April 2018
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Douma Chemical Attack: Another Link in the Chain of Staged Provocations By Peter KORZUN
It’s the same old song and dance. Last year, the Syrian government was blamed for a sarin gas attack on Khan Sheikhun that prompted a US cruise missile strike on a Syrian air base. The American president’s approval ratings went up as a result. This time, the alleged attack occurred right after the Russia-Turkey-Iran summit… Continue reading
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Statewatch News Online, 9 April 2018 (04/18)
9 April 2018 — Statewatch.org/ ANALYSES. 1. Analysis: Suspicion files: German police databases on political activists by Matthias Monroy 2. Briefing: Another step towards ending EU law-making through secret trilogue meetings by Tony Bunyan Continue reading
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Red Crescent Found No Trace of Chemical Weapons in Syria’s Douma – Doctor
Syrian medical specialists have found no trace of chemical weapons having been used in Eastern Ghouta, a member of the Red Crescent, who worked for the last seven years at the central hospital of Douma in Eastern Ghouta, told journalists. Continue reading
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Shell knew about climate threat decades ago by Jessica Corbett
Royal Dutch Shell’s scientists warned the oil giant about the threat that fossil fuel emissions pose to the planet as early as the 1980s, according to a trove of documents obtained by a Dutch journalist and published Thursday at Climate Files. Continue reading
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The Truth About the Chemical Weapons Attack in Syria
9 April 2018 — TheSaker Continue reading
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Israel’s Atrocity in Gaza Did Not Make the Headlines: Selected Articles
8 April 2018 — Global Research News While thousands of unarmed protesters marched to fight for their freedom and rights, the IDF tweeted, “Nothing was carried out uncontrolled; everything was accurate and measured, and we know where every bullet landed.” How much blood will this viciousness shed before justice is served? See our selection below and repost to your Continue reading
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Syria – Timelines Of ‘Gas Attacks’ Follow A Similar Scheme (Updated)
An alleged new ‘chemical incident’ in Syria reminds of a similar series of events we saw last year. We are told to believe that each time the U.S. pulls back from the war on Syria the Syrian government is responding with a ‘chemical attack’ that pulls the U.S. back in. Continue reading
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Aboriginal people have a right to protest the commonwealth games as stolen wealth By John Pilger
Australia has always wanted to stake a claim on Aboriginal culture – but only when it benefits them. They remain ignorant when the legislative bullets are fired to weaken and destroy it, and do not seek to protect it when the right to culture and ceremony is in the way of profit and white prosperity. Continue reading
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Why the Russian Double-Agent Skripal Could Not Have Been Poisoned with “Novichok”
The leaders of the U.S., U.K., France and other Western countries have said they are positive that Putin’s Russia poisoned the Russian double agents living in Salisbury, the Skripals, using a deadly, military grade “Novichok” nerve agent which is of Russian origin. But this claim falls apart upon inspection … Continue reading
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Not Only Against Demonstrators but also Journalists: Israeli forces Practice Murder in Cold Blood
On Saturday, 07 April 2018, Israeli forces killed photojournalist Yasser Murtaja. Murtaja succumbed to wounds he sustained after being hit with a live bullet that was shot by an Israeli sniper to the abdomen. Since the beginning of the incidents, 9 journalists sustained live bullets wounds. Continue reading
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US Isn’t Leaving Syria—but Media Lost It When Possibility Was Raised By Gregory Shupak
The White House made clear that Trump’s talk of pulling out of Syria was just talk (Independent, 4/4/18)–but not before numerous media figures expressed alarm that the illegal occupation might end. Continue reading
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The Plot to Kill Martin Luther King: “We All Knew He [Ray] Was Not the Shooter”; By William Pepper and Michael Welch
In this 50th anniversary commemoration of the death of one of America’s most inspiring crusaders for social and economic justice, the Global Research News Hour is proud to present this exclusive feature-length interview with Dr. William Pepper. A transcript of the entire conversation is available below. Continue reading
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Gaza 6 April 2018: Israel Kill 7 Civilians; Wound 718 inc. 77 Children and 17 Women
6 April 2018 — PCHR Ref:41/2018 – Date: 06 April 2016 – Time: 20:00 GMT On Second Friday of Great March of Return and Breaking Siege in Gaza Strip, Israeli Forces Kill 7 Civilians and Wound 718 Others, Including 77 Children and 17 Women, Without Posing Threat to Soldiers’ Life Continue reading
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The Good Friday Massacre: World…We Are All Palestinians, Now!
6 April 2108 — Global Research The Good Friday Massacre: World…We Are All Palestinians, Now! By Brett Redmayne-Titley, April 06, 2018 Eighteen more Palestinians were unapologetically murdered this past “Good Friday” by the Israeli military. They were unarmed. They were on their own land. They were desperate. They screamed their desperation as they marched. Then, they Continue reading
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US Senator Murphy Speaks on the Senate Floor About Puerto Rico
A damning indictment of US colonial policy in Puerto Rico since ‘acquiring’ the island from Spain in 1898. Continue reading
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The “Russian Poisoning” Farce: Knobs and Knockers By Craig Murray
This narrative simply is not remotely credible. Nerve agents – above all “military grade nerve agents” – were designed as battlefield weapons. They do not leave opponents fighting fit for hours. There is no description in the scientific literature of a nerve agent having this extraordinary time bomb effect. Continue reading
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IRR News (23 March – 5 April 2018)
6 April 2018 — IRR Institute of Race Relations weekly digest – Against Racism, for Social Justice A week after Paul Moore received a life sentence for the attempted murder of a Muslim woman and a 12-year-old girl in Leicester, communities came together to express disgust at the anonymous far-right campaign to make 3 April Continue reading
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Black Agenda Report 5 April 2018
5 April 2018 — Black Agenda Report MLK Anniversary, Another Gaza Massacre Ignored by the Black Political Class – Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor Our black political class observed the 50th anniversary of MLK’s martyrdom this week, but ignored the Gaza Land Day massacre perpetrated by apartheid Israel with full bipartisan US support. Continue reading
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Novichok Myth Debunked; How Will Russia Respond?
5 April 2018 — Global Research Raging US/UK Political Assault on Russia By Stephen Lendman, April 05, 2018 Despite no evidence suggesting Russian involvement, the official hostile narrative continues – supported by Western media. During an OPCW Executive Council Wednesday special session, Moscow’s proposed joint investigation was rejected by Washington and Britain. Continue reading
The New Dark Age 