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Lindsey Graham Prophesies ‘Iraq on Steroids’ Syria Scenario. Israel Obliges with Attack on Damascus

Graham apparently fails to appreciate the fact, or is not paid enough to admit it, that had Washington never launched an unprovoked attack against Saddam Hussein in 2003 there would never be an Islamic State in Syria today.

January 22nd, 2019

By Robert Bridge

Lindsey Graham Prophesies ‘Iraq on Steroids’ Syria Scenario. Israel Obliges with Attack on Damascus

The Republican Senator from South Carolina uttered his remarks following a series of curiously timed developments in Syria, including a terror attack in the northern city of Manbij that

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Robert Bridge

Robert Bridge is a writer and journalist. He authored the book, 'Midnight in the American Empire,' released in 2013.

Venezuela: Dozens Arrested in Short-Lived National Guard Mutiny

Venezuela’s US-backed opposition leaders are openly calling for a military coup and a small group of national guardsmen tried and failed on Monday to pull one off.

January 22nd, 2019

By Paul Dobson

Venezuela: Dozens Arrested in Short-Lived National Guard Mutiny

A small group of soldiers has been arrested in the San Jose de Cotiza barracks in Caracas after they reportedly stole armaments and attempted to raise a mutiny in the Venezuelan capital. According to a statement released from the Bolivarian National Armed Forces (FANB), the mutiny began around 2:50 am Monday morning, when several dozen soldiers

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Sana’a Civilians Killed as Saudi Airstrikes Target Yemen’s Capital

“Saudi fighter jets were hovering above our head and launching very violent raids, the likes of which we haven’t seen since the war began three years ago. The neighboring houses shook so much we thought an earthquake hit the area.” — Sana’a resident Ali Abdul Salam Damesh

January 21st, 2019

By Ahmed Abdulkareem

Sana’a Civilians Killed as Saudi Airstrikes Target Yemen’s Capital

SANA’A, YEMEN -- “Saudi fighter jets were hovering above our head and launching very violent raids, the likes of which we haven’t seen since the war began three years ago,” 52-year-old Ali Abdul Salam Damesh told MintPress News. "The neighboring houses shook so much we thought an earthquake hit the area.” Damesh was one of the escapees who was

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Ahmed Abdulkareem

Ahmed AbdulKareem is a Yemeni journalist. He covers the war in Yemen for MintPress News as well as local Yemeni media.

Buzzfeed, Question Time and the Purpose of Fake News

Careful “leaks”, planted stories and social media witch-hunts remind Trump how precarious his position is, whilst simultaneously distracting the public – both pro-Trump and anti-Trump – from real issues.

January 21st, 2019

By Kit Knightly @kit_knightly

Buzzfeed, Question Time and the Purpose of Fake News

Last week BuzzFeed published a front page story, under a “BREAKING” banner, headlined: President Trump Directed His Attorney Michael Cohen To Lie To Congress About The Moscow Tower Project In the

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Kit Knightly

Kit Knightly is co-editor of OffGuardian. The Guardian banned him from commenting. Twice. He used to write for fun, but now he's forced to out of a near-permanent sense of outrage.

Marie Colvin, Homs and Media Falsehoods about Syria

Seven years after death, Rick Sterling examines Marie Colvin’s reporting from Syria amidst a wave of new articles, books, and movies about her and how she died.

January 21st, 2019

By Rick Sterling

Marie Colvin, Homs and Media Falsehoods about Syria

In April 2014 I was part of an international delegation which visited Syria for five days. The delegates came from many different countries. Among the notables were the Irish Nobel Laureate Mairead Maguire, a Syrian-British heart surgeon, and Julian Assange’s father. We spent time in Damascus and then traveled by bus to Latakia and then Homs. In

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Rick Sterling

Rick Sterling is an investigative journalist and member of the Syria Solidarity Movement.

New Study Finds 50-Year History of Anti-Palestine Bias in Mainstream News Reporting

A study of 50 years of headlines in 5 top newspapers finds that media coverage of Israel-Palestine favors Israel by providing more overall coverage, more positive coverage, and greater access to Israeli voices than to Palestinian ones. Much of this can be attributed to pressure from the pro-Israel lobby.

January 21st, 2019

By Kathryn Shihadah

New Study Finds 50-Year History of Anti-Palestine Bias in Mainstream News Reporting

A recent media study based on an analysis of 50 years of data found that major U.S. newspapers have provided consistently skewed, pro-Israel reporting on

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An Unholy Alliance: The Use of Terrorism According to John Bolton

John Bolton is carefully uniting an unholy alliance of terrorist groups who all share one goal: opposition to Iran.