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America’s “Nonconventional War” against Syria: Western Media Narrative Enters into Comedy Act By Sam Muhho
“If all the world is a stage,” as William Shakespeare once said, then the current mainstream media narrative on Syria must be the comedy act; this time, however, it isn’t very funny. Having spent the last three years failing to exert their desire for regime change in Syria, the western imperialist, globalist powers and the… Continue reading
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If Militarism Continues, Humankind is Doomed By Jan Oberg
Both NATO and the EU has just announced that their members will now invest more in the military. It’s indicative of the lack of creativity in both organisations. It is self-defeating and counter-productive. Continue reading
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US military hacks the independent press
US army that operates from a secret base in Arizona, to start a war on independent media through hacking and blocking communications. Computer security teams cooperating with Veterans Today traced a pattern of attacks to Fort Huachuca, headquarters of the US Army Intelligence School, Press TV reports. Continue reading
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Recent report confirms: US depleted uranium weapons targeted civilian areas in Iraq war By Barry Mason
“Laid to Waste”, a report by the Dutch Catholic NGO Pax Christi International, confirms that US forces in Iraq used depleted uranium (DU) weapons in civilian areas during the 2003 invasion of Iraq. More than a decade later, DU is still harming people’s health. The impact of the use of DU in 2003 added to… Continue reading
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The fiasco of Kerry’s Middle East tour By Bill Van Auken
It was clear well before Kerry reached Europe for a NATO foreign ministers meeting that his trip accomplished nothing outside of underscoring the hypocritical and criminal policies that have led to the current debacle, and placing on public display the contradictions that Washington has piled one atop the other in pursuing its predatory aims in… Continue reading
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US Embassy in Ankara: The Headquarter for the ISIS War on Iraq – Hariri Insider By Christof Lehmann
The green light for the use of ISIS brigades to carve up Iraq, widen the Syria conflict into a greater Middle East war and to throw Iran off-balance was given behind closed doors at the Atlantic Council meeting in Turkey, in November 2013, told a source close to Saudi – Lebanese billionaire Saad Hariri, adding… Continue reading
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The Soaring Profits of the Military – Industrial Complex And the Soaring Costs of Military Casualties By James Petras
The launch of two major wars by the US government had two major beneficiaries, one domestic and one foreign. The three major weapons manufacturers, Lockheed Martin (LMT), Northrop Grumman (NOG) and Raytheon (RTN) have delivered record-shattering returns to investors, CEOs and investment banks during the past decade and a half. Continue reading
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US moves inciting sectarian warfare throughout the Middle East By James Cogan
The Obama administration is responding to the uprising in Iraq led by the Sunni extremist Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) with intrigues and provocations that can lead only to yet more death and destruction in both Iraq and Syria, and risk triggering open war with Iran. Continue reading
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Obama’s Ugliest Crime Exposed in a 4-Minute Video By Eric Zuesse
It’s a video showing the inside of Odessa Trades Unions Building while hundreds of people who opposed Obama’s coup that had overthrown Ukraine’s freely elected President (the last President who was elected by the entire country) were murdered by Obama’s thugs, on May 2nd. This incident in the Trade Unions Building was even more violent… Continue reading
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Washington escalates intervention in region-wide Middle East war By Bill Van Auken
With nearly 600 Green Beret “advisors” and other US troops in or set to be sent to Iraq over the coming days, the Pentagon announced Friday that it is negotiating rules of engagement that the regime in Baghdad rejected two-and-a-half years ago, before the final pullout of the American military. Continue reading
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Is the Dept. of Homeland Security Becoming America’s SS? By John W Whitehead
If the United States is a police state, then the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is its national police force, with all the brutality, ineptitude and corruption such a role implies. In fact, although the DHS’ governmental bureaucracy may at times appear to be inept and bungling, it is ruthlessly efficient when it comes to… Continue reading
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Secret Trade in Services Agreement (TISA) – Financial Services Annex
Today, WikiLeaks released the secret draft text for the Trade in Services Agreement (TISA) Financial Services Annex, which covers 50 countries and 68.2%1 of world trade in services. The US and the EU are the main proponents of the agreement, and the authors of most joint changes, which also covers cross-border data flow. In a… Continue reading
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The West Marches East By Andrew Gavin Marshall
After nearly a quarter-century of Western expansion – militarily, politically, economically – to Russia’s borders, Russia has had enough. But Ukraine was not the first instance in which Russia has been provoked by the West into a response that the West subsequently declared as an act of imperial “aggression.” In 2008, the small Caucasus nation… Continue reading
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U.S. Funds “Terror Studies” to Dissect and Neutralize Social Movements By Glen Ford
The U.S. Department of Defense is immersed in studies about…people like you. The Pentagon wants to know why folks who don’t themselves engage in violence to overthrow the prevailing order become, what the military calls, “supporters of political violence.” And by that they mean, everyone who opposes U.S military policy in the world, or the… Continue reading
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The Truth About US Troops “Sent to Iraq” By Tony Cartalucci
Indeed, nearly 300 troops are being prepared to deploy to Iraq, as they would be to any nation on Earth where a US embassy is located, and may possibly require evacuation. It is in no way an “intervention” or a gesture of “assistance” to the government of a destabilized country. However, in Iraq, Western headlines… Continue reading
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NYPD Raids in Harlem: “They want to stop this whole generation”
5:30 am: more than 400 heavily armed men break down doors, put guns to the heads of grandmothers and toddlers, pull a teenage girl out of bed and handcuff her face-down on the floor at gun point, in her underwear. Women try to hide their sons. Dozens of young males, age 15 to 30, are… Continue reading
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Fracking Industry Dealt Huge Blow by Downgrade of Monterey Shale Formation By Dylan and Jo Murphy
The myth of American energy independence from fracking has been dealt a huge blow by the downgrade of recoverable oil from the Monterey shale formation. The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) has slashed its estimate of oil reserves from the Monterey shale formation by a massive 96%. Continue reading
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The Middle East and the Pivot to Asia: Obama’s US Foreign Policy Bait and Switch By Jack A. Smith
President Obama chose to ignore the most important strategic aspect of U.S. foreign policy in his major address May 28 at West Point graduation ceremonies. It was perhaps thought politically wise to emphasize current events rather than military preparations for a possible major future confrontation with China. Continue reading
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The Middle East and the Pivot to Asia: Obama’s US Foreign Policy Bait and Switch By Jack A. Smith
President Obama chose to ignore the most important strategic aspect of U.S. foreign policy in his major address May 28 at West Point graduation ceremonies. It was perhaps thought politically wise to emphasize current events rather than military preparations for a possible major future confrontation with China. Continue reading
The New Dark Age 