September 17, 2018
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Syria News Links 17 September 2018
17 September 2018 20:19 — William Bowles Brave and Crazy: Dilyana Gaytandzhieva discusses her courageous exposés on Western imperial crimes. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheGreanvillePost/~3/1RNoo0kBiQw/ Syria war: Russia and Turkey to create buffer zone in Idlib https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-45554188 Continue reading
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Chevron Arbitration Ruling Against Ecuador ‘Completely Off Base’
A secret corporate arbitration panel in the Hague ruled that Ecuadorean courts’ $9.5 billion judgement against Chevron for environmental damages is illegal and should not be enforced. We speak to the plaintiffs’ lawyer Steven Donzinger about the ruling (inc transcript) Continue reading
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Idlib: Lull before the hurricane – by Peter Ford
Without fanfare the US has just reformulated its position to create the conditions for it to launch devastating strikes on Syria no longer just on the pretext of alleged use of chemical weapons but on any ‘humanitarian’ pretext the US sees fit. In an interview with the Washington Post on 6 September, James Jeffrey, the… Continue reading
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Corbyn Might Long Regret Capitulation on Anti-Semitism
The British Labour Party’s decision to adopt the IHRA’s contested anti-Semitism definition is a victory for the Israel lobby and for forces on both sides of the Atlantic seeking to stifle criticism of Mideast policy, argues Daniel Lazare. Continue reading
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The Bluffer’s Guide to Bombing Syria By Peter Ford
he propaganda mills of the British and American governments – spokespersons, media, think tanks – are working overtime churning out ‘talking points’ to justify the upcoming large scale bombing of Syria on the pretext of use of prohibited weapons. Here is a guide from a former insider to the top dozen of these lies. Continue reading
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Flight MH17, Ukraine and the New Cold War. Prism of Disaster
‘Based on wide-ranging meticulous research, van der Pijl utilises the case of the downing of MH17 as a prism to refract the political corruption of state-directed oligarchic capitalism in Ukraine coupled to the self-interest of a neo-liberal driven European Union. He offers a masterly analysis of the complex domestic personal relationships and class forces involved… Continue reading
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Censored film reveals The Israel Project’s secret Facebook campaign By Ali Abunimah and Asa Winstanley
The Israel Project, a major advocacy group based in Washington, is running a secret influence campaign on Facebook. Continue reading
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First They Came for Alex Jones, Then for Russian Cable News RT and Syrian TV. Going to War with Russia, Syria, Iran? By Ann Garrison
Shortly after Alex Jones was kicked off Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube, New York City residents let me know via email and Twitter that the Russian cable news outlet RT was gone in their area. They all reported the screen message, “Programming on this network is no longer available.” One said that he had called Spectrum… Continue reading
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Part II – Syria’s White Helmets: War By Way of Deception ~ ‘Moderate Executioners’
Hindsight is a generous provider of absolution of the guilt from falling for the sophisticated western government or state propaganda and their media sleights of hand that so often deceive us into believing the narrative they present, one that’s so often designed to justify military intervention. Continue reading
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Syria’s White Helmets: War by Way of Deception – Part I
In his recent speech Hezbollah leader, Sayyed Nasrallah, alluded to a multi-phase “soft war” which relies upon the mass media complex to disseminate propaganda and bias, propelling the Middle East into, primarily, a sectarian crisis before descending even further into regionalism and finally a devastating individualism. Continue reading
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The Dike Breaks – Netherland Ends Support For “White Helmets” Terrorist Propaganda By Moon of Alabama
The Netherland just announced that it is ending its support for al-Qaeda’s propaganda gang, the “White Helmets”. It also ends its support for the so called Free Syrian Police. Last week the Netherlands shut down its “non lethal” support for the Free Syrian Army after Dutch news organizations found that members of these groups were… Continue reading
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Emboldened by Trump, Israel Bombs Damascus International Airport By Miri Wood
Emboldened by Trump’s continuing threats to protect al-Qaeda in Syria, Israel has chosen the joyous occasion of the Damascus 60th International Fair…to bomb Damascus International Airport. Not that it matters to Israel — or to Trump — it is a war crime to bomb civilian planes and airports. Several missiles were intercepted by Syria’s air… Continue reading
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