Syria Support Movement solidarity with the Syrian people
Please take a look at a report that utterly destroys all the so-called evidence for Syrian government use of chemical weapons in the recent attack in Syria. It was written to a colleague by Dr. Theodore Postol, professor of Science, Technology and International Security at MIT. Postol deconstructs the US …
Read More »US strikes on Syria based on a lie
April 9, 2017, ZNET – Patrick Lang ANALYSIS by retired Col. Patrick LANG Donald Trump’s decision to launch cruise missile strikes on a Syrian Air Force Base was based on a lie. In the coming days the American people will learn that the Intelligence Community knew that Syria did not drop a …
Read More »Trump at The Movies: “Put an Amen to It”
April 10, 2017, Wallwritings – James M. Wall A raid has killed members of a frontier family. Ethan Edwards, portrayed by an angry, unforgiving John Wayne, was secretly in love with one of the victims. The quick burial in a nearby hillside cemetery is conducted by a family friend, the Reverend …
Read More »Trump’s ‘Wag the Dog’ Moment
April 7, 2017, Consortiumnews.com – Robert Parry Exclusive: President Trump earned neocon applause for his hasty decision to attack Syria and kill about a dozen Syrians, but his rash act has all the earmarks of a “wag the dog” moment, reports Robert Parry. Just two days after news broke of …
Read More »Trump Should Rethink Syria Escalation
April 11, 2017, Consortiumnews.com More than two dozen ex-U.S. intelligence officials urge President Trump to rethink his claims blaming the Syrian government for the chemical deaths in Idlib and to pull back from his dangerous escalation of tensions with Russia. MEMORANDUM FOR: The President FROM: Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS)* SUBJECT: Syria: Was …
Read More »The US attack on Syria is naked aggression
The recent US attacks on Syria were ostensibly in retaliation for scores of deaths by chemical weapons in Khan Sheikhoun (Idlib governorate in the northwestern part of the Syrian Arab Republic). Instead of a unilateral attack, the proper course of action should have been an investigation of the Khan Sheikhoun deaths …
Read More »How Media Bias Fuels Syrian Escalation
April 10, 2017, Consortiumnews.com – Rick Sterling Exclusive: The mainstream U.S. media now reports as “flat-fact” the Syrian government’s guilt in the April 4 chemical weapons incident, but the real facts are less clear and some point in the opposite direction, says Rick Sterling. Historian and journalist Stephen Kinzer has …
Read More »Why Syria Still Matters in the Age of Trump
March 23, 2017, Black Agenda Report – Danny Haiphong “President Assad’s commitment to self-determination and international solidarity, not human rights violations, has placed him in the cross hairs of US imperialism.” The corporate media has spent little energy on Syria since the election of Donald Trump. Trump has become the …
Read More »Five Myths About Syrian Refugees
March 22, 2017, Foriegn Affairs – Max Abrahms, Denis Sullivan, and Charles Simpson Separating Fact From Fiction The Syrian refugee crisis is the worst human security disaster of the twenty-first century. Beyond the death toll, which stands at around 400,000, an estimated 11 million Syrians—about half the national population—have fled …
Read More »An Oscar for a Propaganda Flick
March 3, 2017 – Consortiumnews.com Hollywood activists prefer their human rights causes blessed by the U.S. government, which contributed to the dubious Oscar for “The White Helmets” propaganda flick, writes Patrick Hennigsen at 21st Century Wire. By Patrick Hennigsen In your average lifetime, everyone will get to see his or her …
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