Stop the Wars at Home and Abroad!
All articles represent the opinions of the authors – not UNAC Positions
by Andre Vltchek, from Information Clearing House, 1st Published on New Eastern Outlook, March 5, 2019 I am near Idlib, the last stronghold of the terrorists in Syria. The area where the deadliest anti-government fighters, most of them injected into Syria from Turkey, with Saudi, Qatari and Western ‘help’, are literally holed up, ready for the final showdown. Just yesterday,[…]
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Everyone believed it to be impossible for the International Criminal Court (ICC) to try the Syrians, since China and Russia exercised their vetos against a Western draft resolution to do so. But no! A piece of legal sleight of hand may make it possible to dodge the decision of the Security Council. The Court hopes to incriminate President Bachar el-Assad,[…]
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Photo: SANA, 2/2/19, US Refused to Allow Evacuation of Civilians from Al Rukban Refugee Camp which is in US occupied territory on the Jordanian border not far from Al Tanf Negotiations with the Kurds Will Be Complicated as Syria Prepares for Idlib Offensive by Elijah J Magnier, Posted on February 22, 2019 Washington declared it won’t fully withdraw its troops[…]
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Photo: People attend a memorial service for Sunday Times writer Marie Colvin at St Martin-in-the-Fields church in London, May 16, 2012. Lefteris Pitarakis | AP by Rick Sterling, published on MintPress News, January 21, 2019 In April 2014 I was part of an international delegation which visited Syria for five days. The delegates came from many different countries. Among the[…]
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Photo: Mideast Crisis in Manbij Syria, 01/02/2019, ~Reuters Editor’s Note: Anderson explores the basis of the political fracture of ‘the left’ over the Syrian war. Don’t be dismayed if you aren’t a Marxist or don’t know the authors he cites. The issues are clearly stated and the point is that this dialog cuts across the antiwar movement and undermines the[…]
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by Eva Bartlett, from Popular Resistance, January 9, 2018 (initially published on In Gaza and Beyond as ‘Video Updates From Syria, Where Peace Reigns Nearly Fully Again’) Note: This article and series of videos show realities we do not see in the western media. The US, NATO, Saudi Arabia, Israel, and Turkey have been defeated in their brutal attempt to[…]
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by Jeff Mackler, from Socialist Action, January 8, 2019 President Trump’s unexpected Dec. 19 Twitter announcement ordering a 30-day timetable for the withdrawal of the 2000 U.S. troops in Syria and 7000 of the 14,000 U.S. troops in Afghanistan provoked a bipartisan panic in Washington. Defense Secretary “Mad Dog” James Mattis, “the butcher of Fallujah,” resigned in protest. He stated,[…]
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by Caitlin Johnstone, from The Medium, December 20, 2018 President Trump has ordered the withdrawal of US troops from Syria, which is reportedly expected to take 60–100 days or 30 days depending on who you ask. According to Kurdish forces in eastern Syria the withdrawal of American as well as French troops is already underway, though France is saying it’s[…]
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US Peace Council Statement, December 27, 2018 On December 19, President Donald Trump announced that he would remove 2,000 US troops “now” from the territory of Syria. Defense Secretary James Mattis resigned over differences with his President over this drawdown. Trump also announced he would remove 7,000 troops from the war on Afghanistan, arguably the longest single US war. Corporate media and[…]
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Image: Map of Syria December 17, 2018 from Southfront.org. For full map with legend click here. by Sara Flounders, from the International Action Center, December 24, 2018 The announced withdrawal of the remaining 2,000 U.S. troops from Syria and a partial withdrawal from Afghanistan does not mean an end to the Pentagon’s aggressive militarism and endless U.S. wars – in[…]
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