Investigative Report

Aug 4, 2015, Global Research On August 2, Britain’s Sunday Express newspaper headlined “SAS dress as ISIS fighters in undercover war on jihadis,” saying: “More than 120 members belonging to the elite regiment are currently in the war-torn country” covertly “dressed in black and flying ISIS flags,” engaged in what’s …

Jul 5, 2015, Global Research -Professor Tim Anderson “I have seen from the beginning armed protesters in those demonstrations … they were the first to fire on the police. Very often the violence of the security forces comes in response to the brutal violence of the armed insurgents” – Jesuit …

May 20, 2015, Information Clearing House Stephen Gowans John Mueller, the US political scientist who coined the term “sanctions of mass destruction,” to show that “economic sanctions…by large states…may have contributed to more deaths during the post-Cold War era than all weapons of mass destruction throughout history” [1], wrote an …

Apr 12, 2015, Global Research Professor Tim Anderson The dirty war on Syria has involved repeated scandals, often fabricated against the Syrian Government to help create pretexts for deeper intervention. Perhaps the most notorious was the East Ghouta incident of August 2013, where pictures of dead or drugged children were …

May 14, 2015, Dissident Voice -Rick Sterling In 1990 Amnesty International made a horrendous mistake in the midst of the media campaign leading up to Gulf War 1.  While U.S. military action was being debated and the public was significantly opposed, it was reported that Iraqi troops were stealing incubators …

May 12, 2015, Hands Off Syria “This is Sedki al-Maket, a Syrian from the Golan. He was arrested for exposing Israeli relations with al-Qaeda in a series of videos that he would post online.” **sub-titling of videos by Reme Sakr Part 1: Sedki al Maket reports on al Qaeda in …

Apr 20, 2015, Counter Punch -Rick Sterling It has been confirmed that TV journalist Richard Engel’s kidnapping/rescue in norther Syria in late 2012 was a hoax. NBC management knew the story was probably false but proceeded to broadcast it anyway. There are at least two good things about “Engelgate”. * …

Apr 13, 2015, Professor Tim Anderson “The invasion by ISIS of the Palestinian settlement of Yarmouk, in the southern suburbs of Damascus, has exposed serious divisions within the Palestinian leadership. An apparent agreement to confront the new crisis, with the Syrian Government, was rapidly disowned by the PLO leadership in …

Apr 9, 2015, Dissident Voice -Rick Sterling You might think that after seeing the consequences of their campaign for “freedom and democracy” in Libya, journalists like Nicholas Kristof and “humanitarian campaigners” like Avaaz would have some qualms. Unfortunately they have learned nothing. They have generally not been held to account, …

Mar 20, 2015, James Boswell, Wall of Controversy Four years ago I received an email from the internet campaign group Avaaz which read: “Together, we’ve sent 450,000 emails to the UN Security Council, “overwhelming” the Council President and helping to win targeted sanctions and a justice process for the Libyan …