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WMD in Syria just like Iraq in 2003? Contradictions in the UN/OPCW Report on Khan Shaykhun

November 3, 2017, Investig’action   In early 2003 it was claimed that Iraq was a threat to other countries. Despite ten years of crushing economic sanctions plus intrusive inspections, supposedly Iraq had acquired enough “weapons of mass destruction” to threaten the West. It was ridiculous on its face but few …

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The Intercept Withheld NSA Doc That May Have Altered Course Of Syrian War

The following article, by Whitney Webb, is republished from Mint Press News:  On Tuesday, the Intercept published a hitherto unknown document from the trove of National Security Administration (NSA) documents leaked by Edward Snowden over three years ago. The document was notable as it shed light on the early days of …

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On Returning From Syria: More Convinced Than Ever Western Media Narrative Is Bullshit

October 26, 2017, Activist Post – Brandon Turbeville In early October, 2017, I had the pleasure of visiting Syria on a mission to get a sense of the toll of the war, the mindset of the people, and the general situation on the ground. The goal was to see the …

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The real purpose of the policy in Syria

October 26, 2017, The Jordan Times Western powers and Turkey involved in proxy and direct warfare in Syria are staking out territorial redoubts as the war against Daesh winds down and Syrian government forces consolidate their grip on the country’s major cities, natural resources and vast swathes of countryside. The …

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West eyes recolonization of Africa by endless war; removing Gaddafi was just first step

October 25, 2017, OP Question More – Dan Glazebrook Exactly six years ago, on October 20th, 2011, Muammar Gaddafi was murdered, joining a long list of African revolutionaries martyred by the West for daring to dream of continental independence. Earlier that day, Gaddafi’s hometown of Sirte had been occupied by …

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How Syria’s Victory Reshapes Mideast

October 17, 2017, Consortiumnews.com Plainly, Syria’s success – notwithstanding the caution of President Bashar al-Assad in saying that signs of success are not success itself – in resisting, against the odds, all attempts to fell the state suggest that a tipping point in the geopolitics of the region has occurred. …

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The New Cold War Is Already More Dangerous Than Was Its Predecessor

October 14, 2017, The Nation – Stephen F. Cohen For several years, Cohen has argued that the new Cold War is more dangerous than its 45-year predecessor, which, it is often said, “we barely survived.” Here he updates and aggregates evidence for that argument. Meanwhile, many American participants and commentators …

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Kremlin Issues Stern Warning to Washington Over Its Help for Terrorists in Syria

October 12, 2017, Russia Insider – Gilbert Doctorow From time to time, the Kremlin uses the Sunday evening weekly news wrap-up program of Dmitry Kiselyov on state television channel Rossiya-1 to send blunt and public warnings to Washington without diplomatic niceties. Last night was one such case and we must …

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Exposing a Shoddy Sarin Attack Narrative

October 9, 2017  Antiwar.com – Gareth Porter Eliot Higgins is a “nonresident senior fellow” with the Atlantic Council whose functions appear to include seeking to discredit any reporting or analysis and documentation that conflicts with the DC-based think tank’s interventionist agenda. Higgins’ agenda dovetails closely with his employer’s funders in NATO as …

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