Category Archives: Middle East

The Iran Deal by BINOY KAMPMARK

This was the limited deal, one designed to halt Iran’s quest for a nuclear weapons option and stave off the proliferating actions of other states. It is a deal replete with unresolved issues – but then again, it was not … Continue reading

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America’s Chemical Weapons: Hypocrisy, Conspiracy and a Forgotten History

“The individual is handicapped by coming face to face with a conspiracy so monstrous he cannot believe it exists.” (J.Edgar Hoover,1895-1972.) Since the fairy tale about weapons of mass destruction that can be launched against Western targets “within forty five minutes” … Continue reading

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A crime against Israel? – The Assassination of Arafat by URI AVNERY

From the first moment, I did not have the slightest doubt that Yasser Arafat was assassinated. It was a matter of simple logic. On the way back from the funeral, I happened upon Jamal Zahalka, a member of the Knesset … Continue reading

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Obscuring the Details: A Panoramic Look at America’s Case Against Syria

The US federal government and the various agencies, media organizations, individuals, foreign governments, non-governmental organizations, lobbies, forces, and other entities that are tied to it have done everything in their power to obscure the details involving the chemical attacks that … Continue reading

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Erdogan’s Historic Blunders How Turkey Blew Its Chance to Lead the Middle East by PATRICK COCKBURN

Whatever happened to the idea that Turkey was the coming power in the Middle East, with its surging economy and stable democracy under a mildly Islamic government which might be the model for Arab states as they ended decades of … Continue reading

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Duplicitous Diplomacy? Can Iran Trust the United States? by SHELDON RICHMAN

People ask whether the United States can trust Iran. The better question is whether Iran can trust the United States. Since 1979 the U.S. government has prosecuted a covert and proxy war against Iran. The objective has been regime change … Continue reading

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The Failure of War as an Instrument of Foreign Policy – William J. Cox

Making war against nation states and their people no longer works. Unstable and undemocratic countries are usually controlled by individuals and cabals against whom military force ends up harming their own domestic victims more than the entrenched leadership, and new … Continue reading

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Hypocrite in Chief

by JASON HIRTHLER A hypocrite’s work is never done. Thus the need for our Nobel Prize bearing Commander in Chief to execute a needless and devastating war of aggression on a country preoccupied by its own civil war. He should … Continue reading

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Did the White House Help Plan the Syrian Chemical Attack?

There is a growing volume of new evidence from numerous sources in the Middle East — mostly affiliated with the Syrian opposition and its sponsors and supporters — which makes a very strong case, based on solid circumstantial evidence, that … Continue reading

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The Lie of “Limited” War Against Syria by SHAMUS COOKE

The rats are jumping ship. Obama’s strongest allies can’t stomach the stench of lies that are the foundation of the war effort against Syria. Even England, whose entire foreign policy is reduced to asking “how high?” when the U.S. says “jump,” … Continue reading

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