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Syria: Upping the Stakes
by Stephen Lendman Things appear heading closer toward full-scale US intervention. The fullness of time will have final say.
On April 28, The New York Times headlined “Lawmakers Call for Stronger US Action in Syria,” saying: Republicans “took President Obama to task Sunday for what they characterized as dangerous inaction in Syria….”
Senators John McCain (R. AZ) and Lindsey Graham are Armed Services Committee members. They “warn(ed) that failure to intervene (…)

The Boston Bombings Swing in Israel’s and the NeoCon’s Favor
“The neo-con ideology promotes endless war, but neo-cons fight their battles with the blood of others. From the comfortable, subsidized offices of magazines like the Weekly Standard, the neo-conservatives urge the United States to engage in endless war – to be fought by the victims of the ‘poverty draft’ from states where there are few jobs.
Ironically, these young people cannot find more productive work because the Federal (…)

Alan Hart’s Farewell
by Stuart Littlewood
I join everyone else in saluting Alan Hart. He has given half a lifetime – and his considerable professional skills – to the Palestinian struggle. Now he’s calling it a day. I find the news indescribably sad, but at the same time it should serve as a wake-up call to Palestinians, and indeed Arabs everywhere, that the patience of their most devoted sympathizers is wearing thin.
Some of the reasons Alan gives for his withdrawal from the (…)

A 15-year-old South African boy died after he was kept chained to his bed, beaten with planks and hoses at a training camp that boasted of "making men" out of its young recruits, a court has heard.
Raymond Buys, who had learning difficulties, was admitted to hospital and put on life support two months into a three-month training course run by Alex de Koker’s Echo Wild Game Rangers in the bush an hour south of Johannesburg.
He was severely emaciated and dehydrated, had brain damage, a (…)

Decline of The American Empire
by John Chuckman
"The American international structure carefully built up after World War II is beginning to crumble, although it is not always obvious yet since good appearances are carefully maintained. A prime example is the crumbling of NATO. The grass is still kept well-trimmed at headquarters, but America’s insistence on making unnatural demands on this alliance, such as those it has made in Afghanistan, are surely destroying what was once a powerful (…)

The Multi-Trillion Dollar Derivative Bubble: Deutsche Bank, The Biggest Derivative Exposure In The World
At $72.8 Trillion, Presenting The Bank With The Biggest Derivative Exposure In The World (Hint: Not JPMorgan)
By Tyler Durden Global Research, April 30, 2013 Zero Hedge Region: Europe Theme: Global Economy Moments ago the market jeered the announcement of DB’s 10% equity dilution, promptly followed by cheering its early earnings announcement ]which was a “beat” on the topline, (…)

The U.S. Is Engaged In a Religious War … On the Side of “Islamic Jihadis”
By Washington’s Blog Global Research, April 30, 2013 Washington’s Blog Backing One Side Against the Other In Someone Else’s Religious War Is Dangerous
Preface: Americans would be disgusted if the might of the U.S. military and the riches of the U.S. treasury were used to support one Christian faith (say Methodists) in a shooting war against another faith (say Luterhans). We would be even more offended if the (…)

Threatening Syria: WMDs. America’s Big Lie … Again !
By Global Research News Global Research, April 30, 2013 areen.info by Alexandre Toffy
Oblivion might be a blessing to ease the pain, or escape the past and its contents, which if stirred may leave the human spirit restless. But when used to escape moral responsibilities towards human civilization, oblivion becomes a stain that smears our humanity, as it falls on us to lift up humanity to higher levels in terms of reason and social (…)

US-Canada Claim Iran-Al Qaeda Ties Despite US Funding Al Qaeda in Iran for Years
April 23, 2013 (LD) - As the FBI reels from what now appears to be revelations it was directly involved in the Boston Marathon bombings, a deluge of FBI "success" stories have been "serendipitously" splashed across Western headlines. Among them was an allegedly "foiled" terror attack in Canada, reported to be the work of terrorists supported by "Al-Qaeda operatives in Iran." The Globe and Mail, in its report, (…)

CIA Financing of Chechen and Other Caucasus Regional Terrorists
Washington’s «Civil Society» and CIA Financing of Chechen and Other Caucasus Regional Terrorists by Wayne MADSEN (USA) Through a myriad of «civil society» organizations, the United States has been financing Chechen groups inside the autonomous republic, in Russia, and abroad. However, large portions of U.S. assistance money has «bled» over to support Chechen and other North Caucasus terrorist groups, which the U.S. State (…)