Oct 22, 2013, Arab News The warm waters of the Gulf look quiet from where I am sitting in Doha, but such tranquility hardly reflects the conflicts this region continues to generate. The euphoria of the so-called Arab Spring is long gone, but what remains is a region that is …
Read More »German Camp in Syria hosting Takfiri militants: Der Spiegel
Oct 21, 2013, Press TV German media reports say Takfiri militants from Germany have gathered in Syria’s “German Camp” to fight against the Damascus government. According to a report by Der Spiegel on Monday, some 200 German militants have gathered in northern Syria in what has been dubbed the …
Read More »Washington Casts Blame for Expansion of Al-Qaeda on Turkey
Oct 19, 2013, Strategic Culture It is no longer possible to conceal the obvious. The West, in its attempts to remove Bashar al-Asad from power during the years of the war in Syria, has nurtured a force so sinister that its tentacles are now reaching to the Western capitals themselves. …
Read More »More US weapons for Saudis, Emiratis
October, 2013, Crescent International The US plans to sell more lethal weapons to two of the most oppressive regimes in the Middle East: Saudi Arabia and the UAE. Neither has been able to use such weapons effectively. These weapons will most likely be used by the US against innocent Muslims. …
Read More »‘Enemies may want to create anarchy in Syria’
Oct 21, 2013, Press TV Eugene Michael Jones, editor of the Culture Wars Online Magazine from Indiana, has joined Press TV to discuss the upcoming Geneva conference on Syria. What follows is a rough transcription of the interview. Press TV: This Geneva II Conference was hyped up, there is a …
Read More »Syria: Another Illegal War of Aggression based on Manipulation and Fake Intelligence
Sep 4, 2013, Global Research “Their [pro-Israel neocon] plan, which urged Israel to re-establish ‘the principle of preemption,’ has now been imposed by (Richard) Perle, (Douglas) Feith, (David) Wurmser & Co. on the United States.” Patrick J. Buchanan, American political commentator, The American Conservative, March 24, 2003 “I wasn’t afraid …
Read More »Saudi Arabia and U.A.E. Preparing for War with Iran? Major Purchases of “Bunker Buster” Bombs and Missiles from Pentagon
Oct 18, 2013, Global Research The Pentagon plans to sell $10.8 Billion worth of military weapons to its closest allies in the Middle East besides Israel, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Agence France-Presse (AFP) reported that the Pentagon will sell Saudi Arabia and the UAE, two of …
Read More »Geneva conference appears to stop Israel’s war campaign against Iran
Oct 17, 2013, Press TV The latest talks between Iran and the six world major powers have stopped Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s campaign for war against Iran, a political analyst says. “The developments in the Geneva conference are extremely promising and appear to pull the rug out from under …
Read More »Israel active on Syrian-Turkish border
Oct 19, 2013, Press TV A senior journalist says Israel is active on the Syrian-Turkish border and moves “things” to Syria through Turkey. “You cannot have fighters sneaking across the border at night with backpacks or leading a mule and be able to supply an army like that. You have …
Read More »Bankrupt at Home and Abroad, Syria Shows Washington is a Spent Geopolitical Player
Oct 19, 2013, Strategic Culture Foundation US policy on Syria could be described as «a comedy of errors» if the consequences for human suffering were not so brutal. Having largely created a quagmire of terrorism and lawlessness in Syria through covert insurgency operations over the past two and half years, …
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