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‘A Journey Into Moral Depravity’ – US Congressman Dennis Kucinich On Covert Wars

When 26 members of the US Congress wrote to President Obama recently urging him to get a grip on his use of drones as ‘faceless ambassadors that cause civilian deaths,’ one man in particular was responsible. Congressman for Ohio Dennis Kucinich has been a career politician for more than 40 years – but he’s no Washington insider. […]

‘A Journey Into Moral Depravity’ – US Congressman Dennis Kucinich On Covert Wars

When 26 members of the US Congress wrote to President Obama recently urging him to get a grip on his use of drones as ‘faceless ambassadors that cause civilian deaths,’ one man in particular was responsible. Congressman for Ohio Dennis Kucinich has been a career

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Smelling The Breezes 50 Years On

(LEBANON) – In the summer of 1957, Ralph Izzard, a journalist working for the London Daily Mail in Beirut, found out that he was about to be recalled to England after spending three years in Lebanon. Instead of spending his remaining months idle, he and his wife Molly decided to make the best of their […]

Smelling The Breezes 50 Years On

(LEBANON) - In the summer of 1957, Ralph Izzard, a journalist working for the London Daily Mail in Beirut, found out that he was about to be recalled to England after spending three years in Lebanon. Instead of spending his remaining months idle, he and his wife Molly decided to make the best of their limited time and take their four young

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SYRIA: No to Intervention, No to Illusions

Fifteen months on, the short Syrian spring of 2011 has long since morphed into a harsh winter of discontent. Syria is close to full-scale civil war. If the conflict escalates further, it will have ramifications far outside the country itself. As former UN Secretary-General and current envoy of both the UN and the Arab League […]

SYRIA: No to Intervention, No to Illusions

Fifteen months on, the short Syrian spring of 2011 has long since morphed into a harsh winter of discontent. Syria is close to full-scale civil war. If the conflict escalates further, it will have ramifications far outside the country itself. As former UN Secretary-General and current envoy of both the UN and the Arab League Kofi Annan put it,

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Boland Amendment Redux

(CHICAGO) – In 1982, the House passed the Boland Amendment. It was attached as a rider to the 1983 Defense Appropriations Act. It cut off CIA and other covert Contra funding. Washington backed them against Daniel Ortega’s Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN). He led a popular uprising against the hated U.S.-backed Somoza dictatorship. Bipartisan support backed […]

Boland Amendment Redux

(CHICAGO) - In 1982, the House passed the Boland Amendment. It was attached as a rider to the 1983 Defense Appropriations Act. It cut off CIA and other covert Contra funding. Washington backed them against Daniel Ortega's Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN). He led a popular uprising against the hated U.S.-backed Somoza

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Advancing The Ball For War On Syria

(CHICAGO) – What’s ongoing bears disturbing similarities to events preceding NATO’s 1999 Yugoslavia aggression. In the 1990s, NATO lawlessly intervened for the first time outside territories of its member countries. No nation or alliance may attack another except in self-defense. Doing so requires Security Council authorization. Washington considers that notion quaint. Rule of law provisions don’t […]

Advancing The Ball For War On Syria

(CHICAGO) - What's ongoing bears disturbing similarities to events preceding NATO's 1999 Yugoslavia aggression. In the 1990s, NATO lawlessly intervened for the first time outside territories of its member countries. No nation or alliance may attack another except in self-defense. Doing so requires Security Council authorization. Washington

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Syria Blamed For Turkish Provocation

(CHICAGO) – On June 22, two Turkish warplanes provocatively entered Syrian airspace low and fast. Doing so showed hostile intent. The Obama administration’s dirty hands are all over this incident. Washington and Ankara wanted a reaction and got it. Expect what’s ahead to unfold as planned. Turkish officials claim Syria downed its aircraft in international waters. […]

Syria Blamed For Turkish Provocation

(CHICAGO) - On June 22, two Turkish warplanes provocatively entered Syrian airspace low and fast. Doing so showed hostile intent. The Obama administration's dirty hands are all over this incident. Washington and Ankara wanted a reaction and got it. Expect what's ahead to unfold as planned. Turkish officials claim Syria downed its aircraft in

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US Chastised For Arms Sales To Bahrain As Crackdown Continues

(NEW YORK) MintPress – After Mohammed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood was pronounced the winner of Egypt’s historic presidential elections, he received a call from U.S. President Barack Obama offering help. The Obama administration tacitly supported the opposition protesters who brought down strongman Hosni Mubarak during the Arab Spring. Over the weekend, the White House said in a statement, […]

US Chastised For Arms Sales To Bahrain As Crackdown Continues

(NEW YORK) MintPress – After Mohammed Morsi of the 

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