World Terror War Newswire Archive

Urgent call for acts of international solidarity with the people of Kobane from the comrades of Anarchist Network, an international network of Persian-speaking anarchists.

Photos from the anti-war demonstration in Glasgow on Saturday 4th October 2014. There is also a link to the RT report of the London anti-war demonstration of the same day.

A new speaker on the show, Douglas Valentine, outlines the CIA's development of "Operation Phoenix", which helps explain how the Police State in the USA today has been so rapidly rolled out after 9-11; social destabilization techniques which the CIA tried out in Vietnam and developed in Latin America in the 1970s are being applied in Mexico and increasingly in USA itself. In our second hour, we continue with more from FBI whistleblower Sibel Edmonds on Gladio Operation B in Turkey, and NATO's links with high level drug trafficking.

Thousands tore down Turk border fences near Kobanê and have crossed into Rojava, chanting the slogan "Bijî Berxwedana Kobanê" [Long live the Kobanê resistance].
More people are continuing to cross the border.

Photos:
 https://twitter.com/colvieux/status/515475208124502016/photo/1
Fences trampled:
 https://twitter.com/AJANSAMED

Yesterday, seven people gathered at short notice from 4.30pm on a busy route close to the centre of Wrexham and outside the office of Labour MP and Shadow Minister for the Middle East, Ian Lucas, to protest government plans (supported by Labour) to join the US-led coalition that's bombing Iraq again.

See also this previous article.

I pretend to put myself behind you in order to make me appear bigger than I really am. (Pretend, because since the Obama-Morales affair airspace servitude is recognized as the unequivocal hallmark of vassal states, and in this instance it is not the case.) With this clownish gesture the Damascus regime has exposed the phoney coalition of hate mongers that the military-industrial complex came up with to out-compete the Islamic State on terms of human rights. Actually not, as the aggressors have literally voiced themselves their ambition is not to improve but to degrade. Apparently the imperialist does not understand the abolitionist rigorousity of the anti-occupation campaign as a consequence of the abuses of Abu Ghraib but is still filling the trough for its uniformed rapists. This immature response proves that by establishing its own foreign policy entirely independent of the nationalist state, the Islamic state has hit a nerve of the military-industrial complex. These empty suits get mad at the mirrors which are being held to them, until the doctor comes to remind everyone that the knife they imagine to see on the screen is merely a metaphor of the artist referring to an eavesdropping warrant in their own hands. In another interpretation, the followers of Mohammed have heated the axe of war in the glowing fire of Abolition, and since they passed it to Obama and Cameron the two are crying out in pain as they both burned their hands.

We begin a new series this week, looking at the global drug trade and its key role in funding deep state groups. We begin with an expert on the Asian drug trade, Alfred McCoy. His 2010 talk, "Low-Intensity Conflict in the Drug Wars" focuses on opium production and its relationship to the proxy wars being fought in Afghanistan. We follow the heroin westwards to Turkey with a commentary by Sibel Edmonds who focuses on the nexus of the political and intelligence agency leaders, mobsters and drug traffickers which was brought to light by the "Susurluk scandal". This fateful 1996 car crash lead to the development of the phrase "Deep State" to describe the behind-the-scenes arrangements which were previously hidden from public view. While details of their operations remain unclear, they are increasingly understood to be more important to what really goes on than the for public consumption charade that is electoral politics.

David Haines Beheaded

IS just released a video where they behead yet another hostage.

This time its David Haines , a hostage from the United Kingdom captured in Syria in 2013.

This is the video text --

Essay on the evolution of stalinists at the example of Borot'ba

Sat: An A to B march through Newport
Sun: Protest at Cardiff's fence of steel
Mon & Tue - still to write up
Wed: Police asked to arrest NATO leaders

I recently toured the Armenian village of Kasab where the Free Syrian Army and their Al Nusra allies slaughtered 88 of the 2,000 inhabitants and publicly beheaded 13 of these defenceless civilians, deliberately destroying the fabric and harmony of Kasab in the process. Some of the residents I spoke to were inconsolable while others such as 86 year old Sougman Saghdhian and his 95 year old bed-ridden brother Joseph try to get on with life as best they can and to put the carnage and their cynical Turkish incarceration behind them as best they can

The arrest of “The Butcher” Jovito Palparan is long overdue. The warrant for his arrest was issued in December 2011. Under the Aquino regime, justice for Palparan’s victims remains elusive.

Another week another demo, this time a little smaller but nonetheless heartfelt by those who turned up to Cambridge Market Square last Saturday (09/08/2014).

On Saturday night in Cambridge's Mill Road Cemetary some temporary artworks spelling out the word "Gaza" appeared - then disappeared again.

Last Saturday's Demo in the Market Square, Cambridge was even larger than last week's, showing the rising tide of opinion against Israel's ongong attck on Gaza.

On Friday night (August 1st 2014), Cambridge activists created an enormous artwork on Parkers Piece to creatively express their disdain at the massacre taking place in Gaza.

On Saturday 2nd August 2014 supporters of the Sheffield Palestine Solidarity Campaign  http://sheffieldpsc.org.uk/ gathered outside the Town Hall and had a symbolic die-in to raise awareness of the ongoing colonial genocide in Gaza.

Today on Saturday July 26th 2014 at 12:00pm Cambridge joined the international protests being held today against the Isreali bombardment of Gaza.

The second Gaza solidarity action in Wrexham this week was held outside Barclays Bank today to protest Barclays' investments in the arms trade and in Israel. See also this Indymedia report and photos from last Thursday. Barclays is the single largest global investor in the arms trade and the only high street bank with significant direct investments in Israeli companies. Based on the breadth of Barclays arms investments, it seems safe to assume that Barclays makes a financial profit for every death in Gaza. On that basis, we stood at the entrance to the bank and read out the entire list of names published by Al Jazeera of those killed by Israel in the Gaza strip since July 7th, adding after each one: "Barclays Bank profited from this death."

As Israel continues to shower death and destruction on the oppressed Palestinians in occupied Gaza, it's hard to know what to do, how to resist. My inbox is full of forwarded Stop the War Coalition emails advertising their disingenuously entitled Gaza Emergency Appeal, highlighted in red 'emergency' lettering at the top of their website. Clicking through reveals that the emergency in the StWC camp is funding their own activities and keeping their London office staffed.

Protesting at the Israeli Embassy is a great idea if you live within striking distance or feel motivated to make the journey, with or without the help of Stop the War's 'Gaza Emergency' fund. If not, how about something closer to home? Every High Street has a Barclays...