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‘West crying for refugees with one eye, aiming gun with the other’ – Assad (FULL INTERVIEW)
‘West crying for refugees with one eye, aiming gun with the other’ – Assad (FULL INTERVIEW) © / RT In a rare interview with Russian media outlets, RT among them, Syrian leader Bashar Assad spoke about global and domestic terrorism threats, the need for a united front against jihadism, Western propaganda about the refugee crisis […]
Does the Migrant Crisis Represent the End of the European Union?
Does the Migrant Crisis Represent the End of the European Union? An emergency effort led by Germany to force European Union member states to accept mandatory quotas of refugees collapsed in discord. Berlin called for EU financial penalties against countries that refused to accommodate their share of migrants. A Czech official said such threats were […]
Australia Overthrows its Prime Minister in the Blink of an Eye
Australia Overthrows its Prime Minister in the Blink of an Eye In Australia, we are seeing signs of political unrest. Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has been a complete disaster. It is really a wonder how these people are elected and what goes through their minds. Abbott appears stunned by the swift pace of the challenge […]
Refugee Crises At Dangerous Tipping Point As Hungary Makes Arrests, Germany Loses Patience
Refugee Crises At Dangerous Tipping Point As Hungary Makes Arrests, Germany Loses Patience “I’m not happy. I had to leave Syria — I love Syria, but so much killing there.” That’s from 17-year old Mohammed Al-Hamdan who made it across the Hungarian border with Serbia at a railroad crossing near the village of Roszke before […]
In Search of a Resolution to the Syrian War, Refugee Crisis
In Search of a Resolution to the Syrian War, Refugee Crisis One of the main migration routes is to head for Turkey, then to Greece in order to proceed towards the Balkans and Italy, and finally branch into France and then the United Kingdom. Another route sees passage via Romania, Hungary, and Austria, with […]
Germany & Austria Close Borders — Schengen Agreement Under Pressure — Will War Emerge?
Germany & Austria Close Borders — Schengen Agreement Under Pressure — Will War Emerge? The Schengen Agreement was to be the cornerstone of the entire euro proposition. We just warned that this freedom of movement would begin to come under pressure with this turning point:“As the economy turns down very hard after 2015.75, we are more likely than not […]
Who’s to Blame for Syria Mess? Putin!
Who’s to Blame for Syria Mess? Putin! Exclusive: Official Washington’s new “group think” is to blame Russia’s President Putin for the Syrian crisis, although it was the neocons and President George W. Bush who started the current Mideast mess by invading Iraq, the Saudis who funded Al Qaeda, and the Israelis who plotted “regime change,” says Robert Parry. […]
ISIS is US: the Empire and the Evil Genie It Released
ISIS is US: the Empire and the Evil Genie It Released Picturing Papal Petrification The reigning politics and media culture of the United States is not without moments of high comic relief. Three weeks ago, for example, CNN’s Chris Cuomo presented the buffoonish Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump with a bizarre hypothetical situation. What would […]
Refugee Crisis Reminds Europe There is a Real War in Syria
Refugee Crisis Reminds Europe There is a Real War in Syria Refugees are not the problem; war is. If the war in Syria doesn’t stop, the flow of refugees will only continue. The refugee wave, marked by the dramatic image of tens of thousands of Syrians trying to reach Germany from Hungary, is a […]
Syria peak oil weakened government’s finances ahead of Arab Spring in 2011
Syria peak oil weakened government’s finances ahead of Arab Spring in 2011 While the attention of the world is on the refugee crisis we need to look at the causes of this mass exodus. Fig 1: Refugees walking on Hungarian motorway towards Austria in Sep 2015 In May 2013 the Guardian had an article “Peak […]
Germany Reintroduces “Border Controls” With Austria, Sends Riot Police As Refugee Crisis Spirals Out Of Control
Germany Reintroduces “Border Controls” With Austria, Sends Riot Police As Refugee Crisis Spirals Out Of Control Two weeks ago, in what was the first official shot across the bow to Europe’s long-standing “Schengen” customs union, we reported that the Italian province of Bolzano across from the Austrian border announced it is willing to “temporarily suspend Schengen” and […]
US War Theories Target Dissenters
US War Theories Target Dissenters Exclusive: In the Orwellian world of Official Washington, the U.S. government is now wedded to the theory of “information warfare,” meaning that Americans who challenge national security policy may be treated as “unprivileged belligerents” under the new Law of War doctrine, retired JAG Major Todd E. Pierce writes. When the U.S. Department of […]
14 Years after 9/11, US, Israel Tempted to ally with Al-Qaeda in Syria
14 Years after 9/11, US, Israel Tempted to ally with Al-Qaeda in Syria The Jabhat al-Nusra or Support Front is one of the major rebel groups in Syria, holding extensive territory in the hinterland of cities like Homs and Aleppo and in the province of Idlib. The Support Front is just al-Qaeda. It has announced allegiance to […]
