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Turkey Slams ‘Allies’ For Sending “Planeloads Of Arms” To Terrorists Ahead Of Emergency UN Session
Turkey Slams ‘Allies’ For Sending “Planeloads Of Arms” To Terrorists Ahead Of Emergency UN Session Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has turned on Ankara’s allies, insinuating that the US in particular has been providing massive military support to Kurdish YPG in Syria. In a speech to his ruling AK Party, RT reports that Erdogan said […]
Wolf Blitzer Is Worried Defense Contractors Will Lose Jobs if U.S. Stops Arming Saudi Arabia
Wolf Blitzer Is Worried Defense Contractors Will Lose Jobs if U.S. Stops Arming Saudi Arabia SEN. RAND PAUL’S expression of opposition to a $1.1 billion U.S. arms sale to Saudi Arabia — which has been brutally bombing civilian targets in Yemen using U.S.-made weapons for more than a year now — alarmed CNN’s Wolf Blitzer on Thursday […]
Stéphane Dion approves export permits for $11B in LAVs to be sent to Saudi Arabia
Stéphane Dion approves export permits for $11B in LAVs to be sent to Saudi Arabia Documents say past sales have not been linked to violations of civil or political rights in the kingdom Documents obtained by CBC News are shedding light on the strategy the federal government is using to justify the sale of light […]
Unlimited Propagandistic Lying from CNN
Unlimited Propagandistic Lying from CNN On Saturday April 2nd, CNN headlined, “U.S. F-15s Deployed to Iceland,” and Zachary Cohen opened: Demonstrating its commitment to a ‘free’ and ‘secure’ Europe, the United States deployed 12 F-15C Eagles and approximately 350 airmen to Iceland and the Netherlands on Friday, the Air Force announced. U.S. aircraft units from the 131st Fighter Squadron at […]
Growing International Movement Seeks to Place Arms Embargo on Saudi Arabia
GROWING INTERNATIONAL MOVEMENT SEEKS TO PLACE ARMS EMBARGO ON SAUDI ARABIA A LAWSUIT FILED last week in Canada is seeking to halt a major $15 billion sale of light-armored vehicles to the government of Saudi Arabia, part of a growing international movement to stop arms sales to the Saudi government over its alleged war crimes in Yemen. The suit, […]
Former Bush Official Just Confirmed That Our Wars Are for Corporate Interests
Former Bush Official Just Confirmed That Our Wars Are for Corporate Interests (ANTIMEDIA) United States — “I think Smedley Butler was onto something,”Col. Lawrence Wilkerson, former George W. Bush administration heavyweight, told Salon in an exclusive interview. Major General Smedley Butler earned the highest rank in the U.S. Marine Corps, accumulating numerous accolades as he helped lead the United States […]
The Netherlands Just Banned Weapon Sales to Saudi Arabia over Human Rights Abuses
The Netherlands Just Banned Weapon Sales to Saudi Arabia over Human Rights Abuses Landmark bill cites UN figures that Saudi-led troops has killed nearly 6,000 people in Yemen—half of them civilians. Dutch lawmakers have voted to ban weapons exports to Saudi Arabia over the kingdom’s violations of humanitarian law, making the Netherlands the first country in the […]
European Ban on Saudi Arms Sales Bolsters Foes of Canadian Deal
European Ban on Saudi Arms Sales Bolsters Foes of Canadian Deal Move puts pressure on government to justify $15-billion contract, says Amnesty. The Saudi National Guard tweeted this photo of armoured vehicles moving to the Yemeni border in November 2015. An anonymous source told the Globe and Mail they were made in Canada. A move […]
Trudeau & the Saudi Arms Deal
Trudeau & the Saudi Arms Deal Things are definitely heating up around the controversial $15 billion Saudi arms deal that the Canadian government of Stephen Harper arranged in 2014 on behalf of General Dynamics and which the new Justin Trudeau Liberal government refuses to cancel. In recent days, University of Montreal law professor Daniel Turp […]
Is Canada failing to live up to its human rights commitments with its arms deals?
Is Canada failing to live up to its human rights commitments with its arms deals? A soldier with the Gulf Co-operation Council forces prays in front of his armoured personnel carrier as his fellow solider keeps watch while they guard the Bahrain Financial Harbour in Manama. (James Lawler Duggan/Reuters) Listen 7:58 Canada has condemned a spate […]
Defense Industry Revenue Forecast Gushes Over Global Turmoil
Defense Industry Revenue Forecast Gushes Over Global Turmoil The global aerospace and defense industry is out of its doldrums. According to a new report by the accounting firm Deloitte, “the resurgence of global security threats” promises a lucrative “rebound” in defense spending. The report alerts investors that “revenue growth” is “expected to take a positive turn” due […]
America’s Subservience to Saud Family
America’s Subservience to Saud Family The Saud royal family are by far the world’s largest buyers of US weapons. The King of Saudi Arabia is by far the world’s richest person, with a net worth well over a trillion dollars; and, when his (Aramco’s) 260 billion barrels of oil reserves were valued at $100 per […]
US Enabled Saudi Arabia’s Crackdown on Pro-Democracy Protesters
US Enabled Saudi Arabia’s Crackdown on Pro-Democracy Protesters Just days before Saudi Arabia performed a mass execution of 47 people, including four pro-democracy protesters; the US approved tens of millions in military contracts to the Saudi government. The contracts include $24 million to Raytheon Company for equipment relating to Patriot missiles, $12 million to Advanced Electronics Co. for electronics […]
America’s Vampire Aristocracy
America’s Vampire Aristocracy On January 2nd, America’s NBC News bannered “Arab Spring Cleric Nimr al-Nimr Among 47 Executed by Saudi Arabia,” and, one-third of the way into their report, showed this tweet: “Saudi execution of Nimr al-Nimr along w/ al Qaeda members is straight from Assad’s playbook – lumping nonviolent activists with terrorists. — DavidKenner (@DavidKenner) January […]
Swiss Army Chief Warns Of Social Unrest, Calls Upon Citizens To Arm Themselves
Swiss Army Chief Warns Of Social Unrest, Calls Upon Citizens To Arm Themselves Swiss army chief André Blattmann warned, in a Swiss newspaper article on Sunday, the risks of social unrest in Europe are soaring. Recalling the experience of 1939/1945, Blattman fears the increasing aggression in public discourse is an explosively hazardous situation, and advises the Swiss people to […]
