Atlas Monitor | 29 April 2015 Unfortunately the situation in Iraq and the wider Middle East is now far worse than the predictable consequences of the hubris of Western policy in the Middle East. The conflict in the M.E. has taken on an even more complicated and peculiar complexion. Saudi Arabia and Israel are now…
RT | 17 April 2015 Obama’s time as leader of the US is coming to an end – his term concludes next year. Wannabe presidents have already joined the race to the White House. And as President Obama goes through the final year of his rule, Washington suddenly changes its tone – now Iran is…
NEO | 10 April 2015 It seems that the old saying: ”when you plot mischief for others, you’re preparing trouble for yourself” could not be any more accurate. And so it was with Saudi Arabia, who launched military aggression against its neighbor on 26 March, after building a shabby coalition in a matter of hours out…
The Ron Paul Institute | 26 March 2015 This month, the Physicians for Social Responsibility released a report on the number of Afghanis, Iraqis, and Pakistanis killed in the ten year US “war on terror.” Titled “Body Count” the report from the Nobel Peace Prize winning organization has found that what was supposed to make…
RT | 27 March 2015 The alliance of 60 countries declaring plans to finish off the Islamic State is not serious, Syrian President Bashar Assad told Russian media. Some of its members would prefer to retain the terrorist force to blackmail different countries, he said. The rate of airstrikes conducted by the anti-ISIS coalition member…
Tony Cartalucci | March 26, 2015 Saudi Arabia, in an unprecedented act of unprovoked unilateral military aggression against Yemen by the autocratic absolute monarchy, was allegedly triggered in a US-backed attempt to restore what Riyadh is calling the “legitimate government of Yemen.” What exactly constitutes a legitimate government is not clear for a despotic regime…
Binoy Kampmark | Global Research | March 25, 2015 It was made as a special statement. The Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott wanted it known that Australian soldiers who had fought in Afghanistan in what has been the country’s longest war should not be treated like those who had fought in Vietnam. “Afghanistan is a better country…
ICH | 25 March 2015 The investigators found “the war has, directly or indirectly, killed around one million people in Iraq, 220,000 in Afghanistan and 80,000 in Pakistan ( i.e. a total of around 1.3 million). http://www.democracynow.org/embed/headlines/2015/3/25 A new report has found that the Iraq War has killed about one million people. The Nobel Prize-winning…
Patrick J. Buchanan | 24 March 2015 Though “Bibi” Netanyahu won re-election last week, the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations will still look into whether the State Department financed a clandestine effort to defeat him. Reportedly, State funneled $350,000 to an American NGO called OneVoice, which has an Israeli subsidiary, Victory 15, that collaborated with…
Washington Post | 17 March 2015 The Pentagon is unable to account for more than $500 million in U.S. military aid given to Yemen, amid fears that the weaponry, aircraft and equipment is at risk of being seized by Iranian-backed rebels or al-Qaeda, according to U.S. officials. With Yemen in turmoil and its government splintering, the…