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Latest Articles: War, War, War
BOMBSHELL: Top Bush Official Comes Clean – ‘War is a Racket’ Led by Corporations – Not Security
Post Date: 2016-04-01 13:33:37 by Bill D Berger
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I served in all commissioned ranks from Second Lieutenant to Major-General. And during that period, I spent most of my time being a high class muscle- man for Big Business, for Wall Street and for the Bankers.-Major General Smedly D. ButlerAfter his retirement from the Marine Corps, Major General Smedley D. Butler made a nationwide tour in the early 1930s giving his speech “War is a Racket.” What separates Butler from other historical military figures is that he is one of only 19 people in history to win the Medal of Honor, twice. So, when a highly decorated, two-star general takes to the stage to assert that war is a racket, people listen — most people, anyway.In one of his ...
Oliver Stone on Menace Posed by Hillary Clinton
Post Date: 2016-04-01 11:53:53 by Stephen Lendman
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Oliver Stone on Menace Posed by Hillary Clinton by Stephen Lendman Among an array of deplorable US presidential aspirants, Clinton stands out as the most recklessly dangerous in modern memory - a she devil committed to endless wars of aggression, possible unthinkable nuclear confrontation. Award-winning filmmaker Oliver Stone says America’s political landscape has him in “deep despair.” Clinton has a virtual lock on her party’s nomination, things rigged in her favor. Stone hit hard, saying she “effectively closed the door on peace, blasting both the Palestinian peace process and the Russians in the same week. NATO is her god…” Endless wars are certain ...
White House Sticks to Regime Change in Syria
Post Date: 2016-03-31 12:17:05 by Stephen Lendman
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White House Sticks to Regime Change Demand in Syria by Stephen Lendman In March 2011, Obama launched naked aggression on Syria, creating the illusion of civil conflict, wanting regime change, using ISIS and other imported death squads to do his dirty work. America’s end game is turning the Syrian Arab Republic into another US vassal state, looting its resources, exploiting its people, partitioning it for easier control, eliminating an Israeli rival, isolating Iran, then repeating the dirty scheme against the Islamic Republic. Imperialism works this way, unchallenged dominance its aim. America wants it globally - unthinkable nuclear war on Russia and China a possible strategy ...
The Myth of America's War on Terrorism
Post Date: 2016-03-31 08:59:55 by Stephen Lendman
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The Myth of America’s War on Terrorism by Stephen Lendman It’s a complete hoax - a phony pretext for waging endless imperial wars, wanting whole continents carved up for profit and dominance. Fictitious enemies are created. Premeditated wars of aggression follow. Rules of engagement are changed from rule of law observance to anything goes. America declared war on humanity, the greatest threat to life on earth, using terrorist groups to do much of its dirty work. Their names don’t matter. Earlier US supported anti-Soviet Afghan mujahadeen forces became opposition Taliban fighters. ISIS, Al Qaeda, Jabhat al-Nusra and likeminded groups are similar. Names and faces change, ...
Turkey Complicit with ISIS in Selling Looted Artifact Treasures
Post Date: 2016-03-31 06:41:43 by Stephen Lendman
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Turkey Complicit with ISIS in Selling Looted Artifact Treasures by Stephen Lendman RT International obtained documents revealing Turkey’s involvement with ISIS in selling stolen oil and looted artifacts, saying: “Along with oil smuggling, a lucrative trade in antiquities has become ISIS’ source of income to support its devastating operations, many of which leveled unique historic sites such as Palmyra.” “Artifacts, some worth thousands of dollars apiece, have been turning up in antique markets from eastern Europe to the US.” Plundered treasures transit through Turkey to destinations abroad. ISIS’ so-called ministry of natural resources has a ...
Obama's War on Yemen Harms Children Most
Post Date: 2016-03-30 08:20:59 by Stephen Lendman
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Obama’s War on Yemen Harms Children Most by Stephen Lendman Obama’s war on Yemen began long before partnering with Riyadh, orchestrating its terror-bombing, choosing targets to strike, supporting its ground forces and terrorist fighters. US planned and implemented genocide affects millions of Yemenis, Obama’s latest atrocity, another country being raped and destroyed. War in its second year harms civilians most, young children most vulnerable. Thousands are dying from violence, preventable diseases, starvation and overall deprivation. Official numbers way undercount reality on the ground. What’s ongoing is largely unreported - 24 million people at risk ignored. US ...
Good News and Bad from Syria
Post Date: 2016-03-30 08:04:11 by Stephen Lendman
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Good News and Bad from Syria by Stephen Lendman Liberating Palmyra was a major achievement - likely facilitating others ahead, opening the way to purging ISIS from Raqqa, its main Syrian stronghold. At the same time, two weeks of so-called peace talks accomplished nothing, intractable differences preventing resolving conflict diplomatically at this time. Assad remains hopeful, calling Syrian military successes vital for eventual peace. Western and regional nations against its sovereign independence want him and his government ousted. They’re “counting on our defeat on the battlefield in order to impose their conditions at the negotiations,” he said. So successful ...
US orders government families to leave parts of Turkey
Post Date: 2016-03-30 01:33:57 by Tatarewicz
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PressTV... The US government has ordered the families of American diplomats and military personnel to leave parts of southern Turkey due to "increased threats from terrorist groups" in the country. The US Departments of State and Defense said Tuesday that American military dependents at the US consulates in Adana and Izmir, as well as the Incirlik air base, must leave. In a statement, the US military's European Command said the step "allows for the deliberate, safe return of family members from these areas due to continued security concerns in the region." "We understand this is disruptive to our military families, but we must keep them safe and ensure the ...
The New Crusade
Post Date: 2016-03-29 18:54:47 by BTP Holdings
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The New Crusade By Byron King Byron KingWe’ve all grown up believing that one of the key exports from the Middle East is oil. And yes, that’s true. But now, in the past year, about 2 million “migrants” have left Africa and the Middle East and basically invaded Europe. I’m sure you’ve seen accounts. Let’s say that “only” 1% of these migrants are ill-intentioned toward the West (it’s likely much more, per Interpol and FBI accounts). What’s 1% of 2 million? That’s 20,000 people… and in the Army, they call that “two divisions.” But two divisions require a large military base, right? Not exactly — not when you ...
Is Joining the Military the Right Thing to Do? [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2016-03-29 09:21:44 by Ada
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I was surprised at the number of responses I received from active-duty military personnel after my recent article about military idolaters. All but one e-mail I received from them was positive. And every one of the positive responses I received said they answered “no” to all of the questions in my military idolater quiz. Some said that joining the military turned out to be a huge mistake. Most indicated that they were getting out as soon as they could. All said they despised being thanked for their service. But then there was the note from the sailor. He says he is active-duty Navy. But even before he was, he said that he “would have answered yes to almost all” of my ...
Hillary's Phony Way to Defeat ISIS
Post Date: 2016-03-29 08:31:39 by Stephen Lendman
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Hillary’s Phony Way to Defeat ISIS by Stephen Lendman Her public record as first lady, US senator and secretary of state shows rage for endless premeditated wars of aggression. A Clinton presidency assures permanent wars on humanity, raping more countries than already, risking direct confrontation with Russia and China - the horror of possible nuclear war. I’ve explained many times ISIS and likeminded terrorist groups are US creations, unable to function without foreign support. Stopping them requires no longer recruiting new fighters, ending funding, arming, training and directing them - waging peace, not war, an agenda America rejects. Clinton’s phony “real ...
U Responsibility for Widespread Palmyra Destruction
Post Date: 2016-03-29 07:40:50 by Stephen Lendman
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US Responsibility for Widespread Palmyra Destruction by Stephen Lendman Washington bears full responsibility for ISIS capturing UNESCO World Heritage site Palmyra last May, causing widespread destruction and looting of precious artifacts, plundered from other sites in the country. Russian air power helped Syrian ground forces liberate the city after weeks of heavy fighting, the most important strategic victory since Obama launched naked aggression in March 2011, using ISIS and other imported death squads as imperial foot soldiers, a major turning point in the war achieved. Syrian presidential advisor Bouthiana Shaaban said throughout months of America’s air campaign, begun ...
Message from Palmyra
Post Date: 2016-03-28 12:09:39 by Stephen Lendman
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Message from Palmyra by Stephen Lendman Routing ISIS from Palmyra decisively is the most important strategic victory in the struggle to liberate Syria from foreign terrorist invaders since Obama launched naked aggression in March 2011. He continues using them as imperial foot soldiers, death squad mercenaries, not Syrians waging civil conflict, the official Big Lie. Triumph over the weekend highlighted the enormous contribution of Russian air power, logistical and other support. Moscow backs its allies forthrightly. Washington uses other countries to further its imperial interests. The difference in approaches is stark. Since Russia intervened on September 30, the tide of battle ...
US Warplanes Strike Iraqi Army Position in Nineveh Province, Kill 30 Soldiers
Post Date: 2016-03-28 10:24:06 by Horse
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The US-led coalition warplanes hit a position of the Iraqi army in Makhmour city in Nineveh province, and killed at least 30 Iraqi soldiers. The US has repeatedly struck the popular forces' positions in different parts of Iraq. In early June, the US-led coalition warplanes hit the bases of Iraqi army's Hezbollah battalions in Fallujah in Anbar province in Western Iraq, killing 6 soldiers and injuring 8 others. In early May 2015, the anti-ISIL coalition forces struck the position of Iraq's popular forces near Baghdad, killing a number of volunteer forces. The US-led coalition warplanes hit an arms production workshop of the popular forces near the Iraqi capital, destroying ...
Isis May Have Lost the Battle of Palmyra, But It's Not Lost the War
Post Date: 2016-03-28 09:10:59 by Ada
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The recapture of Palmyra by the Syrian army is an important defeat for Isis, but does not mean it is disintegrating as it is pressed back into the self-declared Caliphate. Although Isis is reported to have left the bodies of 400 of its fighters in and around the ancient city, it appears to have withdrawn most of its forces before they were destroyed. This is inkeeping with its tactics over the last year whereby it does not fight to the last man defending fixed positions against prolonged air strikes by Russian and US-led aircraft. The successful advance of the Syrian army – though just how far it is in control of the Palmyra area is still unclear – marks an important victory ...
CIA-armed militias shooting at Pentagon-armed ones in Syria
Post Date: 2016-03-27 20:21:19 by Tatarewicz
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post #1] Mario Milano... Fighting between US-armed militants in Syria has intensified during the past two months. CIA-armed militants are now shooting at Pentagon-armed militias in Syria, showing a complete lack of control by the US over its war machine in the war-torn country. The two groups of militants have begun to fight each other in areas between the besieged city of Aleppo and the Turkish border, US officials and militants’ leaders have confirmed. Their fighting has intensified during the past two months as they have repeatedly shot at each other while maneuvering through the plains on the northern outskirts of Aleppo. In February, Pentagon-backed units, moving in from ...
Syrian Forces Liberate Palmyra
Post Date: 2016-03-27 12:31:14 by Stephen Lendman
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Syrian Forces Liberate Palmyra by Stephen Lendman Aided by Russian air power, Syrian forces liberated the strategic city of Palmyra, called the pearl of the Syrian desert, a UNESCO world heritage site, held by US-supported ISIS fighters since last May. A Syrian military source announced the victory, saying “Palmyra city is now fully cleared of ISIS terrorists after the army established complete control over all its (territory), including the archeological site and airport.” Efforts are underway to remove mines and other explosive devices. A government offensive to liberate the city began on March 7. It was accomplished successfully. Palmyra is located on a highway between ...
US U-2 Spy Missions Over Russia Again?
Post Date: 2016-03-27 06:36:55 by Stephen Lendman
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US U-2 Spy Missions Over Russia Again? by Stephen Lendman US NATO commander General Philip Breedlove is militantly anti-Russian. He calls a nation committed to world peace and stability America’s greatest existential threat - hyping the need to counter nonexistent “Russian aggression.” Lunatics like Breedlove could start WW III - by intent or if Washington’s hostile policy spins out-of- control, increasingly possible because of its rage for regime change, wanting Russia transformed into another US vassal state. America needs enemies to justify the unjustifiable - endless imperial wars, along with police state laws targeting anyone challenging its global power grab, ...
Is the US Insane?
Post Date: 2016-03-26 19:13:14 by Ada
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All the polls and Media hacks assume absolutely that our economic strangling of nations like Iraq and our invasions and annihilates of them never lead fo acts of self-defense and revenge on their part. IT’S ABSOLUTELY INSANE. THEY KEEP ATTACKING MUSLIMS MORE AND MORE IN VASTLY MURDEROUS WAYS AND THEY KEEP BEING SHOCKED THAT A FEW MUSLIMS COUNTERATTACK THEM AND US, SO THEY DO MORE OF THE SAME AND WE GET A FEW MORE DESPERATE ATTACKS BY SUICIDE BOMBERS. THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST INSANE THINGS I’VE EVER SEEN, BUT THEY KEEP PRETENDING THAT ONLY TOTALLY EVIL AND INSANE PEOPLE COUNTERATTACK YOU WHEN YOU FIRST ATTACK AND KILL AND WOUND HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF THEM. The truth is that ...
Clinton Email Revelation: Destroying Syria "Best Way to Help Israel"
Post Date: 2016-03-26 08:09:54 by Stephen Lendman
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Clinton Email Revelation: Destroying Syria “Best Way to Help Israel” by Stephen Lendman Ellen Brown’s important article on Clinton’s emails as secretary of state revealed raping Libya and killing Gaddafi had nothing to do with ousting a dictator. The official story is always cover for a diabolical hidden agenda. Her emails provide a window into her soul, revealing a ruthless she-devil, too wicked to entrust with the power of the nation’s highest office, or any other public position. Her orchestrated naked on Libya had everything to do with “money, banking and preventing African economic sovereignty,” Brown explained. More was involved, discussed in my ...
Pause in Farcical Syrian Peace Talks
Post Date: 2016-03-26 07:30:28 by Stephen Lendman
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Pause in Farcical Syrian Peace Talks by Stephen Lendman AP News described two weeks of proximity (not face-to-face) talks as no drama, no walkouts and no progress - stopping short of calling Geneva III a futile diplomatic conflict resolution effort going nowhere. Both sides are intractably apart on the key issue - whether Syrians alone will decide who’ll lead them (as international law requires) or foreign powers. Talks were adjourned on Thursday, April 9 or 10 a target date for resuming them. Pro-Western go- between Mistura calls political transition (aka regime change, undermining Syrian sovereignty) “the mother of all issues.” Syrian UN envoy/chief negotiator Bashar ...
Stop Clinton: The Most Dangerous Presidential Aspirant in US History
Post Date: 2016-03-25 13:05:12 by Stephen Lendman
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Stop Clinton: The Most Dangerous Presidential Aspirant in US History by Stephen Lendman Clinton has a virtual lock on the Democrat party nomination - nothing democratic about its dirty politics, her criminal rap sheet not deterring her political ambitions. Indications suggest she’s heading for victory in November, bipartisan power brokers determined to stop Trump by any means necessary, uncertain if they can control him. A Clinton presidency risks disaster, assuring endless imperial wars, the unthinkable more possible than any previous time in the nuclear age - use of these weapons against Russia and/or China, maybe Iran, endangering humanity’s survival. As first lady, ...
Breaking, Exclusive: Brussels “Mastermind” Captured by Syrian Kurds, Implicates Erdogan
Post Date: 2016-03-25 09:10:00 by Ada
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Every hundredth refugee a terrorist, every third terrorist an ISIS suicide bomber, ready to die at Turkish command Damascus VT/ Kurdish Popular Forces serving in Syria today captured a senior Turkish intelligence official who has, under “enhanced interrogation” implicated President Erdogan. VT was given access to recorded confessions which detailed the role of the MIT in the Brussels explosions along with plans for more attacks across Europe. The “suspect” has confessed his role in planning the Brussels attack in coordination with ISIS at Raqqah. Intelligence that led to the capture was supplied by a Russian signal intercept. We are told that no Russians were involved ...
State Department Equates Legitimate Syrian Government to ISIS
Post Date: 2016-03-25 07:00:43 by Stephen Lendman
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State Department Equates Legitimate Syrian Government to ISIS by Stephen Lendman Perversion of truth is longstanding rogue state policy - willful deception to achieve political objectives. Netanyahu likens Palestine’s legitimately elected Hamas government and popular resistance against brutal occupation to Daesh. State Department propaganda is similar - equating Syria’s overwhelming popular government, democratically reelected in June 2014, to ISIS. Deputy State Department spokesman Mark Toner claims its presence in Syria is because of Assad’s brutal rule, an utter perversion of truth. Syrians want no one else leading them. They want sovereign independence, free from ...
PALMYRA: HAND TO HAND COMBAT IN THE STREETS; ISIS REELING FROM ATTRITION
Post Date: 2016-03-25 05:26:43 by Tatarewicz
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PravdaMainForum... HOMS/PALMYRA: The reinforcements I wrote about 2 days ago have arrived and the incursion into Palmyra has begun from the East, West and south sides of the city. ISIS has little ammunition left and is relegated to hiding among civilians to avoid the inevitable fate assigned to this group of savages. I want to repeat that the Syrian Army, led by the crack Desert Falcon, most of whom have lost family members to the Takfiri monsters, has entered Palmyra. I have early reports that the “ancient city” is now under total army control, but, I cannot confirm this. In the meantime, the Falcons and members of the Special Operations units are searching for quivering rodents, ...
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