Iraq
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The Globalization of Poverty and the New World Order by Michel Chossudovsky
In the expanded second edition of Chossudovsky’s international best-seller, the author outlines the contours of a New World Order which feeds on human poverty and the destruction of the environment, generates social apartheid, encourages racism and ethnic strife and undermines the rights of women. Continue reading
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ICH 19 June 2013: The FUKUS Bully-Boys
19 June 2013 — Information Clearing House Plan B: War By Another Name in Syria By Franklin Lamb There is growing confidence among pro-Zionist neocons in Congress that while Syrian regime-change has failed for several reasons that thwarted the Gulf funded military campaign, Syria can still be brought to heel through an economic campaign dressed to look, Continue reading
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Syria Is Becoming Obama’s Iraq By Shamus Cooke
In perfect Bush-like fashion, President Obama has invented a bogus pretense for military intervention in yet another Middle East country. The president’s claim that the Syrian government has used chemical weapons — and thus crossed Obama’s imaginary “red line” — will likely fool very few Americans, who already distrust their president after the massive NSA… Continue reading
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Syria Is Becoming Obama’s Iraq By Shamus Cooke
In perfect Bush-like fashion, President Obama has invented a bogus pretense for military intervention in yet another Middle East country. The president’s claim that the Syrian government has used chemical weapons — and thus crossed Obama’s imaginary “red line” — will likely fool very few Americans, who already distrust their president after the massive NSA… Continue reading
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Media Lens: ‘A Political Ploy’? The Guardian Editors Swallow US Claims On Syrian WMD By David Edwards
‘It’s not just that we can’t prove a sarin attack; it’s that we’re not seeing what we would expect to see from a sarin attack. In a world where even the secret execution of Saddam Hussein was taped by someone, it doesn’t make sense that we don’t see videos, that we don’t see photos, showing… Continue reading
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ICH 17 June 2013: The Israeli Lab and the Palestinian Guinea Pigs
17 June 2013 — Information Clearing House Russia Says It Will Not Allow Syria No-fly Zones By Reuters “I think we fundamentally will not allow this scenario,” Lukashevich told a news briefing, adding that calls for a no-fly zone showed disrespect for international law. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article35318.htm Continue reading
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A tipping point in Syrian conflict BY Melkulangara BHADRAKUMAR
The western powers have succeeded in destroying yet another citadel of the Muslim Middle East, which could be even more tragic than the destruction of Iraq. Continue reading
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ICH 16 June 2013: NSA Copies All Internet Data, Creates Dossiers on Every User
16 June 2013 — Information Clearing House US Sarin Gas Claims Pat Buchanan: This Has Tonkin Gulf Written All Over It 1 Minute Video “We are getting ourselves into a conflict, Iran, Russia, Hezbollah on one side and us, Saudi Arabia, Qatar on the other side. It is Insane!” http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article35300.htm Continue reading
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No Evidence: ‘Obama does a Bush’ to get No-Fly Zone and war in Syria By Patrick Henningsen
This sounds all too familiar. The Bush Administration did the exact same thing in Iraq. There was no evidence then, other than fabricated sexed-up intelligence. The same is true today. Continue reading
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War On Syria: "Exactly Like Iraq"
15 June 2013 — Moon of Alabama The New York Times and others try to paint a picture of a president Obama who only reluctantly took the decision to escalate the war on Syria by no longer just helping to arm the Syrian insurgency but to deliver its own weapons and to thereby commit the… Continue reading
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ICH 14 June 2013: No Evidence Of Sarin Gas Use In Syria: Experts Say
14 June 2013 — Information Clearing House Sarin Gas Use Doubted Experts Don’t See Evidence By Matthew Schofield While the use of such a weapons is always possible, they’ve yet to see the telltale signs of a sarin gas attack, despite months of scrutiny. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article35294.htm Continue reading
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ICH 13 June 2013: Rebels Defeated – US Plays WMD Card
13 June 2013 — Information Clearing House As Rebels Defeated – US Plays WMD Card US to Give Military Support to Syrian Rebels as ‘Red Line’ Crossed By RT After concluding that the Syrian government has used chemical weapons against the country’s insurgency, thus crossing a ‘red line,’ the Obama administration has decided to start Continue reading
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US Chemical Weapons Report on Syria ‘Cooked’ – Russian MP
A US government report concluding Syria has used chemical weapons against rebels, crossing what US President Barack Obama has previously described as a “red line,” is a fabrication, a senior Russian lawmaker said Friday. Continue reading
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Syria: The Mother of All Battles
The Syrian army is successfully expanding its most important operation since the beginning of the civil war, launched on June 9 of this year. This operation, «Northern Storm», is aimed at liberating the opposition’s main stronghold – the city of Aleppo, the country’s largest city and most important economic center, located near the Turkish border… Continue reading
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What We DO Know About Chemical Weapons In Syria
The U.S. is trying the same lame trick again. It has provided no evidence but statements from the insurgents for any chemical weapon use by the Syrian army. It provided no explanation why its assessment has changed. This “mushroom cloud” lie is used as an “excuse” to now provide weapons and ammunition to the insurgents. Continue reading
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Media Lens: ‘Limited But Persuasive’ Evidence – Syria, Sarin, Libya, Lies By David Edwards
Unsurprisingly, the same political executives who had fabricated the case for war on Iraq sought to fabricate reasons for ignoring peer-reviewed science exposing the costs of their great crime. More surprising, one might think, is the long-standing media enthusiasm for these fabrications. Continue reading
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ICH 11 June 2013: What 'Can't Happen Here' Just Did
11 June 2013 — Information Clearing House US Officials Start Talks on Arming Syria’s Rebels By BRADLEY KLAPPER Moved by the Syrian regime’s rapid advance, officials say the administration could approve lethal aid for the rebels in the coming days. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article35238.htm Continue reading
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Rewriting History – Iraq and the BBC Glove Puppets By Matt Carr
I don’t think I’ve ever seen such a shallow and essentially reverential piece of telehistory. Within ten minutes I was ready to scream with frustration at the tv set, which is really a very futile activity. Continue reading
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ICH 10 June 2013: Exposed: Obama’s Turnkey Tyranny
10 June 2013 — Information Clearing House From The Trojan Horse To The Golden Calf-The Power Of Deceit By William A. Cook We may weep for the innocents slaughtered in the fulfillment of the Zionist dream that took America to war against Iraq, and Afghanistan, and Pakistan, and Syria, and the ultimate goal of Israel, Iran. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article35229.htm Continue reading
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The Judicial Lynching of Bradley Manning By Chris Hedges
The military trial of Bradley Manning is a judicial lynching. The government has effectively muzzled the defense team. The Army private first class is not permitted to argue that he had a moral and legal obligation under international law to make public the war crimes he uncovered. The documents that detail the crimes, torture and… Continue reading
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