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Zionist Racism

Imagine if a politician in another country had bragged about lowering a minority group’s birthrate – like Netanyahu and his new ambassador to the U.S. did.

(BETHLEHEM) - In this week’s news: Hamas and Fatah rift widens as they picked sides in Egyptian rift; both ended up harming the Palestinian case for perceived factional interests.

Hamas supporters defended their association with President Morsi and Fatah leaders put their support behind the Egyptian military that deposed Morsi.

`Let`s Cut `Em Off at the Knees and Let Allah Sort It Out!`

AIPAC & OFAC Ratchet-Up US Sanctions Targeting Syria and Iran’s Populations.

(DAMASCUS) - The US Treasury Department’s Office of Financial Assets Control, since March of 2012, is directed by Mr. Adam J. Szubin who more than once has boasted on the sidelines of a Congressional Hearing on Iran and Syria and at last March’s AIPAC’s national conference, that he fancies himself a modern day Inspector Javert.

Choosing the Victor Hugo character, according to one Congressional source, as a kind of role model because of Javert’s focused and relentless obsession.

The Obama Doctrine

Once again, we are told we have a moral responsibility to ignore international law by attacking a sovereign nation. Just because American troops are not doing the killing does not mean we are not backing a war.

(COOS BAY) - A few months ago I heard a “progressive” talk radio host claim we were in “a historically peaceful time.” I wondered if he is one of those Democrats who think America is only at war if US boots are on the ground.

He credited President Obama for taking most of the troops out of Iraq and promising to do the same in Afghanistan.

Qatar Conference Opens New Stage In Syrian War

What is being proposed is a bloodbath.

(PORTLAND, OR) - The “Friends of Syria” meeting in Qatar on June 22 ended with a communiqué announcing that Washington and its allies will “take all necessary practical measures” to arm the right-wing Sunni-based opposition forces, which have served as their proxies in a two-year civil war to overthrow the government of President Bashar al-Assad.

The announcement opens up a new stage in the war, and heightens the dangers of a regional sectarian conflagration.

A Trail of Blood and Destruction

When you know who has owned and run the media for the last century and for whose benefit, and when you know who are the oppressed and who are the oppressors you will see how prophetic these words were.

(LONDON) - Living in London for 45 years I have witnessed many changes in governments and policies.

The one constant has been their disdain and disregard for Arabs and Muslims.

War by Another Name in Syria

The Obama Administration Prepares a “Marshall Plan” to Reconstruct Syria, But Not for the Syrians.

(BEIRUT) - The Group of Eight leaders meeting in Lough Erne, Northern Ireland, having called for an international conference on the ongoing crisis in Syria to be held “as soon as possible” could not agree on much else that might end the civil war anytime soon there.

The White House now is reportedly in private agreement with Russia and Iran that the Assad government will remain in power until next year’s election.

US Senator Rand Paul: `There Is A War On Christianity`

You are being taxed to send money to countries that are not only intolerant of Christians but openly hostile.

(NEW DELHI ICAN) - American taxpayers are paying for a “war on Christianity” at home and abroad, Kentucky Republican Sen. Rand Paul said during a speech at a conservative conference Thursday.”

There is a war on Christianity,” Paul told an audience of mostly evangelical Christians and Jews during a luncheon at the annual Faith and Freedom Conference in Washington.

Clinton and Netanyahu Not Good for Obama

In a rare act of disloyalty as a member of the club of former presidents, Clinton joined the chorus of war drum-beaters to persuade Obama to supply small arms to the rebel side of the Syrian civil war.

(CHICAGO) - With friends like former President Bill Clinton and current Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, what is a fellow like President Obama to do?

As a start, he could get a few second opinions. President Obama is struggling to help resolve an ugly civil war in Syria, and also working to relieve U.S. tensions with Iran...

The End of Syria as We Know It?

Why Obama is Declaring War on Syria...

(BEIRUT) - The short answer is Iran and Hezbollah according to Congressional sources. “The Syrian army’s victory at al-Qusayr was more than the administration could accept given that town’s strategic position in the region. Its capture by the Assad forces has essentially added Syria to Iran’s list of victories starting with Afghanistan, Lebanon, Iraq, as well as its growing influence in the Gulf.”

Other sources are asserting that Obama actually did not want to invoke direct military aid to the rebels...

Betrayal in Benghazi

Edited for Salem-News by Richard Nauman

(WASHINGTON DC) - The combat code of the US Military is that we don't abandon our dead or wounded on the battlefield. In US Air Force lingo, fighter pilots don't run off and leave their wingmen. If one of our own is shot down, still alive and not yet in enemy captivity, we will either come to get him or die trying.

Among America's fighting forces, the calm, sure knowledge that such an irrevocable bond exists is priceless.