The Origin of the ‘New Cold War’

Eric Zuesse | Oriental Review | 15 March 2015 This will be history, replacing myth. So: if at the start it might seem unbelievable, I request the reader — please click onto the sources; and, as you read them, you will (if you have been getting your ‘news’ from the popular mainstream and ‘alternative’ ‘news’…

The Sting: How the FBI Created a Terrorist

The Intercept | March 16, 2015 FBI provided weapons, car bomb and cash In the video, Sami Osmakac is tall and gaunt, with jutting cheekbones and a scraggly beard. He sits cross-legged on the maroon carpet of the hotel room, wearing white cotton socks and pants that rise up his legs to reveal his thin,…

CNN Is Beating the Drums of War

Paul Craig Roberts | 14 March 2015 President George W. Bush’s national security advisor, Condi Rice, warned Americans that Saddam Hussein’s (nonexistent) weapons of mass destruction could result in a mushroom cloud going up over an American city. No such threat existed. But today a very real threat exists over all American cities, and the…

Nuland’s Mastery of Ukraine Propaganda

Robert Parry | 11 March 2015 In House testimony, Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland blamed Russia and ethnic-Russian rebels for last summer’s shoot-down of MH-17 over Ukraine, but the U.S. government has not substantiated that charge. So, did Nuland mislead Congress or just play a propaganda game, asks Robert Parry. An early skill learned by Official…

A Green Light for the American Empire

Ron Paul | 14 March 2015 The American Empire has been long in the making. A green light was given in 1990 to finalize that goal. Dramatic events occurred that year that allowed the promoters of the American Empire to cheer. It also ushered in the current 25-year war to solidify the power necessary to…