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Military Presence on American Streets: South Carolina National Guard Drills Door-to-Door ”Wellness Checks” By Brandon Turbeville, March 09 2015

In yet another example of the growing trend of the process of acclimatization of the general public to an open military presence on American streets as well as greater cooperation between the US Military and civilian law enforcement, South Carolina …

Rationalizing Lunacy: The Intellectual as Servant of the State and Perpetual War By Andrew J. Bacevich, March 09 2015

Walt Whitman Rostow, McGeorge Bundy’s successor as national security adviser, shows President Lyndon B. Johnson a model of the Khe Sanh area on Feb. 15, 1968. (Photo: public domain)

Policy intellectuals — eggheads presuming to instruct the mere mortals who

Major Chemical Company Dupont “Poisoned Water Supply” for 50 Years By Christina Sarich, March 09 2015

A federal lawsuit has been filed against the chemical company Dupont by residents of West Virginia after being poisoned with a chemical called C8. The plaintiffs seek damages from Dupont for contaminating their drinking water.

DuPont has a habit of …

Real U.S. Unemployment Rate at 23.2%, not 5.5% By Global Research News, March 09 2015

The seasonally-adjusted SGS Alternate Unemployment Rate reflects current unemployment reporting methodology adjusted for SGS-estimated long-term discouraged workers, who were defined out of official existence in 1994. That estimate is added to the BLS estimate of U-6 unemployment, which includes short-term …

Nearly at ‘Full Employment’? 10 Reasons Why the Unemployment Numbers Are a Massive Lie By Michael Snyder, March 09 2015

On Friday, we learned that the official “unemployment rate” has fallen to 5.5 percent. Since an unemployment rate of 5 percent is considered to be “full employment” by many economists, many in the mainstream media took this as a sign …

Facing Options under Mounting Pressure: US at Crossroads on Ukraine By Andrey Akulov, March 09 2015

The US plan to train Ukrainian national guard troops is put “on hold” pending implementation of Minsk accords in Ukraine. U.S. Army Europe Commanding General Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges said Washington was keen to see a ceasefire deal signed in

Report Finds FBI Undercounts Police Killings by Half By Tom Hall, March 08 2015

A study released Tuesday by the federal Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) found that the FBI’s official annual tally of police homicides persistently undercounted police killings by more than half.

Even before the BJS study, the FBI’s annual statistics of …

European Union Press Syriza to Deepen its Austerity Program for Greece By Robert Stevens, March 08 2015

After the Syriza-led government’s decision to sign the February 20 Eurogroup statement and capitulate to European Union (EU) demands for more austerity in Greece, EU officials are stepping up their threats against the country.

Since then, the “troika”—the European Commission, …

Ferguson and the Logic of Neoliberalism By Rob Urie, March 08 2015

While the U.S. Department of Justice report on racist policing practices in Ferguson, Missouri provides direct evidence for skeptical Whites that institutional racism is fact, limiting the investigation to Ferguson implausibly delimits the scope of race based repression in the

Europe Blocks U.S. from Racing to War Against Russia? By Eric Zuesse, March 08 2015

On Friday, 6 March, President Obama placed temporarily on ice his planned increase in weapons and soldiers to help the Ukrainian Government to ‘defend’ Ukraine against the ‘terrorists’ in Donbass, which is the Ukrainian region that had voted 90% for

The Wisconsin Hundred Thousand: Scott Walker, the White House and ISIS By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, March 08 2015

“We are going to remember what they did to us today.”
-Stephanie Bloomingdale, AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer, Mar 5, 2015

The United States features the broadest of churches in terms of political views.  European critics have taken issue, historically, with its crude …

The ‘Democrat’ Brzezinski Says Russia’s Putin Wants to Invade NATO By Eric Zuesse, March 08 2015

Zbigniew Brzezinski, U.S. President Obama’s friend and advisor on Russia, is a born Polish aristocrat who has hated Russia his whole life but who hid that hatred until after the communist Soviet Union collapsed and he then publicly came

The U.S-Israel Alliance: War, Chaos and Netanyahu’s Big Lie By Timothy Alexander Guzman, March 08 2015

The relationship between the U.S. and Israel in the last 6 years under the Obama administration has never been stronger.  In 2012, The National Jewish Democratic Council (NJDC) declared that President Obama’s aid package for Israel was the largest in

EU Increasingly Abandons Obama on Ukraine? By Eric Zuesse, March 08 2015

As reported on Saturday March 7th by both German Economic News, and Spiegel magazine, the ongoing lies and arrogance from U.S. President Barack Obama’s Administration regarding Ukraine and Russia have finally raised to the surface a long-mounting anger of

How the US Supreme Court Has Treasonously Destroyed America’s Democratic Republic By Joachim Hagopian, March 08 2015

This presentation will focus on how our Big Government in general and the US Supreme Court in particular have undermined and destroyed America’s onetime democratic republic. The judicial branch of the American government consisting of the federal district courts,

The Nemtsev Assassination: New Cold War and the Politics of Russia By Michael Welch and Roger Annis, March 08 2015

One of the most plausible theories that I have as regards the assassination of Nemtsev is that this was something to do with a rogue branch of either the Russian State itself, or of the Oligarchy settling scores because

The Dark and Secret Dungeons of Iraq. Horror Stories of Female Prisoners By Wijhat Nadhar, March 08 2015

This article was published on December 2, 2012.

When women in Iraq are arrested, they routinely go through three gruesome phases, starting with humiliation, followed by torture, and often ending with rape. I have received disturbing information from two different,

Mainstream Media Discovers What Created ISIS – Global Warming! By Brandon Turbeville, March 08 2015

After five years of intense fighting and destabilization raging across Syria, Western mainstream press has finally discovered the true cause of the so-called “civil war.” It turns out that all of the analysts in the alternative media suggesting that the …

Monsanto’s Deep Legacy Of Corruption And Cover-Up By Barbara Minton, March 08 2015

Monsanto is now instantly recognized as the company dominating the global food supply with its more than 7000  current worldwide patents. But today’s Monsanto is not a corporate newcomer. Although its literature heralds the company as having a clear and …

CIA Asset Joins Islamic State and Evidence of Israeli Support to Al-Qaeda By Global Research News, March 07 2015
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Israel Supports Al Qaeda Militants in Syria: Photographic Evidence, Press TV, March 07, 2015

Press TV has obtained photos showing al-Qaeda-linked militants next to Israeli soldiers in the occupied Golan Heights.

The Justice Department Report on Ferguson Police: An Indictment of American Capitalism By Andre Damon, March 07 2015

The US Justice Department released a report on Wednesday documenting systematic and wanton brutality, violence and outright criminality on the part of police in Ferguson, Missouri, carried out in violation of the legally protected constitutional rights of the city’s population.

US Orders 7,700 Children Deported Without Court Hearings By Patrick Martin, March 07 2015

More than 7,700 immigrant children have been ordered deported over the past 18 months without ever appearing in court, according to statistics released by the federal government recently and reported by the Los Angeles Times Friday.

The Times account was …

Myanmar “Color Revolution”: Meet Aung San Suu Kyi’s Saffron Mobs By Tony Cartalucci, March 07 2015

Image: Monks mingle in the background with protesters marching against attempts to recognize and empower stateless Rohingya refugees. Racism, bigotry, and savagery are hallmarks of this street mob which also so happens to be the same mob supporting “democracy icon,”

Southeast Ukraine: “We Have Built an Independent State”. Interview with Deputy PM, Donetsk People’s Republic, Mikhail Mnukhin By Mikhail Mnukhin, March 07 2015

We have the honor of interviewing First Deputy Prime Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Donetsk People’s Republic, Mikhail Mhukhin. He speaks to us about the ongoing crisis in the DPR, the history of Donbass and its relationship to Ukraine,

Israel Supports Al Qaeda Militants in Syria: Photographic Evidence By Press TV, March 07 2015

Press TV has obtained photos showing al-Qaeda-linked militants next to Israeli soldiers in the occupied Golan Heights.

New photos from the Golan Heights further prove Tel Aviv’s support for al-Qaeda-linked militants, especially al-Nusra Front, that have been wreaking havoc in …

Turkey’s Military Invasion of Syria Aimed at Creating a “Buffer Zone” By Steven MacMillan, March 07 2015

At dawn on Sunday the 22nd of February, Turkey launched a military operation into Syria to purportedly rescue Turkish soldiers who had been surrounded by Islamic State (IS/ISIS/ISIL) fighters for months. The troops were guarding the tomb of Suleyman

Austerity Strangles Ontario: the Teaching Assistants Strikes in Context By David Bush and Doug Nesbitt, March 07 2015

Toronto is in the midst of an unprecedented strike by over 10,000 Teaching Assistants (TA) and contract faculty at York University and the University of Toronto: the country’s two largest universities. Only blocks away from the University of Toronto

Washington’s Central Asian Strategy: “Color Revolution Expert” Dispatched to Kyrgyzstan By Andrew Korybko, March 07 2015

Image: Richard Miles a.k.a father of Color Revolution

One of the most prominent Color Revolution experts in America’s coup d’état toolkit has been hurriedly recalled from retirement for immediate deployment to Kyrgyzstan. Richard Miles, the engineer of the first Color

Victoria Nuland Lied to US Congress about Phantom Russian Hoards in Ukraine By Stephen Lendman, March 07 2015

On March 4, Nuland addressed House Foreign Affairs Committee members.

She called murdered US-funded, Boris Nemtsov a “freedom fighter, Russian patriot and friend.”

She absurdly called Ukraine “central to our 25 year Transatlantic quest for a ‘Europe whole, free …

“Radioactive Cover-Up” at Fukushima — Experts Believe “Other Sources of Contamination” Are Flowing Into Ocean By Global Research News, March 07 2015

Asahi Shimbun, Feb 28, 2015 (emphasis added): The nation’s nuclear watchdog body slammed [TEPCO] over its failure to disclose information on the leakage of radioactive rainwater into the sea… TEPCO President Naomi Hirose… apologized profusely… TEPCO …

Head of UN Occupation Force in Haiti, Edmond Mulet, Ran Child Trafficking Network in Guatemala By Dady Chery, March 07 2015

Latin America is beginning to reap the fruits that it sowed in Haiti during the last decade. Its armies have become so fat as to control, either byquiet coups or default, the superficial democracies in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, …

Suspects Named in Nemtsov’s Murder. Dudayev Battalion Militants suspected in Nemtsov Murder By Global Research News, March 07 2015

Isa Munaiev, the late Chechen commander’s long shadow needs to be investigated. The Chechen connection is a major potential piece in the puzzle. (Credit: dunyabulteni.net / Click images to expand.) 

Translated from Russian by J.Hawk  

The Nemtsov murder investigation has …

Israel Used “Disappearance” of Soldier as Pretext for Killing Spree, Targeted Hospitals and Places of Worship: Human Rights Group By Adri Nieuwhof, March 07 2015

Ten people were killed when Israel attacked this UN school in Rafah, southern Gaza, on 3 August last year. (Ashraf Amra / APA images)

Israel used the “disappearance” of a soldier in Gaza as a pretext to kill …

Ukraine Energy Minister: EU Should Share Transit Risks, Help Pay for Gas Storage By RT, March 06 2015

Ukrainian Minister of Energy and the Coal Industry Vladimir Demchishin has suggested the EU should partly pay the costs for filling underground gas storage facilities in his country to cut the risk of possible interruptions in transit to Europe.

“The

Shock: Fracking Used to Inject Nuclear Waste Underground for Decades By Aaron Dykes and Melissa Dykes, March 06 2015

Unearthed articles from the 1960s detail how nuclear waste was buried beneath the Earth’s surface by Halliburton & Co. for decades as a means of disposing the by-products of post-World War II atomic energy production.

Fracking is already a controversial …

Week in Review: The Boris Nemtsov Assasination and the US Helping the Islamic State Take Over Syria By Global Research News, March 06 2015
Three US families Fund Half of Netanyahu’s Re-election Bid By Tony Seed, March 06 2015

On March 5, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave a warmongering, backward speech to an extraordinary joint session of the US Congress attacking Iran, Syria, Yeman and Lebanon.

The US Congress interrupted the Israeli’s speech 39 times to applaud. Twenty …

Gas Deal with Israel Is “Knife at Jordan’s Throat,” Say Campaigners By Patrick Strickland, March 06 2015

Jordanians protest against a gas deal with Israel in Amman, 28 November 2014. (EPA)

Jordanian campaigners are demanding that an agreement on importing gas from Israel be scrapped.

At least 26 organizations, including trade unions and political parties, …

U.S. Standing Alone Against Children, Will not Ratify Convention on the Rights of the Child By David Swanson, March 06 2015

Lawrence Wittner points out that the United States will soon be the only nation on earth that has not ratified theConvention on the Rights of the Child.

And why not? Wittner focuses on general backward stupidness: the treaty …

What Was Missing From the US Mainstream Coverage of Netanyahu’s Speech By Jim Naureckas, March 06 2015

Reading the lead stories on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to Congress about Iran in five prominent US papers–the New York TimesWashington Post,LA TimesWall Street Journal and USA Today(all 3/3/15)–what was most …

Same Mercury Used in Vaccines Conclusively Linked to Causing Autoimmune Disorders By Jonathan Benson, March 06 2015

A new study published in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives provides fresh insight into why millions of people living in the developed world today suffer from severe autoimmune disorders that were virtually unheard of before the advent of vaccines.

Researchers …

“Altered Genes, Twisted Truths”: Britain’s Pre-eminent Scientific Body Should Put the Record Straight on GMOs By Colin Todhunter, March 06 2015

The Royal Society acts as a scientific advisor to the British government. The Society is Britain’s Academy of Sciences, which funds research fellowships and scientific start-up companies. A self-governing fellowship of many of the world’s most distinguished scientists drawn from

Washington Stokes Middle East Bloodbath By Bill Van Auken, March 06 2015

Gen. Martin Dempsey, the chief of the Pentagon’s Joint Chiefs of Staff, told a congressional committee Wednesday that US troops may be sent into Syria to fight alongside so-called rebels who are seeking the overthrow of the Damascus government of

China Cuts Growth Forecast, Warning of “Deep-seated” Economic Problems By Nick Beams, March 06 2015

The Chinese government has lowered its official projection for economic growth this year to “approximately 7 percent” following a year that saw the lowest economic expansion in a quarter of a century.

Chinese Premier Li Kequiang announced the target in …

Don’t Believe Mainstream US Media Coverage of Venezuela By Sonali Kolhatkar, March 06 2015

Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro speaks at rally in Bolivar Square to commemorate International Women’s Day in Caracas on March 8, 2014. (Photo: AP / Alejandro Cegarra)

Diplomatic relations between Venezuela and the U.S. have just taken a big hit, with

How the Malaysian Airlines MH17 Boeing Was Shot Down. Examination of the Wreckage By Global Research News, March 06 2015
This essay presents extensive photographic evidence of the wreckage of flight MH17. The author's examination refutes the official story, namely that MH17 was brought down by a BUK missile
US Sponsored Death and Destruction in East Ukraine: All Buildings in Debaltseve Destroyed by the Occupying Ukrainian Army By Eric Zuesse, March 06 2015
According to the head of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in Ukraine, no usable buildings survive in the town of Debaltseve, the crucial railroad junction that was long fought over between the occupying Ukrainian army and
Netanyahu, ‘Censored Voices,’ and the False Narrative of Self-Defense By Prof. Marjorie Cohn, March 06 2015

On March 3rd, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued an impassioned plea to the US Congress to protect Israel by opposing diplomacy with Iran. Referring to “the remarkable alliance between Israel and the United States” which includes “generous

Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad: “The West has no Desire to Combat Terrorism”. West Channels “Money and Armaments” to ISIS By Bashar al Assad, March 06 2015

President Bashar al-Assad gave an interview to Portuguese State Television, RTP,  the following is the full text:

Question 1: In a few days, it will be 4 years since the protests began in Syria against the government of Bashar al-Assad. …

Protests in Ireland against Austerity Measures, Political Policing and Imprisonments By Paul Kiernan, March 06 2015

My name is Paul Kiernan and I am a resident of Tallaght, Dublin, Republic of Ireland. I was politically arrested on Monday 16th February 2015 and face a possible charge of false imprisonment (which has a maximum sentence of 15

IMF Director Admits: The Greek Bailout Was “To Save German and French Banks” By Zero Hedge, March 06 2015

For the first time in public, though practically the entire world assumed it, an official from The IMF has admitted that the various Greek bailouts were not for The Greeks at all… “They gave money to save German and French

“The Tony Blair Doctrine”: Geopolitical Bombshell. Britain’s Iraq Chilcot Inquiry up in Flames By Nicholas Wood, March 06 2015

If ever there was a geo-political bombshell, this is it.

Twelve years after the illegal and inhumane invasion of Iraq based on lies, fabrication and downright arrogance, 6 years after the launch of the Chilcot inquiry, comes today the following

BBC Foreknowledge of Collapse of WTC Building 7? Brother of 9/11 Victim goes to Court with the BBC over Alleged Cover Up By Peter Drew, March 06 2015

Event Details

Date: Monday March 23rd, 2015

Time:  2.15pm

Venue: Court 1 Hastings Magistrates Court, Bohemia Rd, Hastings TN34 1ND

Contact Details:  UK AE911Truth   [email protected]

Summary Overview

On 23rd March Matt Campbell of Sussex, United Kingdom, will …

From Far Away: Syria central to the 18th World Festival of Youth and Students in Ecuador By Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya, Norman Finkelstein, and Nagham Salman, March 06 2015

This short documentary features a number of individuals who have participated in a conference on Syria and the Middle East in Ecuador while the 18th World Festival of Youth and Students was also taking place in Ecuador. The director took

Congress Cheers Netanyahu’s Hatred of Iran By Robert Parry, March 05 2015

Addressing Congress in the style of a State of the Union speech, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu won 41 rounds of applause as U.S. lawmakers eagerly enlisted in the Israeli-Saudi conflict against Iran and its allies – an enthusiasm that

Petraeus gets Slap on the Wrist in State Secrets Case By Thomas Gaist, March 05 2015

Former top general and CIA chief David Petraeus passed classified secret information to his lover, including details of ongoing covert operations and names of undercover agents, and subsequently lied about these actions to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Department

Judge Limits Evidence on Role of Main Perpetrator of Boston Marathon Bombings By Barry Grey, March 05 2015

The federal trial of accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev got under way Wednesday amid extraordinary security surrounding the Boston courtroom, which was packed with reporters and victims of the April 15, 2013 bombings.

Boston police closed off streets that, …

LAPD, Media Rush to Judge Homeless Victim of Police Killing While Insisting Public ‘Not Rush to Judge’ By Adam Johnson, March 05 2015

A phone video of a homeless man who goes by the name Africa being shot and killed by the LAPD went viral Sunday night. The video was raw, the outrage on display from those watching the killing unfold in real …

Political Assassination in Haiti? Oriel Jean, Former Security Chief for Aristide, Gunned Down in Port-au-Prince By Kim Ives, March 05 2015

Oriel Jean and his wife Bettina.

In what many suspect is a political assassination, Oriel Jean, 50, the former security chief of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide from 2001 to 2003, was shot to death by gunmen on motorcycles shortly after 3:30 …

Chronic Kidney Failure 5 Times Higher in Glyphosate-Ridden (Monsanto Roundup) Areas, Study Confirms By Christina Sarich, March 05 2015

The evidence for the abominable toxicity of Round Up chemicals like glyphosate is already overwhelming, yet there seems to be a never-ending stream of research and evidence pointing toward their dangers. A new study has just been published showing that 

You’re 55 Times More Likely to be Killed by a Police Officer than a Terrorist By Washington's Blog, March 05 2015

Police Killings Grossly Underreported

We previously reported that Americans are 9 times more likely to be killed by a police officer than a terrorist.

But it turns out that our numbers were incorrect …

This isn’t surprising, given that

CIA Asset Joins Islamic State in Libya – Abdelhakim Belhadj Worked with U.S. and NATO to Overthrow Gaddafi    By Kurt Nimmo, March 05 2015

Abdelhakim Belhadj has reportedly joined forces with the Islamic State, according to the journalist Sara Carter. Belhadj is a former al-Qaeda operative who was a key player in the overthrow of Moammar Gaddafi. He worked directly with the U.S. and …

Flu Vaccine Paradox: More Vaccinated People Catch the Flu, the Most Protected are Unvaccinated By Ethan A. Huff, March 05 2015

The conventional medical system is literally grasping at straws trying to maintain the illusion that vaccines work, with new reports now admitting that flu vaccines are an utter failure while still pushing people to get them. The latest nonsensical narrative, …

The Impacts of Genetic Engineering: Not Science, Just Lies and Propaganda: The Massive Fraud Behind GMOs Exposed By Colin Todhunter, March 05 2015

This is not what the GMO industry wanted to see: banner headlines today in major newspapers and across the internet exposing the fraud behind GMOs. But this constitutes much more than a PR nightmare. The story behind the headlines shakes

Archbishop Tutu: The West Committed The Holocaust While Palestinians Pay Historic Price By Global Research News, March 05 2015

In an interview with the Palestinian Embassy in South Africa, and the Palestinian delegation participating in the Israeli Apartheid Week, Archbishop Desmond Tutu said that the “west committed the holocaust against the Jews in Europe, while the Palestinians are still

The TTIP Power Grab: Handing The Corporate Thieves The Key To Your Home By Colin Todhunter, March 05 2015

Some 375 civil society organisations from across Europe have today called on EU decision-makers to protect citizens, workers, and the environment from threats the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) it poses.  

The call comes as European Parliament committees are …

Fast Food Nations: Selling out to Junk Food, Illness and Food Insecurity By Colin Todhunter, March 05 2015

Western agribusiness, food processing companies and retail concerns are gaining wider entry into India and through various strategic trade deals are looking to gain a more significant footprint within the country. The Knowledge Initiative on Agriculture (KIA) and the ongoing

Head of Nobel Peace Prize Committee Is Fired, Requests Obama to Return 2009 Peace Prize? By Eric Zuesse, March 05 2015

For the first time ever, the head of the Nobel Peace Prize Committee has been fired. It happened on Tuesday, March 3rd.

Thorbjorn Jagland, chairman of the Nobel Peace Prize Committee, and former Norwegian Prime Minister, said, on the way

US and Venezuela: Decades of Defeats and Destabilization By Prof. James Petras, March 05 2015

US policy toward Venezuela is a microcosm of its larger strategy toward Latin America.  The intent is to reverse the region’s independent foreign policy and to restore US dominance; to curtail the diversification of trading and investment partners and re-center

Obama Lied About Obamacare By Eric Zuesse, March 05 2015

Obamacare Increases Insurance-Rate by 87.7%/85.4%, or 2.7% Since 2008

Obamacare Increases Insureds from 85.4% up to 87.7%

Candidate Obama’s Promise  of “Universal” Meant 100%

Obamacare started being available on 1 October 2013 and has now been available for 16 months. …

The CIA Secret Prisons in Europe. Political Camouflage in the EU. Washington’s “European Partners in Crime” By Nako Minchev, March 04 2015

It is common knowledge that at end-January 2015 the global movement Amnesty International published a report, titled “Breaking the conspiracy of silence: USA’s European “partners in crime” must act after Senate torture report”, which throws further light upon the information

Two Different Approaches, Two Different Results in Fighting the Ebola Epidemic By Matt Peppe, March 04 2015

In recent weeks the Ebola epidemic in West Africa has slowed from a peak of more than 1,000 new cases per week to 99 confirmed cases during the week of February 22, according to the World Health Organization. For two

Threat to Independence and Free Speech: What to Expect from FCC Control of the Internet By James Hall, March 04 2015

Now that the split vote on the FCC commission has decided to accept their secret plan to turn the internet into a public utility, prepare for all the same rubber stamp decisions that your state run Public Service Commission’s operate

The Paris Climate Talks and the Failure of the World’s Largest States By Gabriel Levy, March 04 2015

The officials in charge of the United Nations climate talks say that no deal will be done in Paris in December (COP21) to avoid dangerous global warming. After preparatory negotiations in Geneva, Switzerland, this month, Christiana Figueres,

The World’s Great Newspaper Reports on Ukraine By Eric Zuesse, March 04 2015

Here are summaries (translated by me into English) of the latest news-reports on Ukraine, in Deutsche Wirtschafts Nachrichten, or German Economic News. (Click on the following link to see each of these news reports in full. If you use the

The Political Downfall of General David Petraeus: From War Hero to Convicted Felon? Petraeus’ Plea Bargain By Joachim Hagopian, March 04 2015

As a postscript headline to the mid-January article below, America’s most famous general turned CIA Director David Petraeus just worked out a plea bargain deal with the Justice Department. He admitted to leaking classified documents to his biographer turned lover

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Pentagon Announces U-turn on Use of Depleted Uranium Ammunition in Iraq and Syria By Global Research News, March 04 2015

The Pentagon has announced that depleted uranium (DU) munitions have not, and will not, be used by US aircraft in the conflict against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. The policy U-turn contrasts with statements made over previous months, where

The Prevention of Genocide and other Grave Crimes against Humanity against Palestinians By Joanne Maria McNally and Prof. Marjorie Cohn, March 04 2015

On 2 March 2015, we  sent a ‘Cease and Desist Order’ to the Prosecutor at the International Criminal Court (also copied to the Chancery Department, Royal Courts of Justice, London), under Article 15 of her jurisdiction, and in relation to

Netanyahu’s Ugly Israel By Stephen Lendman, March 04 2015

 Israel is a rogue terror state by any standard. No amount of speechmaking changes reality. 

They want supreme hegemonic regional control. They’re willing to wage genocidal wars to achieve objectives – including use of nuclear, chemical, biological and other banned

Signalling for War: Benjamin Netanyahu before Congress By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, March 04 2015

He has been busy, drunk with that transformation that afflicts Israeli politicians when touring the United States.  Deflecting and parrying while stabbing and thrusting, he should never have given an address to Congress in these circumstances.  Cold water has been