By Ramzy Baroud | MEMO | March 23, 2021 A Palestinian man, Atef Yousef Hanaysha, was killed by Israeli occupation forces on 19 March during a weekly protest against illegal Israeli settlement expansion in Beit Dajan, near Nablus, in the northern West Bank. Although tragic, this news reads like a routine item from occupied Palestine, where the […]
Tales of the American Empire | March 18, 2021 Soon after American combat troops arrived in Vietnam, a strategy debate began. One faction wanted American combat forces to only protect large cities and dispatch units to rural areas only when enemy forces converged to battle local forces. American aid would focus on improving the economic […]
teleSUR | March 18, 2021 The U.S. forces present in Syria, without the authorization of the country’s legitimate government, intensified their destabilizing actions and sent more reinforcements to their illegal enclaves, in addition to transferring thirty Daesh terrorists to the east of this Arab nation, according to local news agencies. According to state television, the […]
By Tomasz Pierscionek | RT | March 18, 2021 Biden’s administration includes hawks from the Obama era and other disciples of imperialism. Despite the delusions of some progressives, Biden’s foreign policy is hardly a breath of air. US President Joe Biden’s election heralds a return to business as usual, where Wall Street and large corporations […]
Press TV – March 13, 2021 The spokesman for Yemen’s popular Houthi Ansarullah movement has dismissed the US proposal for a nationwide ceasefire in the war-torn country, saying the plan would plunge Yemen further into turmoil. “The US plan doesn’t include breaking the siege or ceasing fire. It is actually a detour which would lead […]
Tales of the American Empire | March 4, 2021 During the 19th century, American leaders kept an eye on Nicaragua as a potential site for a transoceanic canal. US navy warships periodically arrived at Nicaraguan ports to protect American interests and fostered U.S. business investments under the strong-man rule of President José Santos Zelaya. When […]
By Stephen Lendman | March 9, 2021 On all things war related, Trump mainly focused on waging it all-out by other means on Iran, China, and other nations free from US control. Early in his tenure, the rape and destruction of Raqqa, Syria and Mosul, Iraq were major exceptions. For the most part, he was […]
By Binoy Kampmark | OffGuardian | March 9, 2021 The papers are full of suggestions on what US President Joe Biden should do about his country’s seemingly perennial involvement in Afghanistan. None are particularly useful, in that they ignore the central premise that a nation state long mauled, molested and savaged should finally be left […]
By Konstantin Asmolov – New Eastern Outlook – 07.03.2021 On February 25, 2021, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia ordered North Korea to pay 2.3 billion USD in compensation for damages to the crew of the USS Pueblo, which was hijacked in 1968. The American side claims that a marine research […]
Press TV – March 5, 2021 Iraqi resistance groups have announced a new phase of resistance against US forces in the country, vowing “confrontation with occupiers until the liberation of Iraq.” “The resistance sees confrontation as the only option that guarantees the freedom, dignity of this country after exhausting all the means that others have […]
