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Se qualcuno si domanda a cosa siano servite le ridicole "bombe" di New York degli ultimi giorni, le risposte sono almeno due. La prima è la solita: la necessità di tenere viva negli americani la paura del terrorismo, con episodi importanti alternati ad espisodi senza gravi conseguenze. La seconda, molto più importante, è stata quella di far passare in secondo piano lo scandalo del bombardamento delle truppe siriane da parte degli americani a Der Ezzor. I russi hanno accusato gli americani di appoggiare apertamente l'ISIS, ma di questo sui media nostrani - impegnati appunto a seguire la faccenda delle pentole a pressione - non è comparso praticamente nulla. Ce ne parla Maurizio Blondet in questo suo articolo:

Christopher Black
journal-neo.org

So how is your war on “terrorism” going? I’m not doing too well at it since I have no idea who the enemy is. Like the American black comedian, Dick Gregory, who, on hearing that President Johnson had declared a war on poverty, ran out onto the street with a hand grenade to throw it at some poor people, I have no idea who the real enemy is, who to throw a grenade at. That makes me think.

We are told, the world over, by every government, that we are in a “war against terrorism.” But terrorism is an action, a tactic, a strategy. It’s a method not person, a group, a country. How can there be a war against a method of war. But they want us to fight a method and never ask the why or the who. That doesn’t seem to matter anymore. They tell us not to be concerned with why something happens, only how it happens.

TRADUZIONE: TERRORISMO: UNA FONTE DI BUGIE E INGANNI

Kevin Ryan
washingtonsblog.com

La sparatoria a Orlando del 12 giugno presenta caratteristiche comuni a numerosi e recenti attacchi terroristici. Ad esempio, il sospetto è stato subito ucciso e la versione ufficiale ha immediatamente tentato di incolpare l'Islam. Tuttavia, come con la maggior parte del terrorismo negli Stati Uniti, il sospetto Omar Mateen aveva legami ambigui con l'FBI. Ha anche lavorato per una società con sospetti legami a precedenti atti terroristici.

Come molti dei sospetti negli ultimi atti di terrorismo, Mateen era ben noto all'FBI. Infatti l'Ufficio lo aveva intervistato diverse volte ed aveva valutato il suo potenziale per il terrorismo in almeno tre occasioni. Questo fatto è degno di nota se si considera che sia prima dell'11/9 che dopo, i comandi dell'FBI potrebbero aver facilitato molti atti terroristici.

By Peter Koenig
Information Clearing House

Thousands of extra-judiciary drone killings, all personally approved by Peace Nobel Laureate, Obama, and all with casualties and so-called ‘collateral damage’, costs the affected, mostly poor communities, tens of thousands of lives and destroyed properties and public infrastructure valued at millions of dollars; an assurance to keep them poor and submissive.

Do not such horrendous criminal acts by the self-declared western caliph Obama beg the question – who will eventually send a drone to neutralize the killer? – Or for that matter, anyone who dares following in the murderer’s footsteps, Democrat or Republican, two faces of the same coin?

By Mark H. Gaffney
ICH

On the morning of September 11, 2001 a Jersey City, N.J. housewife named Maria was making coffee in her kitchen when she received a phone call from a neighbor who excitedly told her to look out the window. When Maria looked she was shocked to see a plume of smoke rising from the World Trade Center about a mile away across the Hudson River. Quickly Maria grabbed some binoculars and stepped out onto the balcony of her high-rise apartment, known as the Doric Towers, which afforded an excellent view of lower Manhattan. Maria did not yet know that a commercial airliner had plowed into the north tower of the World Trade Center, but it was obvious that an ugly tragedy was in progress.

As she watched, she noticed three men in the parking lot below who were behaving strangely. They were sitting or kneeling on the roof of a white panel truck and, like her, were watching the stricken World Trade Center. Oddly, however, the three men were celebrating. They were smiling and laughing, giving high-fives, taking photos, and one looked to be filming the World Trade Center as it burned.

Nobody Knows the Identities of the 150 People Killed by U.S. in Somalia, but Most Are Certain They Deserved It

By Glenn Greenwald
theintercept.com

The U.S. used drones and manned aircraft yesterday to drop bombs and missiles on Somalia, ending the lives of at least 150 people. As it virtually always does, the Obama administration instantly claimed that the people killed were “terrorists” and militants — members of the Somali group al Shabaab — but provided no evidence to support that assertion.

Nonetheless, most U.S. media reports contained nothing more than quotes from U.S. officials about what happened, conveyed uncritically and with no skepticism of their accuracy: The dead “fighters … were assembled for what American officials believe was a graduation ceremony and prelude to an imminent attack against American troops,” pronounced the New York Times. So, the official story goes, The Terrorists were that very moment “graduating” — receiving their Terrorist degrees — and about to attack U.S. troops when the U.S. killed them.

Photo: Reuters/Abdi Guled

By Adil E. Shamoo
February 21, 2016 "Information Clearing House" - "Huffington Post"

Although the Saudis have promised a high-level committee to investigate civilian deaths from their airstrikes in Yemen, they continue to strike civilian targets with countless deaths and destructions.

For instance, among those recently killed in an airstrike on an abandon cement factory were "people in parked cars, a grocery store owner, a pharmacist and shoppers." The nationalist insurgents, the Houthis, have also unfortunately contributed to the increased casualties as they try to repel the invaders and defeat the local groups opposed to them.

DI PETER OSBORNE
dailymail.co.uk

All'interno della città dei dannati: il giornalista del Daily Mail invia un dispaccio devastante dalla città di Aleppo dilaniata dalla guerra, su come una marea umana fugge in preda al terrore verso l'Europa 


Inaugurato appena prima della prima guerra mondiale, l'hotel di Baron nel centro di Aleppo è stato a lungo sinonimo di comfort e di grande civiltà. Fu qui che Agatha Christie scrisse il suo famoso giallo, Omicidio sull'Orient Express. Lawrence d'Arabia soggiornò al Baron quando pianificò la caduta dell'Impero Ottomano. 
Quando ho bussato alla porta la scorsa settimana, mi sono reso conto  che l'albergo era stato colpito regolarmente dai mortai. Ma era ancora in piedi e, incredibilmente, ancora aperto.

Tony Cartalucci
journal-neo.org

As Syrian forces and their allies complete the encirclement of Syria’s largest city, Aleppo, the United States and its regional allies have signaled a sudden increased interest in ground operations in Syria, including US airpower backing Turkish-Saudi ground forces.

While it is obvious the US and its allies are responding directly to the collapse of their proxy forces across the country, their most recent threats to further escalate the conflict in Syria are tenuously predicated on “fighting ISIS.”

The Guardian in its article, “Saudi Arabia offers to send ground troops to Syria to fight Isis,” would report:

Saudi Arabia has offered for the first time to send ground troops to Syria to fight Islamic State, its defence ministry said on Thursday. 
“The kingdom is ready to participate in any ground operations that the coalition (against Isis) may agree to carry out in Syria,” said military spokesman Brigadier General Ahmed al-Asiri during an interview with al-Arabiya TV news. 
Saudi sources told the Guardian that thousands of special forces could be deployed, probably in coordination with Turkey.