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Saudi Arabia informed of advance of attacks in Sri Lanka

Saudi Arabia informed of advance of attacks in Sri Lanka

Notre-Dame: the Largest Real Estate Transaction in Europe has Begun in Paris

Notre-Dame: the Largest Real Estate Transaction in Europe has Begun in Paris

IDF Inaugurates Rampage Missiles Against Syria

IDF Inaugurates Rampage Missiles Against Syria

The European Union threatens to resort to the WTO against the United States

The European Union threatens to resort to the WTO against the United States

Venezuela, Iran: Trump and the deep state

by Thierry Meyssan

Damascus (Syria)
The US Press is spreading a false narrative of the events in Venezuela and the rise of tension between Washington and Teheran. Given the contradictory declarations of both sides, it is almost impossible to discern the truth. After having checked the facts, we need to deepen our analysis and take into account the opposition between the different political currents in these countries.

Venezuela, Iran: Trump and the deep state

Dossiers
Islamic Republic of Iran / Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela / USA: Trump Administration / Bolton, John R. II / Abrams, Elliott

The Hidden Stakes of the Restoration of Notre-Dame

by Thierry Meyssan

Damascus (Syria)

The Hidden Stakes of the Restoration of Notre-Dame

L’Élysée has used the fire of Notre-Dame de Paris to carry out a project that was in limbo. It has set new rules, outside respect for heritage and normal tendering procedures, not to restore the cathedral, but to transform the Ile de la Cité into Europe’s leading tourist destination on the eve of the 2024 Olympic Games. To avoid judicial constraints, the hypothesis of a construction site accident was arbitrarily imposed.

Syrian society and secularism

by Thierry Meyssan

Damascus (Syria)

Syrian society and secularism

Before the war, Syrian society was organised in a secular manner, in order to allow cohabitation between the many religious groups which compose it. All Syrians have suffered from the atrocities committed by the jihadists (for which the Europeans today blame the Syrian Arab Republic). Many of the victims turned to God. Religious practice has risen from approximately 20 % to 80 %. The Christian community faithful to Rome has mostly emigrated, while the Orthodox Christians have stayed. Sunni Muslims are now even more strongly in the majority. Paradoxically, some of their Imams, forgetting the rhetoric of Daesh and ignoring the resistance of the country, today define secularists as their (...)

“The Art of War”

Rand Corp: how to destroy Russia

by Manlio Dinucci

Rand Corp: how to destroy Russia

Rome (Italy)
The conclusions of the latest confidential report by the Rand Corporation were recently made public in a « Brief ». They explain how to wage a new Cold War against Russia. Certain recommendations have already been implemented, but this systemic exposure enables us to understand their true objective.

“The Art of War”

The US locomotive of world military spending

by Manlio Dinucci

The US locomotive of world military spending

Rome (Italy)
Every month of last year, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), the federal government of the United States spent $250 per citizen.

Diplomatic Wire

Alleged Use of Chemical Weapons by the Assad Regime

Alleged Use of Chemical Weapons by the Assad Regime

Theresa May's speech on new Brexit deal

Theresa May’s speech on new Brexit deal

Russian comment on the US expansion of anti-Russia sanctions

Russian comment on the US expansion of anti-Russia sanctions

Partners

«Current Concerns», n°9, April 17, 2019

The Belgrade Peace Conference

Zurich (Switzerland)

326. The Belgrade Peace Conference

“Stop confrontation, start dialogue!” Successful Belgrade Conference “Never forget – peace and prosperity instead of wars and poverty”, Interview with Živadin Jovanovi / Belgrade Declaration – Never to Forget: 1999 – 2019 (Excerpts) / Sanja – a greeting to the conference / “We need peace, so we should join forces, we should carry this in our hearts”. Voices from the Belgrade Conference, by Eva-Maria Föllmer-Müller / Uranium ammunition contaminates the world. A new book about a weapon that was a taboo issue over many years, by Gabriella Hunziker / Contemplating Germany. Listening and talking to each other, by Karl Müller / Johann Gottfried Herder. A fierce opponent of colonialism, cultural arrogance (...)

«Current Concerns», n°8, April 2, 2019

Can democracy be reduced to computers?

Zurich (Switzerland)

325. Can democracy be reduced to computers?

Direct democracy is no computer game. Launch of the federal popular initiative “For a secure and trustworthy democracy (e-voting moratorium)”, by Marianne Wüthrich / On such an important question, the people must have the last word A conversation with Franz Grüter / Arguments against e-voting / E-voting can not examine whether the result corresponds to the will of the people, Interview with Hernani Marques / 20 years after 24 March 1999 – the NATO war crimes against Yugoslavia must not remain unpunished, by Karl Müller / From currency war to military war, by Eberhard Hamer / “The ultra-left is playing a decisive role in spreading violence”, Interview with Eric Delbecque / More direct democracy (...)

«Current Concerns», n°6-7, March 18, 2019

The alternative to Macron’s “Appeal to the citizens of Europe”

Zurich (Switzerland)

324. The alternative to Macron's “Appeal to the citizens of Europe”

Europe – federal-diverse, constitutional, democratic, by Heinrich Wohlmeyer / Resolution of the “Forum for Direct Democracy“ to discuss the Framework Agreement with the EU / I appeal to the UN to protect Venezuela from the US attempted coup d’état. Open letter by Alfred de Zayas / Yellow Vests: “The movement is legitimate and democratic”, Interview with Ivan Rioufol / Consequences of the bombing of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia with depleted uranium in 1999. First International Symposium in Niš, Southern Serbia, June 2018, by Barbara Hug and Niels Peter Ammitzboell / The observance of the peace is imperative and responsible, by Willy Wimmer / The observance of the law on peace would be (...)

«Current Concerns», n°4, February 21, 2019

The project of a Swiss-EU agreement

Zurich (Switzerland)

322. The project of a Swiss-EU agreement

Institutional framework agreement as an instrument of European state-building. Prominent Swiss figures on the framework agreement, by Marianne Wüthrich / The planned attack on the “Caribbean Basin”, by Thierry Meyssan / War is getting more likely – who will counteract this development?, by Karl Müller / The answer to the “yellow vests”? The principle of the same rule for all, by Chantal Delsol / “Borders – territorial and social dividing lines in the course of time”. Review of a historical analysis of a timeless phenomenon, by Manfred Strankmann / Nimble climbers with bushy tail. Squirrels – the goblins of the forest, by Heini (...)

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The World Anti-Communist League: the Internationale of Crime

by Thierry Meyssan

Paris (France) | 12 May 2004

The World Anti-Communist League: the Internationale of Crime

The World Anti-Communist League (WACL) was established in Taiwan by Chiang Kai-shek, Reverend Moon and Nazi and Japanese war criminals. It was first used under Nixon to spread counter-insurrectionary measures in South East Asia and Latin America. At that time, seven Heads of State participated at its meetings. It experienced a new lease of life under Reagan, becoming a shared instrument of the US industrial-military matrix and the CIA during the Cold War. It was then in charge of political assassinations and training counter-guerrillas in all conflict zones, including Afghanistan where it was represented by Osama Bin Laden.

The European Union’s Secret History

by Thierry Meyssan

Paris (France) | 28 June 2004

The European Union's Secret History

After liberating Western Europe in 1945, the United Kingdom and the United States decide to recast it, by creating the United States of Europe. Flooding millions of dollars, the CIA and JIC finance pro-European associations to mould them into instruments to contain communism. Allen Dulles and Joseph Retinger manage to establish a European Council and the ECSC, but they fail to establish a European Defense Community.

What is Israël’s project in Argentina?

by Thierry Meyssan

Beirut (Lebanon) | 12 December 2017

What is Israël's project in Argentina?

The Argentinian authorities are wondering about the massive purchase of land in Patagonia by a British billionaire, and the « holidays » that tens of thousands of Israëli soldiers are enjoying on his property.

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