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Humanitarian Crisis in Yemen. When Will It End? Selected Articles
26 March 2018 — Global Research Three Years of Saudi Bombings: Let’s Call An End to War Profiteering in Yemen By Catherine Shakdam, March 26, 2018 Three years of an implacable and murderous military campaign that witnessed the death of over 15,000 people – of which mostly unarmed civilians; saw the destruction of civilian infrastructures to the… Continue reading
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For WaPo, ‘What Next in Africa?’ Doesn’t Include US Getting Out By Gunar Olsen
The Washington Post (3/19/18) thinks the question is thorny, so it makes sure to prune the answers. “Pentagon Grapples With a Thorny Question After Niger Ambush,” a recent Washington Post headline (3/19/18) read: “What Next in Africa?” Among the possible answers not considered by the Post article: “Close US military bases,” “End US drone strikes”… Continue reading
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Meet Neocon John Bolton, the Most Hawkish National Security Adviser Imaginable
Trump’s new national security adviser John Bolton, an architect of the Iraq War, is an extreme hawk who wants to bomb Iran and North Korea and demanded regime change in Libya, Syria, and Venezuela Continue reading
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Facebook Scandal Blows Away ‘Russiagate’ By Finian Cunningham
Now, at last, a real “election influence” scandal – and, laughably, it’s got nothing to do with Russia. The protagonists are none other than the “all-American” US social media giant Facebook and a British data consultancy firm with the academic-sounding name Cambridge Analytica. Continue reading
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America’s Search for the “Big War”
22 March 2018 — Global Research U.S. Regime Has Killed 20-30 Million People Since World War II By James A. Lucas, March 22, 2018 The U.S. is responsible for between 1 and 1.8 million deaths during the war between the Soviet Union and Afghanistan, by luring the Soviet Union into invading that nation. Continue reading
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Mercer's Cambridge Analytica 'Utterly Sleazy'
Britain’s Channel 4 details the dirty tricks that Cambridge Analytica, the data-mining company owned by billionaire Robert Mercer, uses to sway elections around the world. If the story is true, it would mean the company is not only sleazy, but also blatantly criminal, says white-collar criminologist Bill Black Continue reading
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Mercer’s Cambridge Analytica ‘Utterly Sleazy’
Britain’s Channel 4 details the dirty tricks that Cambridge Analytica, the data-mining company owned by billionaire Robert Mercer, uses to sway elections around the world. If the story is true, it would mean the company is not only sleazy, but also blatantly criminal, says white-collar criminologist Bill Black Continue reading
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Cambridge Analytica Ain’t Nuthin: Look out for i360 and DataTrust By Greg Palast
There are two dangers in the media howl over Trump’s computer gurus Cambridge Analytica, the data-driven psy-ops company founded by billionaire brown-shirts, the Mercer Family. Continue reading
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Coverup of Extensive War Crimes: 50th Anniversary of the My Lai Massacre: Selected Articles
16 March 2018 — Global Research Coverup of Extensive War Crimes: 50th Anniversary of the My Lai Massacre By Dr. Gary G. Kohls and Prof Michel Chossudovsky, March 16, 2018 In a bitter irony, Colin Powell, who was responsible for the coverup of the My Lai massacre acceded to a “brilliant” career in the Armed Forces. In 2001 he was appointed… Continue reading
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‘Modernization’: Media's Favorite Euphemism for Military Buildup By Adam Johnson
One of the most effective rhetorical tools in normalizing massive military budgets is to treat spending billions—and sometimes trillions—of dollars as something one has to do in order to be “modern.” “Modernization” is, after all, a normative label; who doesn’t want to be modern? Continue reading
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Trump’s “Spontaneous” Decision to Meet Kim Jong-un, Or was it the CIA’s Decision? By Prof Michel Chossudovsky
According to the US media (in chorus) it was president Trump who took the decision (without prior consultation with his Cabinet, national security and intelligence advisors) to meet face to face North Korean leader Kim Jon-un at a US-DPRK Summit. Continue reading
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Global Warfare: Selected Articles
8 March 2018 — Global Research “Wipe the Soviet Union Off the Map”, 204 Atomic Bombs against 66 Major Cities, US Nuclear Attack against USSR Planned During World War II By Prof Michel Chossudovsky, March 08, 2018 It should be understood that these US nuclear threats directed against Russia predate the Cold War. They were first formulated… Continue reading
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Google admits collaboration with illegal US drone murder program By Andre Damon
In another milestone in the growing integration between the military-intelligence complex and Silicon Valley, Google’s parent company Alphabet has confirmed that it has provided software to identify targets used in the illegal US government drone murder program. Continue reading
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US Destabilization Plan for Iran and the Middle East, and the Need to Strengthen the Resistance By Farhad Shahabi
The use of force, in total disregard for the UN Charter, international law, and international agreements, is today, more than ever before, the main characteristic of Washington’s policy decisions. Consequently, the world is experiencing a decisive shift to militarization rather than, and in negation of, regional and international diplomacy, in US approach to policy. Now,… Continue reading
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America’s Multi-Front War: Selected Articles
6 March 2018 — Global Research Is China Neoliberal? By Kim Petersen, March 06, 2018 What is neoliberalism? To start, it is not new, and it is not liberal. It is predicated on prioritizing the private sphere over the public sphere; i.e., allowing the so-called free-market to decide. Hence, the role of the government is to… Continue reading
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How Many Wasted Lives Will End Washington’s Belligerence? Selected Articles
5 March 2018 — Global Research US Seeks to Intentionally Prolong Syrian Bloodshed By Tony Cartalucci, March 05, 2018 From the beginning of Syria’s conflict the United States presented to the world its unyielding ultimatum that the government in Damascus be deposed and replaced by a government headed by the armed militants the US cultivated before the… Continue reading
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US military, Trump administration claim unlimited powers to wage war in Syria
The Trump administration has asserted the power to expand the US war in Syria and effectively annex and occupy significant portions of the country without even the pretense of international authorization, congressional sanction or public debate. The New York Times reported the position, laid out in letters to Senator Tim Kaine from the Pentagon and… Continue reading
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Let’s Talk About US Meddling, Too (2/2)
As alleged Russian meddling dominates headlines, how much attention is paid to US meddling around the globe? Ex-CIA agent John Sipher and Aaron Mate discuss Continue reading