March 2017
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Syria’s Civil War Is Almost Over… And Assad Has Won By Patrick Cockburn
Isis is confronting an array of enemies approaching Raqqa, but these are divided, with competing agendas and ambitions. The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), whose main fighting force is the Syrian Kurdish Popular Mobilisation Units (YPG), backed by the devastating firepower of the US-led air coalition, are now getting close to Raqqa and are likely to… Continue reading
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Syria – Preparing For The Big Move On Idlib By Moon of Alabama
One objective of the Syrian Arab Army move east of Aleppo city was to block the invading Turkish forces from reaching further south. This had been achieved as of last week. The main objective though was to reach the pumping stations at the Euphrates which supply Aleppo city with drinking water. This aim was achieved… Continue reading
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White Helmets Video, Macabre Manipulation of Dead Children and Staged Chemical Weapons Attack to Justify a “No-Fly Zone” in Syria By Marcello Ferrada de Noli
Central to this [White Helmets/HRW] PR campaign and just prior to the Oscar award ceremony, Human Rights Watch published a “retrospective” report on February 13th 2017, focusing on spurious accounts of chemical attacks on the recently liberated city of Aleppo. This familiar HRW propaganda piece recycled a previous report from April 2015 detailing an alleged… Continue reading
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ICH Headlines 10-11 March 2017
10-11 March 2017 — Information Clearing House Syria – Preparing For The Big Move On Idlib By Moon Of Alabama Will the U.S. again support al-Qaeda should the Syrian army finally move to retake Idlib? Continue reading
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With White House Embracing Climate Denial, Will Corporate Media Treat It as Science?
If the public rollout of the Trump administration’s new EPA administrator, Scott Pruitt, is any indication, the Earth’s climate will suffer even greater, irreversible damage during the next four years. And the corporate media’s coverage of it may only make it worse. Continue reading
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Vault 7: The WikiLeaks Revelations and the Crimes of US Imperialism
10 Marcg 2017 — Global Research America in Turmoil: From Deep State Insurgency to Deep State Spying – WikiLeaks’ Vault 7 By Joachim Hagopian, March 10 2017 The latest CIA crimes constitute an unprecedented assault allowing deep state to infiltrate and attack us through malware embedded in our iPhones, Android computer applications as well as smart TVs in order to Continue reading
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Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) Made in Britain, Tested on Yemenis: The Reality of Working for the “Bomb-makers”
Tucking into steak and chips, the 25-year-old talks of moving in with his girlfriend, his good pay at the nearby BAE factory – £40,000, almost twice the local average – and the security it brings. And then he thinks of the people those planes will be sent to kill. Continue reading
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ICH Headlines 9 March 2017
9 March 2017 — Information Clearing House Disgraceful : U.S. Support for War Crimes in Yemen Continues By Daniel Larison Trump has approved a resumption of weapons sales that critics have linked to Saudi Arabia’s bombing of civilians in Yemen. Continue reading
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Trump Invades Syria, Mosul: Humanitarian Catastrophe, Erdogan’s Illusionary Ottoman Empire
9 March 2017 — Global Research Trump Invades Syria By Daniel McAdams, March 09 2017 Although the Syrian army, with its ally Russia, has made significant gains against ISIS over the past week or so, the Washington Post is reporting tonight that President Trump has for the first time sent regular US military personnel into that country in combat positions. This Continue reading
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Heatwave frequency rises twice as fast in the poorest countries By Ian Angus
New research proves that the countries least responsible for global warming, those least able to adapt, have already been hit much harder by deadly extremes than rich nations — and the gap is growing Continue reading
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The European Parliament has just dealt a major blow to the Link Tax
A closely-watched report on the proposed laws from key MEP Therese Comodini Cachia recommends that the controversial “Link Tax” proposal be removed from the legislation. This is a huge step forward! Continue reading
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Imperialist Wars And Interventions Fuel Refugee Crisis In Africa By Thomas Gaist
The tide of refugees comes predominantly from countries where the United States and its European allies have intervened most heavily. In Africa, just as in the Middle East, decades of imperialist warfare have shattered entire societies and turned large sections of the population into refugees. This is the most important factor underlying the huge exodus… Continue reading
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The Resilience of Palestinian Women, CIA’s Hacking Achievements, Kim Jong-nam: Dubious Murder Story
8 March 2017 — Global Research Palestinian Women – One for All, All for One By Dr. Vacy Vlazna, March 08 2017 Three comrades in the fight for freedom, Hanin Zoabi, Ahed Tamimi, Samah Sabawi hailing from the fractured body of Palestine – 1948 occupied Palestine, the 1967 occupied Palestine- West Bank and Gaza/diaspora respectively – represent Continue reading
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Black Agenda Report for March 8, 2017: Counting Cadence to Fascism, Trump & Russia, the Perfect Lie, fighting Trump the Man But Not His Plan
8 March 2017 — Black Agenda Report Corporate Media Counting Cadence to Fascism by BAR executive editor Glen Ford The ruling class/War Party/corporate media campaign for regime change in Washington has moments of pure silliness, with grown men claiming that U.S. presidents don’t have the power to wiretap people. Someone should have informed Dr. Martin Continue reading
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ICH Headlines 8 March 2017
8 March 2017 — Information Clearing House American Carnage: Fighting the Forever War By Rebecca Gordon Washington is now a war capital. The president is, first and foremost, the commander-in-chief. Continue reading
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The Anti-Empire Report #149 By William Blum: Are the Reds Coming?
Conservatives have had a very hard time getting over President Trump’s much-repeated response to Fox News anchor Bill O’Reilly’s calling Russian president Vladimir Putin “a killer”. Replied Trump: “There are a lot of killers. We have a lot of killers. You think our country is so innocent?” Continue reading
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U.S. Considers First-Strike Attack on North Korea
The publication called Business Insider is carrying a story promoting a US first-strike attack on North Korea. The article includes a quote from the Wall Street Journal that reads, “An internal White House review of strategy on North Korea includes the possibility of military force or regime change to blunt the country’s nuclear-weapons threat, people… Continue reading
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Video: Empire in Decay: Federal Government Falling Apart as Spying Allegations Fly
Col. Lawrence Wilkerson says there is a theory circulating in the intelligence community that the CIA asked the British to spy on Trump on behalf of the Democratic Party; the politicization of the intelligence agencies is a reflection of a dying empire Continue reading
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Get your Clean Air Kit Here!
I’m excited to announce that we’ve now launched what we hope will be the biggest ever citizen science air pollution experiment. And we’d love you to take part. For a minimum donation of £15 your Clean Air Kit will let you test the air quality where you live – or in the places that matter… Continue reading
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Global research 7 March 2017: Trump Abandons Cooperation with Russia, White Helmets: No Such Thing as Humanitarian Terrorists, GMOs and Neoliberal Fundamentalism
7 March 2017 — Global Research Trump Abandons Cooperation with Russia By Stephen Lendman, March 06 2017 After firing Michael Flynn, Trump said “(i)t would be unpopular for a politician to make a deal. It would be much easier for me to be so tough – the tougher I am on Russia,” the better. After only a Continue reading
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