A new bombshell joint report issued by two international weapons monitoring groups Tuesday confirms that the Pentagon continues to ship record breaking amounts of weaponry into Syria and that the Department of Defense is scrubbing its own paper trail. On Tuesday the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP)…
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2 More Americans Affected by Mysterious ‘Sonic Attacks’ in Cuba…
Late last year, reports began surfacing that US diplomatic personnel in Cuba were beginning to experience strange and inexplicable symptoms including dizziness, nausea, memory lapses, difficulty hearing and loss of balance. Initial reports attributed the symptoms to a “acoustic attack,” but neglected…
U.S. Won’t Issue Some Visas in Four Nations in Deportation Crackdown…
The U.S. State Department on Wednesday will stop issuing certain kinds of visas to some citizens of Cambodia, Eritrea, Guinea and Sierra Leone because the nations are not taking back their citizens the United States wants to deport. The new policies, laid out in State Department cables sent on Tuesday and reviewed…
Clinton State Department Silenced Them on Benghazi Security Lapses, Contractors Say…
Security at the State Department’s Benghazi compound was so dire that another contractor was brought in to clean up the mess just two weeks before the 2012 terror attack – and was later pressured to keep quiet by a government bureaucrat under then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, according to two men from the American…
Dozens of Groups Urge Congress to Stop Transfer of Military Items to Cops…
Dozens of groups are urging Congress to suspend a program that allows the transfer of surplus military equipment to state and local law enforcement agencies. In a letter to both House and Senate leaders, the groups said they are “disturbed” by the decision of Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ decision to lift…
Tillerson State Dept. Demanding Israel Hand Back Millions in U.S. Military Aid…
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has been pushing the Trump White House to demand that Israel give back to the United States millions of dollars in military aid, prompting pushback in the West Wing and further fueling ongoing tensions between Foggy Bottom and the White House over a range of key diplomatic issues…
Why Trump Won’t Start a War With North Korea by Mike Whitney…
Donald Trump isn’t going to start a war with North Korea. That’s just not going to happen. Not only does the United States not have the ground forces for such a massive operation but, more important, a war with the North would serve no strategic purpose at all. The US already has the arrangement it […]
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Syria Summary – A New Clash Looms in Syria’s East…
When the Islamic State siege on Deir Ezzor was broken by the Syrian Arab Army we asked: Will the SAA cross the Euphrates at Deir Ezzor to retake the valuable oilfields east of it? Or will it stay south of the river and leave those oil fields to the Kurdish U.S. proxies in the north? […]
Expect Yet Another ICBM Test by North Korea Over the Weekend…
On Saturday, North Koreans will celebrate the anniversary of their country’s founding, and experts think the country may mark the holiday with a full-range test of an intercontinental ballistic missile. South Korean media earlier this week reported that a North Korean ICBM appeared to be on the move…
Investigation: White Helmets Committing Acts of Terror Across Syria…
For the last three years I have been conducting an ongoing investigation into the White Helmets, the much vaunted, so-called Syrian humanitarian NGO that has recently achieved Hollywood fame — winning an Oscar, which was awarded to a Netflix documentary showcasing White Helmet exploits in Syria. This investigation…
“Uncle” – Russia’s Vladimir Putin Calls for “Talks” With North Korea…
More Bigly winning. This announcement must be contextualized with timing and prior knowledge of discussions between Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping. Remember, the BRICS group (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) just held their economic meeting…
North Korea Preparing for Another Long-Range Missile Test…
North Korea is preparing to carry out another test of a long-range ballistic missile, the South’s spy agency told lawmakers on Monday. It added that the North is also capable of carrying out another nuclear test if it wishes to do so. The National Intelligence Service (NIS) told lawmakers during a closed session that…
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‘Syrian Spirit & Russian Air Cover Lift Islamic State Siege Deir-ez-Zor’…
The Syrian people stuck with their government, they stuck with their army, they stuck with their allies and now their suffering has been vindicated, says Ammar Waqqaf, founder and director of Gnosos consultancy. Syria’s President Bashar Assad has congratulated his country’s military on breaking ISIS’ three-year-long siege…
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13 Years After His Death, Pat Tillman Returns to His Alma Mater…
In 2004, NFL football player-turned-Army Ranger Pat Tillman was killed in a friendly fire incident in the Khost province of Afghanistan. Thirteen years later, Tillman has returned to his alma mater — Arizona State University — as a bronze statue that will greet Sun Devil fans for generations to come…
U.S. Deploys B-1Bs, F-35s to Korea in “Unprecedented” Show of Force…
A day after President Donald Trump finally broke his silence on North Korea after the isolated nation twice provoked its geopolitical adversaries in the span of just four days, Yonhap is reporting that the US sent four F-35B stealth jets and two nuclear-capable B-1B strategic bombers to train with South Korea’s F-15K fighter…
Retired U.S. Army Colonel Charged in Haiti Bribery Scheme…
He’s an influential Haitian-American who hosted Haitian prime ministers and U.S. lawmakers at his Maryland home and informally advised the U.S. State Department on matters concerning Haiti. Now Dr. Joseph Baptiste, a retired U.S. Army colonel and practicing dentist, is accused of conspiring to bribe senior Haitian…
Pentagon Panel Will Study, Implement Trump’s Transgender Ban…
A committee of senior Pentagon civilians will examine the operational impact that transgender servicemembers have on the military as the Defense Department attempts to implement President Donald Trump’s ban on them, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Tuesday. The White House on Friday provided the Pentagon…
Veterans Administration Terminates Yet Another Whistle-Blower…
The Department of Veterans Affairs has terminated another whistle-blower. The John J. Pershing VA Medical Center in Poplar Bluff, Missouri (PBVAMC) sent a termination notice to Dr. Dale Klein on last Tuesday. “In connection with the proposed removal dated May 22, 2017, a decision has been made to discharge you from federal…
Battlefield America Is the New Normal: We’re Not in Mayberry Anymore…
America, you’ve been fooled again. While the nation has been distracted by a media maelstrom dominated by news of white supremacists, Powerball jackpots, Hurricane Harvey, and a Mayweather v. McGregor fight, the American Police State has been carving its own path of devastation and destruction through what’s…
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U.S. Has 11k Troops in Afghanistan, More Than Previous Count…
The Pentagon sharply raised its estimate of the number of US troops currently in Afghanistan Wednesday, ahead of a decision on adding thousands more under President Donald Trump’s new strategy for the war-ridden country. Pentagon Joint Staff Director Lieutenant General Kenneth McKenzie said a comprehensive review showed…
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