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Latest Articles: War, War, War
‘We’re a Nation at War’
Post Date: 2017-02-20 07:53:48 by Ada
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Last week, Army General Raymond “Tony” Thomas, head of U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM), expressed his dismay about the Trump administration. “Our government continues to be in unbelievable turmoil,” Thomas opined. “I hope they sort it out soon because we’re a nation at war.” What does that mean, we’re a nation at war? Many will think that a dumb question, but is it? Sure, we have roughly 10,000 troops in Afghanistan, and that war isn’t over. Sure, the US is still helping Iraqi forces (notably in Mosul) against ISIS and related terrorist groups. Yes, the US and NATO (joined by Russia?) are seeking to corral and eventually to end ISIS and ...
US Terror-Bombed Syria with Toxic DU Munitions
Post Date: 2017-02-19 13:02:47 by Stephen Lendman
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US Terror-Bombed Syria with Toxic DU Munitions by Stephen Lendman America uses banned depleted uranium (DU) weapons in all its wars, ongoing since first developed during the Vietnam era. The 1925 Geneva Protocol and succeeding Geneva Weapons Conventions prohibited use of chemical and biological agents in any form as weapons of war. Although no Geneva Convention or other treaty specifically bans radioactive uranium weapons, including DU ones, they’re illegal de facto and de jure under the 1907 Hague Convention, prohibiting use of any “poison or poisoned weapons.” DU munitions are radioactive, chemically toxic and poisonous. America is a signatory to the Hague and Geneva ...
Rallying for Peace in Donbass, Putin Extends Outreach
Post Date: 2017-02-19 07:56:05 by Stephen Lendman
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Rallying for Peace in Donbass, Putin Extends Outreach by Stephen Lendman On the second anniversary of the Minsk II peace agreement, thousands of Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) residents rallied against Kiev’s aggression. A moment of silence honoring regime victims proceeded a march and rally for conflict resolution. Addressing the crowd, DPR deputy chairwoman Olga Makeeva said “(d)uring the Minsk talks the world has heard us, and they know the truth. They talk more and more that it’s Ukraine who’s guilty in deaths of innocent people…” Since Washington’s February 2014 coup, Russia was falsely accused of “aggression” in Ukraine, ...
Putin's 2007 Straight Talk on Disastrous US Unipolarity
Post Date: 2017-02-18 08:52:44 by Stephen Lendman
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Putin’s 2007 Straight Talk on Disastrous US Unipolarity by Stephen Lendman Annual Munich security conferences have been held since 1963. It’s the most important world forum on current and future security issues and challenges. Numerous heads of state, other senior government officials, high-ranking military ones, along with business, media and other private sectors figures attend. This year’s conference began Friday, continuing on Saturday. Sergey Lavrov will speak later today, presenting Russia’s views on international security, followed by a Q & A session. Foreign ministers from Normandy contact group members Russia, Germany, France and Ukraine will discuss ...
Syria Condemns Turkish War Crimes, US Keeps Killing Civilians
Post Date: 2017-02-18 08:19:40 by Stephen Lendman
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Syria Condemns Turkish War Crimes, US Keeps Killing Civilians by Stephen Lendman Syrian Foreign Ministry letters to UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres and Security Council president Volodmyr Yelchenko condemned Turkey’s “repeated crimes and attacks” on defenseless civilians, along with violations of its sovereignty and territorial integrity. It called for UN intervention to halt its aggression. According to the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA), Ankara’s war on Syria remains ongoing for nearly six years. It “includes providing various forms of military, material and logistic support to the terrorist organizations, bringing foreign terrorists, facilitating their ...
Mattis Rules Out US/Russia Military Cooperation in Syria
Post Date: 2017-02-17 08:22:13 by Stephen Lendman
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Mattis Rules Out US/Russia Military Cooperation in Syria by Stephen Lendman Trump said he wants to cooperate with Russia in combating terrorism in Syria. Defense Secretary Mattis rejects the idea. In Brussels at NATO headquarters, he claimed “(w)e are not in a position right now to collaborate on a military level, but our political leaders will engage and try to find common ground or a way forward so that Russia, living up to its commitment, can return to a partnership of sorts here with NATO.” “Russia’s aggressive actions have violated international law and are destabilizing. (It has) to prove itself first. The point about Russia is they have to live by ...
US Combat Troops to Syria?
Post Date: 2017-02-16 12:58:27 by Stephen Lendman
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US Combat Troops to Syria? by Stephen Lendman Unknown numbers of US special forces operate in northern Syria illegally, aiding anti-government terrorists. In late 2015, Lebanon’s al-Akhbar reported Washington was constructing a 2,500 millimeter-long runway for its warplanes at Abu Hajar airport in the eastern countryside of Hasaka, controlled by Kurdish YPG fighters. US forces operate in Syria without government permission, a flagrant violation of international law. Last November, reports indicated the Pentagon was considering possible deployment of greater numbers of special forces to northern parts of the country. On Wednesday, CNN issued a similar report, quoting an unnamed ...
Human Rights Watch Fake News on Syria
Post Date: 2017-02-14 14:06:28 by Stephen Lendman
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Human Rights Watch Fake News on Syria by Stephen Lendman George Soros generously funds numerous organizations for personal gain - Amnesty International (AI) and Human Rights Watch (HRW) among them. In 2010, he announced a $100 million grant to HRW from his Open Society Foundation - on the phony pretext of protecting and promoting human rights worldwide. He challenged HRW to raise a comparable amount from other private donors. On February 7, AI published a report on mass exterminations at Syria’s Saydnaya prison. It was strategically timed to coincide with Trump’s early days in office - aimed at undermining his involvement in resolving Syria’s conflict, along with his ...
London Guardian Fake News on Ukraine
Post Date: 2017-02-14 13:31:01 by Stephen Lendman
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London Guardian Fake News on Ukraine by Stephen Lendman In late January, Ukrainian military forces escalated naked aggression on Donbass. Conditions are tense along the contact line separating both sides. Shelling by artillery, tanks, mortars and other weapons against Donbass communities is relentless, civilians in the line of fire. Since Minsk II ceasefire terms were agreed on in February 2015, Donbass freedom fighters alone observed them. Ukrainian forces violated them straightaway - escalating conflict two weeks ago, mobilizing tens of thousands of troops along the contact line, likely preparing for full-blown war. Nazi-infested OUN and Right Sector fighters are involved. According ...
The New Battle for Afghanistan
Post Date: 2017-02-14 07:48:11 by Ada
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With Trump's attention elsewhere, the defense establishment seems set on sending more troops there. WASHINGTON—Despite questions about the ongoing war in Afghanistan, President Trump has so far chosen silence over substance. But perhaps it doesn’t matter, as an illuminating exchange that took place before the Senate Armed Services Committee last week all but guaranteed what his policy will be. Trump’s approach to Afghanistan will no doubt involve more American troops, more aggressive activity on the ground, and a less definite schedule for the withdrawal of U.S. and NATO forces. In other words, don’t expect a big shakeup of the status quo. Perhaps the most notable ...
Kiev's Aggression on Donbass Continues
Post Date: 2017-02-13 12:45:08 by Stephen Lendman
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Kiev’s Aggression on Donbass Continues by Stephen Lendman According to the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) Deputy Defense Minister Eduard Basurin, Ukrainian forces shelled the republic 1,300 in the past 24 hours alone - continuing aggression begun on January 29. In the past week, Basurin reported 5,675 Minsk ceasefire violations. Ukrainian troops are using multiple missile launchers, tanks, mortar fire, armored vehicles, anti-aircraft guns, grenade launchers, machine guns, small arms and cluster bombs. More on this banned terror weapon below. “Two platoons of self-propelled artillery systems and a mortar platoon were observed near Gorlovka,” Basurin explained. ...
Afghan Reconstruction Watchdog SIGAR Publishes ‘Gallery of Greed’ over Fraud
Post Date: 2017-02-13 08:09:27 by Ada
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A $99 million Afghan road-building project funded by U.S. taxpayers has been scrapped, according to a report that details how American military personnel were bribed with Rolex watches in exchange for contracts. The deal was ditched in October after evidence emerged of corruption during the award of the contract by the country's government. In the last three months of 2016 alone, criminal investigations resulted in one conviction and six sentencings, nearly $2 million in criminal fines and the recovery of $320,000 according to a new quarterly report to Congress by the Special Inspector General for Afghan Reconstruction (SIGAR). The report features a new "gallery of greed" ...
Lessons and Propaganda From the Botched Raid on Yemen
Post Date: 2017-02-13 08:04:44 by Ada
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The Trump administration’s first “kinetic” military action, last weekend’s raid on Yemen that killed a Navy SEAL as well as fifteen women and children, was an operational failure. Aggravating that failure has been the aggressive propaganda spin applied by the White House. According to White House spokesman Sean Spicer, the operation was a major success: “Knowing that we killed an estimated 14 AQAP [Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula] members and that we gathered an unbelievable amount of intelligence that will prevent the potential deaths or attacks on American soil – is something that I think most service members understand, that that’s why they joined ...
Resumption of Syria Peace Talks
Post Date: 2017-02-13 06:44:23 by Stephen Lendman
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Resumption of Syria Peace Talks by Stephen Lendman Despite no contacts with US officials so far, Sergey Lavrov hopes prospects for conflict resolution are “more favorable” with Obama’s obstructionism no longer an issue. Negotiating with John Kerry accomplished nothing. On February 15, peace talks will resume in Astana, Kazakhstan, scheduled for two days. Russia’s delegation is unchanged, led by its Syrian settlement envoy Alexander Lavrentyev. According to Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov, Syria’s delegation remains the same, led by its UN envoy Bashar al-Jaafari. Bogdanov hopes Washington will participate at least as an observer. Its Kazakhstan ...
Trump Blowing Smoke on Possible Israeli/Palestinian Peace Deal
Post Date: 2017-02-12 13:02:27 by Stephen Lendman
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Trump Blowing Smoke on Possible Israeli/Palestinian Peace Deal by Stephen Lendman Whether or not Trump knows now, he’ll soon enough realize the so-called Israeli/Palestinian peace process is the greatest hoax in modern times. It’s been dead-on-arrival each time proposed for nearly half a century. Israel wants conflict and instability, not peaceful resolution - the way it’s always been since its inception. It doesn’t negotiate. It never has. It demands unconditional Palestinian subservience to its interests, yielding virtually nothing in return, the price long-suffering people pay, victims of Anglo- Zionist viciousness. In hindsight, analysts one day may call Trump ...
Nuclear Madness
Post Date: 2017-02-12 08:45:44 by Stephen Lendman
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Nuclear Madness by Stephen Lendman As long as these weapons exist, one day they’ll likely be used with devastating effects, risking almost certain doom or close to it. The only way to prevent eventual nuclear war is by eliminating these weapons entirely, the world community uniting on this most vital of all issues to save life on earth from possible extinction. Nuclear roulette assures losers, not winners. Einstein said splitting the atom “changed everything save our modes of thinking, and thus we drift toward unparalleled catastrophe.” Bush/Cheney’s December 2001 Nuclear Posture Review (NPR), asserted the preemptive right to unilaterally declare and wage future ...
Assad Dubious About US Help in Combating Terrorism in Syria
Post Date: 2017-02-11 13:10:55 by Stephen Lendman
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Assad Dubious About US Help in Combating Terrorism in Syria by Stephen Lendman Syria is Obama’s war, launched for regime change, wanting a key Israeli rival eliminated, Iran isolated regionally, perhaps ahead of longstanding plans to replace the Islamic Republic with pro- Western despotism. The conflict now belongs to Trump. It’s unknown if he wants it continued or ended, whether he’ll combat terrorism or support it. His noninterventionist rhetoric indicated one thing. His geopolitical agenda appears worrisome. Lawless drone wars continue, mostly killing noncombatant civilians. He’s continuing Obama’s terror war on Yemen, complicit with Saudi Arabia, supporting ...
CIA Chief Pompeo Awards Saudis with Medal for Combating Terrorism
Post Date: 2017-02-11 07:41:26 by Stephen Lendman
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CIA Chief Pompeo Awards Saudis with Medal for Combating Terrorism by Stephen Lendman You can’t make this stuff up. Truth is stranger than fiction. On February 10 in Riyadh, CIA director Mike Pompeo awarded the Middle East’s leading Arab state proliferator of state terrorism at home and abroad with the George Tenet Medal for its “intelligence work in the fight against terrorism.” Tenet was CIA director from July 1997 to July 2004. His rap sheet includes involvement in Clinton’s rape of Yugoslavia, GW Bush’s aggression on Afghanistan and Iraq, along with establishing and running America’s global torture prisons, Guantanamo the tip of the iceberg. The ...
NATO Supports Kiev's Putschist Regime, Trump Suggests It
Post Date: 2017-02-11 07:27:33 by Stephen Lendman
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NATO Supports Kiev’s Putschist Regime, Trump Signals It by Stephen Lendman During a joint news conference in Brussels with Ukraine’s illegitimate prime minister Volodymr Groysman, NATO Deputy Secretary-General Rose Gottemoeller said all alliance member states “express strong support for Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.” “NATO st(ands) by Ukraine. This will not change.” Gottemoeller blasted (nonexistent) “Russia(n) aggressive actions,” adding: “NATO does not, and will not, recognize the illegal annexation of Crimea, and we condemn Russia’s continuing destabilization of eastern Ukraine.” Separately, in a letter ...
Saudi Terror-Bombing in Yemen Now Trump's War
Post Date: 2017-02-10 13:14:10 by Stephen Lendman
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Saudi Terror-Bombing in Yemen Now Trump’s War by Stephen Lendman The same goes for all Bush/Cheney/Obama wars in multiple theaters, still raging. Trump inherited them. Failure to halt them makes him responsible for high crimes of war and against humanity. It breaches his promise to be noninterventionist. On Wednesday, State Department spokesman Mark Toner said Washington “will continue to work with” Yemen’s Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi - a US puppet, a despot, complicit with Al Qaeda. Not according to Toner, saying the Trump administration supports him “in order to ultimately eradicate ISIS from Yemen” - failing to explain Washington created and supports the ...
Imperial War on Syria Continues
Post Date: 2017-02-09 07:54:01 by Stephen Lendman
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Imperial War on Syria Continues by Stephen Lendman Since Trump’s inauguration, US-led so-called “coalition” warplanes continued attacking Syrian infrastructure. Bridges and Raqqa’s water lines were destroyed, cutting off supplies to the city. On Thursday, an Israeli helicopter shelled a Quneitra residential building. Separately, in response to an errant shell, harmlessly landing in Israeli occupied Golan, the IDF struck a nearby Syrian military position - without explaining if it was by airstrike or artillery fire. The Israeli regime actively aids ISIS and other anti-Syria terrorist groups. It invents reasons to launch periodic aggressive attacks against Syrian ...
Amnesty International Fake News
Post Date: 2017-02-08 13:11:56 by Stephen Lendman
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Amnesty International Fake News by Stephen Lendman AI is on the wrong side of the Syrian conflict, its reports sounding like US and scoundrel media propaganda. Its 1915-16 annual report on Syria was a litany of misinformation and Big Lies, claiming “(g)overnment forces and non-state armed groups committed war crimes, other violations of international humanitarian law and gross human rights abuses with impunity in the internal armed conflict.” “Government forces carried out indiscriminate attacks and attacks that directly targeted civilians, including bombardment of civilian residential areas and medical facilities with artillery, mortars, barrel bombs and, reportedly, ...
NYT Fake News on Ukraine
Post Date: 2017-02-08 08:35:15 by Stephen Lendman
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NYT Fake News on Ukraine by Stephen Lendman Throughout nearly three years of Kiev’s on-and-off aggression on Donbass, The Times served as a virtual mouthpiece for its putschist regime. Disinformation substitutes for real news - the way it misreports on all virtually all issues, especially geopolitical ones. On January 29, Kiev forces escalated conflict on Donbass, naked aggression by any standard, war without mercy, mostly affecting civilians, replicating what it launched in 2014, continued in 2015, its forces handed a stunning defeat. Clear Trump policy on the conflict isn’t yet known. The Times drew its own conclusions like earlier, blaming victims for state-sponsored ...
Lavrov Blasts Ukraine's Putschist Leader
Post Date: 2017-02-08 07:49:40 by Stephen Lendman
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Lavrov Blasts Ukraine’s Putschist Leader by Stephen Lendman Ukrainian-installed president Petro Poroshenko is Washington’s man in Kiev, heading its coup d’etat regime - illegitimate by any standard. He’s waging war on his own people, blaming them for his high crimes, supported by Washington under Obama. It’s unclear where Trump stands, despite his UN envoy Nikki Haley irresponsibly accusing Russia of “aggression” in Ukraine and falsely claiming it annexed Crimea. According to Sergey Lavrov, re-escalating war on Donbass “benefit(s) the Poroshenko regime, seeking to distract attention from its inability to implement its obligations and to make the ...
The U.S. military's stats on deadly airstrikes are wrong. Thousands have gone unreported
Post Date: 2017-02-06 08:49:13 by Ada
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The American military has failed to publicly disclose potentially thousands of lethal airstrikes conducted over several years in Iraq, Syria and Afghanistan, a Military Times investigation has revealed. The enormous data gap raises serious doubts about transparency in reported progress against the Islamic State, al-Qaida and the Taliban, and calls into question the accuracy of other Defense Department disclosures documenting everything from costs to casualty counts. In 2016 alone, U.S. combat aircraft conducted at least 456 airstrikes in Afghanistan that were not recorded as part of an open-source database maintained by the U.S. Air Force, information relied on by Congress, American ...
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