Among India’s newly elected members of parliament, almost half face criminal charges and the share of such MPs has been on a steady rise. In a shocking revelation, an analysis highlights that the chances of winning in the Parliament’s lower house this year for a candidate implicated in declared criminal cases was 15.5% whereas it…
Western media and politicians are crying for Al-Qaeda in Syria again. It doesn’t get much more absurd than this! Since then, eastern Ghouta towns have returned to normality, with the Syrian government reopening schools formerly closed or used as terrorist headquarters. And with the return of normality there came too the return of media silence,…
The Trump administration has shot itself so many times in the foot, it’s a wonder it is still able to stand. Time and again, whether to do with Venezuela, Russia, China, Europe, Iran or the rest of the world, Washington keeps blowing holes in its own credibility and ultimately longevity as a global power. Is…
There is a story about an enthusiastic American who took a phlegmatic English friend to see the Niagara Falls. “Isn’t that amazing?” exclaimed the American. “Look at that vast mass of water dashing over that enormous cliff!” “But what,” asked the Englishman, “is to stop it?” My father, Claud Cockburn, used to tell this fable…
A List of prominent Jewish Neocons and their role in getting the U.S. into Iraq and Homeland Security Everything shown below has been taken word for word from the respective website cited (primarily Wikipedia). Richard Perle “American political advisor and lobbyist who worked for the Reagan administration as an assistant Secretary of Defense and worked on the Defense…
British government officials who prepare for terrorist attacks by pre-planning social media campaigns that are designed to appear to be spontaneous public responses have established similar programmes for a string of countries across the Middle East and North Africa. Middle East Eye has established that UK emergency planners are working closely with the governments of…
