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Mes: February 2018

Memorandum for the President: Growing Risk of U.S.-Iran Hostilities Based on False Pretexts, Intel Vets Warn [VIPS-Consortium News, 02.26.2018]

Introduction In our December 21st Memorandum to you, we cautioned that the claim that Iran is currently the world’s top sponsor of terrorism is unsupported by hard evidence. Meanwhile,…

Will Lebanon Be the Next Energy War? [F. William Engdahl-New Eastern Outlook, 02.14.2018]

A new geopolitical confrontation is shaping up in the Middle East, and not only between Israel and Syria or Iran. Like most conflicts there, it involves a fight…

The UK’s Hidden Hand in Julian Assange’s Detention [Jonathan Cook-Global Research, 02.13.2018]

It now emerges that the last four years of Julian Assange’s effective imprisonment in the Ecuadorean embassy in London have been entirely unnecessary. In fact, they depended on a…

Syria’s White Helmets Go Global [Caitlin Johnstone-Consortiumnews, 02.08.2018]

Syria’s White Helmets have been boosted by the West as a trusted humanitarian organization, but their origins and motives remain murky. Now, the White Helmets effort appears to…

Russiagate Should Be Called Hillarygate [Stephen Lendman, 02.06.2018]

With considerable media help, the Clinton campaign cooked the books for her to win, losing for failing to cook them enough. She and the DNC hired former MI6…

Honoring Robert Parry [Jim Kavanagh-Counterpunch, 02.01.2018]

Robert Parry’s death is a profound loss to our country as a political and intellectual community. It’s a shame that most Americans don’t know that—and, indeed, don’t even…