Foreign Affairs | 24 Sept 2015 [AM editor’s note: here is an example of the diabolical cynicism of the Washington foreign policy establishment, exemplified by such private councils of power as the Council on Foreign Relations. WIll anyone rid us of this infernal cabal?] Early September brought the news that the Russians were deploying military…
Infowars.com | September 21, 2015 Russian marines clashed with ISIS near Latakia, Syria, on Sunday, according to Russian media. During the fight the marines allegedly killed several militants and captured others after ISIS attempted to attack an airbase operated by Russian military, reported the Russian newspaper Segodnya. Interestingly, the newspaper also reported the ISIS militants…
Natural News | 20 Sept 2015 At the same time that Monsanto’s corruption is infiltrating every corner of U.S. academia, government regulators and corporate-controlled media, Russia has just announced a total ban on the cultivation of GMO crops. “A senior Russian government member told reporters the cabinet decided that any food production in the country…
Webster G. Tarpley | 19 Sept 2015 Here is the face-saving formula used by US Secretary of State Kerry in London today to signal that the United States is finally jettisoning the absurd and utopian demand that Syrian President Assad’s immediate removal from power be a precondition for negotiating a political settlement for Syria. Kerry…
Counterpunch | 17 Sept 2015 “Obama administration officials, who have been negotiating with Turkey for months, said Thursday that they had reached an agreement for manned and unmanned American warplanes to carry out aerial attacks on Islamic State positions from air bases at Incirlik and Diyarbakir. The agreement was described by one senior administration official…
Robert Parry | 13 Sept 2015 Official Washington’s new “group think” is to blame Russia’s President Putin for the Syrian crisis, although it was the neocons and President George W. Bush who started the current Mideast mess by invading Iraq, the Saudis who funded Al Qaeda, and the Israelis who plotted “regime change,” says Robert Parry. By…
The Saker | 9 September 2015 Russia has taken the lead in supporting Syria this summer, actively initiating efforts to bring a diplomatic resolution to the country’s crisis and assemble an inclusive anti-ISIL coalition. The rapid pace at which it’s working is due in large part to the looming specter of a joint American-Turkish invasion force which hangs ominously…
Eric Zuesse | 14 Sept 215 United States is pushing on with its efforts to restart the war On September 6th, Ukraine’s apostrophe news-site headlined, “Putin will try to return the Donbass to the Ukraine — Gerashchenko,” and quoted a prominent member of Ukraine’s parliament who is also a member of the committee overseeing Ukraine’s national security, Anton…
Infowars.com | September 14, 2015 Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Sunday the goal of the United States in Syria is different than what is publicly stated. He also said the coalition led by the U.S. knows the positions of ISIS in the country and is not targeting them. Lavrov told Channel One, the…
Webster G. Tarpley | 13Sept 2015 The absurd and discredited policy of the Obama administration on Syria, which constantly demands the ouster of President Assad, even though he is the only factor of stability in the country and the only force capable of finally destroying ISIS, is now collapsing under the weight of its own…