12 July 2014 — WashingtonsBlog
To start with, an explanation is needed for this article’s sheer length:
The civil war now raging inside Ukraine is a turning-point in world history, regarding many different respects:
Tag: civil war
Libya plunging towards civil war By Jean Shaoul
27 May 2014 — WSWS
Three years after the NATO-led campaign backed armed Islamist militias to overthrow the regime of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, Libya teeters on the brink of all-out civil war.
Mobilisation starts in self-proclaimed Donetsk Republic
23 May 2014 — ITAR-TASS
The city of Sloviansk (Ukraine’s Donetsk region) and adjoining settlements have again been subjected to intense artillery fire in which several [d]welling houses have been destroyed. The local people’s militia claim that an attack on a block post in the area of the Karlovka settlement (30 km from Donetsk towards Dnepropetrovsk) was repelled on Friday. According to the self-defence forces, “more than 10 gunmen were killed” in the clash that continued for about three hours.
Foreign Minister: Russia Won’t Allow Civil War In Ukraine
Egypt's revolution betrayed: Fuel for al-Qaeda fires By Eric Walberg
5 July 2013 — Eric Walberg
During the past few months, dozens of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood (MB) members have been murdered and their offices sacked and burned. The police openly refuse to protect them. Rather than ordering the opposition to drop their demand that Egypt’s first democratically elected president, Mohammed Morsi, resign, and negotiate reasonably with his government, the army gave him a Hobson’s Choice: resign or be ousted. Continue reading
How damn convenient Syria Has Used Chemical Weapons
13 June 2013
How damn convenient!
Syria Has Used Chemical Weapons Against Rebels, U.S. and European Officials Conclude
American and European intelligence analysts now believe that President Bashar al-Assad’s troops have used chemical weapons against rebel forces in the civil war in Syria, an assessment that will put added pressure on a deeply divided Obama administration to develop a response to a provocation that the president himself has declared a “red line.”
So says the NYT quoting an ‘internal memorandum’. And just as the ‘rebels’ got a bloody nose and it looks like the Syrian govt might be turning the corner. It’s Saddam’s phony bloody WMD all over again!
But will we learn? And more importantly, will our propagandized population stop this madness? I’m doubtful. So another country destroyed in the Empire’s orgy of destruction.
Shame on us for doing nothing to stop the barbarians!
Syrian army sets sights beyond Qusair
6 June 2013 — Daily Star
The Syrian army will confront rebels across the country after making a decisive victory in the key town of Qusair early Wednesday, further tipping the military balance in the regime’s favor in the country’s civil war, it said in a statement Wednesday.
The Arab Winter And Revolutionary Illusionists By Hannes HOFBAUER (Austria)
24 January 2013 — Strategic Culture Foundation
One question is driving us in the face of the Arab revolts: how to assess it? The answer requires a sober view of the events.
Syria faces Humanitarian Catastrophe By Bill Van Auken
29 December, 2012 — Global Research
After two years of escalating civil war, the people of Syria confront a humanitarian catastrophe, with an estimated four million people—roughly 20 percent of the population—lacking adequate food and shelter. Hundreds of thousands have left for refugee camps in neighboring countries, and as many as three million are displaced within Syria itself.
NATO In Syria: The Lion Is Ready To Pounce By Oleg Severgin
6 December, 2012 — Voice of Russia
NATO-Syria: the lion is ready to jump
The world press is bursting with headlines like “The US military is training in anticipation of intervention in Syria” and “NATO threatens war”.
Enemy inside the gates: Syria’s main foe is ‘foreign-sponsored terrorists’
13 November, 2012 — RT
Syrian President Bashar Assad is not caught in a traditional civil war, but is rather struggling against an extra-state-sponsored war of terrorism to bring down his government, according to Russian experts.
Syria: China And Russia Slow Down West’s Global Military Juggernaut
March 23, 2012 — Global Times – Stop NATO
West realizes at last bypassing UN is futile
The West has dominated the evolution of the Arab Spring. The change of tone is good for China and Russia. If this trend continues, it may break the tradition of the West dominating Middle Eastern affairs.
