14 October 2013 — Media Lens
Tag: Foreign Policy
Syria: The Obama administration confirms Israeli intel as the source
1 September 2013 — Voltaire Network
The US Defence Minister Chuck Hagel, the Secretary of State John Kerry, the National Security counsellor Susan Rice and the National Intelligence director James Clapper, held a closed meeting regarding Syria with leaders of Congress, on Thursday August 2013.
Israel’s role in the announcement of the attack against Syria
1 September 2013 — Voltaire Network
According to the website magazine Foreign Policy dated August 28th 2013, the NSA would have intercepted communications between the chief of the Syrian chemical weapons unit and a high ranked official from the Syrian Department of defence. The latter was in panic after the chemical attack that cost the lives of 1 429 people [1].
US Threatens Syria: Trigger Happy Foreign Policy (II) By Andrei AKULOV
29 August 2013 — Strategic Culture Foundation
The UN Security Council failed to take a decision on Syria on August 28 and it’s not known what was said behind the closed doors. Russia said the UN must finish its investigation into the claims before discussing any resolution. Taking into consideration how strong is the support for intervention on the part of the US, Great Britain and France, it serves the purpose to have a look at what the response could be like… Continue reading
US Threatens Syria: Trigger Happy Foreign Policy (I) By Andrei Akulov
28 August 2013 — Strategic Culture Foundation
The information and statements made in Washington are multiple and often contradictory. The only thing that is clear – the US officials appear to prepare the ground for a military action against Syria for alleged use of chemical weapons, which is an unconfirmed affirmation. With all the statements made and the ballyhoo raised about the use of chemical weapons in Syria, the administration has left itself almost no choice; otherwise it would undermine its own credibility.
German publisher advocates “less democracy
20 September 2011 — German Foreign Policy
FRANKFURT/BERLIN
(Own report) – A recently published book, by one of the most influential German newspaper publishers, is pleading for a transition toward “less democracy.” The “voice of the people” and the “emancipatory Zeitgeist, putting everything into question,” has a too “paralyzing influence” on current governance, writes the publishing house in its blurb for the book. The author therefore demands to “correct the system” for “more efficient policy making.” These “corrections” must include the dismantlement of democratic participation. Continue reading
Video: Greenwald: Is U.S. Exaggerating Threat to Embassies to Silence Critics of NSA Domestic Surveillance?
5 August 2013 — Democracy Now!
The Obama administration has announced it will keep 19 diplomatic posts in North Africa and the Middle East closed for up to a week, due to fears of a possible militant threat. On Sunday, Senator Saxby Chambliss, the top Republican on the Senate Intelligence Committee, said the decision to close the embassies was based on information collected by the National Security Agency. “If we did not have these programs, we simply would not be able to listen in on the bad guys,” Chambliss said, in a direct reference to increasing debate over widespread spying of all Americans revealed by Glenn Greenwald of The Guardian. (inc. transcript)
Senator John McCain Meets up with Leaders of Terror Brigade in Syria. The NGO’s that Made it Happen By Phil Greaves
9 June 2013 — Global Research
The recent furore surrounding US senator John McCain’s illegal trip inside Syria, and the supposed ‘rebels’ he was seen posing with alongside Supreme Military Council (SMC) Chief Salim Idriss, have shed further light on what appears to be another corrupt ‘NGO’ enterprise.
North Korea ‘Rattles Sabres’; Meanwhile, U.S. Pretends to Drop Nuclear Bombs on Them By Peter Hart
3 April 2013 — FAIR Blog
NBC’s Brian Williams is talking about North Korea, which has no weapons capable of reaching the U.S.–not the U.S., which has thousands of missiles that could hit North Korea.
It’s not easy to figure out what’s going on with North Korea. We hear that new leader Kim Jong-Un is making threats to attack the United States, South Korea or both–and that’s leading to some rather alarming, and alarmist, coverage.
As ABC World News reporter Martha Raddatz put it (3/31/13): “The threats have been coming almost every day, and each day become more menacing, the threat of missile strikes on the U.S., invading armies into South Korea and nuclear attacks.”
North Korea 'Rattles Sabres'; Meanwhile, U.S. Pretends to Drop Nuclear Bombs on Them By Peter Hart
3 April 2013 — FAIR Blog
NBC’s Brian Williams is talking about North Korea, which has no weapons capable of reaching the U.S.–not the U.S., which has thousands of missiles that could hit North Korea.
It’s not easy to figure out what’s going on with North Korea. We hear that new leader Kim Jong-Un is making threats to attack the United States, South Korea or both–and that’s leading to some rather alarming, and alarmist, coverage.
As ABC World News reporter Martha Raddatz put it (3/31/13): “The threats have been coming almost every day, and each day become more menacing, the threat of missile strikes on the U.S., invading armies into South Korea and nuclear attacks.”
New at Strategic Culture Foundation 24-30 March 2013
30 March 2013 — Strategic Culture Foundation
BRICS: New Geopolitical Model and Russia’s Foreign Policy Priority
30.03.2013 | 00:00 | Alexander MEZYAEV
Another annual BRICS summit wrapped up on March 27 in South Africa… The BRICS states recognized the right of Palestine to statehood. They emphasized the resolution of the conflict in Syria should be based on the Geneva Communiqué instead of the decisions taken by the League of Arab Nations, they stressed that the African conflicts management is the priority for Africa, the leaders also pointed out that Iran has a right to use nuclear energy for peaceful purposes. It’s important BRICS supported the activities of African Union and ECOWAS in Mali, ostensibly shying away from buttressing France and some other Western states which intervened without the United Nations approval…
Book: DESTROYING LIBYA AND WORLD ORDER – The Three-Decade U.S. Campaign to Terminate the Qaddafi Revolution By Francis A. Boyle
14 March 2013 — Clarity Press
An Inside Track on the Longest US War
–from 1981 to 2011–
against Qaddafi, a man most Americans never knew Continue reading
The Anti-Empire Report #113: American Foreign Policy – Have our war lovers learned anything?
7 February 2013 — William Blum
The Anti-Empire Report #113
By William Blum – Published February 7th, 2013
American Foreign Policy – Have our war lovers learned anything?
Video: Chavez Misses Inauguration, Will Be Sworn in by Supreme Court if he Recovers
11 January, 2013 — The Real News Network
Alex Main (CEPR): Venezuelan opposition hopes to take advantage of crisis but after sweeping state elections and winning decisively in the Presidential election, Chavez forces unlikely to lose power in a new election
Watch full multipart Venezuela Continue reading
ICH 26 December 2012: Napoleon and Hitler in Charge of US Foreign Policy
26 December 2012 — Information Clearing House
Napoleon and Hitler in Charge of US Foreign Policy.
Twin Swords Of Damocles Over The Heads Of All Humanity
By Francis A. Boyle
It is the Unlimited Imperialists along the lines of Alexander, Rome, Napoleon and Hitler who are now in charge of conducting American foreign policy.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33444.htm
Straining Credulity? By Alastair Crooke
9 March 2012 — Asia Times Online
The UN Secretary General was reported on March 3 saying that he had received “grisly reports” that Syrian government forces were arbitrarily executing, imprisoning and torturing people in Homs after retaking control of the Baba Amr district from insurgents. Did he really believe this; or was he just “saying it”?
Libyan Scenario for Syria By Igor IGNATCHENKO
26 November 2012 — Strategic Culture Foundation
This September the British Times published an article saying the largest shipload of arms destined for Free Syrian Army came to Turkey from Libya. It stated there were 400 tons of weapons, including an unspecified number of shoulder-fired anti-aircraft missiles, grenade launchers and other arms aboard a Libyan ship the Intisaar, docked at the Turkish port of Iskenderun. The ship’s captain was Omar Mousaeeb, a Libyan from Benghazi.
Attacks on first responders transform criminality of drone strikes to sadism
13 November 2012 — Scholars and Rogues – Foreign Policy in Focus blog Focal Points
The term “double tapping” fails to do justice to a military tactic that’s arguably sociopathic
Remember the “dead bastards” — as in “look at those” — video, which was the first of the Bradley Manning stash released by WikiLeaks? It depicted an April 2010 Apache helicopter strike that killed a dozen Iraqi civilians, including two Reuters employees. Its impact was fourfold because it featured: Continue reading
ICH 9 October 2012: U.S., Israel Plan Iran Attack: New Report
9 October 2012 — Information Clearing House
Report says U.S., Israel Plan Iran Attack
By UPI
If such a strike is carried out it would set the Iranian nuclear program back many years, the report said and would do so without civilian casualties.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32700.htm
Strategic Culture Foundation 3-10 March 2012: Africa / India-Pakistan / Arab Socialism / Russia-USA / Syria /
9 March 2012 — Strategic Culture Foundation
Africa on the Brink of New Shocks
10.03.2012 | 11:33 | Alexander MEZYAEV
The state powers of North Africa and the Middle East overtly routed, the process of destabilization in Nigeria and some other Africa South of Sahara countries moved a little away from the radar screen. But the recent events taking place in the most populated country of Africa make themselves be viewed against the backdrop of the «Arab spring», or «Arab leprosy» to be more precise… Today Nigeria has entered the period of abruptly intensified efforts of outside forces to turn the country’s internal contradictions to their own advantage. The same thing threatens other countries, first of all Algiers, Niger and Mali… Continue reading
The New Dark Age 