World Politics
Mission Creep Toward Full-Scale War on Syria
Stephen Lendman Activist Post.com Thursday, May 23, 2013 On May 20, Secretary of State John Kerry headed back to the Middle East. It’s his fourth regional visit since January. On May 21, he met Oman’s Sultan Qaboos. An air defense system/weapons sale, Syria, and related issues were discussed. On May 22, he met with... »
Israel preparing to survive annihilation: warns of threat of surprise war and attacks on multiple fronts
TheExtinctionProtocol.com May 23, 2013 ISRAEL – A day after the IDF and the Syrian Army exchanged fire in the Golan Heights, Israel Air Force chief Maj.-Gen. Amir Eshel warned that Israel must be prepared for a “surprise war” developing. Speaking at a conference in Herzliya focusing on the conclusions of the 1973 Yom Kippur... »
Syrianews Exclusive: Syrian Navy Destroys Israeli Submarine
by: Arabi Souri Syrianews.cc May 22, 2013 Syrianews managed to confirm the news we received a couple of days ago that a Syrian Navy boat destroyed an Israeli submarine off the Syrian coast at 150 meters depth on 02 May 2013 around 2 – 2:30 am. We were not told the type or size... »
Israel Heads Closer to War on Syria
By Stephen Lendman Global Research May 22, 2013 Syria is Washington’s war. Israel’s very much involved. It abhors peace and stability. Its history reflects belligerence. It’s a direct threat. It borders Syria. Both countries are longstanding imperial partners. The Israeli Lobby plays a key role. Orwell once said “(w)ho controls the past, controls the... »
Russia Adds Two More Warships To Mediterranean Task Force Near Syria
by Tyler Durden ZeroHedge.com 05/20/2013 A few days when reporting that the Russian Pacific fleet had crossed the Suez canal for the first time in decades in order to form a Mediterranean task force parked in Cyprus for obvious symbolic reasons (in close proximity to Syria and the Israel-parked Kearsarge), some observed that while... »
Israeli-Syrian powder keg is about to explode: Syria points surface-to-surface missiles towards Tel Aviv
TheExtinctionProtocol.com May 20, 2013 Sunday Times says Assad regime puts advanced surface-to-surface Tishreen missiles on standby with orders to hit Tel Aviv should Israel launch another airstrike. Expert: Missiles ‘extremely accurate’ and can cause ‘serious harm.’ May 20, 2013 – ISRAEL – Syria has put its most advanced missiles on standby with orders to... »
Syria prepares missiles to strike Tel Aviv – report
Debka.com May 19, 2013 The Sunday Times reports that Syria is deploying advanced Tishreen surface-to-surface missiles to strike Tel Aviv in case Israel launches another attack. The paper cites “information obtained by reconnaissance satellites tracking Syrian forces,” without any other source. Syria’s Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Makdad said in a broadcast Thursday, May 16,... »
Former Assistant US Treasury Secretary Paul Craig Roberts on the eleven years of US wars
If you want to go to heaven, you had better get busy overthrowing Syria — Paul Craig Roberts If we don’t do what Israel tells us God requires, we are finished. That’s for sure. Paul Craig Roberts Veteransnewsnow.com Friday, May 17th, 2013 The United States government has been at war for eleven years. The... »
North Korea Launches Three Missiles Into Eastern Sea
by Tyler Durden ZeroHedge.com 05/18/2013 Five days ago, when describing the launch of the joint-US, South Korean naval military exercise in the East Sea, we said that “for all his endless posturing, North Korea’s Un has done absolutely nothing. And if his inability and unwillingness to translate threats into actions continue, that will pretty... »
U.S. Administration Looks To Cut Iran’s Access To Gold …kinda betrays the hilarious claim gold is not MONEY
Investmentwatchblog.com May 17th, 2013 With Iran’s currency already hit hard by European and Asian participation in the U.S.-led embargo of Iranian crude, Mr. Cohen asserted that his staff is broadening its efforts to include blocking the movement of pure gold into the Islamic republic. “I can assure you that we are looking very, very... »