Pompeo Threatens to Starve Iranians by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Illegal unilaterally imposed sanctions by the US against Iran and other countries amounts to waging war by other means. So far, high oil prices offset the effects of US sanctions, head of Iran’s Planning and Budget Organization Mohammad Baqer Nobakht explained. […]

Khashoggi’s Body Believed Dissolved in Hydrofluoric Acid by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) According to Turkish police, traces of hydrofluoric acid and other chemicals were found in a well at the Saudi’s consul general home in Istanbul. Turkey’s prosecutor believes his remains were completely dissolved – after he was strangled to death […]

Futile Russian Good Faith Peace Initiatives by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Since 2011, Russian good faith conflict resolution efforts in Geneva, Astana, Sochi and Vienna achieved no tangible results toward ending Washington’s war in Syria. In its 8th year, it continues raging despite most areas of the country liberated from US-supported […]

Trump Sacks AG Jeff Sessions by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) The handwriting was on the wall since Sessions recused himself from Robert Mueller’s Russiagate probe in March 2017, along with other issues relating to phony accusations of Russian US election meddling. Mueller never should have been appointed special counsel in the […]

Arab World Largely a Cesspool of Ruthless Despotism by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Saudi crown prince Mohammad bin Salman’s (MBS) ordered abduction and murder of Jamal Khashoggi was a drop in an ocean of brutal Arab world internal and cross-border high crimes. State-sponsored murder, torture, intolerance of dissent, and countless other […]

Netanyahu Regime Backs Death Penalty for Palestinian Political Prisoners by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Cold-blooded murder of defenseless Palestinians has been official Israeli policy from inception. Its 1947-48 ethnic cleansing war of independence indiscriminately raped and massacred countless thousands of defenseless Palestinians, displacing hundreds of thousands from their historic homeland – […]

An Iconic David v. Goliath Moment in Gaza by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Gaza is a virtual war zone – undeclared but just as real, under suffocating blockade conditions, slow-motion genocide against the Strip’s long-suffering people, victims of Israeli apartheid viciousness. Twenty-year-old A’ed Abu Amro is one of many Gazan profiles […]

US Midterm Election Postmortems by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) When it comes to getting and staying informed, the only reliable choice for ordinary people is following alternative media. Dominant print and electronic sources report what they want readers and viewers to know, not what’s vital for everyone to understand. The official […]

US Midterms: Split Decision by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) The disturbing reality is when things change electorally in America, they remain the same. Dirty business as usual always wins, the underlying reality of Tuesday’s midterm voting like all earlier “elections.” Mark Twain was right saying: “If voting made a difference, they […]

True and False Accusations of US Midterm Election Interference by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Ahead of Tuesday midterms, investigative journalist Greg Palast said illegal voter purges went on in a number of states – including Arizona, Colorado, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Nebraska and Nevada. “I have never seen anything like it in […]