Pages: 1 ... 532 533 534 535 537 539 540 541 542 ... 1262

Pakistan: Taliban Peace Talks, How to Make Sense, Out of Nonsense?

February 20th, 2014

Dr. Mahboob A. Khawaja

Secretive peace talks between PM Nawaz Sharif Government and Taharak Taliban Pakistan (TTP) groups overflowing conspicuous media headlines hardly tell the truth full of hatred and fear of the unknown. Both represent willing suspicion of disbelief that talks could render peace which none have to offer? After political fanfare, Sharif appeared vulnerable to credibility gimmick lingering to his past corruption and missing leadership. Talibans are ruthless convergent groups of unknown changing loyalties to all directions of political and economic maneuverability for their interests and survival. Who will stand on a solid ground for the reality check? There is no formal agenda for talks, no publicly engaged representatives directly at the table and no peace talks as such except rudimentary symbolic gestures carved out of the nowhere to ensure mutual distrust and time killing exercises to protect individualistic interests of the few warlords on both sides of aisle. Pakistani Taliban as media calls them owe their superfluous existence to the emergence of Taliban movement in Afghanistan that previously fought against the occupation of the former Soviet Union and now fighting against the US led NATO occupation of Afghanistan.

Full story »

US-Stoked Violence Rocks Ukraine

February 19th, 2014

by Stephen Lendman

Washington bears full responsibility for three months of street protest violence. At issue is toppling Ukraine's democratically elected government. More on this below.

On Sunday, Ukraine offered amnesty to anti-government protesters. It did so provided they vacated occupied public buildings. An official statement said:

Amnesty "comes into force from February 17, 2014 and stipulates that charges against the people having committed offenses will be dropped."

It took effect after protesters met authorities half-way. They left some occupied Kiev buildings. They evacuated others in Lvov, Ivano-Frankovsk and Ternopol.

Ukrainian authorities agreed to let OSCE ambassadors control the buildings. Unblocking Grushevsky Street began. Traffic was partly restored.

Municipal services began removing debris. Under amnesty agreed on terms, 268 people arrested from December 27 - February 2 were scheduled for release.

Full story »

Britain Harasses Human Rights Lawyer

February 19th, 2014

by Stephen Lendman


Snowden attorney Jesselyn Radack interrogated at
Heathrow Airport

Britain, America and Israel are likeminded. They're rogue states. They're axis of evil partners.

They operate ruthlessly. They mock democratic values. They trash rule of law principles. They tolerate no one challenging their lawlessness.

They vilify them. They imprison some. They do so to threaten others. Most often they harass. They do it no-holds-barred.

The Government Accountability Project (GAP) calls itself "the nation's leading whistleblower protection and advocacy organization."

Jesselyn Radack is a prominent human rights lawyer/whistleblower. She's GAP's National Security & Human Rights director.

She's involved mainly with national security and intelligence community whistleblowers. She focuses on torture, lawless surveillance, secrecy and political discrimination. She represented former senior NSA official Thomas Drake. He won awards for truth-telling and intelligence integrity. On April 15, 2010, he was wrongfully indicted. Obama prosecutors did so under the 1917 Espionage Act.

He faced multiple charges. They included willful retention of classified information, obstruction of justice and making false statements.

Full story »

Iran Nuclear Talks Resume in Vienna

February 19th, 2014

by Stephen Lendman

On November 24, 2013, Iran and P5 + 1 countries agreed on Joint Plan of Action (JPA) terms. A previous article said hold the cheers. It asked if it matters.

Longstanding hardline US/Israeli policy won't change. Anti-Iranian AIPAC pressure is relentless.

Obama twice breached JPA terms. He did so unilaterally. On February 18, talks resumed. Focus is on agreeing on a comprehensive "permanent resolution." Prospects aren't encouraging.

Longstanding US policy calls for regime change. Iran's nuclear program is entirely peaceful. No evidence suggests otherwise.

It doesn't matter. "My goal is to prevent Iran from getting a nuclear weapon," says Obama. "All options are on the table."

Full story »

Obama's Multiple Regime Change Fronts

February 19th, 2014

by Stephen Lendman

Previous articles discussed Obama's rogue agenda in detail. His destructive pattern continues unabated. Throughout his tenure, he did what supporters thought impossible.

He exceeded the worst of George Bush. His policies replicate Republican hardliners. Neocons infest his administration.

He's waging war on humanity. He's doing at home and abroad.

He wrecked America's economy. He looted the nation's wealth. He handed Wall Street crooks multi-trillions of dollars. He gave trillions more to war profiteers.

Other corporate favorites benefitted hugely. So did super-rich elites. Ordinary Americans struggle through protracted Depression level conditions.

Hard times keep getting harder. They persist. They show no signs of ending. Growing millions face impoverishment without jobs or futures.

Freedoms are disappearing in plain sight. Police state ruthlessness targets dissent. Abuse of power is institutionalized.

Multiple regime change fronts target foreign leaders. Independent ones aren't tolerated. Obama wants Syria's Assad replaced.

He's waging proxy to oust him. He's responsible for three years of bloody conflict. Mass slaughter, destruction and unspeakable human misery define it.

Millions of internally and externally displaced Syrians attest to his ruthlessness. War rages without end.

Full story »

Washington v. Chavismo

February 19th, 2014

by Stephen Lendman

Destabilizing Venezuela is longstanding US policy. Chavez denounced it many times. President Nicolas Maduro does now.

After his April 2013 election, he accused opposition candidate Henrique Capriles of coup plotting against him.

"Preparations are under way for an attempt to de-recognize democratic institutions," he said.

Dark forces never quit. Washington prioritizes regime change. Venezuela is a prime target.

At the time, Maduro accused US embassy officials of plotting "acts of violence." He expelled two Obama military attaches.

He accused another embassy employee of plotting sabotage against Venezuela's electrical grid.

"I will use a hard hand against fascism and intolerance," he said. "I declare it. If they want to overthrow me, come and get me."

Full story »

NYPD Shame Of New York: Drop The Charges Against Cecily McMillan

February 18th, 2014

By Kevin Zeese

McMillan was sexually assaulted, beaten unconscious and into seizures by NY Police, but the city is charging her with felony assault over the incident.

Occupy participant Cecily McMillan is being prosecuted for felony police assault and may face up to 7 years in prison. In reality, it is the NYPD that should be on trial for their assault on McMillan. The trial has already been delayed because of the credibility of the arresting officer, however, New York City should review the case and drop all charges against McMillan.

On the Sixth anniversary of Occupy Wall Street Cecily McMillan arrived at midnight to Zuccotti Park to meet some friends and go out to celebrate her birthday. Instead, she would find herself unconscious, in seizures and badly bruised.

McMillan was not in Zuccotti to protest, but she arrived as the police began to violently break up the crowd. She felt someone grab her right breast she involuntarily swung her elbow around and hit the offender in the face. It turned out to be an undercover police officer, Grantley Bovell. She was violently arrested, knocked to the ground, unconscious and began suffering seizures while she was handcuffed. It would be 15 to 20 minutes before an ambulance arrived. Photos of McMillan show bruises from fingers that grabbed her breast, a swollen eye and other bruises.

Full story »

Obama Plans Intervention Against Syria

February 18th, 2014

by Stephen Lendman

Neocons infest his administration. They want Assad forcibly ousted. Manipulated to fail diplomacy may be pretext to do it.

Two rounds of Geneva talks deadlocked. Expect no change going forward. US strategy call for regime change. It's comin the old-fashioned way. Toppling Assad violently is planned.

On February 17, the Syrian Free Press Network (SFPN) headlined "RED ALERT: American, Israeli and British intelligences services in Jordan, NOW, are planning an attack, with (so-called) 'moderate' Takfiris, to create a mini-state in south Syria."

On Friday, so-called "interim government" defense minister Asaad Mustafa resigned. Allegedly it was over internal disputes.

As the same time, so-called Free Syrian Army (FSA) head Salim Idris was fired. Abdel Alah al-Bashir replaced him.

Full story »

Preordained Failure in Geneva

February 18th, 2014

by Stephen Lendman

Washington manipulated Syrian peace talks deadlock. Obama abhors peace. He wants war. He didn't launch it to quit.

He wants Assad forcibly ousted. Ending conflict defeats his objective. It continues. Two rounds of peace talk pretense accomplished nothing. They ended as expected.

What's next remains to be seen. UN/Arab League Syrian intermediary Lakhdar Brahimi represents Washington.

He did little to prevent deadlock. His apology rang hollow, saying:

"I am very, very sorry, and I apologize to the Syrian people...(W)e haven't helped them very much."

Second round talks were "as laborious as all the meetings we have had, but we agreed on an agenda for the next round when it does take place."

Full story »

US Press Freedom Threatened

February 18th, 2014

by Stephen Lendman

First Amendment rights matter most. Without them all other freedoms are at risk. Post-9/11 policies threaten them.

Bush waged war against them. Obama escalated it. He promised transparency, accountability and reform. He called whistleblowing "acts of courage and patriotism." He said one thing. He did another.

Press freedoms are endangered. An October Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) report discussed Obama and the press.

Journalists say he's waging war on dissent. He exceeds the worst of George Bush. He's heading America on a fast track to tyranny.

He wants information people have a right to know suppressed. He evades press scrutiny. He aggressively targets leakers.

Anyone suspected of disclosing information he wants concealed is vulnerable. Press freedom is gravely threatened.

Full story »

1 ... 532 533 534 535 537 539 540 541 542 ... 1262

Voices

Voices

  • Tracy Turner Live to 100 Like Blue Zone Centenarians. Discover the 5 proven longevity secrets from the world's healthiest elders - from immune-boosting diets to stress-reducing rituals that add years to your life. Dedicated to the late Angel Kazuko…
  • By Tracy Turner Filed under: Surveillance, Empire, Technocracy and Statist Media Behind the hidden rooms of empire, where budgets are secret and acronyms speak like tongues, the real governance of the United States does not follow law but latency. The…
  • By Tracy Turner Inside the brutal rise of AI-powered empire-states—where warlords, machines, and memory collide from Gaza to Ukraine and beyond. Introduction: The Builders of the All-Seeing War Machine History’s final emperors will not ride into the…
  • Cathy Smith Act I: The Summoning The summons arrived the way it always does in the digital age: without ceremony and without soul. A little red dot. A cheerful ding. A command masquerading as a request: “We need a quick video to confirm you’re human.”…
  • A prophetic and theological critique of global surveillance systems through the lens of the Bible, Koran, and Torah. This article examines AI technologies like Project Lavender, Palantir, and predictive policing, contrasting them with the compassionate omniscience of El Roi—the God Who Sees. By invoking scripture, prophecy, and Orwellian warnings, it exposes the ethical and spiritual dangers of modern techno-authoritarianism.
  • Ned Lud Book I: The Image of the Beast “He had eyes like a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns... And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them...” — Revelation 13:7, 19:12 "And he causeth all, both small and…
  • From Reddit bunkers to passport enclaves, millions of men are vanishing from marriage, dating, and civic life—not out of hatred, but exhaustion. In the age of HR authoritarianism and DEI dogma, the modern man isn’t toxic—he’s tired. This image captures…
  • Tracy Turner Fig. 1 As in 1914, tangled alliances (U.S.-NATO-Israel vs. Russia-China-Houthis), economic warfare (sanctions, Red Sea blockades), and rogue actors (Houthi missiles, AI decapitation strikes) hurtle humanity toward nuclear brinkmanship.…
  • Dr. Vladislav B. Sotirovic The unified German Empire, proclaimed in Versailles in January 1871, contemplated balancing the division of the world’s colonies, the markets, and the sources of the world’s raw material.¹ Exceptionally, the pan-Germanic…
  • By Chris Spencer Conspiracy Theory and Conspiracy Theorist are government monikers, designed to discredit, silence, obfuscate and change real government overreach and malfeasance into lunatic fringe. Victims of Directed Energy Weapons in the U.S. end up…
May 2025
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
 << <   > >>
        1 2 3
4 5 6 7 8 9 10
11 12 13 14 15 16 17
18 19 20 21 22 23 24
25 26 27 28 29 30 31

  XML Feeds

Social CMS software
FAIR USE NOTICE: This site contains copyrighted articles and information about environmental, political, human rights, economic, democratic, scientific, and social justice issues, etc. This news and information is displayed without profit for educational purposes, in accordance with, Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107 of the US Copyright Law. Thepeoplesvoice.org is a non-advocacy internet web site, edited by non-affiliated U.S. citizens. editor
ozlu Sozler GereksizGercek Hava Durumu Firma Rehberi Hava Durumu Firma Rehberi E-okul Veli Firma Rehberi