Trump Regime Blocks CIA Chief From Testifying About Khashoggi’s Murder by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Since Saudi crown prince Mohammad bin Salman (MBS) ordered the brutal murder of Jamal Khashoggi on October 2, White House strategy about the incident has been coverup, denial, and changing the subject. Trump and regime hardliners […]

Big Lies Drown Out Truth-Telling by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) All politicians lie, some more than others. The Clintons, Bush/Cheney, and Obama were egregious serial liars. Since entering office, Trump dissembling, rage, duplicity, hubris, and arrogance exceeded the worst of his predecessors. Virtually nothing he says on important issues is credible. […]

Kiev’s Black Sea Provocation a Spying and Possible Belligerent Mission? by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Much more will likely come out about what happened in Kerch Strait Russian waters and why once the Kremlin investigates the incident thoroughly. There was nothing accidental or happenstance about Kiev’s Sunday Black Sea provocation. It […]

Saudi War Crimes in Yemen by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) The Saudis are complicit with the US, UK, France, Israel, the UAE, and other countries involved in committing years of horrendous Nuremberg-level crimes of war, against humanity and genocide against millions of Yemenis. Hundreds of thousands likely perished from US-initiated post-9/11 […]

Kiev-Ordered Kerch Strait Law of the Sea Breach  by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Incidents like Ukraine’s Sunday provocation in the Black Sea’s narrow Kerch Strait, separating Russia’s Crimean Republic from its mainland, don’t happen by accident. They’re well planned in advance, this one perhaps orchestrated by Trump regime hardliners – maybe […]

Ukraine Declares Martial Law, Puts Military on Full Combat Alert by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) The latest Ukraine regime provocation against Russia on Sunday follows a familiar pattern – its reckless belligerence and horrendous human rights abuses since lawlessly installed in power by Obama in February 2014. Petro Poroshenko is a […]

Law of the Sea Enforcement Falsely Called Russian Aggression by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Accusations of Russian aggression earlier and now over Sunday’s Kiev-initiated Black Sea/Kirch Strait provocation were and remain without foundation.  They’re Big Lies, part of a continuing campaign to vilify the country, risking East/West confrontation if pushed too […]

Russia Falsely Blamed for Ukraine Black Sea Provocation by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Longstanding US-led Western and Israeli policies repeatedly and consistently blame victims for aggression and other wrongdoing committed against them. Kiev’s Sunday Black Sea provocation breached Articles 19 and 21 of the UN Convention on the Law of the […]

Violence Against Women in Israel by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) The worst of what goes on in Israel is largely or entirely ignored by Western governments and media. Along with apartheid ruthlessness against Palestinians and Arab citizens, major issues affecting Jews include exploitive neoliberal harshness, extreme economic and financial inequality, poverty, […]

Anti-Russia Ukraine Provocation by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Ukraine is a virtual US colony – the way it’s been since the Obama regime’s February 2014 coup, replacing democratic governance with fascist tyranny in Europe’s heartland. Ukraine shares a near-1,500 mile land and sea border with the Russian Federation, the longest Western […]