Putin/Trump Meeting at APEC Summit in Vietnam? by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) It should be a no-brainer. A formal bilateral summit should have been held months ago. Co-opted by America’s military/industrial complex, Trump is hostage to its agenda, prevented from normalizing ties with Russia – relations more dismal than any time […]

NYT Russophobic Frenzy by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) The self-styled newspaper of record’s hostility toward Russia is manufactured maliciousness – a regular drumbeat of fake news responsible editors wouldn’t touch. Times editors feature it, often the lead front page report like in its latest edition – two on Saturday. The Times: […]

Unjustly Seized 10-Year-Old Girl Released by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Rosa Maria Hernandez is back with her parents after surgery, freed from repressive US Border Patrol custody. She was seized from her hospital bed after major surgery, taken from her parents and doctors, prevented from getting vital post-operative care, detained ahead […]

US Hitting ISIS “Ten Times Harder?” A Big Lie! by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) In response to Tuesday’s violent Manhattan incident, causing multiple deaths and injuries, a possible false flag, Trump lied claiming US forces responded by hitting ISIS “10 times harder,” adding: “They will pay a big price for every […]

Norman Finkelstein’s Kangaroo Court Appearance Postponed by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Scheduled for November 3, it’s postponed until December 13. A previous article explained his outrageous political persecution – stemming from what happened to his former student/friend Dr. Rudolph Baldeo, a Guyanese national, overcoming long odds to complete medical school and […]

Fake CIA Documents Linking Iran to Al-Qaeda by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Iran fundamentally opposes ISIS, al-Qaeda and other US-created terrorist groups. It’s aiding Syria, Hezbollah and Russia combat them. The notion of an Iranian/al-Qaeda link is absurd on its face, a CIA scheme to give Trump (fake) ammunition to abandon […]

US to Re-designate North Korea a State Terrorism Sponsor? by Stephen Lendman The only significant state sponsors of terrorism are America, NATO, Israel and their rogue allies – not North Korea, Iran, Syria, Russia, Lebanon’s Hezbollah or Hamas, Palestine’s legitimate government. Ahead of Trump’s departure on an 11-day Asian trip to five countries, including South […]

Russia’s Foreign Ministry on Syria, Sanctions and Hostile Actions Against Its Media by Stephen Lendman  (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Briefings by Russia’s Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova are refreshingly candid. They’re an exercise in truth-telling – polar opposite US dissemination of disinformation, fake news and Big Lies, disgraceful deception, suppressing what’s most vital […]

Meaningless ISIS Claim of Responsibility for Tuesday’s Manhattan Incident by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) ISIS is a US creation, its fighters used as imperial foot soldiers, deployed where Washington wants them sent – a conspiracy against world peace and stability. Why would the group bite the hand feeding it? Draw your […]

ISIS Deir Ezzor Stronghold Fully Liberated by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) According to a Syrian military source, “(u)nits of the Syrian Arab Army, in cooperation with the allied and supporting forces, have accomplished the mission of fully liberating Deir Ezzor city from the (US-supported) ISIS terrorist organization.”  It’s an important triumph. […]