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Will Obama Pull a Bush WMD Scam in Syria?
Michael Collins
A rush to judgment is a rush to war.
It's put up or shut up time for President Barack Obama.
Will the president wait for the completion of an objective study to determine the source of a chemical weapons in an attack on a Damascus suburb on August? Or, will he fix the results, declare the Syrian government guilty, and unleash some form of military attack? If he chooses the later option, the similarities to the George W. Bush WMD lies will be too close to ignore.
Added to Obama's refusal to get Wall Street crooks prosecuted, his weak efforts on jobs, the NSA spying on all citizens coupled with his outright denial of the effort, Obama's presidency will lack even the most rudimentary form of legitimacy.
Imminent US War on Syria?
by Stephen Lendman
Syria is Washington's war. It was planned years ago. It's about regime change. America wants pro-Western puppet leaders replacing independent ones.
Washington doesn't launch conflicts to quit. US-enlisted death squads are no match against Syria's military. They're being routed.
Fresh terrorists are imported from abroad. They're from dozens of countries. They're recruited continually. They replace depleted ranks.
Waging war requires selling it. Public support's needed. Big Lies substitute for truth and full disclosure. Wednesday's chemical attack was a classic false flag.
It's a setup. Syrian forces had nothing to do with it. A previous article explained. It quoted Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Aleksandr Lukashevich, saying:
Monsanto's Harvest of Shame
by Stephen Lendman
In 1960, Edward R. Murrow hosted CBS Reports. It was television the way it should be. It no longer exists.
It was a feature TV documentary series. They're not shown today. They told viewers what they need to know.
Modern-day Murrows aren't around. They're excluded from TV. They don't get air time. He discussed how American migrant agricultural workers are exploited.
He and colleague Edward P. Morgan covered the issue on CBS Radio. CBS News president Fred Friendly called it natural for Murrow to pursue.
He cared. He supported oppressed workers. It showed in his work. CBS featured what's no longer broadcast.
Fear Spreads Through Palestinian Camps in Syria
by FRANKLIN LAMB
Yarmouk Palestinian camp, Damascus
Many Flee, as Worries over Chemical Weapons Mount, Fear Spreads through Palestinian Camps in Syria
Among those who have fled Syria from the Yarmouk Palestinian camp in Damascus are close to 50,000 children. This is the figure cited by the Palestinian Popular Committees in the Damascus-Homs area as well as Anthony Lake, head of the U.N. children’s agency UNICEF. Roughly 75% of the Palestinian youngsters fleeing the country are under the age of 11, and they make up a significant part of the approximately one million children altogether who have been displaced by the fighting in Syria.
False Flag Chemical Weapons Attack on Syria
by Stephen Lendman
False flags are an American tradition. They're an Israeli tradition. They're used strategically. They reflect Big Lies.
Merriam-Webster calls them "deliberate gross distortion(s) of the truth used especially as a propaganda tactic."
Official stories are false. They're contrary to reality. They turn truth on its head. They point fingers the wrong way.
They're pretexts for militarism, wars, mass killing and destruction, occupations, domestic repression, and other extremist national security state measures.
Wednesday's Ghouta incident raises disturbing questions. It was a clear anti-Syrian provocation. No evidence suggests Assad's involvement. Clear analysis shows he'd have everything to lose and nothing to gain.
Drumbeat for War on Syria
by Stephen Lendman
Whenever America goes to war or plans one, media scoundrels march in lockstep. Truth is the first casualty. Managed news misinformation substitutes.
It happens every time. It's standard practice. It's no different this time. Facts on the ground don't matter. They're systematically ignored.
Nations Washington opposes are vilified. Harsh media scoundrel rhetoric targets them. It repeats with disturbing frequency. It's escalating now.
Wednesday's Ghouta incident ignited a firestorm. Emotion and misinformation substitute for responsible reporting. Credible analysis is systematically lacking.
Lawless NSA Spying Exposed
by Stephen Lendman
It's longstanding. It's no secret. It's well known. Now we know more. The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) deserves credit.
On August 21, it headlined "Intelligence Agency Attorney on How 'Multi-Communication Transactions' Allowed for Domestic Surveillance."
EFF filed a FOIA lawsuit. For over a year, it fought for public disclosure. It demanded release of an 86-page FISA court opinion.
In October 2011, it was gotten. It called NSA's so-called "upstream collection (UC)" system illegal and unconstitutional. It violates the FISA Amendments Act. It breaches constitutional provisions. NSA violates the letter and spirit of federal law.
State-Sponsored Terrorism on Lebanon
by Stephen Lendman
Washington's war on Syria targets Lebanon. Cross-border spillover's increasing. Neighborhoods were attacked. State-sponsored anti-Assad/Hezbollah terrorists bear full responsibility.
In May, two rockets stuck south Beirut. Four casualties were reported. Attacks occurred hours after Hezbollah leader Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah spoke.
He vowed to help Assad achieve victory over Western-backed insurgents. His forces contribute significantly. They were instrumental in routing insurgents from Qusair.
It's near Lebanon's border. Anti-Assad forces controlled it for over a year. In early June, they were defeated.
Doing so shut down a strategic supply route. At the time, General Yahya Suleiman said "(w)hoever controls Qusair controls the center of the country, and whoever controls the center of the country controls all of Syria."
Bradley Manning: Imprisoning a National Hero
by Stephen Lendman
We're all vulnerable. We're all Bradley Manning. His fate is ours.
Charging, prosecuting, convicting, sentencing and imprisoning him reflects the shame of the nation. It reveals its true face.
Previous article said American honors its worst. It spurns its best. It vilifies them. It persecutes them. It does so shamelessly. It does it irresponsibly. It does it repeatedly. It does it lawlessly.
War criminals win Nobel Peace Prizes. They're awarded Presidential Medals of Freedom. They deserve prosecution. They deserve prison. They deserve the hardest of hard time longterm.
When exposing crimes of war and against humanity is criminalized, justice gets turned on its head. Manning faces 35 years in prison. It's for acting responsibly. It's for doing the right thing.
He deserves high praise, not prosecution. He faces potential decades behind bars instead. Washington intends making it hard time. A previous article explained.
Egypt’s Foreign Relations on Tightrope
By Nicola Nasser*
The internal crisis in Egypt has indulged the country in its most critical foreign relations test since these relations were shaped by the U.S. sponsored Camp David accords and the peace treaty with Israel in 1979.
An indicator is the warnings against travel to Egypt from east and west, which are exacerbating the rapidly shrinking tourism industry. Stopping production in Egypt by industrial giants like General Motors, Toyota Motor Corp. and Suzuki Motor Corp. is a second indicator. Summons of foreign envoys to Egypt by their governments, which invoked similar Egyptian reciprocal summons, is a third indicator. A fourth was cancelling the U.S. military’s participation in next month’s Operation Bright Star in Egypt and delaying the delivery of four fighter jets to the country. Suspension of the sale of military equipment used for “internal repression” by the EU was a fifth. Threats to cut or suspend aid to Egypt by the U.S. and EU was another more important indicator.
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