Month: February 2019

Israel’s Hands Are All Over India’s Escalating Conflict with Pakistan

February 28, 2019 Opinion

When I heard the first news report, I assumed it was an Israeli air raid on Gaza. Or Syria. Airstrikes on a “terrorist camp” were the first words. A “command and control centre” destroyed, m…

The Danger of Multiple Stories: An Assessment of the Facts and Reporting Surrounding the Pulwama Attack

February 28, 2019 Opinion

Sources alone cannot constitute reporting. Yet most reports since the deadly Pulwama attack have relied heavily on such “sources,” government statements, and conjecture without actually providing evid…

Pakistan Didn’t Violate the Geneva Convention, It Confirmed Its Adherence to It

February 28, 2019 Opinion

After suffering a humiliating military defeat on the morning of 27 February when Pakistan shot down two of its MiGs that violated the country’s airspace and even captured one of its pilots, India went…

Russia Regards the “Indo-Pacific Region” as an “Artificially Imposed” Pro-US Concept

February 28, 2019 Opinion

Russia’s top diplomat Sergei Lavrov strongly spoke out against the US’ so-called “Indo-Pacific” concept that’s recently become very popular among Indian strategists, remarking that it’s ”artificially …

Attacking Iran

February 28, 2019 Opinion

Observers of developments in the Middle East have long taken it as a given that the United States and Israel are seeking for an excuse to attack Iran. The recently terminated conference in Warsaw had …

The Military Industrial State Confronts Russia and China

February 28, 2019 Opinion

The swaggering arrogance of Washington’s Military-Industrial Complex never ceases to intrigue the rest of the world, much of which shrugs collective shoulders but has to acknowledge that the swaggerin…

Lies America’s News-Media Tell

February 28, 2019 Opinion

Here are America’s recent targets for regime-change (against which have been used economic sanctions, invasion, and enormous destruction) — and all of them are nations that never invaded nor threatene…

New Studies Confirm Dangers of Glyphosate

February 28, 2019 Opinion

Since the 1960s uproar over the dangers of widespread agriculture use of the weed killer, DDT, no other herbicide or agriculture chemical has stirred as much widespread opposition as glyphosate. Glyph…