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Latest Articles: War, War, War
Army's $5B failed pixelated uniform getting scrapped
Post Date: 2012-06-28 18:36:56 by GreyLmist
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The Army’s pixelated camouflage uniform is getting scrapped — after costing $5 billion and making soldiers easier targets because the design stood out in nearly every environment they were worn in, according to a report in The Daily. Researchers at the Natick Soldier Center in Natick, Mass. told The Daily that the gray-green uniform debuted in 2004 after Army brass interfered in the selection process, choosing looks and politics over science, Researchers are now testing new patterns to replace the gray Universal Camouflage Pattern, known as UCP, and troops in the field have been given a greenish, blended replacement called MultiCam, according to The Daily. “Essentially, ...
State of War in Syria
Post Date: 2012-06-28 03:53:21 by Stephen Lendman
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State of War in Syria by Stephen Lendman On Wednesday, Assad said "a state of war" exists. "(A)LL our policies, directives and all sectors will be directed in order to gain victory in this war." He called on government officials to boost relations with Russia, Latin American and African states. "Apparently, the problem was with the West only, while the majority of the world want to build relations with us and with others, but throughout decades, we were seeking to boost our economic ties with those who colonized us directly or indirectly." "Syria seeks to build good relations with all world countries but we have to know where are our real ...
Advancing the Ball for War on Syria
Post Date: 2012-06-27 03:55:38 by Stephen Lendman
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Advancing the Ball for War on Syria by Stephen Lendman What's ongoing bears disturbing similarities to events preceding NATO's 1999 Yugoslavia aggression. In the 1990s, NATO lawlessly intervened for the first time outside territories of its member countries. No nation or alliance may attack another except in self-defense. Doing so requires Security Council authorization. Washington considers that notion quaint. Rule of law provisions don't matter. Advancing America's imperium alone guides official policy. From August 30 - September 20, 1995, NATO conducted Operation Deliberate Force. Naked aggression targeted the Serb Republic. Hundreds of aircraft flew thousands of ...
Boland Amendment Redux
Post Date: 2012-06-27 03:25:11 by Stephen Lendman
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Boland Amendment Redux by Stephen Lendman In 1982, the House passed the Boland Amendment. It was attached as a rider to the 1983 Defense Appropriations Act. It cut off CIA and other covert Contra funding. Washington backed them against Daniel Ortega's Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN). He led a popular uprising against the hated US-backed Somoza dictatorship. Bipartisan support backed Boland. Party leaders were outraged about waging covert war without notifying congressional oversight committees as required. Nonetheless, Reagan ordered the National Security Council to "keep the Contras together, body and soul." Oliver North got operational responsibility. He ...
Syria Blamed for Turkish Provocation
Post Date: 2012-06-26 03:29:00 by Stephen Lendman
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Syria Blamed for Turkish Provocation by Stephen Lendman On June 22, two Turkish warplanes provocatively entered Syrian airspace low and fast. Doing so showed hostile intent. The Obama administration's dirty hands are all over this incident. Washington and Ankara wanted a reaction and got it. Expect what's ahead to unfold as planned. Turkish officials claim Syria downed its aircraft in international waters. They lied. A previous article said the Istanbul-based Hurriyet daily reported that "wreckage of a Turkish jet shot down by Syria (was found) in Syrian waters....Turkish news channels reported (it) on Sunday, without citing a source." Doing so refutes claims that ...
US military suicide crisis due to “immoral wars and occupations”
Post Date: 2012-06-25 05:40:30 by Tatarewicz
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The growing problem of military and veterans suicides in the U.S. is the result of “immoral wars and occupations,” according to Ross Caputi, the founding director of the Justice for Fallujah Project in New York. Earlier this month, Pentagon officials announced that 154 service members took their own lives in the first 155 days of 2012, a sharp increase from the same period a year before. “Veterans would not want to kill themselves if they were building schools and hospitals in Iraq and Afghanistan, but that’s not what we’re doing,” Caputi told Press TV’s U.S. Desk on Sunday. “We’re hurting innocent people and veterans can’t live with the ...
War of Words Over Turkish Aircraft Incident
Post Date: 2012-06-25 03:26:46 by Stephen Lendman
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War of Words Over Turkish Aircraft Incident by Stephen Lendman On Friday, Turkey provocatively flew two warplanes at low altitude over Syrian airspace. Perhaps it was testing its defense systems or probing for other reactions. With conflict raging for months, doing so for any reason was hostile and aggressive. Ankara's directly involved in Washington's war on Syria. It's arming insurgents. It provides safe havens. On May 22, the London Telegraph headlined "Syrian rebels say Turkey is arming and training them," saying: Turkey's military is delivering arms "to the Syrian-Turkish border. No one knows where (they) came from originally, but no one much ...
Gulf of Tonkin Redux?
Post Date: 2012-06-23 07:59:18 by Stephen Lendman
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Gulf of Tonkin Redux? by Stephen Lendman Lyndon Johnson wanted war on Vietnam and got it. The August 1964 false flag Gulf of Tonkin incident initiated full-scale conflict after Congress passed the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution. War was authorized without declaring it. It's an American tradition. Big lies launch wars. Manufactured pretexts initiate them. Mass killing and destruction follow. One nation after another is ravaged. Syria's next, then Iran, followed by other states on Washington's hit list. On June 22, Turkey provocatively flew two warplanes at low altitude over Syrian airspace. It wanted a response and got it. On June 23, Syria's SANA state media headlined ...
How Small Abused Nations Could End War
Post Date: 2012-06-23 05:40:07 by Tatarewicz
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How Small Abused Nations Could End War An urgent plea to the nations that my nation likes to kick around. The U.S. State Department has a list of the treaties it believes are in force and the United States a party to. On that list one finds this: RENUNCIATION OF WAR Treaty providing for the renunciation of war as an instrument of national policy. Signed at Paris August 27, 1928. Entered into force July 24, 1929. 46 Stat. 2343; TS 796; 2 Bevans 732; 94 LNTS 57. Parties Afghanistan, Albania, Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Austria, Barbados, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China 1, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czech Republic, Czechoslovakia 2, Denmark, ...
Cold War Politics Redux
Post Date: 2012-06-23 04:07:03 by Stephen Lendman
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Cold War Politics Redux by Stephen Lendman Following Soviet Russia's dissolution, everything changed but stayed the same. US aims remained hard- wired. Today it's back to the future. Cold War politics were reinvented. Russia's again the Evil Empire. Today's stakes are much greater. World peace is threatened. Preemptive aggression is official US policy. America's duopoly power wages permanent wars. Israeli Lobby and Christian Right extremists support them. The fuse is lit for trouble. Beating up on Russia is relentless. Putin is fast emerging as public enemy number one. Intense propaganda vilifies him. His opposition to America's imperial agenda draws rebukes. ...
Turkish Plane Reported Shot Down in Syrian Airspace
Post Date: 2012-06-22 13:21:35 by Stephen Lendman
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Turkish Plane Reported Shot Down in Syrian Airspace by Stephen Lendman On June 22, Reuters headlined "Turkish jet downed by Syria air defenses: report," saying: According to Lebanon's Al-Manar television, "Syrian air defenses shot down a Turkish military aircraft, quoting Syrian security sources." Reportedly it was an F-4 Phantom fighter bomber. First introduced in 1960, McDonnell Aircraft produced it. It was used extensively during the Vietnam war. More advanced aircraft replaced it long ago. A pilot and navigator were on board. Turkey regularly patrols airspace close to Syria's border. Al-Manar headlined "Crisis Meeting in Turkey after Losing ...
Afghan forces need reading lessons before security transfer
Post Date: 2012-06-22 03:43:49 by Tatarewicz
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KABUL, June 22, 2012 (Reuters) — A third of Afghan national security forces are taking basic lessons in reading and counting as NATO commanders accelerate their training ahead of the withdrawal of most foreign troops in 2014, the coalition has said. More than 95 percent of recruits in the Afghan national army and police are functionally illiterate, having never been to school, so are sent on a beginner's course to teach them how to write their name and count to 1,000 in their mother tongue. Afghan forces, which hit a strength of 343,000 men in April as part of a rapid build-up, are set to take over security responsibilities by the middle of next year as a deadly Taliban ...
Western Hypocrisy on Iran's Nuclear Rights
Post Date: 2012-06-22 03:26:45 by Stephen Lendman
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Western Hypocrisy on Iran's Nuclear Rights by Stephen Lendman According to senior Iranian legislator Esmayeel Kosari: Western nations recognize Iran's legitimate "nuclear rights, and they have no way out but to continue negotiati(ing)." Nonetheless, multiple rounds achieved nothing. Moscow June 18 and 19 talks ended in failure. Washington and Israel are obstructionist. Britain, France and other Western states agree to policies harming their own interests. They demand Iran relinquish rights enjoyed by dozens of other nations with commercial nuclear programs. On June 19, The New York Times headlined "Setback in Talks on Iran's Nuclear Program in a 'Gulf of ...
American helicopter crashes in southeastern Afghanistan
Post Date: 2012-06-22 02:19:50 by Tatarewicz
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An American helicopter has crashed in Khost province in southeast Afghanistan, one day after a bomb attack killed 21 people in the province. Local sources said that the US military helicopter went down in Khost and burst into flames. There are no words about the possible casualties and the cause of the crash. But the US-led foreign troops' convoys and aircraft have repeatedly come under fire from the Taliban militants this year. The US embassy in Afghanistan confirmed on Wednesday that three US-led foreign forces along with their Afghan translator were among the 21 people who were killed on Wednesday. The casualties came after a bomber riding a motorbike on Wednesday attacked a ...
UN Monitors Spy for Washington
Post Date: 2012-06-21 04:06:42 by Stephen Lendman
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UN Monitors Spy for Washington by Stephen Lendman On April 21, Security Council Resolution 2043 established UNSMIS. It authorized 300 observers to monitor "a cessation of armed violence in all its forms by all parties and to monitor and support the full implementation of the (Annan plan) to end the conflict in Syria." On June 16, UNSMIS suspended its activities subject to daily review. On June 17, China's Xinhua News Agency headlined "Suspension of UN observer mission serves for western 'next step' in Syria," saying: Next steps involve "political transition." Military options may be chosen. Syria said violence escalated markedly after UN ...
Declassified CIA Docs: Cheney is a Flagrant Liar
Post Date: 2012-06-20 22:41:55 by F.A. Hayek Fan
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The National Security Archive has obtained through a FOIA request newly released CIA documents pertaining to 9/11. There do not appear to be any great revelations in the release, although one of them further illustrates what a liar former Vice President Dick Cheney is. The fact that the Bush administration, and Dick Cheney in particular, actively promoted the falsehood that Saddam Hussein was somehow tied to al-Qaeda and the attacks of September 11th is at this point uncontroversial. It was a deliberate propaganda campaign to help rally Americans to support a war on Iraq that had already been decided upon. Two months after the 9/11 attacks, on December 9, 2001, Dick Cheney went on Meet ...
Putin/Obama Talks
Post Date: 2012-06-20 03:55:49 by Stephen Lendman
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Putin/Obama Talks by Stephen Lendman Since reelected in March, Putin and Obama met for the first time on Monday at the Los Cabos, Mexico G20 meeting. Discussions focused on major geopolitical and economic issues. Differences on Syria remain unresolved. At a joint press conference, Putin said: "We held talks about international problems including the Syrian crisis." "(W)e will continue our contacts on all issues." Obama responded: "We have agreed on the necessity of reaching a halt for violence in Syria and the need for running a political process to avoid a civil war." A lengthy White House-released joint statement covered many issues. On Syria, it ...
Till Death Do Us Part
Post Date: 2012-06-19 08:36:56 by Ada
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It Couldn't Happen Here, It Does Happen There The Value of American – and Afghan – Lives "Do you do this in the United States? There is police action every day in the United States... They don't call in airplanes to bomb the place." – Afghan President Hamid Karzai denouncing U.S. air strikes on homes in his country, June 12, 2012 It was almost closing time when the siege began at a small Wells Fargo Bank branch in a suburb of San Diego, and it was a nightmare. The three gunmen entered with the intent to rob, but as they herded the 18 customers and bank employees toward a back room, they were spotted by a pedestrian outside who promptly called 911. Within ...
War Before February
Post Date: 2012-06-18 21:37:53 by randge
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US, Israel, Russia, Iran & Syria All Positioning For War Rumor Is War Before February The actions and words of Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Syrian ruler Bashar Assad in the last 72 hours indicate they are poised for a regional war, including an attack on Iran, for some time between December 2011 and January 2012. In their different ways, both have posted road signs to the fast-approaching conflict as sources disclose: 1. Saturday, Dec. 3, Syria staged a large-scale military exercise in the eastern town of Palmyra, which was interpreted by Western and Israeli pundits as notice to its neighbors, primarily Turkey and Israel, that the uprising against the Assad regime had ...
Washington Arming Syrian Insurgents
Post Date: 2012-06-18 04:01:19 by Stephen Lendman
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Washington Arming Syrian Insurgents by Stephen Lendman It's no surprise. It's an open secret. It's been ongoing since early last year directly and/or indirectly. Rhetorically supporting peace while waging war exposes Washington's transparent hypocrisy. On June 15, the UK Daily Telegraph headlined "US holds high-level talks with Syrian rebels seeking weapons in Washington," saying: In the past week, a Free Syrian Army (FSA) representative met with outgoing Syrian ambassador Robert Ford and special Syrian coordinator Frederick Hof at the State Department. Meetings with senior National Security Council officials were also held. FSA members want heavy weapons. ...
Washington's Imperial Brinksmanship
Post Date: 2012-06-17 04:01:14 by Stephen Lendman
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Washington's Imperial Brinksmanship by Stephen Lendman Syrian violence rages. Washington bears direct responsibility. Regime change plans are longstanding. Military intervention is planned. Expect it. It's coming. Pretexts are easy to create. Large scale insurgent massacres blamed on Assad may trigger war. False flags always work. So does intense propaganda. More on that below. On June 14, CNN said: "The U.S. military has completed its own planning for how American troops would conduct a variety of operations against Syria, or to assist neighboring countries in the event action was ordered...." "In recent weeks, the Pentagon has finalized its assessment of what ...
Scoundrel Media Support for Obama
Post Date: 2012-06-16 03:46:29 by Stephen Lendman
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Scoundrel Media Support for Obama by Stephen Lendman Months before November's election, New York Times editors made their choice: Obama in 2012. Expect an official endorsement to follow. Editorial support signals it. On June 14, The Times headlined "The Political Contrast," saying: Obama's recent Cleveland community college speech "contrast(ed) his goals and the failed Bush-era policies that Mitt Romney is trying to resurrect." He claimed "no meaningful difference between the trickle-down economics of George W. Bush, rejected (and) the plans supported by Mr. Romney and his Republican allies in Congress." "All the elements are there, from the ...
the 3 coming false flags
Post Date: 2012-06-14 21:43:46 by Itistoolate
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Chairman Of The Joint Chiefs: Triggered Defense Cuts Could Lead To War
Post Date: 2012-06-14 18:06:48 by tom007
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Chairman Of The Joint Chiefs: Triggered Defense Cuts Could Lead To War Chairman Of The Joint Chiefs: Triggered Defense Cuts Could Lead To War share Sahil Kapur June 14, 2012, 11:45 AM 3122 The nation’s top military officer warned Wednesday that automatic defense cuts agreed to in last year’s bipartisan debt limit deal could lead to more war. At a Senate Appropriations defense subcommittee hearing, Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said the Pentagon has gone along with recent targeted cuts to limited targeted cuts, but argued that the the sweeping across-the-board cuts in the so-called sequestration would weaken the country’s ability to ...
Stepped Up Russia Bashing
Post Date: 2012-06-14 03:29:07 by Stephen Lendman
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Stepped Up Russia Bashing by Stephen Lendman Russia is Washington's main military rival. Each nation has powerful nuclear arsenals and delivery systems able to destroy the other. On December 31, 1999, Russia's lost decade under Boris Yeltsin ended. Vladimir Putin replaced him. Yeltsin institutionalized "shock therapy." Economic genocide followed. GDP plunged 50%. Life expectancy fell. Democratic freedoms died. An oligarch class accumulated enormous wealth at the expense of millions of harmed Russians. Contemptuously ignoring essential needs, human rights and civil liberties, Yeltsin let corruption and criminality flourish. One scandal followed another. ...
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