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Latest Articles: War, War, War
Russia, Syria Denounce Pro-War General Assembly Resolution
Post Date: 2016-12-10 07:16:25 by Stephen Lendman
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Russia, Syria Denounce Pro-War General Assembly Resolution by Stephen Lendman US dirty hands are behind it, Canada used to introduce it, disgracefully serving as an imperial agent instead of seeking regional peace and stability. The draft resolution passed 122 to 13 - Syria, Russia, China and Iran strongly opposing it - calling for cessation of hostilities in eastern Aleppo to benefit US-backed terrorists, without addressing their withdrawal from remaining pockets - including animals posing as moderates. Russian UN envoy Vitaly Churkin called them “phantom(s),” jihadist extremists pretending otherwise. In General Assembly debate, he said they’re “gushing into the ...
Latest from Russia on Aleppo
Post Date: 2016-12-09 12:08:51 by Stephen Lendman
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Latest From Russia on Aleppo by Stephen Lendman According to Russia’s General Staff Main Operations Department head Gen. Sergei Rudskoi, as of December 9, “government forces and militia units continue the operation to liberate Aleppo’s eastern districts from terrorists.” “After a successful offensive, 52 neighborhoods in east Aleppo have been recaptured from militants. In the past four days alone, the area held by gunmen has decreased by one-third. The Syrian army now controls 93% of the city’s territory.” Since October 18, no Russian or Syrian warplanes were involved, courageous ground forces doing the job themselves, now close to triumph. ...
Tulsi Gabbard's Stop Arming Terrorists Act
Post Date: 2016-12-09 08:52:27 by Stephen Lendman
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Tulsi Gabbard’s Stop Arming Terrorists Act by Stephen Lendman Among the reported eight or so candidates Trump is considering for secretary of state, one possible choice more deserving than names mentioned is omitted - Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, the state’s most popular politician. “(W)hen it comes to the war against terrorists, I’m a hawk,” she said. “When it comes to counterproductive wars of regime change, I’m a dove." She opposed condemning Bashar al-Assad, saying targeting him was “a thinly veiled attempt to use the rationale of ‘humanitarianism’ as a justification to escalate our illegal, counterproductive war” - its aim ...
Obama Formally Approves Arming Terrorists in Syria
Post Date: 2016-12-09 08:39:41 by Stephen Lendman
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Obama Formally Approves Arming Terrorists in Syria by Stephen Lendman They’ve been armed with heavy weapons from America and its rogue allies all along - on the phony pretext of supporting nonexistent “moderate rebels.” All anti-government fighters are cutthroat killers, death squad terrorists, largely recruited from scores of countries - armed, funded, trained and directed by CIA operatives, US special forces and their NATO counterparts. Russia/US talks in Geneva on removing all terrorists from Aleppo reflect the latest US deception. Obama has no intention of abandoning his naked aggression on millions of Syrians. He’s already responsible for displacing half the ...
US Hawks Lay Out Plan for Getting Into a War With Iran
Post Date: 2016-12-09 07:20:07 by Ada
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Conference Sees Calls to Start Sinking Ships, Bombing Iranian Forces in Syria United Against a Nuclear Iran (UANI), an organization packed to the gills with a bipartisan who’s who of hawkish figures, held an event on the “Future of Iran Policy” in Washington DC. Unsurprising, given the list of attendees, the future they envision is war, and lots of it. The event headlined by Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R – FL) and former Sen. Joe Lieberman saw calls to “restore coercion” against Iran, with several figures advocating that the US accept the limits of sanctions alone by sinking Iranian naval vessels in the Persian Gulf. This call, pushed by Lieberman and ...
Neocon Senators Urge Trump to Send More Lethal Aid to Ukraine Than Already
Post Date: 2016-12-09 07:14:07 by Stephen Lendman
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Neocon Senators Urge Trump to Send More Lethal Aid to Ukraine Than Already by Stephen Lendman Ukraine is an illegitimate US-installed putschist police state, fascism in Europe’s heartland, at war with its own people, encouraged by Washington, supplying its regime with lethal aid all along. Bipartisan neocon senators want more. Led by minority whip Dick Durbin (D. IL) and Rob Portman (R. OH), they disgracefully lied to Trump in a letter, saying: “Russia has launched a military land-grab in Ukraine that is unprecedented in modern European history.” Fact: Utter rubbish! No “land-grab” occurred nor is any planned. Crimeans overwhelmingly voted to rejoin Russian. ...
China’s spies gain valuable US defense technology: report
Post Date: 2016-12-08 15:48:10 by HAPPY2BME-4UM
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“In recent years, Chinese agents have extracted data on some of the most advanced weapons and weapons systems in the US arsenal, such as jet fighters and unmanned submersible vehicles,” states the annual report of the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission, released on November 16. “The loss of these and other sensitive defense technologies undermines US military superiority by accelerating China’s military modernization and giving China insight into the capabilities and operation of US weapons and weapons systems,” the report adds. The espionage operations are not limited to direct spying activities against the United States and include intelligence ...
Lavrov on Russia/US Relations and Aleppo Update
Post Date: 2016-12-08 13:30:15 by Stephen Lendman
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Lavrov on Russia/US Relations and Aleppo Update by Stephen Lendman On the sidelines of the OSCE Ministerial Council meeting in Hamburg, Sergey Lavrov denounced US policy, saying “the Obama administration continues taking unfriendly steps in an attempt to undermine the basis of normal cooperation between Russia and the US before leaving.” He and Kerry met again - days after the US official reneged on an Aleppo proposal in line with Russia’s views. Aleppo was again discussed. Russia’s Foreign Ministry said both officials agreed on a need to resume talks under the UN auspices. The key condition for resolution is combating terrorism until it’s eliminated. ...
US and Rogue Allies Frantic Over Losing Aleppo
Post Date: 2016-12-08 11:29:27 by Stephen Lendman
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US and Rogue Allies Frantic Over Losing Aleppo by Stephen Lendman The crucially important battle for Aleppo and surrounding areas is nearly won - Syria, Russia and allied forces prevailing over America, NATO, Israel and other Middle East rogue allies. Liberating Syria entirely has miles to go, but things are heading in the right direction, Obama’s imperial agenda sustaining a major body blow, not going down easily. On December 7, a joint US, UK French, German and Canadian statement on Aleppo expressed frustration over imperial defeat, saying: “A humanitarian disaster is taking place before our very eyes.” Fact: It’s not Syria’s fault, or Russia’s, or ...
An Anti-Interventionist Trump Agenda?
Post Date: 2016-12-08 07:51:40 by Stephen Lendman
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An Anti-Interventionist Trump Agenda? by Stephen Lendman Will Trump follow through responsibly on what he told supporters in Fayetteville, NC, saying: “We seek harmony and good will among the nations of the world, and we believe that respect for mutual sovereignty helps form the basis of trust and understanding.” “But we don't want people taking advantage of us anymore…We don't want that…We want to be the smart people. We don't want to be what we've been over the last long period of time.” “We build up our military not as an act of aggression, but as an act of prevention. We pursue and build up arms not in order to seek conflict, but ...
Latest From Aleppo
Post Date: 2016-12-08 07:34:16 by Stephen Lendman
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Latest From Aleppo by Stephen Lendman According to Syrian field sources, government and allied forces control 85% of eastern Aleppo, few remaining districts held by US-backed terrorists. They’re “now trapped in a small area after pulling back forces from the districts on the Eastern sides of the Citadel of Aleppo and the entire Old Aleppo quarter,” according to Syria’s military. They’re “retreating towards the neighborhoods of al-Kalasa, Bostan al-Qasr (Bustan al-Kaser), al- Ansari, al-Mash'had, al-Sukri, al-Salehin, Karam al-Da'ada, al-Nezha and a small part of Sheikh Saeed that have remained thus far under their control.” Numbers of ...
The NYT Can't Accept the Idea of US Defeat in Aleppo
Post Date: 2016-12-07 13:27:17 by Stephen Lendman
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The NYT Can’t Accept the Idea of US Defeat in Aleppo by Stephen Lendman After years of fighting, the city is nearly entirely liberated, most US-backed terrorists agreeing to surrender, in return for safe passage to Idlib province. The battle for Aleppo could be over in days, except perhaps for mopping up operations. Instead of acknowledging America’s humiliating defeat at the hands of Syria, Russia and allied forces, The Times merely said “Syrian forces (are) driv(ing) deeper into rebel-held Aleppo.” No rebels exist. All anti-government forces are US-backed terrorists, imported from scores of countries, doing America’s killing and dying for it. Of late, mostly ...
Aleppo Largely Liberated
Post Date: 2016-12-07 07:37:45 by Stephen Lendman
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Aleppo Largely Liberated by Stephen Lendman News from Syria is the most encouraging since Obama launched naked aggression in March 2011 - using ISIS, al-Nusra and other terrorist groups as imperial foot soldiers. On December 7, Fars News headlined “Syrian Army On Verge of Epoch-Making Victory in Aleppo,” saying: “Aleppo is to be announced a completely liberated city by the Syrian army any moment now after hundreds of terrorists surrendered to the Syrian army at the end of daylong secret talks with government officials in Eastern Aleppo, while the remaining few hundreds under a now very tight siege have agreed to the Damascus terms to evacuate the city in less than two ...
Kissinger summoned to Trump Tower for private meeting
Post Date: 2016-12-06 18:13:50 by hondo68
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David Shankbone/Flickr Trump to meet ‘war criminal,’ globalist figurehead, for advice on China NEW YORK (INTELLIHUB) — Henry Kissinger is set to meet with the President-elect Tuesday, inside Trump Tower, to talk about foreign policy and U.S.-China relations The President-elect was reported to have called on Kissinger, who formerly served as Secretary of State from 1973 and 1977, to ask his advice, despite the fact that many believe that Kissinger is a ‘war criminal,’ as the controversial book The Trial of Henry Kissinger points out. At an event Monday, Kissinger said, “At this moment I’ve been very impressed at the calm reaction of the Chinese leadership, ...
US-Backed Terrorists in Aleppo Near Collapse
Post Date: 2016-12-06 13:29:32 by Stephen Lendman
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US-Backed Terrorists in Aleppo Near Collapse by Stephen Lendman Syrian and allied forces are advancing steadily, liberating one neighborhood and district after another. US-supported terrorists are surrounded, trapped and weakening, including the will of many to keep fighting battles they can’t win. According to the Arabic-language al-Hadas news web site, unnamed sources said CIA operatives are trapped in eastern Aleppo, there helping US-supported terrorists, Kerry’s negotiations with Lavrov aiming to free them. Yet he reneged on his Rome proposal, presenting an alternative one meant to buy time for US death squads. The Arabic-language al-Watan broadsheet reported continued ...
US Reneges on Its Aleppo Ceasefire Proposal
Post Date: 2016-12-06 10:59:02 by Stephen Lendman
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US Reneges on Its Aleppo Ceasefire Proposal by Stephen Lendman It doesn’t surprise, just confirms longstanding US duplicity, reneging on its word time and again. America’s ruthless imperial agenda is humanity’s greatest threat. On December 7, US and Russian officials were scheduled to meet in Geneva on having all anti- government terrorists withdraw from areas of eastern Aleppo they control, freeing the entire city from their scourge. On Monday, Sergey Lavrov said he received “notification” US representatives aren’t coming. A document John Kerry gave him in Rome is null and void, a new one replacing it. “(A)ccording to our first impressions, (it) ...
Russia and China Veto Phony Aleppo Ceasefire Resolution
Post Date: 2016-12-06 07:29:46 by Stephen Lendman
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Russia and China Veto Phony Aleppo Ceasefire Resolution by Stephen Lendman US, UK and French dirty hands were behind a Security Council resolution calling for a seven-day ceasefire in Aleppo - on the phony pretext of providing humanitarian aid they’re supplying only to terrorists. Egypt, New Zealand and Spain were used to introduce what they should have rejected outright. Russia, China and Venezuela responsibly opposed another scheme to give US-backed terrorists time to regroup, replenish their ranks, rearm and continue committing atrocities in Aleppo, largely against defenseless civilians. A deceptive Security Council statement claimed “(t)he proposed cessation of ...
Mixed State Department Signals on Russia/US Aleppo Ceasefire Talks
Post Date: 2016-12-06 07:18:46 by Stephen Lendman
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Mixed State Department Signals on Russia/US Aleppo Ceasefire Talks by Stephen Lendman Longstanding US policy consistently vows one thing while doing another. Its credibility in international relations is nil, wanting its own interests served at the expense of others - notably on issues of war and peace. Negotiating with Obama officials is a waste of time with virtually no chance for responsible conflict resolution in Syria, Ukraine or any other US war theater. Endless Sergey Lavrov discussions with John Kerry accomplished nothing. Days earlier, they met in Rome on withdrawing all anti-government militants from eastern Aleppo areas under their control and providing unimpeded humanitarian ...
Washington's Imperial Project in Syria Faces Defeat
Post Date: 2016-12-06 07:07:50 by Stephen Lendman
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Washington’s Imperial Project in Syria Faces Defeat by Stephen Lendman Obama will long be remembered for waging endless wars of aggression on humanity throughout his tenure, at home and abroad - a war criminal remaining unaccountable for his high crimes, a Nobel Peace Prize recipient, one of many examples mocking its legitimacy. He’ll leave office in January after bombing seven countries, multiple conflicts on his watch still raging, including nearly six years of terror-war on Syria, a nation threatening no one. According to Syria’s War Information Center, around 65% of eastern Aleppo was liberated from terrorist control, additional neighborhoods freed daily. US-backed ...
US Furious at UN Over Differing Afghan War Reports
Post Date: 2016-12-05 06:50:37 by Ada
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US Commander Considered Kicking UN Out of Kabul Base 15 years into the Afghan War, Pentagon statements are almost never the final word on what happened. False denials and upbeat predictions that never pan out have left US credibility incredibly low. Time and again, UN reports have contradicted the official US narrative, only to be proven correct, to the embarrassment of the occupation forces. Patience appears to be wearing thin after 15 years of inconvenient truth getting in the way of the military’s version of events, with both UN and US officials saying relations between the two are “a nightmare,” and that the latest US commander, Gen. John Nicholson, has been ...
Trump Ponders Petraeus for Senior Job
Post Date: 2016-12-04 18:19:54 by Ada
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The news that President-elect Donald Trump called in disgraced retired Gen. David Petraeus for a job interview as possible Secretary of State tests whether Trump’s experience in hosting “The Celebrity Apprentice” honed his skills for spotting an incompetent phony or not. Does Trump need more data than the continuing bedlam in Iraq and Afghanistan to understand that one can earn a Princeton PhD by writing erudite-sounding drivel about “counterinsurgency” and still flunk war? Granted, the shambles in which Petraeus left Iraq and Afghanistan were probably more a result of his overweening careerism and political ambition than his misapplication of military strategy. ...
Syria Crushing US-Supported Terrorists in Aleppo
Post Date: 2016-12-04 07:49:10 by Stephen Lendman
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Syria Crushing US-Supported Terrorists in Aleppo by Stephen Lendman Perhaps by yearend, Aleppo will be entirely freed from the scourge of US-backed terrorists - 60% of eastern parts of the city so far liberated, according to various reports. On December 4, AMN News reported “major advance(s)…jihadists struggl(ing) to hold ground.” Led by elite Tiger Forces and Republican Guard troops “the Syrian Arab Army stormed the Tariq Al- Bab, Karm al-Tarrab, and Al-Jazmati quarters of east Aleppo, striking the jihadist defenses from several axes, while the Syrian Arab Air Force (SAAYF) provided aerial support.” “In a matter of hours, the Syrian Arab Army managed to ...
Russia/US Agreement on Aleppo or Another American Deception?
Post Date: 2016-12-03 12:14:16 by Stephen Lendman
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Russia/US Agreement on Aleppo or Another American Deception? by Stephen Lendman Throughout made in the USA conflicts in Syria and Ukraine, Washington systematically undermined Russia’s good faith efforts for responsible resolution. America can’t be trusted, vowing one thing, doing another, notably, under Obama, Bush/Cheney and the Clintons, waging permanent wars on humanity, rejecting peace and stability. It’s unknown if Trump intends changing things, diverging from longstanding policy, wanting to be a peace, not a warrior president. The way he goes will be the measure of whether he fulfills lofty campaign promises or governs as the latest in a long line of leaders ...
Politicized Humanitarian Aid to Syria
Post Date: 2016-12-03 07:31:25 by Stephen Lendman
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Politicized Humanitarian Aid to Aleppo by Stephen Lendman Two days after over 80,000 eastern Aleppo residents were freed from US-supported terrorists, Russian Defense Ministry spokesman General Igor Konashenkov said the UN, America, Britain and France declined to provide any humanitarian aid. Russia and Syria alone are helping thousands fleeing from eastern Aleppo to safety in government controlled areas. On Tuesday, Putin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said: “The President ordered the Defense Ministry and the Emergencies Ministry to send to Syria’s Aleppo mobile hospitals, which will provide treatment for residents of the city and its neighborhoods.” A special 100-bed clinic ...
Think Trump's scary now? Obama is leaving him with broad war powers
Post Date: 2016-12-02 09:10:22 by Ada
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The president-elect keeps news cycles churning with his unhinged tweets, but it’s the current administration’s expanding military license that should scare us ‘Make no mistake: Trump will have a free hand to use the law meant for the perpetrators of 9/11 to wage war around the world.’ In all the outrage about the unhinged things Donald Trump keeps tweeting and saying, there’s been almost zero criticism at the fact that Obama will be partly responsible for the extraordinary scope of powers Trump inherits. The Obama administration has not only done nothing to curtail the slew of extreme national security and war powers that Trump is about to acquire since the ...
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