Foreign (Terrorist) Fighter Estimates: Conceptual and Data Issues
Roughly 30,000? Policy Brief
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Berto Jongman: One US Captain Stopped US Nuclear Launch on Russia from Okinawa in 1962
04 Inter-State Conflict, 08 ProliferationThe Okinawa missiles of October
Bordne was serving at one of four secret missile launch sites on the US-occupied Japanese island of Okinawa.
Editor's note: As this article was being considered for publication, Daniel Ellsberg … wrote a lengthy email message to the Bulletin, …assert [ing], in part: “I feel it's urgent to find out whether Bordne's story and Tovish's tentative conclusions from it are true, given the implications of its truth for present dangers, not only past history.
Patrick Cockburn: Changing Balance of Power in Syria
04 Inter-State Conflict, 05 Civil War, 06 Russia, 08 Wild Cards
Patrick Cockburn on the state of the Syrian war
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The Russian intervention in Syria, the greater involvement of Iran and the Shia powers, and the rise of the Syrian Kurds has not yet changed the status quo in Iraq and Syria, though it has the potential to do so.
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Mongoose: Anglo-Saxon Bankers Organized WWII for Profit
04 Inter-State Conflict, 07 Other Atrocities, 10 Transnational Crime
Anglo-Saxon bankers organized the Second World War
To mark the 70th anniversary of the victory against Nazism, we publish a study of Valentin Katasonov on the financing of the NSDAP and rearmament of the Third Reich. The author draws on material published in 2012 that confirm the organization of the Second World War by states-uniens and British bankers, covered by President Franklin Roosevelt and Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, hoping to destroy the USSR. This study raises new questions that will be addressed in a future article.
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Berto Jongman: Ukraine Overturns Founding Myth — Fascists Under Investigation for Mass Murder by Sniper
04 Inter-State Conflict, 05 Civil War, 06 Russia, 08 Wild Cards, IO Deeds of WarThe Darkening of Color Revolutions: Maidan Regime Investigates Its Founders for Mass Murder
The neo-fascists among the demonstrators actually initiated and undertook most of the shootings — often with hunting rifles — firing first at police (hence, the some 20 officers shot at the time) and then at demonstrators.
Chuck Spinney & Gareth Porter: US to Blame for Rise of Islamic State and Syria Disaster UPDATE 1: WikiLeaks Documents US Perfidy
04 Inter-State Conflict, 05 Civil War, 07 Other Atrocities, 09 Terrorism, 10 Transnational Crime
Below is a very important report describing how a string of US covert operations reaching back to the 1980s has created the bloody shambles in Iraq, Syria and the emergence of ISIS.*
The author, Gareth Porter, is one of the finest investigative reporters now operating in the United States. Most importantly, IMO, Porter ends by connecting these covert operations to the money flowing through the political-economy of Military-Industrial-
Chuck Spinney: Syria as Root for WWIII UPDATE Mike Whitney on Putin Winning
04 Inter-State Conflict, 05 Civil War, 06 Russia, 07 Other Atrocities, 08 Wild Cards, 09 Terrorism, 10 Transnational Crime, Officers Call
A General Summing Up of the West’s March to Folly in Syria
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These early failures by the German and American leaderships led to ever more costly missteps and a loss of purpose as the respective leaders ‘dug in' to defend their mistakes. To make matters worse, some domestic interests — e.g., the Krupp in Germany and the MICC in the US — thrived on the carnage and had an economic interest in its continuation. And so, in very different circumstances, each conflict acquired a life of its own.
UPDATE 1: Putin’s “Endgame” in Syria
Complete essay and three links below the fold.
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