Israel Could Strike First as Tensions with Iran Flare
From “The Conversation“: “Israel could strike first as tensions with Iran flare Doreen Horschig, University of Central Florida Iran shot …
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Assange Indictment Marks Alarming New Stage in US War on Leaks Says The Committee to Protect Journalists
According to The Committee to Protect Journalists https://cpj.org: “Assange indictment marks alarming new stage in US war on leaks May …
Daimler Previously Charged Under Foreign Corrupt Practice Act For Bribery Of Officials In 22 Countries Including Russia, China, North Korea
Over the last few years, the media has repeatedly raised the question of where North Korea’s Kim Jong Un gets …
EU Bows To Saudi King In Rejecting Draft List Of Countries With Strategic Deficiencies In Their Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorist Financing Frameworks
If Saudi were innocent, shouldn’t they support this? “The aim of this list is to protect the EU financial system …
Who Are The Kurds? Largest Stateless Ethnic Group; Indigenous To Modern Turkey, NE Syria, Iraq, Iran & Armenia; Anti-ISIS Fighters Betrayed By Trump
The 1920 Treaty of Sevres promised Kurdistan for the Kurds, but the promise was never fulfilled. After they have proved …
NATO Allies Fearful About Departure of ‘Trusted’ Mattis
“Mattis’ departure has added to growing European alarm. This week, America’s European allies felt blindsided by the abrupt changes. The …
Following Recent Trip to Syria, Virginia Congressman Warns of Turkey’s Agenda in the Region (December 17, 2018)
Inside Trump Towers Istanbul, Turkey Turkish Straits shipping chokepoints – Bosporus (Bosphorus)and Dardanelle straits. “FOLLOWING RECENT INDEPENDENT TRIP TO SYRIA, …
Mehdi Hasan on George H.W. Bush’s Ignored Legacy: War Crimes, Racism and Obstruction of Justice
From DemocracyNow.org: “Mehdi Hasan on George H.W. Bush’s Ignored Legacy: War Crimes, Racism and Obstruction of Justice, December 03, 2018 …
Trump Donor-Blackwater Founder Meets With Afghan Powerbrokers, Aims to Privatize War
This isn’t the map that we were looking for, but it may be appropriate. Opium trafficking flows centered on Afghanistan …
Iraq & Syria: of Memory & Maps
From OpenDemocracy: “Iraq and Syria: of memory and maps by DARIUS A. KAMALI 12 May 2018 The interests of outsiders, not …
Roy Cohn’s Men: McCarthy, the Mafia, Trump, Murdoch, Roger Stone, Manafort; the John Birch Society and the Kochs
Interesting that both Murdoch’s Wall Street Journal and the John Birch Society appear opposed to investigation of Russian tampering in …
US Senator Schumer Calls on Trump Admin to Back Independent Kurdish State; Tillerson’s Exxon Caught In Middle
US Senator Schumer called for support of an independent Kurdish State in northern Iraq, but where is his call to …
Collusion Between Local, State, Federal Police; ETP Pipeline Co and TigerSwan Defense Contractor Against DAPL Pipeline Opponents – Documents Leak
Related Background: “Jeremy Scahill: TigerSwan Security, Linked to Blackwater, Now Coordinates Intel for Dakota Access” November 21, 2016, https://www.democracynow.org/2016/11/21/jeremy_scahill_tigerswan_security_linked_to In …
Kushner-Flynn-Blackwater Founder Erik Prince-Bannon Reported as Working to Set-Up Russia Back-Channel Communications; UAE Reportedly Tried to Help
“Kushner Reportedly Proposed Russia Set Up Secret Communications With Trump” May 27, 2017 02:32 GMT, RFE/RL https://www.rferl.org/a/trump-son-in-law-kushner-proposed-russian-embassy-set-up-secret-communications-channel-trump-team/28511845.html “Erik Prince in …
Top Secret for “U.K. Eyes Only” on Russia Reaction to US Policy on Syria 1957; Putin’s Play-Book Similar
Document images, below, from the British National Archives. Notice the sign off by HM Queen Elizabeth who was 31 years …
Assyrian People of the Middle East
Celebration at a Syriac Orthodox monastery in Mosul, Ottoman Syria, early 20th century. (Mosul sits opposite the ancient Assyrian city …
100 Years of the Sykes Picot Agreement in the Middle East
From the Kurdish Project: “Sykes Picot Agreement A majority of the struggles in the Middle East over the past one …
Why Should the US Solve Australia’s Offshore Refugee Problem? Why Does Australia Have Lots of Room for People from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, etc., but None for these Refugees?
It remains unclear why Australia doesn’t want to accept the refugees that it has left offshore on the islands of …
Trump Still Considering Swapping Central American Refugees (in Costa Rica) to Australia in Exchange for Middle Easterners Detained by Australia! Not a Joke!
A Trump spokesperson said on Tuesday, as reported by Reuters, that the U.S. will still take the over 1,000 Middle …
The US to Swap Indigenous Peoples of the Americas to Australia in Exchange for Middle East Muslims? Not a Joke! It’s in Reuters
The US promised Australia that they would take a bunch of Middle Eastern refugees-migrants that are trying to enter Australia …
Depleted Uranium, Cancer, Birth Defects: Legacy of Bush-Cheney Iraq War
From DemocracyNow.org: “Ten Years Later, U.S. Has Left Iraq with Mass Displacement & Epidemic of Birth Defects, Cancers, MARCH 20, …
UK-French-Spanish Origin Chilean Spent Nuclear Fuel Dumped on America at US Taxpayer Expense – The Opening Round of Obama’s “Nuclear Security” Plan
[Update 2 April: Please note that despite the day of publication that this post is dead serious. The sick joke …
Former Labour MP Tony Benn on how Britain Secretly Helped Israel Build Its Nuclear Arsenal
Originally posted on Mining Awareness + :
Interview starts at 10 min: http://youtu.be/_c5CAO8X5Fw From DemocracyNow.org: “FRIDAY, MARCH 10, 2006 Former Labour MP Tony…
Syria’s Refugee Crisis in Numbers: Russia Accepts Zero; Rich Gulf States Accept Zero; Turkey Hosts the Most; UN Humanitarian Appeal Just 40% Funded
From Amnesty International: “Syria’s refugee crisis in numbers 4 September 2015, 19:28 UTC Refugees in the region More than 4 …
Former Labour MP Tony Benn on how Britain Secretly Helped Israel Build Its Nuclear Arsenal
Interview starts at 10 min: http://youtu.be/_c5CAO8X5Fw From DemocracyNow.org: “FRIDAY, MARCH 10, 2006 Former Labour MP Tony Benn on how Britain …
