America: World’s Leading Merchant of Death by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org - Home - Stephen Lendman) The Center for International Policy’s (CIP) Security Assistance Monitor (SAM) follows US foreign security aid and arms sales. CIP “promotes cooperation, transparency, and accountability in US global relations.” In a report titled “Trump Administration Makes Over $80 Billion in Major... Continue Reading →

11 Nations Sign TPP Deal by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org - Home - Stephen Lendman) Signatory countries include Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore and Vietnam - America withdrew, China excluded. The Electronic Frontier Foundation earlier called TPP “a secretive, multinational trade agreement that threatened to extend restrictive intellectual property (IP) laws... Continue Reading →

Militantly Russophobic UK Extremists by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org - Home - Stephen Lendman) Sergey Skripal’s nerve agent poisoning has Britain in an uproar. Russophobes are having a field day, Russia bashing at a fever pitch - despite no evidence suggesting Kremlin involvement in what happened. Irresponsible media reports claim access to nerve agents isn’t possible... Continue Reading →

Has the OPCW Abandoned Its Mandate? by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org - Home - Stephen Lendman) The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) is mandated “to implement the provisions of the Chemical Weapons Convention…to achieve…a world…free of” CWs. Its mission includes “credible and transparent” on-site inspections to verify use of and destruction of these... Continue Reading →

Russian Foreign Ministry on Syria and Crimea by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org - Home - Stephen Lendman) At her weekly press briefings, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova (MZ below) focuses heavily on Syria because of ongoing operations to liberate the country from US-supported terrorists, and illegal presence of US and Turkish forces where they don’t... Continue Reading →

Israeli Soldiers Murder Disabled Palestinian by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org - Home - Stephen Lendman) In America, killer cops get away with murder repeatedly nationwide. Inner city minority communities are virtual war zones. Police kill over 1,000 victims annually, mostly Black and Latino youths, accountability almost never forthcoming. So-called “justifiable homicides” most often are cold-blooded murders.... Continue Reading →

East Ghouta Terrorists Planning Another CW Attack by Stephen Lendman Each time they occur, government forces are wrongfully blamed. Neocon generals in charge of Trump’s geopolitical agenda may be seeking another pretext to attack Syrian forces, smashing US-supported terrorists in East Ghouta, as a way to slow or halt their advance. Perhaps it’s also to... Continue Reading →

Stepping Back from the Brink on the Korean Peninsula by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org - Home - Stephen Lendman) Initiatives for peace and stability over confrontation and catastrophic war deserve high praise. There’s so little of it around because of Washington’s rage for endless aggression, seeking unchallenged global dominance, wanting all sovereign independent states transformed into... Continue Reading →

Israeli Slow-Motion Genocide in Gaza by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org - Home - Stephen Lendman) Illegally and ruthlessly besieged for over a decade, Gaza is a virtual Israeli concentration camp, its two million trapped residents held hostage by Ziofascist viciousness. The world community refuses to hold Israel accountable, failing to end Gazan suffering - complicit with... Continue Reading →

East Ghouta Terrorists Collapsing? by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org - Home - Stephen Lendman) Aided by Russian airpower, Syrian forces continue liberating East Ghouta areas controlled by US-supported terrorists - around half the enclave freed from them, others on the defensive, fighting a losing battle. Going is slow to protect trapped civilians. Syria and Russia are... Continue Reading →