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Amid Internal Investigation Over Leaks to Media, The Centre for American Progress Fires Two Staffers
The Center for American Progress office in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 21, 2018. Photo: Jacquelyn Martin/AP AMID INTERNAL INVESTIGATION OVER LEAKS TO MEDIA, THE CENTER FOR AMERICAN PROGRESS FIRES TWO STAFFERS THE CENTER FOR American Progress fired two staffers suspected of being involved in leaking an email exchange that staffers thought reflected improper influence by […]
Leaked U.N. Memo Reveals Saudis Demanded Western Propaganda For $1bn Pledged To Aid Agency
Leaked U.N. Memo Reveals Saudis Demanded Western Propaganda For $1bn Pledged To Aid Agency We wonder if the Saudis had never been caught in Jamal Khashoggi’s gruesome murder, would such essential stories and leaks now happening such as the below Guardian report ever see the light of day? On Tuesday The Guardian published select contents of a leaked […]
The Death Toll in Yemen is Five Times Higher Than We Think…How Much Longer Will We Shrug Off Responsibility?
The Death Toll in Yemen is Five Times Higher Than We Think…How Much Longer Will We Shrug Off Responsibility? Photo Source Felton Davis | CC BY 2.0 One reason Saudi Arabia and its allies are able to avoid a public outcry over their intervention in the war in Yemen, is that the number of people […]
Petro-States Face Extinction
Petro-States Face Extinction Petro-states urgently need to begin diversifying their economies, shifting away from oil production, or else they face financial risks in the years ahead. That conclusion comes from the IEA’s new report, “Outlook for Producer Economies,” which warns that a changing energy system threatens the economies of oil-producing countries. The threat comes in […]
MSNBC and Daily Beast Feature UAE Lobbyist David Rothkopf With No Disclosure: a Scandalous Media-Wide Practice
MSNBC and Daily Beast Feature UAE Lobbyist David Rothkopf With No Disclosure: a Scandalous Media-Wide Practice UAE lobbyist and consultant David Rothkopf speaks about Saudi Arabia on MSNBC on October 16, 2018. ON THURSDAY, the Daily Beast published an article about the Saudi/US relationship by David Rothkopf, a long-time member in good standing of the U.S. […]
U.S. Media Refuses to Inform the Public When Its Commentators and Pundits are Paid Foreign Agents
U.S. Media Refuses to Inform the Public When Its Commentators and Pundits are Paid Foreign Agents Unbelievably – Rothkopf has the audacity to criticize Trump for having “repeatedly shown great fondness for foreign leaders—even despots and known murderers, human rights abusers and criminals”, while Rothkopf himself is literally a paid agent working to disseminating propaganda for one of […]
World’s “Worst Famine In 100 Years” Will Hit Yemen, U.N. Warns
World’s “Worst Famine In 100 Years” Will Hit Yemen, U.N. Warns For a Saudi and Mohammed bin Salman (MbS) update that’s not directly related to the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, a United Nations official on Sunday warned Yemen is now facing what could be “the worst famine in the world in 100 years” which is […]
Fragility of Middle East alliances becomes ever more apparent
Fragility of Middle East alliances becomes ever more apparent Three recent developments lay bare the fragility of Middle Eastern alliances and a rebalancing of their priorities: the Russian-Turkish compromise on an assault on the rebel-held Syrian region of Idlib, the fate of troubled Abu Dhabi airline Ettihad, and battles over reconstruction of Syria. These developments […]
New WikiLeaks Release Exposes Corruption in UAE Arms Deal Fueling War on Yemen
New WikiLeaks Release Exposes Corruption in UAE Arms Deal Fueling War on Yemen Though the corruption detailed in the newly leaked document took place decades ago, it highlights how lucrative arms deals are often enough incentive for governments to bend the rules in order to keep weapons and cash flowing, no matter the consequences. PARIS […]
Iran Warns Saudis Of “Red Lines” And Threatens US Bases “Will Not Be Safe”
Iran Warns Saudis Of “Red Lines” And Threatens US Bases “Will Not Be Safe” Iran has issued a number of threats on Friday following official charges made by leaders in Tehran that Saudi Arabia and the UAE funded a terrorist attack on a military parade in a southwest district last Saturday which killed 25 people, […]
The Saudi and American Way
The Saudi and American Way The U.S.-Saudi-UAE “Operation Restoring Hope” has become their plan to bomb the food-supply route that the residents in the Shiite Houthi area of Yemen rely upon in order to receive food, and thereby for the U.S.-Saudi-UAE alliance to win their war against the Houthis — who are Shiites — and to take full […]
Yemeni Suffering Made Easy
Yemeni Suffering Made Easy Photo Source Felton Davis | CC BY 2.0 The Saudi and UAE-led operationto retake the rebel-held port city of Hodeidah, which could jeopardize the lives of hundreds of thousands of civilians, represents more than the latest tragic chapter in Yemen’s civil war. It is the fully expected outcome of several Western […]
Western Media Whitewash Yemen Genocide
Western Media Whitewash Yemen Genocide With the United Nations warning that millions of civilians could die from violence or starvation from the ongoing military siege of the Yemeni port city of Hodeida, there is no other way to describe what is happening except as “genocide”. The more than three-year war on Yemen waged by a […]
The Saudi-UAE Alliance is the Most Dangerous Force in the Middle East Today
The Saudi-UAE Alliance is the Most Dangerous Force in the Middle East Today The latest: they are bombing a port that accounts for 80 percent of the food and aid trickling into starving Yemen. Prince Salman meets with officials at the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD/Photo by Senior Master Sgt. Adrian Cadiz) For three years, […]
US Debating Whether To Expand Military Presence In Yemen
US Debating Whether To Expand Military Presence In Yemen As if the US hasn’t already done enough to exacerbate the humanitarian crisis raging in Yemen, the Wall Street Journal reported Monday that the Trump Administration is considering a request by the United Arab Emirates for “direct US support” as a coalition of Sunni majority nations […]
