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Latest Articles: War, War, War
US-Supported Genocide in Yemen
Post Date: 2016-08-22 07:47:42 by Stephen Lendman
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US-Supported Genocide in Yemen by Stephen Lendman Yemen is Obama’s war, naked aggression letting Saudis, other rogue Gulf States and Israel do his dirty work - enforcing blockade to restrict humanitarian aid, flooding the region with weapons and munitions, providing intelligence for terror-bombing, designating targets to be struck, civilians being massacred in much larger numbers than UN reports claim. War in Yemen is US-sponsored slow-motion genocide, putting most of its population at risk. Yet something this important gets scant scoundrel media coverage, most often none at all - including on the following incidents. RT International reported Saudi warplanes (bought from America, ...
Top US commander warns Russia, Syria
Post Date: 2016-08-21 21:44:31 by HAPPY2BME-4UM
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In the most direct public warning to Moscow and Damascus to date, the new US commander of American troops in Iraq and Syria is vowing to defend US special operations forces in northern Syria if regime warplanes and artillery again attack in areas where troops are located. "We've informed the Russians where we're at ... (they) tell us they've informed the Syrians, and I'd just say that we will defend ourselves if we feel threatened," Lt. Gen. Stephen Townsend told CNN in a telephone interview Saturday from his Baghdad headquarters. Townsend is the first senior military commander to speak on the record about the US possibly challenging the Syrian Air Force in the ...
Kremlin Presses Turkey for Access to NATO's Incirlik Air Base, Home to US Nukes
Post Date: 2016-08-21 21:39:46 by HAPPY2BME-4UM
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Incirlik Airbase is a Bargaining Chip and Blackmail Tool Between Turkey, USUS 'Does Not Need to Store' Nukes at Incirlik Since It Has Nuclear SubsDoes Russia Need Turkish Incirlik Airbase for Operation in Syria?Turkey Could Provide Incirlik Airbase for Russian Anti-Terror Campaign - Senator Russian officials have reached out to Ankara to request access to the American-built base as a convenient launch pad for airstrikes in the Syrian theater, but it remains to be seen whether such cooperation will roil NATO’s feathers.Russia has called on Turkey to provide access to NATO’s Incirlik Air Base, the critical launch pad for US and coalition airstrikes ...
Turkey's Duplicity on Syria
Post Date: 2016-08-21 10:39:21 by Stephen Lendman
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Turkey’s Duplicity on Syria by Stephen Lendman Turkey is a NATO member, a longtime US ally despite strained relations over the events of July 15, Erdogan an international outlaw, long coveting annexation of northern Syrian territory, along with removal of Assad. In recent remarks, repeated on Saturday, Prime Minister Binali Yildirim was less than honest. He promised to work with Russia and Iran for conflict resolution in Syria while continuing active support for terrorists representing US interests and Turkey’s. He demands democratically elected/overwhelmingly popular President Assad must go - instead of straightaway as earlier insisted, later during a transitional process. ...
Aleppo Boy Stunt v. What Media Scoundrels Won't Show
Post Date: 2016-08-21 09:06:14 by Stephen Lendman
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Washington Threatens Damascus
Post Date: 2016-08-20 13:55:21 by Stephen Lendman
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Washington Threatens Damascus by Stephen Lendman Obama’s aim in launching war on Syria in March 2011 remains unchanged - regime change to transform its sovereign independence into another US vassal state. Endless war continues, peace efforts stillborn because Washington rejects them. Incidents like the staged Aleppo boy stunt is the latest US effort to enlist public support for greater war on Syria than already. Unknown numbers of US and other NATO special forces operate on the ground illegally in northern areas near Turkey’s border, aiding terrorist fighters - warning Russia and Syria to avoid bombing their positions. On Thursday, US warplanes were scrambled on the phony ...
Aleppo Boy Story: Stunt to Blame Russia, Urge Escalated War
Post Date: 2016-08-20 08:11:33 by Stephen Lendman
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Aleppo Boy Story: Stunt to Blame Russia, Urge Escalated War by Stephen Lendman Little Omran Daqneesh is being used, the story about him gone viral - thinly veiled propaganda to blame Russia and Syria for Obama’s naked aggression against a nation threatening no others. It’s a way to further demonize both countries and enlist public support for greater aggression than already. Ignored are tens of millions of corpses from endless US imperial wars, from the republic’s inception to today - nameless, faceless victims of America’s rage for global dominance, no matter the mounting body count to achieve it. Imperialism works this way, America its leading exponent. Media ...
US Warplanes Confront Syrian Military Jets in Nation’s Northeast
Post Date: 2016-08-20 07:55:01 by Ada
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Officials Warn Syria Risks US Shooting Their Planes Down A pair of US F-22 Raptor warplanes were scrambled into the area around the northeastern Syrian city of Hasakeh to confront Syrian Su-24 fighters and chase them away from the contested city, which is the site of ongoing fighting between Syrian Army and Kurdish YPG forces. The deployments were presented as being done to protect US ground troops operating in the province, though the indications are that airstrikes in Hasakeh centered on fighting inside the city, and not any place US troops were known to be deployed. Pentagon officials warned that Syria is at risk of having their planes shot down if they continue to fly in the area, ...
Staged Anti-Syrian Wounded Boy on Orange Seat Propaganda Stunt
Post Date: 2016-08-19 08:11:25 by Stephen Lendman
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Staged Anti-Syrian Wounded Boy on Orange Seat Propaganda Stunt by Stephen Lendman War is waged in more than one way - actual combat along with demonizing propaganda to win public support for attacking manufactured enemies, nonexistent ones, based on the phony pretext of humanitarian intervention and responsibility to protect. No matter how often the scheme is used, the public is easily duped every time to believe America is a force for good against evil. Reality is polar opposite. When America goes to war, naked aggression each time post-WW II, supportive media scoundrels march in lockstep - mindless of the enormous cost in lives lost, vast destruction, chaos and human misery, leaving ...
Turkey Seeking Closer Military Ties with Russia? Hold the Cheers
Post Date: 2016-08-19 07:30:33 by Stephen Lendman
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Turkey Seeking Closer Military Ties with Russia? Hold the Cheers by Stephen Lendman Interviewed by Russia’s Sputnik News, Turkish Foreign Minister Melvut Cavusoglu called both nations “friendly countries, two neighbors (not always) see(ing) eye to eye on everything.” He claimed Ankara wants good relations between both countries restored after months of hostility, following the downing of a Russian warplane in Syrian territory. “(W)e are the only NATO country” not imposing sanctions on Russia, he said - Erdogan knowing their imposition would harm Turkey’s economy with Russia responding appropriately, aside from sanctions imposed following the downing of its ...
Media Scoundrels Frantic Over Closer Russian/Iranian Military Ties
Post Date: 2016-08-18 13:01:59 by Stephen Lendman
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Media Scoundrels Frantic Over Closer Russian/Iranian Military Ties by Stephen Lendman Imperial supporters aren’t pleased about news detrimental to their interests. Iran letting Russia use its Hamedan airbase to launch airstrikes and cruise missiles on terrorist targets in Syria is great news for the free world, awful for wannabe masters of the universe. Both countries are sovereign independent states Washington targets for regime change, wanting them transformed into US vassal states, along with all other nations it doesn’t control. Media scoundrels jumped on their growing military alliance, bashing them for forging closer ties against US-supported terrorists threatening the ...
UK media says he is making it up but here is proof Trump was right! Obama did invent ISIS!
Post Date: 2016-08-18 12:26:54 by HAPPY2BME-4UM
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Published on Aug 11, 2016 The UK media is saying he is making it up because of Hilary leading in the polls, but Trump was right! Click for Full Text!
THREAT OF WAR Fears of all-out conflict in Ukraine as sabre-rattling Vladimir Putin places 40,000 troops and armoured vehicles along the border
Post Date: 2016-08-18 12:02:36 by HAPPY2BME-4UM
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The manoeuvres are part of what the Russian strongman sees as the fortification of a new front line with NATO Among the units deployed to the area are armoured vehicles, tanks and fighter jets. Navy Captain Danny Hernandez told the Washington Free Beacon that the exercises were being closely monitored. He said: “We are extremely concerned about the increasing tensions near the administrative boundary between Crimea and the rest of Ukraine. “We urge both sides to avoid provocative steps or rhetoric that could escalate the situation.” Officials told the publication similar movements were seen before Vladimir Putin carried out his deceptive annexation of the Crimea. Such ...
Dueling US/Russian Strategies in Syria
Post Date: 2016-08-18 09:27:43 by Stephen Lendman
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Dueling US/Russian Strategies in Syria by Stephen Lendman Washington’s imperial designs on transforming Syria into another US vassal state had the upper hand until Russia’s intervention last September 30. Things changed dramatically but not decisively. Endless war continues because America spurns peace. Conflict, instability and chaos serve its interests. Resolving things diplomatically defeat them. Aiming to regain the initiative, Washington, using Turkish territory as a launching pad, mobilized thousands of terrorist fighters in northern Syria, combining ISIS, Nusra Front and various other so-called “moderate rebels” as bloodthirsty as all the rest. A massive ...
Inciting Wars the American Way
Post Date: 2016-08-17 15:10:17 by Ada
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The New York Times took notice recently of the role that so-called “think tanks” play in corrupting U.S. government policy. Their review of think tanks "identified dozens of examples of scholars conducting research at think tanks while corporations were paying them to help shape government policy.” Unfortunately, and perhaps predictably, while their investigation demonstrates well that the US is even more corrupt, though its corruption is better disguised, than the many foreign countries whom we routinely accuse of corruption, it failed to identify the most egregious form of corruption in our system. That is, those think tanks that are constantly engaged in the sort ...
NYT Editors Ignore Obama's War on Yemen
Post Date: 2016-08-17 13:48:48 by Stephen Lendman
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NYT Editors Ignore Obama’s War on Yemen by Stephen Lendman The Times is a shameless instrument of state propaganda, reporting only what it wants its readers to know, suppressing what’s most important, especially on geopolitical issues. More below on a Times editorial on Yemen. Throughout his tenure, Obama waged illegal drone war on its people, largely killing unknown numbers of noncombatant civilians - innocent US imperial victims, millions of others post-9/11 alone throughout the region, central Asia, North Africa and elsewhere. In March 2015, he launched escalated naked aggression, partnered with Israel and Gulf States, mainly Saudi Arabia - a proxy US imperial force, ...
OK for US to Terror-Bomb Syria Illegally - Not OK for Russia to Combat Terrorism
Post Date: 2016-08-17 13:35:43 by Stephen Lendman
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OK for US to Terror-Bomb Syria Illegally - Not OK for Russia to Combat Terrorism by Stephen Lendman Washington uses foreign airbases to terror-bomb Syrian hospitals, infrastructure and government targets, slaughtering defenseless civilians at the same time - on the phony pretext of combating ISIS it supports. Russia heroically in involved in legitimately combating terrorism - from aerial missions conducted from Syrian territory and now from Iran in lieu of much longer distance flights from Russian territory. A previous article discussed it. Deputy State Department spokesman Mark Toner falsely suggested Russian aerial operations from Iran’s Hamadan airbase perhaps violated UN ...
Militarism in Chicago
Post Date: 2016-08-17 09:01:53 by Stephen Lendman
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Militarism in Chicago by Stephen Lendman US Air Force Thunderbirds and Navy Blue Angels perform stunt flying exhibitions in US air shows nationwide - their mission to promote militarism, imperial wars, and aid recruiting. Annually they participate in Chicago’s Air and Water Show, coming this weekend along Lake Michigan’s lakefront close to where I live - assaulting city residents like myself with the roar and toxic pollution of low-flying warplanes, their din disturbingly audible indoors, much more so close to where they perform stunts - practicing this Friday, in action Saturday and Sunday, my most disliked weekend of the year. This year, Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Lightning ...
Russia Won't Let International Terrorism Triumph in Syria, China to Help
Post Date: 2016-08-17 08:34:31 by Stephen Lendman
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Russia Won’t Let International Terrorism Triumph in Syria, China to Help by Stephen Lendman A lot rides on defeating US imperialism in Syria. The fate of the region and beyond hangs in the balance. If Syria goes, Iran is next, a war if initiated by Washington far more potentially consequential and devastating. Iran’s population alone makes it an important regional country - four times the size of Syria at around 80 million. Imagine the possible war-related death, injury and displacement toll. Transforming the Islamic Republic into a US vassal state would give America and Israel unchallenged Middle East dominance. Russian and Chinese regional influence would wane or be ...
US-backed forces give hundreds of ISIS fighters safe passage
Post Date: 2016-08-17 02:37:01 by Tatarewicz
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RT... Several hundred vehicles containing 100 to 200 Islamic State fighters were given safe passage by US-based forces, out of the northern Syrian city of Manbij, after surrendering their weapons, according to defense officials. US Army Col. Carver, a spokesman for the US-led coalition fighters, told Pentagon reporters the decision to let Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) convoys leave the city was made by commanders of the Syrian Democratic Force. Col. Carver described how IS had civilians in each of the vehicles, and the military wanted to avoid casualties. He didn’t know how many of the civilians had been in the cars voluntarily but said some were likely hostages. The 100 to ...
NYT: Right About Trump's Foreign Policy Address for the Wrong Reasons
Post Date: 2016-08-16 07:45:56 by Stephen Lendman
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NYT: Right About Trump’s Foreign Policy Address for the Wrong Reasons by Stephen Lendman The Times leads the unprecedented scoundrel media assault against one US presidential candidate in support of the worst of two unacceptable choices. Its editors’ latest broadside followed Trump’s Monday foreign policy address, a prescription for endless wars of aggression. A same day article deconstructed it - calling it dirty geopolitical business as usual vital to end once and for all. Instead of blasting continued US imperial wars on the phony pretext of combating ISIS and other terrorist groups, Times editors called his speech “a collection of confused and random thoughts ...
New Development in Russia's War on Terrorism in Syria
Post Date: 2016-08-16 07:14:23 by Stephen Lendman
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New Development in Russia’s War on Terrorism in Syria by Stephen Lendman Russia remains committed to defeating the scourge of US-sponsored terrorism in Syria. What’s coming strategically remains to be seen. Iran agreed to let Russia fly long range combat missions from its Hamadan airbase - shortening a 2,000 km flight from its own territory to around 700 km, enabling more rapid responses against terrorists in Syria with increased payloads by combining airpower from Syrian and Iranian bases. On August 16, Tass said Russian long-range Tu-22M3 bombers and “frontline” Su-24 warplanes attacked terrorist positions. Monday’s mission “destroyed five large depots ...
Putin-Erdogan Meeting: No Geopolitical Breakthroughs
Post Date: 2016-08-15 14:21:16 by Stephen Lendman
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Putin-Erdogan Meeting: No Geopolitical Breakthroughs by Stephen Lendman Putin knew it was chancy at best dealing with a rogue leader like Erdogan - Turkey a NATO member with close ties to Washington’s imperial agenda, despite current strains over the disruptive events of July 15 he blamed on his US ally. If Moscow-based international correspondent John Helmer is right, both leaders remain intractably apart on Syria and regional policies overall. Erdogan continues ruthless mass purging of suspected opponents, numbers perhaps approaching 100,000 with no end to cleaning house in sight. At the same time, he’s “promis(ing) big,” in return for maximum concessions possible ...
STUNNING REVERSALS FOR TERRORIST RODENTS IN ALEPPO; FAYLAQ AL-SHAAM REDUCED TO POWDER IN LATAKIA–NO LONGER EXISTS! 7000 TERRORIST LEMMINGS MASSING SOUTH OF ALEPPO
Post Date: 2016-08-14 04:59:37 by Tatarewicz
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SyrPers... ALEPPO: As this war for the second grand prize unfolds, it becomes eminently clear who will be triumphant. One of the indicators of terrorist failure is the plangent litany of lies emanating from the world’s least respected mainstream media outlets – the ones controlled by Zionism or its ugly sister, Arabianism/Wahhabism. These media outlets vie with one another for the platinum trophy in the field of fabrication and they are bonded to the western media sources who gladly pick up and hawk their pathetic fables of nonexistent terrorist achievements. Today, with hilarious shamelessness, the terrorist websites tried their best to provoke those who know better by kiting ...
Obama's Phony No First Use Nuke Proposal
Post Date: 2016-08-13 13:00:40 by Stephen Lendman
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Obama’s Phony No First Use Nuke Proposal by Stephen Lendman In December 2001, the Bush administration issued its Nuclear Posture Review (NPR), asserting the preemptive right to unilaterally declare and wage future wars using first strike nuclear weapons. It remains US policy. Obama campaigned against militarism, promising all US combat troops out of Afghanistan and Iraq if elected. They’re still there and in lots more places deployed during his tenure. His 2010 National Security Strategy reflected old wine in new bottles - dressed up language, no substantive change, same old dirty business as usual - including pledged first-strike use of nuclear weapons against any adversary, ...
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