(2021-12-15). The US is at a Loss in Central America. orinocotribune.com 
By Stephen Sefton — Dec 11, 2021 In November 2008, while ambassador to Nicaragua, death-squad manager nonpareil John Negroponte's long time torture and terror campaign sidekick, Robert Callahan, remarked to a reporter in Managua, "US foreign policy toward Latin America has not changed in 50 years and is unlikely to do so under President Obama". Just months later, the June 2009 coup in Honduras against President Manuel Zelaya proved him to be right. In fact, the veteran US war crimes insider's comment explained unwittingly why US and allied foreign policy lurches from one mass murdering catastrophe to another…
(2021-12-15). Neocons bent on starting another disaster in Ukraine. asiatimes.com 
If anything, Washington's neoconservatives have an unerring instinct for survival. Having brought about multiple disasters in the two decades since the terror attacks of September 11, 2001, from the Iraq war to the twin debacles in Libya and Syria, the neocons seem to have perfected the art of failing up. Harvard University's Stephen Walt once quipped that …
(2021-12-14). "Talon Anvil" U.S. military unit exposed for role in massive Syrian civilian deaths. liberationnews.org 
Damning new information has come to light about systematic disregard for civilian casualties in U.S. airstrikes on Syria…
(2021-12-14). US military in Syria attacked hours after its alleged involvement in killing and kidnapping of civilians. peoplesdispatch.org The US forces aided by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) carried out an alleged anti-ISIS operation in Syria's eastern Deir al-Zor province in the early hours of December 13. At least three civilians were killed in the operation and several others were kidnapped…
(2021-12-14). Capitalism and Imperialism: A Global System of Death. liberationnews.org 
Brian Becker, Esther Iverem, Nicole Roussell and Walter Smolarek discuss how workers are bearing the deadly brunt of the devastating tornadoes that ripped across the country and new revelations about US war crimes in Syria…
(2021-12-14). "Every Option Is on the Table": U.S. Prepping for Libya-Style Intervention in Ethiopia. scheerpost.com 
A protester from Ethiopia's community in Lebanon holds a placard against the U.S. and other western country's intervention in her country in Beirut, Lebanon, Dec. 5, 2021. (Hussein Malla / AP) | By Alan MacLeod / Amid a bloody civil conflict and increasing great-power competition between the United States and China, there are a number of alarming signs that Ethiopia will become the next Libya — an African nation where the U.S. intervenes militarily under the pretext of st…
(2021-12-14). Who is Responsible for the Deteriorating Situation in Lebanon? journal-neo.org 
For many years, Lebanon was considered the safe haven of the Middle East plagued by wars, instability, and colored revolutions. Many have referred to the country as the Middle East's Switzerland, including investments in Lebanon's economy from countries of the region where the political crises were raging. The country's banks were especially valued, prosperous and …
(2021-12-14). Britain may deploy military bases in Ukraine: Russian ambassador. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Deployment of UK military bases in Ukraine possible, Russian envoy says Russian Ambassador to UK Andrey Kelin speculated that London may deploy military bases in Ukraine under a bilateral agreement. "In theory, such situation is possible," he said on TV Tuesday, answering a question. "This is a privileged partnership, which the Americans, for example, have …
(2021-12-14). How Do We Stop the Neocons From Starting Another Disaster in Ukraine? independentmediainstitute.org If anything, Washington's neoconservatives have an unerring instinct for survival. Having brought about multiple disasters in the two decades since 9/11—from the Iraq War to the twin debacles in Libya and Syria—the neoconservatives seem to have perfected the art of failing up. Harvard University's Stephen Walt once quipped that "Being a Neocon Means Never Having …
(2021-12-14). How the OPCW's Syria probe censored science. thegrayzone.com New reports explore how the OPCW suppressed findings that undermined US-led allegations of a chemical weapons attack in Douma, Syria in April 2018. Piers Robinson and Aaron Maté discuss the latest revelations on how the OPCW censored science. Senior OPCW officials doctored the original report; erased the conclusions of expert toxicologists who ruled out chlorine gas as the cause of death; and thwarted the key investigate area of forensic pathology, which could have helped determine how the dozens of civilian …