Amnesty report: ISIS armed with U.S. weapons
Amnesty report: ISIS armed with U.S. weapons
By Zachary Cohen, CNN — December 9, 2015
A new report from a prominent human rights group has found that ISIS has built a substantial arsenal, including U.S.-made weapons obtained from the Iraqi army and Syrian opposition groups.
ISIS show off TANKS and devastating hi-tech weapons looted from Iraqi army and bought from West
Destroying Syria to Create Sunnistan
What is the connection between the US bombing of a Syrian military base in Ayyash, Syria, and the Turkish invasion of northern Iraq? Both of these seemingly isolated events are part of a larger plan to Balkanize the Middle East, to strengthen Washington’s grip on dwindling resources, to draw Russia into a costly and protracted war, and to ensure that ME oil remains denominated in US dollars.
Syria: Ultimate Pipelineistan War
Syria is an energy war. With the heart of the matter featuring a vicious geopolitical competition between two proposed gas pipelines, it is the ultimate Pipelinestan war, the term I coined long ago for the 21st century imperial energy battlefields.
Saudi Arabia Is Underwriting Terrorism. Let’s Start Making It Pay
Is Erdogan’s Mosul Escapade Blackmail For Another Qatar-Turkey Pipeline?
The new imperialist carve-up of the Middle East
The events of the past week will go down in history as a milestone in the development of 21st century imperialism. In the space of a few days, the United States, Britain, and Germany escalated their military involvement in Syria, following France’s intensification of its own bombing campaign in Syria last month.
Moscow announces trilateral Syria talks in Geneva on Friday
“We will be having consultations in the trilateral format — Russia, the United States and the UN,” Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov told RIA Novosti state news agency on Wednesday.
McCain slams Pentagon boss over lack of progress against ISIS
Defense Secretary: ISIS Would Love Large US Ground Presence
US Offers Troops, Helicopters for Iraqi Offensive on Ramadi
Carter: Iraq Needs Help to ‘Finish the Job’
Turkey urges citizens to leave Iraq, excluding Iraqi Kurdistan: foreign ministry
Syria Right to Hit NATO Warplanes
Syria is ready to deploy the fearsome S-300 air-defence system supplied by its Russian ally. The anti-aircraft surface-to-air missiles will give Syria control over its territory and the capability to shoot down any intrusive warplane or missile. NATO warplanes beware!
Syrian civilians and rebels pull out of last opposition-held neighbourhood in Homs
Insurgents leave al-Waer district, which has been blockaded for almost three years, in part of deal to return city to government control
Syrian opposition seeks to close ranks as army gains on ground
UN Adopts Russian Initiative Restricting Space Weapons
The United Nations General Assembly has adopted a Russian-led resolution calling for a nonbinding restriction against the first placement of weapons in outer space, a measure that has been strongly criticized by the US for not going far enough.
Putin says Russia should restart coal supplies to Ukraine
Putin orders government to take Ukraine to court if it fails to repay $3 billion Russian bond
ISIS in Lebanon: An Interview with Andre Vltchek
If This is Not “Newsworthy”, What Is?
Former Drone Pilots Denounce ‘Morally Outrageous’ Program
Murder And Mayhem In The Middle East
U.S. First Shields Its Torturers and War Criminals From Prosecution, Now Officially Honors Them
As vice president, Dick Cheney was a prime architect of the worldwide torture regime implemented by the U.S. government (which extended far beyond waterboarding), as well as the invasion and destruction of Iraq, which caused the deaths of at least 500,000 people and more likely over a million. As such, he is one of the planet’s most notorious war criminals.
WikiLeaks: Turkey Planned Su-24 Downing Six Weeks Before the Incident?
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan planned to shoot down a Russian warplane engaged in Moscow’s anti-Daesh campaign in Syria six weeks prior to the Su-24 incident, a famous Turkish whistleblower apparently said on Twitter.
Murder And Mayhem In The Middle East
To understand what’s happening in Syria right now, you have to understand the tactics and motivations of the US and NATO — parties sharing interwoven aims and goals in the Middle East/North African (MENA) region.
Erdogan Moves To Annexes Mosul
The wannabe Sultan Erdogan did not get his will in Syria where he had planned to capture and annex Aleppo. The Russians prevented that. He now goes for his secondary target, Mosul in Iraq, which many Turks see as historic part of their country…
German parliament approves military campaign against Islamic State in Syria
Kerry: Syria government, rebels could cooperate vs ISIS before Assad goes
President al-Assad: Britain and France have neither the will nor the vision on how to defeat terrorism
Damascus, SANA – President Bashar al-Assad gave an interview to The Sunday Times in which he said Britain and France have neither the will nor the vision on how to defeat terrorism and their airstrikes against ISIS will yield no results, but will rather be illegal and harmful in that they will help in spreading terrorism.
British strikes in Syria illegal, play into terrorists’ hands – Assad
U.S. struggling over what to do with Syrian rebels once tied to al Qaida
U.S. puts request for bigger Turkish air role on hold
US Looks to Circumvent Iraqi PM’s Objection on New Troops
Unclear if US Can Escalate Without Further Undermining Abadi
The Empire Strikes Back: Week Nine of the Russian Intervention in Syria
Considering the remarkable success of the Russian intervention in Syria, at least so far, it should not have come as a surprise that the AngloZionist Empire would strike back. The only question was how and when. We now know the answer to that question.
Obama Taunts Putin over Syria
President Obama mocked Russian President Putin for not fixing Syria during the past month and chided him about Moscow’s Afghan quagmire in the 1980s, proving that Obama has either no self-awareness or no sense of irony given the U.S. misadventures in both countries, as Sam Husseini describes.
Roof, Dear and Tashfeen Malik
‘Self-Radicalized,’ ‘Terrorism,’ ‘Lone Wolf’ and Double Standards
US Building Military Airbase in Northeastern Syria
Syria slams Turkey over troop deployment in Iraq
Iraq Could Ask Russia for Help After ‘Invasion’ by Turkish Forces
German Vice Chancellor warns Saudi Arabia over Islamist funding
Saudi warplanes bomb Yemen, kill dozen civilians
Saudi Arabia is about to stone a Sri Lankan woman to death
In the coming days, a Sri Lankan woman is to be led to an outdoor pit in Saudi Arabia. Her arms and hands will be tightly bound, her body buried up to her breasts. Saudi men will then surround her and begin to hurl rocks at her head to kill her slowly.
Morocco sends ground troops to fight in Yemen
UAE praised for providing crucial military equipment to resistance fighters on western coastline
Joe Biden to visit Ukraine to confirm US support
14 Killed in SoCal Massacre
14 Killed in SoCal Massacre, 2 Suspected Shooters Dead
The suspected attackers have been identified as Syed Rizwyan Farook, 28 and Tashfeen Malik, 27, the San Bernardino police chief said.
14 people killed in shooting at Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino
2 Suspects Named In Shootings That Killed 14, Wounded 17 In San Bernardino
Fourteen people were confirmed killed and 17 more wounded in a mass shooting at a San Bernardino community social services building.
Suspect killed in officer-involved shooting in San Francisco’s Bayview District
Police say the man who officers shot and killed was wanted in a stabbing that had happened nearby less than an hour before. They describe him as a man in his 20s and have not yet released his name.
Coalition or Cold War with Russia?
American policy-makers and presidential candidates must now make a fateful decision—join Moscow in an alliance against ISIS, or persist in treating the Kremlin as an enemy.
Cameroon army kills 100 from Boko Haram, frees 900 hostages
“No More Excuses” for Not Prosecuting Government Officials for Torture
Nearly a year after the release of the summary of the Senate Intelligence Committee report on CIA torture, a major human rights group is calling for the immediate prosecution of U.S. government officials responsible for authorizing and carrying out the abuses.
NATO Unveils Plans to Grow, Drawing Fury and Threats From Russia
For the first time in six years, NATO on Wednesday invited a new member to join the military alliance, prompting a heated response from Russia and further underscoring escalating tensions between the Cold War adversaries.
Russia warns against NATO expansion
Iraqi PM, militias reject any foreign ground troops
Iraqis think the U.S. is in cahoots with the Islamic State, and it is hurting the war
IAEA Report Resolves Questions on Iran’s Nuclear Past
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is poised to publish its final report on Iran’s research related to nuclear weapons, concluding that the weaponization program was active through the end of 2003, and ceased virtually all “relevant” activities thereafter.
British Parliament Approves Expanding Air Strikes Into Syria
67 Labour MPs Shift Sides to Vote for Attacks
Russia presents proof of Turkey’s role in ISIS oil trade
Russia Presents Evidence of Turkey’s Oil Trade With ISIS
Accuses Turkish President’s Family of Being Heavily Involved in Trade
EU Rewards Turkish State Terrorism
Only days after Turkey’s fatal shoot-down of a Russian warplane, the European Union announces it is giving the Ankara government of Recep Tayyip Erdogan €3 billion in a “deal” allegedly aimed at halting the flow of refugees to the EU.
The Real “Terrorist Sympathizers” Want To Wage War On Syria … And Russia
Why Assad Isn’t “Our Son of a Bitch”
Al Qaeda seizes key towns in south Yemen
Hundreds of al Qaeda fighters seized two major cities in Yemen after hours of clashes, part of the terror group’s effort to expand its presence in southern regions of the war-torn country.
MTV News posts 2001 clip at center of Trump 9/11 claim
As Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump continues to offer newspaper clippings and soundbites he says are proof of his claim that he saw “thousands and thousands” of Muslim Americans cheering the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, in the streets of New Jersey, the TV network responsible for the rumor is stepping in to debunk it.
France closes ‘radical’ mosque after huge police raid
Turkey gets ready for much less Russian LPG transport gas
Argentina: A Quiet Neoliberal Coup d’Etat in Latin America’s Southern Cone
The West’s Deadly Mideast Fantasies
Madness or at least self-deception now dominates the West’s approach to the Middle East, with ostensibly rational leaders like Barack Obama and Francois Hollande fueling public hysteria about terrorism and pursuing “regime change” strategies proven to fail
UN Experts: Up to 3,000 Islamic State Fighters in Libya