Yearly Archives: 2017

Jim W. Dean - We had run Uri's article after Elor Azaria had executed the unconscious wounded Palestinian attacker, so I knew we would be hearing from him after the sentencing, and his contempt for the 18-month sentence is plain to see.

There is a fight over "Zionism", over the meaning of the word "Zionism". Words are important because social opinion and attitude mobbing has a strong...

Editor's note:  You are going to see police shoot an unarmed man without warning, point blank for no reason, and then cuff the shooting...

By Gordon Duff, Senior Editor When this not so innocent video hit the Arab media, Alahednews Lebanon, it included locations of Israeli nuclear weapons sites...

A highlight of last week's Tehran Conference on the Palestinian Intifada, which I had the great pleasure of attending as an unofficial US representative, came when the head of North Korea's parliament urged Palestinians to develop a nuclear deterrent...

Iran has successfully tested the Russian-made S-300 surface-to-air missile defense system, which the Islamic Republic has purchased from Russia and integrated into the defense...

The Pentagon has quietly ordered fresh deployments of Special Operations troops to the Middle East and North Africa as the US intensifies its military engagement in Yemen, according to a report.

...from SouthFront Although combat aircraft such as the J-31 stealth fighter and J-15 aircraft carrier strike aircraft have made most of the headlines, China has...

At long last, Russians discovered that Taliban and other belligerent groups in Afghanistan and Pakistan are projects endless in sight.

Does General Adrian Bradshaw really want us all to believe that Russia is actually the aggressor while NATO has already placed thousands upon thousands of troops around Russian borders? Does he mean to tell us that NATO is not advancing its troops in major countries in Europe?

Illustration by Robert G Fresson Jonathan Freedland Who’s the villain here? Naturally our rage focuses on Donald Trump, a pantomime baddie drawn, as he would put it, from...

Gordon Duff - Americans move from home to school and back home again and to shared apartments, dilapidated homes in crime ridden neighborhoods, while employers, all well organized and coordinated, spiral wages to nothing.

If people like Uri Klein want to attack Gibson for his “anti-Semitic” movie, why won’t they devote equal time and energy to condemning the Talmud for the same reason? Who are those people really fooling this time?

Jim W. Dean - ISIS now has 150 less combat vehicles returning to Deir Ezzor, to able to be used to harass the eastward push going on now. The sweetest revenge for having to take Palmyra back twice would be to chase the jihadis all the way back to Deir Ezzor.

If the US decides to decline the Turkish request to participate in the Raqqah offensive, it will lead to a Turkish-Kurdish escalation in Syria and will push the Pentagon to use its troops actively in operations on the ground.

Once again the world is told what to think and what to believe. But, were England a person, operating in a normal society, it would be either in prison or in a mental institution. The same could be said about the rest of The West.

A mass grave containing the remains of babies and children has been discovered at a former Catholic orphanage in Ireland where it has been alleged up to 800 died, government-appointed investigators said on Friday.

UPDATE: The Oklahoma Attorney General's Office confirms Pruitt used private email for state business Editor's note: Scott Pruitt, former Attorney General of Oklahoma has always...

...from SouthFront The Syrian army, backed up by the Russian Aerospace Forces, liberated the ancient city of Palmyra, including the Palmyra Airport from ISIS on...

“The United States is, in term of its laws, one of the least racist societies in the world. We have some of the best anti-discriminatory laws on the planet… We have between 15-18,000 homicides a year, 50 per cent are black on black crime."

Jim W. Dean - From a long-term Intel perspective, we knew that an economically successful China would eventually be tagged as a "threat", and the US dogs of war would eventually be sent to do some 21st century gun-boat diplomacy.

In Hoenlein’s universe, the ‘chosen’ are always innocent, while the ‘unchosen’ are eternally sick.

The Washington Post reports: President Trump’s new national security adviser, Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster, was investigated by the Army and admonished two years ago...

  Editor's note: Heading out again to Pakistan for a conference on regional security issues, I came upon this 7 year old VT article on...

Jim W. Dean - Russia stated today that there are no instances of YPG attacks on Turkey, inferring that Turkey has no justifiable security need to continues its push toward Manbji.

On February 23, the Turkish Army and a coalition of pro-Turkish militant groups known as the Free Syrian Army (FSA) seized control of the key Syrian town of al-Bab.

Will the current craziness wake Americans up and force them to search for answers?

...from SouthFront On March 1, Syrian government forces made significant gains against ISIS terrorists in the area of Palmyra, seizing the Palmyra Triangle, Qatari Villa,...

Then-Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) spoke twice last year with Russia’s ambassador to the United States, Justice Department officials said, encounters he did not disclose when asked about possible contacts between members of President Trump’s campaign and representatives of Moscow during Sessions’s confirmation hearing to become attorney general.

Jim W. Dean - This is our first posting by Sophie Mangal, a young University of North Carolina media and journalism grad who has already managed to get out into the field, even to Syria no less.

Interviewed from his retirement home, Abe Foxman waxed apoplectic, saying "Trump should be ashamed of himself..."

Jim W. Dean - The six-month estimate announced by the Iraqis for taking West Mosul came as a shock. The civilians cannot last that long, and as the die-hard jihadis near their end, they will not shy from taking as many civilians with them as they can.

Jim W. Dean - We had Gordon to roast the Prez last night over his Santa Claus with the magic sleigh speech that had endless goodies for everybody, all for free.

The Prix de Brigadaire an historic theatrical prize, was given to famous actors. After the award ceremony there was a good cocktail reception with reknown theatrical people.

US Sets Up Military Base in Syrian Manbij to 'Defend It From Turkish Attack' The fall of al Bab, more a "change of flags" exercise,...

...from SouthFront The Syrian army and the National Defense Forces (NDF), backed up by the Russian Aerospace Forces, have been successfully advancing on the ISIS-held...

This “America First” principle just doesn’t make sense precisely because the Israeli regime is always looking for monsters to destroy in the Middle East. If none exists, then they invent them.

Gordon Duff - Trump had me charmed, the best act thus far, until he started hiding behind the skirts of a gold star wife. This crossed the line.

THE ROOT CAUSE OF ALL EVIL ON PLANET EARTH IS THE BABYLONIAN TALMUDIC CABAL. JUST WAIT UNTIL YOU LEARN WHAT THEY WANT TO DO TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY, UNLESS THEY ARE STOPPED...

Join Punish Radio host Johnny Punish and special guest 20 year law enforcement officer Lorenzo Lopez discussing the wall, immigration, and bad hombres

Gordon Duff - Russia issued a secret ultimatum to Turkey today. It is very possible that President Trump will only learn of this through VT, so we will be as exacting as possible. Our sources are direct and "high" or "highest."

Dan Yaseen interviews Sarah Thompson, the Executive Director of Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT).

Jim W. Dean - It looks like Trump is about to learn that ordering commando raids overseas is not necessarily an easy or fun way to make his bones as a war time leader. Now his team in on the firing line, accused of putting out "fake news" on a large trove of Intel being taken.

Editor's note:  When Israel tried to set up Syria by planing evidence of the use of poison gas, Israel aided by Ukraine, Georgia and...