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Russian warplanes in Syria have bombed 29 terrorist field camps and other facilities of the militant group Islamic State in the past 24 hours, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.
I wonder how many Americans realize that the U.S. national-security state has brought the possibility of automatic war -- that is, a war that involves no presidential or congressional deliberation.
"Completely lacking in all credibility"
We have just observed the 14th anniversary of "Operation Enduring Freedom," otherwise known as the war in Afghanistan.
Syria's Ambassador to Russia Riad Haddad said in a recent interview that recent Russian strikes in Syria have taken out at least 40% ISIS infrastructure in one week.
The US regime change policy for Syria has been a catastrophe. More than 200,000 killed and an entire country reduced to rubble at least partly because President Obama decided that "Assad has lost his legitimacy."
The mercenaries, armed with American weapons and Pentagon-source payrolls, aren't terrorists, they are "relatively moderate rebel factions like al-Qaeda."
Pentagon Slams Russia, But Suggests Openness to Talks
Having established a base on the Syrian coast, Vladimir Putin last week began air strikes on ISIS and other rebel forces seeking to overthrow Bashar Assad.
Having established a base on the Syrian coast, Vladimir Putin last week began air strikes on ISIS and other rebel forces seeking to overthrow Bashar Assad.
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The world's two big nuclear militaries are in the same war now in Syria and, if not on opposite sides exactly, certainly not on the same side. A primary, if not the primary, goal of the United States in Syria is overthrowing the Syrian government.
The villainous Vladimir Putin is pretending to hit ISIS targets in Syria, but instead has his aircraft striking other opposition groups in that country, including what U.S.-supported "moderate" rebels still exist, according to the Obama administratio
While the US was been surprised and angered by the stunningly fast turn of events in Syria where in the span of less than a month Russia unleashed a massive, Syria-based airborne campaign against what it says are ISIS terrorists, ....
From Mistake to Justification
Civilian hospital targeted to kill terrorists... 12 medics and 9 patients blown to bits while war racket rages on
Russia intensified its bombardment of militant targets in Syria with warplanes flying more than 20 missions, as U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron joined calls for Moscow to change course in an intervention he described as a "grave mistake."
...you can bet there have been quite a few high level discussions over the past 72 hours about the best way to counter Moscow and Tehran's powerplay before it spills over into Iraq and ends up degrading Washington's influence in Baghdad.
Former US army colonel and Chief of Staff for Colin Powell, Lawrence Wilkerson unleashed a most prescient speech on the demise of the United States Empire.
America has no chance of surviving its massive debt, impending war and the social chaos that will very soon consume this country.There is only one viable option left to the American people.
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Nine staff dead and up to 37 injured in Médecins Sans Frontières hospital as charity says bombing continued for 30 minutes after it raised alarm
Israel has opened fire on the Gaza Strip on "at least 696 occasions" since the August 2014 ceasefire, the UK government has told Parliament.
.... While Saudis Panic
But at the U.N. General Assembly on Monday, the country's leader, Vladimir Putin, highlighted how the US and western allies have knowingly perpetuated the existence of Islamic radicals, all while purporting to fight global terrorism.
Ban Urges End to Airstrikes, Citing Huge Civilian Toll
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Today is the 70th anniversary of the UN. It is not clear how much good the UN has done.
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