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ISIS-Daesh Training Camps in Kosovo, Recruitment of Terrorists by NGOs By Sputnik, July 24 2016

 There are at least five Daesh military training camps in Kosovo, located in remote areas near the self-proclaimed republic’s border with Albania and Macedonia, a source close to the intelligence services told Sputnik.

In an interview with Sputnik, a source …

US Media Find European Terror Deaths 19 Times “More Interesting” Than Middle East Terror Deaths By Adam Johnson, July 24 2016

A survey conducted by FAIRof US media coverage of ISIS or ISIS-inspired attacks in Europe and the Middle East reveals a disparity of coverage, showing that European deaths are roughly 1,800 percent more newsworthy than deaths in the Middle

John Kerry Demands Regime Change in Syria as a Precondition for “US-Russia Cooperation”. Lavrov By Sputnik, July 24 2016

At a national youth educational forum, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov revealed backstage the demands of US Secretary of State John Kerry in Syria.

During his recent visit to Moscow, US Secretary of State John Kerry voiced several preconditions for 

BRICS Bank Board of Directors Meet in Shanghai By The Brics Post, July 24 2016

Infrastructure financing needs of the five BRICS countries was discussed at the annual meet of the New Development Bank’s board of directors in Shanghai on Wednesday.

The NDB was launched by the BRICS nations last year and is seen by …

“Collateral Damage” of the War on Terrorism: US Airstrikes Kill Civilians in Syria By Press TV, July 24 2016

More than a dozen civilians are dead or injured after US warplanes launch fresh airstrikes in Syria’s northern province of Aleppo.

Local sources said warplanes hit targets in al-Nawajah village east of of Manbij on Saturday, leaving at least 15 …

Erdoğan’s Coup: Purging Domestic Critics, Gaining External Allies By Prof. James Petras, July 24 2016
The coup in Turkey was made to order. A group of military officers and police officials were set-up to seize power by senior intelligence operatives in the Erdoğan regime.
The Abusive Invocation of “Self-Defence as a Response to Terrorism” by Western Governments as a Justification to Wage War By Prof Nicolas Boeglin, July 24 2016

A plea signed by a great number of professors of international law and researchers entitled « A plea against the abusive invocation of self-defence as a response to terrorism » is circulating on the web since a few weeks.

Among …

Hillary Clinton’s Vice President Tim Kaine: A Match Made on Wall Street By Eric Draitser, July 24 2016

This article was first published on May 31st, 2016 and on Global Research on June 2nd. Eric Draitser’s analysis is outstanding and incisive

Earlier this week, Bernie Sanders warned that Hillary Clinton’s eventual vice presidential pick must not be someone

How Modern is Israel? “Zionism has Little to do with Judaism” By Dr. Ludwig Watzal, July 24 2016

Zionism is primarily a Christian Protestant enterprise that has little to do with Judaism. This explains why US Christians are the most ardent Zionists and the most powerful supporters of Israel. The largest opposition to Zionism came initially from the

“Doping Processes” and the Rio Olympics: Credibility of International Sport Is on the Line, Not Russia By Timothy Bancroft-Hinchey, July 24 2016

So a few Russian athletes have been accused of doping. In some cases this is undeniable, in others it is debatable. Nowhere, in any database, in any investigation or laboratory, is there evidence that all Russian sports persons are guilty

Six Billion Dollars Spent Fighting ISIS-Daesh, 50,000 Bombs Dropped on Iraq and Syria, Is The ISIS “Loosing Ground”? By Kit O'Connell, July 23 2016

After two years of bombing, the U.S. recently marked a horrendous milestone in a war with no clear end in sight.

Vocativ reported that the American-led coalition in the Middle East has now dropped 50,000 bombs in the ongoing campaign …

Did Russian Warplanes Bomb Secret U.S. Military Base in Syria? By South Front, July 23 2016

Russian warplanes  reportedly bombed a secret US military base in Syria last month.

The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported Thursday that Russian warplanes bombed a secret military base in Syria used by US and British special forces last month. The

Video: France Mourns Nice Victims, Hollande Government Supports ISIS in Northern Syria: Michel Chossudovsky By Press TV and Prof Michel Chossudovsky, July 23 2016

France is still in shock over a horrible truck rampage in Nice this past week that left scores dead and many wounded.

The nation united to mourn the victims of the third terror attack in the country in less than

Trump, Trade and US Working Class Discontent By Dr. Jack Rasmus, July 23 2016

With the Republican and Democrat party conventions in progress or upcoming, it has now become clear that the 2016 USA presidential election is unlike preceding elections in recent decades. Large percentages of those who consider themselves members of either party

Why Russia Revealed Coup Plans to Erdogan By Nikolai Starikov, July 23 2016

Let’s start with the history of coups in Turkey. Traditionally, they have been conducted by the military, which modern Turkey’s founder Kemal Ataturk designated as the guardians of secularism, stability and integrity. Since WWII, there were military coups in 1960,

Turkey Coup’s Social Fallout: Secular Population in Danger? By Ghada Chehade, July 23 2016

As a “secular Muslim” (I use that term very loosely, as more of a cultural description because I do not practice organized religion) I am rather perplexed by the social fallout of the failed military coup in Turkey.

While it

Failed Turkish Coup: Sabotage, Incompetence or Deception? By Federico Pieraccini, July 23 2016

The Coup in Turkey remains yet to be understood but the first consequences are starting to reveal themselves

To understand the coup in Turkey, we have to analyze the reasons that led the plot to fail. A premise: was there …

Senator Tim Kaine: Hillary’s Deplorable Choice of Vice-President Running Mate By Stephen Lendman, July 23 2016

Neither wing of America’s duopoly system has acceptable choices for any public office.

Trump running mate Mike Pence is a neocon Tea Party hardliner, an imperial war cheerleader, an evangelical supporter of Israel.

Clinton’s VP choice, Virginia Senator Tim Kaine,

Police Violence in Jamaica and Grassroots Resistance By Dr. Ajamu Nangwaya, July 23 2016

If the Jamaican poor feel like they are being hunted by the police, they are not exaggerating.

The Jamaican police are very brutal in their policing of the African working-class in Jamaica. However, oppressive conditions tend to give birth

The 1965 Crimes Against Humanity in Indonesia. Final Report of the International People’s Tribunal (IPT) By International People's Tribunal 1965, July 23 2016

GR Editor’s Note.

Included herewith are the main findings and sections of  the the IPT report.

To read the entire document click here

EDITORIAL NOTE

This is the Final Report of the Judges who participated in the hearings held in

Washington Fraud and Geopolitics: Excluding Russia from the Olympics By Peter Koenig, July 23 2016

The Unites States, once more, under false pretenses is attempting – and possibly succeeding – in punishing, or in Washington’s jargon, ‘sanctioning’ Russia for allegedly having systematized doping during the 2014 Sochi Olympics. They know no scruples, these masters of

World War III in The Pipeline? US and European Allies Threaten Russia, Americans Need to Wake Up By Dr. Paul Craig Roberts, July 23 2016

The Western pubic doesn’t know it, but Washington and its European vassals are convincing Russia that they are preparing to attack. Eric Zuesse reports on a German newspaper leak of a Bundeswehr decision to declare Russia to be an enemy

Gaza Lives: Story by Anonymous By Palestine Solidarity Campaign, July 23 2016

I am a mother of eight children.

Their father died a year before the assault of 2014. I had barely recovered from mourning my husband when the war came to destroy what was left of my sanity.

When the war …

How Brexit Changes Everything By Michael Welch and Prof. John Ryan, July 23 2016

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How the Australian, British, and US Governments Shamelessly Helped Kill Countless People in Indonesia in 1965 By Asia-Pacific Research, July 23 2016
A Victim’s Personal Recollection and Demand for Justice: Indonesia and the 1965 Massacres By Carmel Budiardjo, July 23 2016
Aboriginal MPs in Australia Doesn’t Let The Major Parties Off The Hook For Mistreating the Aborigines By Amy McQuire, July 23 2016
Asia’s ‘Shoot-to-Kill’ Republic? The Rising Body Count of the Philippine ‘War on Drugs’ By Prof. Phelim Kine, July 23 2016
The Death of Public Broadcasting in Australia: Culling Season at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation By Nicholas James, July 22 2016
Selected Articles: Nice Attacks, Destroying Evidence at Crime Scene By Global Research News, July 22 2016
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Nice Attacks, Destroying Evidence at Crime Scene: French Government Orders Destruction of CCTV Video Footage

By Gearóid Ó Colmáin, July 22 2016

A report in 21st of July edition of Le Figaro newspaper states that France’s anti-terrorist executive (

US, Britain and Australia Complicit in 1965 Indonesia Massacre. The Hague People’s Tribunal By Sputnik, July 22 2016

A non-binding international tribunal at The Hague has ruled that Australia, the UK and the United States were complicit in 1965 mass killings and human rights atrocities in Indonesia.

During that period, some 500,000 to one million people died in 

Nice – 14th July – Lie Propaganda in Overdrive – Murder Is the New Normal By Peter Koenig, July 22 2016

Now that the French Secret Services and their foreign associates have read the accounts of ‘false flag’ suspicion in the non-mainstream media, the French Government had to resort immediately to all sorts of doubt deviating maneuvers.

– The truck driven …

Damascus: Life Returns Five Years After NATO Destabilization Efforts By Eva Bartlett, July 22 2016

On prior visits to Damascus, staying in the Old City, the sound of mortars being fired from terrorist-held districts outside of the city was a constant. In recent months, the mortars on Damascus have stopped. Previously, Jebhat al-Nusra (Al Qaeda

Donald Trump and Laura Ingraham’s Nazi Salute at the Republican Convention By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, July 22 2016

Never doubt the ballistic factor of Laura Ingraham.  Ingraham is never into facts, which tend to be the unwanted gate crashers of her party.  What matters in that particular world view is sentiment, often tinged by viciousness.  In so far

Video: Russian Air Power Purges Jihadists in Syria’s Northern Latakia By South Front, July 22 2016

On July 21, Russian warplanes and helicopter gunships intensified in northern Latakia, responding to the recent militant gains in the area. The joint force of Al Nusra, Jaysh Al-Fateh, the Free Syrian Army and the Turkmen Islamic Party had seized

President Al-Assad Interview: The Priority is to Fight ISIS, Al-Nusra and Al Qaeda Linked Organizations By Bashar al Assad, July 22 2016

President Bashar al-Assad gave interview to Cuba’s official state news agency Prensa Latina in which he said the Turks, Qataris and Saudis lost most of their cards on the battlefields in Syria and that Aleppo battle is their last card, 

Brazil’s New Government imposes Rio Water Privatization to Pay for Olympic Games By Corporate Europe Observatory, July 22 2016

A few weeks after the May coup against Dilma Rousseff by conservative parties backed by the country’s largest corporations, Brazil’s “interim” government, led by Michel Temer, signed an emergency loan to the State of Rio de Janeiro to help finance

Syrian War Report: Fierce Clashes between Rebels and Government Forces By South Front, July 22 2016

July 21, 2016 in the Syrian Conflict kicked off with fierce clashes between Jaish al-Islam and Pro-Government forces along the Hawsh Farah-Midaa front in eastern Ghouta. A single T-72 tank was reported destroyed by the criminal faction.

In Manbij, northeast …

In the Wake of the Failed Coup: Turkey’s Human Rights Crisis and the Spectre of Torture By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, July 22 2016

With the failed military coup in Turkey against the Erdoğan regime, the state is facing the gravest human rights crisis in decades. Infamously bad in terms of treating journalists, suspicious of various perspectives of history, and ever hostage to

‘Yes, It Was a Coup:’ International Tribunal ‘Rules’ on Brazil’s Democracy By Telesur, July 22 2016

The International Tribunal for Democracy convened this week in Rio de Janeiro for a mock trial that found that Brazil is in the throes of a coup and the impeachment process against suspended President Dilma Rousseff should be called

The Crisis in Turkey Could Swallow Us All. Is America behind the Coup? By William Boardman, July 22 2016

Turkey has been in a growing crisis for years, and the end seems nowhere in sight.

In the wake of the failed military coup, Turkish officials and civilians are pointing the finger at the U.S. for instigating it. “America

U.S. “Vetted” And Armed Syria Terrorist Group That Beheaded Boy, Gave Them TOW Missiles By Brandon Turbeville, July 22 2016

While the United States attempts to back away from its association with terrorist group Nour al-Din al-Zinki, the “moderate” terrorist organization whose members recently videotaped themselves beheading a young boy and discussing whether or not to boil his body afterwards, …

Polarization and the Powder Keg: Corruption, Deception and Betrayal. America’s Crisis of Legitimacy By Prof. James Petras, July 22 2016

The constitutional order of the US, such as it exists, faces a profound crisis of legitimacy, rooted in the multi polarity of US society. The US is divided among (1) a deeply entrenched police – judicial – presidential state against

Nice Attacks, Destroying Evidence at Crime Scene: French Government Orders Destruction of CCTV Video Footage By Gearóid Ó Colmáin, July 22 2016
The French government claims it wants to prevent ISIS from gaining access to videos of the attacks for the purposes of propaganda. They also claim that the destruction of evidence is intended to protect the families of the victims.
The Encirclement of China is Well Underway: France Prepares to Lead EU Missions in the South China Sea By Asia-Pacific Research, July 22 2016
The Military Encirclement of China Has Begun: German Navy Returns to the Pacific Ocean By German Foreign Policy, July 22 2016
Can US-Vietnam reconciliation hurt Moscow’s ties with Hanoi? By Anton Tsvetov, July 21 2016
Photo Essay from India’s Victims of Urban Development: Life In Pieces For Delhi’s Displaced Community By Vishank Singh, July 21 2016
Selected Articles: Power and the Nuclear Bomb: Conducting Foreign Policy with the Threat of Mass Murder By Global Research News, July 21 2016
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Power and the Nuclear Bomb: Conducting Foreign Policy with the Threat of Mass Murder

By Colin Todhunter, July 21 2016

“Some fell to the ground and their stomachs already expanded full, burst and organs fell out. Others had skin

“François, Tu es un criminel”: President Hollande Ordered the Massacre of Syrian Women and Children In Retaliation for the “Alleged” ISIS Bastille Day Attack By Prof Michel Chossudovsky, July 21 2016

In the immediate wake of the 14th of July Nice Terror Attack which resulted in more than 84 dead, France’s President Francois Hollande intimated in an official address (without evidence) that the attacks had been conducted by the Islamic State

The Nice Massacre: Another ‘Known Wolf’? Inconsistencies, Shifting Narratives and the Role of ISIS By Shawn Helton, July 21 2016

The man suspected of carrying out a shooting and vehicular assault in Nice, France – was already known to authorities despite contradictory claims.

French officials are reporting that 84 people were killed in Nice, France, following reports of a truck …

Chilcot Report: Tony Blair made Early Push for Regime Change in Iraq By Jonathan Steele, July 21 2016

Tony Blair took the initiative in urging George W. Bush to plan for regime change in Iraq, secret UK government papers reveal.

Britain’s former prime minister is usually described as Bush’s junior partner in the attack on Saddam Hussein’s Iraq, …

The Twilight of NATO By Thierry Meyssan, July 21 2016

The summit of the chiefs of staff and governmement of NATO has just finished its meeting in Warsaw (7 and 8 July 2016). It should have been the triumph of the United States over the rest of the world, but

Latin America’s Debts to the British Empire: Simón Bolívar in the Debt Labyrinth By Eric Toussaint, July 21 2016

From the start of the struggle for independence, Simón Bolívar |1|, like other independentist leaders, launched a policy of internal indebtedness (which ended up benefiting the local ruling class) and external indebtedness toward Britain and its bankers. In

Power and the Nuclear Bomb: Conducting Foreign Policy with the Threat of Mass Murder By Colin Todhunter, July 21 2016

“Some fell to the ground and their stomachs already expanded full, burst and organs fell out.

Others had skin falling off them and others still were carrying limbs. And one in particular was carrying their eyeballs in their hand.”

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Legal Action To Commence Against Tony Blair By Jack Peat, July 21 2016

Legal action is to commence against Tony Blair after a crowdfunding campaign reached its objective.

The Iraq War Families Campaign Group, which represents the families of the 179 servicemen and women killed in the conflict, is to commence legal action

Israel Support to Saudi Genocidal War Against Yemen By 21st Century Wire, July 21 2016

Israel has recently, officially, committed to supporting the NATO backed Saudi Coalition war of aggression against Yemen. Importantly, Israel is imposing the condition that it has use of the Taiz air-base in the Red Sea.

“According to reports, the Chief

Money Talks as Donald Trump Does U-Turn on Israel By Jonathan Cook, July 21 2016

The grubby underside of US electoral politics is on show once again as the Democratic and Republican candidates prepare to fight it out for the presidency. And it doesn’t get seamier than the battle to prove how loyal each candidate

Is It Anti-Semitic to Criticize and Boycott Israel? By Prof. Yakov M. Rabkin, July 21 2016

Yakov Rabkin is the author of the recently published What is Modern Israel? In this essay, he takes on the question that’s affected, most recently, the Labour Party in Britain. Prof Rabkin is a frequent contributor to Global Research. In

Video: US Voters Face a Difficult Choice By South Front, July 21 2016

The upcoming elections are unique in US political life. One of the candidates is, for the first time, a woman. The other candidate had never stood for election for any public post, and has defeated his party’s professional politicians. Both

The Olympics as a Tool of the New Cold War By Oriental Review, July 21 2016

The 6th Fundamental Principle of Olympism (non-discrimination of any kind, including nationality and political opinion) seems to be forgotten long ago.  In ancient Greece the competition of best athletes was able to halt a war and serve as a

US-Supported ‘Moderate’ Terrorists Behead Child On Camera: Paid For By The American Taxpayer By Brandon Turbeville, July 21 2016

As the United States and the Western world continue to harp on the unproven allegations of Assad’s alleged “crimes against humanity” and claims that have never had one shred of evidence behind them in regards to his supposed “killing his …

Questioning the Turkish Coup. “Certain Events and Occurrences Don’t Make Sense” By Devon Douglas-Bowers, July 21 2016

As readers may know, I generally do not delve into the ideas of false flags and whatnot. It isn’t that I don’t think that false flags don’t exist, it’s just that it isn’t what I do my research in. However,

Apologist in Chief: Boris Johnson as Britain’s Foreign Secretary By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, July 21 2016

“There is a rich thesaurus of things I have said that have, one way or the other, I don’t know, that has been misconstrued.” — Boris Johnson, Jul 19, 2016

It might have been seen as a form of expressive

The Forgotten Coup: Hillary Clinton’s “Dirty Hands” in the 2009 Honduran Coup By Timothy Alexander Guzman, July 21 2016

On June 28th 2009, Honduran soldiers marched into the bedroom of Honduran President Manuel Zelaya while he was in his pajamas and forced him at gunpoint to walk into a waiting jet and exiled him to Costa Rica. Then-Secretary of

The Coup in Turkey Has Thrown a Wrench in Uncle Sam’s “Pivot” Plan By Mike Whitney, July 21 2016

A failed coup in Turkey has changed the geopolitical landscape overnight realigning Ankara with Moscow while shattering Washington’s plan to redraw the map of the Middle East. Whether Turkish strongman Recep Tayyip Erdogan staged the coup or not is of

Hillary Says Trump Is Most Dangerous Presidential Candidate Ever – But She Is… By The Daily Bell, July 21 2016

Hillary Clinton said Monday that Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee, was the most dangerous presidential candidate in the history of the United States. -CNN

Clinton, in an interview with CBS News’ Charlie Rose, believes Donald Trump has “no self-discipline, …

Top British Think Tank: Brexit Is A “Serious Blow” to TTIP By Steven MacMillan, July 21 2016

The tyrannical corporate trade deal, the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), is increasingly facing a multitude of challenges that threaten to derail the entire agreement. With negotiations officially beginning in 2013, US trade officials were arrogantly forecasting that a

The Dirty War on Syria: ‘Zero Credible Evidence that the Syrian Arab Army Used Chemical Weapons’ By Prof. Tim Anderson, July 21 2016

In an interview with Muslimpress.com, Tim Anderson, the author of The Dirty War on Syria emphasizes on US policies to create a “New Middle East”. Here’s the full text of the interview: 

Muslimpress: In your book, The Dirty War on

Hollande and Obama Behind “Bloody Massacres” in Syria. French and US airstrikes “Kill over 140 Civilians” By Inspire to Change World, July 21 2016

Syria is demanding the UN take action after it says French war planes killed more than 120 civilians during airstrikes on Tuesday near the Turkish-Syrian border. The deaths came just a day after US air assaults killed a further 20

Gaza Lives: Abdelrahman’s story By Palestine Solidarity Campaign, July 21 2016

Voices from Gaza

The 1.8 million Palestinians who live in Gaza are losing hope. This coastal strip that they call home has been under siege for the last ten years – a decade of Israel controlling everything that comes in

Is the Alleged Saudi Involvement in the 9/11 Attacks Part of the Deception? US Intelligence “Creates Stories inside Stories” By Dr. Paul Craig Roberts, July 21 2016

James Jesus Angleton, head of CIA counterintelligence for three decades, long ago explained to me that intelligence services create stories inside stories, each with its carefully constructed trail of evidence, in order to create false trails as diversions.

Such painstaking

Washington Complicates the Dispute in the South China Sea By Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya, July 20 2016
A Case of Justice Catering to Political Power in the Philippines: Former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo Acquitted of Plunder By Rappler, July 20 2016
Minsk: Belarus is Ready to Become the Western Gate of China and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization By Belarusian Telegraph Agency, July 20 2016
Selected Articles: Terrorism and “False Flags”. “Dead Men Don’t Talk”… By Global Research News, July 20 2016
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Terrorism and “False Flags”. “Dead Men Don’t Talk”…

By Peter Koenig, July 20 2016

Another false flag in Würzburg, Bavaria, Germany. A young man attacks four passengers in a train and later a passerby in the street. The scenes

Federal Agents Went Undercover to Spy on U.S. Anti-Fracking Movement, Emails Reveal By Lee Fang and Steve Horn, July 20 2016

When more than 300 protesters assembled in May at the Holiday Inn in Lakewood, Colorado — the venue chosen by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) for an auction of oil and gas leases on public lands — several of

There’s More to Turkey’s Failed Coup Than Meets the Eye By M. K. Bhadrakumar, July 20 2016

Russian President Vladimir Putin did on Sunday what no major western leader from the NATO member countries cared to do when he telephoned his Turkish counterpart Recep Erdogan to convey his sympathy, goodwill and best wishes for the latter’s success

CIA Rebels Behead Kid And Other U.S. Successes in Syria By Moon of Alabama, July 20 2016

The U.S. “regime change” operation in Syria recently tallied up some major successes.

The Syrian Democratic Force, a U.S. sponsored group of mostly Syrian Kurds, is besieging the Islamic State held eastern city of Manbij. According to the UN’s Human …

Who is Behind Turkey’s Failed Coup? Erdogan Inside Job, US-Gulen Op., or Joint US-Turkey False Flag? By Joachim Hagopian, July 20 2016

The latest mystery puzzle on the geopolitical chessboard is who was really behind that failed military coup to overthrow Turkey’s President Recep Erdogan over the weekend? Erdogan immediately blamed his former ally and now exiled enemy in Pennsylvania – the …