Elijah J. Magnier | @ejmalrai Iranian IRGC Naval unit onboard of the British-flag tanker “Stena Impero“. The US officially asked Europe, in particular the UK, France, Germany and Italy, to provide a naval force to patrol and protect ships sailing in the Straits of Hormuz, even if the command and control is handled by the Europeans and…
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Spain: Revelations on the Terrorist Attacks of 2004 and 2017
Thierry Meyssan On 15 July 2019, under the signature of Carlos Enrique Bayo, the Spanish republican daily Público published the beginning of a four-part enquiry into the relations between the ring-leader of the 2017 attacks in Catalonia and the Spanish secret services [1]. In Spain, espionage and counter-espionage are handled by a single institution, the CNI…
Dissecting Identity and Democracy: The EU’s New Far-Right Super Group
Ellen Rivera and Masha P. Davis Austria Denmark France Belgium Estonia Germany Czech Republic Finland Italy With the highest voter turnout in two decades (50.5%), the recently held European parliamentary elections were clearly viewed with special importance by Europe’s citizens.[1] The outcome was marked by considerable losses of the center factions in the European Parliament,…
Five Men Sentenced to Life for Operation Condor Killings Trained at School of the Americas
Brett Wilkins A group of “Mothers and relatives of disappeared detainees,” “Observatorio Luz Ibarburu” and of other Uruguayan human rights organizations participate in a video conference with members in Rome regarding the “Operation Condor” trail, in Montevideo, Uruguay, Monday, July 8, 2019. Uruguay’s government says a court in Italy has sentenced 24 people to life…
Italian Police Discover Qatari Missile in Raid on a Neo-Nazi Fascist Group
A missile that once belonged to the Qatari Armed Forces has been seized by Italian authorities. Reportedly, the missile was sold by Qatar to an unnamed country in 1994. The missile was about to be resold by Forza Nouva, a neo-nazi fascist group to an unidentified foreign government before the Italian security forces raided their…
British Hijack Iranian Ship: Another Day, Another Provocation
Tony Cartalucci Had Iran openly hijacked a vessel of any nation, for any reason, plying through waters anywhere on Earth, the US and its allies would immediately cite it as a provocation toward war. In fact, even without evidence, suspiciously timed attacks carried out last month on tankers passing through the Persian Gulf were cited…
The Muslim Brotherhood as Members of the White House National Security Council
Thierry Meyssan We are continuing the publication of Thierry Meyssan’s book, “Before Our Eyes “. In this installment, he examines the first half of 2011, when, with the support of the United States and the United Kingdom, the Muslim Brotherhood either became more established or assumed power in Tunisia, Egypt and Libya. 7- The beginnings…
Sea Rescue is Not a Crime
Peoples Dispatch On June 29, Italian authorities arrested Carola Rackete, the captain of an NGO rescue ship carrying 42 migrants to the Italian port of Lampedusa. On June 26, the rescue vessel, Sea-Watch 3, reached Lampedusa, defying the restraining orders given by Italy’s far-right anti-immigrant interior minister Matteo Salvini. The vessel, run by the NGO…
Libya: The Hidden Turkish Intervention
Alessandro Lattanzio Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, and Fayez al-Sarraj, the Chairman of the Libyan Presidential Council in Istanbul As of 30 April, the LNA controlled 1259800 square kilometres of territory (equal to 77.58% of the surface of Libya, including 6.5% of the Tuariq Council area), the Tebus controlled 260989 square kilometres (16.07%) and…
France Has Assassinated 22 African Presidents Since 1963
Takudzwa Hillary Chiwanza Presidents like Thomas Sankara who denied being under France’s influence were eliminated from the planet, with France playing a big role in that grisly assassination. For African leaders who boldly stood up to the unending imperialist tendencies of the former colonial powers, this has generally been met with death. And France has…
The Muslim Brotherhood as an Auxiliary Force of MI6 and CIA
Thierry Meyssan We are continuing the publication of Thierry Meyssan’s book, “Right Before Our Eyes“. Introduction National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski imagined using the Muslim Brotherhood for terrorist operations against the Afghan Communist government, which led to the USSR’s intervention. 3- The Brotherhood at the service of the Carter/Brzezinki strategy Sir James Macqueen Craig, a…
ECVC Jointly with 340+ Organisations Call on the EU to Immediately Halt Trade Negotiations with Brazil
June 18, 2019: In an open letter published today, ECVC jointly with 340 civil society organisations are demanding that the European Union immediately halt free trade agreement negotiations with the Mercosur bloc (Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay) on the grounds of deteriorating human rights and environmental conditions in Brazil. The letter is addressed to presidents…
