Global Research
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Remembering the Inception of the “War on Terrorism” – 16 Years of Afghan Crisis: Selected Articles
9 October 2017 — Global Research Longest War in US History Turns 16 Today – Thousands Dead, No End in Sight & It’s Getting Worse By Rachel Blevins, October 09, 2017 After the US began ‘spreading democracy’ there 16 years ago, Afghanistan has become more dangerous, more corrupt, and deadlier than ever. Continue reading
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Trump and ‘His Generals’ on Collision Course over Iran: Selected Articles
9 October 2017 — Global Research Nuclear Weapons, ICAN and the Nobel Prize By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, October 08, 2017 Few times in history show the remarkable gulf between international civic action and international political constipation. The will of approaching a world without nuclear weapons has been matched every step of the way with the desire and Continue reading
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Geopolitical Crisis in Asia: Selected Articles
5 October 2017 — Global Research From Myanmar, to Whitehall, to Washington – Politics Festering Nadir By Felicity Arbuthnot, October 05, 2017 Oxford UK, the “city of dreaming spires”, as described by poet Matthew Arnold and the oldest university city in the English speaking world, is to rescind the honour of the Freedom of the City awarded to Myanmar’s Aung Continue reading
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The Puerto Rico Humanitarian Crisis: Media Disinformation, Crimes and Cover-ups By Massoud Nayeri
3 October 2017 — Global Research Without any doubt, the Puerto Rico humanitarian crisis not only exposed the fraud of Mr. Trump’s “Make America Great Again” nationalist slogan but it also uncovered the criminal offense against the victims of the Hurricane by the U.S. “leaders”. Regardless of any excuses, either because of an old “law” from Continue reading
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Catalonia’s Referendum: Selected Articles
2 October 2017 — Global Research On Catalonia’s Referendum By Moon of Alabama, October 02, 2017 Polling stations were set up for today. But Spanish laws do not allow for such polls or a separation. Catalonia, like other Spanish regions, already has a good degree of autonomy. If Catalonia were to secede the Basque areas in the Continue reading
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US Dominated Security Council Tightens Savage Sanctions on North Korea, Intentional Provocations to War By Carla Stea
2 October 2017 — Global Research Rogue States US, UK and France Flaunt Violations of Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Introduction On September 24, 2017, The New York Times published the following letter written by Donald P. Gregg, C.I.A. officer in Vietnam, 1970-1973; C.I.A. station chief in Seoul from 1973 to 1975; and U.S. Ambassador to South Korea from Continue reading
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Middle East and Asia Geopolitics: Shift in Military Alliances? By Prof Michel Chossudovsky
30 September 2017 — Global Research A profound shift in geopolitical alliances is occurring which tends to undermine US hegemony in the broader Middle East Central Asian region as well as in South Asia. Several of America’s staunchest allies have “changed sides”. Both NATO and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) are in crisis. Turkey and NATO NATO Continue reading
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The ‘Exoneration’ and ‘Near-Victory’ of Assad in the Syrian War: Selected Articles
30 September 2017 — Global Research Breaking Video: ISIS Fighter Admits that ISIS Is Forbidden to Attack Kurdish Forces in Deir Ezzor By Andrew Illingworth, September 29, 2017 A video has just been released on social media showing the interview of an ISIS fighter from Deir Ezzor who admits that the terrorist group’s forces in the region Continue reading
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Analysis by Analogy: Myanmar Is Not Syria By Tony Cartalucci
Particular focus has been placed on evidence emerging that US-ally Saudi Arabia is serving as an intermediary fueling militancy in Myanmar’s western Rakhine state. The militants, however, consist of a foreign armed, funded, and led cadre, constituting a numerically negligible minority of the Rohingya population they claim to represent, and are in fact no more… Continue reading
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Kurdistan Referendum: “Ethnic Cleansing” or Total Independence? Selected Articles
26 September 2017 — Global Research The Myth of the Kurds in Syria YPG’s Moral Excellence By Stephen Gowans, September 26, 2017 Kurdish forces are not only “retaking” Christian and Muslim Arab towns in Syria, but are doing the same in the Nineveh province of Iraq—areas “which were never Kurdish in the first place. Kurds now regard Continue reading
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Washington’s Deep-seated Aversion to Independent States: Selected Articles
25 September 2017 — Global Research North Korea versus the United States: Who are the Demons? North Korea Lost 30% of Its Population as a Result of US Bombings in the 1950s By Prof Michel Chossudovsky, September 25, 2017 What most people in America do not know –and which is particularly relevant Continue reading
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Trump’s “Imprudence” Before the UN General Assembly: Selected Articles
22 September 2017 — Global Research Trump’s UN Address to Call for Action Against Nonexistent North Korean and Iranian Threats By Stephen Lendman, September 19, 2017 Trump is hostage to hawkish generals running his administration’s geopolitical agenda. Instead of being a peace and stability leader, he’s the latest in a long line of US warrior presidents – Continue reading
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Trump at the United Nations By Kim Petersen
Critical thinking demands an analysis of Trump’s words that is not provided by a cursory reading of the speech transcript, TV video coverage, or corporate media reporting. It is a given of corporatism that the US is unquestioningly not only great and good but the best of the best. Donald Trump would beg to differ,… Continue reading
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Trump and Netanyahu Are on the Loose: Selected Articles
20 September 2017 — Global Research Fact Checking Benjamin Netanyahu’s General Assembly Speech By Adam Garrie, September 20, 2017 The other country on Netanyahu’s list that has been occupied by Israel and not Iran is Lebanon. After invading Lebanon in 1982, Israel set up a permanent occupying force in southern Lebanon between 1985 and the year 2000. Israel Continue reading
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Trump Convenes Friends into “Humanitarian Warfare”: Selected Articles
20 September 2017 — Global Research Starve Them to Death: Wall Street Journal’s Solution to North Korea By Mike Whitney, September 19, 2017 In an article titled “Options for Removing Kim Jong Un” the WSJ’s editorial board suggests that the US use “all of its tools to topple the North Korean regime” including, of course, vital food imports Continue reading
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The Politics of Military Ascendancy: Selected Articles
18 September 2017 — Global Research Trump Threatens North Korea with “Effective and Overwhelming” Military Force By Peter Symonds, September 17, 2017 In response to the latest North Korean missile test, the South Korean military fired a short-range ballistic missile into waters 250 kilometres off its east coast. The South Korean President Moon Jae-in bluntly warned North Korea Continue reading
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UN Security Council Resolution 2375 on North Korea: Preparation for War? By Carla Stea
There is now a discernible pattern to US manipulation of the UN Security Council when it wants UN endorsement for US-NATO acts of aggression. It is a formula which led to the destruction of Iraq and Libya, and in 1950-1953 led to the destruction of North Korea and most of South Korea. This deadly trajectory… Continue reading
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Endless Hostility Against Russia: Selected Articles
16 September 2017 — Global Research Hostile US Actions Against RT and Sputnik News By Stephen Lendman, September 15, 2017 Putin spokesman Dmitry Peskov called US hostile actions against RT and Sputnik News an attempt to censor their operations, a cause for great concern. US and other foreign correspondents in Russia operate freely without interference. Continue reading
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Palestine: Deprived of the Right to Self-Determination
14 September 2017 — Global Research US Anti-BDS Legislation Punishes Solidarity with Palestine By Stephen Lendman, September 13, 2017 Congressional Israel Anti-Boycott Act legislation wants it criminalized. It aims to “amend the Export Administration Act of 1979 to include in the prohibitions on boycotts against allies of the United States boycotts fostered by international governmental organizations against Continue reading
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9/11: Do You Still Believe that Al Qaeda Masterminded the Attacks?
12 September 2017 — Global Research Sixteen years ago, Bush officially launched the “Global War on Terrorism”, paving the way for a war without borders. The corporate media backed this illegal act of war which in turn galvanized the public for immediate support. Did Americans unhesitatingly buy the allegations that Al-Qaeda masterminded the WTC attack and that Osama Continue reading
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