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Trilateral Russia, Syria, Iran Meeting
Post Date: 2017-04-15 08:14:29 by Stephen Lendman
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Trilateral Russia, Syria, Iran Meeting by Stephen Lendman On Thursday, Foreign Ministers Sergey Lavrov (Russia), Walid al-Muallem (Syria) and Mohammad Javad Zarif (Iran) met in Moscow in the wake of Trump’s April 7 aggression, striking Syria’s Shayrat airbase. In a joint press conference, they called his action a flagrant international law violation. Lavrov said “(w)e have reiterated our position and were united in stating that the attack was an act of aggression, which blatantly violated the principles of international law and the UN Charter.” “We call on the US and its allies to respect Syria’s sovereignty and refrain from actions similar to what ...
The NYT Blames Syria for US War Crimes
Post Date: 2017-04-15 08:02:23 by Stephen Lendman
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The NYT Blames Syria for US War Crimes by Stephen Lendman In March 2011, Syria was invaded, a US regime change plot, using ISIS and other terrorists to do Washington’s dirty work, since 2014 supported by Pentagon terror-bombing. Not according to The NYT’s version of events, reinventing history to serve its imperial-supportive agenda. The Times claims so-called “documents” show photos of “more than 6,000 dead at the hands of the state, many of them tortured,” adding: “Records of crimes are now so graphic, so immediate, so overwhelming…documentation…has brought little justice. The people behind the violence remain free” - falsely accusing ...
Neocon John Bolton Urges Ending North Korea
Post Date: 2017-04-15 07:32:09 by Stephen Lendman
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Neocon John Bolton Urges Ending North Korea by Stephen Lendman Bolton is part of Washington’s lunatic fringe. Trump considered him for National Security Advisor after sacking Michael Flynn, choosing hawkish General HR McMaster instead. At the time, he praised Bolton, saying he’d find an eventual position for him, adding “(w)e had some really good meetings…Knows a lot. He had a good number of ideas that I must tell you I agree very much with. So we’ll be talking with (him) in a different capacity.” Interviewed Thursday on Breitbart News Daily, he lied accusing Syria of using CWs, calling the April 4 Kahn Sheikhoun incident state-sponsored ...
Russian lawmaker: US bigger threat than N. Korea
Post Date: 2017-04-14 21:01:53 by HAPPY2BME-4UM
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PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) -- The Latest on tensions on the Korean Peninsula (all times local):8:40 p.m.A senior Russian lawmaker says the U.S. is a greater threat to global peace than North Korea.Konstantin Kosachev, the head of the Foreign Affairs Committee in the upper house of Russian parliament, said Friday "the most alarming thing about the current U.S. administration is that you can't be sure if it is bluffing or really going to implement its threats."He says "America objectively poses a greater threat to peace than North Korea," adding that "the entire world is scared and left guessing if it strikes or not."Kosachev says there is a ...
Wikileaks: ‘Those Tunnels The U.S Is Bombing In Afghanistan? They Were Built By The CIA’
Post Date: 2017-04-14 19:33:43 by Ada
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"Part of a C.I.A.-financed complex built for the mujahedeen..." Wikileaks pointed out Thursday night that the tunnel network America just dropped the “mother of all bombs” on in Afghanistan was “built by the CIA.” Whoops. As the New York Times reported in 2005: The first time bin Laden had seen the Tora Bora caves, he had been a young mujahedeen fighter and a recent university graduate with a degree in civil engineering. It had been some 20 years before, during Washington’s first Afghan war, the decade-long, C.I.A.-financed jihad of the 1980’s against the Soviet occupation. Rising to more than 13,000 feet, 35 miles southwest of the provincial ...
US deploys F-35s to Putin's doorstep amid Russia tension
Post Date: 2017-04-14 17:31:19 by HAPPY2BME-4UM
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The Air Force is set to deploy its high-tech, fifth-generation F-35A fighter jets to Europe this weekend as part of an effort to assure U.S. allies there who are worried about Russian aggression, the Pentagon announced Friday.Aside from the Russian situation, the deployment is also a chance for the United States to show off the capabilities of the F-35, which has been the most expensive procurement program in Pentagon history.Allies such as Great Britain are buying the aircraft and could be regularly operating in Europe early in the next decade.The Pentagon called the deployment an "important milestone.""This training deployment signifies an important milestone and natural ...
Air China Suspends Flights From Beijing to PyongYang
Post Date: 2017-04-14 14:46:10 by HAPPY2BME-4UM
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Air China Suspends Flights From Beijing to PyongYang Cristina Laila Apr 14th, 2017 1:06 pm Leave a Comment Air China has suspended flights from Beijing to PyongYang starting Monday morning. A representative for Air China said that the flights were suspended because of weak sales and future flights will be scheduled based on passenger demand. Reuters reports: China’s national airline, Air China, has canceled some flights to the North Korean capital, Pyongyang, due to poor demand but it has not suspended all flights there, it said on Friday, denying a report by Chinese state broadcaster CCTV. CCTV had reported that all flights run by the airline between the two cities were to be ...
North Korean Army Officials Arrested After Calling Kim Jong-un ‘Mentally ill’ And A ‘Kindergartener’
Post Date: 2017-04-14 12:35:29 by HAPPY2BME-4UM
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North Korean Army Officials Arrested After Calling Kim Jong-un ‘Mentally ill’ And A ‘Kindergartener’ Joshua Caplan Apr 14th, 2017 10:29 am Leave a Comment As tensions continue to flare between the U.S. and North Korea, it has been reported by Chosun, a South Korean newspaper, that army officials were recently arrested for ripping Kim Jong-un. Chosun reports via Google Translate: It is reported that North Korean people’s army officers slandered the chairman of Kim Jong-un as a mental illness or a kindergarten, and the parties and their families were arrested and investigated. According to a report by the US Free Asia Radio (RFA) on March 13, North Korean ...
If You're Wondering Why Trump Can Just Bomb Countries; Ask Obama, Bush, & Clinton
Post Date: 2017-04-14 10:55:20 by christine
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If you read closely between the warped headlines of the establishment media, you will eventually find the truth about Trump’s decision to strike the Syrian government: it was illegal. Yet most mainstream media outlets clearly supported the strike. Many U.S. allies also supported the strike, including so-called peaceful countries such as New Zealand, which stated the strikes were a “proportional response to a specific incident – the chemical weapons atrocity.” New Zealand also said they would consider sending troops to Syria if the American government requested them. Why isn’t the legality of Trump’s reckless move even on the table for discussion? Is it ...
"CRAZY and DANGEROUS" - Did NBC News Put the World at Risk on Thursday Night?
Post Date: 2017-04-14 10:12:05 by HAPPY2BME-4UM
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It was a Thursday night report guaranteed to shake up D.C.: the U.S. is ready to launch a missile strike on North Korea if they test a nuclear weapon this weekend. The problem? Pentagon officials called the report “wildly wrong” and “crazy.” NBC News reported on Thursday that the U.S. “has positioned two destroyers capable of shooting Tomahawk cruise missiles” at North Korea, should the rogue nation go forward with its sixth nuclear test this weekend. As NBC News‘ William Arkin, Cynthia McFadden, and Kenzi Abou-Sabe noted, North Korea has said in recent days it is ready to go to war with the U.S. if the U.S. steps up its military engagement with the north. ...
China to US: NO military force in North Korea
Post Date: 2017-04-14 08:52:15 by HAPPY2BME-4UM
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China has said ‘Military force cannot resolve the issue’ in North Korea in an apparent message to the United States as Donald Trump has put Kim Jong-Un on notice.(Washington, DC) Military force cannot resolve tension over North Korea, China said on Thursday, while an influential Chinese newspaper urged the North to halt its nuclear programme in exchange for Chinese protection.With a U.S. aircraft carrier group steaming to the area and tension rising, South Korea said it believed the United States would consult it before any pre-emptive strike against the North. "Military force cannot resolve the issue," Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told reporters in Beijing. ...
US Military Madness
Post Date: 2017-04-14 08:20:33 by Stephen Lendman
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US Military Madness by Stephen Lendman WW I French Prime Minister Georges Clemenceau was right, saying: “War is too important to be left to the generals.” Trump delegated warmaking to neocon hawkish generals, favoring belligerence over diplomacy - heading toward escalated war on Syria along with possibly striking North Korea preemptively. Trump’s geopolitical agenda risks confrontation with multiple countries. It risks nuclear war in Europe and East Asia. Russia warned it’ll down US warplanes and missiles if its personnel in Syria are endangered. US policymakers and Pentagon officials know it. So far, they’ve restrained their actions to avoid confrontation ...
Preemptive US Strike on North Korea Imminent?
Post Date: 2017-04-14 08:11:10 by Stephen Lendman
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Preemptive US Strike on North Korea Imminent? by Stephen Lendman On Thursday, NBC News said the Trump administration “is prepared to launch a preemptive strike with conventional weapons against North Korea should officials become convinced (it’s) about to follow through with (another) nuclear weapons test, (according to) multiple senior US intelligence officials…” Pyongyang’s sixth nuclear weapons test could come Saturday - commemorating Kim Il-sung’s 105th birthday, the nation’s founder. The USS Vinson aircraft carrier strike group is positioned off North Korea’s coast, able to launch cruise missile and aerial attacks. Guam-based US heavy ...
Trump Reportedly Undecided Whether to Go Light or Heavy in Syria
Post Date: 2017-04-14 08:01:36 by Stephen Lendman
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Trump Reportedly Undecided Whether to Go Light or Heavy in Syria by Stephen Lendman His attack on Syria’s Shayrat airbase looked like prelude for escalated aggression. According to Bloomberg News, administration officials are undecided on what comes next. National Security Advisor McMaster favors deploying tens of thousands of US ground forces to northern Syria’s Euphrates River Valley. Trump told Fox News “(w)e’re not going into Syria.” He often says one thing, then goes a different way, so it’s unclear what he’ll do so far. McMaster favors a greatly increased US military presence in Syria. According to Bloomberg, Defense Secretary Mattis, Joint ...
General McMaster Itching to Send 50,000 US Troops to Syria
Post Date: 2017-04-14 07:55:48 by HAPPY2BME-4UM
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Cernovich Was Right=> General McMaster Itching to Send 50,000 US Troops to Syria Carter Apr 13th, 2017 10:23 pm Leave a Comment It looks like Mike Cernovich may have been right once again! US officials want to send troops to Syria Following Mike Cernovich’s assertions earlier this week that General H. R. McMaster “wants 150,000 ground soldiers in Syria”, Bloomberg’s Eli Lake, who is now notorious for verifying Cernovich’s mainstream-media-derided “conspiracy theories” (see the Susan Rice unmasking story), claims the U.S. is potentially about to send anywhere from 10,000 to 50,000 ground troops to Syria. If Mike Cernovich is right, we could be ...
Trump Loves NATO
Post Date: 2017-04-14 07:45:43 by Stephen Lendman
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Trump Loves NATO by Stephen Lendman What a difference an election made. Candidate Trump railed against the North Atlantic Alliance, calling it “obsolete.” Last April, he said if elected he’d consider withdrawing America. “It’s possible that we’re going to have to let NATO go,” he said, adding: “When we’re paying and nobody else is really paying, a couple of other countries are but nobody else is really paying, you feel like the jerk.” He said he’d “call up all of those countries . . . and say ‘fellas you haven’t paid for years, give us the money or get the hell out.’ I’d say ...
South Korea Must First Approve Any Preemtive Strike By US On North Korea
Post Date: 2017-04-13 21:51:23 by HAPPY2BME-4UM
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South Korea Must Sign OffImplementation of the preemptive U.S. plans, according to multiple U.S. officials, depends centrally on consent of the South Korean government. The sources stress that Seoul has got to be persuaded that action is worth the risk, as there is universal concern that any military move might provoke a North Korean attack, even a conventional attack across the DMZ.Tensions have escalated on the Korean Peninsula, as this Saturday marks the anniversary of the birth of the nation's founder — Kim il-Sung, grandfather of the current leader, Kim Jong-un. At the highest levels in South Korea and the U.S., sources told NBC News, there are fears North Korea could mark the ...
China flaunts its mighty missiles on state TV as Beijing urges North Korea to give up its nuclear ambitions amid growing military tensions
Post Date: 2017-04-13 18:23:46 by HAPPY2BME-4UM
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China flaunts its mighty missiles on state TV as Beijing urges North Korea to give up its nuclear ambitions amid growing military tensionsChina Central Television yesterday revealed footage of deadly weaponsOne of the missiles, said to be DF-21, is dubbed 'the killer of aircraft carrier'Programme also reported on the 'intensive' mock battles by Chinese armyTensions are high with North Korea warning of a nuclear attack on the USChina has urged Kim Jong-un to halt his nuclear programme in exchange for greater protection from Beijing China has flexed its military muscle on state television as tensions escalate between the US and North Korea. China Central Television (CCTV) ...
The Wars Are Coming
Post Date: 2017-04-13 17:33:18 by Ada
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Well, I hate to say I told you so, but…I told you so. Look, I was suspicious of Trump from the beginning. But for a couple weeks into his presidency, I was willing to give him the benefit of the doubt. I didn’t just criticize the man day in and day out from Day One. After a couple weeks, though, it became very obvious that he was no different than any other president. I’ve been predicting he’d get us into two no-win wars long before this deal with Syria and North Korea began. Well, this morning the news has “revealed” photos of a North Korean nuclear test site they’re about to go hot with a new test on. Right, just like the Syrian gas attack, this is ...
Russian Expert Stephen Cohen: In 40 Years, I Have Never Been as Worried as I Am Today About Possibility of War with Russia
Post Date: 2017-04-13 11:48:30 by HAPPY2BME-4UM
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Russian Expert Stephen Cohen: In 40 Years, I Have Never Been as Worried as I Am Today About Possibility of War with Russia (VIDEO) Jim Hoft Apr 13th, 2017 8:49 am Leave a Comment On Wednesday Tucker Carlson invited professor Stephen Cohen, professor emeritus of Russian studies at Princeton and NYU and editor of The Nation magazine, to discuss current US relations with Russia. Cohen told Tucker he was very concerned about the current geopolitical situation and warmongering by the Democrat Party and Lindsey Graham. Stephen Cohen: They think we’re crazy… You quoted Russian the Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev saying we’re on the brink of war. He also said, and I’ve ...
Flashpoint in Syria Risks US War on Russia
Post Date: 2017-04-13 07:39:35 by Stephen Lendman
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Flashpoint in Syria Risks US War on Russia by Stephen Lendman Washington wants confrontation, not constructive dialogue with Russia. It continues adversarial relations over cooperative ones - Trump no different from his predecessors, a warrior, not a peacemaker. Neocons controlling US geopolitical policies want endless wars, not peace, risking unthinkable nuclear war. If reckless US policies aren’t curbed, it seems inevitable. Dangerous flashpoints persist in Ukraine, North Korea and Syria - Russia, China and Iran on America’s target list. On Tuesday, Secretary of State Tillerson met with Sergey Lavrov and Vladimir Putin, his demand for Russia to abandon Assad rebuffed. ...
Russia Vetoes Unacceptable SC Resolution on Syria
Post Date: 2017-04-13 07:25:43 by Stephen Lendman
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Russia Vetoes Unacceptable SC Resolution on Syria by Stephen Lendman The US/UK/French draft resolution was deplorably one-sided, hostile and unacceptable, reflecting how these rogue states consistently operate - waging naked aggression on Syria for regime change. Russia’s Deputy UN envoy Vladimir Safronkov said it “apportioned blame prior to an objective outside investigation of the incident.” “The outcome of the vote was predestined, because we disagreed categorically with a document that was fundamentally misconceived.” Approving it would “legitimize” Trump’s naked aggression based on a Big Lie. Neocon US UN envoy Nikki Haley lied, claiming ...
Trump Blasts Russia, Embraces NATO's Killing Machine
Post Date: 2017-04-13 07:11:41 by Stephen Lendman
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Trump Blasts Russia, Embraces NATO’s Killing Machine by Stephen Lendman Less than three months into his tenure, Trump proved he’s as recklessly ruthless as his predecessors - escalating Bush/Cheney/Obama wars, threatening Russia, China, North Korea, Iran and Syria, risking unthinkable nuclear war. On Wednesday, he disgracefully called Assad an “animal,” a “butcher,” a disgusting Big Lie. He criticized Putin for backing him, at the same time falsely accusing Moscow of advance knowledge of the April 4 CW attack - another brazen Big Lie. US relations with Russia are at an “all-time low,” he added. In Moscow, Secretary of State Tillerson said ...
A Multi-Level Analysis of the US Cruise Missile Attack on Syria and Its Consequences
Post Date: 2017-04-12 17:51:20 by Ada
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The latest US cruise missile attack on the Syrian airbase is an extremely important event in so many ways that it is important to examine it in some detail. I will try to do this today with the hope to be able to shed some light on a rather bizarre attack which will nevertheless have profound consequences. But first, let’s begin by looking at what actually happened. The pretext: I don’t think that anybody seriously believes that Assad or anybody else in the Syrian government really ordered a chemical weapons attack on anybody. To believe that it would require you to find the following sequence logical: first, Assad pretty much wins the war against Daesh which is in full ...
All the President's Liars
Post Date: 2017-04-12 08:35:05 by Stephen Lendman
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All the President’s Liars by Stephen Lendman Lies, deceptions, distortions and misinformation provide bedrock justification for all wars - naked aggression when preemptively waged against countries threatening no one. Syria was invaded and attacked. Its war isn’t civil. Its military is combating US-supported terrorists. Its survival as a nation depends on defeating them. No evidence suggests Syria carried out CW attacks on civilians or militants any time throughout over six years of war - including on April 4 in Khan Sheikhoun, a likely CIA-orchestrated incident, using terrorists to do its dirty work. The attack came from the ground, not the air - likely from rockets filled ...
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