Turkey-Syria: New NATO Intervention Ahead Of Chicago Summit? by Rick Rozoff

by Rick Rozoff
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Stop NATO
Stop NATO-Opposition to global militarism
April 12, 2012

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On April 11 Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan told reporters accompanying him to China that Turkey is considering asking the 28-nation North Atlantic Treaty Organization to invoke its Article 5 collective military assistance clause against Syria after a reported brief cross-border skirmish between Syrian military forces and what were identified as refugees, whether armed or otherwise remains unclear. Turkey unabashedly provides refuge for and, though not publicly acknowledged, assistance to thousands of Free Syrian Army fighters in its south.

The Holy Triumvirate — The United States, NATO, and the European Union by William Blum

by William Blum
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April 6, 2012

Putting Syria into some perspective

The Holy Triumvirate — The United States, NATO, and the European Union — or an approved segment thereof, can usually get what they want. They wanted Saddam Hussein out, and soon he was swinging from a rope. They wanted the Taliban ousted from power, and, using overwhelming force, that was achieved rather quickly. They wanted Moammar Gaddafi’s rule to come to an end, and before very long he suffered a horrible death. Jean-Bertrand Aristide was democratically elected, but this black man who didn’t know his place was sent into distant exile by the United States and France in 2004. Iraq and Libya were the two most modern, educated and secular states in the Middle East; now all four of these countries could qualify as failed states.

Noam Chomsky on Iran, the 2012 Presidential candidates, Anonymous, the Internet, Syria, Bahrain, Turkey, the Security Council and Education

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How the Arab League Has Become a Tool of Western Imperialism by Finian Cunningham

by Finian Cunningham
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East Africa
9 February 2012

It’s an intrigue befitting the machinations of classical colonialism in past centuries, such as the Sykes-Picot carve-up of the Middle Eastern Levant territories, or the betrayal of the Arabs after World War I, or the theft of Mesopotamia’s oil by British capitalists.

Only this time, it is Arabs who are helping the neocolonial powers to deceive and subjugate other Arabs. Enter the Arab League.

Rick Rozoff: Syria Crisis: UN Hijacked By U.S. And NATO

by Rick Rozoff
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Stop NATO
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February 5, 2012

Russia Today
February 4, 2012

NATO Member Turkey to Train Libya’s New Police Force by Sibel Edmonds

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These videos may contain images depicting the reality and horror of war/violence and should only be viewed by a mature audience.

by Sibel Edmonds
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Originally published by Boiling Frogs Post
Jan. 18, 2012

Harvesting the Fruits of “Regime Change” in Libya

In the last few decades one never-changing modus operandi in our imperial pursuits and operations overseas has been the formation, financing, training, control and domination of our target countries’ military force. Egypt, Morocco, Kuwait, Tunisia, Saudi Arabia … whether here right in our backyard under joint Pentagon and military industrial complex mega corporations or abroad, through our tentacles-NATO member nations, we’ve always ensured holding the most important string in ruling and managing our overseas puppetries- their military. Because, admit it, the figure-head dictators come and go; rise and fall; are made and destroyed, easily and frequently.

Sibel Edmonds and Pepe Escobar: Back Story on Syria, interviewed by Peter B. Collins

with Sibel Edmonds
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December 23, 2011

Peter B. Collins
December 22, 2011

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Cutting through the disinformation and spin, Sibel Edmonds and Pepe Escobar reveal back stories about the conflict in Syria that are not reported in the mainstream media.  Edmonds has deeps sources in Turkey, Iran, Syria, and the US policy community, and has broken a number of recent developments at Boiling Frogs Post.  Pepe Escobar has also done great enterprise reporting and analysis at Asia Times. 

Sibel Edmonds: US and NATO troops train on the Syrian border

with Sibel Edmonds
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December 15, 2011

Updated: Dec. 16, 2011 article and video added.

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RTAmerica on Dec 15, 2011

There have been reports of hundreds of American and NATO troops training militants on the Syrian border to overthrow Al-assad’s regime. According to a former FBI official this has been going on since May 2011. Why are we not hearing about this on American mainstream media? Sibel Edmonds, president of the National Security Whistle blowers Coalition, exposes what is going on around Syria.

Rick Rozoff: U.S. Furthers Reagan’s Star Wars Plans With Global NATO + Bruce Gagnon: Missile Offense: US shield real aim to cordon Russia & China

Updated: Sept. 17, 2011 added 2 videos; Sept. 15, 2011 added a video

by Rick Rozoff
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Stop NATO
Stop NATO-Opposition to global militarism
September 9, 2011

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Voice of Russia
September 9, 2011

U.S. furthers Reagan’s Star War plans with global NATO
John Robles

Interview with Rick Rozoff, the manager of the Stop NATO website and mailing list and a contributing writer to Global Research.ca. conducted on September 4

They tried to shut you down over the weekend. Can you tell us what happened?

The Greatest Plot Against the Ron Paul Camp To Date by Sibel Edmonds (updated)

Updated: Aug. 31, 2011 and Sept. 2, 2011

by Sibel Edmonds
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Originally published by Boiling Frogs Post
August 30, 2011

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Who ‘Really’ Is this Bruce Fein?

“A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his banner openly. But the traitor moves amongst those within the gate freely, his sly whispers rustling through all the alleys, heard in the very halls of government itself. For the traitor appears not a traitor; he speaks in accents familiar to his victims, and he wears their face and their arguments, he appeals to the baseness that lies deep in the hearts of all men. He rots the soul of a nation, he works secretly and unknown in the night to undermine the pillars of the city, he infects the body politic so that it can no longer resist. A murderer is less to fear. The traitor is the plague.” – Marcus Tullius Cicero

Rep. Jean Schmidt Found Guilty of Accepting $500,000 in ‘Indirect’ Turkish Lobby Payment by Sibel Edmonds

by Sibel Edmonds
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Originally published by Boiling Frogs Post
August 24, 2011

The Revered Bruce Fein & Foreign Lobby Dollars in the Form of Illegal Payment of Legal Bills

I’ve been meaning to write about this for weeks, and just got around doing it. Maybe the subconscious procrastination was due to the conscious sanitization of this news by venues like this. Maybe it was the dread of having to tackle one of the quasi media phony darlings like this guy. Or maybe it was the repressed exhaustion-frustration I went through a couple of years back with this. Okay, allow me to start with the fairly recent development reported ‘incompletely and badly’ by the New York Times:

The 7 Churches of Revelation

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Part 1: Introduction: The Conquering King

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In this seven-part series, you’ll travel to what remains of the ancient sites of the churches in Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea. Join host and president of Cornerstone University Dr. Joseph Stowell as he takes a closer look into the struggles of the New Testament churches that are just as apparent in churches today.

Franklin Lamb: US has decided to recognize Libya’s rebels as the legitimate government

by Franklin Lamb
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Turkey
July 15, 2011

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RussiaToday on Jul 15, 2011

The U.S., along with more than 30 other nations, has decided to recognize Libya’s rebels as the legitimate government of the country. The Libyan Contact Group, convening in Turkey, has also urged Colonel Gaddafi to give up power. Dr. Franklin Lamb – a director of an organisation called Americans Concerned for Middle East Peace – says it’s just another dangerous case of the U.S. misjudging an ally.

Turkish Actions Designed To Trigger NATO Confrontation With Syria? by Rick Rozoff

by Rick Rozoff
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June 21, 2011

Last week a feature by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton excoriating the political leadership of Syria appeared in the London-based Arabic-language daily Asharq Al-Awsat. Saudi-supported and printed in twelve locations, it is considered to be among the most influential newspapers in the Arab world.

The Destabilization of Syria and the Broader Middle East War by Michel Chossudovsky

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by Michel Chossudovsky
Global Research
June 17, 2011

What is unfolding in Syria is an armed insurrection supported covertly by foreign powers including the US, Turkey and Israel.

Armed insurgents belonging to Islamist organizations have crossed the border from Turkey, Lebanon and Jordan. The US State Department has confirmed that it is supporting the insurgency.