The upsurge of violence in Syria since the last week seems more and more to be an attempt to surround the Syrian capital from different axes. Three days later, it proved to be a failure. However, by bombed-car attacks, explosives… Read More ›
International
Translations, Party Statements, and News from Around the World.
As Sanctions Hit Iran’s Most Vulnerable, the Man Who Dared to Feed Sanction-Starved Iraq Remains in Prison
by John Pilger In 1999, I traveled to Iraq with Denis Halliday, who had resigned as assistant secretary-general of the United Nations rather than enforce a punitive UN embargo on Iraq. Devised and policed by the United States and Britain,… Read More ›
U.S. wanted to turn all of Okinawa Island into base site in 1945-46: documents
WASHINGTON — The U.S. military was planning between 1945 to 1946 to use all of Okinawa Island as a permanent site for its bases, declassified U.S. documents have shown. The documents are the latest evidence to apparently reinforce the background… Read More ›
How US Ambassador Chris Stevens May Have Been Linked To Jihadist Rebels In Syria
by Michael Kelley The official position is that the US has refused to allow heavy weapons into Syria. But there’s growing evidence that U.S. agents—particularly murdered ambassador Chris Stevens—were at least aware of heavy weapons moving from Libya to jihadist Syrian rebels…. Read More ›
Obama Bombs Yemen Hours After Winning Reelection
by John Glaser Not even a full day had passed before newly reelected President Obama ordered another drone strike in Yemen. A U.S. drone strike targeted a group of al-Qaida militants on the outskirts of the Yemeni capital Sanaa on Wednesday… Read More ›
Israeli policy splits Palestinian families
Parents, children, and lovers in the West Bank and Gaza are torn apart by Israel’s strict ‘separation policy’ To Westerners and Palestinians, Gaza “is hell”, says Ali Batha. “It’s a scary place … It’s the last place in the world… Read More ›
8 Atrocities Committed Against Puerto Rico by the US
by Jose L Vega Santiago Puerto Rico is an unincorporated territory of the United States located in the Caribbean Sea. It is a small island with a population of almost four million citizens. On July 25, 1898, during the Spanish… Read More ›
Turkey indicts IDF commanders over Gaza flotilla deaths
Relations between Jerusalem and Ankara have deteriorated since Israeli marines stormed the Mavi Marmara aid ship in May 2010 and killed nine Turks in clashes with activists on board. Turkey is putting four former Israeli military commanders, including the head… Read More ›
Death Squads, Murder and U.S. Corruption in Colombia
News broke this week, though not very widely here, that Francisco Santos, who served as Colombia’s Vice-President under President Alvaro Uribe from 2002 to 2010, met three times with leaders of the right-wing paramilitary organization known as the AUC. Present… Read More ›
No matter who wins Tuesday’s election, U.S. likely to become entangled in Syria’s war
WASHINGTON — Despite Americans’ exhaustion with 11 years of foreign conflict, the victor in Tuesday’s presidential race may find it all but impossible to keep the United States from becoming more deeply entangled in the unfolding calamity of Syria’s sectarian civil… Read More ›
Syrian rebels seize Lebanese journalist over ‘incompatible’ reporting
In their fervent struggle, a Syrian rebel group has “arrested” a Lebanese journalist in Aleppo saying his “presence as a journalist no longer receives approval in areas controlled by the rebels.” Fidaa Itani, who works for the Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation… Read More ›
South Africa’s ruling party endorses anti-Israel boycott
Senior members of South Africa’s ruling party have endorsed a boycott campaign against Israel, with former South African deputy president Baleka Mbete calling Tel Aviv ‘far worse than apartheid South Africa’. During an international conference hosted on Sunday by the… Read More ›
US Pushes Algeria to Support Invasion of Mali
State Dept.: They’re Beginning to Warm to the Idea Algerian officials are still not on board for the international invasion of northern Mali, and that’s a big concern for US officials. Algerian President Bouteflika says he fears the war will… Read More ›
Bahrain bans all opposition rallies
Interior minister cites ‘repeated abuse’ of freedom of speech Bahrain is facing international censure after announcing a ban on all protest gatherings and threatening to take legal action against opposition groups that organise anti-government demonstrations. The order, announced by the interior… Read More ›
The Red Phoenix 