Syria
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The Guardian’s Zoe Williams tries to rehabilitate Tony Blair By Julie Hyland
“Stop calling Tony Blair a war criminal. The left should be proud of his record”, implored journalist Zoe Williams in the Guardian last week. The occasion for Williams’ plea was an article by the former Labour prime minister for the Guardian on the 20th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide, along with comments Blair made on… Continue reading
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Why Obama paid a visit to Riyadh? By Alexander Orlov
The deterioration of the situation in Ukraine made substantial changes in the agenda of talks of U.S. President Obama with Saudi leadership in Riyadh on March 28 this year. The main subject of the discussion included the situation around Ukraine, possible joint steps to decrease energy prices, in order to weaken Russia’s economy, promotion of… Continue reading
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Can Washington Overthrow Three Governments at the Same Time? By Thierry Meyssan
The power of a state is measured by its ability to defend itself and to attack on one or more fronts. In this context, Washington is trying for the first time to show it can overthrow three governments simultaneously: Syria, Ukraine and Venezuela. If it succeeds, no government would be henceforth able to resist it. Continue reading
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Syria, Ukraine: One Antiterrorist Front By Boris Dolgov
10 March 2014 — Strategic Culture Foundation The February armed coup in Ukraine has repeated the Syrian scenario in the Russia’s brotherly nation. It was a result of the actions planned in advance using both «soft» and «tough» power directed from outside. The very same scenario has been staged by the West in Yugoslavia, Libya. For Continue reading
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Media Lens: ‘Not Even Close To Reality’ – Filtering Sources On The Syrian War By David Edwards
If corporate media performance on Iraq was shocking, the response to Syria is made worse precisely because the lessons from Iraq could hardly be more obvious. Continue reading
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BBC Caught Fabricating Videos to Push Libya and Syria War Agendas By Martin Iqbal
Many find it difficult to believe the sheer boldness of the lies peddled by the British Broadcasting Corporation – the world’s largest and most respected broadcasting organisation. Nevertheless, the BBC’s nefarious agenda has come to the fore during the wars on Libya and Syria, where it has taken every opportunity to justify foreign military intervention… Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 7 November 2013
7 November 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterPCHR Calls for Investigation into Death Palestinian Prisoner in Israeli HospitalIMEMC – The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) calls for an immediate and independent investigation into the circumstances of the death of a Palestinian prisoner, Hassan al-Turabi, in Affoula Hospital inside Israel on Tuesday, Continue reading
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Information Clearing House 7 November 2013: Torture on Tape: Disturbing Video Shows U.S. Special Forces
7 November 2013 — Information Clearing House Torture on Tape: Disturbing Video Shows U.S. Special Forces Observing Brutal Afghan Interrogation Video A video just posted online shows a hogtied prisoner being whipped by Afghan security forces, as what appears to be two unidentified American military officers look on. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article36785.htm Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 6 November 2013
6 November 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterChild Seriously Injured In JerusalemIMEMC – [Tuesday Evening November 5, 2013] Palestinian medical sources have reported that a Palestinian child was seriously injured by Israeli army fire in Qotna village, northwest of occupied East Jerusalem. … Continue reading
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Faces of Death: Syria Terrorist Opposition Tweet Smiling Photos of Dead ‘Martyrs’ for Fundraising, Recruitment
Twitter has been censoring accounts in the US that criticised President’s Obamacare debacle, yet, this same corporation, and the likes of Facebook, to not only promote, but more importantly facilitating fundraising and recruitment for violent, armed terrorist enterprises in the Middle East. Continue reading
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Information Clearing House 5 November 2013: This Transatlantic Trade Deal is a Full-frontal Assault on Democracy
5 November 2013 — Information Clearing House Pay No Attention to That Imperialist Behind the Curtain By Robert Scheer What John Kerry did this week in Egypt and Saudi Arabia is nothing short of despicable. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article36764.htm Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 5 November 2013
5 November 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterSettlers Attack, Occupy, Home In Ibrahimi Mosque YardIMEMC – Hebron – Tuesday November 5, 2013, the Radio Bethlehem 2000 has reported that a number of extremist Israeli settlers occupied a Palestinian home in the yard of the Ibrahimi Mosque in the southern West Bank city of Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 4 November 2013
4 November 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterEight Palestinians Kidnapped, Two Injured, In West BankIMEMC – [Monday At Dawn November 4, 2013] Israeli soldiers invaded different parts of the occupied West Bank, and kidnapped at least eight Palestinians. Two Palestinians were shot and injured by army fire near Nablus. … Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 3 November 2013
3 November 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterPeace Now: “Israel Issues New Tenders For 1889 New Settlement Units”IMEMC – Israeli Peace Now Movement issued a press release denouncing a new Israeli decision of the Israeli Government of Benjamin Netanyahu, to build additional 1889 units for Jewish settlers in the occupied West Bank, and Continue reading
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Turkey seizes massive chemical haul at Syrian border – army
Turkish authorities have seized a large quantity of chemicals from a convoy trying to illegally enter the country from Syria, which “could be transformed into weapons”, the army said Sunday. Continue reading
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Media Fabrications and the War on Syria: How the Western Press Parrots Israeli Propaganda By Phil Greaves
In a report titled “Hezbollah shows strain of Syria war”, The Guardian’s Middle East Editor Ian Black, explains to the reader that Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah “sounds more troubled than defiant when he talks about the Syrian war these days”. Black doesn’t offer the reader a link to Nasrallah’s latest speech to check, nor… Continue reading
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Global Research Week in Review 30 October – 3 November 2013: Voodoo Economics and Friends of Imperialism
3 November 2013 — Global Research US Attacks Germany’s Economic Policies. Washington Views with Growing Alarm the Emergence of Germany as the Economic Powerhouse of Europe, Andre Damon, November 03, 2013 Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 2 November 2013
2 November 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterUndercover Forces Kidnap A Former Detainee In HebronIMEMC – The Safa News Agency has reported that undercover soldiers of the Israeli military infiltrated, on Friday evening [November 1 2013] into the Hebron city, and kidnapped a former political prisoner. … Continue reading
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Bandar and Hariri Implicated in Khan Al-Assal Chemical Weapons Attack By Christof Lehmann
Testimony by a Liwa Asifat al-Shamal member implicates Saudi, Lebanese and Turkish Officials and Officers, including the Lebanese MP Saad Hariri and Saudi Arabi´s Intelligence Chief Bandar bin Sultan, in Weapons Trafficking and the Trafficking of the Nerve Agent Sarin to Mercenary Brigades in Syria. The Testimony Implicates Bandar and Hariri in the Chemical Weapons… Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 1 November 2013
1 November 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterFour Palestinians Killed In GazaIMEMC – [Friday November 1, 2013] The Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Hamas movement, has reported that four of its fighters have been killed during armed clashes with Israeli soldiers invading Al-Qarara and Abasan Al-Jadeeda area, east of Khan Younis, Continue reading