War

15 years ago: Looking back at NATO’s “€˜Humanitarian”€™ bombing of Yugoslavia
Exactly 15 years ago, on March 24, NATO began its 78-day bombing of Yugoslavia. The alliance bypassed the UN under a “humanitarian” pretext, launching aggression that claimed hundreds of civilian lives and caused a much larger catastrophe than it averted. [...]
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SS in the Ukraine
In June 1941, German mobile killing squads, known as Einsatzgruppen, were dispatched throughout Eastern Europe. By the spring of 1943, the 3000 members of the Einsatzgruppen, led by highly-educated officers and aided by local collaborators in each country, had systematically murdered over a million Jews and tens of thousands Roma, handicapped, Poles, Russians, partisans and non-combatants. [...]
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War is over -€“ now Serbs and Bosniaks fight to win control of a brutal history
Serb nationalists trying to suppress reminders of atrocities committed against country's Muslims 20 years ago. After survivors and bereaved families put up a memorial to the mass slaughter in 1992 of Muslims in Višegrad, the response of the Serb authorities in the eastern Bosnian town was as unsubtle as it was symbolic. [...]
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“€˜Zashto? Why?”€™ Haunting memories of Yugoslavia bombings
Fifteen years after NATO invaded Yugoslavia, memories of the 78-day bombing are still haunting present-day Serbia. Above all, people ask why the alliance brought them death and destruction. RT presents its documentary 'Zashto?' from the war-torn country. [...]
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U.S. Rushing Headlong Into War with Russia
So, let’s get this straight. The United States is all for democracy and democracy is about voting and making sure the majority rules. If a majority in Crimea votes to align itself with Russia because most Crimeans have an affinity for Russia, the United States and the United Nations, the latter sitting on the lap of the former, will decide democracy is illegal. [...]
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US and EU Waging New Type of War Against Russia
Kurt Nimmo | Russian general urges his government to wise up to the threat on its borders. On February 5 a Russian news website, KM.ru, posted an interview with Gen. Leonid Ivashov, the former foreign relations head of the Russian Ministry of Defense and current president of the Academy of Geopolitical Studies. [...]
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Appalling truth of Leningrad siege: 95yo Russian writer gives powerful speech at Bundestag
The speech by a 95-year-old witness of the Nazis' WWII Siege of Leningrad, Russian writer Daniil Granin, stirred German MPs to the core. Some, in tears, said it had made them ponder the need to reassess the entire history of the war. [...]
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Man who tried to arrest Tony Blair awarded more than £2000
Despite failing to arrest Tony Blair for "€˜crimes against peace"€™ last Friday, the London barman who attempted the citizen's arrest has been rewarded with a quarter of the bounty for keeping the issue of double standards alive in the media. [...]
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“Suspicious things going on”€™: UK, US aiming to block Iraq war inquiry
The US and Britain are trying to block the inquiry into the UK's involvement in the invasion of Iraq, anti-war activist Lindsey German told RT. Conversations between former British PM Tony Blair and former US President George W. Bush remain unattainable. [...]
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Confirmed: 2013 deadliest for Iraq since 2008, UN estimates
"A total of 8,868 people, including 7,818 civilians, have been killed in violent attacks across Iraq in 2013, the United Nations reports "€“ the highest annual death toll in the war-torn country in five years. In December alone, at least 759 Iraqis were killed and another 1,345 wounded in terrorist attacks and violence, reports the UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNIRAQ), which monitors the impa [...]
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WWII Vet’s Blunt Message: 90% of Congress are Traitors to Our Country
World War II Airborne combat veteran Warren (Renn) Bodeker has an important message for the American people. Let there be no mistake, this man is sharp and he definitely has some pointed words for the federal government. The following are some of the most memorable quotes from this gripping video. [...]
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I worked on the US drone program. The public should know what really goes on
Heather Linebaugh: Few of the politicians who so brazenly proclaim the benefits of drones have a real clue how it actually works (and doesn't). Whenever I read comments by politicians defending the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Predator and Reaper program – aka drones – I wish I could ask them a few questions. [...]
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US tests nuclear-capable missile
The US has test-fired a nuclear-capable missile despite a pledge to destroy thousands of its nukes. The Minuteman 3 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), which is capable of carrying multiple nuclear warheads, was launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base into a 4,200 mile flight over the Pacific to a target on the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands. [...]
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Despite repeated warnings, US “€˜subsidizing”€™ Afghan companies with ties to terrorism – report
American taxpayers have unwittingly paid more than $150 million to companies throughout the Middle East that are known to have helped finance terrorist attacks on US soldiers stationed in Afghanistan, according to a new internal US government report. [...]
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“I’m really good at killing people” – book claims Obama told aides
It seems that President Obama is very much aware of the effects of his drone campaign, as he reportedly told aides he'€™s "€œreally good at killing people."€ The quote comes from a new book called “Double Down,” by journalists Mark Halperin and John Heilemann, which chronicles the inside story of the 2012 election. [...]
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Chinese Media Broadcasts Plans for Nuke Strike on U.S. Cities
This past Monday the government-controlled Chinese media aired a detailed nuclear attack plan on major U.S. cities and military bases.  Outlets on which it appeared included China Central TV, the Peoples Daily, the Global Times, the PLA Daily, the China Youth Daily and the Guangmin Daily. [...]
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No more wiggle room: Drone wars a knockout punch to US credibility
This week saw the most extraordinary scene materialize in Washington DC. Nine-year-old Nabeela ur Rehman, from North Waziristan in the remote tribal region of Pakistan, arrived to a media blitz. She came to tell her own personal story to the nation, in front of the US Congress and national media, of drone horrors and the savagery of America’s secret assassinations overseas. [...]
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Victims of drone strike testify before Congress
The victims of a drone strike alleged to be launched last year by the United States spoke to members of Congress on Tuesday and urged the US government to stop killing civilians with weaponized unmanned aerial vehicles. Rafiq ur Rehman, a primary school teacher from North Waziristan, Pakistan, spoke through an interpreter on Capitol Hill [...]
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Vietnam John Kerry vs Syria John Kerry
42 years after Vietnam testimony, Kerry returns to Congress with Syria plea. In 1971, a young Naval lieutenant named John Kerry pleaded with the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to stop a war. Four decades later, Kerry will return to that same committee table, this time as Secretary of State, to advocate for U.S. military action in Syria. [...]
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