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The cost of war

by Manlio Dinucci

Rome (Italy) | 17 April 2024

Wars have considerable costs. The war against the Russian-speaking populations of Ukraine is mainly borne by Europeans, while that against the Arabs of Palestine is borne by the United States. All these expenses serve the same strategy, that of Anglo-Saxon global domination.

Executive Order on Coordinating National Resilience to Electromagnetic Pulses

by Donald Trump

Washington D. C. (États-Unis) | 26 March 2019

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. Purpose. An electromagnetic pulse (EMP) has the potential to disrupt, degrade, and damage technology and critical infrastructure systems. (...)

High chance that Iran has built precision missiles in Syria

9 February 2019

According to Israeli Channel 12, Iran has constructed a factory to build precision missiles at Safita, a district of Latakia (Syria).
The Israeli Press assumes that these missiles – if the information is correct – are meant for the Lebanese Resistance to use to threaten Tel-Aviv (which has (...)

US Defense Secretary, General Mattis, acknowledges that Syria had never used chemical weapons

16 February 2018

General Jim Mattis, Secretary of Defense, declared that he did not have any proof that Syria had ever, at any time, used chemical weapons – neither in 2013 nor in 2017 when the White House ordered the bombing of the airbase at Shayrat as a reprisal measure for the chemical attack that the (...)

Use of chemical weapons in Syria (Vetos)

New York (USA) | 24 October 2017

The meeting was called to order at 10.25 a.m.
The President, Mr. Delattre (France) (spoke in French): In accordance with rule 37 of the Council’s provisional rules of procedure, I invite the representatives of Albania, Australia, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, (...)

Greek coast-guards confiscate weapons headed for Syria

10 November 2013

Greek coast-guards boarded and searched the cargo ship Nour-M near Symi island.
The boat was transporting 20 000 kalashnikov assault rifles and a great quantity of explosives.
The ship, registered in Sierra Leone, was commanded by a Turkish crew. Coming from Ukraine, it was headed for (...)

Saudi Arabia signs off 1 billion dollars to France

1 September 2013

King Abdallah of Saudi Arabia wished to thank France for it’s offensive position in Syria by ordering the signature of a state to state contract, Life Extension Sawari 1 (LEX), for over 1 billion dollars of worth.
The public firm ODAS (the consortium gathering the DCNS, Thales and MBDA) will (...)

Undetected Russian submarine in US waters teaches Washington a lesson

29 August 2012

In June-July, the Akula-class submarine, an attack warship capable of carrying long-range ballistic missiles, travelled in the Gulf of Mexico patrolling the US coast. The US satellites and hydro-acoustic sensors failed to spot it. The US Navy spotted only the submarine’s tail when it was (...)

PHILIPPINES

Arrests, Torture and the Presidential Election

by James Petras , Robin Eastman-Abaya

New York (USA) | 18 April 2010

Political violence and repression have been the staple diet of the Filippino people for years. But they reach a paroxysm especially when election time comes around. The primary challenge to the oligarchic factions vying for power comes from organized social movements which directly threaten (...)