Syria
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The West Strikes Back in Syria By Melkulangara BHADRAKUMAR
No sooner than the United Nations chemical weapons inspectors arrived in Damascus – within 72 hours, in fact – the Syrian opposition figures based in Istanbul, Turkey, have claimed that up to 1400 people have been killed in chemical weapons attacks by the government forces on the outskirts of the Syrian capital on Wednesday morning. Continue reading
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Syria chemical warfare claims aim to provoke Western intervention By Bill Van Auken
The unsubstantiated charges that the Syrian regime of President Bashar al-Assad carried out a chemical weapons attack outside Damascus killing large numbers of civilians have all the hallmarks of a staged provocation aimed at provoking Western intervention. Continue reading
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ICH 21 August 2013: ‘Sending A Message’: What The US And UK Are Attempting To Do
21 August 2013 — Information Clearing House Chemical Missile Launched from Rebel-controlled Eastern Suburbs By Voice Of Russia The missile with a chemical poison gas sarine was launched by Syrian rebels and targeted the eastern suburbs of Damascus. This is according to the Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article35928.htm Continue reading
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Syria: Chemical Attack in Ghouta ‘an Accident Caused by Free Syrian Army’ By Gianluca Mezzofiore
The attack that killed over 200 people in the Damascus suburbs could be an accident caused by a riot control agent, and those responsible may be a faction of the Free Syrian Army (FSA) and not the Assad regime, according to a chemical weapons specialist. Continue reading
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Video: EMERGENCY ALERT: Latest Syrian Chemical Attack Follows History of False Flag Provocations
In this exclusive clip from the forthcoming edition of the Jack Blood Podcast, James Corbett and Jack Blood dissect the latest reports of a chemical weapons attack in Syria, occurring just two days after a UN chemical weapons team arrived in the country. Continue reading
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Syria gas attack story has whiff of Saudi war propaganda By William Engdahl
The reports of massive chemical attacks in Syria might become the “red line” for the US for active military intervention. But even rudimentary analysis of the story shows it is too early to believe its credibility. Continue reading
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Egypt's Sisi banishes wild dogs By M K Bhadrakumar
It doesn’t look good for the bedraggled Syrian dogs of war, now that Egyptian strongman Abdel Fattel al-Sisi has ordered Syrian National Council leaders to leave Cairo. They aren’t going to be safe in Istanbul either. With strange things beginning to happen all over the Middle East, it looks like the Syrian-regime-hugging Russian bear is… Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine-Israel Newslinks 18 August 2013: Being honest about the dominant Zionist narrative
18 August 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterArmy Invades Aida Refugee Camp In BethlehemIMEMC – [Sunday August 18, 2013] Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded the Aida refugee camp in Bethlehem, and clashes with dozens of local youths, local sources have reported. … Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine-Israel Newslinks 16 August 2013: Israel’s rabbinate reflects country’s racist streak
16 August 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterStormy Round Of Talks Held Amidst Escalating Israeli ViolationsIMEMC – Palestinian officials involved in the direct talks with Tel Aviv have reported that the latest round of direct Palestinian-Israeli talks, held late on Wednesday at night, was very stormy due to Israel’s decision to build hundreds of Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine-Israel Newslinks 15 August 2013: The negotiations trap
15 August 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterArmy Admits Alleged “Gaza Mall” Is In MalaysiaIMEMC – After being exposed by the Electronic Intifada, the Israeli army issued an apology for an image it published of a lavish mall, allegedly in the besieged Gaza Strip, admitting that the Mall is actually in Malaysia, and claiming Continue reading
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ICH 15 August 2013: How Congressmen Are Bought
15 August 2013 — Information Clearing House Massacre in Egypt: A Collective Crime By ORHAN MIROGLU – Once more, the West has been a bystander to murder committed by an army with which they collaborated. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article35857.htm Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine-Israel Newslinks 13 August 2013: Israel Lobby Threatens Freedom of Speech in Germany
13 August 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterRelease Of 26 Detainees InitiatedIMEMC – Israeli sources have reported that Israel started the release of 26 Palestinian political prisoners as part of the efforts to resume direct peace talks with the Palestinians. The release started after the Israeli High Court rejected appeals filed against the release. Continue reading
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ICH 13 August 2013: Humanity Is Drowning In Washington’s Criminality
13 August 2013 — Information Clearing House The Dead Afghan’s Tale: How Afghanistan’s Poorest Bear the Brunt of the War By Mujib Mashal Abdul Basit has seen what no 7-year-old should see. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article35840.htm Continue reading
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The Stark Reality Behind Obama’s Russian ‘Statesmanship’ By F. William Engdahl
In a press conference Obama described the Russian President as having a “slouch…looking like that bored schoolboy in the back of the classroom.” Yet behind the childish form of the latest White House refusal to meet President Putin before the G-20 St. Petersburg Summit is a grim reality Continue reading
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The Stark Reality Behind Obama’s Russian ‘Statesmanship’ By F. William Engdahl
In a press conference Obama described the Russian President as having a “slouch…looking like that bored schoolboy in the back of the classroom.” Yet behind the childish form of the latest White House refusal to meet President Putin before the G-20 St. Petersburg Summit is a grim reality Continue reading
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ICH 12 August 2013: America’s Descent Into Madness
12 August 2013 — Information Clearing House Neocons Seek ‘Control’ in Egypt By Chris Rossini Control is the aim of neoconservatism, and what the whole disgusting endeavor in Egypt is all about. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article35830.htm Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine-Israel Newslinks 11 August 2013:
11 August 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterYoung Palestinian musicians perform in prestigious world festivalIMEMC – On August 8, seventeen young Palestinian musicians put Palestine on the ‘map’ of one of the world’s most prestigious international music festivals, the BBC Proms. Aged twelve to twenty-three years, they are members of the Palestinian Strings, a Continue reading