Webster G. Tarpley | 2 Oct 2015 A new era in international politics is emerging as Russia comes into the Middle East theater for the first time in decades. For the second day in a row, Russian jets struck terrorist targets in northwest Syria, hitting the areas of Jisr al-Shughour and Jabal al-Zawiya. These two…
VT | 2 Oct 2015 [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UStiDCjgndI?wmode=opaque&showinfo=0&autohide=1] By Gordon Duff, Senior Editor This morning, Fox News reported a Pentagon move to formulate a strategy to block Russia’s bombing campaign around Idlib, near the Syrian/Turkish border. Key American assets are being slaughtered, not “moderate rebels,” but clearly, as the Pentagon states, key US backed jihadists fighting…
RT | 1 Oct 2015 Reports of alleged casualties among civilians caused by Russian airstrikes in Syria emerged even before Russian warplanes were launched for their first combat mission, President Vladimir Putin said, branding such reports ‘information attacks.’ Follow RT’s LIVE UPDATES on Russian anti-terror op in Syria “Other nations have been bombing Syrian territory…
NEO | 1 Oct 2015 The New York Times in its recent article, “Russians Strike Targets in Syria, but Not ISIS Areas,” attempts to frame Russia’s recent actions in Syria as dishonest and dangerous. It reports: Russian aircraft carried out a bombing attack against Syrian opposition fighters on Wednesday, including at least one group trained…
Prison Planet | 1 Oct 2015 Infowars analyzes translation of speech, revealing crucial information was left out which affected the narrative Russia has proceeded to launch air strikes on ISIS in Syria. But at the U.N. General Assembly on Monday, the country’s leader, Vladimir Putin, highlighted how the US and western allies have knowingly perpetuated…
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | 1 Oct 2015 Amply documented but rarely mentioned in news reports, the ISIS is a creation of US intelligence, recruited, trained and financed by the US and its allies including Britain, France, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Turkey, Israel and Jordan. Until recently, the ISIS was known as Al Qaeda in Iraq…
Webster G. Tarpley | 1 Oct 2015 Yesterday marked a major shift in the fight against terrorism in Syria and opened the path towards peace in the Middle East. Russian fighter jets launched 20 sorties over Syria yesterday, destroying at least eight terrorist targets with surgical strikes. According to the London Daily Telegraph, the strikes…
CounterPunch | 29 September 2015 In his Orwellian September 28, 2015 speech to the United Nations, President Obama said that if democracy had existed in Syria, there never would have been a revolt against Assad. By that, he meant ISIL. Where there is democracy, he said, there is no violence or revolution. This was his…
VT | 30 Sept 2015 Russia debunks Israeli propaganda barrage with uncensored combat videos Sukhoi Su-24 Fencer tactical bombers. © Vladimir Vyatkin / RIA Novosti Russia has struck eight Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) targets in Syria, the country’s Defense Ministry said, adding that “civilian infrastructure” was avoided during the operations. Syrian Human Rights Observatory accuses Russia…
Paul Craig Roberts | 28 Sept 2015 Today is the 70th anniversary of the UN. It is not clear how much good the UN has done. Some UN Blue Hemet peacekeeping operations had limited success. But mainly Washington has used the UN for war, such as the Korean War and Washington’s Cold War against the…