Afghanistan’s president Hamid Karzai has ordered his top security officials to take full control of the prison at Bagram air base. It’s still run by the US – despite an agreement to transfer power to Afghan authorities signed back in March.
Fighting in Gaza leaves U.S. in difficult position with Turkey, Egypt
November 20, 2012 By 90 Comments
Washington Post | Hillary was busy in Israel, making sure nothing good happened for Palestinians.
Gaza witness: No one’s safe, civilians terrified of war threat says Harry Fear
November 16, 2012 By 10 Comments
Israel says all male members of Hamas are now targets. Warplanes are dropping leaflets over Gaza, warning Palestinians to keep away from militant positions. RT spoke to a film-maker and activist Harry Fear in the embattled enclave, who says civilians are bearing the brunt of the Israeli onslaught.
Six Gulf monarchies recognize rebel bloc as Syrian voice
November 13, 2012 By 18 Comments
The Arab League has hailed the formation of Syria’s new rebel coalition, but stopped short of recognizing the group as the sole legitimate voice of the Syrian people. Leaders of Syria’s exiled opposition, beset by mutual suspicion and infighting, formed the new bloc on Sunday and are now seeking full international backing.
Military Escalation: Israel launches Missile Attack Against Syria
November 12, 2012 By 42 Comments
Global Reseach Niall Green Following the re-election of Barack Obama in last week’s US presidential poll, Washington and its allies have stepped up their war drive against Syria. In the most serious escalation of the 20-month conflict in the Middle East country, the Israeli armed forces fired a missile into Syrian territory Sunday. The strike, […]
‘DAVID CAMERON’S HIT LIST’: Govt supporters are ‘dead men walking’ in Syria
November 12, 2012 By 56 Comments
The new Syrian opposition coalition is now seeking official recognition from abroad, and aims to administer the flow of funds and potentially arms to rebels. UK Prime Minister is backing them with all they require, and recogizes the Free Syria Army (FSA) terrorists he’s arming as ‘more legitimate’ than the Assad government. The FSA, and […]
US, UK silent on Bani Walid ‘massacres and chaos’ in Libya
October 25, 2012 By 35 Comments
RT | Dozens of residents in the besieged city are being killed by pro-government shelling.
Syria Spillover: Border battle rages as arms smugglers cash in on Western, Gulf-backed civil war
October 18, 2012 By 1 Comment
Residents on the Syrian-Lebanese border have been forced from their homes by a series of violent clashes. Armed militia in Lebanon apparently used machine guns to attack the Syrian army across the frontier, triggering a tough response. ….
ARAB MOCKINGBIRD: ‘Alleged abuses on both sides of Syrian conflict’ says Al Jazeera, while only showing one side the story
October 11, 2012 By 2,956 Comments
Patrick Henningsen | Al Jazeera is currently masquerading as an “alternative” view in global media coverage, but it’s only western propaganda.
Predictable Chaos: ‘Libya ungoverned & ungovernable’
October 8, 2012 By Leave a Comment
RT + James Corbett | The siege of Bani Walid started because the National Congress wanted to arrest the suspected murderers of the man ‘credited’ with killing Colonel Gaddafi.
New U.N. Talking Point: Anti-blasphemy law sharply debated at UN in wake of Mohammad video
September 26, 2012 By 26 Comments
NEW TALKING POINT: On the opening day of the General Assembly, the diplomatic discourse at the United Nations reflected the anger of the Muslim street over the release of an anti-Islam video in the United States.
The Summer of Muslim Discontent: It’s Not “The Amateur Film” Stupid
September 26, 2012 By 10 Comments
By Prof. James Petras Global Research Sept 22, 2012 The so-called “Arab Spring:” is a distant and bitter memory to those who fought and struggled for a better world, not to speak of the thousands who lost, life and limb. In its place, throughout the Muslim world, a new wave of reactionaries, corrupt and servile politicians […]
‘Double Standards’ on Press TV – guest Patrick Henningsen gives analysis on Syria’s ‘Civil War’
September 24, 2012 By 133 Comments
Press TV | 21WIRE’s Patrick Henningsen exposes the fraud of NATO’s dirty war in Syria.
NAPOLEON COMPLEX: SARKOZY TAKES THE LEAD AGAINST LIBYA
March 11, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Stone Pinkerton | Throughout history, short men have sought to compensate by making big wars.
REVISED 2011 HITCHHIKER’S GUIDE TO GLOBAL COMMODITIES
March 4, 2011 By 1 Comment
A. Ceapach Donald | Violence in the Arab and Muslim world will curb oil supplies, pushing prices up.
Libya – Conquered in the Dark
February 22, 2011 By 16 Comments
Tony Cartalucci | Since the mainstream media is obviously compromised, it is up to us to discern what is really happening.
