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Patrick Cockburn on U.S. Plans to Arm Syrian Rebels: Where is the Skepticism About Chemical Weapons?

[youtube=http://youtu.be/BMi-Y7ff1Oc]  democracynow Published on Jun 14, 2013 http://www.democracynow.org - Veteran foreign correspondent Patrick Cockburn of the Independent joins us to discuss the Obama administration's decision to begin directly arming Syrian rebels after concluding the regime of President Bashar al-Assad has used chemical weapons. "There must be some doubts about this," Cockburn says, adding that it "reminds me More

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Glenn Greenwald> How propaganda is disseminated: WikiLeaks Edition

On the eve of a new leak, widely trumpeted Pentagon accusations about the whistleblowing site have proven false Editor's Note:  This article from 2010 is still relevant today as the propaganda machine is in full operation. Thanks to Coleen Rowley for calling it to WAMMToday's attention. BY GLENN GREENWALD  SUNDAY, OCT 17, 2010  Salon.com **ADDS THAT AUTHORITIES More

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Glenn Greenwald> How propaganda is disseminated: WikiLeaks Edition

On the eve of a new leak, widely trumpeted Pentagon accusations about the whistleblowing site have proven false Editor's Note:  This article from 2010 is still relevant today as the propaganda machine is in full operation. Thanks to Coleen Rowley for calling it to WAMMToday's attention. BY GLENN GREENWALD  SUNDAY, OCT 17, 2010  Salon.com **ADDS THAT AUTHORITIES More

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Four on Syria> Truthdig, Mideast Shuffle, Women Speak Out Video on Insight, Steven Argue on Santa Cruz IMC

Syrian Rebels Reject Exiled Leadership   Truthdig.com Yara Abbas – In her own words  Mideast Shuffle. Interview with reporter in Syria, Yara Abbas SyrianGirl debates FSA on Australian show 'Insight' [youtube=http://youtu.be/GrEPadG0pQk] U.S. Backed Genocide of Christians, Alawites, and other Minorities in Syria  Santa Cruz IMC by Steven Argue Thursday May 30th, 2013 12:07 PM Subscribe or “Follow” More

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Four on Syria> Truthdig, Mideast Shuffle, Women Speak Out Video on Insight, Steven Argue on Santa Cruz IMC

Syrian Rebels Reject Exiled Leadership   Truthdig.com Yara Abbas – In her own words  Mideast Shuffle. Interview with reporter in Syria, Yara Abbas SyrianGirl debates FSA on Australian show 'Insight' [youtube=http://youtu.be/GrEPadG0pQk] U.S. Backed Genocide of Christians, Alawites, and other Minorities in Syria  Santa Cruz IMC by Steven Argue Thursday May 30th, 2013 12:07 PM Subscribe or “Follow” More

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Report on Syria – Nobel Peace Laureate Mairead Maguire: “The Syrian State is Under a Proxy War Led by Foreign Countries”

Report and Appeal to the International community to support a process of dialogue and reconciliation in Syria between its people and Syrian government and reject outside intervention and war. By Mairead Maguire  Global Research, May 27, 2013 Peace People 24 May 2013  Region: Middle East & North Africa  Theme: US NATO War Agenda  In-depth Report: SYRIA: NATO'S NEXT WAR? Mairead Maguire After a More

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Nick Turse> Nuclear Terror in the Middle East, Lethality Beyond the Pale

Tomgram: Nick Turse, Israel, Iran, and the Nuclear Freight Train "That the spread of nuclear weapons, whatever the country, is a danger to us all is obvious.  Who exactly will use such weapons next and where remains unknown.  But there is no reason to believe that, sooner or later, nuclear weapons -- which have now More

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Nick Turse> Nuclear Terror in the Middle East, Lethality Beyond the Pale

Tomgram: Nick Turse, Israel, Iran, and the Nuclear Freight Train "That the spread of nuclear weapons, whatever the country, is a danger to us all is obvious.  Who exactly will use such weapons next and where remains unknown.  But there is no reason to believe that, sooner or later, nuclear weapons -- which have now More

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Phyllis Bennis> Syria's Chemical Weapons…Iraq Redux?

The "democracy" that ten years of US war and occupation left behind in Iraq. Phyllis Bennis  Institute for Policy Studies  May 3, 2013  Posted by Portside on May 4, 2013 Phyllis Bennis Facebook News from the Middle East is growing more dire by the day. And unfortunately, most of the news from our own officials and influential More

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Phyllis Bennis> Syria’s Chemical Weapons…Iraq Redux?

The "democracy" that ten years of US war and occupation left behind in Iraq. Phyllis Bennis  Institute for Policy Studies  May 3, 2013  Posted by Portside on May 4, 2013 Phyllis Bennis Facebook News from the Middle East is growing more dire by the day. And unfortunately, most of the news from our own officials and influential More

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