Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

Monday, 1 September 2014

"Russia Invades Ukraine", Strategic NATO Public Relations Stunt

By Prof Michel Chossudovsky

Where Are The Russian Tanks?


The West, The Greatest Cause Of War In Human History, Stands Stripped Of All Legitimacy

By Paul Craig Roberts

"Every time you come to Russia with a sword, from a sword you will perish."


Ukraine Lost A Battle
West Escalates With More Russia Sanctions

By Moon Of Alabama

The military battle defeat was the reason why Russia was accused of an invasion even when the OECD observers says (in German) that they have "no objective information" to support such a claim.


Hard Truths on Ukraine MSM Suppress

By Stephen Lendman

Unless Washington's longstanding geopolitical ambitions end, "nuclear war is the likely outcome,"


How Can You Tell Whether Russia has Invaded Ukraine?

By Dmitry Orlov

Armed with this list, you too should be able to determine whether or not Russia has invaded Ukraine.


How the Islamic State Sustains Itself:
The Importance of the War Economy in Syria and Iraq

By Tom Keatinge

'How much Saudi and Qatari money - now I'm not suggesting direct government funding, but I am suggesting maybe a blind eye being turned - is being channelled towards ISIS, and reaching it?'


The Mother of All Blowback

By Eric Margolis

Obama is being pressed to attack Syria, an idea so crazy it takes the breath away.


The Economics of Perpetual War

By Matt McCaffrey

Even classical military strategists like Sun Tzu believed war should only be used only as a last resort, and argued that military campaigns could bankrupt states and ultimately, destroy them.


Labor's Demise Is America's Demise

By Paul Craig Roberts

The American people have been subdued and turned into a flock of sheep. Will they ever rise again?


The United States Is Not a Democracy:
From Wall Street to Detroit and Ferguson

By teleSUR

September 01, 2014 "ICH" - Around the world another democracy has begun to manifest itself, one organized by people.

Hard News
    


Suicide bomber kills 37 in western Iraq -police officers, medical official:
Thirty seven people were killed when a suicide bomber rammed an explosives-packed Humvee military vehicle into a construction site, used by the army and police, according to two police officers and a medical official.


Jubilant Iraqi forces break two-month siege of Amerli - officials:
The mayor of Amerli and army officers said troops backed by militias defeated fighters from the Islamic State (IS) to the east of the town. Fighting continued to the north of Amerli in several villages.


Germany to arm Iraqi Kurds against Islamic State:
Germany is facing an "increased abstract threat" stemming from hundreds of people who joined extremists in Syria and Iraq and may eventually return to hit Germany, domestic intelligence warns, as Berlin approves arming Kurdish forces deterring IS in Iraq.


German security official warns of terror threat:
Germany's domestic intelligence agency expects that Islamic extremists who have traveled to Syria and Iraq will return and commit terror attacks.


Former British army officials now training Islamic State militants in Iraq, Syria: MI6, CIA:
A report has revealed that British intelligence agency MI6 and the United States' Central Investigative Agency (CIA) have intercepted conversations on mobile phones, e-mails that show that several former British Army officials have joined the ranks of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIL/ISIS).


War pimp alert:
John Kerry says 'airstrikes alone' will not defeat 'genocidal' Isis militants:
Secretary of state will use Nato summit to seek 'world coalition' - Saudi king: terror 'in Europe in a month and US a month after'


War Criminal Ollie North Says Obama Doesn't Pay Attention:
Reagan's henchman Ollie North cuddles up to Carlson on the couch to bash the president for not showing his hand on his ISIL strategy.


Tunisia Recovers 41 Bodies of Syrian Refugees:
The bodies were found after a search was launched Friday after a few decomposed bodies washed up on shore


Uruguay offers fresh start to 120 Syrian refugees:
In a show of solidarity and humanitarian concern, Uruguay is coordinating the resettlement of 120 Syrian refugees currently living in Lebanon.


21 killed after Shiite rebels, pro-government tribesmen clash in Yemen:
At least 21 people were killed in weekend clashes between Shiite rebels and pro-government tribesmen in the north of Yemen, tribal sources said Sunday.


Suspected al-Qaeda militants kill 11 Yemeni soldiers:
At least 11 Yemeni soldiers have been killed and 17 others injured by suspected al-Qaeda militants in three separate attacks in the southern part of the country.


UN withdrawal and Syrian drone point to new order in Golan:
After four decades, UN supervision on the Syrian border is about to end and Assad's military is being replaced by more hostile forces.


Gaza reconstruction will take 20 years, says UN-backed authority:
A UN backed construction authority has said rebuilding Gaza's battered and neglected housing stock will take at least 20 years as thousands of houses were razed or suffered damage in Israel's Protective Edge operation.


Israel confiscates 1,000 acres of W. Bank land:
The Israeli military-run Civil Administration has announced a land appropriation of some 400 hectares in the West Bank to an almost immediate condemnation from anti-settlement activists, who say this is the biggest seizure in 30 years.


U.S. urges Israel to reverse planned West Bank land appropriation:
The United States sees Israel's announcement on Sunday of a land appropriation for possible settlement construction in the occupied West Bank as "counterproductive" to peace efforts and urges the Israeli government to reverse the decision, Reuters reported a State Department official as saying.


Reasoning with a Zionist is an oxymoron:
Mike Malloy routs a Zionist caller who uses the jaded argument that Israel, the aggressor and occupier, has a right to defend its ill-gotten gains.


Minister: Unity government budget 'below zero':
"The government's budget is below zero, and it's starting to borrow from banks to move forward, because only less than third of donor funds that were scheduled to be received this year arrived," Al-Ayasa told Ma'an in a television interview.


Newly declassified documents reveal how U.S. agreed to Israel's nuclear program:
The Obama administration this week declassified papers, after 45 years of top-secret status, documenting contacts between Jerusalem and Washington over American agreement to the existence of an Israeli nuclear option


Bolivia Suspends Visa Exemption Agreement with Israel:
Bolivia now categorizes Israel as a "terrorist state" after its assault on Gaza.


Fact or fiction?
Fears of massacre after accusations Russians reneged on safe passage for Ukrainian forces:
 Ukrainian volunteer battalions claim "hundreds" of their men have been killed and dozens taken prisoner after pro-Russian forces reneged on an agreement to allow them to withdraw from a besieged town 20 miles east of Donetsk.


Ukrainian Coast Guard Attacked Near Russian Border, Some Killed:
A Ukraine military spokesman has confirmed that some sailors were killed and more injured when 2 Ukraine Coast Guard cutters came under attack by artillery from onshore near the village of Bezimenne (close to the Russian Border). This is believed to be the first such incident since the conflict began.


Putin wants 'statehood' for eastern Ukraine:
Russia has previously only called for greater rights under a decentralised federal system to be accorded to the eastern regions of Ukraine, where predominantly Russian-speakers live.


Putin: Impossible to say when political crisis in Ukraine will end:
Russian President Vladimir Putin has called on Kiev to start substantial talks on deescalating the crisis in eastern Ukraine. He added that it's an illusion to expect that the rebels would calmly watch their homes being destroyed.


Presstitute Alert:
Ukraine says Russian tanks flatten town; EU to threaten more sanctions:
 "Are we going to let the situation worsen, until it leads to war?" French President Francois Hollande said at a news conference. "Because that's the risk today. There is no time to waste."


Menendez urges stronger action against Russia:
Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Robert Menendez on Sunday urged stronger action against Russia, calling its incursion into Ukraine a "direct invasion" and saying the West should provide Ukraine with "defensive weapons."


War criminal :
John McCain: "For God's sake," arm Ukrainians against Russian-backed separatists : Video -
 Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., spoke with CBS News White House Correspondent Major Garrett on "Face the Nation" about the unfolding saga with Russian-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine.


EU set to tighten Russia sanctions 'within a week':
Earlier, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said his country was "close to a point of no return - full scale-war" with Russia.


Airport hit, heavy fighting kills 10 in Libya's Benghazi:
Heavy clashes broke out between the forces of a renegade general and Islamist fighters in Libya's eastern city of Benghazi on Saturday, killing at least 10 people and showering the airport with rockets, medical and military sources said.


Libyan armed faction takes over U.S. Embassy annex in Tripoli: -
Members of a Libyan militia have taken over an abandoned annex of the U.S. Embassy in Tripoli but have not broken into the main compound where the United States evacuated all of its staff last month, U.S. officials said on Sunday.


Somalia famine: 'We only have days to live':
People are starving in southern Somalia while relief efforts are blocked by government and rebel fighting.


S Africa tackles Lesotho 'coup' crisis:
Deputy prime minister invited for talks after PM Thabane fled amid reports that army had attempted to seize power.


Pakistan: 12 suspected militants killed in Balochistan:
Security forces claim to have killed 12 suspected militants in Balochistan's volatile Makran belt.


3 killed as Pakistan anti-government protests turn deadly:
 Clashes between police and anti-government protesters have continued outside Pakistan's parliament, resulting in the deaths of at least three people, and injuries to 494 more, witnesses and hospital officials have told Al Jazeera.


Afghanistan: Policemen and civilians among 5 killed in Logar explosion:
At least five people including three policemen and two civilians were killed following an explosion in central Logar province of Afghanistan.


Karzai planning to leave presidential palace on Tuesday, IECC says:
The Independent Electoral Complaints Commission (IECC) officials have said that President Hamid Karzai is planning to leave the presidential palace on coming Tuesday.


George Galloway: 'I crashed to the ground thinking... this man is going to kick me to death':
George Galloway reveals his terror after attack in Notting Hill - and how he led police to suspect


US judge rules Microsoft must handover personal data stored abroad:
The company says they will not release any emails to US authorities, while it appeals the ruling, made by Chief Judge Loretta Preska of the US District Court in Manhattan. She said that Microsoft must hand over information, regardless of where it was stored.


FARC Rebels Killed by Colombian Soldiers in Military Operation:
At least three rebels from the FARC (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia) were killed by Colombian army officials over the weekend, during an operation in the northern department of Bolivar.


The US government can brand you a terrorist based on a Facebook post.
We can't let them make up the rules: Innocent people's lives are being ruined. Why isn't anyone watching the watchlist?


Did the historical Jesus exist? A growing number of scholars don't think so:
Most antiquities scholars think that the New Testament gospels are "mythologized history." In other words, they think that around the start of the first century a controversial Jewish rabbi named Yeshua ben Yosef gathered a following and his life and teachings provided the seed that grew into Christianity.


The Real Reason Pot Is Still Illegal:
People in the United States, a country in which painkillers are routinely overprescribed, now consume more than 84 percent of the entire worldwide supply of oxycodone and almost 100 percent of hydrocodone opioids