In the introduction we talked of the ‘Russian connection’ between the Ukraine conflict and the Syrian one, and aimed to explore this later. But today an ‘authoritative source’ has put the two conflicts into sharp focus as intimately associated through…
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Physicians for Prevention of Nuclear War Report on ‘War on Terror’
March 26, 2015
The Nobel Prize-winning International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War and other groups examined the toll from the so-called ‘War on Terror’ in three countries — Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan. “The war has, directly or indirectly, killed around one…
Ukraine is latest of 35 countries where US has supported fascists, drug lords and terrorists
March 26, 2015
The ugly reality is that the US government has a long and unbroken record of working with fascists, dictators, druglords and state sponsors of terrorism in every region of the world. Nicolas J S Davies takes a short look at…
Mainstream News’ Loyalties and Short Memory
March 25, 2015
We are very aware that at least 95% of what we all see, hear or read daily about Ukraine-Russia in the apparently varied but in reality highly uniform Western mainstream media will fit like a glove with the ‘US/European Case’…
Ratting on Obama – Hersh’s second volley
April 9, 2014
When Seymour Hersh asked the question that no-one else seemed to think necessary – ‘Whose Sarin’ was it that killed people in a Damascus suburb last August? – he didn’t, or couldn’t provide a definitive answer. Even though his elimination…
War Apologists Force Syria’s Best Hope of Reconciliation Out of Anti-War Conference
November 19, 2013
JONATHAN COOK’S EXCELLENT ARTICLE UNCOVERS COMPLETELY HOW A GROUP OF PRO-WESTERN INTERVENTIONISTS SUCCESSFULLY PRESSURED CAREER-MINDED ‘LEFTISTS’ LEADING TO MOTHER AGNES MARIAM – A KEY PEACEMAKER AND RECONCILER IN WAR AFFLICTED SYRIA – TO PULL OUT OF STOP THE WAR COALITION’S…
The real story of Moadamiya
October 31, 2013
And how the ‘release’ of over 5000 women and children was negotiated and secured by a team led by Mother Agnes Mariam. While Western media have been talking of the siege of Moadamiya – of a siege imposed on suffering…
RT: “Homemade sarin was used in attack near Damascus – Lavrov”
September 26, 2013
Russia has enough evidence to assert that homemade sarin was used on August 21 in a chemical attack near Damascus, the same type but in higher concentration than in an Aleppo incident earlier this year, Russian FM Sergey Lavrov said.…
A plea for Australian neutrality on Syria
September 23, 2013
As the UN General Assembly gathers for its annual session this week, and the UN Security Council deliberates on a resolution over Syria under the chairmanship of Australia, there are worrying signs that Australian ‘guidance’ may not be impartial on…
Beyond reasonable doubt?
September 9, 2013
The basis on which prison sentences are decided has always been – in civilised countries – that of ‘guilty beyond reasonable doubt’; – where the death penalty may be involved this would surely be a minimum requirement. So it is with…