Two suspected terrorists were shot by armed police after attacking a pedestrian, believed to be a soldier, with a machete-style knife close to military barracks in an ‘Islamist attack’ by Daily Telegraph reporters Local MP Nick Raynsford said he had been told the man attacked in the street was a soldier serving at the Royal Artillery Barracks near the attack. […]
Washington’s war. It was planned years ago. It began in early 2011. No end of conflict looks near. Escalating it appears likely by Stephen Lendman Israel’s very much involved. It abhors peace and stability. Its history reflects belligerence. It’s a direct threat. It borders Syria. Both countries are longstanding imperial partners. The Israeli Lobby plays a key role. So do […]
By Alfredo Embid 19 October, 2012 (excerpts from “La mierda sigue acumulándose sobre la Comisión de Investigación “independiente” del Consejo de Derechos Humanos de la ONU sobre Siria” – Boletin Armas Contra Las Guerras, 19 October, 2012 (http://ciaramc.org/ciar/boletines/cr_bol456.htm ) (translated to English, with slight edits, for this report) New evidence that Hula slaughter was perpetrated by the Free Syrian Army […]
Hamid Karzai has let the Pentagon’s cat out of the bag — to the displeasure of the Obama Administration. The Afghan president revealed inside information about President Obama’s war plans after all U.S. “combat troops” completely withdraw in 17 months at the end of 2014 by Jack A. Smith As was known in recent years, the Obama Administration actually plans […]
World View: After the fiasco over Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction, people around the world are rightly sceptical about claims of gas attacks by Patrick Cockburn (The Independent) ‘I am not afraid of anything except for God and poison gas,” said an Iraqi officer who had fought in the Iran-Iraq war. “It’s like a ghost. You have no defence against it.” […]
So Bashar al-Assad has spoken – exclusively, to Argentine daily El Clarin (there’s a huge Syrian diaspora in Argentina, as well as in neighboring Brazil) by Pepe Escobar (Asia Times – ‘Roving Eye’) Cutting through the fog of Western hysteria, he made some valuable points. The record shows that, yes, the regime has agreed several times to talk to the […]
Refusing to go to War is Finally Being Recognised as a Brave Act From the Second World War refusenik to the 19-year-old Israeli, Holly Williams talks to five people who risked shame and suffering to take a stand as conscientious objector by Holly Williams The conscientious objector is a popular trope in any drama touching on the First World War: […]
In a rare interview, the Syrian president says a divided opposition could not uphold a peace deal and that he has no intention of stepping down by Martin Chulov Syria’s embattled leader Bashar al-Assad has used a rare interview – carried out amid the sound of artillery fire resounding through his presidential palace in Damascus – to warn the United […]
by Dr David Hookes Dear BBC News Your coverage of the alleged poison gas incident, which has led your news bulletins today, is a complete disgrace. You, at the start, concede that the video footage cannot be verified but by the end of the report you are assuming, with NO evidence, that it was most likely the Syrian Government. Pictures […]
A recent interview given by, yes, you guessed it: an ‘anonymous’ Qatari security official, has shed further light on CIA-led covert arms shipments to militants fighting in Syria by Phil Greaves In this Reuters article, the security official and several ‘anonymous’ rebel Commanders confirm that Qatar has “tightened coordination of arms flows [plural] to Syria,” under alleged concern of weapons […]
The latest shocking video to emerge from Syria – showing a militant commander carving out the internal organs of a dead regime soldier and proceeding to eat them in front of the camera – has prompted a telling reaction from the Western corporate-controlled news media by Finian Cunningham The Western media have cranked into damage-limitation mode in a pathetically servile […]
It’s not hard to find critics of the Assad government in the Governorate (Muhafazat) of Homs or for that matter, to varying degrees in Syria’s other thirteen Governorates according to Syrian analysts interviewed by this observer and reports from human rights groups including lawyers representing dissidents in Syria. However, after nearly 27 months of turmoil, the public opinion pendulum is […]
