September 2018
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US Led Wars and Climate Change: Selected Articles
12 September 2018 — Global Research News Global Research has over 50,000 subscribers to our Newsletter. Our objective is to recruit one thousand committed “volunteers” among our 50,000 Newsletter subscribers to support the distribution of Global Research articles (forwarding, email lists, social media, crossposts). Do not send us money. Under Plan A, we call upon our readers Continue reading
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Syria News Links 11-12 September 2018
12 September 2018 — William Bowles Turkey captures key suspect in deadly 2013 car-bombing case https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/09/turkey-captures-key-suspect-deadly-2013-car-bombing-case-180912160723791.html Watch Emily Thornberry dismantle the Tories for following Trump towards war in Syria http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheCanary/~3/mG_aT0qsVpY/ Trump Says He Doesn’t Need a Fake Chemical Attack to Bomb Syria https://www.globalresearch.ca/trump-says-he-doesnt-need-a-fake-chemical-attack-to-bomb-syria/5653837 Continue reading
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ACTION ALERT: Venezuela Poses No ‘Threat to the World’—but WaPo’s Claim That It Does Is Dangerous
The Washington Post (9/10/18) describes US officials meeting with Venezuelan coup-plotters to discuss the overthrow of President Nicolás Maduro as “more fuel for his paranoia.” And it cites the White House dismissing “speculation that it wants to intervene” in Venezuela—ignoring the fact that the US has for years been heavily intervening to wreck the country’s… Continue reading
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YouTube Bans Media Supporting Syria’s Liberating Struggle By Stephen Lendman
Google has transformed itself from a search engine to gatekeeper/censor, eliminating what it calls extremist content, its YouTube subsidiary operating the same way – wanting information conflicting with the official narrative eliminated, the hallmark of totalitarian rule. Continue reading
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Russian envoy urges OPCW to take action to prevent false flag in Idlib
THE HAGUE, September 12. /TASS/. The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) can and should play an important role to thwart the staging of a false flag ‘chemical attack’ provocation in Syria’s Idlib, Russian Permanent Representative to the OPCW Alexander Shulgin told reporters on Wednesday. Continue reading
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Charges ‘Without Merit’ – Jeremy Corbyn, Antisemitism, Norman Finkelstein and Noam Chomsky
We have always been struck by the sense of complete unreality surrounding this debate and decided to check when and how often Corbyn has been accused of antisemitism since first being elected as an MP in 1983. Continue reading
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9/11 Opens Up an Era of Global Crisis, Upheaval and Militarization: Selected Articles
9/11 marks the onslaught of the “Global War on Terrorism” (GWOT), used as a pretext and a justification by the US and its NATO allies to carry out a “war without borders”, a global war of conquest. Continue reading
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Are Warnings About Chemical Warfare in Syria Another ‘Weapon of Mass Distraction’?
Col. Larry Wilkerson says that it was the plan of John Bolton and the neocons to take Iraq, then Syria, and then Iran. These false flag operations are all about maintaining the perpetual war in the region (inc. transcript) Continue reading
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Fighting Starts in Syria’s Idlib: US Military Considers Military Options By Peter Korzun
Syrian UN Ambassador Bashar Ja’afari declared on Sept. 7 that his government was determined to wipe out the rebels from the Idlib province. The next day, the Idlib Dawn Operation began, encircling a town 59 km. southwest of the Syrian city of Aleppo. As of Sept. 9, Russian aircraft have attacked the rebel positions in… Continue reading
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Syria-Idlib News Links 11 September 2018
11 September 2018 — William Bowles Idlib: Temporary lull sets in after days of intense bombardmenthttps://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/09/idlib-temporary-lull-sets-days-intense-bombardment-180911135809942.html Video: Washington Claims That Assad Government Wants to Bomb Schools, Hospitals and Homes in Idlib under the Guise of Counter-Terrorism https://www.globalresearch.ca/video-washington-claims-that-assad-government-wants-to-bomb-schools-hospitals-and-homes-in-idlib-under-the-guise-of-counter-terrorism/5653670 UN fears ‘humanitarian crisis’ as Syrian government prepares to retake Idlib from ‘jihadist’ rebels http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheCanary/~3/-MbXlHJaF6k/ Continue reading
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Filming of staged chemical attack in Syrian Idlib begins – Russian MoD
Several Middle East TV channels and a US news channel have been sent to Jisr al-Shughur in Syria’s Idlib Governorate to produce the footage needed for the provocation, a statement by the Russian Center for Syrian Reconciliation said. It added the intelligence came from local residents of Jisr al-Shughur. Continue reading
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Leaked Clips from Censored Documentary on Israel Lobby Reveal Attacks on US Activists
Excerpts of the censored Al Jazeera undercover film on the Israel lobby in the US have started to be leaked. The Electronic Intifada’s Ali Abunimah and the Grayzone Project’s Max Blumenthal explain how these clips show the Israeli government backing attacks on American pro-Palestinian activists and Black Lives Matter Continue reading
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Skripal and Syria… The Imperative of Criminalizing Russia By Finian Cunningham
There is a direct link between Britain’s sensational allegations against Russia in the Skripal affair and NATO’s losing covert war in Syria. Continue reading
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Syria News Links 10 September 2018
10 September 2018 — William Bowles Syria should wait till 6 November 2018 before liberating Idleb http://www.voltairenet.org/article202852.html Continue reading
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Syria: Idlib News Links 10 September 2018
10 September 2018 — William Bowles Syria: Rebel-held areas bombed as Turkey reinforces outposts https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/09/syria-rebel-held-areas-bombed-turkey-reinforces-outposts-180909183342824.html Continue reading
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US Marines deploy to Syria for live fire exercise as Russian-backed government offensive on Idlib looms By Jordan Shilton
In a sign of the imminent escalation of the Syrian war, over 100 US Marines flew into the country late Friday to participate in live fire exercises. The drill, which included air strikes and artillery fire, was intended as a warning shot at Russia as Moscow prepares to back a government offensive against Islamist militias… Continue reading
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A new capital? Palestinians say Abu Dis is no substitute for East Jerusalem By Jonathan Cook
The entrance to Abu Dis could not be more disconcerting, given reports that Donald Trump’s administration intends it to be the capital of a future Palestinian state, in place of Jerusalem. The wall, and the security cameras lining the top of it, are the legacy of battles for control of Jerusalem’s borders. Sections of concrete… Continue reading
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Idlib News Links 9 September 2018
9 September 2018 — William Bowles Syria and Russia Accuse US Coalition, “White Helmets”, of Preparing Chemical Weapons Attacks in Idlib https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2018/09/09/syria-russia-accuse-us-coalition-white-helmets-preparing-chemical-attacks-idlib.html Continue reading
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Facebook’s partnership with the Atlantic Council By Kevin Reed
On May 17, Facebook announced a partnership with the Atlantic Council, the bipartisan think tank that has participated in every political and military crime of US imperialism over the past half-century. In a brief blog post by Katie Harbath, Facebook’s Global Politics and Government Outreach Director explained that the relationship was necessary “to prevent our… Continue reading
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Gullible, Gutless and Gagged By Stuart Littlewood
Jeremy Corbyn, knifed by his senior lieutenants and failed by his media team, is on the danger list and now looks isolated. Continue reading