Month: April 2013

US Unveils Iraq WMD “Curveball-Style” Lies Vs. Syria

As NATO terror front collapses in Syria, US attempts to justify intervention by drumming up familiar WMD lies by Tony Cartalucci The last two weeks have seen a series of victories for the Syrian Army across Syria. It appears that 2 full companies of so-called “Free Syrian Army” fighters have been annihilated near Damascus, while government forces have restored order […]

British government exploits NGOs to spy on other countries

The world imperialism feels a potential need for presence in rival nations to make changes from inside despite there being all modern spying apparatuses. For this, the UK government, in particular, have been making social networks, training locals and picking up people in target countries and organizing Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) to have much influence there by PressTV In the 21st […]

UK government starts scaremongering campaign to intervene in Syria militarily

The British government has launched a scaremongering campaign similar to what it did prior to joining U.S.-led invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq to intervene in Syria militarily by PressTV In a letter to Members of Parliament (MPs), foreign secretary William Hague claimed that British nationals or residents who have flocked to Syria to join al-Qaeda insurgents there pose a direct […]

WikiLeaks wins case against Visa

… contractor ordered to pay ‘$204k per month if blockade not lifted’ by RT Iceland’s Supreme Court has ruled that Valitor (formerly Visa Iceland) must pay WikiLeaks $204,900 per month or $2,494,604 per year in fines if it continues to blockade the whistle-blowing site. The court upheld the decision that Valitor had unlawfully terminated its contract with WikiLeaks’ donation processor, […]

Over 50 killed in deadliest Iraqi Sunni clashes for months

A wave of clashes between Iraqi security forces and Sunni Muslim protesters has resulted in the deaths of at least 53 people by RT Violence sparked as the military raided a protest camp in Hawija, near Kirkuk. Tuesday’s unrest has become the deadliest in Iraq since December, when thousands of Sunni Muslims started protesting against Shiite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki […]

NATO drowning amid austerity and lack of purpose?

By RT NATO is a military union with no clear enemy to fight and with bills footed increasingly by a single member. As the alliance threatens North Korea and weighs a pullout of Afghanistan, some argue that it is past time for NATO to be dismantled. The initial purpose of the trans-Atlantic defense union was to prepare for war with […]

Orwell does America

‘Welcome to the sweet abyss of an Orwellian vortex. 2013 increasingly looks like 1984’ by Pepe Escobar In two previous articles, for RT and for Asia Times Online I have looked into the superimposed levels of blowback implied by the Boston bombing. With still so many unanswered questions regarding what took place on the ground in Boston after the bombing, […]

Toxic Fallout in Fallujah

Since the assaults on Fallujah in 2004, the city has seen an astronomical rise in birth defects and abnormalities, including some too new to even have a proper medical name. VICE went back to Iraq to investigate.

The Tweet that rocked Wall Street

$200 billion lost on fake message by RT A single hoax message sent via Twitter, the social media platform, erased billions of value from US stock markets on Tuesday, drawing attention to an electronic Trojan horse that hackers may manipulate with apparent ease. A picture may contain a thousand words, but a single fake tweet can blow a hole in […]

America: The World’s Number One Sponsor Of Terrorism


By Garikai Chengu Just as there are good dictators and bad dictators in Washington’s eyes, there are also good terrorists and bad terrorists: Al Qaeda in Iraq, bad. Al Qaeda in Syria, good. Al Qaeda in Mali, bad. Al Qaeda in Libya, good, now bad. This hypocrisy manifests itself most acutely in how western media reports on the victims of […]

Kunming mother sues US central bank over shrinking cash

She claims Federal Reserve has allowed her deposit of US$250 to lose a third of its value by Mandy Zuo A woman in Kunming, Yunnan province, is trying to sue the United States central bank after discovering that the real value of the US$250 she put in an account in 2006 had shrunk by 30 per cent. She claims it […]

UK bars Shell from paying Iran debt

The British government has blocked the Anglo-Dutch oil and gas company Royal Dutch Shell from paying its $2.3 billion debt to Iran to prevent a boost to the Iranian economy by PressTV While Shell has been trying for months to pay its debt to Iran without violating anti-Iranian sanctions, oil industry sources said the British government has blocked the payment […]