The United States spent at least $12 billion in Syria-related military and civilian expenses in the four years from 2014 through 2017, according to former U.S. ambassador Robert Ford, Ben Norton reports. By Ben Norton The United States spent at least $12 billion in Syria-related military and civilian expenses …
Read More »NYT’s ‘Really Weird’ Russiagate Story
Exclusive: The Russiagate narrative has taken a turn toward the surreal with a report in the New York Times alleging that U.S. spies paid a “shadowy Russian” $100,000 for dirt on the president, explains Daniel Lazare. By Daniel Lazare A Russian national with ties to cybercrime and Russian intelligence snookered U.S. spooks …
Read More »Top Russian Commander Debunks Myths About Soviet War in Afghanistan
Tony Devon This Thursday, Russia and 14 other countries that formerly comprised the USSR will commemorate the 29th anniversary of the withdrawal of Soviet troops from the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan (DRA). The conflict, which spanned over nine years, was a major escalation point in the Cold War and its …
Read More »Secret Alliance: Israel Carries Out Airstrikes in Egypt, With Cairo’s O.K.
By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK The jihadists in Egypt’s Northern Sinai had killed hundreds of soldiers and police officers, pledged allegiance to the Islamic State, briefly seized a major town and begun setting up armed checkpoints to claim territory. In late 2015, they brought down a Russian passenger jet. Egypt appeared unable to stop them, so Israel, …
Read More »When Red Lines are crossed in Syria, expect “Israel” to be shaken
Damascus, by Elijah J. Magnier: Decision makers in Damascus said “Syria and its allies have decided to move more harshly against Israel, replicating Hezbollah’s strategy in those days (the 90’s), before the Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon. For every violation of Lebanese airspace over the capital Beirut, Hezbollah would fire heavy …
Read More »The UK’s Hidden Hand in Julian Assange’s Detention
By Jonathan Cook_Global Research It now emerges that the last four years of Julian Assange’s effective imprisonment in the Ecuadorean embassy in London have been entirely unnecessary. In fact, they depended on a legal charade. Behind the scenes, Sweden wanted to drop the extradition case against Assange back in 2013. …
Read More »The Boomerang Effect: How Netanyahu Made Israel an American Issue, and Lost in World
— by Dr Ramzy Baroud — Despite massive sums of money spent to channel public opinion in the United States in favor of Israel, unmistakable trends in opinion polls are attesting to the changing dynamics of Israel’s support among ordinary Americans. Not only is Israel losing its support and overall …
Read More »Report: Israel Police Investigating Mossad Chief’s Ties With Netanyahu’s Billionaire Friend
Jan 18, 2017 Details emerge after Haaretz investigation revealed Arnon Milchan and Australian billionaire James Packer tried to recruit Yossi Cohen as a partner in a cybersecurity firm they planned to set up. Billionaires at center of Netanyahu investigation sought to recruit Mossad chief for global security deals Luxury hotels …
Read More »Making Russia ‘The Enemy’
Despite conflicting accounts about who leaked the Democratic emails, the frenzy over an alleged Russian role is driving the U.S. deeper into a costly and dangerous New Cold War. By Robert Parry January 15, 2017 “Information Clearing House” – “Consortium News” – The rising hysteria about Russia is best understood …
Read More »Native American Council Offers Amnesty to 220 Million “Undocumented Whites” Living in the U.S.
A council of Native American leaders has offered partial amnesty to the estimated 220 million illegal white immigrants living in the United States. The “white” problem has been a topic of much debate in the Native American community for centuries, and community leaders have decided the time has come to …
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