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On 3 December 2014, a 13-year-old boy from Tuqu’, in the West Bank, is arrested by Israeli soldiers at 1.30 a.m. and accused of throwing stones. (The boy who testifies is not the one shown in the picture on the …
As reports from individuals like Chieko Shiina, a supporter of the Fukushima Collaborateive Clinic talk about exploding rates of thyroid cancer in children, as well as an epidemic of leukemia, heart attacks, and other health problems, the Abe-led government and …
This article expands on new developments which show Syriza’s climbdown in its desperate effort to keep Greece in the EU and the Eurozone at all cost, even if this implies completely reneging on its major election promises.
In my article …
US-dominated NATO is the greatest threat to world peace, stability and security. Washington wants regime change in Russia.
Economic and political wars rage. Ineffective in achieving America’s aims. Russia is strong and resilient.
Putin is a master chess player. Obama
The Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC), the largest coalition of Palestinian civil society organisations that leads the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement, has condemned the Canadian government’s ramped up disinformation campaign and repressive measures against the boycott, divestment and …
In the wake of the December, 2014 release of the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee’s report on CIA torture, Prime Minister Harper said the report “has nothing to do whatsoever with the government of Canada.”
However, David Long, 9/11 survivor and …
Last August, Human Rights Council (HRC) President Baudelaire Ndong Ella announced the formation of an “independent, international commission of inquiry” into war crimes committed during Israel’s Operation Protective Edge (OPE).
International human rights law expert Professor William Schabas was appointed …
Euro-American imperialism is now prepared to use raw military force to once again dominate the African continent – with Washington and Paris taking the lead. “In recent years, threats to western economic hegemony in Africa by China, new African self-determination …
Comments made in wake of US-backed proxy regime’s fall in Thailand further alienate the waning superpower.
First in Hong Kong, now in Thailand, ongoing US plans to install proxy regimes to extend hegemony across Asia-Pacific have fallen into …
The War in Ukraine: Editorial in The New York Times Suggests US Is Looking for a Face-Saving Way Out
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February 05 2015
The editorial in the New York Times we attach below is the first belated acknowledgement that the only way of saving Ukraine and ending the war is by conceding federalisation to Ukraine’s eastern regions.
We do not know for sure …
The release of a video showing the immolation of captured Jordanian pilot First Lt. Moaz al-Kasabeh by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has been followed by a wave of hypocritical moralizing, combined with threats of more violence, …
NATO defense ministers are meeting in Brussels today to consolidate the military alliance against Russia, increasing the risk of a direct military confrontation between nuclear-armed powers.
NATO sources have revealed plans to establish a long-term presence in Eastern Europe, according …
NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams admitted Wednesday he was not aboard a helicopter hit and forced down by RPG fire during the invasion of Iraq in 2003, a false claim that has been repeated by the network for years.…
President Petro Poroshenko, who the US, along with the Europeans and NATO, helped place in power after last year’s coup, has declared that he has “no doubt” America’s taxpayers will provide the lethal weapons he desires to fight the separatists …
Here’s the cartoon, by Cameron Cardow of the Ottawa Citizen, that USA Today selected as its daily editorial cartoon for February 2.
It’s not a terribly hard cartoon to parse: Islam is the modern equivalent of Nazism, and …
A crowd of several hundred people has begun storming the Ukrainian presidential administration’s office, a TASS correspondent reports from the scene.
Protest demonstrators have penetrated the first cordon of the National Guards and are trying to make their way to …
Palestine will join the International Criminal Court on April 1, announced UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday. The Palestinians will be able to sue Israel for war crimes, a move the Israeli administration has consistently opposed for decades.
The …
It was a case of Modi mania when Narendra Modi and his BJP ‘swept’ to power in last year’s Indian general election. It was however hardly the sweeping endorsement from the voters that much of the corporate media liked to
Warfare is a constantly changing landscape, from the weapons that are used to the battlefields they’re fought on. Amidst mountains of Snowden leaks from the NSA and GCHQ, it’s no longer a mystery that the digital warfare is advancing quickly,
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From the outset of the post World War II period to the present, America’s s global military design has been one of world conquest. War and globalization are intricately related. Militarization supports powerful economic interests. America’s “Long War” is geared …
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights expressed concern over the recent shellings of Donetsk, Mariupol and Horlivka, leading to the death of more than 220 civilians in three weeks.
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on Tuesday urged
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Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro made the accusations on his TV show, saying he provided evidence to regional organizations and asked them to mediate.
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro accused officials at the U.S. Embassy in Caracas of conspiring to bribe people
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It’s always a tricky moment for the corporate media when a foreign leader dies. The content and tone need to be appropriate, moulded to whether that leader fell into line with Western policies or not. Thus, when Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez …
As mentioned in my previous piece, the last hour of trading on Friday was ominous and leads me to believe we will see “gap” openings in all directions very soon. Since then, the markets have bounced back but unconfirmed on …
The Financial Times reports:
…The British Army will revive one of the most contentious special forces units of the second world war, the Chindits, as a new generation of “Facebook” warriors who will wage complex and covert information and
In January, a trial began in a Manhattan federal court against the Palestinian Authority and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) on accusations of orchestrating “terrorism.”
The civil suit, originally filed 11 years ago, alleges that the PA and the PLO …
Port-au-Prince’s hilltop slum of Fort National offers a perfect example of the irony, agony, and struggle that grip Haiti today.
Its rocky moonscape is littered with piles of dirt, debris, and garbage. Untold hundreds of residents died here when the …
Haiti is one of the poorest countries in the world. It has suffered a devastating earthquake followed by a deadly cholera epidemic, both set in the backdrop of a history of oppression by corrupt rulers and foreign exploitation. In spite …
A report released last year by the watchdog body Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) revealed huge conflicts of interests in the Scientific Committees under DG SANCO, the European Commission’s department in charge of consumer issues (see here ‘Chemical Conflicts’).
These Committees …
The leak trial of CIA officer Jeffrey Sterling never got near a smoking gun, but the entire circumstantial case was a smokescreen. Prosecutors were hell-bent on torching the defendant to vindicate Operation Merlin, nine years after a book by James …
A Merck vaccine scientist was threatened with jail time for trying to expose the outright scientific fraud and data falsification being used by the vaccine industry to make its faulty products appear to work even when they don’t, according to …
Washington spent Chavez’s entire tenure trying to oust him. Nearly succeeded in April 2002.
Overwhelming public support foiled Bush’s scheme. Chavez knew he was marked for death. Obama succeeded in killing him.
His dirty hands orchestrated weeks of violence last …
Are you worried about genetically modified trees replacing what was once known as nature? Protection groups from around the globe have unified to publicly condemn the US government for allowing the first genetically modified tree to be legalized with …
The terror threat is greatly exaggerated. After all, the type of counter-terror experts who frequently appear on the mainstream news are motivated to hype the terror threat, because it drums up business for them.
The same is true for …
On Monday, the New York Times announced that the Obama administration is moving to directly arm the Ukrainian army and the fascistic militias supporting the NATO-backed regime in Kiev, after its recent setbacks in the offensive against pro-Russian separatist forces …
Following his demagogic State of the Union speech, the Fiscal Year 2016 budget document released Monday is a further attempt by President Obama to posture as a populist advocate of taxing the wealthy and helping the “middle class,” while pursuing …
from the pipe-bomb-or-placard?-better-safe-than-sorry. dept
The NYPD has created yet another special unit to handle the myriad problems that arise from being terrorists’ occasional target. The SRG (Strategic Response Group) will be tasked with handling certain situations, most of which
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The Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) forces has found ammunition used exclusively in NATO countries that the Ukrainian Army is not usually equipped with, Deputy Donetsk Militia Commander Eduard Basurin said Tuesday.
“These types of ammunition are designed for NATO countries. …
Becoming the first credentialed, well-known media insider to step forward and state publicly that he was secretly a “propagandist,” an editor of a major German daily has said that he personally planted stories for the CIA.
Saying he believes …
As Hillary Clinton further delays the announcement of her 2016 run for the White House, more news has broken regarding her role in the 2011 disastrous intervention in Libya, which set the stage for the 2012 Benghazi attacks where we …
Conditions for Palestinians in Israeli prisons are horrific by any standard. Some of the worst anywhere.
Including children treated like adults. Brutalizing longterm isolation for any reason or none at all.
Severe overcrowding. Poor ventilation and sanitation. Inadequate clothing.
Wooden …
There is a coup underway in Venezuela. The pieces are all falling into place like a bad CIA movie. At every turn a new traitor is revealed, a betrayal is born, full of promises to reveal the smoking gun that …
The head of a UN inquiry into last summer’s Israeli military offensive in Gaza who sent the UN a resignation letter on Monday after Israeli allegations of bias due to consultancy work he did for the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO)
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According to casualty figures released today by UNAMI, a total of 1,375 Iraqis were killed and another 2,240 were wounded in acts of terrorism and violence in January*.
The number of civilians killed was 790 (Including 59 civilian police), and
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The takfiris’ destruction of Syria’s heritage—indeed of all humanity’s—is extremely serious. The world’s including the UN’s turning a blind eye to this horrendous crime against humanity is shocking.
Much has been written about the destruction and looting of Syria’s heritage …
Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis vowed to resort to every measure to stabilize the national debt and open the growth prospective for Greece.
Greece’s new government is willing to use all financial means possible to release the country from its debt
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A report submitted to the United Nations Security Council by UN observers in the Golan Heights over the past 18 months shows that Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) have been in regular contact with Syrian rebels, including Islamic State (ISIS) militants.…
For 20 years, the White House stood guard over the peace process, reserving for itself the role of stewarding Israel and the Palestinians to a resolution of their conflict. Like some Godfather, the US expected unquestioning loyalty.
But Washington’s primacy …
By the next annual session of the Munich Security Conference (MSC) on Feb. 6-8, 2015, its chairman Wolfgang Ischinger has issued a new Munich Security Report “Collapsing Order, Reluctant Guardians,” which aims to initiate a substantial expert discussion …
It is important to pay attention to the events in Latin America. Not only are the events there indicative of regional changes, but they are also indicative to events in Eurasia. The US decline in the Middle East and Washington’s …
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Brookings Institution has now issued a call for us to finance more firebombings, clusterbombings, and other support to the ethnic cleansing, which has been going on since Ukraine’s coup — the ethnic cleansing that’s occurring in the region of …
GR Editor’s Note: The data provided by Cyber Berkut remains to be confirmed
On Jan. 28 the hacker group Cyber Berkut published a collection of documents taken from the computer of Ukraine’s chief military prosecutor, Anatoly Matios.The papers contain …
Former US drone sensor operator Brandon Bryant admits he “couldn’t stand” himself for his participation in the country’s drone program for six years – firing on targets whose identities often went unconfirmed.
Since 2001, and increasingly under the Obama administration, …
by William Dunkerley
Ukraine shot to the top of the U.S. news on Monday, February 2.
In the proceeding week, the news had been occupied with a snowstorm that threatened to paralyze the U.S. Northeast; militant attacks, hostage situations, and …
Washington planned and implemented Kiev’s coup. Obama admitted US “broker(ing) a deal to transition power in Ukraine.”
Code language for ousting democratically elected President Viktor Yanukovych. Replacing him with neo-Nazi mob rule.
In December 2013, Assistant Secretary of State for …
We’ve long noted that Saudi Arabia is a huge supporter of terrorism.
But the new Saudi king is particularly bad.
Investors Business Daily notes:
…King Salman has a history of funding al-Qaida, and his son has been
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The following letter by a young Ukrainian girl was brought to our attention. The letter translated from Russian depicts the drame of young girl, It describes the context of oppression prevailing in Ukraine’s capital directed against those …
Moscow hopes for a thorough investigation into the failed attempted of coup in Macedonia, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
On January 31, Macedonia’s law enforcement authorities reported they prevented an attempted coup. The country’s leadership said leader …
The latest climate projections released last week by the Bureau of Meteorology and CSIRO predict that Australia could potentially warm by between 2.8C and 5.1C by 2090.
Meanwhile, the 2014 State of the Climate report, also produced by the Bureau …
By all standards, human rights abuse in Pakistan particularly against the Shia population is taking a horrendous momentum with the government keeping silent on the ongoing bloodbath.
On Friday, over 60 worshippers were martyred and 60 others injured in an …
Alexis Tsipras is the leader of the Coalition of the Radical Left in Greece (Syriza), who recently was elected Prime Minister. This interview was conducted in October 2014 in Athens by Haris Golemis, who is an economist, Director of
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Secretary of State John Kerry visited the West African state of Nigeria on Jan. 25 saying that the United States would impose sanctions on any terrorists based in the country.
This visit and statement came nearly three weeks prior to …
“In prison, illusions can offer comfort.” – Nelson Mandela
For a magician to fool his audience his deceit must go unseen, and to this end he crafts an illusion to avert attention from reality. While the audience is entranced, the …
Detonating a car bomb in a civilian-populated area and denying any involvement in the attack is called terrorism when our enemies do it.
But what if the terror attack is backed by Israel and the United States?
Speaking only under …
By The Weston A. Price Foundation
Blood is the essence of life. It is useful to examine the blood under a microscope to look for any changes in reaction to a stressor. In this exploratory study, ten human subjects were …
“What Liberia is to shipping companies, Canada is for mining companies.” – Theresa Wolfwood, Director of the Barnard-Boecker Centre Foundation, Apr 12, 2013
In time when legal and regulatory institutions find themselves short when confronting the corporate fiends, it has …
The pro-regime Ukrainian TV station Hromandske TV — which is funded by the U.S. Government, the Dutch Government, has reported that the Ukrainian Government is specifically targeting civilians to die in the Donbass region in the former Ukraine’s southeast. …
Throughout months of conflict, Washington covertly supplied Kiev’s military with lethal weapons. So did various EU countries.
Reports indicate new supplies coming. More on this below. Donbas self-defense forces keep battering Kiev’s military. Supported by Western mercenaries and US forces.
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US President Barack Obama revealed the United States’ involvement in the Ukrainian crisis from its outset and admitted that the United States “had brokered a deal to transition power in Ukraine.”
US President Barack Obama’s recent interview with CNN’s Fareed
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According to a report in the Welt am Sonntag newspaper, German security officials and military experts are urging the rapid purchase of armed drones.
The defence policy spokesman for the Christian Democratic Union-Christian Social Union (CDU/CSU) fraction in parliament, Henning …
GR Editors Note:
The Aidar Battalion is a “Territorial Defense Battalion” made up of volunteers. It is acknowledged as “a volunteer military detachment of Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense.”
There are some 30 volunteer battalions operating in the Donbass region “loosely …
An Egyptian court confirmed death sentences against 183 supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) Monday, marking the culmination of yet another historic mass show trial by the US-backed military regime.
Those convicted, 34 of whom were not even present for …
Image Hans Von Sponeck at the UN
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Prince Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein, points out that “according to international law”, it is “clear” that the United States, which has ratified the 1994 UN Convention against …
The British Army will revive one of the most contentious special forces units of the second world war, the Chindits, as a new generation of “Facebook” warriors who will wage complex and covert information and subversion campaigns.
– From the …
Imagine a bomb going off in New York City’s Times Square and the US government making an announcement about the Super Bowl instead.
That’s just what happened in Thailand Sunday evening when a double bombing took place in the very …
An often hidden and misrepresented rebellion against slavery in 1811 along the German coast in Louisiana is now noted by some writers as the largest African uprising during the antebellum period.
Historiographical accounts of resistance to slavery among Africans in
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I saw Clint Eastwood’s movie American Sniper the other night. It is the story of U.S. Navy SEAL sniper Chris Kyle, based on his autobiography. Kyle fought in Iraq between 2004 and 2009 when the U.S. was occupying the country.
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The dissolution of Haiti’s parliament on January 12, 2015, coming so close Martin Luther King Jr’s birthday, brings forth reflections on the utility of non-violent action as a tool to fight a foreign occupation.
An occupation, of course, is not …
Bill C-51, if made into law, might make this article and a good part of the activities of my, and other citizen media groups, acts of supporting Terrorism. And some of you engaged citizens reading this, Terrorists. If we get …
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