US discourse on terrorism bears little relation to reality Sergio Alejandro Gómez | informacion@granma.cu September 15, 2016 09:09:36 September 11 is just another box on the calendar. But history has been responsible for filling this space with events that mark the fate of entire peoples. Even as the firefighters and rescue workers were still searching…
Category: MIDDLE EAST
Who Created the “Evil” That is Destabilising the World?
Question: What did the September 11, 2001 attack on the World Trade Centre have in common with the military assault on the Gadaffi-led government and nation of Libya? Answer: At the centre of both crimes were two groups of Islamic fundamentalist terrorists that were virtually created by the government of the United States of America!…
Turkey: HDP Municipalities Seized, 11,500 Teachers Purged for Alleged Ties to the PKK
28 Kurdish DBP Municipalities Seized Kurdish Question Trustees have been appointed to Democratic Regions Party (DBP) municipalities in Diyarbakır’s (Amed) Sur and Silvan districts. Another 26 municipalities have also been seized. Speaking following a meeting with province governors earlier today, Turkey’s Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu said, “The state has determined that they [Kurdish municipalities] are supporting terror through local…
Menwith Hill: NSA’s British Base at the Heart of US Targeted Assassinations
New Leak reveals for the first time how the NSA has used the British base to aid “a significant number of capture-kill operations” across the Middle East and North Africa By Ryan Gallagher THE NARROW ROADS are quiet and winding, surrounded by rolling green fields and few visible signs of life beyond the occasional herd of…
Fabricating Illusions of People Power in Post-coup Turkey
Nationalist sentiment, mass rallies and divisive politics have dangerously polarized Turkish society in the weeks since the failed coup attempt. By Joris Leverink Post-coup Turkey has been one great celebration of the nation’s victory over the coup plotters who were out to overthrow the government. The slogan hakimiyet milletindir, meaning “sovereignty belongs to the nation,” is everywhere….
Libya, the Doha Meetings: Truth vs Deceit
Jamahiriya News Agency Contrary to statements made by attendees that Qatar simply hosted the Doha meetings and in no way influenced them, the Muslim Brotherhood, through Turkey, Qatar, the US and the United Nations, have been deeply invested in these dialogues chaired by their terrorist colleague, Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (LIFG) commander, Khaled Al Sharif….
Honduras and Israel: A New Special Relationship
Just as it serviced murderous regimes in Central America in the 1980s, Israel will now be exporting forms of repression to Honduras’ abusive government. The security agreement, announced on August 20, would add to an existing collection of pacts cemented during Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández’s visit to Israel last year. By Belén Fernández In…
Love Letter to Jarablus
“Some say that we are at a moment of historical transformation. Some claim that their purpose is to liberate peoples from their oppressors and persecutors. No people have been more persecuted than the Kurds. No nation has known more oppression than the Kurdish nation. Why then are there double standards in such vital questions? Why…
Turkish Communist Party Condemn Operations in Jarbalus
The operation in Jarablus, Syria bogs down Turkey into the marsh of war. This totally illegitimate and incoherent operation should be stopped immediately. Enough is enough! Do not mess Syria up anymore! The operation in Jarablus Syria bogs down Turkey into the marsh of war.This totally illegitimate and incoherent operation should be stopped immediately. Turkey…
