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New ‘Group Think’ For War With Syria/Russia

October 7, 2016 Robert Parry, www.consortiumnews.com , ,
By Robert Parry for Consortium News - Not since the eve of the U.S. invasion of Iraq has Official Washington’s political/punditry class clamored more single-mindedly – and openly – for the U.S. government to commit a gross violation of international law, now urging a major military assault on the government of Syria while also escalating tensions with nuclear-armed Russia.

Look Back At What Snowden Told World About U.S.-Israel Relationship

October 6, 2016 Alex Kane, www.transcend.org , ,
By Alex Kane for Mondoweiss and Transcend Media Service - 29 Sep 2016 – Edward Snowden remains exiled in Russia. But the former intelligence contractor and National Security Agency-whistleblower has captured headlines in recent weeks, thanks to a confluence of events. Snowden is the focus of Oliver Stone’s new biopic, aptly called “Snowden,” which focuses on how Snowden went from a right-leaning CIA employee and NSA contractor to an internationally renowned leaker and whistleblower who blew the lid off mass surveillance in the digital age.

How Pentagon Paid PR Firm +$500 Million For Top Secret Iraq Propaganda

October 4, 2016 Crofton Black and Abigail Fielding-Smith, www.labs.thebureauinvestigates.com , , ,
By Crofton Black and Abigail Fielding-Smith for The Bureau of Investigative Journalism -The Pentagon gave a controversial UK PR firm over half a billion dollars to run a top secret propaganda programme in Iraq, the Bureau of Investigative Journalism can reveal. Bell Pottinger’s output included short TV segments made in the style of Arabic news networks and fake insurgent videos which could be used to track the people who watched them, according to a former employee.

America’s Deceptive Model For Aggression

September 28, 2016 Nicolas J S Davies, www.consortiumnews.com ,
By Nicolas J S Davies for Consortium News - Since NATO’s 1999 war on Serbia, U.S. officials have followed a script demonizing targeted foreign leaders, calling ultimatums “diplomacy,” lying about “war as a last resort” and selling aggression as humanitarianism, says Nicolas J S Davies. Across the political spectrum, U.S. leaders insist that they will only go to war “as a last resort.” They want us to believe that they will try every peaceful means to resolve differences with other countries before resorting to war.

Was It Mutiny? U.S. Rulers Split Over Syria

September 27, 2016 Glen Ford, www.blackagendareport.com ,
By Glen Ford for Black Agenda Report - The decades-long U.S. policy of deploying Islamic jihadists as foot soldiers in U.S. imperial wars -- the world’s most unholy alliance -- has led to a catastrophic split at the highest civilian and military levels of the U.S. State. Last weekend’s American air attack on Syrian Army positions at Deir al-Zor that killed more than 60 Syrian soldiers and resulted in a temporary victory for ISIS forces was a blatant bid by the Pentagon and the CIA to sabotage any prospect of cooperation between U.S. and Russian forces in Syria.

‘If US Can’t Stop War, It Can At Least Stop Selling Weapons To Saudis’

September 26, 2016 Staff, www.rt.com , , ,
By Staff of RT - The conflict in Yara’s homeland has been raging for over a year and a half and has been worsened by often indiscriminate airstrikes conducted by the Saudi-led coalition against Houthi rebel forces. The Saudis and their allies are trying to restore the Riyadh-backed government of the exiled Yemen president, Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi.

Why Does The United States Give So Much Money To Israel?

September 17, 2016 Emma Green, www.theatlantic.com , , ,
By Emma Green for The Atlantic - The United States and Israel have made it official: The two countries signed a new 10-year military-assistance deal on Wednesday, representing the single largest pledge of its kind in American history. The pact, laid out in a Memorandum of Understanding, will be worth $38 billion over the course of a decade, an increase of roughly 27 percent on the money pledged in the last agreement, which was signed in 2007.

‘They Let Everybody Know The US Was On The Side Of This Coup’

September 17, 2016 Janine Jackson, www.fair.org , ,
By Janine Jackson for FAIR - A crawler at the top of the New York Times website announced “Breaking news: Dilma Rousseff, accused of misconduct as president, has been impeached, ending the power struggle consuming Brazil.” That sounds like an unlikely outcome, even to those who haven’t been able to follow all the twists and turns of events in Brazil. But what accounts for the difference between those who see something being resolved in recent political events, and those who see something being violated?

US Triples Special Operations Deployment To Latin America

September 16, 2016 Neil Hardt, www.wsws.org ,
By Neil Hardt for WSWS - From 2007 to 2014, the United States tripled the deployment of special operations forces to Latin America, according to documents obtained via FOIA request by the non-profit Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA). The deployment of Green Berets, Navy Seals and other elite units to Latin America is bound up with American imperialism’s preparations to suppress the outbreak of social struggle in Central and South America and is also aimed at countering the growing influence of China in the region.

The Real US Syria Scandal: Supporting Sectarian War #SyriaWar

September 1, 2016 Gareth Porter, www.middleeasteye.net , ,
By Gareth Porter for MEE - The main criticism of US policy in Syria has long been that President Barack Obama should have used US military force or more aggressive arms aid to strengthen the armed opposition to Assad. The easy answer is that the whole idea that there was a viable non-extremist force to be strengthened is a myth – albeit one that certain political figures in London and Washington refuse to give up. But the question that should have been debated is why the Obama administration acquiesced to its allies funding and supplying a group of unsavoury sectarian armed groups to overthrow the Assad regime.

How The Pro-Coup US Is Undermining Brazil’s Democracy

August 30, 2016 Staff, www.telesurtv.net , ,
By Staff of Tele Sur - The U.S. has been actively supportive of the interim government, with many of its Cabinet members already close to the U.S., according to WikiLeaks documents. The United States has been essential in legitimizing Brazil’s impeachment process—widely described by others as a soft coup—and has played a hand in propping up the interim government. Many members of interim President Michel Temer's government have enjoyed close relations with the U.S., which is “supportive of the Brazilian interim government beyond being silent,"

Declassified Docs Detail US Role In Argentina Dirty War Horrors

August 13, 2016 Staff, www.telesurtv.net , ,
By Staff of Tele Sur - In a much-awaited step toward uncovering the historical truth of the U.S.-backed Dirty War in Argentina in the 1970’s and 80’s, the United States has delivered over 1,000 pages of classified documents to the South American country. But critics argue that there are major gaps in the files, including the exclusion of CIA documents, that keep in the dark important details of the extent of human rights violations and the U.S. role in such abuses. The Argentine government delivered the newly-declassified documents to journalists and human rights organizations on Monday after U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry presented the files to President Mauricio Macri during a state visit last week.

US Accused Of Scorched Earth Policy In Syria Killing Civilians

August 10, 2016 Lizzie Dearden, www.independent.co.uk ,
By Lizzie Dearden for Independent - Members of the US-led coalition have been accused of deploying a “scorched earth policy” in Syria by activists who claim to have documented scores of civilian deaths. One group of anti-Isis activists, called Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently, has said air strikes supporting a key offensive in Manbij are killing innocent families. “The international coalition is using a scorched earth policy in the city and supporting the Syrian Democratic forces that have been surrounding the city for two months,” the group said.

Rep. Rick Larsen Bases Russia Policy On Myth

July 25, 2016 David Swanson, www.opednews.com ,
By David Swanson for OEN - Elizabeth Murray served as Deputy National Intelligence Officer for the Near East in the National Intelligence Council before retiring after a 27-year career in the U.S. government. She is a member of Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS) and an occasional writer at Consortiumnews.com which has covered recent U.S. propaganda re Russia as well as any media outlet out there. Murray has recently returned from a trip to Russia organized by the Center for Citizen Initiatives which has resumed the sort of U.S.-Russia cultural exchanges that it organized during a previous peak in the cold war.

On Coup Anniversary, Examining U.S. Role In Honduras

July 2, 2016 Pamela Spees, www.ccrjustice.org , ,
By Pamela Spees for Center for Constitution Rights - Tomorrow, June 28, 2016, marks seven years since the coup d’etat in Honduras – the day that former President Manuel Zelaya was kidnapped by the Honduran army and then flown out of the country from an air field controlled by the U.S. military. That event sent shockwaves through the region and the world and was denounced by the United Nations, the Organization of American States (OAS), and the European Union. Honduras was suspended temporarily from the OAS.
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