Syria Support Movement solidarity with the Syrian people
Apr 21, 2015, Dissident Voice -Paul Larudee There are many illusions about what is happening to the Yarmouk district of Damascus and its Palestinian refugee population. The district was originally set aside in 1957 for Palestinian refugees already living there, whom Israel had expelled from their homes in 1948, with …
Read More »Neocon Think Tank Proposes US Proxy Army to Control Syria
Apr 21, 2015, Global Research -Stephen Lendman The Atlantic Council is a hawkish right-wing think tank. It was founded in 1961 to support NATO’s killing machine. It’s one of many similar groups in America threatening world peace and stability. Its solution for ending Obama’s war on Syria is escalated war. …
Read More »Entire Western Media is a Troll Army
Apr 20, 2015, Sputnik News -Finian Cunningham The frantic spell of Western media behaviour could be a case-study in how it is centrally manipulated with a political agenda and thought-control. Editors at major Western media corporations are evidently following a political line cast by Washington and its European allies. The …
Read More »US Training Nazis, Western Media Providing Cover
May 21, 2015, New Eastern Outlook -Eric Draitser It has become a popular position both in the mainstream and pseudo-alternative media, and among those on the Russophobic left, to downplay the significant fascist influence on the political and military institutions, as well as the cultural character of the “New Ukraine.” …
Read More »At War against Its Own People: Saudi Arabia’s Other War
Apr 13, 2015, Counter Punch -Eric Draitser The Saudi war on Yemen has understandably come to dominate the headlines since it began in late March 2015. The international scope of the conflict – nominally including the participation of nearly a dozen Gulf countries – coupled with the obvious political and …
Read More »Humanitarians for War in Syria (Part Two): About Those Chlorine Gas Attacks in Syria
Apr 3-5, 2015, Counter Punch by RICK STERLING With allegations of chlorine gas attacks in Syria on March 16, some humanitarian groups have called for a “No Fly Zone” over part of Syria. I believe this is reckless and dangerous and will explain why. Part 1 of this article was …
Read More »In Yemen, and Middle East, U.S. Needs to Learn When to Quit
Apr 1, 2015, NY Times Six years before the Arab Spring, a group of rural highlanders in Yemen called the Houthis rose up against an autocratic government and its foreign patrons to demand their rights. Fast forward to 2015, and the Houthis are still fighting to redress their domestic grievances, …
Read More »Yemen’s shock and awe
This aggression is not about Iran’s regional domination, it is about silencing the aspirations of the Yemeni people. Apr 2, 2015, Al Jazeera Western governments, their Middle Eastern allies, and many major media outlets have much in common with Lewis Carroll’s Humpty Dumpty. “When I use a word,” Humpty Dumpty …
Read More »Will Yemen kick-off the ‘War of the two Blocs?’
Mar 31, 2015, Sharmine Narwani, RT.com There is media confusion about what is going on in Yemen and the broader Middle East. Pundits are pointing out that the US is looking schizophrenic with policies that back opposite sides of the fight against al-Qaeda-style extremism in Iraq and in Yemen. But …
Read More »US fights ISIS…while aiding ISIS
Mar 31, 2015, RT.com As the war against the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) rages on, the US has stepped up its air campaign, combining destructive bombs with anti-ISIS leaflets. But while US propaganda efforts are ostensibly aimed at disrupting ISIS recruitment, overall US involvement has yielded mixed results at best. On …
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