An armada of US and British naval power is massing in the Persian Gulf in the belief that Israel is considering a pre-emptive strike against Iran’s covert nuclear weapons programme. Battleships, aircraft carriers, minesweepers and submarines from 25 nations are converging on the strategically important Strait of Hormuz in an unprecedented show of force as Israel and Iran move towards the brink of war. Western leaders are convinced that Iran will retaliate to any attack by attempting to mine or blockade the shipping lane through which passes around 18 million barrels of oil every day, approximately 35 per cent of the world’s petroleum traded by sea. A blockade would have a catastrophic effect on the fragile economies of Britain, Europe the United States and Japan, all of which rely heavily on oil and gas supplies from the Gulf.
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During one of the many anti-war protests that I’ve participated in, Senator Mike Gravel adapted an anti-war chant from the Vietnam War days: Hey, hey, Obama please say. How many kids did you kill today? …
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People who state that 9/11 was an inside job are claiming that it is a false flag operation which killed people, was used to justify wars in Iraq and elsewhere and a power grab in…
Angelina Jolie, member of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) and Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations has arrived in Syria to survey the destruction caused by the proxy war created by the US and Israel; as well as confirm that there is a need for the continued supply and support of the CIA-sponsored Free Syrian Army (FSA). Jolie, after spending time with the estimated 253,000 Syrian refugees, recounts horrific events. She is part of the UN peace keeping envoy. Because Jolie has travelled across the globe on behalf of the UN before, she has been deployed to “help the Syrian people.” It is expected that Jolie’s envoy will meet with Assad. Lakhdar Brahimi, UN diplomat travelling with Jolie, has replaced Kofi Annan and expects this mission to be “very difficult”. In the manufactured war concocted in Syria, al-Qaeda has become a US asset . Using advanced tactics in terrorism and suicide bombers, as well as recruiting young and impressionable men to fight with the FSA. Mainstream media is declaring that the Syrian government is weakening because they are preparing heavy artillery such as military aircraft, helicopters and tanks.