(RT) Secretary of State Rex Tillerson spoke harshly of North Korea and Iran this week, drawing on a dark legacy of US vilification of so-called “backlash states” that resist the pressure to give in to global free markets and US cultural hegemony. RT America’s Anya Parampil has the details on what the US has long Read More…
Tag: Libya
The Trump Administration Almost Forgot It Wants to Bomb Iran
Together with the mainstream media, the United States government has been so distracted playing a game of chicken with adversary states Syria and North Korea that the establishment almost forgot to tie all these developments back to the end-game of the Middle East: Iran. However, things are seemingly back on track for the neoconservatives’ agenda to finally Read More…
The Last Country We “Liberated” from an “Evil” Dictator Is Now Openly Trading Slaves
It is widely known that the U.S.-led NATO intervention to topple Libya’s Muammar Gaddafi in 2011 resulted in a power vacuum that has allowed terror groups like ISIS to gain a foothold in the country. Despite the destructive consequences of the 2011 invasion, the West is currently taking a similar trajectory with regard to Syria. Read More…
The U.S. and U.K. Helped Overthrow Gaddafi … This is Libya Now
According to UNICEF, women and children fleeing Libya for Europe are being beaten, raped, and starved in “living hellholes” in Libya, as reported by the Guardian. Children are reportedly being sexually abused, forced into prostitution, and held for ransom for months in squalid, overcrowded detention centers. UNICEF believes unofficial detention centers controlled by armed militias Read More…
As Iran Dumps Dollar, Congress Quietly Slips in Bill for ‘Use of Force Against Iran’
On March 21, The Islamic Republic of Iran will cease using the U.S. dollar in all of its financial reporting. The decision to stop using the dollar as a reference has been in the works for some time but was expedited after the Trump administration decided to include Iran as one of the seven countries banned Read More…
Obama Ended His Presidency With A Bang – at Least in Libya
Barack Obama has ended his presidential career doing what he does best: dropping bombs. This time, Obama decided to target an ISIS camp in Libya, with initial estimates suggesting over 80 militants (or 80 people, depending on the source) were killed. Pentagon spokesman Peter Cook told reporters that the fighters training in the camp, located just outside Read More…