Washington’s Consumer Financial Protection Bureau by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Created in the wake of the 2008-09 financial crisis, the CFPB has been more bark than bite. In September 2010, Obama appointed Elizabeth Warren (current US senator) as Assistant to the President and Special Advisor to the Secretary of the Treasury […]

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Kurdish YPG Fighters Willing to Join Syrian Army? by Stephen Lendman According to YPG-led Syrian Kurdistan defense chief Rezan Gilo, “(t)here is no problem for our forces to join the Syrian army if a new Syrian constitution is drafted on a federal basis and the rights of all the Syrian components are reserved.” Joint Syrian […]

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Falsely Accusing Russia of Killing Civilians in Syria by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Since Russia began combating US-supported terrorists in Syria over two years ago, it’s been falsely accused of killing civilians numerous times. US terror-bombing in Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan, Libya, Yemen, and Somalia, along with drone strikes elsewhere, massacred countless  […]

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Syria Peace Talks  by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Multiple earlier Geneva rounds failed because of unacceptable demands by opposition delegates involved. They remain much the same, a prescription for failure again. Syria’s delegation delayed its departure for Geneva because of opposition insistence that Assad step down – an unacceptable demand. Talks […]

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Israel Threatens War on Syria by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Washington and Israel demand regime change in Syria, along with removal of Iranian and Hezbollah forces involved in combating ISIS and other terrorists. Despite most of Syrian territory liberated from US-supported terrorists, winning the peace remains a formidable challenge. Washington, NATO, […]

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Trump’s War on Yemen by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Obama began it. Trump escalated it, both US leaders complicit with Saudi Arabia – supplying its military with weapons and munitions, supporting its terror-bombing and genocidal blockade, US warships involved. Washington’s global war on terror is a colossal hoax, GW Bush first […]

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Phony Saudi War on Terror by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Saudi Arabia is the Arab world’s leading state sponsor of terror. It backs ISIS, al-Qaeda, its al-Nusra offshoot and other terrorist groups – supplying them with weapons (including CWs), munitions, funding and other material support. Wahhabism in the kingdom is the […]

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UAE Calls for Bombing Al Jazeera by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Al Jazeera is owned, operated and controlled by the despotic Qatari monarchy – propaganda media serving its interests. It’s much like the UK-controlled BBC, Canada’s CBC, America’s global propaganda operations and mainstream Western media – reporting what they want news […]

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Was the Deadly Sinai Attack More Than It Seems? by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) On November 24, gunmen, brandishing the ISIS flag, attacked Sufi Muslim worshipers during Friday prayers at Egypt’s northern Sanai al-Rawda mosque, near Bir al-Abd. Arriving in SUVs, they positioned themselves near the mosque’s doors and windows. As […]

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America and Britain Arm and Train Saudi’s Military by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Both countries supply Riyadh with billions of dollars worth of weapons and munitions annually – fueling its killing machine, including by training its personnel. Pentagon contractors are involved, cashing in on Saudi wealth. San Diego-based Kratos Defense & […]

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