Persian Gulf
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Iran Newslinks 29-30 December 2011
30 December 2011 — williambowles.info 30 December 2011Crackpot Anti-Islam Activists, “Serial Fabricators” and the Tale of Iran and 9/11 by Gareth PorterDandelion Salad Today at 20:40by Gareth Porter Featured Writer Dandelion Salad crossposted at http://www.truth-out.org Dec. 29, 2011 Behind a mysterious December 22 Associated Press story about ‘finding of fact’ by a District judge in Continue reading
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In Explaining Iraq War, WMD Hoax Becomes a Footnote
When it comes to the rationale for the entire war, things get a bit fuzzy. Like we pointed out recently about CBS Evening News, the main driver of the invasion–the threat of Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction–is reduced to something like a footnote Continue reading
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The Globalization of War: The “Military Roadmap” to World War III
The concept of the “Long War” has characterized US military doctrine since the end of World War II. The broader objective of global military dominance in support of an imperial project was first formulated under the Truman administration in the late 1940s at the outset of the Cold War. Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 18 November 2011: Arundhati Roy : We Are Fighting For Justice
18 November 2011 — Information Clearing House Syria Targeted for Imperialist Intrigue after Arab League Suspension By Chris Marsden Wednesday’s three-day deadline by the Arab League for Syria to meet its terms is a political provocation. It presents terms that the Syrian government cannot possibly accept, to allow other Middle Eastern regimes to continue an Continue reading
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Updates on Libyan war/stop NATO news: October 30, 2011
30 October 2011 — Stop NATO Libya War Reaffirms Global Air Power Dominance Commitment Of ‘World’s Sole Superpower’ Assad: Western Attack On Syria To Set Entire Region On Fire Iran: NATO’s Plot To Dominate Region Hatched 10 Years Ago U.S. To Expand Military Power In Persian Gulf Turkey: NATO Missile Radar Opponents Plan More Protests Continue reading
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Michel Chossudovsky: ‘Innocent Libyans’: “Blood on NATO Hands”
A political analyst says the leaders of NATO member states taking part in the bombing campaign in Libya are guilty of spilling the blood of many innocent Libyans. Continue reading
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Michel Chossudovsky: 'Innocent Libyans': "Blood on NATO Hands"
A political analyst says the leaders of NATO member states taking part in the bombing campaign in Libya are guilty of spilling the blood of many innocent Libyans. Continue reading
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M.K.Bhadrakumar (India) – Caveats in the Yemeni narrative
The Arab Spring has finally become beastly, marching stealthily and devouring a third dictator in the Middle East when it all but seemed that the region was lapsing back to its bad old ways of autocratic rule. Continue reading
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The Anglo-American Military Axis: West Backs Holy Alliance For Control Of Arab World And Persian Gulf By Rick Rozoff
The standard-bearers of Anglo-American imperialism in the current epoch, President Barack Obama and Prime Minister David Cameron, met in London on May 25 to discuss the world’s two ongoing wars of aggression, those in Afghanistan and Libya, both under the command of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization dominated by Washington and London. Continue reading
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Libya Newslinks 25-26 May 2011
26 May 2011 — williambowles.info 26 May 2011 Mathaba: Death squad attacks in Libyan “rebel” capital Stop Nato: Libyan war updates/Stop NATO news: May 26, 2011 williambowles.info: NATO testing ‘Kosovo model’ in Libya and Syria By Pyotr ISKENDEROV Mathaba: Libya: CNN Loud Opiniated Mouths vs Cool CIA Counter-Terrorism Analyst williambowles.info: Gulf State Gendarmes: West Backs Continue reading
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Gulf State Gendarmes: West Backs Holy Alliance For Control Of Arab World And Persian Gulf
The standard-bearers of Anglo-American imperialism in the current epoch, President Barack Obama and Prime Minister David Cameron, met in London on May 25 to discuss the world’s two ongoing wars of aggression, those in Afghanistan and Libya, both under the command of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization dominated by Washington and London. Continue reading
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Media Lens: Yemen’s Useful Tyranny – The Forgotten History of Britain’s ‘Dirty War’: Part 2
Using declassified government files, historian Mark Curtis has exposed Britain’s ‘dirty war’ in Yemen in the 1960s, which he describes as one of the ‘least known aspects of recent British history’. The war lasted almost a decade under both Tory and Labour governments, and cost around 200,000 lives. Continue reading
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Global Warfare USA: The World is the Pentagon’s Oyster By Rick Rozoff
“Not only does one country account for the overwhelming plurality of world military expenditures, but that nation also has troops and bases on all six habitable continents (as well as a 54-year military mission in Antarctica, Operation Deep Freeze) and eleven aircraft carrier strike groups and six navy fleets that roam the world’s oceans and… Continue reading
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Sasan Fayazmanesh, "The Iranian Revolution and the US Policy of Dual Containment"
Much of the double talk or military threat was posturing and engaging in psychological warfare. A military attack against Iran is difficult and could have long-term consequences. Therefore, such an attack has never been the first-choice option of the US-Israel. Continue reading