Washington Threatens The World
Washington Threatens The World
The consequence of Washington’s reckless and irresponsible political and military interventions in Iraq, Libya, and Syria has been to unleash evil. The various sects that lived in peace under the rule of Saddam Hussein, Gaddafi, and Assad are butchering one another, and a new group, ISIS, is in the process of creating a new state out of parts of Iraq and Syria.
U.S. expands airstrikes against Islamic State militants in northern Iraq
American warplanes and drones struck Islamist militants near this northern Iraqi city Friday, putting the U.S. military back in action in the skies over Iraq less than three years after the troops withdrew and President Obama declared the war over.
Ret. General: Obama’s Iraq Goals ‘Very Difficult’ to Accomplish Without Ground Forces
Retired Gen. Carter Ham, who served as commander of U.S. and coalition forces in Mosul, Iraq, from 2004-2005, told ABC News’ Martha Raddatz on “This Week” Sunday that initial U.S. airstrikes against ISIS forces advancing toward the city of Erbil have “given pause” to the terrorist group, but that much more will need to be done to halt their progress.
Washington Opened The Gates Of Hell In Iraq: Now Come The Furies
The late, great critic of the American Imperium, Chalmers Johnson, popularized the salient concept of “blowback”. That is, the notion that if you bomb, drone, invade, desecrate and slaughter—collaterally or otherwise—a people and their lands, they might find ways to return the favor.
The U.S. Airstrikes in Northern Iraq Are All About Oil
Why Airstrikes in Iraq Are a Mistake
U.S. “Humanitarian” Bombing of Iraq: A Redundant Presidential Ritual
Officials: ISIS recruiting on the rise in Sunni areas of Iraq
Kurdish forces retake 2 towns from ISIS in northern Iraq
Maliki clings to power in Iraq despite criticism
Maliki spurned as Iraq president nominates new PM
Iraq moved closer to turning the page on Nuri al-Maliki’s reign when an alternative prime minister was named on Monday (Aug 11) to steer the country out of a raging war and save it from breakup. “The country is in your hands,” President Fuad Masum told Haidar al-Abadi after accepting his nomination by parliament’s Shiite bloc, in a move immediately welcomed by the United States.
Was Putin Targeted for Mid-Air Assassination?
Official Washington’s conventional wisdom on the Malaysia Airlines shoot-down blames Russian President Putin, but some U.S. intelligence analysts think Putin, whose plane was flying nearby, may have been the target of Ukrainian hardliners who hit the wrong plane, writes Robert Parry.
Putin says world must remember lessons of past wars
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has condemned political ambitions that threatened peace in Europe during the First World War, saying the international community should learn the lesson from the deadly conflict.
US Sanctions on Russia May Sink the Dollar
The US government’s decision to apply more sanctions on Russia is a grave mistake and will only escalate an already tense situation, ultimately harming the US economy itself. While the effect of sanctions on the dollar may not be appreciated in the short term, in the long run these sanctions are just another step toward the dollar’s eventual demise as the world’s reserve currency.
Russia, China agree on more trade currency swaps to bypass dollar
The Russian and Chinese central banks have agreed on a draft currency swap agreement, which will allow them to increase trade in domestic currencies and cut the dependence on the US dollar in bilateral payments.
Hillary Clinton: ‘Failure’ to Help Syrian Rebels Led to the Rise of ISIS
The former secretary of state, and probable candidate for president, outlines her foreign-policy doctrine. She says this about President Obama’s: “Great nations need organizing principles, and ‘Don’t do stupid stuff’ is not an organizing principle.”
Barack Obama rebukes Syrian ‘fantasy’
In a wide-ranging interview with The New York Times, President Barack Obama defended his administration’s foreign-policy approach in the Middle East. In Syria, Obama said the idea that arming rebels would have made a difference has “always been a fantasy.”
Obama Told Lawmakers Criticism of His Syria Policy is ‘Horsesh*t’
Before the fear of war, fear of fracking in Ukraine
The people of the Donbass, the country’s gritty industrial region in the east, were not naive. They realized that gas pipelines crossing the border with Russia and the shale gas fields near Slovyansk — with a potential reserve of about 3 trillion cubic meters of gas — were the cause of constant tension between Russia and Ukraine.
Rebel leader calls for cease-fire in besieged Donetsk
A top separatist leader on Saturday admitted that Ukrainian forces had surrounded Donetsk, the stronghold of Russian-backed rebels, and called for a cease-fire on humanitarian grounds.
Afghan presidential candidates agree to accept election results
Four Civilians Killed in Attack on NATO Convoy in Kabul: Official
4 Afghan army soldiers, 18 militants killed in fresh wave of violence
Obama’s Pentagon Covered Up War Crimes in Afghanistan, Says Amnesty International
The human-rights group reports the U.S. military systematically ignored evidence of torture and unlawful killings in Afghanistan as recently as last year.
Wikileaks: Ban Ki-Moon Worked with Israel to Undermine UN Report
US Leaders Aid and Abet Israeli War Crimes, Genocide & Crimes against Humanity
By sending vast amounts of military aid to Israel, members of the US Congress, President George W. Bush, President Barack Obama and Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel have aided and abetted the commission of war crimes, genocide and crimes against humanity by Israeli officials and commanders in Gaza.
Obama’s ‘helplessness’ an act: Snowden reveals scale of US aid to Israel
The turmoil gripping the Middle East is a direct result of the provision of cash, weapons and surveillance to Israel by the US, the latest Snowden leak illustrates. Obama’s “helpless detachment” is just for show, the Intercept’s Glenn Greenwald writes.
“The Israeli Dream”: The Criminal Roadmap Towards “Greater Israel”?
Ethnic Cleansing Planned in the Middle East? History, Legality Ignored
Riots Over Michael Brown Shooting Erupt in Ferguson, MO.
FBI probes killing of black Missouri teen; mom urges non-violence
FERGUSON ERUPTS!
Protesters Attack Police Cars – Loot & Torch QuickTrip Following Teen Killing – Shots Fired (Video) …Update: Rioting Spreads to Dellwood
Dad of Slain Unarmed Missouri Teen Michael Brown: ‘We Need Justice for Our Son’
Clean up, calm Monday morning after violent night in Ferguson
A calmer dawn broke Monday morning after a night of protest and looting in Ferguson left broken glass and at least one burned-out building.
Trayvon Martin family attorney to represent slain Missouri teen
Liberia declares state of emergency over Ebola virus
U.S. to spend up to $550 million on African rapid response forces
Liberia declares state of emergency over Ebola virus
The 3 big lies supporting Israel’s war in Gaza
The moral case for Operation Protective Edge is crumbling, exposing Benjamin Netanyahu’s true intentions
UN chief: Gaza deaths and destruction shame world
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon demanded an end to what he called the senseless cycle of suffering in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict Wednesday, telling the General Assembly that “the massive deaths and destruction in Gaza have shocked and shamed the world.”
As Palestinians Go to ICC, Human Rights Watch Alleges Israeli War Crimes for Shooting Fleeing Gazans
Israeli demand for demilitarization seen by Palestinians as red line
Israel says willing to extend cease-fire under current conditions, but Hamas say no such agreement yet reached; also says it will renew fire on Friday unless demands met.
Jimmy Carter and Mary Robinson say Hamas needs to be recognised
Israelis and Palestinians are still burying their loved ones as Gaza’s third war in six years continues. Since July 8, when this war began, more than 1,800 Palestinian and 67 Israeli lives have been sacrificed. Many in the world are heartbroken in the powerless certainty that more will die, that more are being killed every hour.
Hamas armed wing says ready to resume war unless truce demands met
What if the Children Dying in Gaza were Jews?
Senator David Cullinane confronts cowardly Foreign Affairs Minister on Gaza
Who Are The Yazidi? Iraq’s Obscure Religious Minority Is Another ISIS Target
Numbering about 700,000 worldwide, the Yazidi are a sect that combines elements of Islam and Zoroastrianism, the ancient Persian religion dating back to at least 600 B.C., according to the Theosophical Society of America.
Isis consolidates
As the attention of the world focused on Ukraine and Gaza, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (Isis) captured a third of Syria in addition to the quarter of Iraq it had seized in June.
Jets, explosions reported near Islamic State lines as Kurds beg for U.S. help
U.S. Drops Aid to Iraqis; Militants Are Hit
Kurdish and Iraqi officials said that airstrikes had begun Thursday night on towns in northern Iraq seized by the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, but Pentagon officials denied that American forces had begun a bombing campaign.
938 Killed As Maliki Continues His Obstinate Push To Remain Leader of Iraq
Iraqi government air strike on Islamic State court kills 60
Obama’s War Against Russia Backfire
U.S. President Barack Obama’s war against Russia isn’t only causing Russia to cooperate more strongly with the other BRIC countries to break the U.S. dollar’s reign as the global reserve currency, but it’s also causing Russian President Vladimir Putin’s job-approval rating in Russia to soar, and the confidence that the Russian people have in their own Government to soar likewise.
Anti-war protests sweep Ukraine
Women gather in the dozens to block major highways, carrying signs and banners reading “Save our boys” and “Stop the slaughter.” Protesters shout down politicians spouting pro-war rhetoric, telling them to “Go fight your own war.”
Russia calls for humanitarian mission to Ukraine as Poland sounds a warning
Russia bans food imports from West in response to sanctions
Russia bans all U.S. food, EU fruit and vegetables in sanctions response; NATO fears invasion
Brazil poultry exporters ready to replace US on Russian market
The Brazilian capacities allow supplying additional 150,000 tonnes of chicken to Russia to fully make up for the U.S. quota
Russia Sanctions Accelerate Risk to Dollar Dominance
Eighteen Ukrainian soldiers killed in latest separatist clashes – Kiev military
Russia, India to ink $40 bn gas deal: Reports
Afghan Civilians Killed in Airstrike by American-Led Coalition
Venezuela considers selling US oil company Citgo
Snowden receives three-year Russian residence permit – lawyer
The CIA Must Tell the Truth About My Rendition At 12 Years Old
This week, the Senate Intelligence Committee is fighting the White House and the CIA over pre-publication redactions made to a Congressional report on the agency’s use of torture and rendition. This debate is very personal for Khadija al-Saadi, who at 12 years old was rendered from Hong Kong to Libya in a joint CIA-MI6 operation in 2004.
Obama: Egypt should release Al-Jazeera journalists
Boko Haram Insurgents Kill 100, Seize Another Major Northeast Town
‘Dozens’ killed in Boko Haram attack in Nigeria: locals
Sick of this market-driven world? You should be
The self-serving con of neoliberalism is that it has eroded the human values the market was supposed to emancipate
U.S. condemns, enables Israel’s ‘appalling’ Gaza slaughter
U.S. General Killed In Afghanistan Was On First Combat Deployment
An attacker wearing an Afghan military uniform opened fire at service members of the NATO-led coalition in Afghanistan on Tuesday, killing a U.S. major general.
Palestine to Sue Israel for War Crimes, Gaza Massacre
Since the Beginning of the Israeli Offensive on Gaza, 1,888 Palestinians Killed
UK cabinet minister quits over Gaza policy
Baroness Warsi, the first Muslim women to serve in the British cabinet, can no longer support the UK’s policy in Gaza.
Why Israel Lies
All governments lie, as I.F. Stone pointed out, including Israel and Hamas. But Israel engages in the kinds of jaw-dropping lies that characterize despotic and totalitarian regimes. It does not deform the truth; it inverts it. It routinely paints a picture for the outside world that is diametrically opposed to reality.
U.S. condemns, enables Israel’s ‘appalling’ Gaza slaughter
9 Years Later, Here We Go Again in Gaza
Even as war continues to rage, August will mark the ninth anniversary of Israel’s unilateral withdrawal from the Gaza Strip. Dubbed a “disengagement” by Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, the retreat was greeted enthusiastically by the institutional Jewish community.
US won’t use arms transfers to press Israel for cease-fire
Pentagon spokesman: Israel is a staunch ally that would like to see a return to peace
Israel, Hamas to negotiate Gaza border deal after truce
GAZA, Gaza Strip – The outlines of a solution for battered, blockaded Gaza are emerging after Tuesday’s tentative Israel-Hamas cease-fire: Norway is organizing a donor conference and Western-backed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas aims to oversee rebuilding and reassert his authority in the territory, lost to Hamas in 2007.
Peace laureate: Nato must be abolished
NOBEL Peace Laureate Mairead Maguire has criticsed the EU and called for the abolition of Nato following three weeks of war in Gaza.
Troops join rescue as China earthquake kills more than 390
USAID programme used young Latin Americans to incite Cuba rebellion
– HIV workshop was ‘perfect excuse’ for political goals
– Revelations follow failure of ‘Cuban Twitter’ effort
Groups: US political effort in Cuba hurts aid work
Greenwald: ‘There’s a Racist Element’ to Media’s Gaza Coverage
Glenn Greenwald appeared on HuffPost Live today to discuss the media’s coverage of the crisis in Gaza, and overall, Greenwald gave the press an F for the way it’s handled coverage.
Two Ukrainian Government Fighter-Jets Shot Down Malaysian Airlines MH17
We’ll go considerably farther than has yet been revealed by the professional intelligence community, to provide the actual evidence that conclusively shows that (and how) the Ukrainian Government shot down the Malaysian airliner, MH-17, on July 17th.
Switzerland will not blindly follow EU sanctions against Russia – economy minister
Clashes kill two in rebel bastion Donetsk as UN warns of mass exodus
Russian air force holds military exercises near Ukraine border
Air force says 100 aircraft will participate and conduct missile practice, as Ukrainian army advances on rebel-held Donetsk
US to Give Kurdish Forces Air Support
Isis brings its war to Lebanon – and it could be key to a masterplan
After all the warnings and all the clichés about a war that would “spill” over Syria’s border, the savage fighters of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s Sunni Muslim “caliphate” have at last arrived in Lebanon.