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Trumpelstiltskin’s Toy Navy. "What About Iran's Missiles?" - Global Research
No! Yes! It is 1,619 miles (2,606 km.) from the Arabian Sea to Tehran. The range from the Mediterranean Sea to Tehran is 1,762 miles (2,835 km). So, if his Bathtub Boats in his remarkably small Great Armada want to attack the capital (or anywhere else in the Islamic Republic), they will have problems. Farsi, Русский, Deutsch, Español, 中文, Portugues, Français, عربي, Hebrew, Italiano, 日本語, 한국어, Türkçe, Српски. And 40 more languages. Shipboard fighters and attack aircraft have short legs.
HOW TO HANDLE THE APARTHEID ENTITY
VT Condemns the ETHNIC CLEANSING OF PALESTINIANS by USA/Israel $ 280 BILLION US TAXPAYER DOLLARS INVESTED since 1948 in US/Israeli Ethnic Cleansing and Occupation Operation; $ 150B direct "aid" and $ 130B in "Offense" contracts Source: Embassy of Israel, Washington, D.C. and US Department of State. By J.
Robert F Kennedy Jr. Runs for President - Global Research
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Executive Order 12333: "Prohibition on Assassination": U.S. Government Ordered Assassination of Iran General Qassem Soleimani - Global Research
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Modern Iran's Advanced Information and Communication Technology - Global Research
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U.S. GOVERNMENT MURDERS QASSEM SOLEIMANI
James E. Carter, Jr.: Executive Order 12036—Section 2-305. Prohibition on Assassination. No person employed by or acting on behalf of the United States Government shall engage in, or conspire to engage in, assassination. Ronald W. Reagan: Executive Order 12333—Section 2.11 Prohibition on Assassination. No person employed by or acting on behalf of the United States Government shall engage in, or conspire to engage in, assassination. These Executive Orders are still in force.
Women's Rights in Modern Iran. A Study in Contrasts - Global Research
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Washington DC gun laws apply only to citizens-not criminals
Background. Like most medium to large American cities, Washington, D.C., i.e. the State of Confusion, is “governed” by Democrats who have failed every city they govern in terms of criminal activity and heinous crimes. For example, Chicago, “America’s Second City”, has Lori Lightfoot as mayor. She is a Democrat. During the arson attacks and insurrections in 2020, she withdrew the police from the most violence-plagued areas of the town. She then surrounded herself with them—for “protection”.
Joe, next time, look before you leap
By J. Michael Springmann Bad landing? Joe Biden, putative president of the United States, began an overt proxy war with the Russian Federation in 2022. This was built on the American overthrow of the Ukrainian government in 2014 through the efforts of then-President Barack Obama, his Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs Victoria Nuland.
Mujahadin-e-Khalq (MEK), terrorists masquerading as freedom fighters
By J. Michael Springmann (Springmann is an American political commentator, author, and former US diplomat in Saudi Arabia. He is based in Washington. He wrote this article for the Press TV website.) MEK—A FAVORITE TERRORIST GROUP? Is MEK America’s favorite terrorist organization? John Bolton seems to think so.
Press TV knows from experience that there is no freedom of speech in the Biden administration
By J. Michael Springmann The First Amendment to the United States Constitution, adopted in 1791, states "Congress shall make no laws...abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press..." The Constitution, America's basic law, ratified in 1789, had been seen as lacking basic protections for the individual citizen. The Founding Fathers then adopted 10 Amendments, the Bill of Rights, to defend and guard the people from their government. Yet.
The deep US web of animosity towards Iran to continue?
By J. Michael Springmann Well, in my view, the Los Angeles Times article about whether or not the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action will be reinstated by the incoming Joe Biden Administration, shows the weasel-worded nature of the American news media, the American body politic, and the control that the apartheid entity of Israel has over the American government. I am not optimistic at all about any changes in the present situation.
Greasing the Way for Political Change in Libya
Oil Pact. On September 18, 2020, Commander of the Libyan National Army (LNA) Khalifa Haftar and Deputy Prime Minister of the Government of National Accord (GNA) of Libya Ahmed Maiteeq agreed to establish a joint committee controlling the fair distribution of oil export revenues. The accord greatly benefits both sides, particularly the Libyan people living in the conflict zone. Oil is the only source of income in Libya that allows the remnants of Muammar Gaddafi's social system to function.
Whither Libya?
On September 18, 2020, Vice Chairman of the Presidential Council of Libya, Ahmed Maitiq announced an agreement on resuming the country's oil exports. Khalifa Haftar, head of the Libya Libyan National Army (LNA), with whom the pact had been reached, confirmed Maitiq's statement.
US, Israel building a ring of fire around Iran: Former American diplomat
By J. Michael Springmann In my view, the basis for Jared Kushner's trips to the Middle East can be divided into two parts: One, of course, is his support for Israel and his efforts to end the Palestinian problem for the Israelis by getting Arab states to disavow support for the Palestinians and to ensure that their interests -- their rulers' interests, rather -- are best served by trade and diplomatic deals with the Israelis.
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By J. Michael Springmann The US, Israel and the UAE doing Satan’s work? According to the Washington Post, Binyamin Netanyahu has produced a minor miracle.
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By J. Michael Springmann Israel and the United Arab Emirates have announced an agreement leading to full diplomatic relations -- with the help of US President Donald Trump (who has a Zionist daughter and son-in-law Jared Kushner).
The Libyan National Army Publishes a Video Documenting Transferring Syrian Armed Members to “Misrata”
The Libyan national army published a video documenting the transferring process of Syrian armed groups members by Turkey, the process was done using planes belongs to the African Libyan airlines, as the plane landed in "Misrata" city.
Is Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Using Libya to Revive the Ottoman Empire?
The Beginning. Although President Barack H. Obama had declared in a speech in Accra, Ghana, in 2009, that “Africa’s future is up to Africans,” it was really American policy toward Africa, as elsewhere in the world, to remove political leaders that the United States considered “inconvenient”. Those who opposed or who were at odds with US plans, such as socialists, communists, and “Islamists” became legitimate targets of Yankee weapons.
The Fall of Eliot Engel: Israel-Firster Defeated in Congressional Primary
Sometimes listening to the morning news on television is a bit like entering into an alternate universe. Last Wednesday, the day after primary elections in New York State, CBS News reported that New York Congressman Eliot Engel was “facing a challenge” from Democratic Party challenger Jamaal Bowman.
RUSHIN' TO TRUMP TRUMP: Are John Bolton and the Cold Warriors Using Russia to Elect Biden?
The Book & Trump's Troubles. Is John Bolton's new book The Room Where It Happened, a "tell all" publication, a personal vendetta, or another attempt to change the upcoming general election? Good question. No friend of Donald Trump, who appointed him National Security Advisor in 2018, John Bolton seems to be using his new screed as a way to get at the American President as well as Vladimir Putin, President of Russia.
Is the American war in Vietnam anything like the Saudi war in Yemen?
By J. Michael Springmann In some ways you might make a comparison with Vietnam and the Saudi activities in Yemen, but I think it's a stretch to really try and compare it closely. Back in the Vietnam War era in the United States, you had the general acceptance of the war based on the political ideology of the domino theory of dealing with communism.
Hasidic Jews Defy New York’s Lockdown
Last Tuesday an estimated 2,500 male Hasidic Jews gathered in the streets of the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn to attend the funeral of Rabbi Chaim Mertz. The gathering was contrary to New York City’s coronavirus lockdown, which forbids gatherings of more than ten persons while also mandating that individuals must maintain “social distancing” of at least six feet from each other.
Who Made Coronavirus? Was It the U.S., Israel or China Itself?
The most commonly reported mainstream media account of the creation of the Coronavirus suggests that it was derived from an animal borne microorganism found in a wild bat that was consumed by an ethnic Chinese resident of Wuhan. But there appears to be some evidence to dispute that in that adjacent provinces in China, where wild bats are more numerous, have not experienced major outbreaks of the disease.
Washington Struggles to Manage the Crisis, But Israel Continues to Benefit
The self-inflicted cultural defenestration of what passes for Western Civilization in the United States continues apace. As George Orwell described the process in 1984 “Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street building has been renamed, every date has been altered. And the process is continuing day by day and minute by minute. History has stopped.
Intimidating or Coercing a Civilian Population Is Terrorism. Right?
The US administration uses GW Bush's Executive Order 13224, Section 3, to outlaw and crush any individual, any organisation or any nation that gets in its way. It deals with Blocking Property and Prohibiting Transactions With Persons Who Commit, Threaten To Commit, or Support Terrorism.
The Trudeau Government Joins the Global Majority on Israel-Palestinian Relations
The Chief Executive of B’nai Brith Canada has condemned as anti-democratic a vote in late 2019 by Canada’s Trudeau government. In one of its first major international acts, Trudeau’s minority government sided with 166 other member states of the United Nations’ General Assembly. The Jewish organization expressed “outrage” at Canada’s position on a resolution dealing critically with the subject of Israel-Palestinian relations.
Zahraa Qehbaysi: The Situation in Lebanon Is Not a Crisis, It's a Challenge
Starting your business is like planting a sapling, which requires in the first place not to be easily swayed by fear of failure. You have to believe in yourself and to work harder at it than you've ever worked at any time, for any project in your life, and if you keep doing that, great things do happen. This is what Zahraa Qehbaysi, a Lebanese entrepreneur, who has launched a zero-waste disability-friendly bakery in the southern city of Nabatîyé, believes.
The White House Plan to Strangle Iran
There is a certain irony in President Donald Trump’s frequently expressed desire to withdraw from the endless wars that have characterized the so-called “global war on terror” initiated by George W. Bush in 2001. The problem is that Trump has expressed such sentiments both when he was running for office and also as recently as last week without actually doing anything to bring about change.
Italy Tries To Kick Out the Right-Wing Extremist Steve Bannon from the ‘Gladiator Cloister’
Steve Bannon, a former White House strategist and Breitbart editor, was finally kicked out of an Italian monastery, which even Newsweek wittily described as a “far-right boot camp”.
A Convergence of Voices: Prof. Anthony Hall's Follow Up on the New Horizon Conference in Beirut Lebanon
I have been asked by a Greek friend about those that made presentations at the recent New Horizon conference in Beirut. I was asked particularly about the European delegates. There were a few. The Europeans who have made a mark on the New Horizon movement include Manuel Oschenreiter and Mateusz Piskorski. To my understanding, both men are critics of the "transAtlantic" bias of their governments.
Iran…..The World’s Biggest Exporter of Terrorism?
I was out of the country for two weeks during the opening phase of the political contest that will culminate in a Canadian national election on October 21. In late September I took part in a controversial conference in Beirut Lebanon. Since ancient times Beirut has been a pivotal city in the strategic zone on the eastern shores of the Mediterranean Sea where Asia, Africa and Europe converge.
Fighting Back Against the Israel Lobby: Ordinary Americans Can Organize and Win
During many years of writing about or describing the terrible damage that the “special relationship” with Israel has done to the United States the question occasionally comes up “Given the enormous power of the Zionist lobby, what can we do to bring about change?” It is a simple question, though one that begs for multiple answers, but it also requires some thinking about how the Establishment, better known as the Deep State, operates in America.
Palestine: Another Desperate Cry for Help
The National Coalition of Christian Organizations in Palestine (NCCOP) has just issued a final plea for help in the form of an open letter to the World Council of Churches and the ecumenical movement. It is signed by over 30 organisations in Jerusalem, the West Bank and Gaza and can be read in full here. The problem is well known to everyone who's paying attention.
Killing Free Speech in America: Friends of Israel Find that It Cuts Two Ways
No group in the United States has labored so hard as the friends of Israel to destroy the First Amendment to the Constitution, which commits the government to prohibit any “abridging the freedom of speech…or the right of the people peaceably to assemble.” Ironically, of course, Congressmen and government officials who have taken an oath to uphold the Constitution against all enemies domestic and foreign have themselves been cheerleaders as the Israel Lobby carries out its devastation of the...
Is Criticism of Israel Already an Official Hate Crime in America?
One subject that congressmen and the mainstream media tend to avoid is the erosion of fundamental liberties in the United States as a consequence of the war on terror and American involvement in the Middle East. Some of America’s legislators apparently do not even understand that freedom of speech actually means that one can say things that others might find distasteful.
Protesting Israel Is a “Hate Crime” in U.S. Universities
The Israel lobby in the United States and its counterparts in Europe have been paying particular attention to curtailing the activities of the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement (BDS). This is because BDS, which is non-violent and based on established human rights principles, is extremely appealing to college students, who will be tomorrow’s leaders.
When remembering Kissinger, the war against Socialism comes first, his career second
The Cold War is usually framed by mainstream academics as a battle between the Soviet Union and the US for world domination. Anti-communist sentiments are the driving force behind this narrative. The US government made up elaborate lies about the "dangers" of communism and employed its intelligence apparatus to suppress the communist movement of the 20th century.
Freedom or Repression of Speech at Alberta’s Universities? A Point of Contention Between the NDP and the UCP
Is former NDP Cabinet Minister, Shannon Phillips, attempting to revive her waning political career by initiating a fear mongering campaign? Ms. Phillips is targeting Alberta Premier Jason Kenney’s plan to integrate the Chicago Principles on Free Speech into the operations of Alberta’s colleges and universities.
How Israel Teaches Its Children to Hate
Dissident Israeli scholar Nurit Peled-Elhanan’s important academic study, “Palestine in Israeli School Books” is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand some important realities about the Israeli state and Israeli society. As a settler-colonial entity, real change can never come from within Israeli society. It must be imposed from the outside. Much like white South Africans, Jewish Israelis will never voluntarily give up their privileged position as settlers.
Israeli Born Deputy Treasury Secretary at the Center of Trump’s Financial Terrorism Policy
Puppets? There are puppets in the theater and there are puppets in politics. Here is one tale of a Zionist puppet in the U.S. government. Where she came from, we know. Where she is now, we know. How she got there, we don't know. Did she have a godfather, did she have a rabbi, did she have a puppet master? We don't know. What we do know is that she moved very quickly and very smoothly through very sensitive areas in the American government.
“Go Forth and Lie” Israel Rolls Out Mandatory Course for Students Travelling Abroad
While Israel tries to portray a friendly face to the outside world, internally it is promoting racism and violence at levels that are more alarming than ever before. A course to prepare young high school students traveling overseas to be good “ambassadors” stands in contrast to racist policies and the advancement of a military that is encouraged to exercise unprecedented violence against civilians.
America’s Limited Wars - Are They Good for Israel?
When is a war not a war? Apparently in the minds of some folks in Washington if it is a “single strike” or a “limited attack” it is really okay, with or without the consent of Congress as required by Article 1, Section 8, of the Constitution of the United States.
Majority Leader Steny Hoyer: Israel's man in the House of Representatives
It is astonishing that in the wake of the two mass killings in Dayton and El Paso that have been attributed both by the media and the Democrats to “racism,” a senior U.S. Congressman has led a delegation of 41 of his Democratic Party colleagues plus spouses on a week-long luxury all-expenses-paid trip to Israel, which is one of the few countries in the world that defines its full citizenship as a matter of race and religion.
Google bans Press TV
What? On April 19, 2019 (the date of the original Patriots’ Day in New England), American tech giant Google disabled the accounts of Press TV, an Iranian news service, and its sister channel Hispan TV, an outlet in Spain. Google denied their access to all its services, including its popular video streaming platform YouTube and its E-mail service Gmail. The company’s move took place without prior notice or subsequent explanation. The action’s date is particularly significant to Americans.
Google Bans Press TV
by J. Michael Springmann and Edward C. Corrigan / May 5th, 2019 What? On April 19, 2019 (the date of the original Patriots’ Day in New England), American tech giant Google disabled the accounts of Press TV, an Iranian news service, and its sister channel Hispan TV, an outlet in Spain. Google denied their access to all its services, including its popular video streaming platform YouTube and its E-mail service Gmail. The company’s move took place without prior notice or subsequent explanation.
Dr. Hall Speaks on 9/11 Truth, Big Tech Censorship and Possible Lawsuits
Dr. Anthony Hall is a professor emeritus whose scholarship on indigenous tribes led him to write on Palestinian issues and draw the full malicious defamatory ire of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) He went on to become the editor of the American Herald Tribune (AHT), a remarkably valuable online media source for which I, Robert David Steele, former spy recommended for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2017, have written.
Trump Vetoes War Powers Resolution, Congress Does Nothing
The Action On Tuesday, April 16, 2019, President Donald J. Trump vetoed the first joint congressional resolution invoking the 1973 War Powers Act or Resolution. Intended to limit presidential military adventures following the disastrous Vietnam War, the Act has multiple parts, the most important being: 1.
Dr. Daniel Warner: The US-Saudi Relation Is Based on Money and Bases
Dr. Daniel Warner is an American political scientist who lives in Geneva, Switzerland, since 1972. He earned his BA in Philosophy and Religion from Amherst College, the USA, and a Ph.D. in Political Science from the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva (HEID). At age 21, he worked for Bobby Kennedy, whom he admired, and notably participated in the speech that Senator Kennedy gave in Los Angeles in 1968, just before he was murdered.
American Gov’t, NGOs Fuel and Fund Hong Kong Anti-Extradition Protests
MORE... The Canadian and British foreign ministries have also thrown their weight behind those opposing the bill. By all indications, protesters are just getting started. On Wednesday, some told international media that they would try to storm parliament again. Protesters have been met with the use of tear gas and rubber bullets by police. The protesters appear to be trying to raise awareness among Western audiences, using the “AntiExtraditionLaw” hashtag and signs in English.
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