Monthly Archives: August 2018
Spanish Wine History
Spanish Wine History Lesson and Description of Wine-growing Regions
It is believed that the first vines were grown on the southwest coast of Andalusia which...
China using Muhammad Ali ‘rope-a-dope’ tactics on Trump
Darius has given us the best analysis I have seen on the US-China trade war. Despite the jingoism coming out of the White House, China has not been hit with anything that it can't handle.
Alexanader Zakharchenko
By Alla Pierce, VT Bureau Chief Belarus/Donbass Republic
Today the Head of the Republic, Alexander Zakharchenko, was killed in an explosion. This happened in the...
White Helmets Change Plan for False-Flag Chemical Attack in Idlib
TEHRAN (FNA)- The pro-militant White Helmets have changed their planned scene for an imminent false-flag chemical attack in Idlib province, media reports informed on...
What Is Trump Getting for Sucking Up to Saudi Arabia?
By AARON DAVID MILLER and RICHARD SOKOLSKY
Ever since Franklin Roosevelt’s historic rendezvous in 1945 with Abd Aziz Ibn Saud, the founder of Saudi Arabia,...
Donald Trump’s approval rating sinks to lowest of his presidency
Donald Trump has slumped to the lowest approval rating of his presidency, with 60% disapproving of his performance as the US president, according to a...
Head of self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic killed in blast
DONETSK, August 31. /TASS/. Head of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) Alexander Zakharchenko was killed by an explosion in Donetsk on Friday, a...
Pravda: Russia to hold first-ever joint-force military drills in Mediterranean in September
On August 30, the Russian Defence Ministry announced joint-force exercises of the Russian Navy and Aerospace Force in the Mediterranean Sea. This will be...
Unconfirmed Reuters: Iran Moving Missiles to Iraq
PARIS/BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iran has given ballistic missiles to Shi’ite proxies in Iraq and is developing the capacity to build more there to deter...
Turkey says working with Iran, Russia to avoid Idlib ‘disaster’
Editor's note: Turkish security services today picked up VT's bureau chief to question her about our relationships with Iran and Russia. Simply put, we...
Many Cold War Secrets ‘Taken to The Grave’ by Submariners
During the Cold War a secret battle went on underwater between the captains of Soviet, US and British submarines. Sputnik spoke to Iain Ballantyne,...
NEO: They Come Like a Thief in the Night, America’s Secret Army
...by Gordon Duff and New Eastern Outlook, Moscow
News reports from journalists embedded with American troops serving in Syria and Iraq are enlightening. They tell...
Israeli Defense Minister: Israel will violate international law on peace deal in Syria
“I know what America is,” Netanyahu said way back in 2011. “America is a thing you can move very easily, move it in the right direction.” Bibi has been doing exactly that for more than eight years.
Mauritania Transforming into a Democracy
By Michael R. Bradle for VT, Mauritania
In 2005, General Mohamed Abdel Aziz brought an end to years of oppression, slavery, rampant corruption, and severe...
Crucifying Corbyn: former Chief Rabbi joins in
The nasty slur campaign against Jeremy Corbyn has just plumbed new depths with a hark-back to 1968 and the "Rivers of Blood" speech by...
Trump’s Orders: US Backed White Helmets Kidnap 44 Children to Murder in Fake Terror...
Syrian Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Walid Muallem have met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov during a visit to Moscow.
The visit is...
Russia to Sink an American Destroyer in Retaliation for Child Abductions in Idlib
Russia’s foreign minister is the latest official to warn the US against using a possible chemical weapons provocation to justify a new strike against...
Suppressed: David Irving and the Manipulation of History (Video)
By Gordon Duff, Senior Editor
Irving as a person can be both irritating and exasperating but as a historian, he is the foremost authority on...
Saudi-led coalition denounces UN report regarding strikes on Yemen
Will the UN finally crack down on Saudi war crimes?
The Creature from the Israeli Lagoon
When U.S. officials finally learned about Israel’s nuclear weapons back in the 1970s and 80s, they were completely shocked because they had underestimated Israel. The officials admitted when they first saw some of those warheads, “Our thought was ‘Holy shit!’ How could we have been so wrong? We always said, ‘So the Israelis got ten warheads? Okay. So what? Anybody can build those.’ All of a sudden we learned they’d become sophisticated. It blew everybody’s mind.’”
The Birther Crap Again: Trump Orders Citizenship Revoked for Suspected “Birth Fakers”
Editor's note: Trump has ordered that the US can no longer issue passports for individuals born during the Obama presidency because he thinks their...
WSJ: U.S. Probing Whether Malaysian Fugitive Laundered Funds to Pay Chris Christie and Trump...
By Bradley Hope in London, Tom Wright in Hong Kong and Rebecca Davis O’Brien in New York
Editor's note: Putting it all together was Rudy Giuliani and Christie...
2012 Archive comes to life: Iran attack, Azerbaijan throws Israeli Air Force out after...
...by Gordon Duff, VT Senior Editor
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Introduction: The article below is from 2012. We began working on this issue in 2010 when we set up...
Syria presents UN with data on militant plans to stage false flag gas attack
Syria’s Ambassador to the UN said that Jabhat al-Nusra and its affiliated terrorist groups are preparing to use chemical weapons against civilians in Idlib.
Google’s Mass Surveillance Power Threatens Democracy
On Monday, US President Donald Trump criticized tech giant Google for allegedly spreading misinformation about him and accused the company of hiding stories with...
US urges World Court to dismiss Iran’s lawsuit, insists sanctions lawful
US lawyers have called on the International Court of Justice (ICJ) – the United Nations' highest court -- to dismiss the Iranian lawsuit calling...
Devin Nunes’s Curious Trip to London
Earlier this month, as all eyes were on the courtroom dramas unfolding in Virginia—where President Donald Trump’s campaign chairman was just convicted on bank-...
Russian Ministry of Defense: White Helmets accompany large delivery of poisonous chemicals to militants...
A large supply of chemicals has been delivered to the militants in Syria’s Idlib with the assistance of the White Helmets aid group in...
US army accuses RT of ‘ridiculous misinformation’ over Syria
A US Army colonel has accused RT of ‘ridiculous misinformation’ for reporting a Russian government suggestion that Islamic State is operating inside a US-controlled...
NEO – Russiagate in Reverse
...by Gordon Duff, VT Sr. Editor
- First published ... August 28, 2018 -
What is driving America’s anti-Russian policy, the sanctions, backing terrorists in Syria,...
‘Appalling politics’ & ‘phony science’ is why Monsanto is still afloat – lawyer suing...
Monsanto has suppressed the facts about its 'probably carcinogenic' weed killer for years, pouring vast sums of money towards complicit 'democratic regimes', a lawyer...
False Human Rights Leaders Continue to Allege Mass Slavery in Mauritania
By Michael R. Bradle for VT
The Islamic Republic of Mauritania, once a desert kingdom, is a large country located in west Africa, larger than...
Russia Drawing Up Plans for Nuclear Deployment to Syria
Russian MPs believe that the United States has crossed the red line in the policy of pressure on Russia through sanctions. They alluded to...
Smearing critics of Israel undermines importance of tackling genuine anti-Semitism
Ken Livingstone is an English politician, he served as the Mayor of London between 2000 and 2008. He is also a former MP and...
10 countries McCain wanted to destroy
Gordon Duff: "Vietnam was a useless war. I served in Vietnam as a Marine combat infantryman and know the war well close up."
McCain: It’s All About the Dossier, 100% True
By Gordon Duff, Senior Editor and Ian Greenhalgh, Managing Editor
The "spat" between McCain and Trump is 100% "dossier" driven. McCain, love him or not,...
Press TV: Iran in Full Control of Persian Gulf
Editor's note: The video has its moments. Ignore the backtalk which displays childish ignorance.
A top Iranian navy commander says the country has full control of...
Berlin should ‘recalibrate’ partnership with US in ‘sober and critical’ way – German FM
The German minister cited “a growing protectionism” by its major transatlantic partner as a key reason for this requirement.
Trump hires Russian whores to piss on McCain’s grave — report
Poll: Which of the following best describes your reaction to President Trump's decision to hire Russian prostitutes to urinate on John McCain's grave?