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Ukraine, Instability, and the US Election – No Way Out? By William Boardman, August 10 2016

Headline: Ukraine claims Russian invasion possible ‘at any minute’

Of course this sensationalized claim is as true as it is empty. A possible invasion has been as true for decades as it is now, and it will be just as

Interlocking Agencies that Conspire to “Create Terror”: We Do Not Need the Police to “Create More Terrorists” By Mark Taliano, August 10 2016

Unsuspecting citizens are paying for a nexus of interlocking agencies that conspire to create terror, war, and police-state legislation in a War of Deception that serves to devastate humanity.

Without its arsenal of fabricated war pretexts, and its fabricated Fear

A Nonviolent Strategy to End War By Robert J. Burrowes, August 10 2016

There is a long history of anti-war and peace activism. Much of this activism has focused on ending a particular war. Some of this activism has been directed at ending a particular aspect of war, such as the use of

Declassified Docs Detail US Role in Argentina Dirty War Horrors By Telesur, August 10 2016

As Hillary Clinton attempts to seal Henry Kissinger’s endorsement, documents reveal how he undermined Jimmy Carter’s human rights agenda in Argentina.

In a much-awaited step toward uncovering the historical truth of the U.S.-backed Dirty War in Argentina in the 1970’s

Raging Anti-Trumpism By Stephen Lendman, August 10 2016

It seems like the whole universe opposes him with an unprecedented daily blizzard of anti-Trump articles, commentaries and editorials in US print media and what passes in America for television news – stuff no respectable independent news director would allow

Obama versus Trump, Putin and Erdogan: Can Coups Defeat Elected Governments? By Prof. James Petras, August 10 2016

“Many of our interlocutors have been purged or arrested”. — James Clapper, US Director of Intelligence on Turkish Coup (Financial Times 8/3/16, p. 4)

Washington has organized a systematic, global, no holds barred campaign to oust Republican Presidential

Refugee Trauma: Australia’s Remorseless Detention Camp on Nauru By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, August 10 2016

“Do I have to kill myself to go to Australia?” — Asylum seeker, Nauru, March 2, 2015

Human sensibility has been given another sound beating with the leak of 2,116 incident reports from Australia’s remorseless detention camp on Nauru.  The

The Façade of “Humanitarian Intentions” in Libya By Edward Curtin, August 10 2016

Libya’s post 2011 King Idris Flag

It is rare for a historian to write a history of a significant issue and bring it into the present time; even rarer when the work coincides with the reemergence of that issue on

US Peace Council Delegation Visit to Syria: “Our Governments are Attempting to Destroy This Noble Country”: Vanessa Beeley By Vanessa Beeley, August 10 2016

I was privileged to visit Syria as part of the US Peace Council delegation.  We spent six intense days in Syria at the end of July 2016. During this time we met with President Bashar Al Assad, the Grand Mufti

Video: Stalemate in Battle for Aleppo? Opposition Terrorists Strike Back By South Front, August 10 2016

Six Tu-22M3 bombers took off from the Russian territory and carried out concentrated air strikes on ISIS targets near al-Sukhnah and Arak in the Syrian province of Homs. The bombers destroyed the terrorists’ control centres and concentrations, ammo storage, 3

Canadian Police “Manufactured” Terror Plot to Ensnare Couple By Roger Jordan, August 10 2016

In a damning judgment, British Columbia Supreme Court Justice Catherine Bruce ruled Friday that the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) broke the law and “manufactured” a terrorism plot as part of a months-long entrapment operation that ended in a Vancouver-area

Selected Articles: Hillary Clinton and the Big (Neoliberal) Lie By Global Research News, August 09 2016
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Hillary Clinton and the Big (Neoliberal) Lie

By Eric Draitser, August 09 2016

This election season has brought to the surface an issue that, until recently, seemed to have become a neoliberal sacred cow, the holy writ of the

Has the CIA’s Plot to “Covertly” Kill Russians in Syria Come to Pass? By The New Atlas, August 09 2016

Former acting director of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Michael Morell during a televised interview with American talk show host Charlie Rose, openly conspired to commit a raft of war crimes in Syria, suggesting that the US should take

Washington Escalates Covert Backing for Al Qaeda Militias in Aleppo By Thomas Gaist, August 09 2016

US-backed militias fighting against the Syrian government of Bashar al Assad have broken through the Russian and Syrian government encirclement of their positions inside the war-ravaged northern Syrian city of Aleppo, according to Western media.

During fierce battles over the …

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Washington Slapdown: Turkey Turns to Moscow for Help By Mike Whitney, August 09 2016

“Turkey is slowly leaving the Atlantic system. That is the reason behind this coup. That is the reason why NATO is panicking. This is much broader and much bigger than Erdogan. This is a tectonic movement. This will affect Turkish-Syrian

The Donald Trump Threat? By Stephen Lendman, August 09 2016

A new Clinton ad explains much about why America’s war party fears Trump.

He calls NATO “obsolete” and may try normalizing ties with Russia for the first time since an alliance of necessity against Nazi Germany during WW II – …

Turning off the Tap: Site C and Water Privatization in Canada By Jennifer O'Keeffe, August 09 2016

Site C Dam is a proposed 60-metre high, 1,050m length dam on the Peace River on Treaty 8 territory in northeastern British Columbia (see image below), a project that if built, would create an 83km reservoir submerging 78 First Nations

Understanding Transversality: Spain’s Podemos By Juan Antonio Gil de los Santos, August 09 2016

When the 15-M movement broke out onto the streets across Spain in 2011, it didn’t coalesce into a series of political parties on either end of the political spectrum. In fact, there was a common declaration that stood out among

Palestine: Britain Should Apologise for the Balfour Declaration, Not ‘Celebrate’ It By Prof. Kamel Hawwash, August 09 2016

The Balfour Declaration is a letter from then British Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour to Walter Rothschild, for transmission to the Zionist Federation of Great Britain and Ireland. The critical part of this short letter said:

“His Majesty’s government view with

The Anti-Globalization Movement and the World Social Forum. Is “Another World” Possible? By Prof Michel Chossudovsky, August 09 2016
The foundations & charities of Ford, Rockefeller et al will generously fund progressive anti-capitalist networks opposed to Wall Street and Big Oil with a view to ultimately overseeing and shaping their various activities.
Hillary Clinton and the Big (Neoliberal) Lie By Eric Draitser, August 09 2016

This election season has brought to the surface an issue that, until recently, seemed to have become a neoliberal sacred cow, the holy writ of the lords of capital: free trade. And while this cornerstone of US economic hegemony has

Global Implications of the Local Governmental Elections in South Africa By Abayomi Azikiwe, August 09 2016

African National Congress remains dominate party over two decades after democratic transformation

Perhaps the most observed local elections in decades were held in the Republic of South Africa on August 3.

In final results of this poll the ruling African …

Video: DNC and Debbie Wasserman Schultz get served in Class Action Lawsuit, Lead Attorney Dead By Global Research News, August 08 2016

Shawn and Ricardo film and serve process on Defendants DNC Services Corp. and Chairperson Debbie Wasserman Schultz at DNC’s headquarters in Washington, D.C., in the fraud class action Wilding et al. v. DNC Services Corp. et al.

It took two

Selected Articles: Hiroshima – A Criminal Enterprise From Which Nothing Has Been Learned By Global Research News, August 08 2016
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Hiroshima – A Criminal Enterprise From Which Nothing Has Been Learned

By Felicity Arbuthnot, August 08 2016

When Paul Tibbets was thirteen years old he flew a bi-plane over Florida’s Miami Beach dropping a promotional cargo of Babe Ruth

Lead Attorney In Anti-Clinton DNC Fraud Case Mysteriously Found Dead By Zero Hedge, August 08 2016

Call it conspiracy theory, coincidence or just bad luck, but any time someone is in a position to bring down Hillary Clinton they wind up dead. In fact, as we noted previously, there’s a long history of Clinton-related body

Sudden Death of Attorney Who Served the Lawsuit against the Democratic National Committee (DNC) on Charges of “Fraud, Deceptive Conduct … and Negligence” By Pam Martens and Russ Martens, August 08 2016

Former DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz

On Friday, July 1, just ahead of the long Fourth of July weekend, a happy, exuberant process server, 38-year old Shawn Lucas of One Source Process, served a lawsuit at the Democratic National Committee

Four Key Facts the Western Media is NOT Reporting about the Russian Olympic Doping Scandal By Alexander Mercouris, August 08 2016

With the Rio Olympics now underway and with the Western media still grumbling about the IOC’s refusal to impose a blanket ban on Team Russia, this is good moment to summarise briefly the key facts about the Russian Olympic Doping

Syria War Report: Al Qaeda Breaks Aleppo Siege By South Front, August 08 2016

 On August 6, the Jaish al-Fatah operation room seized the Ramouseh Artillery Base and the Ramouseh Neighborhood from the pro-government forces, de-facto, breaking the Aleppo siege and setting up a siege on the government-controlled areas of western Aleppo. However, the

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US-Turkey Relations in Jeopardy? Putin and Erdogan Meeting in St. Petersburg By Stephen Lendman, August 08 2016

According to Tass, both leaders will discuss “views on how, at what pace and in what sequence” to restore normalized bilateral relations – ruptured after Turkey downed a Russian warplane in Syrian airspace last November.

Putin spokesman Dmitry Peskov …

Al Qaeda Strikes Back: Aleppo Remains the Focal Point Of The War On Syria By Moon of Alabama, August 08 2016

On Thursday I judged that the U.S. supported al-Qaeda attack in southwest Aleppo was failing. “Despite the failure of their main thrust, al-Qaeda and its allies launched a third phase attack towards Ramouseh district a few hundred meters further

Euro-American Colonialism: Racist Terrorism By Dr. Imani Tafari-Ama, August 08 2016

Although much discourse currently abounds about what constitutes threats to citizen security, there is a shortage of analysis about Euro-American colonialism as racist terrorism – for profit.  It is remarkable too, that there are disclaimers in historical accounts that represent

Detained for Terror: Proposed Indefinite Detention Laws in Australia By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, August 08 2016

The reactive dimension of global politics – at least at the level of many states – is a broader statement about how far things have rotted.  Nothing is more reactive than a State’s response to terrorism, actual or perceived.  The

“Moderates” Fighting Under “Re-Branded” Nusra Means They’re Al Qaeda Too By The New Atlas, August 08 2016

The current ongoing offensive in southwest Aleppo is admittedly being headed by designated terrorist organisation and Al Qaeda affiliate Jabhat Al Nusra under which a milieu of militant groups are fighting. Just before the offensive was launched, and apparently specifically

Al-Nusra’s Rebranding is More than Simply A “Name Change”. Al Qaeda Gave its Blessing to the Move By Mona Alami, August 08 2016

On July 28, Jabhat al-Nusra announced it was severing all ties with its parent organization, al-Qaeda, and changing its name to Jabhat Fatah al-Sham (Conquest of Syria Front). Al-Qaeda gave its blessing to the move, reflecting an evolution by both

Ten Facts About Aleppo By Ikhras, August 08 2016

Building on an over five-year, almost entirely fictional narrative about a popular uprising in Syria, recent developments on the ground in Aleppo have triggered a new propaganda blitz complete with a new set of provable lies. The following are ten

Washington’s Strategic Defeat: Erdogan Trumps Gulenist Coup By Prof. James Petras, August 08 2016

For the past decade, the US intelligence agencies operating in Turkey have worked closely with the increasingly influential parallel government of Fethullah Gulen.  Their approach to power was, until recently, a permeationist strategy, of covertly taking over political, economic, administrative,

U.S. Neocons Call to “Bomb Assad”, No Reason Given By Alexander Mercouris, August 08 2016

The famous (and misunderstood) aphorism of Karl von Clausewitz, the great German military theorist, that “war is a mere continuation of politics by other means” is meeting its absolute negation in some of the commentary that is starting to appear

Vote for Hillary Clinton: Vote for the Military-Industrial Complex and World War By Timothy Bancroft-Hinchey, August 08 2016

In 2010, this column carried a piece written by the Venezuelan historian and writer Luis Britto Garcia, about the real intentions of Hillary Clinton and NATO, against the Russian Federation. Reading back over her messages released on Wikileaks,

Work Life: What’s At Stake At Canada Post? By David Camfield, August 08 2016

The Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) is currently engaged in collective bargaining with Canada Post. Unlike in previous rounds, the contracts of both the Urban bargaining unit (covering about 42,000 workers) and the unit of some 8,000 Rural and

The Secret Race to get Congo’s Uranium Ore to Destroy Hiroshima By Joe Lauria, August 08 2016

Since the first use of a nuclear weapon in Hiroshima 71 years ago today, on Aug. 6, 1945, the story of where the uranium for the bomb came from and the covert operation the U.S. employed to secure it has

The Kurdish Question, Then and Now By Samir Amin, August 08 2016

The political chaos that dominated the scene in the Middle East is expressed among other ways by the violent rise of the Kurdish question. How can we analyse, in these new conditions, the scope of the claim of the Kurds

Black Lives Matter: The Culture of Impunity of Racist Police Violence in the U.S. By Michael Welch and Abayomi Azikiwe, August 08 2016

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“People, Planet and Peace over Profit”: Jill Stein’s Acceptance Speech As Green Party Presidential Nominee By Stephen Lendman, August 07 2016

It’s official. Green Party delegates in Houston on Saturday nominated her as party standard bearer for president of the United States. She’s the real thing, the only true people’s candidate in the race for the nation’s highest office.

Money-controlled interests …

The Olympics: Hypocrisy, Double Standards and Profit Taking Precedence Over Human Rights By William Hanna, August 07 2016

“Olympism is a philosophy of life, exalting and combining in a balanced whole the qualities of body, will and mind. Blending sport with culture and education, Olympism seeks to create a way of life based on the joy of effort,

Toxic Modus Operandi of the UN Security Council. Ban Ki-moon: “It Is Unacceptable For Member States To Exert Undue Pressure.” By Carla Stea, August 07 2016

Human Rights Watch stated during today’s UN Security Council meeting on Children and Armed Conflict:  “Unlawful air strikes by the Saudi-led coalition have killed and maimed hundreds of children in Yemen and damaged dozens of schools, but the coalition strong-armed

Rio Olympics 2016: US Intelligence Ops, Soldiers and Police Deployed. Mass Street Protests By Stephen Lendman, August 07 2016

This year, it resembles militarization seen in war zones with tens of thousands of soldiers, police and other security operatives infesting Rio, the site of the games – hosted by an illegitimate US-supported coup d’etat regime.

Mass street protests rocked …

Turkey: Failed Coup or Paradigm Shift in the Middle East – in the World? By Peter Koenig, August 07 2016

Theories and speculations about the failed military coup in Turkey abound, ranging from a botched CIA coup; to one inspired by Erdogan’s arch-enemy, the self-exiled cleric Fethullah Gulen, now living in Pennsylvania, USA; to a combination of both, CIA-Gulen; to

The Fight against Neoliberalism: Brazil in the Context of a Global US Counter-offensive By Theotonio dos Santos and Alberto Lopez Girondo, August 07 2016

Interview with Theotonio Dos Santos, Brazilian social scientist and one of the most influential intellectuals of Latin America. 

At 79, Theotonio Dos Santos can affirm that he has lived through the greatest political processes in the region: he was …

US Launches Olympic-Sized Spying Operation at Rio 2016 By Telesur, August 07 2016
Washington has sent more than 1,000 intelligence agents to Rio in an effort to protect the 2016 Olympic Games, NBC News reports after reviewing a classified intelligence report on U.S. security efforts.

According to the report, the spies are already

Hiroshima and Nagasaki, 71 Years Ago: One of the Worst Terrorist Acts in World History By Matt Agorist, August 07 2016

In May, Barack Obama became the first US president in history to visit the memorial of the American atomic bombings of Japan in Hiroshima. However, in true American fashion, he offered no apology.

“We have a shared responsibility to look …

Former UN Secretary General Dag Hammarskjöld, Allegedly Killed By CIA. UN Investigation By Joshua Krause, August 07 2016

If you asked a typical American about conspiracy theories, he or she probably wouldn’t have any trouble rattling off an extensive list of theories ranging from the Kennedy assassination to 9/11. But if there’s one potential conspiracy that most Americans

Guess Where the US Will House Its New Modernized Nuclear Weapons Arsenal? By Sputnik, August 07 2016

On Monday, the US National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) announced the final development phase of the upgraded airborne nuclear bomb B61-12 prior to production, the first version of which is to be completed by 2020; earlier reports suggested that 20

What Amnesty International Isn’t Saying About Thailand’s Referendum By The New Atlas, August 07 2016

Amnesty International strongly condemned tomorrow’s referendum regarding Thailand’s new charter aimed at moving the nation forward after over a decade of political chaos and now two military coups, the most recent having been in 2014.

Thailand’s The Nation would report …

The Elective Affinities of Hillary Clinton By Luciana Bohne, August 07 2016

God has not been preparing the English-speaking and Teutonic peoples for a thousand years for nothing but vain and idle self-contemplation and self-admiration. . . . He has made us adept in government that we may administer government among savage

No Joke: US Think-Tank Suggests NATO Cyber-Attacks against Russia By Robert Bridge, August 07 2016
The hysterical ‘information war’ just stopped being funny. The influential Atlantic Council has released a paper calling for Poland to ‘reserve the right’ to attack Russian infrastructure, including Moscow’s public transport and RT’s offices, via electronic warfare.

There are some

The 2016 Democratic National Convention: Voices from the Streets of Philadelphia By Michael Welch, August 07 2016

The Democratic Party may have presented themselves as a unified force to go after Republican Donald Trump in November, but such unity was not evident in the streets of Philadelphia.

Legions of people collected in the streets of Philadelphia to …

War Crimes: Baby Teeth of Iraqi Children Tell Troubling Tale of War’s Toxic Impacts By Jon Queally, August 07 2016

In an effort to learn more about the impacts of long-term exposure to heavy metals and other toxins associated with warzone bombardments and military installations, a new study released Friday examined a sample of donated teeth and discovered that the

Countries Which “Value Nuclear Weapons for Their Security” Undermine Progress in Nuclear Disarmament By Mia Gandenberger and Ray Acheson, August 06 2016

On Friday, 5 August 2016, the open-ended working group (OEWG) to take forward nuclear disarmament negotiations met in Geneva for its third and final session. The first day gave participants the opportunity to share their general views on the Chair’s 

The Olympic Gold Medal Obsession By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, August 06 2016

Obsessions of any sort, notably of a consuming nature, are never healthy matters.  The drive to win gold, laced with a desperation often reflected in steroid consumption and psychological battering, has made the Olympic Games the least of savoury spectacle

Why the CIA is for Hillary Clinton By Patrick Martin, August 06 2016

In an op-ed column in Friday’s New York Times, former top CIA official Michael Morell publicly endorsed Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton. In the article, Morell branded Clinton’s Republican opponent, Donald Trump, as a pawn of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Obama’s Mysterious $400 Million Cash Cargo Plane to Iran By Alex Christoforou, August 06 2016

The most troubling aspect of the $400 million cash payment to Iran, is not the fact that the payment was made in cash. This can surely be explained by the US’s lack of a banking relationship with the heavily sanctioned

US State Department Remains Mute on How US Weapons Ended Up in the Hands of Al Qaeda Affiliated Terrorists By Sputnik, August 06 2016

A large cache of US-made ammunition has been discovered in a house in Aleppo’s Bani Zaid district, abandoned by the Jabhat Fateh al-Sham (also known as al-Nusra Front) fighters.

“The video appeared online on Thursday and purported to show …

Washington Uses Terrorist Groups in Syria and Iraq in Order to Oppose the Growing Influence of Iran and Russia in the Region By South Front, August 06 2016

In late July, Defense Secretary Ash Carter hosted the Global Coalition to Counter ISIL Meeting at Andrews Air Force Base in Washinghton. It was the fourth time when defense and foreign leaders from more than 30 countries gathered in order

Images: Libya's so-called freedom-fighting "moderates" literally just repainted their trucks after NATO's 2011 intervention, becoming ISIS' Libyan branch. The US now finds itself justifying yet another military intervention in Libya to fight the very terrorists it helped arm and put into power in 2011.
I Thought NATO “Liberated” Libya in 2011? By Steven MacMillan, August 06 2016

“Operation Unified Protector is one of the most successful in NATO’s history… We have done this together for the people of Libya, so they can take their future firmly and safely into their own hands. Libyans have now liberated their

Unemployment in America: Another Phony Jobs Report By Dr. Paul Craig Roberts, August 06 2016

As John Williams has made clear, the monthly payroll jobs number consists mainly of an add-on factor of 200,000 jobs.  These jobs are a product of the assumption in the Birth-Death Model that new business ventures create more unreported new

Moscow, Beijing and Washington: A Complicated Triangle By Federico Pieraccini, August 06 2016

The historical importance of relations between the United States, China and Russia has long been analyzed from the beginning of the Cold War. Often the tone of interactions has determined the global situation. Important information can undoubtedly be gleaned concerning

Evolution of Capitalism, Escalation of Imperialism By Prof. Ismael Hossein-Zadeh, August 06 2016

The purpose of this essay is to show that as capitalism has evolved from the early stages of small-scale manufacturing to the current stage of the dominance of finance capital, its arena of expropriation has, accordingly, expanded from the early

After Shocking Beheading, “Moderate” Rebels Allegedly Unleashed Chemical Weapons In Syria By Mint Press, August 06 2016

Not long after a U.S.-backed rebel group in Syria received worldwide attention for a beheading, the group may have deployed chemical weapons in Aleppo.

A video of the rebels, known as Harakat Nour al-Din al-Zenki, beheading a 10-year-old Palestinian boy

America’s War Crimes During World War II: A Historic Countdown to the US Nuclear Attack on Hiroshima and Nagasaki By Greg Mitchell, August 06 2016
Fires of Illusion: Guarding the Olympic Flame in Rio… By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, August 06 2016

“The investment is not for us, it’s for the foreigners.” — Felipe Paiva, Rio favela resident, CBC, Aug 3, 2016

The hideous mess that is the Olympic spectacle is about to be charged at the opening ceremony in Rio de

Activists Deported From South Korea Speak Out By Gregory Elich, Hyun Lee, and Juyeon Rhee, August 06 2016

On July 26, the South Korean government blocked two Korean-American activists from entering the country. Both activists planned to meet with their South Korean counterparts and to participate in a series of events, many of which are in response to

Russian Olympic Doping Scandal: McLaren Report ‘Sexed up’, implicated Clean Athletes By Alexander Mercouris, August 06 2016

More evidence of deep divisions between the IOC and WADA over the Russian doping scandal have emerged in two articles in The Australian.  One article, which is behind a paywall, derives from off-the-record conversations with IOC officials.  The other

Anti-Corruption Protest against Brazil’s Interim President Temer ahead of Rio Olympic Games Opening By RT, August 06 2016

Riot police have fired tear gas to subdue protesters in Rio and prevent them from marching towards Maracana Stadium ahead of the Olympic Games opening. Hundreds of people are rallying to express anger at the interim government and costly sports

British Paranoia: How a Book on Art and Culture Draws Suspicions of Terrorism By Felicity Arbuthnot, August 05 2016

“In our age there is no such thing as ‘keeping out of politics.’ All issues are political issues, and politics itself is a mass of lies, evasions, folly, hatred and schizophrenia.” (“George Orwell” – Eric Arthur Blair, 1903-1950.)

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Making the World over in America’s Image By John Kozy, August 05 2016

The paradigms a person uses (or assumes) while thinking about anything determines the conclusions reached. The choice of  an incorrect paradigm usually renders the thought process invalid.

Free trade was practiced long before restricted trade. Restrictions were placed on trade …

August 6: Hiroshima Day. The Dawn of the Nuclear Age By Michael Welch and Prof Michel Chossudovsky, August 05 2016

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Selected Articles: Syrian Endgame: The Battle for Aleppo and ‘Plan C’ By Global Research News, August 05 2016
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Syrian Endgame: The Battle for Aleppo and ‘Plan C’

By Prof. Tim Anderson, August 04 2016

The battle for Aleppo has forced the al Qaeda groups into their desperate last stand, as the Washington-driven proxy war on Syria moves

“Thinking Through the Unthinkable”: RAND Corporation Lays out Scenarios for US War with China By Peter Symonds, August 05 2016
The study, commissioned by the US Army, provides further evidence that a war with China is being planned and prepared in the upper echelons of the American military-intelligence apparatus.
“Liar in Chief” Obama Supports the Terrorists, Wants War with Russia and China, Still Intends to Overthrow Syrian Government By Dr. Paul Craig Roberts, August 05 2016

I just listened to Obama give Washington’s account of the situation with ISIL in Iraq and Syria.

In Obama’s account, Washington is defeating ISIL in Iraq, but Russia and Assad are defeating the Syrian people in Syria.  Obama denounced Russia

Video: “Moderate” Terrorists’ Attempted Counter-Offensive In Aleppo By South Front, August 05 2016

August 4th, 2016 began with successive announcements from the so-called ‘Army of Conquest,’ regarding the advent of a third and fourth stage in their effort to break the government siege of Aleppo. The Army of Conquest, or Jaish al-Fatah, is