Sep 14, Jeremy Salt, Palestine Chronicle So finally the US gets what it wants, a war on Syria. Or should it be a war in Syria? Either way, another US-led attack that violates international law and, without the consent of Congress, probably domestic law as well. Syria has warned the …
Read More »Jewish State and Islamic State, Like Breeds Like
Sep 16, 2014, Palestine Chronicle By Ali Kazak Sixty-six years after the establishment of the “Jewish State” in the Middle East, the world is witnessing the establishment of an “Islamic State” with many similarities. Both states were established by extreme ideologies exploiting religion, both were accomplished by mainly foreign elements …
Read More »Looking for a Voice in Congress: Progressive Democrats Follow Obama to War in Syria
Sep 15, 2014, Counter Punch It’s nearly impossible to find an anti-war congressperson nowadays. A bi-partisan consensus exists for an expanded war in Iraq and Syria — from the “radical” socialist Bernie Sanders to Obama’s right-wing nemesis, John Boehner. So enthused was Boehner that he ordered Republicans back to D.C. …
Read More »“Going After” the Islamic State. Guess Who is Behind the Caliphate Project?
Sep 12, 2014, Michel Chossudovsky, Global Research The Islamic State (IS) is portrayed as an Enemy of America and the Western world. With the support of America’s indefectible British ally, President Barack Obama has ordered a series of US bombing raids on Iraq allegedly with a view to defeating the …
Read More »From Central America to: US Violations of International Law
Sep 11, 2014, Counter Punch -By Rick Sterling President Obama plans to increase funding and training of “moderate rebels” in Syria while escalating air strike operations against ISIS in Iraq and into Syria. From Central America in the 80s to Syria today, the US has supported proxy armies in violation …
Read More »The last thing Iraq needs is more misguided military action by the west
Sep 11, 2014, Sami Ramadani, The Guardian In announcing his new strategy to tackle the terrorist insurgency in Iraq, President Obama has put the US on a dangerous collision course with Syria, the Lebanese resistance led by Hezbollah, and the biggest obstacle to US and Israeli regional hegemony: Iran. The …
Read More »The Terrorism We Support in Syria: A First-hand Account of the Use of Mortars against Civilians
Sep 11, 2014, Eva Bartlett, Zero Anthropology In stark contrast to the sparse coverage of the brutality of ISIS and other terrorist groups in Syria over the past few years, there has recently been substantial coverage of the emergence of ISIS in Iraq and the terrorist acts that this US-backed …
Read More »Western Leaders Fear-Monger to Mobilize Support for Air-Strikes on Syria
Aug 24, 2014, Stephen Gowans One of the roles of leading politicians and top officials of the state is to enlist public support for policies which serve the goals of the upper stratum of the population from whose ranks they sometimes come and whose interests they almost invariably promote. When …
Read More »Media Myths and Distortions: More NATO Aggression Against Syria?
Sep 3, 2014, Counter Punch -Rick Sterling Syria will be an important subject of discussion at this week’s NATO Summit meeting in Wales. The US and NATO powers will evaluate whether to expand air strikes against ISIS (Islamic State in Iraq & Syria) into Syria, whether to do it in …
Read More »John McCain, Conductor of the “Arab Spring” and the Caliph
Aug 18, 2014, Voltaire Net John McCain is known as the leader of the Republicans and unhappy 2008 US presidential candidate. This is, we will see, only the real part of his biography, which serves as a cover to conduct covert actions on behalf of his government. When I was …
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