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Post by emerald on Apr 14, 2019 11:30:32 GMT -5
The Expanding Global Footprint of U.S. Special Operations With the possible U.S. military withdrawal from Syria in the news on a daily basis, the mainstream media has been quick to parrot the DOD’s claim that 2,000 troops, mostly special operations forces, are to be withdrawn from the country. Although the total number of U.S. special operators deployed to Syria may have approached as many as 5,000, the current headlines have not mentioned that the United States has special operations units deployed not just in Syria, but in a majority of the nations of the world. Over the past seventeen years, the forces at the disposal of U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) have grown exponentially, more than doubling in size in numbers, with a budget that has also expanded four fold in that same period of time. southfront.org/expanding-global-footprint-of-us-special-operations/
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Post by emerald on Apr 14, 2019 11:30:57 GMT -5
On the Anniversary of the Shock and Awe Bombing of Iraq – “Imperial Blowback” Is Contributing to the Collapse of American Society 16 years ago today, I was watching the Iraq Shock & Awe bombing campaign after having interviewed Weapons Inspectors who told us that there were NO WMDs in Iraq while showing us their inspection reports. I was doing research for a documentary on all the false intel and mainstream propaganda during the run-up to the invasion. It was called “WMD: Weapons of Mass Deception” directed by my old friend Danny Schechter (RIP Danny). www.globalresearch.ca/anniversary-shock-awe-bombing-iraq-imperial-blowback-america/5672169
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Post by emerald on Apr 14, 2019 11:31:28 GMT -5
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Post by emerald on Apr 14, 2019 11:34:05 GMT -5
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Post by emerald on Apr 14, 2019 11:46:54 GMT -5
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Post by emerald on Apr 14, 2019 11:47:14 GMT -5
Lest We Forget, 20 Years Since the NATO Aggression Against Yugoslavia The real problems in the Province of Kosovo and Metohija have been provoked by Albanian separatism and terrorism continuously supported by some western powers. This support was motivated by their geopolitical interests: weakening and fragmenting Serbia has always meant for them weakening Russia’s presence and influence in the Balkans. In the late 90’s of the last century, as confirmed by British sources, Clinton’s administration decided to topple President Slobodan Milosevic by encouraging the terrorist UCK to provoke wide scale terrorism. In the summer of 1998 the Serbian Government reacted with legitimate anti terrorist actions against which NATO orchestrated propaganda presenting them as a “massive violation of human rights” as a prelude to premeditated military aggression. Many lies were launched such as the hypothetical “horse shoe plan” Zivadin Jovanovic www.globalresearch.ca/lest-forget-20-years-nato-aggression-yugoslavia/5671707
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Post by emerald on Apr 14, 2019 11:47:49 GMT -5
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Post by emerald on Apr 14, 2019 11:48:06 GMT -5
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Post by emerald on Apr 14, 2019 11:48:38 GMT -5
The Kosovo War: “Humanitarian Intervention” or Undeclared War Against Yugoslavia? The armed conflict between the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) and Serbian forces started in 1992 with the KLA attacks on Serbian police officers, non-Albanians that lived in Kosovo and Albanians loyal to Serbia (Johnstone, 2002; Kozyris, 1999). This low level conflict escalated in 1996 with the KLA attacking refugee camps as well as other civilians and policemen resulting in dozens of innocent deaths (Johnstone, 2002; Kozyris, 1999). At this point of time and all up to late 1998, the KLA was regarded as a terrorist organisation (Gelbard, cited in Parenti, 2000:99; Jatras, 2002; Johnstone, 2002; Kepruner, 2003; Rubin, cited in BBC, -). Following the collapse of communism in Albania and this country falling into anarchy, many army storage facilities were ransacked and truckloads of weapons were smuggled into neighbouring Kosovo. Increased criminal activities such as drugs and people trafficking as well as compulsory taxing of Albanians working abroad also provided funding for the KLA (Antic, 1999; Jatras, 2002). www.globalresearch.ca/the-kosovo-war-humanitarian-intervention-or-undeclared-war-against-yugoslavia/5671466
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Post by emerald on Apr 14, 2019 11:50:26 GMT -5
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Post by emerald on Apr 14, 2019 11:57:20 GMT -5
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Post by emerald on Apr 18, 2019 7:45:38 GMT -5
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Post by emerald on Apr 20, 2019 9:38:39 GMT -5
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Post by beatlies on May 10, 2019 19:04:39 GMT -5
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Post by emerald on May 12, 2019 11:49:32 GMT -5
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