Monthly Archives: April 2016
Russia accuses Turkey of creeping expansion against Kurds in Syria
Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has accused Turkey of "creeping expansion" in Syria aimed at undermining the Syrian Kurds.
Carter: next phase of war focused on Mosul and coordinated with Kurdish leaders
The next phase of the war against the Islamic State – focusing on Mosul – has been coordinated with Kurdish and Iraqi leaders, US Defense Secretary Ash Carter announced.
Turkey Army Kills 8 Syrian Women, Children: The Times
Turkish border guards have reportedly shot dead eight Syrians, most of them women and children, who were attempting to flee violence in their conflict-stricken country.
ISIS, Al-Nusra Militants Equipped with Advanced Arms, Weapons: Syria FM
Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Muallem says Turkey and other countries continue to supply terrorists in Syria with advanced weapons. He made the remarks on Thursday at a meeting with China's special envoy to Syria.
Netanyahu names red lines of Israel’s security at meeting with Putin
"With an agreement or without, the Golan Heights will remain part of [Israel’s] sovereign territory," Netanyahu said.
Russian diplomat: Armed standoff in Syria growing, especially north, south of Aleppo
The armed conflict in Syria is growing, especially to the north and south of Aleppo, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told a press briefing on Thursday.
What’s Israel’s Role in the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict?
With the decades-long Azeri-Armenian conflict over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region burning out of control for four intense, blood-soaked days at the beginning of this month.
How to Stop This Election Madness in Exactly 61 Days.
Indeed. These are desperate times for the American voter. Desperate times call for desperate measures. You, the American voter have, it would appear, only a Hobson’s choice of one of three fatally flawed presidential candidates.
WSJ runs massive ad denying Armenian genocide
The Wall Street Journal ran a full-page ad on Wednesday containing links to a Turkish project that denies the Armenian genocide – the 1915 massacre of 1.5 million people by Ottoman Turks.
South Africans rise in the thousands against US Agro-chem giant Monsanto
March Against Monsanto Everywhere
Vladimir Putin Morally and Intellectually Humiliates Mass Murderer Madeleine Albright
For Madeleine Albright, killing at least 500,000 children is a good thing.
Russia: HNC boycott of Geneva talks a mistake
Jim W. Dean - The peace talks roll on with the Saudi backed opposition people leaving. Everybody get your prayer rugs out to hope they never return, or they go tight with their jihadis.
NATO-Russia Council meeting…No one was killed
Jim W. Dean - Lavrov hit the nail on the head with this quote, "NATO made a decision to take our relations from partnership to deterrence." That was his usual polite diplomatic speak.
Two-day event aids homeless and at-risk veterans
A coalition of local organizations and businesses is working to ensure that the fourth annual North Florida Homeless Veterans Stand Down will make a difference in the lives of homeless veterans.
Veterans still face long waits at VA facilities
While the waiting periods for treatment at Veterans Administration facilities aren’t as godawful as they were at one point, that doesn't make them good.
Mohammad Bin Salman met Benjamin Netanyahu in Jordan
Mohammad Bin Salman, the Saudi deputy crown prince met with the Zionist regime Prime Minister in Jordan. The meeting took place in the Jordanian port city of Aqaba.
Russia won’t stop development of fifth-generation strategic bomber
The work on the development of the PAK DA strategic bomber (prospective aviation complex for long-range aviation) continues and it will not be stopped, Russian Deputy Defense Minister Yuri Borisov
US failed to persuade moderate opposition to withdraw from Al-Nusra-controlled areas – Lavrov
Jim W. Dean - The US coalition kept the opposition groups intermingled with al-Nusra, so that when some opposition people got bombed "they" could claim the ceasefire had been broken and start shipping advanced weaponry to the opposition as they threatened, a breach of the ceasefire themselves.
Israeli, Saudi role in 9/11 covered up by US
There is mainstream media feeding frenzy and there is a huge push to declassify these 28 pages...
TRUTH JIHAD: Today is OKC bombing anniversary, Supreme Court nominee Garland led cover-up
Was the 1995 OKC bombing a Gladio-style false flag – and is Merrick Garland a co-conspirator?
Russia denies secret meeting with US on Syria
If the hardliners want to fight it might be better to deal with them on the battlefield as they would just be insurgents and terrorists after the peace anyway. Better to kill them now and be done with them.
NEO – Poland: A New Route for ISIS Weapons Smuggling Operations?
Jim W. Dean - Konrad Stachnio lays out how Poland is becoming a terrorist weapons transit country for the growing marriage of ISIL and the Ukie Neo-Nazis and their boardroom buddies to destabilize the EU, like Turkey is doing.
Syria ready to discuss inclusive unity government: Ja’afari
Jim W. Dean - The Syria opposition HNC-Saudi group continues to insist on its initial precondition to the peace talks that Assad must surrender and step down before anything starts, despite the Geneva agreement stating there would be no preconditions.
Biden: Netanyahu moving Israel in wrong direction
Jim W. Dean - By attacking Bibi in front of a well known Jewish advocacy group in DC, Biden is waving the green flag for everyone else to begin attacking Bibi and the Likuds on the settlements.
Jordan’s Muslim Brotherhood party threatens to join ISIS
After the last Wednesdays’ shut down of the Muslim brotherhood party offices under the pretext of illegal activities, some party officials are reportedly threatening to join the ISIS.
Zionist media finally admits Saudi Arabia a 9/11 accomplice
You really can’t make this stuff up.
TRUTH JIHAD: Ellen Brown says Hillary’s emails reveal real reason why Qaddafi murdered
Was Qaddafi taken out to protect the Rothschild currency monopoly?
About your ‘Afghani House Slaves’ – Letter to Congress
It is time that the U.S. government reveal why it is really in Afghanistan -- It is all about the vast untapped Rare Earth Elements (REEs) there. The U.S. Pentagon referred to Afghanistan as the “Saudi Arabia of lithium...”
Apocalypse Now and the Book of Eli
The Road To Shiloh
Interview – Syria opposition calls for renewed attacks on army
Jim W. Dean - The Saudi HNC opposition geniuses have now let us know their response to the Syrian Parliamentary elections is to end the ceasefire by calling for attacks on the Syrian allied forces in Aleppo.
Why is Gordon Duff’s 2014 Keshe article #1 on VT this week?
Jim W. Dean - I wanted to share this with the new readers, who might not have caught this older article, with over 135,000 reads on it now; because, with our 30,000-plus articles in archives, we find that folks don't dive into that pile often.
Merkel’s ratings down 11% after Erdogan satire probe
Jim W. Dean - The big shock in all this is not that two thirds of Germans regretted Merkel's kissing Erdogan's fanny in public like this... but that 22% of them support her.
Western Coalition “good terrorists” try to car bomb peace talks
Jim W. Dean - In all of my writing and interviews, I have stated that the Western coalition's only motivation in the peace talks was to try win through them what they have not been able to on the battlefield, the Balkanization of Syria.
Debating a defender of Saudi subversion
The Saudi regime is indefensible. But some still try to defend it.
Rag Radio: Kent State Survivor Thomas Grace on Infamous 1970 National Guard Killings
Grace's new book documents the horrific events that Neil Young immortalized with the words, "Four dead in Ohio."
US can’t keep pace with Russian submarine deployments – top Navy official
Jim W. Dean - This is a huge story. We have a top Naval admiral publicly admitting that Russia's military expansion, is really just the expected defensive response to NATO aggression toward Russian borders, confirming VT's editorial position on this from day one.
Russia dismisses US report of Baltic encounter
Igor Konashenkov noted that Russian air defenses had to scramble the jet after detecting a high-speed unidentified target over the Baltic Sea heading for its borders
Sunday morning music – Taylor Swift, Begin Again…piano/cello cover
Jim W. Dean - We have not had room for a Living section tab in Features, and god only knows we all need a break from our daily routine of eternal war, blood and guts, and geopolitical cutthroat news.
Interview – Mogherini announces plans for closer Iran-EU ties
Jim W. Dean - The US is now intimidating all the EU trade deals with Iran that US banking sanctions might generate some fines, which some would view as a US tax on deals it does not approve of, including allies.
NEO – Panama Papers Become a Three Ring Circus
The angels have brought us another Wikileaks document scandal to have fun slicing to pieces. This one advertised from the start that it was a lynch-mob deal, since the publishers had sat on the documents for a year.