Tag: war provocation
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putin: america, you’re provoking wars for political gain
from times online: Vladimir Putin accused President Bush tonight of orchestrating the war in Georgia in a plot to get John McCain elected to the White House.
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obama: america, get ready for wars
from russia today: Barack Obama has fired a stern warning to Russia as he accepted the Democratic Presidential nomination and officially launched his campaign for the White House.
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russian & US warships engaged in black sea standoff
from irish times: Russian and US warships were engaged in a Black Sea stand-off last night, amid western warnings that the conflict in Georgia could destabilise other parts of Moscow’s old empire. A US coast guard cutter carrying aid docked at the Georgian port of Batumi after bypassing the Russian-controlled port of Poti. Two other…
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US + poland X russia + syria = $#%!
US & poland finalize deal to install missile shieldfrom washington post: The United States and Poland signed an agreement here yesterday to place parts of a US missile defense system on Polish territory, finalizing a long- negotiated deal in the face of Russian warnings that Poland would become a potential target for attack. At a…
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proxy war updates: US, georgia & russia
how israel trained & equipped georgia’s armyfrom danger room: The Russian military blasted Israel today for supplying weapons and training to its adversaries in Georgia. “Israel armed the Georgian army,” Russian Deputy Chief of General Staff Gen. Anatoly Nogovitsyn told a Moscow press conference. Jerusalem provided Tblisi with “eight types of military vehicles, explosives, landmines…
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russia says poland risks attack due to US missiles
from ap: An agreement that will allow the United States to install a missile defense battery in Poland exposes the ex-communist nation to an attack, a Russian general said Friday. Poland and the United States struck a deal on Thursday to deepen military ties and place a missile interceptor base in Poland. Gen. Anatoly Nogovitsyn,…
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collateral 54: real wars, fake triggers
from collateral news: What happens when the media doesn’t report a proposal by the Vice President’s national security team to purposely kill Americans in order to provoke war with Iran? – What happens is, the proposal stands a better chance of becoming reality.
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massive US naval armada heads for iran
from europe business: Operation Brimstone ended only one week ago. This was the joint US/UK/French naval war games in the Atlantic Ocean preparing for a naval blockade of Iran and the likely resulting war in the Persian Gulf area. The massive war games included a US Navy supercarrier battle group, an US Navy expeditionary carrier…
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US attacks russia through client state georgia
from paul joseph watson: Georgian forces, trained and equipped by the Pentagon and the U.S. government, killed 10 Russian peacekeepers early this morning in a provocation attack that has escalated into military conflict, but the subsequent corporate media coverage would have us believe that the U.S. and NATO-backed client state Georgia is a helpless victim,…
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another false flag op exposed: dress up navy seals like iranians & shoot at ’em
but they would never do something like 9/11… from thinkprogress: Speaking at the Campus Progress journalism conference earlier this month, Seymour Hersh — a Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist for The New Yorker — revealed that Bush administration officials held a meeting recently in the Vice President’s office to discuss ways to provoke a war with Iran.…
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collateral 50: would it surprise you?
from collateral news: “We’re getting unconfirmed reports from Tehran that explosions were heard throughout the city late last night. One blog has a live feed of Iranian anti-aircraft fire. Another has images of a damaged US Navy destroyer.” … The report we just gave isn’t true. But with the way the corporate media is carrying…
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iran’s mega missile test (and israel’s paranoia)
from danger room: Iran’s Revolutionary Guards fired off a slew of missiles today, in a military exercise. But of the weapons, there’s one that U.S. and Israeli observers are examining with particular care: a 56 foot-long Shahab-3 missile, with a reported range of 1,250 miles. That’s far enough to hit Israeli soil and American bases,…
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Fifth Anniversary of ‘Bring ‘Em On’
from thinkprogress: Editor and Publisher notes that today is the five year anniversary of ‘bring ‘em on,’ the infamous statement President Bush made during the early stages of the Iraq war. Bush made the remark after being asked about increasing violence in Iraq… E&P adds that on the day of the “bring ‘em on” comment,…
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hersh: US escalating covert ops against iran
from thinkprogress: The New Yorker’s Seymour Hersh reports that late last year, “Congress agreed to a request from President Bush to fund a major escalation of covert operations against Iran.” The “Presidential Finding” was designed to destabilize religious leadership and gather “intelligence about Iran’s suspected nuclear-weapons program”: But the scale and the scope of the…
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ron paul warns congress on ‘virtual war resolution’
from youtube: In a speech on the House Floor, Ron Paul gives a stern warning about the push for war with Iran, including the upcoming H.R. 362 which would levy harsh sanctions, boycotts and embargoes. Moreover, a bombing campaign – as many neocons have pushed for – would send energy prices soaring, with some speculations…