Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

Monday, 19 October 2015

Op-Ed

Everyone Wrote Off the Syrian Army. Take Another Look Now
By Robert Fisk
The Syrian military is going to come out of this current war as the most ruthless, battle-trained and battle-hardened Arab army in the entire region. Woe betide any of its neighbours who forget this. -http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article43184.htm
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Syria - The New South Aleppo Campaign
By Moon Of Alabama
Yesterday the Syrian Arab Army supported by Iraqi and Iranian forces and the Russian air force launched a surprise attack to the south and east of Aleppo. - http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article43179.htm
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The Dangerous Void in American Diplomacy
By Finian Cunningham
War is not inevitable, but the abysmal failure to communicate by Washington with the rest of the world, is charting a dangerous collision course. - http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article43181.htm
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US Enabled Radical Islam:
How the CIA, George W. Bush and Many Others Helped Create ISIS

By Abdel Bari Atwan
For centuries Western countries have sought to harness the power of radical Islam to serve the interests of their own foreign policy. -http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article43175.htm
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The Imaginary Cuban Troops in Syria
By Matt Peppe
Four days have passed without a single piece of corroborating evidence to the laughable Fox News report. - http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article43171.htm
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Israel's Sleeping Beauties Have Awoken From Their Deathly Silence
By Gideon Levy
What did you think, the Palestinians would sit still indefinitely? Did you really think Israel would continue on its course and they'd just bow their heads in submission? -http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article43177.htm
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US Pacific Hegemony vs. a Rising China
By Tony Cartalucci
China's portrayal across the Western media as a regional "bully" versus its victims across Southeast Asia is dividing the general public down two sides of a predictable line. - http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article43178.htm
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Vietnam: From National Liberation to Trans-Pacific Vassal (1975-2015)
By James Petras
The Vietnam's leaders have embraced the aggressive US-Japanese militarist policy against China; this betrayal of the people's struggle will have long-lasting negative consequences. - http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article43183.htm
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They Died for Henry Kissinger's "Credibility"
The Real History of our Vietnam Immorality

By David Milne
here was no good answer when John Kerry asked how you ask a man to be the last to die for a mistake. Here's why. - http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article43182.htm
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Washington Persecutes America's Greatest Patriots
By Paul Craig Roberts
The American people accept the persecution of truth-tellers, because they have been brainwashed into believing that patriotism means defense of the government no matter what. - http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article43180.htm
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Shrinking the Technosphere
By Dmitry Orlov
Their main objective is to keep people convinced of things that are false. -http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article43176.htm
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'America is a Bomb Waiting to Explode'
By Sam Gerrans
We can see how fragile the U.S. is now by considering just four tendencies. - http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article43174.htm
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Canada Is in a Crisis of Epic Proportions
By Dr. Pamela D. Palmater
Canada is killing our people and if we do not act now, more people will die. -http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article43172.htm
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Hard News    


Fact or propaganda?
Russian strike 'kills 48 from single family' in Syria:
Bomb shelter of family in Homs' countryside hit by apparent Russian rocket, killing 48 family members, activists say.
 
 
Fact or propaganda?
At least 40 Islamic State fighters killed in air strike in Syria: Monitoring group:
 At least 40 Islamic State fighters have been killed in an air strike on their convoy in the Syrian province of Hama, a UK-based monitoring group reported on Sunday.
 
 
Fact or propaganda?
Pentagon says airstrike kills Al Qaeda operative in Syria:
An airstrike by the U.S.-led coalition in Iraq and Syria has killed Sanafi al-Nasr, leader of an Al Qaeda offshoot called the Khorasan Group and primary coordinator for moving money and fighters to militant strongholds in Syria, the Pentagon said Sunday.
 
 
 
Fact or propaganda?
Syria Pro-rebel Activists Say 4 Civilians Killed in Intense Airstrikes:
Russian and Syrian warplanes pounded targets in central and northern Syria, killing at least four civilians Sunday as ground troops battled insurgents and seized new territory, pro-rebel activists said.
 
 
Christian militias loot Christian towns in northeastern Syria:
Christian militias have turned against members of their own faith and looted several Christian villages in the northeast of the country
 
 
Syrian jihadists feud & bomb each other over funds as Russian jets destroy supply lines:
Russian attack jets have hit 51 Islamic State targets in Syria in the past 24 hours, including four command posts, six arms depots, a mortar battery, two underground bunkers, 32 field camps and six outposts.
 
 
'Weak and short-sighted' - Russian PM slams White House for failure to sync ISIS bombing campaign:
Medvedev said he was perplexed at the reasons behind the US not wanting to agree to President Vladimir Putin's proposal to work with Washington to drive Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) out of Syria.
 
 
Aid deliveries begin in Syria towns under truce: sources:
Trucks carrying food and aid deliveries entered three Syria towns on Sunday, nearly one month after a ceasefire agreement was reached between warring parties, sources said.
 
 
Iraqi Air Force destroys ISIS convoy in al-Fatha, 20 militants killed:
On Sunday the leader of al-Hashed al-Shaabi in Diyala province, Jabbar Maamouri, announced the killing of 20 ISIS gunmen in an air strike that targeted a convoy of the organization north Salah al-Din.
 
 
Roadside bomb kills two soldiers in Turkey's southeast: sources:
Two Turkish soldiers were killed when a roadside bomb hit their vehicle in the province of Tunceli, security sources said on Sunday, bringing the military death toll in two days of violence in the predominantly Kurdish east to six.
 
 
Five Palestinians killed on Saturday; 44 Palestinians Killed This Month, Including 11 Children:
Three Palestinians were killed in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, another youth was killed in Jerusalem, and a fifth was killed at Qalandia checkpoint by Israeli live gunfire on Saturday.
 
 
Gunmen attack Israel bus station, one shot dead: police:
Two suspected Palestinian gunmen opened fire on people at the main bus station in the southern Israeli city of Beersheba on Sunday, before one was shot dead, police said.
 
 
Female suicide bombers kill 11 in NE Nigeria: police:
Two female suicide bombers killed at least 11 people in northeast Nigeria after residents fled a suspected Boko Haram attack on a remote village, police and a local official said on Sunday.
 
 
The 'hippo trench' across Africa:
US military quietly builds giant "security" belt in middle of continent
 
 
Six killed, 20 injured in Pakistan bomb blast:
At least six people were killed and 20 others injured when a bomb hit a passenger train in Pakistan's southwestern Sibi district on Tuesday afternoon, local media reported.
 
 
Taliban overrun district in N. Afghanistan:
Taliban militants following heavy overnight fighting overran Ghormach district in the northern Faryab province with Maimana as its capital 425 km north of Kabul on Sunday, a local official said.
 
 
Five refugees drown off Greek islands, one missing:
Five people, including a baby and two children, drowned and one was missing in two separate incidents of refugees trying to reach Greece from nearby Turkey on Sunday, the Greek coastguard said.
 
 
Germany offers Turkey $3.4 billion to stem refugee tide:
German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Sunday held talks with Turkish leaders in Istanbul to promote a European Union plan that would offer aid and concessions to Turkey in exchange for measures to stem the mass movement of migrants across Europe's borders.
 
 
3rd refugee shelter torched in Sweden in 6 days:
A string of suspected arson attacks have hit three facilities intended to house asylum seekers in Sweden this week alone. The country is preparing to receive almost double the amount of refugees this year than the previous record, set in 1992.
 
 
Croatia to block refugees from entering Slovenia:
Interior minister says refugees will have to seek asylum in Croatia as thousands stream in from Serbia.