America Seeks to Destroy Syrian Civilization, Replace it With Terrorism and Ignorance
By Mark Taliano, March 22 2017
NATO/GCC/Israeli proxy terrorists in Syria have committed all manner of atrocities with a view to destroying Syria’s culture, history, economy, pluralism, its very essence. They want to create a blank slate. They want to destroy the country’s secular institutions so that Syria devolves into a sectarian terrorist cesspool of death and ignorance. All of this is well documented.
Netanyahu Vows Continued War on Syria
By Stephen Lendman, March 22 2017
On Tuesday, Netanyahu denied reports about Russia demanding Israel halt airstrikes in Syria, vowing they’ll continue. Their aim is more about weakening the country than targeting weapons convoys allegedly intended for Hezbollah. Pretexts are easy to invent to justify lawlessness.
The International Community Must Bring an End to Israel’s Illegal Occupation of Palestine
By Edu Montesanti and Amit Gilutz, March 21 2017
Independent and funded by contributions from foundations in Europe and North América, B’Tselem The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories acts primarily to change Israeli policy in the Occupied Territories and ensure that its government, which rules the Occupied Territories, protects the human rights of residents there and complies with its obligations under international law. Edu Montesanti speaks to Amit Gilutz, B’Tselem spokesman, on the Israeli occupation of Palestine.
Somalian Refugees Massacred in the Red Sea Off Yemen Coast
By Abayomi Azikiwe, March 22 2017
Somalian community representatives in Yemen have issued a statement denouncing the brutal killings of 42 people and the injuring of 120 others when their vessel was struck in the Red Sea area near the port city of Hodeida on March 17. Reports indicate that the deaths were a direct result of an airstrike carried out by the Saudi Arabian-Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) in a war being waged against the people of Yemen.
David Rockefeller: A Dark Legacy in Brazil, A Critical Obituary
By Brasil Wire, March 21 2017
On March 20, David Rockefeller died at the age of 101. As the obituaries for one of the world’s richest men gush over his philanthropy, it needs to be pointed out that he was a major player in several Latin American coups, supported extremely corrupt military dictatorships, post-dictatorship neoliberal policies that greatly exacerbated income stratification and poverty and that his dark legacy will continue to influence the region long after his death.
