News and anaylisis from the Leading Light Communist Organization
[So much for US support for freedom of the press. --NP] US disappointed in Yemen journalist's release CAIRO (AP) — The United States expressed disappointment Wednesday in the release of a Yemeni journalist who rights groups say was detained because of his reporting on al-Qaida and alleged U.S. complicity in attacks in Yemen. Abdelela Shayie... Continue Reading →
[As US-backed opposition lose ground to the Assad regime, the US is talking more openly about direct intervention to depose the regime. US intervention into Syria, whether direct or indirect, should be opposed. -- NP] Syria conflict: Top US general outlines military options (BBC) Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman Gen Martin Dempsey offered five military... Continue Reading →
[Since the US-backed opposition and foreign fighters can't do the job, the USA is now preparing to step in directly. Was it the plan all along? Create chaos, then step in at the end? Imperialism has Syrian blood on its hands. -- NP] US 'considering military force in Syria' (The Telegraph) Martin Dempsey, the chairman... Continue Reading →
[US prepares to invade Syria under pretext of securing weapons of mass destruction. We've seen this movie before. G. W. Bush used the same excuse in Iraq. If it worked once.. Imperialists aren't very creative. -- NP] U.S. military prepares for potential chemical weapons in Syria (CBSNEWS) About 1,500 paratroopers dropped out of the night... Continue Reading →
[Update, spoke to soon. It is now reported that the United States has the prisoner. Panama bowed to Uncle San.. no surprise there. -- NP] [Chickens come home to roost -- NP] Panama holds ex-CIA officer in rendition PANAMA CITY (AP) -- A former CIA base chief convicted in the 2003 abduction of a terror... Continue Reading →
[Israel, another shark, in the frenzy to dismember Syria. Israel and the imperialists care little for international law. -- NP] Israel behind mystery attack on Syrian port – US sources (RT) US officials have revealed that explosions reported at a key Syrian port on July 5 were likely the result of an Israeli airstrike. Three... Continue Reading →
[Nepal's state army has not only served in Afghanistan with the imperialist forces of occupation, but now they will be serving in Syria with the UN. This would not be particularly noteworthy except that the military of Nepal have been integrating Maoist military forces into their ranks since November 2011. Whatever their nominal mission, the... Continue Reading →
[We do not particularly know who is telling the truth. Either side could have used chemical weapons. What we do know is that the US has a long history of using largely false claims about "Weapons of Mass Destruction" (WMDs) to justify its imperialist wars and interventions. This was the method of the Bush regime,... Continue Reading →
Turkish police fire water cannon to prevent park protest By Ece Toksabay and Daren Butler ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish police fired teargas and water cannon on Monday at protesters who tried to defy a closure order and enter an Istanbul park at the center of protests against Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan's government. Gezi Park was... Continue Reading →
[After NATO and the Gulf states took out Gaddafi, Libya was thrown into chaos. There is no security for the people. They are at the mercy of dozens of armed gangs that fight each other and the people. All the better for the West to plunder Libya's oil wealth. Divide and conquer. Let's hope the... Continue Reading →
[The imperialists are hiding something. Where is supposed transparency in American so-called democracy? -- NP] Secret move keeps bin Laden records in the shadows WASHINGTON (AP) — The top U.S. special operations commander, Adm. William McRaven, ordered military files about the Navy SEAL raid on Osama bin Laden's hideout to be purged from Defense Department... Continue Reading →
Turkish police fire teargas, water cannon to disperse Istanbul protesters By Humeyra Pamuk and Ece Toksabay ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish police fired teargas and water cannon to disperse hundreds of protesters in a central Istanbul square on Saturday as they gathered to enter a park that was the centre of protests against Prime Minister Tayyip... Continue Reading →
