US Forces to Stay in Syria After ISIS Defeated by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) On Wednesday, the Washington Post said US forces intend staying in Syria indefinitely.  “(E)xpanding its goals (is planned)…beyond routing the Islamic State to include a political settlement of the country’s civil war, a daunting and potentially open-ended […]

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No Thanks for Thanksgiving Under Trump by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) One day there may be reason to give thanks. How can there be now with endless US wars raging, force-fed austerity on ordinary Americans, poverty the nation’s leading growth industry, real unemployment at Depression-era levels, police state laws destroying fundamental […]

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Ratko Mladic’s Sham Trial and Conviction by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) The Western-controlled  International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) was charged with delivering victor’s justice, polar opposite the real thing. In March 2016, it wrongfully convicted Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic on multiple counts of genocide in Srebrenica, war […]

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Washington Uses Sanctions Like Weapons of War by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) All unilateral US sanctions imposed on other nations are flagrantly illegal. The Vienna-based International Progress Organization calls itself “an international non-governmental organization that enjoys consultative status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations and is associated […]

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Hundreds More Yemeni Children Malnourished Weekly by US/Saudi Blockade by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Yemen is Obama’s war, planned and orchestrated in Washington, escalated by Trump, waged by Saudi terror-bombing, aided by more of the same from US drones, warplanes and ground operations. Conditions are gravely compounded by genocidal land, sea […]

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ISIS Nearly Defeated in Eastern Syria by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) According to Russia’s Defense Ministry, “(t)he western bank of the Euphrates River will be soon fully liberated by the government forces under the command of the legendary Syrian General Sukhel…complet(ing) the operation to destroy the remaining ISIL (presence) in eastern […]

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Mugabe Resigns: An Era in Zimbabwe Ends by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Rather than face removal from office by impeachment, Mugabe resigned after leading Zimbabwe since 1980 – first as prime minister, mostly as president. After saying he’d preside over the ruling ZANU-PF’s congress in December on Sunday, he tendered his […]

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Peace in Syria? Hold the Cheers by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Peace one day will return to Syria. The question is when and under what circumstances. Will its sovereign independence remain unchanged? Will its territorial integrity stay intact?  Will it be free from US occupation of northern and southern areas? Will […]

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Trump’s FCC to End Net Neutrality by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Battle lines are drawn. Trump’s FFC chairman Ajit Pai is on record against Net Neutrality, saying its days are numbered. He took the first step. On November 22, he’ll publish his plan to kill digital democracy, letting users access all […]

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Palestinian/Trump Administration Row by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) On Tuesday, Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas nominally froze contact with Washington, in response to the Trump administration’s threat to close the PLO’s US office – unless it agrees to peace talks with Israel accomplishing nothing each time initiated, along with ceasing efforts to […]

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