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US pledges to arm Syrian opposition as new terror bombing hits Damascus
By Alex Lantier, wsws.org Senior Obama administration officials announced yesterday that the United States will directly arm the Islamist opposition ...
Should We Invade Syria? Obama and U.S. Military Divided Over Syria
SHAMUS COOKE—The U.S. government’s internal squabbling over whether the Syrian government used chemical weapons is really an argument on whether ...
Barackodile Tears
Rainbows for the Ruling Class by Randy Shields One of the great things about America is that it’s easy to ...
Obamacare: Unaffordable Coverage
by Stephen Lendman Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP) co-founders Steffie Woolhandler and David Himmelstein examined evidence on "skimpy ...
STEPHEN LENDMAN: US False Flag Pretext for War on Syria
Editor's Note: Here's the sanctimonious claptrap being distributed by the American media to the perennially clueless American public (this version ...
The Russians Came
The New Power Behind the Israeli Rightwing by URI AVNERY When the huge immigration wave from the Soviet Union arrived ...
Everything Is Rigged: The Biggest Price-Fixing Scandal Ever
The Illuminati were amateurs. The second huge financial scandal of the year reveals the real international conspiracy: There's no price ...
FBI Responsibility for US Terror Plots
by Stephen Lendman Boston's marathon bombings leave disturbing questions unanswered. Official accounts lack credibility. Mounting evidence suggests FBI responsibility. It ...
The same motive for anti-US ‘terrorism’ is cited over and over
Ignoring the role played by US actions is dangerously self-flattering and self-delusional By Glenn Greenwald | guardian.co.uk (updated below - Update II ...
The Bush Legacy
BY STEPHEN LENDMAN Throughout his tenure, media scoundrels were largely supportive. They ignored his 2000 electoral theft. In 2004, they ...
Obama’s Syrian Horror
Feigned Outrage by SAUL LANDAU President Obama has fueled Syria’s civil war flames and lied to Congress about his “modest” ...
Culture: Why Russian soldiers are finally replacing foot wraps with socks
They have been standard issue since the days of Peter the Great. But, finally, portyanki have reached the end of the road ...
