April 29, 2018, ConsortiumNews – Dennis J Bernstein In the 1980’s, Scott Ritter was a commissioned officer in the United States Marine Corps, specializing in intelligence. In 1987, Ritter was assigned to the On-Site Inspection Agency, which was put together to go into the Soviet Union and oversee the implementation …
Read More »The west closes its ears to Douma testimony
April 28, 2018, Jonathan Cook Blog The response from the US, UK and France to a briefing on Thursday at the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) in the Hague was perverse, to say the least. Russia had brought 17 witnesses from Douma who stated that there had …
Read More »The League of Assad-Loving Conspiracy Theorists
April 27, 2018, CounterPunch – CJ Hopkins So the global capitalist ruling classes’ War on Dissent is now in full swing. With their new and improved official narrative, “Democracy versus the Putin-Nazis,” successfully implanted in the public consciousness, the corporatocracy have been focusing their efforts on delegitimizing any and all …
Read More »Aleppo rebuilds itself from destruction of war
April 26, 2018, The Irish Times – Michael Jansen Syria may be the only country in recent times to rebuild before a devastating war ends. Aleppo, Syria’s former commercial powerhouse, has been transformed during the seven months since I last visited. The roar and throb of generators has been partially silenced by …
Read More »“Cruise Missile Left” Complicit in American Escalation Toward World War III
April 25, 2018, Black Agenda Report – Danny Haiphong “The cruise missile left has aligned with the Democratic Party and the intelligence agencies against Trump and have dropped any anti-war, anti-imperialist, and anti-capitalist tendencies in the process.” The US-led alliance of imperial nations has waged war on Syria for eight …
Read More »Germany’s Refusal to Join the Latest US-Led Missile Strikes on Syria
April 25, 2018, Black Agenda Report – Ann Garrison Germany did not join the US, UK, and France in the latest missile strikes in Syria despite President Trump’s invitation. The next day Germany’s Die Linke , aka the Left Party, released an unequivocal statement opposing the strikes: “The US military escalation must …
Read More »How Britain engaged in a covert operation to overthrow Assad
April 25, 2018, Middle East Eye – Mark Curtis Some commentators in the British mainstream media believe the UK has “done nothing” in the war in Syria and lament the failure to help stop it. In fact, Britain has engaged in a covert operation with allies to overthrow President Bashar al-Assad …
Read More »Syria Controversy: Don’t Believe the Official Narrative
April 23, 2018, TruthDig – Max Blumenthal This month, the United States, the United Kingdom and France launched airstrikes in Syria in flagrant violation of international law and entirely on the basis of images that had appeared on social media. To date, no concrete evidence of a chemical weapons attack …
Read More »Syria – Who Is Stalling The OPCW Investigation In Douma?
April 19, 2018, Moon of Alabama Why has the fact finding mission (FFM)of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) not visited Douma? The OPCW inspectors are held up by the United Nations Department of Safety and Security (UNDSS) which has a say about any movement of UN aligned organizations …
Read More »Fisk puts to test the free-press myth in Douma
April 18, 2018, Jonathan Cook Blog Here’s how a free press, one owned by a handful of corporations, uses its freedom. It simply tells you what it is good for its business interests, or more generally for the political and business environment it operates in. It’s not interested in truth …
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