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Targeting Iran Posted: Monday, May 20, 2019 Targeting Iran A dangerous flashpoint has emerged in world politics at the moment. There is widespread fear that the United States and its allies might launch a military operation against Iran at any time. A US aircraft carrier and B-52 bombers are already deployed in the region. The alleged sabotage of four oil tankers, two of them Saudi, and the attack on a major oil pipeline are being linked in certain circles without an iota of evidence to Tehran. There is no need to repeat that scenarios of this sort are often manufactured to justify military aggression. Psychiatry, Racism, and the Birth of 'Sesame Street' How an African-American psychiatrist helped design a groundbreaking television show as a radical therapeutic tool for helping minority preschoolers. Further Evidence US Attacked Syria Based on False Flag Further evidence has emerged indicating that the alleged 2018 Douma, Syria chemical attack was staged by US-backed militants, not the Syrian government. Western states avoid culpability for war crimes There are parallels between the sudden growth of the warped mindset which proposes to exonerate murderers before they commit their crime and historically murderous military regimes France Threatens Journalists With Prison for Exposing Its Role in Saudi War on Yemen Three French journalists have been threatened by their country with potential jail time for accessing secret documents and revealing France's involvement in the Yemen civil war. Bacteria-Killing Plastic Toxins Threatens 20% of World's Oxygen Scientists have revealed that a potential new problem associated with the plastic pollution epidemic is the inhibition of growth and photosynthetic efficiency of the bacteria that produces about 20% of the world's breathable oxygen supply, due to toxins in plastic seeping into seawater. Palestine FM: US Peace Deal Favors Israel's Colonial Policies Palestine foreign minister Riyad al-Maliki slammed the so-called U.S. 'deal of the century' Friday, stating that it is “the consecration of our century-old ordeal: no independence, no sovereignty, no freedom, no justice,” during an address in London. Amid Murky Intel, Experts Say Time to Be Clear: Threat of War With Iran "Solely and Unequivocally" Trump's Fault As "murky" intelligence reports swirl and the White House works overtime to establish its narrative with evidence-free warnings of a supposedly growing Iranian threat, foreign policy experts and analysts are attempting to set the record straight by establishing precisely who is responsible for the dangerously high tensions in the Middle East that could spark a catastrophic war. US narrative on Iran questioned as allies call for 'restraint' The US narrative of a deepening threat from Iran was questioned and contradicted as senior Iranian officials warned the US against conflict and Russia's foreign minister spoke of a "downward spiral." Trump, frustrated by advisers, is not convinced the time is right to attack Iran UN Praises Bolivia's Economic Model The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) has celebrated Bolivia's economic model and said that the country must maintain the 'gains' of the last 13 years under leftist president Evo Morales. Evidence that Douma 'chemical attack' was staged: OPCW's unpublished engineers' report 'National security risk': Trump may ban US telecoms from using Huawei tech US President Donald Trump is reportedly planning to prohibit US telecom firms from using equipment made by companies that pose a “national security risk” with an executive order – a ban apparently aimed at China's Huawei. Amnesty International Admits Syrian "Saydnaya" Report Fabricated Entirely in UK U.S. Special Forces School Publishes New Guide for Overthrowing Foreign Governments The official school of the United States' Special Operations Command has published a new paper detailing a decades-long history of Pentagon-backed interference around the world, hoping to provide insight on how best to approach such efforts in the present and future. The World's Dictatress In his Fourth of July address to Congress in 1821, U.S. Secretary of State John Quincy Adams stated that if America were ever to abandon its founding foreign policy of non-interventionism, she would inevitably become the world's "dictatress" and begin behaving accordingly. No can can deny that Adams' prediction has come true. America has truly become the world's dictatress – an arrogant, ruthless, brutal dictatress that brooks no dissent from anyone in the world. NATO ally Spain pulls warship from US strike group 'to avoid being dragged into conflict with Iran' Spain has withdrawn a frigate which was part of a US combat group traveling to the Persian Gulf to 'send a message' to Iran. Madrid has signaled that the operation falls outside of its military commitments as a NATO member. The Lies That Form Our Consciousness and False Historical Awareness My generation associated dystopias, such as George Orwell's 1984, with the Soviet Union, a country in which explanations were controlled and criticism of Stalin would land a person in the Gulag. We thought of the United States and our life here much differently. But with the passage of time the difference between life in the Soviet Union in the 20th century and life in the Western world today is disappearing. Today, the journalist Julian Assange is undergoing the same kind of state terror and torture as any Soviet dissident, if not worse. The Western media is as controlled as the Soviet media, with print, TV, and public radio serving as a propaganda ministry for government and the interest groups that control government. Social media, such as Facebook and Twitter are systematically denying their platforms to those who express views not supportive of the ruling order and its agendas. It has turned out to be easy to get rid of the First Amendment guarantee of free speech as the media have neither the ability nor the intention of exercising it. Bomb Iran Half Way Back to the Stone Age Is it just a coincidence that TV networks are re-running old "Dirty Harry" films just as a powerful US Naval armada and Air Force B-52 bombers are headed for what could be a clash with Iran? Here we go again with the "good guys" versus the "bad guys," and "make my day." 'Pity America, because of this crazy Trump!' Here's what Iran's man in Iraq would say to Mike Pompeo Mike Pompeo went to put the thumbscrews on the Iraqi government this week. No more electrical power from Iran, he told them, and make sure those pesky Iranians don't attack our boys in that great American base in Iraq which Trump was boasting about. The New York Times numbingly told us that his trip was "shrouded in secrecy" – if only it had been. Then at least the US secretary of state could have paid a visit to Iran's most important supporter in the Iraqi parliament. Nicaragua Steps Up Fight Against HIV, Finds Fewer Overall Cases The Sandinista government in Nicaragua has stepped up efforts to provide free tests and treatment to those affected by HIV, reaching a record number of patients in 2019. US-China talks break up after US raises tariffs Indonesia to Hold UN Meeting on Israeli Occupation in Palestine Indonesia's Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi has extended an invitation to Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki to a meeting with the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to discuss illegal Israeli settlements. China Confirms Retaliatory Measures Against US Tariffs China's Commerce Ministry released an official statement Friday stating that the Asian country will be taking "necessary countermeasures" to Donald Trump's announcement of increasing tariffs on Chinese goods entering the United States. Bolivia Showcases New Approach to Drugs After Expelling DEA The Organization of American States (OAS) have announced they will be visiting Bolivia to learn about the country's anti-drug strategy. This follows the country's rejection of the US 'War On Drugs'. Nicaragua Asks Opposition to Respect Peace Talks The Sandinista government is concerned that the country's opposition are not engaging with peace negotiations in good faith, due to the fact they refuse to condemn U.S. sanctions on the country. Pandering to Israel Means War With Iran The United States is moving dangerously forward in what appears to be a deliberate attempt to provoke a war with Iran, apparently based on threat intelligence provided by Israel. The claims made by National Security Advisor John Bolton and by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo that there is solid evidence of Iran's intention to attack US forces in the Persian Gulf region is almost certainly a fabrication, possibly deliberately contrived by Bolton and company in collaboration with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. |
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