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Video: NATO-Russia Tensions Rise, Arms Makers Benefit
For the first time, the U.S. has deployed advanced Patriot missiles as part of military exercises in the Baltic region, escalating tensions with Russia and boosting military industry stock prices to record highs (inc. transcript) Continue reading
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War crimes: Mosul families count their dead as US airstrikes kill thousands of civilians
Award-winning journalist Patrick Cockburn, Middle East correspondent of The Independent, writes from Mosul, recording accusations by local people who assert the US-led coalition has ‘massively’ overused force. They allege that the intensity of the bombardment from the air was out of all proportion to the number of Isis fighters on the ground Continue reading
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The Engineered Destruction and Political Fragmentation of Iraq By Prof Michel Chossudovsky
First published by GR on June 14, 2014, updated August 2014, this article reveals how the US and its allies facilitated the incursion of Islamic State (ISIS) convoys into Iraq in June 2014 prior to the onset of the counter-terrorism bombing campaign launched by Obama in August 2014. Continue reading
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Mass Arrests of Protesters: Outrageous in Russia, Barely Worth Mentioning in US
Major media’s relative lack of interest in the mass arrests by Metro DC police on Inauguration Day is a fact noted by activists and journalists since the incident almost six months ago. One way to measure the dearth of coverage is to compare the attention paid to comparable protester arrests in Russia last month. Continue reading
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Selected Articles: US Warmongering Against North Korea
6 July 2017 — Global Research The latest missile test by North Korea was damned by the US as a serious threat to global security. Not surprising. All the right minds with the right awareness of global affairs substantially know that these ballistic missile programs of North Korea are but for defense, never for first strikes. Will… Continue reading
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Selected Articles: Global Destruction and US Foreign Policy
30 June 2017 — Global Research Global destruction is perhaps the underpinning for the US foreign policy. It seeks to destabilize genuine representative democracies so as to install their pseudo/puppet governments. It’s the Washington Consensus and and they’re not ready to give up! What are the implications of their actions? Read our articles below… A re-built Syria which controls… Continue reading
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Selected Articles: Trump Plays Nuclear ‘Chicken’ with Putin Over Syria
28 June 2017 — Global Research Hersh: Trump Ignored Intel Before Bombing Syria By Seymour M. Hersh and The Real News Network, June 28, 2017 In this article is the full transcript of the interview with Seymour Hersh on his report about the western allegations on Syria. Continue reading
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Military Escalations in Syria. Mistakes and Catastrophe? Towards a More Pronounced Conflagration? By Dr. Binoy Kampmark
23 June 2017 — Global Research To become enmeshed in a war of incalculable variables; to be at bloody bruised loggerheads – this is the Syrian nightmare, where there are more punters than odds. Savagely, Syria as a state is being ravaged and mauled to the point of non-recognition. It is now a mere terrain for… Continue reading
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Media: Syria the Latest Case of US ‘Stumbling’ Into War?
One of the most common tropes in US media is that the US military always goes to war reluctantly—and, if there are negative consequences, like civilian deaths, it’s simply a matter of bumbling around without much plan or purpose. Continue reading
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U.S. Torture, A Saudi Coup And ISIS Crimes – “By, With And Through Allies” By Moon Of Alabama
The U.S. military and/or the CIA outsourced parts of their ongoing torture campaign in Yemen to the United Arab Emirates, reports AP. Some “interrogations” are done in the presence of U.S. personal and on U.S. ships Continue reading
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Invisible Empire Beneath the Radar, Above Suspicion By Jason Hirthler
22 June 2017 — Counterpunch When the United States went to war with Spain in 1898, it did so in a media environment of “yellow journalism,” that played no small part in the advent of the Spanish-American War. Yellow journalism was basically the use of sensationalism and poorly researched reportage to stir up excitement and… Continue reading
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Media: Eager for World War III on MSNBC
If we’re heading toward World War III, let’s hope that some episodes of MSNBC‘s Andrea Mitchell Reports survive the nuclear winter to provide future civilizations with some clues as to how we got there. Continue reading
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Media: To Defeat Transparency, NYPD Turns to Journalist-Turned-Cop-Turned-Journalist-Turned-Cop
Last week, the New York City Council held hearings on proposed legislation calling on the New York Police Department to be more transparent with how they surveil and spy on the public. Police officials, as they often do, proceeded to tell local lawmakers to get lost. Requests for more information and possibly a public comment… Continue reading
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Russia Halts Cooperation with US in Syrian Airspace By Stephen Lendman
In response to the US-led coalition downing of a Syrian Su-22 warplane in its own airspace, a lawless aggressive act, Russia’s Defense Ministry issued the following statement Continue reading
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Video: Syria – US White Phosphorus Bombs Won’t Eradicate Terrorism in Syria
US-backed forces are using tactics that cause a ‘staggering’ number of civilian deaths, but military action won’t defeat ISIS, says Phyllis Bennis, director the New Internationalism Project at IPS Continue reading
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NSA "Intelligence Report" Does NOT Show "Russia Executed A CyberAttack" By Moon Of Alabama
Yesterday The Intercept published a leaked five page NSA analysis about alleged Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. elections. Its reporting outed the leaker of the NSA documents. That person, R.L. Winner, has now been arrested and is likely to be jailed for years if not for the rest of her life. Continue reading
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Media: WaPo Fails to Note Raytheon, Saudi Funding of Advocate for Raytheon Arms to Saudis
In a piece for the Just Security blog (6/5/17) about the impact of weapons industry contributions on a Saudi arms vote, Ryan Goodman notes that “money also pollutes other policy spaces that influence congressional votes”—including the news media Continue reading
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US Military Sent over $1 Billion Worth of Light Weapons To “Multiple Armed Groups” in Iraq By Prof Michel Chossudovsky
In 2015, US Congress appropriated $1.6 billion for the ITEF program. The funds were earmarked to fight against the ISIS in response to Obama’s counter-terrorism campaign launched in Summer of 2014. In a bitter irony, a large number of these weapons landed up in the hands of terrorists including the ISIS. Continue reading
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Video: Arctic Climate Warming Twice as Fast As Anywhere Else
Prof. Subhankar Banerjee, Editor of “Arctic Voices: Resistance at the Tipping Point,” talks about the effect President Trump’s climate policies will have on the Arctic and on the rest of the planet (inc. Transcript) Continue reading
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After US Bombs Syrian Government for Third Time in 8 Months, Media Ask Few Questions
The United States has bombed Syrian government–allied forces three times in just eight months. Major media outlets have overwhelmingly failed to ask critical questions about these incidents, preferring instead to echo the Pentagon. Continue reading
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