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The specter of World War III?

ABDULRAHMAN AL-RASHED | Published — Saturday 22 October 2016 Abdulrahman Al-Rashed Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey Numan Kurtulmus recently warned against the risks of disagreements over the battle of Mosul. He said that this could even mark the beginning of World War Three. Despite the sectarian and ethnic nature of […]

How rivalry destroyed a country

Oct 18,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – Ramzy Baroud “The United States has the power to decree the death of nations,” wrote Stephen Kinzer in the Boston Globe. Kinzer’s article was titled “The media are misleading the public on Syria”. In his piece, the scholar at a Brown University Institute contested that […]

Global Warfare: “We’re going to take out 7 countries in 5 years: Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Libya, Somalia, Sudan & Iran..”

 Video Interview with General Wesley Clark By General Wesley Clark and Amy Goodman Global Research, May 14, 2016 Originally published in March 2007. This interview serves as a reminder regarding the diabolical timeline of America’s hegemonic project.  “We’re going to take out seven countries in 5 years, starting with Iraq, […]

Putin says hopes U.S. will seek to avoid civilian casualties in Mosul

PUBLISHED: 8:30 PM, OCTOBER 16, 2016 GOA, India – Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Sunday he hoped the United States and its allies would do their best to avoid civilian casualties in an attack on Mosul, the stronghold of the Islamic State militant group in Iraq. REUTERS SOURCE:   http://www.todayonline.com/world/putin-says-hopes-us-will-seek-avoid-civilian-casualties-mosul

Exploring new responses to war crimes

Oct 13,2016 -JORDAN TIMES – RAMI G. KHOURI The military campaigns in Syria and Yemen have been characterised by non-stop brutality and indiscriminate attacks from the air that killed and injured huge numbers of civilians. Not only have we witnessed the deaths of hundreds of thousands in Syria and thousands […]