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Supreme Court strikes blow against terror
Post Date: 2016-04-22 20:57:19 by BTP Holdings
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Supreme Court strikes blow against terror By Jimmy Gurulé Updated 9:26 AM ET, Fri April 22, 2016 Supreme Court rules in favor of terror victims Supreme Court rules in favor of terror victims 01:45 "Jimmy Gurulé is a law professor at Notre Dame Law School and former Under Secretary (Enforcement) at the U.S. Treasury. He filed an amicus brief in support of plaintiffs in the Bank Markazi case. He also worked as an expert consultant for Plaintiff Peterson in the case. The views expressed are his own." (CNN)On Wednesday, the Supreme Court affirmed an appellate court decision requiring Iran to pay $1.75 billion to the victims of Iranian-sponsored terrorism and their ...
US State-Sponsored Terrorism Prevents Peace in Syria
Post Date: 2016-04-22 12:44:24 by Stephen Lendman
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US State-Sponsored Terrorism Prevents Peace in Syria by Stephen Lendman America is the world’s leading sponsor of global terrorism, using death squads to advance its imperium, raping one nation after another, responsible for millions of deaths. Neocons influencing policy want unipolar/New World Order dominance. Paul Wolfowitz once said Washington’s “first objective is prevent(ing) the reemergence of (rival states), either on the territory of the former Soviet Union or elsewhere.” The agendas of both countries are polar opposite. Russia wants peace, stability, and multi-world polarity. America wants endless wars, turbulence and unchallenged dominance. Both countries ...
Exclusive Interview: Seymour Hersh Dishes on Saudi Oil Money Bribes and the Killing of Osama Bin Laden
Post Date: 2016-04-22 08:13:32 by Ada
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A wide-ranging interview tied to his new book, "The Killing of Osama Bin Laden." Seymour Hersh is an American investigative journalist who is the recipient of many awards, including the Pulitzer Prize for his article exposing the My Lai massacre by the U.S. military in Vietnam. More recently, he exposed the U.S. government’s abuse of detainees in the Abu Ghraib prison facility. Hersh's new book, The Killing of Osama Bin Laden, is a corrective to the official account of the war on terror. Drawing from accounts of a number of high-level military officials, Hersh challenges a number of commonly accepted narratives: that Syrian president Bashar al-Assad was responsible ...
Shameless Wall Street Journal Ad Denies Ottoman Turkish Armenian Genocide
Post Date: 2016-04-21 12:30:23 by Stephen Lendman
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Shameless Wall Street Journal Ad Denies Ottoman Turkish Armenian Genocide by Stephen Lendman Ottoman Empire 1915 - 1922 genocide against Armenians in their historic homeland massacred around 1.5 million victims. Turkey remains in denial of an indisputable historic fact. Journal management disgracefully published a full-page ad, intended to deceive, sponsored by FactCheckArmenia, a shameless genocide denial group. Its web site airbrushes disturbing facts from history, twisting and reinventing them, claiming no genocide occurred, at the same time accusing Armenians during WW I of treason against the Ottoman Empire - blaming their victimized people for war waged by the great powers. A WSJ ...
Obama in Saudi Arabia
Post Date: 2016-04-21 12:09:10 by Stephen Lendman
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Obama in Saudi Arabia by Stephen Lendman Obama’s visit to Riyadh was his fourth as president. He met with Saudi King Salman and top officials from other Gulf States. Ignore scoundrel media reports, saying agreement was reached on various security initiatives to defeat ISIS. Both sides and Israel are the world’s leading sponsors of terrorism. They support the scourge they claim to oppose. Washington and Saudi-led Gulf States are very hostile to Iran and Syria - regional rivals rogue Arab states and Israel want eliminated; sovereign independent nations Washington wants transformed into US vassal states. America and Gulf States differ more on tactics than strategy. Both support ...
Invented Threats Used to Boost US Military Spending
Post Date: 2016-04-21 08:33:46 by Stephen Lendman
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Invented Threats Used to Boost US Military Spending by Stephen Lendman With all categories included, America spends over $1.5 trillion annually on so-called defense - plus huge unknown amounts for intelligence in black budgets, despite having no enemies except ones it invents. Russia and China prioritize peace and stability, at war with no other nations, threatening none. They spend small fractions of what America budgets for militarism, endless wars in multiple theaters and maintaining its global empire of bases - threatening world peace. The New York Times is a longstanding imperial cheerleader, a notorious Russia basher, Putin hater. Its April 20 article, titled “Russia ...
US Escalating War in Syria and Iraq
Post Date: 2016-04-21 08:26:54 by Stephen Lendman
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US Escalating War in Syria and Iraq by Stephen Lendman Peace and stability defeat America’s imperial agenda. Endless wars serve it. Obama doesn’t want conflict resolution in Syria, Iraq and other US war theaters. Its wars of aggression are excluded from discussion by presidential aspirants. No one in Washington dares explain all US wars are illegal, waged against nonbelligerent countries threatening no others, solely to advance America’s imperium. Media scoundrels won’t touch the topic, an off-limits third-rail one. Nor is anything explained about a modern-day great game - an East - West struggle for geopolitical influence and resource control, mainly oil, waged by ...
Cash-Strapped ISIS Is Killing Its Own Fighters To Sell Their Organs
Post Date: 2016-04-21 02:42:22 by Tatarewicz
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PravdaMainForum... Several weeks ago when we reported on the latest territorial losses by ISIS and the curious disappearance of the "war against ISIS" from the media's front pages, we said that this was the expected outcome of the recent Russian airborne military operations over northern Syria which had destroyed much of the Islamic State's oil infrastructure and, more importantly, had cutoff key ISIS oil transit lines to Turkey. This dramatically reduced ISIS' inbound cash from oil sales, which had previously been estimated to amount to over a billion dollars annually. But we certainly had no idea just how bad ISIS' funding situation had become. According to ...
Putin Orders Russian Troops To Seal Border Between Syria and Turkey
Post Date: 2016-04-21 01:59:24 by Tatarewicz
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PravdaMainForum... In a shocking move, Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered Russian troops inside Syria, to seal the Syrian border with Turkey. This is going to cause HUGE trouble. Turkey has been profiting by allowing oil, stolen from Syria by ISIS terrorists, to be smuggled into Turkey via convoys of oil tanker trucks. Once the tankers arrive in Turkey, the oil is slightly refined, re-packaged to look legitimate, then sold cheap on the open market. This theft and smuggling nets ISIS about $100 Million per month, which funds its terror operations. Of course, Turkish officials get their palms greased as well, for allowing the smuggling to take place. Chief among those getting their ...
New US Rules of Engagement OK Killing Civilians
Post Date: 2016-04-20 12:14:46 by Stephen Lendman
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New US Rules of Engagement OK Killing Civilians by Stephen Lendman They’re like the old rules. Civilian lives don’t matter. Slaughtering them indiscriminately is longstanding US policy. More on this below. Fourth Geneva protects civilians and non-military targets in times of war. Attacking them is strictly prohibited. Humanitarian protections are mandated. Washington rules override inviolable international, constitutional and US statute laws. US wars mostly kill civilians, notably post-9/11. Millions perished from willful attacks, being in harm’s way, or from war related violence, preventable diseases or deprivation. Washington considers noncombatants legitimate ...
Illusory Syrian Peace Process and Ceasefire
Post Date: 2016-04-20 07:24:43 by Stephen Lendman
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Illusory Syrian Peace Process and Ceasefire by Stephen Lendman Assad genuinely wants diplomatic conflict resolution - unattainable without legitimate peace partners. Ones most important don’t exist. Ceasefire is more myth than reality. Endless war rages. Washington and its rogue allies pursue it, recruiting more terrorists, US special forces on the ground supporting them, pouring huge amounts of weapons and munitions into Syria, largely through Turkey’s border. Syrian chief peace talks negotiator Bashar al-Jaafari denounced Western-backed terrorism, recruiting, training and arming jihadists, sending them to Syria - “encourag(ing) (them) to stay…and not return” ...
Canada rejects the rule of international law and embraces international barbarity
Post Date: 2016-04-19 22:44:06 by Tatarewicz
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PravdaMainForum... The United Nations’ (UN) Security Council Resolution 2254 clearly states that the war in Syria demands a “Syrian-led, Syrian-owned political transition to end the conflict.” Additionally, it endorses “free and fair elections pursuant to the new constitution.” In November, 2015, however, Canada's defense minister Harjit Sajjan publicly stated that “Assad must go”, basing his assessment on the “complexity of the problem” and “the horrible atrocities that have been committed to his (Assad’s) own people”. On both counts he is wrong: sustained evidence demonstrates that the foreign-backed mercenaries invading ...
America's War Party
Post Date: 2016-04-19 12:40:58 by Stephen Lendman
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America’s War Party by Stephen Lendman America is a one-party state with two wings, each virtually identical to the other, differing only in style and rhetoric. They’re in lockstep on issues mattering most - notably supporting endless wars at the expense of peace, equity and justice. America’s so-called war of independence changed little, afforded no benefits for “we the people,” did nothing more than substitute new management for old. Civil war had nothing to do with freeing slaves, everything to do with keeping the nation intact and serving dominant monied interests. War assures huge profits. 19th century wars were waged to steal land and resources from ...
Syrian Opposition Suspends Farcical Peace Talks
Post Date: 2016-04-19 08:44:25 by Stephen Lendman
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Syrian Opposition Suspends Farcical Peace Talks by Stephen Lendman On Monday, US/Saudi supported terrorist groups comprising the anti-Syrian High Negotiations Committee (HNC) suspended talks - objecting to vital efforts by government forces supported by Russian air power to liberate the country entirely from the scourge of imported death squads. Washington and its rogue allies want puppet governance replacing Syrian sovereignty, its people given no say over who’ll lead them. Ceasefire is fantasy. Fighting rages. Heavily armed terrorists continue pouring across Turkey’s border into Syria. Peace talks were dead-on-arrival, a waste of time, accomplishing nothing after three ...
Neocon War Criminal Hillary's Phony Passover Peace, Equity and Justice Message
Post Date: 2016-04-18 12:49:15 by Stephen Lendman
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Neocon War Criminal Hillary’s Phony Passover Peace, Equity and Justice Message by Stephen Lendman Passover this year runs from sunset April 22 to nightfall April 30. Annually, it commemorates the freeing of Jews from bondage in Egypt. Hillary’s thoughts expressed over the weekend were intended solely to influence Jewish voters ahead of Tuesday’s New York primary. The state has the nation’s largest Jewish population by far, notably in New York City. Hillary has no interest in the welfare of Jews, Christians or anyone else. Her sole preoccupation is accumulating great wealth and power. Her presidential aspirations threaten humanity. It might not survive her tenure in ...
USS Destroyer Donald Cook Incident
Post Date: 2016-04-18 11:24:29 by Stephen Lendman
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USS Destroyer Donald Cook Incident by Stephen Lendman US ground, air and naval forces operating near Russia’s borders are willful provocations risking direct confrontation. Imagine if Russia or China operated the same way - in America’s gulf, off its east or west coasts, on its Canadian or Mexican borders, or aerial patrols provocatively close to its airspace, perhaps at times penetrating it. WW III might follow. Yet America practically claims a divine right to operate provocatively anywhere worldwide, blaming other nations for actions bordering on lawlessness, and too often crossing the line. US warships routinely deploy close to Russian waters, including for provocative ...
Chief Opposition Negotiator Urges Ignoring Ceasefire in Syria
Post Date: 2016-04-18 09:08:33 by Stephen Lendman
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Chief Opposition Negotiator Urges Ignoring Ceasefire in Syria by Stephen Lendman US/Saudi supported High Negotiations Committee (HNC) chief peace talks negotiator Mohammed Alloush is a cold-blooded killer, political leader of the Jaysh al-Islam terrorist group. He’s uncompromising in wanting Assad ousted, saying “(f)or us, it’s a closed book.” On Sunday, he twittered “(d)on’t trust the regime and don’t wait for their reply.” “Strike them at their necks (kill them). Strike them everywhere…the ceasefire is over.” HNC member Yahya al-Aridi called Alloush’s position “personal,” likely widely shared among other opposition ...
The Phony War in Syria
Post Date: 2016-04-18 07:08:16 by Ada
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The great, long-awaited counterattack against ISIS has finally begun. The offensive that spans Syria and western Iraq is targeting the ISIS-held cities of Raqqa and Mosul, Iraq’s second largest city. For a variety of reasons, the much ballyhooed “final offensive” against ISIS is moving with all the speed of a medieval army of drunken foot soldiers and all the audacity of a lady’s garden party. As a former soldier and war correspondent, I find the spectacle both pathetic and weird. Back in my army days, our tough sergeants used to call such behavior “lilly-dipping.” There’s no risk that this pathetic campaign will go down in the annals of military ...
Trump Is No Peace Candidate
Post Date: 2016-04-17 13:11:47 by Stephen Lendman
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Trump Is No Peace Candidate by Stephen Lendman Throughout its sordid history, all US presidents supported war, not peace - including Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln and both Roosevelts. Traditional US policy from inception refutes the notion of a peace candidate becoming president - Jack Kennedy the one exception. He entered office a warrior, transformed himself into a peacemaker, was killed for wanting all US forces out of Vietnam by end of 1963, normalized ties with Soviet Russia, nuclear disarmament, and the CIA disbanded, among other anti-establishment views. Most of all, his opposition to America’s military-industrial complex meant he had to go. CIA hired guns eliminated him. ...
Farcical Syrian Peace Talks Rigged to Fail
Post Date: 2016-04-17 11:00:15 by Stephen Lendman
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Farcical Syrian Peace Talks Rigged to Fail by Stephen Lendman Washington and its rogue partners want war, not peace. US aggression followed by endless conflict is proof positive - in Syria and all other US post-9/11 war theaters. Obama and neocons infesting his administration want regime change, Syrian sovereignty destroyed, its people having no say over who’ll lead them. Ongoing talks in Geneva aren’t about reaching equitable conflict resolution. US/Saudi backed opposition elements want unconditional surrender, what’s best for long-suffering Syrians ruled out. On Friday, Syrian Information Minister Omran al-Zoubi stressed what Assad, Foreign Minister Walid ...
Is US Preparing for War on Russia?
Post Date: 2016-04-15 12:19:58 by Stephen Lendman
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Is US Preparing for War on Russia? by Stephen Lendman Defense Secretary Ashton Carter and NATO commander US General Philip Breedlove call Russia America’s greatest existential threat - despite no evidence suggesting it, plenty showing it’s the world’s leading peacemaker. Washington threatens world peace. It wants all sovereign independent governments replaced by US controlled vassal ones - part of its plan for unchallenged global dominance, by color revolutions or naked aggression. Increasing numbers of US-led combat troops are being positioned close to Russia’s borders. Its warplanes fly near its airspace. Its warships sail close to its waters. Russia’s ...
Anti-Terrorism Operation Begun to Liberate Aleppo
Post Date: 2016-04-15 08:31:54 by Stephen Lendman
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Anti-Terrorism Operation Begun to Liberate Aleppo by Stephen Lendman A major campaign to liberate parts of Aleppo still held by US supported terrorists began, a Syrian military source saying: “The Syrian army has deployed 10,000 soldiers in Aleppo front to begin a large-scale military operation (aided by Russian air power) to push the Takfiris back from the remaining villages which are under the terrorists' control.” “The Syrian army began the operation to recapture more regions in the Northern suburb of Aleppo on Thursday and pushed the al-Nusra terrorist to evacuate Mallah farms and retreat Eastward after heavy clashes which ended in significant casualties on the ...
Obama Claims Success in Combatting ISIS He Supports
Post Date: 2016-04-14 12:23:08 by Stephen Lendman
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Obama Claims Success in Combatting ISIS He Supports by Stephen Lendman Obama is a notorious con man, a serial liar, a moral coward, a Wall Street tool, an anti-populist, a war criminal multiple times over - a typical US president, only worse. His Wednesday address at CIA headquarters was predictable demagogic duplicity. He took credit for Russia’s war on terrorism, claiming “ISIL is on the defensive” thanks to US-led coalition efforts. Its thousands of airstrikes in Syria and Iraq with so-called partners failed to hit ISIS targets, willfully avoided them, continues focusing on infrastructure and government sites in both countries. America’s war on terrorism is ...
US to Syrian Rebels: Quit the Ceasefire and We'll Get You Anti-Aircraft Weapons
Post Date: 2016-04-14 07:50:16 by Tatarewicz
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RI... Give it up for Obama. He sure knows how to incentivise imperial clients to do the right thing. US ostensibly supports the ceasefire in Syria that was agreed at Geneva talks where it was present. But on the other hand is also saying to rebels who are a part of it – don't worry we've got your back, as soon as the ceasifire is over you're getting brand new anti-aircraft weapons and artillery of your own. That's a great incentive to make sure the rebels take the ceasefire seriously and don't try to undermine it, right? Right. The Wall Street Journal with the goodies: The Central Intelligence Agency and its regional partners have drawn up plans to supply ...
Farcical Syrian Peace Talks Resume in Geneva
Post Date: 2016-04-14 07:41:02 by Stephen Lendman
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Farcical Syrian Peace Talks Resume in Geneva by Stephen Lendman On Thursday, sham talks resumed going nowhere. On the one hand, pro-Western mediator Steffan de Mistura maintains the fiction of cessation of hostilities holding along with hope for diplomatic conflict resolution. On the other, Washington, its rogue Western and regional allies, along with terrorist groups they support, insist on “political transition” (aka regime change), ignoring the will of the vast majority of Syrians. They won’t tolerate anyone else leading them or let foreign parties dictate how and by whom Syria will be ruled. International law supports them. Syrian chief negotiator Bashar al-Jaafari ...
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