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Latest Articles: War, War, War
Likely Terrorist Attack Downed EgyptAir Flight 804
Post Date: 2016-05-19 11:35:47 by Stephen Lendman
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Likely Terrorist Attack Downed EgyptAir Flight 804 by Stephen Lendman At 11:09 PM local time Wednesday, Flight MS804 with 66 passengers and crew en route from Paris’ Charles de Gaulle airport to Cairo went missing over the Mediterranean Sea. French President Francois Hollande said the plane “went down and is lost.” It’s too early to know if what happened was technical failure or terrorism, the latter most likely. Radar contact was lost at 37,000 feet. According to Greek Defense Minister Panos Kammenos, the aircraft “made abrupt turns, suddenly lost altitude just before vanishing from radar.” It plunged into the sea 20 minutes before its scheduled landing ...
Netanyahu Hands Defense Portfolio to Ultranationalist Extremist
Post Date: 2016-05-19 08:19:03 by Stephen Lendman
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Netanyahu Hands Defense Portfolio to Ultranationalist Extremist by Stephen Lendman On Wednesday, Netanyahu reportedly brought defrocked/reinstated/former foreign minister, ultranationalist extremist Avigdor Lieberman into his coalition regime as defense minister. He represents the worst of Israel’s lunatic fringe, an embarrassment at best, an Arab-hating hawk, risking greater regional conflict than already. Earlier he demanded Israeli Arab citizens declare loyalty to a “Jewish, Zionist, and democratic (sic) state”, and perform military or equivalent service as a condition for a national identity card signifying citizenship. He’s perhaps the most dangerous among a ...
Former NATO Commander Predicts Nuclear War with Russia
Post Date: 2016-05-19 08:06:15 by Stephen Lendman
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Former NATO Deputy Commander Predicts Nuclear War with Russia by Stephen Lendman UK General Alexander Richard David Shirreff served as deputy NATO commander from March 2011 - March 2014. His new book is titled “2017 War With Russia: An urgent warning.” I wrote the first Amazon published review if it sticks, saying: “Shirreff represents US-dominated NATO’s longstanding anti-Russian hostility, its endless wars of aggression, its threat to humanity, its wanting all independent countries replaced by pro-Western vassal states.” “Washington will bear full responsibility for nuclear war if launched. Russia under Putin represents the best hope for world peace. ...
Opposition Venezuelan Official Calls for Military Revolt
Post Date: 2016-05-18 12:56:38 by Stephen Lendman
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Opposition Venezuelan Official Calls for Military Revolt by Stephen Lendman Washington wants regime change, neoliberal harshness replacing Bolivarian fairness, Big Oil able to exploit Venezuelan reserves, the world’s largest. US bipartisan dark forces have been waging economic war on Venezuela for years, notably since Maduro’s April 2013 election, making its economy scream - the same strategy used by Richard Nixon against Chile’s Salvador Allende, murdered on 9/11/73, ushering in 17 years of Augusto Pinochet dictatorship. Washington funds, directs and manipulates anti-democratic forces globally, its dirty hands responsible for much of the world’s violence, turbulence ...
Horrific Libyan Suffering Under US-Supported ISIS Rule
Post Date: 2016-05-18 12:39:05 by Stephen Lendman
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Horrific Libyan Suffering Under US-Supported ISIS Rule by Stephen Lendman Washington helped ISIS establish a foothold in Sirte, now expanding to control more coastal territory. Most city residents able to get out fled after its fighters took over. In a new report titled “We Feel We Are Cursed: Life under ISIS in Sirte, Libya,” Human Rights Watch (HRW) said it’s “inflicting severe hardship on the local population by diverting food, medicine, fuel, and cash, along with homes it seized from residents who fled, to fighters and functionaries it has amassed in the Mediterranean port city.” According to terrorism/counterterrorism analyst Letta Tayler, “ISIS is ...
US Agenda in Syria Is War, Not Peace
Post Date: 2016-05-18 08:24:42 by Stephen Lendman
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US Agenda in Syria Is War, Not Peace by Stephen Lendman Syria is Obama’s war, complicit with Hillary Clinton as secretary of state. It objective remains regime change, wanting Syrian sovereign independence destroyed, the nation transformed into another US vassal state. John Kerry and other US policymakers maintain the pretense of wanting things resolved diplomatically - preventing it by undermining three rounds of Geneva talks since 2012. Conflict resolution is as simple as America and its rogue allies ending support for ISIS and other terrorist groups. They can’t exist without it. Instead, escalated support looks likely, Washington’s strategy of choice. Following ...
Mass Grave with Thousands of Civilians in Syria
Post Date: 2016-05-17 10:33:20 by Stephen Lendman
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Mass Grave with Thousands of Civilians in Syria by Stephen Lendman Whenever America, its allies and proxies show up, mass slaughter and destruction follow - Syria ravaged like its other imperial victims, the horrendous human toll in the region and beyond in the millions. On Monday, Britain’s Daily Express reported on a mass grave discovered in Suluk near Turkey’s border. After Kurdish YPG forces retook it from ISIS, they found the remains of “thousands of men, women and children (believed tortured, murdered) then discarded in a deep ravine.” After seizing the area in February, ISIS began mass killing for weeks before Kurdish fighters were able to stop them. ...
Rearming Libyan Regime a Lunatic Scheme
Post Date: 2016-05-17 09:24:58 by Stephen Lendman
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Rearming Libyan Regime a Lunatic Scheme by Stephen Lendman As secretary of state, Hillary Clinton orchestrated the rape and pillaging of Libya. She was deeply involved in transforming Africa’s most developed nation into a failed state - an endless cauldron of violence, instability, turmoil, deep poverty, mass unemployment and appalling human misery. Libya’s so-called Government of National Accord wasn’t elected and has no legitimacy, a US- installed and controlled puppet regime. Permanent Security Council members along with representatives of 15 other countries endorse lifting an arms embargo on the country in place since February 2011, solely for the US supported regime ...
Provocative US-Led War Games
Post Date: 2016-05-16 12:17:15 by Stephen Lendman
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Provocative US-Led War Games by Stephen Lendman US war games increasingly take place near Russian and Chinese borders - reckless provocations risking direct confrontations. The latest ones are ongoing in Romania, days after Washington activated its offensive missile system in the country targeting Russia. In a May 12 ceremony, US-installed NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg ludicrously said the Alliance “is committed to Romania’s security” - despite it facing no threats. Stoltenberg claiming “missile threats from outside the Euro-Atlantic area” recklessly perverts truth, a phony pretext for acting aggressively against Russia. Around 350 combat troops from ...
Is US-Led Offensive in Northern Syria Coming?
Post Date: 2016-05-16 12:08:26 by Stephen Lendman
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Is US-Led Offensive in Northern Syria Coming? by Stephen Lendman Obama didn’t wage war on Syria to quit. He and his successor intend endless aggression to gain another imperial trophy - no matter how much more mass slaughter, destruction and human misery it takes. Millions of Syrians may perish before things end, the entire country raped and destroyed. Hundreds of US and allied combat troops now operate in northern Syria along with paramilitary hired guns. Likely many more are coming. US strategy so far failed to achieve its objective. Russia’s intervention last September changed things dramatically on the ground. Syrian forces regained the offensive, putting US-supported ...
Turkey Actively Aids ISIS
Post Date: 2016-05-16 08:42:44 by Stephen Lendman
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Turkey Actively Aids ISIS by Stephen Lendman Turkey is the leading platform for launching ISIS attacks on Syria and Iraq - Washington, other NATO states, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Jordan and Israel complicit in waging endless war. Top UN officials fail to explain and denounce a US-led imperial project for unchallenged regional dominance. They share guilt through silence and complicity. Iraq is a cauldron of endless US-sponsored violence, instability and chaos. In March 2011, Obama launched war on Syria. It rages out-of-control. Ceasefire is pure fantasy. Farcical peace talks collapsed. Washington and its rogue partners want endless conflict to replace Syrian sovereignty with US-controlled ...
BLOWBACK: Kurdish Guerrillas May Have Shot Down Turkish Helicopter With a MANPAD Turkey Sent to Syrian Rebels
Post Date: 2016-05-16 03:40:36 by Tatarewicz
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(Moon of Alabama) RI... A Turkish helicopter was shut down by the Kurdish PKK with the help of a modern handheld air defense system. A possible source of this system may be an earlier delivery of such systems from Turkey to "rebels" in Syria. July 31 2012 - Reuters Syrian rebels acquire surface-to-air missiles: report Rebels fighting to depose Syrian president Bashar al Assad have for the first time acquired a small supply of surface-to-air missiles, according to a news report that a Western official did not dispute. NBC News reported Tuesday night that the rebel Free Syrian Army had obtained nearly two dozen of the weapons, which were delivered to them via neighboring ...
Syrian Army's recapture of Dair al-Zoor (shorter version)
Post Date: 2016-05-16 01:31:47 by Tatarewicz
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The following article helps to add more color on Ziad's summary of Der ez Zor events above, worth reading it. This is from : www.facebook.com/syrianmilitary "A summary of what happened in Dair al-Zoor yesterday, Saturday May 14, 2016. At 0300 hours, number of ISIS terrorists infiltrated from the Southern entrance of the city, which leads straight to the Driving school, al-Assad hospital, local Granaries,part of University of Dair al-Zoor's old campus, and its dorms where some families are living after their houses got destroyed. They covered their infiltration by attacking other SAA points around the city. Units of the Syrian Arab Army stationed in Dair al-Zoor rushed to the ...
SYRIAN ARMY ROUTS ISIS AT DAYR EL-ZOR; HUNDRED OF ISIS RODENTS KILLED AS DOCTORS AND NURSES SAVED
Post Date: 2016-05-16 01:21:33 by Tatarewicz
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Syria Perspective... DAYR EL-ZOR: The news is in and it’s coming in fast and furious. It didn’t take long for the Syrian Army’s crack Republican Guard under the command of Lt. General ‘Issaam Zhahreddeen to take back every inch of land claimed by the rodent cannibal terrorists of ISIS. They were stomped out like cockroaches in a maelstrom of artillery and aerial bombardment. Terrified of losing their de facto capital at Al-Raqqa, the mostly Iraqi commanders of ISIS here, formerly Saddam’s officers and “Iraqi Ba’ath” apparatchiks, with foreign rodents acting as their pawns, stormed the area of Al-Bughayliyya, especially the Al-Jazeera University ...
Union, not Brexit, Threatens Peace and Stability
Post Date: 2016-05-15 12:37:27 by Stephen Lendman
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Union, not Brexit, Threatens Peace and Stability by Stephen Lendman Britain’s David Cameron has it backwards, warning Brexit threatens continental peace - calling support for the move “reckless and irresponsible,” risking Britain’s economic stability, leaving it “permanently poorer.” Former London Mayor Boris Johnson hit back, saying Britain’s economy is independent of EU membership. The union doesn’t preserve peace, and supporting Brexit isn’t anti-European. Napoleon, Hitler and others sought a European super-state with disastrous results. “(N)o underlying loyalty to (a united) Europe exists.” National sovereignty is sacred. ...
Peace Candidate Obama's Deplorable Legacy
Post Date: 2016-05-15 09:28:59 by Stephen Lendman
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Peace Candidate Obama’s Deplorable Legacy by Stephen Lendman On November 4, 2008, I wrote the following: The age of George Bush ended, and a new one under Barack Obama began - with high hopes for responsible change. Celebratory echoes quickly faded. Dirty business as usual continued - exceeding the worst of his predecessors. His tenure has eight months to go. Expect nothing positive in his remaining time in office. He’ll be remembered for permanent wars, looting the nation’s wealth, wrecking the economy, thirdworldizing it, and making poverty a growth industry. He’s served war profiteers, Wall Street, drug industry bandits and other corporate favorites exclusively, ...
NYT Editors Obsessed with Getting Clinton Elected President
Post Date: 2016-05-15 09:16:12 by Stephen Lendman
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NYT Editors Obsessed with Getting Clinton Elected President by Stephen Lendman She’s recklessly pro-war, pro-business, anti-populist, a threat to world peace and stability. Her deplorable public office record shows she opposes equity, justice, rule of law principles and democratic values. Her agenda is frightening, electing her president unthinkable, a neocon war goddess, supporting endless conflicts, deploring peace, risking direct confrontation with Russia and China. Her finger on the nuclear trigger leaves humanity’s fate up for grabs. NYT editors support the most recklessly dangerous US presidential aspirant in modern memory while bashing Trump relentlessly. He’s ...
AMERICAN TERRORISTS DEFILE THE BODIES OF INNOCENT VILLAGERS IN AL-ZAARA! ARAB HERO PUT TO REST IN HALLS OF HONOR; TURKEY EXPOSED AGAIN
Post Date: 2016-05-15 08:40:48 by Tatarewicz
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Syrian Perspective Samer Hussein sent me this picture of these rodents who serve the interests of that mass murdering degenerate Obama. Look and see what the United States stands for and beware, Hillary Clinton is the biggest criminal of them all. We will exterminate the rats. None of these rodents will escape the vengeance of the Syrian Army. ناجون من مجزرة الزارة: عناصر المجموعات الإرهابية هاجموا ...
Nordic Vassal States Pledge Support for America's Imperial Project
Post Date: 2016-05-14 12:00:58 by Stephen Lendman
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Nordic Vassal States Pledge Support for America’s Imperial Project by Stephen Lendman Leaders from Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden arrived in Washington to kiss Obama’s ring. In a joint statement with their host, they recited the deplorable script handed them, pledging support for US-dominated NATO’s killing machine, its endless wars of aggression, its provocations against Russia and China risking direct confrontation. They stressed the importance of upholding international law, breaching it in partnership with America. They condemned nonexistent Russian “aggression” and attempts to destabilize Ukraine - ignoring Moscow’s leading peacemaking ...
US-Supported "Moderate Rebels" Massacre Syrian Civilians
Post Date: 2016-05-14 09:04:49 by Stephen Lendman
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US-Supported “Moderate Rebels” Massacre Syrian Civilians by Stephen Lendman Ahrar al-Sham is a known terrorist group - as vicious and lawless as ISIS. Russia wants it listed as a Security Council designated terrorist organization along with Jaysh al-Islam (Army of Islam). Washington and its rogue SC allies blocked it - continuing to support all terrorist groups in Syria while claiming otherwise. No “moderate” ones exist. In late April, Sergey Lavrov said Russia “will soon raise the question in the UN Security Council of including those sabotaging and undermining the truce, but trying to hide under new names, on the terrorist list, along with Islamic State and ...
State of Emergency in Venezuela
Post Date: 2016-05-14 08:48:57 by Stephen Lendman
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State of Emergency in Venezuela by Stephen Lendman Fearing an imminent US-manipulated Brazilian-style coup, President Nicolas Maduro extended a state of emergency over what he called a domestic and US “onslaught of the oligarchy.” An earlier state of exception along Venezuela’s border with Colombia was declared to prevent paramilitary death squad attacks. A “coup virus” returned to Latin America, Maduro explained, extending a renewable state of emergency for 60 days. “Washington…activat(ed) measures” to topple his government “at the request of Venezuela’s fascist (opposition)…emboldened by the coup in Brazil,” he stressed. An ...
Putin Reacts to US-Led NATO Threat
Post Date: 2016-05-13 12:28:49 by Stephen Lendman
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Putin Reacts to US-Led NATO Threat by Stephen Lendman In response to Washington activating its new missile defense system in Romania intended solely for offense - able to strike Russia’s heartland with nuclear-armed cruise missiles, Putin reacted, saying: “Now, after the deployment of those anti-missile system elements, we’ll be forced to think about neutralizing developing threats to Russia’s security.” Activating America’s missile system aimed at Russia violates arms treaties between both countries, escalating tensions and launching a new arms race. “We’re not going to be dragged into” it, said Putin. “We’ll go our own way. ...
UK and Jordanian Special Forces Operating in Syria and Libya
Post Date: 2016-05-13 09:24:59 by Stephen Lendman
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UK and Jordanian Special Forces in Syria and Libya by Stephen Lendman US special forces operate in over two-thirds of world countries. They infest every continent except Antarctica. They’re conduct more covert missions now than at the height of the Afghanistan and Iraq wars. The Bush administration deployed them in around 60 countries. Obama more than doubled the number to about 135. Missions undertaken tripled during his tenure, countless billions of dollars spent advancing America’s imperium. These forces are highly trained killers - heavily involved covertly in all US conflict theaters, besides numerous others, targeting so-called threats to US hegemony worldwide. Special ...
Syria's UN Envoy Blasts Security Council's Failure to Uphold International Law Principles
Post Date: 2016-05-13 09:14:12 by Stephen Lendman
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Syria’s UN Envoy Blasts Security Council’s Failure to Uphold International Law Principles by Stephen Lendman Syria is being raped and destroyed. Washington bears full responsibility. Its rogue partners share it. Endless conflict rages. Permanent Security Council members America, Britain and France undermine efforts for peace. Speaking during a SC session on Threats to International Peace and Security Caused by Terrorist Acts, Syria UN envoy Bashar al-Jaafari minced no words, saying: “Five years and more of the assassination of (UN) Charter provisions, the international law principles and the good neighboring relations, and after exhausting all possibilities to destroy ...
Hezbollah probing nature of top military commander's assassination
Post Date: 2016-05-13 06:49:32 by Tatarewicz
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PressTV... Lebanon’s Hezbollah movement says it is investigating to find out whether a blast which claimed the life of a top military commander was caused by an airstrike, missile attack or artillery. In a statement, the resistance movement said Friday that initial information indicates Mustafa Badreddine was killed in a big explosion at one of its bases near Damascus Airport. Hezbollah is working to "define the nature of the explosion and its cause, and whether it was the result of an airstrike, or missile attack or artillery," the statement said. Early reports had suggested that Badreddine was assassinated in an Israeli airstrike. A Hezbollah member of parliament also ...
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