Archives for October 2017

How The MEK Paid Their Way From Terrorists To ‘Freedom Fighters’

With enough money, you can even open a nice plush lobbying office on Pennsylvania Avenue in the District of Columbia, not too far from the White House and Capitol Hill.

Terrorist Bases in Europe

If you want to change a group of terrorists who have killed Americans overseas into something that appears to be much more benign, all you have to do is pay off the right people in Washington. With enough money, you can even open a nice plush lobbying office on Pennsylvania Avenue in the District of Columbia, not too far from the White House and

‘Alarm Bells Ringing’: Global CO2 Levels Highest In 3 Million Years

Ahead of UN climate talks, a report warns of “severe ecological and economic disruptions” without more drastic moves to cut emissions.

Boaters pass through a channel as the sun set behind wind mills and an oil refinery, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2014, in Corpus Christi, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Ahead of the COP23 climate negotiations in Bonn, Germany next week, an annual bulletin released on Monday revealed that last year, the average global concentration of carbon dioxide surged at a record-breaking pace to the highest level in approximately 3 million years, renewing scientists' concerns that more action is needed to reduce greenhouse

Interview Of Former Qatar PM Confessing Role In Syrian War Goes Viral

The former prime minister’s comments, while very revealing, were intended as a defense and excuse of Qatar’s support for terrorism, and as a critique of the US and Saudi Arabia for essentially leaving Qatar “holding the bag” in terms of the war against Assad.

Former Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Hamad bin Jassim Al Thani, speaks at a news conference with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry in Doha, Qatar, on Saturday, June 22, 2013. (AP/Jacquelyn Martin)

A television interview of a top Qatari official confessing the truth behind the origins of the war in Syria is going viral across Arabic social media during the same week a leaked top-secret NSA document was published which confirms that the armed opposition in Syria was under the direct command of foreign governments from the early years of the

The New York Times Acknowledges US Global Empire

In light of this systemic rational ignorance, we must be grateful when a prominent institution acknowledges how much the government intervenes around the world.

Abrams battle tanks from the US Army's 4th Infantry Division on rail cars as they arrive at the Gaiziunai railway station in Lithuania, Feb. 10, 2017.(AP/Mindaugas Kulbis)

Analysis -- One big advantage the war party has is the public’s ignorance about the activities of the far-flung American empire. Although frustrating, that ignorance is easy to understand and has been explained countless times by writers in the public choice tradition. Most people are too busy with their lives, families, and communities to pay the

Former Chief Of Trump Campaign, Paul Manafort, Surrenders To FBI

Manafort left his Alexandria, Virginia, home early Monday morning in the company of his attorney, and surrendered to the FBI in Washington shortly after 8 a.m.

Paul Manafort, right, and Stephen Miller, senior policy adviser for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump appear on stage ahead of Trump's speech, Wednesday, June 22, 2016, in New York.

President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, and a longtime business associate were charged Monday in a 12-count indictment stemming from the probe of Russian interference in the 2016 election. The indictment includes charges of conspiracy against the U.S., being an unregistered agent of a foreign principal, making false

Catalan Leaders Face Possible Charges Of Rebellion, Sedition

Jaume Cuevillas, a lawyer representing former Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont, said the threat of charging his client with rebellion is “nonsense.”

Catalan President Carles Puigdemont walks after his arrival inside the Catalan parliament in Barcelona, Spain, Friday, Oct. 27, 2017. Catalonia's parliament on Friday will resume debating its response to the Spanish government's plans to strip away its regional powers to halt it pushing toward independence.(AP Photo/ Emilio Morenatti)

Spain's Attorney General Jose Manuel Maza announced that top Catalan officials, including ousted President Carles Puigdemont, will be prosecuted for sedition following parliament's declaration of independence Friday, as Puigdemont traveled to Belgium where he is expected to make a statement later today. While Manuel Maza requested that they all