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Latest Articles: War, War, War
Turkey's Erdogan Wants Norther Syria and Iraq Annexed
Post Date: 2017-03-12 13:44:20 by Stephen Lendman
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Turkey’s Erdogan Wants Northern Syria and Iraq Annexed by Stephen Lendman His aim is longstanding. In December 2015, heavily armed Turkish forces invaded Iraq, an act of aggression, occupying territory near Mosul, on the phony pretext of combating ISIS he supports. His real aim is seizing the area’s valued oil fields, a prize he’s long coveted. Last August, he invaded northern Syria, his aggression code-named Operation Euphrates Shield - aiding anti-government forces, combating Kurdish YPG fighters, not terrorists. His forces seized Jarabulus in northwestern Syria straightaway, continued advancing east. Last November, he said his goal is gaining control over “5,000 ...
US-Supported ISIS Using Chemical Weapons in Mosul
Post Date: 2017-03-12 08:20:58 by Stephen Lendman
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US-Supported ISIS Using Chemical Weapons in Mosul by Stephen Lendman ICRC Middle East director Robert Mardini said patients treated in nearby Irbil show “clinical symptoms consistent with exposure to a blistering chemical agent.” Affected men, women and children suffer from respiratory problems, blisters, coughing, vomiting, along with eye redness and irritation. “The use of chemical weapons is absolutely prohibited under international humanitarian law. We are deeply alarmed by what our colleagues have seen, and we strongly condemn any use of chemical weapons, by any party, anywhere,” Mardini added. ISIS and other US-supported terrorist groups used chemical weapons ...
Russia and Iran Excluded from Meeting in Washington on ISIS
Post Date: 2017-03-12 07:58:23 by Stephen Lendman
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Russia and Iran Excluded from Meeting in Washington on ISIS by Stephen Lendman US hostility toward both countries is longstanding. Russian air power, Iranian advisors and Hezbollah fighters alone are aiding government forces combat terrorism in Syria. America, NATO, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and other rogue states support the scourge they claim to oppose. On March 22 and 23, Washington will host ministers from 68 so-called coalition countries supporting, not combating ISIS - why Russia and Iran aren’t invited - besides US hostility toward both nations. Trump was co-opted to renege on pursuing improved relations with Moscow. Throughout the campaign and post-election, he’s ...
Is Israel Planning Another War on Lebanon?
Post Date: 2017-03-11 08:19:41 by Stephen Lendman
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Is Israel Planning Another War on Lebanon? by Stephen Lendman Last year, Press TV cited the Beirut-based al-Akhbar broadsheet, saying unnamed US officials warned about Israeli plans for war on Lebanon, a decade after its last aggression - embarrassed by Hezbollah fighters at the time, perhaps seeking an excuse for revenge. On March 11, Haaretz interviewed extremist Israeli Education Minister Naftali Bennett. Suggesting another possible war on Lebanon, he said its “institutions…infrastructure, airport, power stations, traffic junctions, Lebanese Army bases - they should all be legitimate targets. (Lebanon should be) sen(t) back to the Middle Ages.” Bennett is part of ...
US Mission Creep in Syria and Iraq
Post Date: 2017-03-10 12:32:37 by Stephen Lendman
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US Mission Creep in Syria and Iraq by Stephen Lendman According to reports, around 5,000 US troops operate in Iraq -with so-called permission from the puppet regime it installed. Hundreds of US special forces are in Syria, now joined by unknown numbers of combat marines, America’s total military presence not officially announced, the Pentagon citing operational security. US forces invaded Syria illegally, without permission from Damascus, on the phony pretext of combating ISIS America created and supports. On March 9, the Army Times reported an additional 2,500 US combat troops are being sent to Kuwait - likely in preparation for America’s greater intervention in Syria and ...
Greater US Aggression Under Trump Coming?
Post Date: 2017-03-10 08:27:20 by Stephen Lendman
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Greater US Aggression Under Trump Coming? by Stephen Lendman Nearly straightaway in office, Trump proved he’s the latest in a long line of US warrior presidents. He’s continuing naked aggression in multiple theaters, upping the stakes in Syria and Yemen, increasing numbers of US combat troops in both countries, perhaps more headed for Iraq. At the urging of CENTCOM chief General Joseph Votel, he may increase America’s military presence in Afghanistan. Earlier this week, a joint statement by US, UK and French ambassadors to Libya expressed concern about escalated violence in and around the country’s oil installations - urging a “unified military force” to ...
Trump Threatens Europe?
Post Date: 2017-03-10 07:44:03 by Stephen Lendman
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Trump Threatens Europe? by Stephen Lendman NYT editors absurdly say so - claiming he’s “shown higher regard for President Vladimir Putin… than for NATO or the European Union.” The self-styled newspaper of record is ground zero for media misinformation. It keeps finding new ways of making itself a laughing stock, publishing rubbish and fake news instead of what readers most need to know. The only threats America and European nations face are ones they invent as justification for endless aggression, targeting nations threatening no one, wanting independent governments replaced with pro-Western puppet regimes. EU foreign and defense ministers announced plans for ...
U.S. Marines Enter Syria to Aid Fight for ISIS’ Capital Raqqa
Post Date: 2017-03-09 20:27:18 by bush_is_a_moonie
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U.S. Marines have arrived in Syria to support local forces in the battle for Raqqa — the effective capital of ISIS — several U.S. defense officials told NBC News late Wednesday. A group from the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit arrived deployed with M777 Howitzers, capable of firing 155mm shells, to assist the coalition of militias collectively known as the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). These are not the first conventional troops to deploy to Syria, nor is this the first time the U.S. military has sent in ground-launched artillery. High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) have been used there in the past. U.S. military leaders based in neighboring Iraq can take advantage ...
Trump Invades Syria
Post Date: 2017-03-09 20:23:47 by bush_is_a_moonie
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Although the Syrian army, with its ally Russia, has made significant gains against ISIS over the past week or so, the Washington Post is reporting tonight that President Trump has for the first time sent regular US military personnel into that country in combat positions. This is an unprecedented escalation of US involvement in the Syrian war and it comes without Congressional authorization, without UN authorization, and without the authorization of the government of Syria. In short it is three ways illegal. According to the Post, US Marines have departed their ships in the Mediterranean and have established an outpost on Syrian soil from where they will fire artillery toward the ISIS ...
Trump Raises the Stakes in Syria
Post Date: 2017-03-09 08:25:43 by Stephen Lendman
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Trump Raises the Stakes in Syria by Stephen Lendman His actions so far show he wants continued war, not resolution. Terror-bombing continues, targeting Syrian infrastructure, massacring civilians. On March 8, al-Matab village was struck, killing about two dozen civilians, including women and children - the mission conducted on the phony pretext of combating terrorism America supports. Trump upped the stakes by deploying hundreds of marines to northern Syria, US special forces already there - aiding anti-government terrorist groups, not combating them, as officially reported. Claiming America aims to liberate Raqqa from ISIS control is another US deception. Its orchestrated offensive ...
Regime Brutality in Iraq
Post Date: 2017-03-07 08:35:03 by Stephen Lendman
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Regime Brutality in Iraq by Stephen Lendman US-installed prime minister Haider al-Abadi is at war with his own people, massacring them in the battle for Mosul. Amnesty International called human rights in the country “dire.” Civilians are threatened by violence instigated by ISIS and their own government, regime forces killing them indiscriminately - earlier in Anbar province, currently in Mosul for months. Unknown numbers of detainees are being extrajudicially executed. Thousands languish in prison uncharged and untried, held incommunicado without access to family members or counsel - tortured, otherwise mistreated and denied access to healthcare. If later trials occur, ...
Trump and Netanyahu Discuss Nonexistent Iranian Threat
Post Date: 2017-03-07 08:15:43 by Stephen Lendman
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Trump and Netanyahu Discuss Nonexistent Iranian Threat by Stephen Lendman Both leaders are militantly anti-Iran. On Monday, they spoke by phone, discussing nonexistent Iranian “malevolent behavior.” A White House readout said they “discussed the need to counter continuing threats and challenges facing the Middle East region.” The main threat posed by US and Israeli belligerence wasn’t explained, the world’s leading pariah nations - with plenty of help from rogue states allies. The phone conversation followed reports of (legitimate) Iranian missile tests last weekend. On Monday, the Pentagon lied, claiming Iranian high-speed vessels harassed a US naval ship ...
Humanitarian Disaster in Mosul, Iraq
Post Date: 2017-03-06 09:07:57 by Stephen Lendman
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Humanitarian Disaster in Mosul, Iraq by Stephen Lendman Media scoundrels ignore US-led terror-bombing, massacring Mosul civilians mercilessly - on the phony pretext of liberating the city from ISIS terrorists America created and supports. The ongoing battle isn’t what it seems. Thousands of ISIS fighters were redeployed from Mosul to Syria last October. A corridor opened by America let them flee. At the time, Iraqi Ansarullah al-Nujaba Movement spokesman Hashem al-Moussavi said “Washington is still continuing its military support for the terrorists in” his country, airdropping them weapons and other supplies. “Our forces have filmed US aircraft while dropping ...
Trump Orders Counterterrorism Expansion in Yemen (considering ground attacks)
Post Date: 2017-03-05 18:02:27 by hondo68
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President Donald Trump speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference on Feb. 24 in Oxon Hill, Md. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) More than two years after a multi-sided civil war erupted in Yemen that allowed al-Qaida's local franchise to amass power and seize territory, President Donald Trump has told the Pentagon to conduct a complicated counter-terrorism campaign. Trump's decision, just six weeks into his presidency, intends to reverse the largely unchecked expansion across southern Yemen of the group, Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula. The willingness to expand counter-terrorism operations inside war-torn Yemen is another signal that Trump is more willing to defer to ...
US War on Humanity
Post Date: 2017-03-05 13:49:54 by Stephen Lendman
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US War on Humanity by Stephen Lendman Endless US wars rage in multiple theaters, Trump continuing Bush/Cheney/Obama aggression against sovereign independent countries posing no threat to America or any other country. Civilians are harmed most in all wars. America and Israel consider them legitimate targets, massacring them mercilessly, accountability not forthcoming. The Pentagon admitted to killing 220 civilians in Iraq and Syria since bombings began in 2014 - a flagrant insult to many thousands indiscriminately massacred by US warplanes in both countries. A CENTCOM statement lied, saying “(a)lthough the Coalition takes extraordinary efforts to strike military targets in a manner ...
Trump Increasing US Aggression
Post Date: 2017-03-05 08:52:32 by Stephen Lendman
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Trump Increasing US Aggression by Stephen Lendman World conditions remain perilously unsafe under Trump. Hope for something better vanished in the early days of his administration. Major media reports are always suspect. It remains to be seen if two discussed below prove true. On Friday, ABC News said “(t)he Pentagon has quietly ordered new commando deployments to the Middle East and North Africa amid an unprecedented series of American airstrikes in Yemen,” according to unnamed counterintelligence officials. Claims about combating ISIS and al-Qaeda are fabricated. Both terrorist groups and others are US creations, used as imperial foot soldiers in Syria, Iraq, Libya and ...
Deputy NATO Commander Threatens War on Russia
Post Date: 2017-03-04 13:05:19 by Stephen Lendman
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Deputy NATO Commander Threatens War on Russia by Stephen Lendman Neocons infest Europe like Washington, eager for wars, deploring peace and stability, threatening humanity with their militancy. Appearing on state-owned, operated and controlled BBC, deputy NATO commander General Adrian Bradshaw urged “a grand strategy” to counter a nonexistent Russian threat, including so- called “hybrid war.” NATO Article 4 calls for members to “consult together whenever, in the opinion of any of them, the territorial integrity, political independence, or security of any” is threatened. Article 5 considers an armed attack (real or otherwise) against one or more members, an ...
Does Trump Want War or Peace in Syria?
Post Date: 2017-03-04 08:31:52 by Stephen Lendman
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Does Trump Want War or Peace in Syria? by Stephen Lendman Syria is Obama’s war. It’s now Trump’s. His actions belie his rhetoric so far. Campaigning last October, he said “I don’t like Assad at all, but Assad is killing ISIS. Russia is killing ISIS and Iran is killing ISIS.” A good thing. Last month, he said he’ll establish “safe zones” and have Gulf states pay for them. Syria justifiably rejects the idea. So does Russia without Assad’s authorization. Last month, he said a role for America to defeat terrorism in Syria is only possible with his government’s approval, as part of rapprochement with Russia, adding: “We are here. ...
Good, Bad and Mixed News on Syria
Post Date: 2017-03-03 08:03:25 by Stephen Lendman
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Good, Bad and Mixed News on Syria by Stephen Lendman First the good. Syria’s military said the historically important, strategically located city of Palmyra and surrounding areas were liberated, ISIS terrorists routed after weeks of fighting. According to Russia’s General Staff, Main Operations Department head Gen. Sergei Rudskoi, “(t)he city has been fully liberated by now, and the government troops have captured commanding heights north and south of Palmyra and continue advancing in the eastern direction.” No Russian airstrikes targeted areas with historical monuments vital to the city’s heritage, Rudskoi added. Now the mixed good and bad news. Geneva IV ...
US Terror-Bombs Yemen
Post Date: 2017-03-03 07:33:10 by Stephen Lendman
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US Terror-Bombs Yemen by Stephen Lendman Drone terror-bombings began under Bush/Cheney, continued under Obama, now under Trump, Saudi Arabia involved as a convenient US proxy. On January 29, a deadly US special forces raid on a Yemeni village massacred at least two dozen civilians, achieving nothing but deaths and destruction. Days later, Trump press secretary Sean Spicer lied, claiming “(w)e gathered an unbelievable amount of intelligence that will prevent the potential deaths or attacks on American soil.” Not according to unnamed US officials, likely Obama holdovers, telling NBC News the mission gained no “actionable intelligence” - nothing not already known. ...
Phony Accusations of Russia Bombing US-Supported Fighters in Syria
Post Date: 2017-03-02 08:20:53 by Stephen Lendman
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Phony Accusations of Russia Bombing US-Supported Fighters in Syria by Stephen Lendman Commander of US forces operating illegally in Syria and Iraq, General Steven Townsend, falsely accused Russia of bombing US-backed (moderate) terrorists and Kurdish YPG fighters near Turkey’s border. Moscow’s Defense Ministry categorically denied its warplanes or Syria’s stuck areas claimed by Townsend, saying: “To avoid any incidents, the US representative has provided exact coordinates of the US-backed opposition forces in the region to a Russian officer.” “Not a single airstrike on the regions specified by the US side was conducted by Russian or Syrian air ...
Povocative Deployment of US THAAD Missiles in South Korea
Post Date: 2017-03-01 12:29:59 by Stephen Lendman
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Provocative Deployment of US THAAD Missiles in South Korea by Stephen Lendman Washington intends deploying so-called Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) anti-ballistic missile systems in South Korea. They’re designed to intercept and down short, medium and intermediate-range ballistic missiles in their terminal phase. Instead of warheads, they rely on impact kinetic energy to destroy incoming missiles. Claiming they won’t detonate ones with nuclear weapons is highly doubtful. A similar navy program is called the sea-based Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System. Aegis ashore is land-based. South Koreans oppose THAADs, fearful of potential hazardous radiation and areas ...
Liberating Palmyra
Post Date: 2017-03-01 12:21:26 by Stephen Lendman
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Liberating Palmyra by Stephen Lendman The ancient Syrian city is a UNESCO World Heritage site, seized by US-supported ISIS terrorists in May 2015. It was liberated last March, retaken by thousands of ISIS fighters in December. Government forces are close to freeing the city again, according to the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA), saying its military “establish(ed) control over the Palmyra Triangle area in Homs province… on the western outskirts of Palmyra city after” routing ISIS fighters. Government and allied forces “established full control over Hayal Mountain and all the hills overlooking al-Qossour area in Tadmur (Palmyra) city.” A palace complex to the ...
Russia and China Veto Anti-Syria SC Resolution
Post Date: 2017-03-01 07:54:51 by Stephen Lendman
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Russia and China Veto Anti-Syria SC Resolution by Stephen Lendman On Tuesday, Russia and China vetoed a draft US, UK, French Security Council resolution, proposing sanctions on 11 Syrian military commanders, along with banning the supply of helicopters to its government - based on fabricated charges of its use of chemical weapons. Countries supporting the resolution included America, Britain, France, Italy, Japan, Senegal, Sweden, Ukraine and Uruguay. Besides Russia and China, Bolivia opposed it. Egypt, Ethiopia and Kazakhstan abstained. Putin called the move “totally inappropriate,” adding “(i)t does help (and) would not help the negotiation process. It would only hurt ...
Washington AWOL from Syria Peace Talks
Post Date: 2017-03-01 07:40:00 by Stephen Lendman
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Washington AWOL from Syria Peace Talks by Stephen Lendman Without US involvement and commitment for conflict resolution, endless war will continue - regime change remaining US policy unless proved otherwise, thus far not apparent. On February 23, Geneva IV peace talks began, no meaningful progress achieve so far. Chances for agreement on conflict resolution look slim at best, impossible at worst. After days of discussions, Syrian and opposition representatives haven’t met. Major issues haven’t been addressed. War continues against ISIS, al-Nusra and other terrorists not involved in Geneva. On Tuesday, Virginia state Senator Richard Black accused Turkey of using terrorist ...
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