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Turkey, Saudi Arabia Mull Syria Ground Invasion As Russia, Hezbollah Decimate Rebels
Turkey, Saudi Arabia Mull Syria Ground Invasion As Russia, Hezbollah Decimate Rebels “What’s going on in Syria can only go on for so long. At some point it has to change,” Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told reporters on a plane back to Turkey from Latin America over the weekend. As we’ve documented extensively over […]
Risking World War III in Syria
Risking World War III in Syria Exclusive: After Saudi-backed Syrian rebels balked at peace talks and the Russian-backed Syrian army cut off Turkish supply lines to jihadists and other Syrian rebels, the U.S. and its Mideast Sunni “allies” appear poised to invade Syria and force “regime change” even at the risk of fighting Russia, a gamble […]
War games in Middle East could prepare UK for ‘potential’ Russian war with NATO – report
War games in Middle East could prepare UK for ‘potential’ Russian war with NATO – report © Radu Sigheti / Reuters The British Army is to deploy 1,600 troops in Jordan to take part in war games which could be preparation for a potential ‘confrontation’ between Russia and NATO member countries in Eastern Europe, the […]
Politics in a full world
Politics in a full world When Scientific American published Herman Daly’s “Economics in a Full World” in September 2005, few people knew what lay ahead: oil climbing to $147 a barrel, the relentless rise in global temperatures due to greenhouse gas emissions, the food riots of 2008 sparked by rising food prices, the economic crash that followed, and the […]
Will a Turkey Related Event Spark a Much Wider Regional War?
Will a Turkey Related Event Spark a Much Wider Regional War? I haven’t commented on the Middle East in a while, but a lot has been going on. In particular, Turkey continues to concern me the most, as president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan appears increasingly unstable, paranoid and tyrannical. The latest example came last month, when […]
Saudi Arabia “Ready To Send Ground Troops To Syria”
Saudi Arabia “Ready To Send Ground Troops To Syria” Last month, when Saudi Arabia announced it would be heading (that’s heading, not beheading) a 34-nation “anti-terror coalition”, everyone who knows anything at all about the Mid-East and about the sectarian divide laughed hysterically. Why? Because Saudi Arabia is without question the world’s number one state sponsor […]
58 ADMITTED False Flag Attacks
58 ADMITTED False Flag Attacks Presidents, Prime Ministers, Congressmen, Generals, Spooks, Soldiers and Police ADMIT to False Flag Terror In the following instances, officials in the government which carried out the attack (or seriously proposed an attack) admit to it, either orally, in writing, or through photographs or videos: (1) Japanese troops set off a small explosion […]
Venezuela: On the Verge Of Political Turmoil
Venezuela: On the Verge Of Political Turmoil Via Stratfor, Less than a month after being sworn in, Venezuela’s new opposition-controlled National Assembly is digging in its heels for a fight with President Nicolas Maduro and the ruling United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV). On Jan. 22, a parliamentary committee overruled a decree that would have granted the president […]
There Is No Freedom Without Truth
There Is No Freedom Without Truth “This conjunction of an immense military establishment and a large arms industry is new in the American experience. The total influence — economic, political, even spiritual — is felt in every city, every statehouse, every office of the federal government. We recognize the imperative need for this development. Yet […]
Is Congress Declaring War on ISIS…or on You?
Is Congress Declaring War on ISIS…or on You? Passage of Senator Mitch McConnell’s authorization for war against ISIS will not only lead to perpetual US wars across the globe, it will also endanger our civil and economic liberties. The measure allows the president to place troops anywhere he determines ISIS is operating. Therefore, it could […]
Feeding the Military-Industrial Complex
Feeding the Military-Industrial Complex Exclusive: Because he had commanded Allied forces in World War II, President Eisenhower understood the excesses of the war industry and warned Americans about the dangers of the military-industrial complex, a force that continues to siphon off tens of billions of tax dollars, as Jonathan Marshall explains. America’s military procurement machine may […]
Welcome to the Twenty-First Century
Welcome to the Twenty-First Century BERLIN – The start of 2016 has been anything but calm. Falling equity prices in China have destabilized markets worldwide. Emerging economies seem to have stalled. The price of oil has plunged, pushing petroleum producers into crisis. North Korea is flexing its nuclear muscles. And in Europe, the ongoing refugee […]
[2015/16 SEMINAR SERIES] ‘The Crisis of Civilization and the Systemic Causes of Mass Violence’ – Dr Nafeez Ahmed
[2015/16 SEMINAR SERIES] ‘The Crisis of Civilization and the Systemic Causes of Mass Violence’ – Dr Nafeez Ahmed ISCI hosted its second State Crime Seminar Series delivered by Dr Nafeez Ahmed. Nafeez is an award-winning investigative journalist, international security scholar, best-selling author and Executive Director of the Institute for Policy Research and Development. Based on his […]
Wahhabism, ISIS, and the Saudi Connection
Wahhabism, ISIS, and the Saudi Connection The rise of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has become somewhat of a revelation to the international community over the last several months. Commencing with the desertion from Al-Qaeda, to the self-proclamation of Caliph by its leader Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi, and finally the surge in Iraq […]
Western warmongers have all the answers, and they’re all wrong
Western warmongers have all the answers, and they’re all wrong The wars in Libya, Iraq and Afghanistan failed not because of noble errors, but because short-sighted Western interests trumped the needs of the people. And this is why the creeping return to war will fail again Despite an almost total lack of public debate, Western […]
