Emails have emerged revealing how the controversial Syrian activist group the White Helmets tried to lobby Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters with Saudi money. The revelations have been published on Max Blumenthal’s project.
In an email from October 2016, Roger Waters is invited to a fundraiser organized by Saudi billionaire Hani Farsi to honor the work of the White helmets. In it, he is also encouraged to watch a documentary about the group.
19 April 2018 — williambowles.info
19 April 2018
Russia exposes British lies on Skripal, but trail leads to US By M.K. Bhadrakumar
https://williambowles.info/2018/04/19/russia-exposes-british-lies-on-skripal-but-trail-leads-to-us-by-m-k-bhadrakumar/
The Skripals Have Survived but They Are Not Safe: The Novichok Fraud Should Bring Down the UK Government
https://www.globalresearch.ca/the-skripals-have-survived-but-they-are-not-safe-the-novichok-fraud-should-bring-down-the-uk-government/5636754
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19 April 2018 12:19:05 PM — williambowles.info
19 April 2018
Syria, Iran and “Chaos in International Relations”
https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2018/04/19/syria-iran-and-chaos-in-international-relations.html
Why Each US President Ends Up As Ruthless Interventionist These Days
https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2018/04/19/why-each-us-president-ends-up-as-ruthless-interventionist-these-days.html
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19 April 2018 — Asia Times
On April 18, Moscow disclosed that it has formally handed over to the OPCW proof to the effect that the Novichok agent purportedly used in the Salisbury attack actually happens to be patented as a chemical weapon in 2015 in the US and produced in that country. (By the way, unlike Russia, the US is yet to destroy its chemical weapon stockpiles, as required under the Chemical Weapons Convention of 1997.)
Moscow says it has proof that the agent used in the UK attack is a chemical weapon patented in the US. So was this a covert operation aimed at ratcheting up tensions between the West and Russia?
18 April 2018 — Jonathan Cook
The National – 18 April 2018
Independence Day celebrations tomorrow should be a moment for Israelis – and the many Jews who identify with Israel – to reflect on what kind of state it has become after seven decades.
The vast majority of Israelis, however, are too busy flying blue-and-white flags from their cars, venerating their army as the “most moral in the world” and poring over the latest official statistics in the hope that more Israeli Jews than Palestinians were born over the past year.
17 April 2018 — Global Research
The New Dark Age 