By Stephen Zunes It has been exactly 30 years since US forces invaded Grenada, ending that Caribbean island nation’s four-year socialist experiment. The island nation no bigger than Martha’s Vineyard, with a population that could barely fill the Rose Bowl, was… Read More ›
Anti-War
Editorial: Malala Yousafzai and the White Saviour Complex
by Assed Baig An edit of this article was first published on the Huffington Post website When Malala Yusufzai was shot in the head by Taliban gunmen simply because she wanted to gain an education it sent shockwaves around the world. The Western media… Read More ›
UN Report on Ghouta Gas Incident Points to Evidence Tampering, not Syrian Culpability
By Stephen Gowans The United Nations report on the alleged use of chemical weapons in the Ghouta area of Damascus on August 21 does not, as newspaper headlines have indicated, “point to Assad’s use of gas” [1]; confirm that rockets… Read More ›
PM kidnapping fiasco: ‘Liberated’ Libya is chaos-state
Although the detention of Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan only lasted a few hours, it was a bold indication of the country’s deepening instability since the civil war that toppled strongman Muammar Gaddafi in 2011. In the early hours of… Read More ›
The Sarin Mysteries: Syria, Sarin, and Casus Belli
by Michael Parenti The Sarin Mysteries Following Kerry, President Obama announced that the situation in Syria had changed irredeemably since August 21. The United States would have to attack. But, on second thought, Obama decided to leave the decision up… Read More ›
Saudi Black Ops Team Behind Syria Gas Attack: Diplomats
The August chemical weapons attack in the Syrian capital’s suburbs was done by a Saudi Arabian black operations team, Russian diplomatic sources have told a Russian news agency. “Based on data from a number of sources a picture can be… Read More ›
Look at “liberated” Libya and despair
Welcome to the new Libya, a country “liberated” by NATO which now finds itself without the oil revenues which could make it rich, with no security, no stability and assassinations and corruption at unprecendented levels, writes Abdelbari Atwan. Last Friday, the Economist… Read More ›
Every Class David
Earlier this year, it was announced publicly that ex CIA director and commander of US forces in Iraq, General David Petraeus would be teaching at CUNY. He was given a one year contract as a visiting professor, to teach a… Read More ›
Abu Ghraib Torture Victims Ordered To Pay U.S. Contractor’s Legal Fees
By Christina Wilkie A federal judge on Wednesday ordered four Iraqis who were imprisoned at the infamous Abu Ghraib prison to pay nearly $14,000 in legal fees to defense contractor CACI, an Arlington, Va.-based company that supplied interrogators to the… Read More ›
West vows to boost Syria rebels, Russia says they should be ‘compelled’ to join peace talks
The US, UK and France have agreed to bolster Syrian rebels by providing more help, press Syria into delivering on its promise to hand over chemical weapons and seek an end to the conflict, which would involve ousting of President… Read More ›
Video: General David Petraeus reviled as War Criminal
The former four-star General David Petraeus, commander of U.S. armed forces in Iraq and Afghanistan and ISAF Commander in Afghanistan, as well as the Director of the CIA after his exit from the U.S. Army, has been affronted viciously by… Read More ›
Hacked e-mails reveal ‘Washington approved’ plan to stage Syria chemical attack
Please note the authenticity of these emails remains in question. — R.P. Editorial Board On Saturday, Cyber War News released a cache of e-mails allegedly hacked by someone in Malaysia from a British private defense contractor called Britam Defence. One of the… Read More ›
Public Remains Opposed to Syria War as Officials Admit to Shaky Intel
White House: War Reflects US Interests by Jason Ditz Facing growing questions, the Obama Administration is reiterating its claims that attacking Syria would be in keeping with America’s “national interests,” and is even threatening to launch the war without a… Read More ›
Deleted Daily Mail Online Article: “US Backed Plan for Chemical Weapon Attack in Syria to Be Blamed on Assad”
In January 29, 2013, Britain’s most popular Daily Newspaper, in its online version Dailymail.co.uk published an article titled: U.S. ‘backed plan to launch chemical weapon attack on Syria and blame it on Assad’s regime’ A few days later they pulled the article…. Read More ›