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Video: Western Countries Sabotage Syria Peace Plans By grtv
US Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney says, if elected, he would work with the US allies to arm the insurgents fighting against the government of President Bashar al-Assad in Syria. This comes as a group of Syrian political parties have held a forum in the country’s capital, Damascus, to discuss a peaceful solution to the… Continue reading
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US-NATO Sponsored Atrocities in Syria: ‘It Is Our Soul’: The Destruction of Aleppo, Syria’s Oldest City
7 October 2012 — Information Clearing House – Global Research Global Research Editor’s Note In reviewing these images, remember that the Free Syrian Army (FSA) are the foot-soldiers of NATO. They are funded and supported by the Western military alliance. They are trained and advised by British, French, Turkish and Qatari Special Forces, which have integrated… Continue reading
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Media Lens: US Consulate Killings – Spontaneous Religious Or Planned Political? By: David Edwards
On September 11, four Americans, including the US ambassador, were killed in an attack on the US consulate in Benghazi, Libya. The following day, the BBC’s Lunchtime News reported that the killings were part of ‘disturbances’ which were ‘linked to an anti-Islamic video’ (BBC News, September 12, 2012). The BBC’s News at Six explained that… Continue reading
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The Summer of Muslim Discontent: It’s Not “The Amateur Film” Stupid! By James Petras
The legacy of imperial intervention in the Muslim world during the first decade of the 21st century, in terms of lives lost, in people displaced, in economies destroyed, in perpetual warfare, exceeds any previous decade, including 19th and 20th century colonial conquests. Continue reading
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The Liberal Way to Run the World: “Improve” or We’ll Kill You By John Pilger
What is the world’s most powerful and violent “ism”? The question will summon the usual demons, such as Islamism, now that communism has left the stage. The answer, wrote Harold Pinter, is only “superficially recorded, let alone documented, let alone acknowledged,” because only one ideology claims to be non-ideological, neither left nor right, the supreme… Continue reading
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America’s Takeover of the United Nations By Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya
The calls at the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summit in Tehran for reforming the United Nations and democratizing the Security Council were not exactly new. These calls for UN reform were embodied by the conference’s dictum of “lasting peace through joint global governance.” These demands have been made over and over again by various countries and… Continue reading
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Why Syria will not Fall: Crushing Defeat of "Free Syrian Army" By Ghaleb Kandil
The recent developments in Syria revealed a series of important signs which will have decisive repercussions over the course of the global war led by the United States to destroy this country. Unlike the information and impressions of American strategists and their European and Arab accomplices – as conveyed by hundreds of media outlets engaged… Continue reading
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The US-NATO War on Syria: Western Naval Forces Confront Russia Off the Syrian Coastline? By Michel Chossudovsky
While confrontation between Russia and the West was, until recently, confined to the polite ambit of international diplomacy, within the confines of the UN Nations Security Council, an uncertain and perilous situation is now unfolding in the Eastern Mediterranean. Continue reading
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GR: “Progressive” War Propaganda: Deception with a Human Face Selected Articles
Is the Western “progressive” alternative media being duped by classic war propaganda cloaked in a humanitarian narrative or is it trying to lure the public into supporting military intervention? Continue reading
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Video: Ed Herman on "Humanitarian Imperialism" Pt. 2
Edward Herman Pt2: The development of humanitarian intervention as a concept is essentially an overthrow of international law (includes transcript) Continue reading
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War At Any Cost: Another Manufactured Pretext for War with Syria By Eric Draitser
The downing of a Turkish jet by the Syrian military last week was not merely a military incident making the possibility of an intervention and regional war much more likely. This episode was the most recent in a long and storied history of “international incidents” or provocations used by imperial powers as pretexts for military… Continue reading
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Media Lens: The Houla Massacre
What kind of evidence would the media need before finding Barack Obama (and even Michelle Obama) personally responsible for this or any other massacre? Clearly, the involvement of US forces would need to be confirmed beyond doubt. They would need to have been acting under orders. Presumably Obama would need to have signed these orders,… Continue reading
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Syria: China And Russia Slow Down West’s Global Military Juggernaut
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. Continue reading
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'Syrian armed groups destroy civilian facilities with imported weapons'
23 March, 2012 — RT With the United States still threatening Damascus with more pressure and isolation, Lebanese Foreign Minister Adnan Mansour told RT that the policy of backing one side in any national conflict could lead to disaster for the entire region. Continue reading
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After Libya, NATO Intervention Threatens To Destabilize Entire Region By John Cherian
One year after the NATO intervention, Libya faces disintegration as the oil-rich eastern region seeks semi-autonomy Continue reading
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Kony 2012 and the promotion of “humanitarian” wars By Andre Damon
Kony 2012, the 30-minute propaganda video advocating US military intervention in Africa, has become something of a debacle for its creators and media supporters. Millions of people have read and viewed responses debunking the film’s assertions, and some of its early cheerleaders have felt obliged to backpedal and adopt a critical attitude toward it. Continue reading
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Video: Conflict in Syria is a Civil War
Putting it all together—the Arab League report, journalist reports out of the country, my own knowledge of the region, and experts’ views, which are passed to me from time to time, including several people who served lengthy tours in Damascus when we had better relations with Syria, I would say it is a civil war. Continue reading
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KONY 2012: Merchandising and Branding Support for US Military Intervention in Central Africa By Nile Bowie
Edward Bernays believed that society could not be trusted to make rational and informed decisions on their own, and that guiding public opinion was essential within a democratic society. Bernays founded the Council on Public Relations and his 1928 book, Propaganda cites the methodology used in the application of effective emotional communication. He discovered that… Continue reading
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Humanitarian Intervention: “Right To Intervene,” Overthrow Governments By Ruan Zongze*
Since the 1990s, the West has introduced an array of ideas, such as “humanitarian intervention”, “human rights above sovereignty” and “exceptionalism”, in an attempt to provide a theoretical basis for interfering in the internal affairs of other countries. Responsibility to protect is merely the latest addition to this list. Continue reading
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