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Confirmed: Pentagon deploys military forces to Jordan-Syria border (RT) US Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta has confirmed that US troops have been dispatched to the Jordan-Syrian border to help bolster the former’s military capabilities in case violence escalates in the volatile region. “We have been working with Jordan for a period of time now…on a... Continue Reading →
[Turkey is an ally of the United States, a member of NATO. Turkey claims to support democracy in Syria, yet Turkey has been supporting the bloody, sectarian civil war there. In addition, Turkey has been waging a genocide against the Kurdish peoples of the region for decades. The recent attacks against the Kurdish population by... Continue Reading →
A recent report from Russia Today states: "Department of Justice is letting a contractor away with a fine despite it being charged with arms smuggling and other crimes. The group formerly known as Blackwater must now fork out over seven and a half million dollars to avoid criminal prosecution." Although the Russia Today report makes... Continue Reading →
[Russia is hosting a meeting of Assad's opponents. As in the Libyan conflict, Russia and China will not militarily confront the United States and its allies over Syria. Rather, they are positioning themselves as power brokers for a possible transition. They are playing both sides of the conflict. They do not want to lose influence... Continue Reading →
[The imperialist powers are attacking Iran on many fronts. They are attacking Syria. They are terrorizing the population of Bahrain. They are funding death squads who assassinate Iranian intellectuals and scientists. They are also waging an economic war against Iran. They are using Iran's alleged nuclear program as a pretext. There is little evidence Iran... Continue Reading →
Turkey, NATO, prepare for conventional war against Syria (new-power.org) The conflict in Syria between so-called “rebels” and the Assad regime is a proxy war. On the one side stands the United States, Europe, Israel, the Gulf states, and Turkey. On the other side stands the Assad regime in Syria and Iran. In addition, Russia and... Continue Reading →
A Global Crime Spree What’s NATO Ever Done? by JOHN LaFORGE (Source: Counterpunch) Wondering why anyone would confront NATO’s summit in Chicago this month? A look at some of its more well-known crimes might spark some indignation. Desecration of corpses, indiscriminate attacks, bombing of allied troops, torture of prisoners and unaccountable drone war are a... Continue Reading →
UK annihilates records of colonial crimes (Source: PressTV) Thousands of documents detailing some of the most shameful acts and crimes committed during the final years of the British empire were systematically destroyed to prevent them falling into the hands of post-independence governments, an official review has concluded. Those papers that survived the purge were flown... Continue Reading →
Confirmed: CIA secret prison in Poland (Russia Today) Another CIA-run interrogation 'black site' has been exposed after the confessions of top-ranking Polish officials blew the lid on the dirtiest secret in Eastern Europe. The former head of Poland’s intelligence service secret Zbigniew Siemiatkowski has been charged with taking part in establishing a secret prison for... Continue Reading →
Teenager arrested for comments made on Facebook page by Anne Sewell (source: http://digitaljournal.com/article/321102) A teenager has been arrested for allegedly making comments on Facebook about the deaths of six British soldiers in Afghanistan last week. According to Sky News, Azhar Ahmed of Ravensthorpe (19) posted comments on his profile page, criticizing the level of attention... Continue Reading →
Recent Russian Poll on Past Leaders (new-power.org) The Russian state media conducted a poll looking at Russian attitudes toward past leaders. The results are interesting: “Mikhail Gorbachev and Boris Yeltsin are Russia’s most unpopular leaders of the past century, according to a survey by Russia’s state-run VTsIOM pollster published on Thursday. Only 14 percent of... Continue Reading →
Protesters in Seattle being dealt with "peaceably" Increased EU sanctions against Syria; evidence of more imperialism by Cherokeetears Despite the fact that the EU has been dealing malevolently with protests in the last year and a half, they nevertheless have no problem applying a double standard to the Syrian government's response to protests. It's easy... Continue Reading →
