Sanctions
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President Issias Aferwerki Vs. Al Jazeera; February 2010 By Thomas C Mountain
This transcript is from an interview done by Eritrean President Issias Aferwerki and Al Jazeera “journalist” Jane Dutton in February 2010, shortly after the UNSC passed punitive sanctions against Eritrea based on what has now been proven to be fabrications. The sanctions are now history and this interview stands as an example for aspiring journalists… Continue reading
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When you want to sanction States, you call them “terrorists” By Thierry Meyssan
The new unilateral sanctions by the United States against Iran, Russia and Syria add to the previous actions concerning the same three targets. They now form the most unforgiving embargo in History. The way in which they have been organised is illegal according to the definition of the Charter of the United Nations – these… Continue reading
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Chaos Reigns in Trump Administration over Iranian Sanctions By Tom Luongo
Sanctions may indeed be coming but will they have the bite that Donald Trump is hoping for? It’s a good question as we open November with a flurry of edicts from Trump’s State and Treasury Departments. Continue reading
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South Korea: “They Do Nothing Without Our Approval!”
On October 10, 2018, Kang Kyung-wha, the South Korean foreign minister, during parliamentary investigations into the activities of her ministry, stated that Seoul is looking at the possibility of lifting the unilateral sanctions that were imposed on North Korea on May 24, 2010 in response to the sinking of the South Korean patrol ship Cheonan… Continue reading
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NATO Coordinates Information War on Russia
The US, Britain and other NATO allies upped the ante this week with a coordinated campaign of information war to criminalize Russia. Moscow dismissed the wide-ranging claims as “spy mania”. But the implications amount to a grave assault recklessly escalating international tensions with Russia. Continue reading
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Washington’s Sanctions Machine By Philip M. GIRALDI
Perhaps it is Donald Trump’s business background that leads him to believe that if you inflict enough economic pain on someone they will ultimately surrender and agree to do whatever you want. Though that approach might well work in New York real estate, it is not a certain path to success in international relations since… Continue reading
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All Sanctions Against Russia Are Based on Lies By Eric Zuesse
All of the sanctions (economic, diplomatic, and otherwise) against Russia are based on clearly demonstrable intentional falsehoods; and the sanctions which were announced on August 8th are just the latest example of this consistent tragic fact — a fact which will be proven here, with links to the evidence, so that anyone who reads here… Continue reading
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Media Lens: Media Silence Over Deadly Sanctions: From Iraq To Syria
Awkward facts that erode the ‘benign humanitarian’ self-image of the West are routinely side-lined or buried by the corporate media. Consider, for example, the severe impact of sanctions imposed on Syria by the United States and the European Union. Continue reading
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Anti-Russian sanctions aimed at eliminating economic competitors — view
Political rhetoric on the part of US leadership conceals a very practical willingness to eliminate real and hypothetical economic competitors. Such a conclusion can be drawn from the fact the new US sanctions target the defense manufacturing industry, mineral resource production and the financial sector of Russian economy, Vladimir Gutenev, First Deputy Chairman of the… Continue reading
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Obama’s ‘Strategy’ Against ‘Pariah’ Russia By Pepe Escobar
Yet the sanctions game will persist (like it did with Cuba, Iraq, Iran). The White House is already concocting more of the same. No adults in Europe will follow. Even poodles are able to sniff that the Obama administration does not even qualify to play Game of Thrones on PlayStation 3. Continue reading
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U.S. Prepares to Gas Russia Into Submission By Glen Ford
The U.S., now number one in oil and gas, is preparing to destroy Russia’s economy. “Washington will move to crush, or at least seriously disrupt, Russia under its ‘sanctions as war by other means’ machine, by targeting its energy exports, while simultaneously boosting the foreign markets for U.S. natural gas.” Continue reading
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Ukraine: Washington sanctioning Democracy and hailing Nazism
Earlier this month US President Barack Obama signed an executive order declaring “a national emergency” in view of the “actions and policies of persons — including persons who have asserted governmental authority in the Crimean region without the authorization of the Government of Ukraine – that undermine democratic processes and institutions in Ukraine; threaten its… Continue reading
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White House tightens enforcement of Iran sanctions amid meetings with Israelis By Philip Weiss
What is the role of Israel in shaping US foreign policy? The White House has now tightened its enforcement of sanctions on Iran, potentially threatening the breakthrough deal with Iran, in the midst of high-level meetings between White House security officials and Israeli officials, at the White House. Continue reading
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Profiting from War: A Look Into the World of Israeli Arms Dealing By Eilat Maoz
War in Israel has become a constant source of profit, with the West Bank and Gaza Strip used as experimental sites for arms dealers backed up by intellectuals. These are the protagonists of ‘The Lab,’ a new film by Yotam Feldman. In its exceptional interviews, the film reveals that the image of the arms dealer… Continue reading
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ICH 25 July 2013: Senate Bill Authorizes Sanctions on Russia or any Other Country Offering Snowden Asylum
25 July 2013 — Information Clearing House Al-Qaeda Unleashed Against Syria and Iraq with Acceptance of the West By Pepe Escobar Washington has already destroyed the social fabric of Iraq. Now it’s helping to destroy Syria’s. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article35654.htm Continue reading
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The Anti-Empire Report #117 By William Blum: What our presidents tell our young people
4 June, 2013 — Anti-Empire Report What our presidents tell our young people In this season of college graduations, let us pause to remember the stirring words of America’s beloved scholar, George W. Bush, speaking in Florida in 2007 at the commencement exercises of Miami Dade College: “In Havana and other Cuban cities, there are Continue reading
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ICH Weekend Edition – January 26-27 2013: US-Led Sanctions Contribute To The Destruction Of Syria’s Millenary History
26 January 2013 — Information Clearing House Jordan’s King Abdullah: “The New Taliban Are In Syria” By Christopher Dickey Speaking at the World Economic Forum summit in Davos, King Abdullah warned of Al Qaeda’s presence in Syria and said that it could take years for peace to return to the war-torn country. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33725.htm Continue reading
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Sanctions Not Really Hurting Ordinary Iranians, Says Anonymous U.S. Official By Peter Hart
We’ve talked so often about the practice of granting anonymity to U.S. officials that it’s hard to be surprised by it. Nonetheless, I was surprised to be reassured in the Washington Post (1/20/13) that the U.S.-led sanctions on Iran aren’t really harming ordinary Iranians–based on the word of an anonymous U.S. official. Continue reading
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US-NATO “Economic Terrorism”: The Collapse of Syria’s Industry and Agriculture By Prof Michel Chossudovsky
The Syrian economy is being hit by the combined impacts of the US-NATO sponsored terrorist attacks and the economic sanctions regime. The ultimate objective of the US-NATO covert war on Syria is the destabilization of the Syria economy and the destruction of Syria as a nation state. Continue reading
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The Age of the Siege: Sanctions Are An Act Of War by Felicity Arbuthnot
The siege of Leningrad is still considered the most lethal siege in world history, a shocking “racially motivated starvation policy”, described as: “an integral part of Nazi policy in the Soviet Union during World War 11.” Sieges now extend to entire countries, they have become the torture before the destruction. And they are not counted… Continue reading
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