Berto Jongman: CIA & NATO Faked Russian Subs Against Sweden, with Swedish Military Collaboration

CIA, NATO and Swedish military plotted regime change in Sweden in the 1980s. ‘Heroes’ and victims of 80’s US disinformation provide clues to today’s Russian scare To win the cold war President Ronald Reagan formed a secret ‘deception committee’ for a disinformation campaign against the USSR On several occasions ‘disinformation’ put the world on the …

Berto Jongman: Advance Knowledge of ISIS Plots in Europe?

Intel agencies had hints of ISIS plot Source: It wasn’t a secret ISIS was targeting Europe Intelligence obtained by Western security agencies before the November 13 Paris attacks indicated as many as 60 ISIS fighters had been deployed by the group to Europe to carry out attacks on five cities and had already reached European …

Jean Lievens: The Linux Approach to Human and Eco-System Well Being

The Linux Approach to Human and Eco-System Well Being Democracies are in dire need of an upgrade to deal with social complexity Current versions of democracy are a bit like the DOS operating system in the 1980s. In the best cases, they may hold the promise of a more user-friendly Windows beaconing on the horizon. …

Robert Parry: The Saudi Connection to Terror

The Saudi Connection to Terror Exclusive: While Official Washington devotes much sound and fury to demands for a wider war in Syria and the need to turn away Syrian refugees, Democrats and Republicans dodge the tougher question: how to confront Saudi Arabia about its covert funding for Islamic State and Al Qaeda terrorists, writes Daniel Lazare.

David Stockman: Blowback—–The Washington War Party’s Folly Comes Home To Roost

Blowback—–The Washington War Party’s Folly Comes Home To Roost EXTRACT: But the everlasting truth is that the relative handful of suicidal jihadi who have perpetrated murderous episodes of terror like 9/11 and this weekend’s carnage in Paris did not exist in November 1989; and they would not be marauding the West today save for the unrelenting arrogance, stupidity, duplicity and mendacity of Imperial Washington.