In the early hours of April 25, 1980, President Jimmy Carter made a sober announcement to the nation: An attempt by U.S. military forces rescue the 52 staff held hostage at the American embassy in Tehran since the Iranian Revolution in 1979, had ended in a catastrophic failure without even engaging the enemy. According to […]
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The Entire U.S. Senate to Meet at White House for North Korea Briefing…
Top Trump administration officials will hold a rare briefing on Wednesday at the White House for the entire U.S. Senate on the situation in North Korea. All 100 senators have been asked to the White House for the briefing by Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis, Director of National Intelligence Dan […]
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Officer Who Thinks ISIS War Is Illegal Heads Back to Court to Plead His Case…
Army Capt. Nathan Smith is trying to sue the United States over the war with ISIS because he believes it’s illegal. Except, he thinks it’s a just war that we need to be fighting. So why is he pursuing legal action? He wants Congress to officially declare war. “My conscience bothered me,” Smith said in […]
Northrop War-Planning Network Halted by U.S. Over Lack of Funds…
The Air Force has ordered Northrop Grumman Corp. to stop work on developing an upgraded war-planning network for air operations after Congress refused to approve more money for a project that’s doubled in cost and fallen more than three years behind on a key deadline. The stop-work order, effective Wednesday, pauses development of the cyber-hardened […]
The Marines’ New Heavy-Lift Helicopter Now Costs More Than The F-35…
Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Lightning II is, without a doubt, the most expensive fighter craft in military history. Early production F-35A fighters clocked in at a whopping $130 million as of 2016, according to Popular Mechanics, and the Marine Corps’ order for the F-35B vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) variant will likely end up somewhere around […]
America Is Trying to Block the Path of the “Shiite Crescent” from Syria…
The southern Syrian opposition forces moved south from the city of Suweida along the Syrian-Jordanian border towards the ancient city of Palmyra in central east Syria. These forces took control of around forty villages, including al-Tanaf, one of the border crossings between Syria and Iraq. They have managed to occupy part of the Syrian desert […]
Syrian Military Camp Attacked by Israel, 3 Soldiers Killed…
Three Syrian forces have been killed in a fresh Israeli attack on a military camp near the southwestern city of Quneitra, a military official says. The attack hit the al-Fawwar camp on Sunday, wounding two others, the unnamed official told the French news agency AFP. It was not clear whether the assault was an airstrike […]
U.S. Carrier Strike Group Joined By Japanese Warships for Philippine Sea Exercise…
A U.S. Navy aircraft carrier strike group and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force vessels began a bilateral military exercise in the Philippine Sea on Monday. “The routine exercise is designed to improve combined maritime response and defense capabilities, increase combined maneuvering proficiency, and ensure maritime forces remain ready to defend the region when called upon,”…
Operation Gotham Shield: U.S. Gov’t to “Simulate Nuke Blast over Manhattan” As Actual War Nears…
False flag watch is now active. A general alert is out for something major in the near or immediate future. Hopefully, it is just another false alarm, instead of another false flag. Either way, danger is at hand. Given all that is going on in the world, it is downright eerie to discover that the […]
IMPORTANT CORRECTION TO The Nerve Agent Attack that Did Not Occur by Theodore A. Postol…
This report corrects an important error in the earlier report released on April 18, 2017 titled The Nerve Agent Attack that Did Not Occur: Analysis of the Times and Locations of Critical Events in the Alleged Nerve Agent Attack at 7 AM on April 4, 2017 in Khan Sheikhoun, Syria. In my earlier report released […]
Obama’s Hidden Iran Deal Giveaway by Josh Meyer…
When President Barack Obama announced the “one-time gesture” of releasing Iranian-born prisoners who “were not charged with terrorism or any violent offenses” last year, his administration presented the move as a modest trade-off for the greater good of the Iran nuclear agreement and Tehran’s pledge to free five Americans. “Iran had a significantly higher number […]
Mattis Pops into Afghanistan, Afghan Defense Minister Up and Resigns…
Secretary of Defense James Mattis arrived in Afghanistan the same day the Afghan minister of defense quit. The visit also comes three days after Afghan Defense Forces suffered their biggest single day loss of life in the entire war. Afghan Minister of Defense Abdullah Habibi resigned Monday along with chief of staff of the Afghan […]
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Moscow Demands OPCW Explain How White Helmets Emerged Unharmed in Alleged Syrian ‘Sarin’ Attack…Yeah, How?…
No representatives of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) visited Syria’s Khan Shaykhun where an alleged chemical attack took place, so the origin of samples the OPCW claims to have is unclear, said Russian Defense Ministry Spokesman Major General Igor Konashenkov. OPCW Director General Ahmet Uzumcu said earlier that sarin gas or […]
U.S. Bombed a Mosque in Syria, Killing Dozens of Civilians, Investigators Conclude…
As my colleague Alex Emmons reported last month, Syrian activists and first responders accused the United States of killing dozens of civilians in an airstrike that mistakenly targeted a mosque in the rebel-held village of al-Jinah on the evening of March 16. Confronted with these claims, a Pentagon spokesman, Navy Captain Jeff Davis, told The […]
A Retired Air Force Captain Says Pentagon Covered Up Real Cause of Deadly Chopper Crash 1/2…
A decorated retired Air Force officer who witnessed one of the most deadly attacks on Navy SEALs in U.S. history is breaking her silence, saying the government covered up evidence detailing that the 2011 downing of a Chinook helicopter gunship that killed 38 fighters in Afghanistan could have been prevented had it not been for […]
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The U.S. Pushed North Korea to Build Nukes: Yes or No?…
Let’s say you know someone who wears funny blue suits and doesn’t share your views on politics. So you decide to stick this person in a cage and put him on a diet of bread and water until he agrees to change his wardrobe and adjust his thinking. And when he sits quietly on the […]
Libya – More War And Reconciliation…
The West retains it’s out of touch Libyan policies when in Luca, Italy last week the G7 ‘warned and commanded’ that the fractious warring Libyan parties ‘must’ work with the dying UN appointed and recognised Government of National Accord (GNA), situated only in a small naval base in Tripoli and its so called Presidency Council […]
As Trump Warned North Korea, His ‘Armada’ Was Headed Toward Australia…
When U.S. President Donald Trump boasted early last week that he had sent an “armada” as a warning to North Korea, the aircraft carrier strike group he spoke of was still far from the Korean peninsula, and headed in the opposite direction. It was even farther away over the weekend, moving through the Sunda Strait […]
The Nerve Agent Attack that Did Not Occur: Analysis of the Times and Locations of Critical Events in the Alleged Nerve Agent Attack Syria…
Analysis using weather data from the time of the attack shows that a small hamlet about 300 m to the east southeast of the crater could be the only location affected by the alleged nerve agent release. The hamlet is separated from the alleged release site (a crater) by an open field. The winds at […]
U.S., Aussie Advisors Caught in Islamic State Chemical Attack in Mosul…
The Iraqi unit targeted on Sunday in a chemical weapons attack in Mosul was hosting embedded foreign military specialists, according to officials and media reports. American and Australian troops were unharmed by the toxic agent used by Islamic State. The attack in western Mosul was the second in two days. According to CBS News, 25 […]
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