27 October 2013 — David Swanson
Ann Jones’ new book, They Were Soldiers: How the Wounded Return from America’s Wars — The Untold Story, is devastating, and almost incomprehensibly so when one considers that virtually all of the death and destruction in U.S. wars is on the other side. Statistically, what happens to U.S. troops is almost nothing. In human terms, it’s overwhelming.
27 July 2013 — Haokets
War in Israel has become a constant source of profit, with the West Bank and Gaza Strip used as experimental sites for arms dealers backed up by intellectuals. These are the protagonists of ‘The Lab,’ a new film by Yotam Feldman. In its exceptional interviews, the film reveals that the image of the arms dealer operating in the shadows is a thing of the past.
23 June 2013 — Voltaire Network
The meeting of the “Friends of Syria” held on Saturday, 22 June, in Doha (Qatar), closed unsuccessfully. France, the United Kingdom and the United States had announced at the Lough Erne G8 summit that they would officially be arming the Free Syrian Army. On 14 June, the latter had provided the list of weapons and ammunition they needed.
23 June 2013 — Voltaire Network
The delivery of weapons to Syrian rebels is in breach of UN resolutions. This enables the victims’ families to sue individually before the International Criminal Tribunal those leaders who should decide to do so, and allows Syria to file a suit against their states with the International Court of Justice.
14 June 2013 — FAIR Blog
If you watched ABC World Newslast night (6/13/13), the story of Syria and the use of chemical weapons had shifted pretty dramatically. Anchor David Muir declared at the top of the show: “The White House now confirming Syria’s president has in fact used chemical weapons to kill.”
1 June 2013 — Global Research
Deflation Smackdown: Bernanke’s Madcap Money Printing Fails to Boost Inflation, Mike Whitney, May 31, 2013“Under a fiat money system, a government… should always be able to generate increased nominal spending and inflation, even when the short-term nominal interest rate is at zero.”
26 April 2013 — FAIR Blog
The lead story in the New York Times print edition today (4/26/13) bore the headline:
White House Says Syria Has Used Chemical Arms
Well, that’s pretty definitive, isn’t it? But then if you read the first line of the story, you get a different picture: Continue reading
27 April 2013 — Information Clearing House
Chemical Weapons Claims a ‘Barefaced Lie,’ says Syrian Minister
By RT
American accusations of chemical weapons use in Syria fall short of UN proof standards, says a UN chemical inspector.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34744.htm
8 April 2013 — Information Clearing House
US Threatens War With North Korea, Demands China Cut Off Support
By Alex Lantier
Sections of the US press and foreign policy establishment are now mooting the possibility that Washington will go to war and kill the North Korean leadership.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34546.htm
3 April 2013 — Black Agenda Report
8 March 2013 — Information Clearing House
US and Europe in ‘Major Airlift of Arms to Syrian Rebels Through Zagreb’
By Richard Spencer
The United States has coordinated a massive airlift of arms to Syrian rebels from Croatia with the help of Britain and other European states, despite the continuing European Union arms embargo.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34222.htm
14 February, 2013 — Global Research
AFP has reported that a recent NATO airstrike in Afghanistan has killed over 10 civilians in an all-too-familiar headline glossed over by the Western media in an exercise of both depravity and hypocrisy. RT’s article, “NATO airstrike kills 10 Afghan civilians, mostly women and children – officials,” notes in particular that up to 11,864 civilians were killed in Afghanistan between 2007 and 2011, and that civilian deaths before 2007 were not even tracked by the UN.
7 February, 2013 — Global Research
How much money does it cost to get populations to think a certain way? Answer: it requires a blank cheque. But can Americans really afford it?
6 February 2013 — Strategic Culture Foundation
Speaking at the defense chiefs meeting in Munich, Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak finally confirmed what the news agency had been raising ballyhoo about for the previous few days: the Israeli Air Force had launched a military operation against the legitimate government of Syria. It gave rise to speculations about a large-scale military intervention to start pretty soon. Continue reading
13 January 2013 — China Daily
Washington will have 1,500 to 1,800 sea- and air-based first-strike cruise missiles by 2015 and 2,500 to 3,000 by 2020.
9 December 2012 — Global Research News – hamsayeh.net
Global Research Editor’s Note
We bring to the attention of Global Research readers the following news excerpt from hamsayeh.net regarding the delivery of Russian Iskander missiles to Syria in response to the deployment of US Patriot missiles in Turkey.
by Reza Kahlili
20 November, 2012 — Global Research – War Is a Crime
Israel’s military has in recent days attacked the Gaza strip with drones and F-16s, and has apparently been preparing for a possible ground war. Israel is using weaponry provided by the United States at the expense to U.S. taxpayers of $3 billion per year. Veterans For Peace member Doug Rawlings adresses the following statement to members of the Israeli military:
7 November 2012 — Information Clearing House
To Humiliate and Degrade
Impressions of Gaza
By Noam Chomsky
Where a million and a half people, in the most densely populated area of the world, are constantly subject to random and often savage terror and arbitrary punishment.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32968.htm
3 November 2012 — Information Clearing House
US and the Chalabi-ization of Syria
By Daniel McAdams
Concerned that US/Saudi/Israeli/Qatari-supported al-Qaeda rebels in Syria look too much like, well, al-Qaeda members, the US has announced that it prefers to create a whole new opposition in Syria.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32928.htm
7 March 2012 — GRTV
Syrian government forces have regained control of the Baba Amr district in Homs – which has been the main centre of armed resistance for almost a month. Washington says it’ll keep up efforts to convince Russia and China to put pressure on President Assad and impose tougher sanctions against the Syrian regime.
James Corbett – editor of the Japan-based independent news website the Corbett Report, says it’s not developments within Syria, but international politics, that will shape the country’s future. Continue reading
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