Doing so creates the false impression of internal dissension. It suggests regimes are disintegrating. Claims bears no relation to reality. ...
Poland Probe Reveals More on Secret US Torture Site
Post Date: 2012-08-14 08:05:08 by Ada
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The Jig Is Up, but US Fighting to Keep Details Secret Poland’s efforts to probe the full details of the CIA-run “black site” hidden on the campus of a northern intelligence academy are still slow going, but there is no real doubt remaining that the previous Polish government conspired to allow the US to operate an illegal torture facility on their territory, and then sought to keep it secret. The real question is, what is the current Polish government going to do about it. Prosecutors continue to work feverishly to build a case against officials involved in the scandal, former Interior Minister Zbigniew Siemiatkowski is already charged, and plenty more could be coming. One ...
War Without Mercy in Syria
Post Date: 2012-08-14 03:43:32 by Stephen Lendman
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War Without Mercy in Syria by Stephen Lendman If wars had labels, Syria's conflict would be called Made in America. Paul Wolfowitz and other Project for the New American Century (PNAC) ideologues planned it years ago. They also targeted half a dozen or more other countries. PNAC's Statement of Principles called for "shap(ing) a new century favorable to American principles and interests." Doing so it said requires: • "increase(ing) defense spending significantly;" • "challeng(ing) regimes hostile to our interests and values;" and • "accept(ing) responsibility for American's unique role in preserving and extending an ...
Drumbeat for War on Iran
Post Date: 2012-08-13 03:45:23 by Stephen Lendman
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Paul Ryan's Socially Destructive Agenda by Stephen Lendman Ryan and other Republican House Budget Committee members call it "The Path to Prosperity: A Blueprint for American Renewal." Key is gutting vital programs millions of Americans rely on. Ryan wants Medicare privatized as well as Medicaid, food stamps, and and other entitlement programs ended. Later, he wants Social Security privatized en route to ending it altogether. Medicaid is welfare for low-income beneficiaries. Washington and states co-fund it. It's managed at the state level. Social Security and Medicare are insurance programs, not entitlements. Worker-employer payroll tax deductions fund them. ...
Horror Hospital: The Most Shocking Photos And Testimony From The Dawood Military Hospital Scandal
Post Date: 2012-08-13 00:48:28 by farmfriend
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Horror Hospital: The Most Shocking Photos And Testimony From The Dawood Military Hospital Scandal Rebecca Elliott and Michael Hastings An explosive Congressional investigation revealed horrific new details this week about a U.S. funded military hospital in Afghanistan that kept patients in "Auschwitz-like" conditions. The investigation also revealed that Lt. General William B. Caldwell, then commander of the $11.2 billion dollar a year Afghan training program, tried to block the probe and ordered a cover-up. There are currently two ongoing investigations looking into the Dawood Military Hospital abuses: one centered around the Military Whistleblower Protection Act, the other ...
Bahrain's War on Freedom
Post Date: 2012-08-12 03:24:07 by Stephen Lendman
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Bahrain's War on Freedom by Stephen Lendman In February 2011, major protests erupted. Bahrainis challenged despotic rule nonviolently. Daily they protest. Police state harshness confronts them. At issue is King Sheikh Hamad bin Isa Al-Khalifa's regime. Bahrainis want popularly elected leadership replacing him. He ranks with the world's worst despots. He's a US favorite. He's welcomed in Washington and other Western capitals. Obama and other world leaders turn a blind eye to his crimes. Compared to him, Saudi leaders, and other Gulf state tyrants, Assad looks saintly. Peaceful Bahrainis brave tear gas, beatings, rubber bullets, live fire, arrests, torture, kangaroo ...
Unconscionable Media Warmongering
Post Date: 2012-08-11 03:52:09 by Stephen Lendman
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Unconscionable Media Warmongering by Stephen Lendman Washington needs media support to wage wars and plan new ones. Broadcast and print scoundrels oblige. Paid liars infest Western media. Managed news misinformation creates enemies. Fear is stoked. War is cheerled, glorified, and sanitized to suppress truths too grim to report. Reasons for war aren't explained. Fake ones are invented. Public opinion is manipulated to support what should be condemned. Wars beget more of them. America wages permanent ones. It's longstanding official policy. Where it ends, who knows. Washington's targets Syria and Iran. Destroying both countries and remaking them in America's image is ...
US-NATO troops suffer casualties from Afghans they trained
Post Date: 2012-08-11 00:58:25 by Tatarewicz
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Afghan soldier shoots 6 American invaders dead, 3 wounded in Laghman LAGHMAN, Aug. 09 – A recent news report from Laghman province points out that on Thursdays, Abd-us-Samad, resident of Kunar province, apparently working for the puppet Afghan National Army (ANA) turned his heavy machine gun on the American invaders in a joint base and opened fire on those inside the base and threw about 5 hand grenades at the invading forces. In addition to killing at least 6 American invaders, the brave Afghan left a further three cowardly American troops wounded. Thursday’s shooting comes as the enemy was amid a meeting in joint military base in Mehtarlam Baba, the capital of Laghman province ...
New York Times Style Debates
Post Date: 2012-08-10 03:33:57 by Stephen Lendman
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New York Times Style Debates by Stephen Lendman French moralist/essayist Joseph Joubert (1754 - 1824) said it's "better to debate a question without settling it than settle a question without debating it." He wasn't alone. Debating is an ancient tradition. Socrates and Plato debated political, social, and other issues. The Socratic method involves opposing sides asking and answering questions. Ideas are freely aired. Beliefs are challenged. Truths are sought. Critical thinking is stimulated. Opinions are formed. Conclusions are reached through free and open dialogue and discussion. Debates should involve opposing sides given full opportunity to air views and challenge ...
Full-Scale War in Syria
Post Date: 2012-08-09 03:40:37 by Stephen Lendman
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Full-Scale War in Syria by Stephen Lendman Former Russian Prime Minister Yevgeny Primakov calls it "full-scale civil war." It's full-scale but not civil. Syria's been invaded. Civil war implies two internal warring sides. That's very much not the case. Primakov said: "Mercenaries and volunteers from other states are fighting (Assad) jointly with" violent internal forces. Most Syria opponents are nonviolent. They want peaceful conflict resolution. Washington has other ideas. "President Obama has given a direct order to the CIA to support the Syrian opposition." "That is flagrant interference in internal affairs of a sovereign state, which ...
German weapons in hands of Taliban militants: Report
Post Date: 2012-08-09 02:47:22 by Tatarewicz
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A German newspaper has revealed that the Taliban militant group has been using German weapons and explosives beside US-made ammunition. Express newspaper, published in the city of Cologne, reported on Wednesday that some weaponries confiscated from Afghan militants are made in Germany. The weapons included machine guns, pistols, and mortars, according to the daily. Another report also said that more than 4,500 German-made Walther guns, which were sold to Afghan security forces, were disappeared. In 2006, Germany’s Defense Ministry sent 10,000 guns to Afghanistan. The report also said German weapons are easily available in black markets in Pakistan. Meanwhile, at least one ...
BREAKING! Obama Authorizes Secret U.S. Invasion of Syria
Post Date: 2012-08-08 06:49:46 by Itistoolate
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BREAKING! Obama Authorizes Secret U.S. Invasion of Syria
Obama's War on Humanity
Post Date: 2012-08-08 03:36:12 by Stephen Lendman
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Obama's War on Humanity by Stephen Lendman Obama targets humanity at home and abroad. Illinoisans paying attention knew long ago. He served as senator for the state's 13th district. He sold out straightaway. Real estate interests had their man. Gentrification demolitions rewarded them. Poor folks were driven out. Most were Black. Banking, finance, insurance, and real estate interests comprised his political base then and now. Needs of constituents he represented were ignored. Community uplift rhetoric disguised harming people who needed help. Critics called his record kick back cronyism. Convicted felons and big monied interests funded him. Every dollar invested returned ...
Stoking False Threats
Post Date: 2012-08-08 03:17:04 by Stephen Lendman
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Stoking False Threats by Stephen Lendman Fearmongering, propaganda, deception, and hidden truths are weapons of war. They're used to convince people they're justified, righteous and vital. When enemies don't exist they're created. No one threatened America since WW II. No one threatens Israel now. Both countries spurn peace. They manufacture threats to wage wars. AIPAC is a dagger at humanity's heart. It represents lawless Israeli interests. It wields enormous influence in Washington and across America. It pressures Congress to get its way. It menaces global security. It lies to generate fear and regional wars. It claims Syria threatens Israel. It says its ...
To War or Not to War
Post Date: 2012-08-07 03:46:01 by Stephen Lendman
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To War or Not to War by Stephen Lendman Will Obama wage more wars or won't he? He's already fighting multiple direct and proxy ones. November elections approach. Electoral priorities dictate policy. On the one hand, Americans are fed up with wars. More risks offending supporters who want current ones ended. Holding back gives Republicans a campaign issue. Acting tough against alleged enemies sometimes sells well. Smart money says not now. Doing the right thing doesn't matter. Imperial priorities take precedence. Odds favor full-scale Syrian intervention. Timing alone remains unknown. Consequences can wait for later. Will Iran be next? On August 3, Haaretz headlined ...
Death Squad Atrocities in Syria
Post Date: 2012-08-06 03:48:55 by Stephen Lendman
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Death Squad Atrocities in Syria by Stephen Lendman Since early 2011, Washington waged proxy war on Syria. Daily it continues down and dirty. Targeting civilians is policy. So are atrocities grave enough to make some despots blush. Syria's conflict isn't an uprising, revolution or civil war. It's naked Western aggression. Syria's been invaded. A struggle for survival continues. Washington planned regime change years ago. Western recruited death squads ravage the country. Strategy usually involves war. Daily crimes of war and against humanity are committed. Pro-Assad loyalists are terrorized, tortured, brutalized, dismembered, and murdered. World leaders turn a blind ...
Day of Infamy at General Assembly
Post Date: 2012-08-05 03:51:09 by Stephen Lendman
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Day of Infamy at General Assembly by Stephen Lendman On August 3, The General Assembly ignored rule of law principles. Member states are sworn to uphold them. It passed a non-binding Syrian resolution 133 - 12. Thirty-one nations abstained. Cowardice defines their failure to do the right thing. Saudi Arabia drafted the measure. It partnered with Qatar and perhaps Bahrain doing so. They're regional axis of evil co-conspirators. Compared to them, Assad is saintly. Russia called the measure "biased and unbalanced." It was that and much more. It ignored reality on the ground. It ran cover for Washington's proxy war. It endorsed daily slaughter and destruction. It ignored ...
Mad Dog Leaders Threaten Humanity
Post Date: 2012-08-04 03:19:02 by Stephen Lendman
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Mad Dog Leaders Threaten Humanity by Stephen Lendman A common thread defines Obama and Netanyahu. Their agenda threatens humanity. Both head modern- day Spartas. Israel is very much involved in Washington's war on Syria. At issue is destroying another independent state, murdering thousands, planning more wars, and threatening the entire region and beyond. Iran is next in line. Saber rattling combines with war by other means. It includes sanctions, subversion, instability, cyberwar, targeted assassinations, other disruptive actions, and relentless scoundrel media vilification and fearmongering. On August 3, Haaretz headlined "King Bibi in trouble." Poll numbers show a 60% ...
Disturbing images from Iran you rarely see
Post Date: 2012-08-03 10:26:13 by Hmmmmm
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DHS Posts Survey Prior to Bids on .357 SIG Duty Ammunitio
Post Date: 2012-08-02 22:49:11 by hondo68
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The Department of Homeland Security and the Transportation Security Administration posted a market survey on the General Services Adminstration website today. .357 SIG. “The purpose of this questionnaire is to obtain information on commercial industry capability to satisfy U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Requirements for .357 SIG caliber training ammunition,” the post states. .357 SIG is billed as preferred pistol ammo by law enforcement and is lauded for its “stopping power.” The Virginia State Police report that attacking dogs have been stopped dead in their tracks by a single shot, whereas the former 147 grain 9 mm duty rounds would require multiple shots ...
Governments ADMIT That They Carry Out False Flag Terror
Post Date: 2012-08-02 05:34:03 by Ada
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Forget the claims and allegations that false flag terror - governments attacking people and then blaming others in order to create animosity towards those blamed - has been used throughout history. This essay will solely discuss government admissions to the use of false flag terror. For example: A major with the Nazi SS admitted at the Nuremberg trials that - under orders from the chief of the Gestapo - he and some other Nazi operatives faked attacks on their own people and resources which they blamed on the Poles, to justify the invasion of Poland. Nazi general Franz Halder also testified at the Nuremberg trials that Nazi leader Hermann Goering admitted to setting fire to the German ...
Washington's Total War on Syria
Post Date: 2012-08-02 03:20:48 by Stephen Lendman
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Washington's Total War on Syria by Stephen Lendman Syria attacked no one. It threatens no one. It's victimized by naked Western aggression. Proxy death squads are used. They're armed, funded, trained, and directed by regional and Western states. Washington's scorched earth mass killing and destruction constitutes total war. It's US policy in all conflicts. Syrians struggle to survive. They're proud, partisan, and not about to roll over for America. High stakes define the conflict. At issue is freedom or neoserfdom slavery. Meanwhile, Washington's turning another regional country into charnel house hell. At the same time, it has other targets in mind. So far ...
Washington's Aleppo Strategy Failed
Post Date: 2012-08-01 03:51:40 by Stephen Lendman
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Washington's Aleppo Strategy Failed by Stephen Lendman Since WW II, America lost every war it waged. Its only success was destroying nations and murdering millions. Imagine that legacy for current and future historians to address. Imagine how few will do it accurately and honorably. Imagine a nation glorifying wars in the name of peace. Historians Charles Beard and Gore Vidal called them "perpetual war(s) for perpetual peace." Historian Harry Elmer Barnes addressed the same issue, saying: "If trends continue....we shall soon reach this point of no return, and can only anticipate interminable wars, disguised as noble gestures for peace." "Such an era could ...
Only “Lone Wolves” Commit Terror?
Post Date: 2012-07-31 09:43:06 by Ada
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Just before the opening of the London games, a former Olympic Committee executive declared in a New York Times interview that he had confidence in how this year’s spectacle would unfold: “I think in the end London will more than hold its own against any previous Games. The only black cloud for me is the security agenda and whether there is some crazy, as they say, lone wolf out there.” As they say…some lone wolf. If that gives you chills, you aren’t alone. We’ve had enough experience to know that these statements shouldn’t be taken lightly. Nor should the underlying principle go unchallenged: that only deranged individuals provoke mayhem by design. ...
Major Media Admit Presence of Foreign Militants in Syria
Post Date: 2012-07-31 03:54:01 by Stephen Lendman
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Major Media Admit Presence of Foreign Militants in Syria by Stephen Lendman Syria's conflict isn't an uprising, revolution or civil war. It's lawless Western aggression. It targets an independent government and its people. Doing so violates fundamental international law. Washington planned it years ago. It wants puppet leaders installed. It's Afghanistan/Iraq/Libya 2.0. America destroys nations to control and plunder them. War on humanity is waged for unchallenged global dominance. Syria is ground zero. Other targeted states come later. Proxy death squads are used. They're heavily armed, trained and directed. They reign terror on Syrian civilians. They've ...
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