War

Syrian Kurds and local allies have drawn up plans to launch an attack to seal the final stretch of the Syrian-Turkish border currently held by ISIS militants.  The attack will deprive ISIS of a logistical route that it has used in bringing supplies and foreign recruits across the Turkish-Syrian border. Yahoo News reports: But it could lead to confrontation with Turkey, which is fighting against its own Kurdish insurgents and sees the Syrian Kurds as an enemy.

U.S. officials have said they intend to continue working on a $1.29 billion sale of missiles to Saudi Arabia, which are to be used on civilians in Yemen.  A Saudi-led coalition is using U.S. missiles in its fight against Yemen which the UN says constitutes a crime against humanity due to their use on the civilian population. Allgov.com reports: The report by the U.N.

The Supreme Leader of Iran, Ayotollah Ali Khamenei, published a short video disputing the authenticity of the holocaust. The three-minute video is entitled “Are the Dark Ages Over?“was published on his official website on Holocaust Memorial Day The video features background images of the Auschwitz concentration camp, (where more than a million people are believed to have been exterminated by the Nazi regime)  and images of prominent Holocaust deniers, including British historian David Irving.

From the Archive: After the 2014 coup ousting Ukraine’s elected President Yanukovych, the mainstream U.S. media hailed this unconstitutional move as a victory for “democracy” while ignoring the darker side, neo-Nazis coddled by the U.S. government since the Cold War, as Robert Parry wrote four days after the putsch. By Robert Parry (Originally published on Feb. 26, 2014) There was…

An internal army document sent to Swedish soldiers and civil servants reveals that Sweden is preparing for a World War 3 scenario to begin in the next few years within Europe.  The chief of the Swedish army, General Anders Brännström, has told troops that they should expect to be fighting in a European war against skilled opponents “within a few years”. Breitbart.com reports: As well as soldiers, the booklet containing his stark warning has also been given to civil servants, politicians, and guests of next week’s annual manoeuvres and military demonstrations and exercises.