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How Politicians Duck the Blame for Terrorism
How Politicians Duck the Blame for Terrorism The capture of Salah Abdeslam, thought to be the sole surviving planner of the Paris massacre, means that the media is focusing once again on the threat of terrorist attack by Islamic State. Questions are asked about why the most wanted man in Europe was able to elude the police […]
Tomgram: Gregory Foster, A Case for Demilitarizing the Military
Tomgram: Gregory Foster, A Case for Demilitarizing the Military General Lloyd Austin, the outgoing head of U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM), recently testified before Congress, suggesting that Washington needed to up its troop levels in Iraq and Syria. Meanwhile, in his own congressional testimony, still-to-be-confirmed incoming CENTCOM chief General Joseph Votel, formerly head of U.S. Special Operations Command, […]
Kick Turkey Out of NATO
Kick Turkey Out of NATO There’s a Petition at Change.org to suspend Turkey’s membership in NATO. Why kick Turkey out of NATO? Because: Turkey just shut down the largest Turkish newspaper using tear gas, water canons and brutality: Turkey has destroyed free speech and freedom of the press Turkey imprisons more journalists than any other country in the world Journalists […]
Anonymous claim Twitter is shutting down their accounts for harassing ISIS
Anonymous claim Twitter is shutting down their accounts for harassing ISIS © Stefan Wermuth / Reuters Online activists involved in the #OpISIS campaign to rid social media of an Islamic extremist presence say Twitter has been suspending their accounts for online harassment against the terrorist group. An Anonymous hacker made the claims after Twitter said it suspended […]
U.S. Unable To Halt ISIS March Towards Libyan Oil
U.S. Unable To Halt ISIS March Towards Libyan Oil The Islamic State (ISIS) is taking on recruits faster than anyone can keep up with, and it’s heading towards Libya’s oil crescent, eyeing billions of barrels that a country at war with itself cannot protect—even with U.S. air strikes. In mid-December, the United Nations brokered a […]
‘OK, big brother’: Turkish military cooperate with ISIS on border, telephone calls reveal
‘OK, big brother’: Turkish military cooperate with ISIS on border, telephone calls reveal © Sertac Kayar / Reuters Further proof of ties between the Turkish military and Islamic State fighters operating on the Syrian-Turkish border has been revealed in the Cumhuriyet newspaper, which published more transcripts of telephone calls between the jihadists and officers. The […]
‘I Feel Like a Despised Insect’: Coming of Age Under Surveillance In New York
“I FEEL LIKE A DESPISED INSECT”: COMING OF AGE UNDER SURVEILLANCE IN NEW YORK IN THE SPRING of last year, two New York women were arrested on charges of supporting ISIS, following a joint investigation by the New York Police Department along with federal agencies. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, Queens residents Noelle Velentzas and […]
Massive Explosion Reported In Turkish Capital, Military Dormitory Targeted
Massive Explosion Reported In Turkish Capital, Military Dormitory Targeted With Turkey on the brink of going to war with Russia and, implicitly, Iran, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is looking for an excuse to invade Syria. The rebels Turkey and Saudi Arabia back are staging what amounts to a last stand at Aleppo and the Kurdish YPG […]
How Far Will The U.S. Go If Turkey Invades Syria?
How Far Will The U.S. Go If Turkey Invades Syria? The Government of Turkey has now put itself in a position whereby it must act rapidly and precipitously to avoid moving to an ultimately losing strategic position in the war against Syria, which could result in being forced back to fight a full-scale civil war […]
After ISIS Is Defeated, What Next?
After ISIS Is Defeated, What Next? A modest proposal for a new start by Canada the ‘honest broker.’ Could Trudeau ever find common ground between combatants in Syria? Photo by Chris Wattie, Reuters Media Express. Drop, for a moment, the question of whether Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was right to stop the Canadian air war […]
Russian PM warns US, Saudis against starting ‘permanent war’ with ground intervention in Syria
Russian PM warns US, Saudis against starting ‘permanent war’ with ground intervention in Syria Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev © Ekaterina Shtukina / Sputnik Russian PM Dmitry Medvedev told German media that sending foreign troops into Syria could unleash “yet another war on Earth.” The warning follows increasingly aggressive statements made by Saudi Arabia and […]
Saudi war for Yemen oil pipeline is empowering al-Qaeda, IS
Saudi war for Yemen oil pipeline is empowering al-Qaeda, IS Secret cable and Dutch government official confirm that Saudi Arabia’s war on Yemen is partly motivated by an ambitious US-backed pipeline fantasy Nearly 3,000 civilians have been slaughtered and a million displaced in Saudi Arabia’s noble aerial bombardment of Yemen, which is backed by the […]
Compare Mike Whitney’s Truthful Account Of Syria With The Disinformation Published By The Washington Post
Compare Mike Whitney’s Truthful Account Of Syria With The Disinformation Published By The Washington Post Compare Mike Whitney’s Truthful Account Of Syria With The Disinformation Published By The Washington Post http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article44174.htm vs. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-era-of-us-abdication-on-syria-must-end/2016/02/09/55226716-ce96-11e5-88cd-753e80cd29ad_story.html There is no such thing as “the Syrian opposition.” The “opposition” consists almost entirely of the Washington-backed ISIS, which Washington sent to […]
Turkey’s Revival of a Dirty ‘Deep State’
Turkey’s Revival of a Dirty ‘Deep State’ Exclusive: NATO keeps backing Turkey, one of its members, despite its aid to the Islamic State and other jihadists fighting Syria’s secular government — and even though Turkey’s erratic President Erdogan may be leading NATO into a risky showdown with Syria’s Russian allies, writes Jonathan Marshall. Turkey’s embattled President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is […]
