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Latest Articles: War, War, War
Dead-on Arrival Syria Peace Talks Set for March 9
Post Date: 2016-03-02 11:30:52 by Stephen Lendman
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Dead-on-Arrival Syria Peace Talks Set for March 9 by Stephen Lendman On Tuesday, pro-Western/anti-Syrian/US approved envoy to Syria Staffan de Mistura announced the date. He delayed it 48 hours from his earlier March 7 targeted beginning, saying it’s for “logistical and technical reasons and also for the (nonexistent) ceasefire to settle down” - with no further elaboration. Originally scheduled for late January, a previous article said talks are orchestrated to fail - now like earlier. How can they succeed when one side wants war, when achieving peace and stability defeat Washington’s imperial agenda, when negotiating with terrorists comprising Riyadh’s ...
Assad Straight Talk on German Television
Post Date: 2016-03-02 05:26:43 by Stephen Lendman
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Assad Straight Talk on German Television by Stephen Lendman Interviewed by Germany-based ARD television on March 1, his remarks were refreshingly straightforward and candid like always - polar opposite Obama’s demagogic rantings. He pledged to go all-out to make cessation of hostilities work, knowing huge obstacles he faces. Multiple opposition element breaches continue daily, US-supported terrorists masquerading as moderates entirely responsible. “(W)e have refrained from retaliating in order to give” the agreement a chance to work, he explained. “(E)verything has a limit. It depends on the other side,” so far showing little inclination for diplomatic conflict ...
The Illusion of Ceasefire in Syria
Post Date: 2016-03-01 11:53:33 by Stephen Lendman
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The Illusion of Ceasefire in Syria by Stephen Lendman I’ve explained many times. Syria is Obama’s war. There’s nothing civil about it. Scoundrel media regurgitated state-sponsored propaganda falsely claims otherwise. Endless war rages, US policymakers committed to replace its sovereign independence with US- controlled puppet governance - one of history’s greatest crimes toward this end of no consequence. Ceasefire buys time for US-supported terrorists to regroup, rearm and add new fighters to their ranks. Sergey Lavrov warned about foreign-backed terrorists having chemical warfare agents. He discretely left unexplained how US special forces and CIA operatives have ...
NYT Room for Debate Series Excludes It
Post Date: 2016-03-01 07:25:04 by Stephen Lendman
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NYT Room for Debate Series Excludes It by Stephen Lendman Its series is an exercise in deception, presenting largely one-sided views, establishment ones. Pretending otherwise doesn’t wash. Scandalous misinformation and Big Lies drown out vital truths, banished from so-called “newspaper of record” reports. Its latest “room for debate” topic asks (with tongue in cheek) if “the age of regime change is over?” It failed to explain it remains core US imperial policy, the unstated reason for all its wars - planned well in advance before launched, premeditated lawless aggression by any standard. Claims otherwise are Big Lies, exercises in deception. The ...
US and Israel Call the Shots on Syria
Post Date: 2016-03-01 07:15:22 by Stephen Lendman
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US and Israel Call the Shots on Syria by Stephen Lendman Other anti-Assad nations play supporting roles. America and Israel are lead players. Both countries jointly planned, orchestrated and implemented early 2011 destabilizing demonstrations, Obama’s pretext for war, raging with no end in sight after nearly five years. US/Russia brokered cessation of hostilities changed nothing fundamental on the ground. All anti- government forces are terrorists, imported from scores of regional, Western and other countries. No so-called moderate rebels exist, one of many media scoundrel-proliferated Big Lies, part of Washington’s orchestrated propaganda campaign. Most Americans, Europeans, ...
Meaningless Bluster Saudi Threat to Invade Syria
Post Date: 2016-03-01 06:59:30 by Stephen Lendman
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Meaningless Bluster Saudi Threat to Invade Syria by Stephen Lendman Riyadh began threatening invasion weeks ago, knowing Syria and Russia won’t tolerate a flagrant breach of international law, no matter the phony justification claimed. In a Tuesday interview with Reuters, Saudi General Ahmed Asseri said defense ministers from the so-called US-led anti-ISIS (sic) coalition “discussed (possible invasion) two weeks ago in Brussels…at the political level (not) as a military mission.” “Once this is organized, and decided how many troops and how they will go and where they will go, we will participate in that. We need to discuss this at the military level very ...
Obama and Netanyahu Intend Undermining Ceasefire in Syria
Post Date: 2016-02-29 12:00:40 by Stephen Lendman
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Obama and Netanyahu Intend Undermining Ceasefire in Syria by Stephen Lendman Washington and Israel jointly instigated and manipulated early 2011 anti-government demonstrations in Syria - used as a pretext for Obama’s war to follow. Netanyahu wants a regional rival eliminated, Iran isolated ahead of undermining its sovereignty - part of a grand US/Israeli scheme to redraw the Middle East map, creating powerless, easily exploited, mini-states. Russia’s effective anti-terrorism campaign foiled US/Israeli plans. Western and Israeli news reports about Netanyahu welcoming ceasefire in Syria are pure rubbish. In remarks before his weekly cabinet meeting, he lied saying ...
Russia and Syria Wrongfully Accused of Ceasefire Violations
Post Date: 2016-02-29 11:45:19 by Stephen Lendman
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Russia and Syria Wrongfully Accused of Ceasefire Breaches by Stephen Lendman It didn’t take long for Western and rogue Arab state sources to begin bashing Russia and Syria irresponsibly - wrongfully claiming ceasefire breaches without credible evidence proving it. The London-based, Western-funded, anti-Syrian propaganda-generating misnamed Syrian Observatory for Human Rights wrongfully claimed airstrikes targeted rebels in Aleppo province. It reported 14 ceasefire breaches on Saturday alone, adding it’s unable to account for all violations. It reports what its Western paymasters dictate. French and Saudi foreign ministers conspired against Moscow and Damascus, falsely accusing ...
NYT Reinvented History of War on Libya
Post Date: 2016-02-29 07:33:51 by Stephen Lendman
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NYT Reinvented History of War on Libya by Stephen Lendman The Times operates as a quasi-official ministry of state propaganda, featuring misinformation and Big Lies on major issues mattering most - systematically suppressing what readers need to know. Its two-part misreporting on US-led NATO’s war on Libya was called “Hillary Clinton, ‘Smart Power’ and a Dictator’s Fall” (Part I) and “A New Libya, With ‘Very Little Time Left’ “ (Part II) - a shameless perversion of truth, an utter disregard for the raping and pillaging of a sovereign independent state, the immiseration of its people. North Africa’s most developed nation was ...
Turkey Vows to Continue Supporting Terrorists in Syria
Post Date: 2016-02-29 07:18:28 by Stephen Lendman
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Turkey Vows to Continue Supporting Terrorists in Syria by Stephen Lendman Liberating Syria and preserving its sovereignty depend on eliminating the US-created and supported terrorist scourge menacing its people - ISIS the main threat. As long as Washington and other rogue states keep recruiting, arming, funding, training and providing imported death squads with continued material support, endless conflict will rage. New recruits will replace eliminated ones. Ankara allied with Washington, other key NATO partners, Saudi Arabia, Israel and other rogue states assure cessation of hostilities and conflict resolution are unachievable. Turkey is a fascist police state, Erdogan a prototypical ...
Phony Claims About America Supporting Its Troops Exposed
Post Date: 2016-02-29 07:00:52 by Stephen Lendman
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Phony Claims About America Supporting its Troops Exposed by Stephen Lendman Surprisingly, the Pentagon’s Stars and Stripes publication headlined “Lacking basic gear, special (forces) stuck buying their own equipment.” Former Navy SEAL Sean Matson said his head was measured four times before each deployment - for “a more advanced ballistic helmet” never provided. He and six other SEALs had to spend about $900 on their own for helmets with “lights, communications devices and batteries needed for their missions.” Instead of fulfilling its obligation to support its troops, the Navy increasingly leaves them on their own to pay for needed gear. At the same ...
Turkey Breaches Ceasefire in Syria
Post Date: 2016-02-28 11:31:53 by Stephen Lendman
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Turkey Breaches Ceasefire in Syria by Stephen Lendman Breaching the US/Russia brokered cessation of hostilities doesn’t surprise. Turkey began illegally shelling cross-border over two weeks ago. Erdogan and his clown prince prime minister Ahmet Davutoglu ludicrously claim the right to attack Syrian territory and Kurdish YPG anti-terrorist freedom fighters to defend Turkish national security - naked aggression by any standard. On Sunday, Russian Center for Truce in Syria head General Sergey Kuralenko said “(o)vernight (on) February 28, the Russian Center for reconciling the warring sides in Syria received information on an attack from the Turkish territory on the Syrian town of ...
The Illusion of Ceasefire in Syria
Post Date: 2016-02-28 06:44:46 by Stephen Lendman
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The Illusion of Ceasefire in Syria by Stephen Lendman Terrorism is the use of violence, instability, chaos and intimidation in pursuit of political aims - a US speciality. All anti-Syrian forces armed and supported by Washington and its rogue allies are terrorists. Endless war continues, ebbing in some areas, raging in others. Resumption of full-blown conflict is just a matter of time. Ceasefire and so-called peace initiatives are illusory. Diplomacy won’t resolve Syria’s conflict. Washington wants war, regime change, and Syrian sovereignty replaced by US-controlled puppet governance. Its objective remains unchanged. It continues using ISIS and other terrorist elements as ...
BBC Reinvented History of War in Syria
Post Date: 2016-02-28 06:18:30 by Stephen Lendman
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BBC Reinvented History of War in Syria by Stephen Lendman The BBC is owned and operated by the British government, a propaganda tool masquerading as a legitimate news, information and analysis media outlet. What’s most important for people to know, BBC and its Western counterparts systematically suppress, substituting state-approved propaganda - serving their governments’ interests. In early February, the BBC reinvented the history of war in Syria, substituting state-sponsored misinformation and Big Lies for vital hard facts essential to explain - the longstanding hallmark of its reporting from inception. There’s nothing civil about war in Syria, one of the grandest ...
War, What Is It Good for? Absolutely Nothing.
Post Date: 2016-02-27 19:32:40 by Ada
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And No Kidding, That’s the Literal Truth When It Comes to War, American-Style It may be hard to believe now, but in 1970 the protest song “War,” sung by Edwin Starr, hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. That was at the height of the Vietnam antiwar movement and the song, written by Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong, became something of a sensation. Even so many years later, who could forget its famed chorus? “War, what is it good for? Absolutely nothing.” Not me. And yet heartfelt as the song was then — “War, it ain’t nothing but a heartbreaker. War, it’s got one friend, that’s the undertaker…” — it has little ...
Are US-Installed Kiev Fascists Planning War on Russia?
Post Date: 2016-02-27 12:26:30 by Stephen Lendman
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Are US-Installed Kiev Fascists Planning War on Russia? by Stephen Lendman Washington considers most despotic regimes worldwide valued allies - including a few it installed, notably the illegitimate Nazi-infested lunatics running Ukraine. According to its interior minister Arsen Avakov, a special unit is being trained to return Crimea to Ukrainian control, even though it’s sovereign Russian territory and attempting it would be a declaration of war. Russia’s military can decisively smash any Ukrainian invasion attempt - in a matter of hours. Avakov’s comments reflect arrogant bluster, saying: “We have nothing. We need a new army, a new National Guard, a new police ...
Chances for a Durable Ceasefire and Peace in Syria Are Nil
Post Date: 2016-02-27 07:37:30 by Stephen Lendman
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Chances for a Durable Ceasefire and Peace in Syria Are Nil by Stephen Lendman Syria’s war isn’t civil. Claiming otherwise is one of many Big Lies about the conflict - willful scoundrel media proliferated deception, the public systematically lied to. Ongoing conflict is Obama’s war - planned, orchestrated and implemented by lunatics infesting his administration, notably Hillary Clinton in her former role as secretary of state. How can hostilities cease and peace be achieved if Washington keeps raping and destroying Syria with no letup? Don’t let duplicitous rhetoric by US officials claiming resolve for diplomatic conflict resolution fool you. War was launched to ...
Peace and Stability in Syria Depend on Eliminating US-Supported Terrorism
Post Date: 2016-02-27 07:22:33 by Stephen Lendman
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Peace and Stability in Syria Depend on Eliminating US-Supported Terrorism by Stephen Lendman Washington created and supports virtually all well-known terrorist groups and offshoots operating in Syria and elsewhere - used as imperial foot soldiers. They couldn’t exist without foreign backing, supplying arms, financing, training and other material support. Hours into Syria’s cessation of hostilities, a car bomb exploded in Salamiya in Hama province, south of Aleppo. It killed at least four, injured others, and showed the fragility of ceasefire straightaway after its implementation, indicating the illusion of achieving a durable cessation of hostilities and peace - impossible as ...
Phony Syrian Opposition Conditional Acceptance of Ceasefire
Post Date: 2016-02-26 12:08:05 by Stephen Lendman
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Phony Syrian Opposition Conditional Acceptance of Ceasefire by Stephen Lendman Conditional short-term cessation of hostilities acceptance is none at all - a ploy, a duplicitous scheme, intending to wrongfully blame Russian and Syrian forces for continuing their vital war on terrorism, the only viable solution to ongoing conflict. Expecting Washington to abide by terms it agreed to is expecting what virtually hasn’t happened before and won’t now! Believing this time is different is living in a dream world. Western supported extremist groups comprising the Saudi-cobbled together so-called High Negotiations Committee (HNC) issued an 11th hour statement “confirm(ing) the ...
Draft Security Council Resolution Mandates Ceasefire in Syria
Post Date: 2016-02-26 06:47:44 by Stephen Lendman
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Draft Security Council Resolution Mandates Ceasefire in Syria by Stephen Lendman Cessation of hostilities is scheduled to take effect on Friday, February 27, at midnight Damascus time. Expect no WW I ending 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month moment. Provisions mandate all fighting stop except against ISIS, Jabhat al-Nusra and other Security Council designated terrorist groups, comprising most anti-Assad forces. Syria and Russia intend showing good faith. It’s unclear whether opposition elements will follow suit. It’ll take time to know beyond the midnight deadline, likely days or longer. Conditions don’t change dramatically overnight. Given Obama’s rage to ...
Obama Says No Peace in Syria with Assad in Power
Post Date: 2016-02-26 06:34:06 by Stephen Lendman
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Obama Says No Peace in Syria with Assad in Power by Stephen Lendman On Thursday following a National Security Council meeting, Obama reiterated Washington’s longstanding inflexible position - demanding Assad step down. Fighting will continue otherwise, he stressed. Conflict resolution remains pure fantasy. He expressed “skepticism” about cessation of hostilities working, citing “potential pitfalls” - failing to explain what’s most important. He wants war, not peace, Syrian sovereignty destroyed, US-controlled puppet governance replacing it, the nation balkanized as part of longstanding imperial plans to redraw the Middle East map, mini-states created for ...
NYT Propaganda Blasts Russia and Syria on Eve of Ceasefire
Post Date: 2016-02-26 06:22:27 by Stephen Lendman
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NYT Propaganda Blasts Russia and Syria on Eve of Ceasefire by Stephen Lendman A Times promo in my mail box overnight claims its “(a)ward-winning journalism enriches your life” - only for readers preferring Big Lies over hard truths, bad fiction over essential to know cold hard facts. Longstanding Times misreporting is notorious, an imperial lying machine, suppressing what’s most important to print, substituting state-sponsored propaganda. On the eve of cessation of hostilities, effective midnight Damascus time on February 27, it disgracefully blamed Russia and government forces for the latest US air attacks on Syrian hospitals - more proof showing Washington wants war, ...
Meaningless EU Parliament Resolution Calls for Embargoing Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia
Post Date: 2016-02-25 11:28:21 by Stephen Lendman
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Meaningless EU Parliament Resolution Calls for Embargoing Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia by Stephen Lendman It’s the world’s largest arms buyer, Washington its largest supplier, Britain profiting hugely from lucrative sales. So do France, Germany and other EU nations. They’re used for supporting regional terrorism and waging naked aggression on Yemen since March 2015, Obama’s genocidal war, planned and orchestrated in Washington. European Free Alliance Greens supported the resolution - urging arms sales to Riyadh be embargoed as long as its war crimes continue, until they’re fully investigated. Party spokesman Alyn Smith said “(t)he European Parliament's ...
Obama OK's Turkish Northern Syria Shelling Despite Agreed on Ceasefire
Post Date: 2016-02-25 07:17:08 by Stephen Lendman
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Obama OK’s Turkish Northern Syria Shelling Despite Agreed on Ceasefire by Stephen Lendman Erdogan does nothing belligerent without US approval or complicity, including attacking Kurds in Turkey, Iraq and Syria. His terror war rages intensively - intending to continue shelling Kurdish YPG forces in northern Syria after US/Russia cessation of hostilities is implemented on February 27 at midnight Damascus time. Longstanding US double standards are notorious. Washington virtually ignores his naked aggression, beyond meaningless lip service remarks claiming otherwise - short of backing punitive Security Council action. At the same time, it demands Russia cease bombing terrorists ...
Lavrov Warns About US Undermining Syria Ceasefire Deal
Post Date: 2016-02-25 07:00:20 by Stephen Lendman
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Lavrov Warns About US Undermining Syria Ceasefire Deal by Stephen Lendman America’s agenda is notoriously duplicitous. Putin, Lavrov and other Russian officials have just cause to be wary. Washington systematically breaches treaties and deals agreed on. Obama launched war on Syria in March 2011 to replace its sovereign independence with US- controlled puppet governance. His objective remains unchanged, the lynchpin of America’s imperial regional agenda, so far effectively foiled by Moscow. Believing Obama now wants conflict he began resolved diplomatically and peace restored is pure fantasy. Agreed on cessation of hostilities is cover for continued US and rogue allies’ ...
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