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Greek police torture anti-fascist protesters By Christoph Dreier, October 11 2012
By Christoph Dreier

Demonstrators protesting against the fascist Chrysi Avgi (Golden Dawn) party were beaten and tortured after their arrest by Greek police at a demonstration on September 30.

According to the victims, the police used techniques similar to the …

In Preparation for Wider War, Pentagon deploys Task Force in Jordan By Bill Van Auken, October 11 2012

In preparation for a direct US intervention in Syria and a wider war in the Middle East, the Pentagon has secretly deployed a 150-strong military task force in Jordan.

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta Wednesday confirmed the existence of the task …

Provocation: Syria Plane Intercepted by Turkey: “Close to Disaster” By Global Research News, October 11 2012

Passengers onboard the plane intercepted by Turkish jets said that security forces were making the crew and passengers sign fraudulent papers suggesting that the plane made an emergency landing and no Turkish military were involved in the incident.

­Hours after

Beyond the Québec Student Strike By Matthew Brett and Rushdia-Mehreen, October 10 2012

by Matthew Brett and Rushdia Mehreen

While it is difficult to predict the lasting consequences of the 2012 student strike in Québec, a few things are certain. The strike has fostered a climate of dissent and a respect for direct

Russia and the SCO: Pakistan Must Adapt to Emerging Global Realities By Stop NATO, October 10 2012

Islamabad has long been saying it cherishes the desire of and talking a lot of making a “paradigm shift” in its foreign policy and also took a few steps to come closer to the China/Russia-dominated Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) as

East Asia: Japan Restores Cold War Military Alliance With U.S. By Stop NATO, October 10 2012

Japan’s Prime Minister Noda has restored the Japan-US security alliance – a legacy of the Cold War – as the “foundation” of Japan’s foreign policy, a stark shift from three years ago, when then-Japanese prime minister Yukio Hatoyama sought a

BRICS: Building Blocks of Emerging Global Order By Stop NATO, October 10 2012

The BRICS have argued for diffusion of power concentration at the global level, and at the same time strongly advocated for reform of international bodies

On various past occasions multilateral forums like the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South

America’s Moral Degeneracy By Dr. Paul Craig Roberts, October 10 2012

By Dr. Paul Craig Roberts

On May 31, 2010, the Israeli right-wing government sent armed military troops to illegally board in international waters Gaza aid ships of the Gaza Freedom Flotilla organized by the Free Gaza Movement and the Turkish

Iran, Syria, Turkey, Israel and NATO: The Dangers of Military Escalation By Stephen Lendman, October 10 2012

by Stephen Lendman

Days of Syrian/Turkish border incidents threaten further escalation into something more serious. Free Syrian Army (FSA) militants fired mortar rounds on Turkish territory from Syrian locations they control.

Assad was wrongfully blamed for their provocation. Syria

Canada-Iran: Who’s demonizing who? By Eric Walberg, October 10 2012

The return of Omar Khadr from Guantanamo, Canadian Islamophobia, and a trip by a first nation leader to Iran make Harper’s human rights award an embarrassment.

After 10 years in Guantanamo, former child soldier Omar Khadr, the last Western national

New US-Canada Border Regime: Deep Integration and the North-American Homeland By Dana Gabriel, October 10 2012
The U.S. and Canada have laid the framework for a new border regime which is pushing the continent closer to a fully integrated North America security perimeter. The sovereignty of Canada as a nation state is affected.
Syria: Is the West Contemplating the Assassination of President Bashar Al Assad? By Prof Michel Chossudovsky, October 09 2012

By Michel Chossudovsky

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A policy of  political assassination and “extra-judicial execution” has been on the drawing board of US intelligence for more than half a century. 

In the 1970s, the Senate Select Committee led by Sen. Frank

South Africa’s Ruling ANC Party: Where is the Left? By Global Research News, October 09 2012

by Chris Webb

About a month ago I stood with some 200 striking farm workers in South Africa’s Hex River Valley, a rich agricultural region that produces table grapes for export. The workers were on strike against severe pay cuts

Towards a Western Retreat from Syria By Thierry Meyssan, October 09 2012

 

by Thierry Meyssan

The Syria war drags on. Continuing it has become too expensive and too dangerous for its neighbors. Russia, which aims to re-establish itself in the Middle East, is trying to show the United States that it

Venezuela Opposition Founded by Wall Street Alumni By Tony Cartalucci, October 09 2012

In “US Prepares for Overthrow of Venezuela,” US policy papers and US State Department National Endowment for Democracy (NED) funding was exposed as openly conspiring to meddle in and manipulate upcoming Venezuelan elections.

The opposition party which includes …

Spiraling Gasoline Prices are Impoverishing Americans By Prof Michel Chossudovsky, October 08 2012

Together with  draconian austerity measures, home foreclosures, layoffs and the phasing out of social programs, the dramatic hike in gasoline prices constitutes yet another economic mechanism which contributes to the impoverishment of millions of people  across the land.

Gasoline prices

Nuclear Weapons. Who Needs “Red Lines”: Iran or Israel? By Global Research News, October 08 2012

by Nabi Sonboli

In his September 23, 2012 speech at the United Nations General Assembly, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu asked the United States and its allies to define clear red lines for the Iranian nuclear program, emphasizing that Iran

Draconian Austerity Budget: Eliminating the Collective Bargaining Rights of Ontario’s Teachers By Doug Nesbitt and Andrew Stevens, October 08 2012
The bill effectively eliminates collective bargaining rights for Ontario's 180,000 elementary and secondary school teachers. It imposes a two-year wage freeze...
Free Syrian Army (FSA) Building Military Base for Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO) By Global Research News, October 08 2012

TEHRAN (FNA)- The so-called Free Syrian Army, the main armed rebel group fighting President Bashar al-Assad’s government, announced that it has set up two battalions called ‘Martyr Saddam Hussein’ in the cities of Idlib and Deir al-Zour in Syria.

In …

Modern India: Abysmal Poverty and Social Destitution. Neo-Liberalism’s Death Knell By Colin Todhunter, October 08 2012

Today in Chennai (Madras), I witnessed a dead-end journey. A deafening firecracker was set off by a gathering of men at the head of a funeral procession. Stray dogs flinched and onlookers cowered. Shutters were hastily pulled down. The raucous

Putting Palestine On The Agenda: At The Russell Tribunal In New York By Danny Schechter, October 08 2012

The needs and concerns of the Palestinian people are not in the news much in the United States, even though the issues have been around for decades here in the city that hosts the United Nations and where there have

Turkish Military Intervention in Syria? By Devon Douglas-Bowers, October 08 2012
It has been reported recently that Turkey is firing artillery shells into northern Syria in retaliation for the earlier controversial shelling incident.
The situation is tense and could potentially lead the way for a Turkish intervention into Syria.

On October

Chavez wins poll, days after largest-ever march By Rachael Boothroyd, October 08 2012
More than 3 million people marched in support of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and his socialist platform in Caracas on October 4, three days before Chavez was re-elected with 54% of the vote.

Venezuela’s socialist President Hugo Chavez has won

Venezuela’s Victory Over Wall Street By Tony Cartalucci, October 08 2012
Venezuela has provided the world with a successful model to counter the subversive methods of Wall Street. Chavez poses a substantial obstacle to Western ambitions across South America.
Syria, the Story Thus Far By William Blum, October 08 2012

“Today, many Americans are asking — indeed I ask myself,” Hillary Clinton said, “how can this happen? How can this happen in a country we helped liberate, in a city we helped save from destruction? This question reflects just how

Was it worth it? Afghanistan 11 years later By Tanya Cariina Hsu, October 08 2012
October 7 marked the eleventh anniversary of the US war in Afghanistan. An entire country has been destroyed, its population impoverished. More than 2,000 American soldiers have been killed,
Capitalism’s Two Step Survival Plan: Austerity and Structural Reform By Shamus Cooke, October 08 2012

The coast is clear, the media tells us; economic disaster has been averted. The Euro Zone is finally stable and the U.S. economy is recovering. Whew!

Why, then, are government policies internationally still pursuing extremist measures?

In the U.S., a …

Hugo Chavez Frias Wins Venezuela Elections By Global Research News, October 08 2012

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez was declared the winner.  10.57pm ET

Chávez obtained 7.444.082 votes and Capriles 6.151.544 de Capriles, with a record participation of 80,94 %.  With 90% of the vote counted, according to the National Election Council, Hugo Chavez

A Hungry War Machine Ignited by Gangster Bombers By Cynthia McKinney, October 07 2012
Real change requires dismantling the current political, economic, and social structures that serve only the interests of an elite to whom current elected office holders answer.
Mass protest against threatened Turkey-Syria war By Chris Marsden, October 07 2012

Tens of thousands of anti-war protesters gathered in Istanbul, Thursday evening, opposing military action against Syria. Marchers streamed through the capital’s commercial district, opposing Turkey’s alliance with the United States and pledging support for the Syrian people.

The demonstration took …

US-NATO Sponsored Atrocities in Syria: ‘It Is Our Soul’: The Destruction of Aleppo, Syria’s Oldest City By Information Clearing House, October 07 2012

Global Research Editor’s Note

In reviewing these images, remember that the Free Syrian Army (FSA) are the foot-soldiers of NATO. They are funded and supported  by the Western military alliance. They are trained and advised by British, French, Turkish and

Expect Bolivarian Election Victory in Venezuela By Stephen Lendman, October 07 2012

October 7 is the moment of truth. Venezuelans get to choose between populism and neoliberal harshness. 

They’re not stupid. They won’t tolerate reinventing the bad old days. Expect Bolivarianism to triumph. Too bad it can’t everywhere when it’s most needed.…

Turkey-Syria Skirmish: Was it a “False Flag”? Unknown Whether Artillery Came from Rebels or Government By Washington's Blog, October 07 2012

New York Times Concedes that It Is Unknown Whether Syrian Artillery Came from Rebels or Government

The Turkish-Syrian Skirmish Is Being Taken Out Of Context

The mainstream American press has trumpeted for days the claim that Turkey is “retaliating” for

US “Delisting” of Terror Network: Washington overtly supports the Mujahedin-e-Khalq Organization (MKO) By Tony Cartalucci and Kourosh Ziabari, October 07 2012

In a flagrant show of hostility toward the Iranian nation and a clear exercise of double standards in dealing with international terrorism, the U.S. Department of State has just removed the name of Mujahedin-e-Khalq Organization (MKO) from its list of

A US Plan to Topple Hugo Chavez? By Mike Whitney, October 06 2012

“The socialist revolution will not be stopped by anyone because it has become the people.” Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez

There’s no better time to read Cindy Sheehan’s heartfelt and galvanizing new book “Revolution, A Love Story” than today, just hours

Venezuelan Elections: It’s either Chávez or Washington! By Adrian Salbuchi, October 06 2012

This Sunday’s elections will pit incumbent President Hugo Chávez Frías against neoliberal pro-US opposition candidate Henrique Capriles Radonski. Opinion polls vary widely both ways, proof it will be a head-to-head race.

­This election is not only of vital importance to …

Confronting the EU “Oligarchy of Governments”. Joining Forces for Another Europe By Socialist Project, October 06 2012

By Tommaso Fattori

In Europe we are living in particularly dramatic times. Democracy is in death-agony and we are witnessing post-democratic processes taking over at the national and supranational level. EU leaders have further concentrated decision-making power on public and

Western Propagandists Attempt to Trigger Catastrophic Turkish-Syrian War By Tony Cartalucci, October 06 2012
Bloomberg, Guardian, Ynet, and others are all posting in their headlines an identical unconfirmed report that Turkey and Syria have “agreed” to establish a 6 mile wide “buffer zone” running the length of the Turkish-Syrian border.

The

Financial Warfare: Destabilizing Iran’s Monetary System By Nile Bowie, October 06 2012

ESFAHAN – Dramatic fluctuations of the Iranian rial triggered small protests among merchants in Tehran’s grand bazaar on October 3rd, 2012. In an attempt by authorities to prevent further devaluation, Iran’s central bank recently issued new limits on the amount …

Attacking Democracy: Chavez, the US, and the Destabilization of Venezuela By Eric Draitser, October 06 2012

Venezuela goes to the polls this Sunday in an election many are calling a referendum on President Chavez and his policies.  Although there is surely such a dimension, the significance of the elections goes far beyond political opinion and partisan

Turkey-Syria Showdown: Pressure Building for More Middle East War By Stephen Lendman, October 06 2012
Obama’s currently waging more direct and proxy wars than any previous president. He plans more. Expect it post-election whoever wins.Middle East ones won’t end until America exerts unchallenged regional hegemony. Conflicts may rage for years. Millions more may die. Expect …
Christians ’emptied from Middle East’: Western Supported Terrorists Involved in Ethnic Cleansing By Global Research News, October 06 2012

by: Rowan Callick

Mother Agnes-Mariam de la Croix

Syrian Christian abbess, Mother Agnes-Mariam de la Croix, pictured at St Patricks church in Melbourne during a visit to Australia. Picture: Stuart Mcevoy Source: The Australian

THE mother superior of a 1500-year-old monastery in Syria warned yesterday

From Persuasion to Coercion: PsychoPharma’s “Priesthood of the Mind” By James F. Tracy, October 06 2012

The “psychopharmaceutical complex”[1]— modern psychiatry, the pharmaceutical industry, and an accommodative regulatory apparatus–sustains itself through a public belief in its medical scientific expertise and legitimacy realized through marketing and public relations. Now a combination of more direct government

Another Phony US Employment Report: Spiralling Number of Involuntary Part Time Workers By Dr. Paul Craig Roberts, October 05 2012
“2.5 million persons were marginally attached to the labor force.” They “wanted and were available for work,” but “they were not counted as unemployed"
German state TV reports: Syrian rebels claim responsibility for attack on Turkey By Global Research News, October 05 2012

by R. Teichmann

On Oct. 4th, the German state TV channel ZDF reported on the attack on Turkey several times.

In its “Mittagsmagazin” at 1300 hours it reports as follows:

02:06 – 02:32
German:

„Raketen- und Granatfeuer. Die Türkei übt

Did Romney ‘Win’ the Debate? By Robert Parry, October 05 2012

The instant analysis after the first presidential debate — even on liberal-leaning MSNBC — was that Mitt Romney was the decisive “winner.” But Romney not only ducked the specifics of his plans but looked sneaky and nervous in doing so,

European Union demands further cuts in Greece By Christoph Dreier, October 05 2012

Last weekend, representatives of the troika—the European Central Bank (ECB), European Commission (EC) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF)—returned to Athens to discuss a third package of budget cuts with the Greek government.

Officially, the troika has the task of …

Obama and the debate By Patrick Martin, October 05 2012

In the 24 hours since Wednesday night’s debate between President Obama and his Republican challenger Mitt Romney, the American media has been filled with commentary on the failure of Obama to conduct a serious defense of his record or mount …

NATO ready to “intervene” in Syria? By Rick Rozoff and John Robles, October 05 2012

Rick Rozoff,  manager of the Stop NATO website comments on NATO’s emergency meeting surrounding the situation on the Turkish/Syrian border and its role in the region. He claims that: “NATO countries and their Allies in the Persian Gulf aren’t going

Syria FSA Terrorists Behind “False Flag” Attack against Turkey By Global Research News, October 05 2012

One of the German state television channels, the ZDF, has broadcasted two interesting reports today.

In both reports it is said that the so-called Syrian rebels have taken responsibility for yesterday`s provocations for which the Syrian Arab Army and thus,

Obama versus Romney: Bipartisan Consensus on Foreign Policy and Global Warfare By Jack A. Smith, October 05 2012
Despite the sharp charges and counter-charges about foreign/military and national security policy there are no important differences on such matters between President Barack Obama and challenger Mitt Romney
Flim Flam Substitutes: The Obama-Romney Election Debate By Stephen Lendman, October 05 2012

So-called presidential debates are well-rehearsed, prescripted theater. Theater of the absurd best describes them.

Even some mainstream media were underwhelmed. At least one was honest as far as his editors let him. London Guardian contributor Charles Ferguson headlined “America’s duopoly …

Leading World Bank Demographer: Vaccination Campaigns Part Of Population Reduction Policy By Jurriaan Maessen, October 04 2012

On October 2nd a retired demographer at the World Bank admitted that vaccination campaigns are an integral part of the World Bank’s population policies. John F. May, the Bank’s leading demographer from 1992 to 2012, told the French web journal

George W. Bush the Murderer: The Movie By David Swanson, October 04 2012

A  new movie has just been released based on Vincent Bugliosi’s book “The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder.”  Bugliosi, of course, prosecuted Charles Manson and authored best sellers about Manson’s guilt, O.J. Simpson’s guilt, and Lee Harvey Oswald’s …

Cyber Martial Law in the Philippines By Global Research News, October 04 2012

Tens of millions of internet users in the Philippines woke up Wednesday to a new reality: Sharing a link, clicking ‘Like’ on Facebook, or retweeting a message could land you 12 years in jail.¹

http://rt.com/news/philippines-internet-gag-law-545/

The Cybercrime Prevention Act, which …

Elections in Georgia: U.S. and NATO Lose their “Geopolitical Chess Queen” By John Robles, October 04 2012
It is no secret that Saakashvili is the “West’s man in the Caucasus” the darling of Hillary Clinton and Obama’s US State Department, NATO headquarters and the Pentagon and the intelligence services of the UK and the US. He is
How soon will Americans flee from Afghanistan? By Boris Volkhonsky, October 04 2012

In Afghanistan, they make a kind of deal securing their presence in four to five heavily guarded military bases, simultaneously giving assurance that they will not interfere in the local affairs – poppy cultivation in particular (which is the case

Building a Pretext to Wage War on Syria: Turkey attacks Syria after stray shelling By Bill Van Auken, October 04 2012

Turkey’s military attacked Syria Wednesday after a stray shell from Syria killed five people in a Turkish border town. With Ankara invoking NATO’s collective defense agreement, the danger is rising of a direct Western intervention into the 18-month-old civil war

Top Nuclear Experts: Technology Doesn’t Yet Exist to Clean Up Fukushima By Washington's Blog, October 04 2012

World-renowned physicist Michio Kaku said recently:

It will take years to invent a new generation of robots able to withstand the radiation.

(The radiation inside the reactors is too hot even for robots.)

AP reports:

Hiroshi Tasaka, a nuclear

America’s Sham Electoral Process By Stephen Lendman, October 04 2012

It’s bad enough to make some despots blush. It doesn’t rise to the level of good fiction. No respectable film producer would accept a script explaining it. Who’d believe a democratic system so implausible. It’s more fanciful than real.

Longstanding

Turkey Attempts to Trigger a NATO-led War against Syria By Tony Cartalucci, October 04 2012
After over a year of harboring foreign terrorists and supporting their operations near and across the Turkish-Syrian border, NATO-member Turkey has "retaliated" with military force against "targets" inside Syria for an alleged attack on Turkish territory...
Boycott and Chaos at the United Nations in Geneva: Who Committed War Crimes in Iraq? By Dirk Adriaensens, October 03 2012

Iraqi Sources of the BRussells Tribunal – edited by Dirk Adriaensens

A Conference in Geneva about the “crimes of the former Iraqi regime” of Saddam Huseein, organised by the Iraqi government, has turned into a condemnation against the

The Fed’s “QE Infinity”: Money Galore… What Is It All About? By Ellen Brown, October 03 2012

QE3, the Federal Reserve’s third round of quantitative easing, is so open-ended that it is being called QE Infinity. 

Doubts about its effectiveness are surfacing even on Wall Street.  The Financial Times reports:

Among the trading rooms and floors …

Nuclear Radiation: Washington Forces the Re-Start of Japan’s Nuclear Reactors By Washington's Blog, October 03 2012

Americans Are Largely Responsible for Japan’s Ongoing Nuclear Policy

Archaic nuclear reactor designs such as those used at Fukushima – built by American company General Electric – were chosen because they were good for making nuclear bombs.   The U.S.

Hegemony and Propaganda: The Importance of Trivialisation in Cementing Social Control By Colin Todhunter, October 03 2012
While in some cases sound-bite sayings may be making a serious point, they are repeated over and over again to the point where they merely become meaningless, feel-good rhetoric.
NATO Terrorists Mass Slaughter Civilians in Aleppo, Syria By Tony Cartalucci, October 03 2012

NATO-backed terrorism swept the northern Syrian city of Aleppo this week, killing and maiming scores of civilians. Al Qaeda-style car bombings targeted public squares throughout the city in a coordinated attack the Western press has attempted to claim was “targeting

The life and death of an Australian hero, whose skin was the wrong colour By John Pilger, October 03 2012

Arthur Murray died the other day. I turned to Google Australia for tributes, and there was a 1991 obituary of an American ballroom instructor of the same name. There was nothing in the Australian media. The Australian newspaper published a

Independence of Iraqi Kurdistan: Big Oil Pressuring for Breakup of Iraq? By Global Research News, October 03 2012

There are some contradictory stories emerging about whether oil major Royal Dutch Shell is in negotiations with the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG). Twice before it was in talks with the Kurds, but withdrew to protect its investments in southern Iraq. …

US May Keep American Troops in Iraq, Despite Lack of Congressional Authority By John Glaser, October 03 2012

The US is keeping hundreds of American troops and security personnel in Iraq, despite a recently-passed resolution from Congress that failed to reauthorize funding for the US military to train and support Iraqi security forces.

Most Americans have been led

Energy New Front in Economic Warfare By Global Research News, October 03 2012

by Daniel J. Graeber

Opposition leaders in Canada suggested a string of cyber security threats to domestic companies might be the work of Chinese hackers. Twice last week, the Canadian government confirmed two separate companies -– both in the energy …

US-NATO Sponsored Syria Terrorists: 40 killed, 90 wounded in Aleppo blasts By Global Research News, October 03 2012

In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian security officers gather at the scene in front of destroyed buildings where triple bombs exploded at the Saadallah Jabri square, in Aleppo city, Syria on Wednesday (AP photo)
Iraq: Ten Years, a Million Lives and Trillions of Dollars Later By Dennis Kucinich, October 03 2012

Ten years ago today the debate over the Iraq War came to Congress in the form of a resolution promoted by the Bush Administration. The war in Iraq will cost the United States as much as $5 trillion. It played

Religious Leaders Slam Bankers By Washington's Blog, October 02 2012

Church of England: Bankers Should Repent

We’ve extensively documented that Jesus, his apostles, and ancient Jewish leaders would all be furious with modern bankers.

We’ve also noted that the first Christians and Jews insisted on debt forgiveness as one of

China’s sweatshops exploit students By World Socialist Web Site, October 02 2012

By Louis Zou

The brutal reality behind the much-hyped release of Apple’s new iPhone 5 was exposed last week when several thousand Foxconn workers in the Chinese city of Taiyuan clashed with security guards and police. The incident was apparently

World economy slides deeper into slump By Andre Damon, October 02 2012

A string of negative reports coinciding with the start of the fourth quarter has revealed a significant deterioration in the global economy, with world trade slowing, manufacturing contracting, and the number of unemployed workers in the euro zone hitting a

Children and Drones By Global Research News, October 02 2012
from children...“oh please!... stop killing us!... we’re just children!... you killed the others!... you killed our mother!... you killed our father!... and then our sister!... and our brother!... and for what?!...
The Emerging Gulag State: What Is Happening to Muslims Will Happen to the Rest of Us By Chris Hedges, October 02 2012

The decision by the European Court of Human Rights last week to refuse to block the extradition of the radical Muslim cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri and four others to the United States on terrorism charges removes one of the last

Bradley Manning Trial: A Mockery of Justice By Global Research News, October 02 2012

Bradley Manning’s lawyer, David Coombs, has filed a 117-page motion calling for the dismissal of all charges with prejudice, for lack of a speedy trial. When he argues the motion at Ft. Meade, October 29 – November 2, Bradley will

US Drones and The “Global War on Terrorism” By Andy Roth, October 02 2012

The initial US response to the deadly attack on the nation’s Libyan embassy includes deploying spies, Marines, and drones. Current reports indicate that US drones operating in Libyan airspace will be limited to surveillance. But the decision to deploy them

Arab Jews versus Palestinians: Israel’s Refugee Pawns By Jonathan Cook, October 02 2012

In the shadow of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s theatrics at the United Nations last week, armed with his cartoon Iranian bomb, Israeli officials launched a quieter, but equally combative, initiative to extinguish whatever hopes have survived of reviving the peace …