Investigative journalist Rick Sterling joins Scott to discuss his latest article for Consortium News, "Taking the World to the Brink." Sterling describes what he's seen in his time in Syria and shares his perspective on the war and the most recent chemical attack in...
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Report: Syrian Government Not Responsible for Alleged Khan Sheikhoun Chemical Attack
Early on the morning of April 7, American warships stationed in the Mediterranean Sea fired 59 Tomahawk cruise missiles at a Syrian airbase in response to an alleged chemical weapons attack carried out by the Syrian regime. But in a report published on Sunday at the...
Syria Cheat Sheet: Why the US wants to bomb the Syrian Army
If you're not yet a Twitter follower of Elijah Magnier @EjmAlrai I suggest you start following him and pay attention to his work right away. He's one of the few truly "on the ground" war correspondents who regularly treks all over Syria and the region, and has been...
‘We Got a Fu__in’ Problem’
Sidebar to main story here. Intelligence officials doubted the alleged Sarin gas attack at Khan Sheikhoun. WELT AM SONNTAG presents a chat protocol of a security advisor and an active American soldier on duty at a key base in the region. This conversation was provided...
Trump’s Poll Numbers Rise for Every Bomb He Drops
Highlighting the phenomenon of the “rally effect” — the surge in popular support presidents can receive in times of geopolitical crisis — one media outlet just drew attention to the fact that Donald Trump is seeing a bump in his approval ratings since his...
4/10/17 Reese Erlich on the Syrian gas attack and Trump’s missile launch response
Reese Erlich, author of Inside Syria: The Backstory of Their Civil War and What the World Can Expect, discusses the deadly chemical gas attack/release in Syria's Idlib province - which has been widely blamed on Assad's forces - and Trump's decision to launch dozens of...
Syria Gas Attack: Assad’s Doing…Or False Flag?
Apr. 5 - Would Syrian President Assad launch a chemical attack on civilians just as peace talks are about to be held and where government gains against ISIS and al-Qaeda rebels give him the upper hand? He would be literally committing suicide. Who benefits from the...
CNN Anchor Speechless After Congressman Questions Syria Chemical Attack Story
A CNN anchor was left speechless Wednesday during a televised interview when a congressman questioned the mainstream narrative that Bashar al-Assad attacked his own people with chemical weapons this week. “It’s hard to know exactly what’s happening in Syria...
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Over and over, U.S. government officials and their mainstream media allies called Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine an “unprovoked attack.” The slogan became so overused that people began to ask the obvious question: Why do they protest so much? In Provoked: How...
