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Suspect Turkish Court Rulings
by Stephen Lendman
On Monday, a landmark case ended. It was politically charged. It was suspect from inception. Everyone tried claimed innocence. Of the 275 alleged coup plotters, most were convicted.
In 2007, proceedings began. Only 21 defendants were acquitted. Another 16 were freed. Consideration for time served brought release.
Three opposition MPs got 12 - 35 years in prison. Attorney Kemal Kerincsiz heads Turkey's Great Union of Jurists. He got life imprisonment for doing his job.
Kerry’s Success Worse than His Failure
By Nicola Nasser*
The critical issue of the ever expanding illegal Israeli colonial settlements on the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT) in the West Bank (WB), which are peace killing in eastern Jerusalem in particular, will make or break the newly resumed Palestinian – Israeli negotiations.
On July 29, 2013, those negotiations were resumed in Washington, D.C.; they are scheduled to begin in earnest in mid-August. President Barak Obama hailed them as a “promising step forward.” However, in view of more than twenty years of failed U.S. – sponsored peace making, the new talks “promise” nothing more than being a new round of failure and “conflict management,” in spite of Obama’s belief that “peace is both possible and necessary.”
Lynne Stewart Petitions for Release
by Stephen Lendman
A personal note. Lynne's a friend. So is husband Ralph Poynter. Before her imprisonment, they came on my radio program. We discussed her case.
Ralph's been on several times since. He's invited back any time on short notice. Justice for Lynne matters most. She's one of America's best.
Her treatment reveals America's dark side. Cruel and unusual punishment is official policy. So is gross injustice.
Lynne's unjustly imprisoned. She committed no crimes. It's for doing her job. She did so honorably for 30 years. She's an internationally renown human rights defender.
She's dying. She has Stage Four cancer. It's spreading. It affects multiple parts of her body. It's killing her.
AIPAC Promotes War on Iran
by Stephen Lendman
AIPAC's a blight on humanity. It's an unregistered foreign agent. It operates illegally. It does so destructively. It promotes war. It deplores peace. It represents the worst of Israeli interests.
It controls US administrations and Congress. Edward Said called it "the most powerful and feared lobby in Washington."
In a matter of hours, he said, it can mobilize virtually unanimous Senate support for Israel. Deferentially, US politicians bow to its will. They do so disgracefully.
On June 14, Iranians elected Hassan Rohani. He's Iran's new president. He's head of state. He's a distinguished leader. He combines diplomacy, politics and scholarship.
FBI Lets Informants Commit Crimes
FBI Lets Informants Commit Crimes
by Stephen Lendman
Evidence mounts. America's a rogue police state. NSA is Stasi's new incarnation. Lawless spying is official policy. Virtually everyone's illegally monitored all the time everywhere.
Homeland Security and FBI operate like Gestapo. They menace freedom. They terrorize. They don't protect. They do so for wealth, power, privilege and unchallenged dominance.
FBI calls itself "an intelligence-driven and a threat-focused national security organization with both intelligence and law enforcement responsibilities."
Its mission "is to protect and defend the United States against terrorist and foreign intelligence threats, to uphold and enforce the criminal laws of the United States, and to provide leadership and criminal justice services to federal, state, municipal, and international agencies and partners."
Syrian Conflict Resolution: Stamp Out Terror
by Stephen Lendman
Previous articles explained. America wants unchallenged dominance. It's ravaging Middle East/North Africa/Eurasian countries. It's doing so to achieve it.
It's destroying them one at a time. It's committing mass murder and destruction. It calls it a small price to pay. It wants the region colonized. It wants it balkanized.
It wants control of its oil, gas and other strategic resources. It wants state industries privatized. It wants new US bases. It wants them for greater control. It wants its people exploited. It wants puppet leaders replacing independent ones.
The Detroit Bail-In Template: Fleecing Pensioners to Save the Banks
by Ellen Brown
The Detroit bankruptcy is looking suspiciously like
the bail-in template originated by the G20’s Financial Stability Board in 2011, which exploded on the scene in Cyprus in 2013 and is now becoming the model globally. In Cyprus, the depositors were “bailed in” (stripped of a major portion of their deposits) to re-capitalize the banks. In Detroit, it is the municipal workers who are being bailed in, stripped of a major portion of their pensions to save the banks.
Bank of America Corp. and UBS AG have been given priority over other bankruptcy claimants, meaning chiefly the pensioners, for payments due on interest rate swaps they entered into with the city. Interest rate swaps – the exchange of interest rate payments between counterparties – are sold by Wall Street banks as a form of insurance, something municipal governments “should” do to protect their loans from an unanticipated increase in rates. Unlike ordinary insurance, however, swaps are actually just bets; and if the municipality loses the bet, it can owe the house, and owe big. The swap casino is almost entirely unregulated, and it is a rigged game that the house virtually always wins. Interest rate swaps are based on the LIBOR rate, which has now been proven to be manipulated by the rate-setting banks; and they were a major contributor to Detroit’s bankruptcy.
Destroying Greece to Save it
by Stephen Lendman
Troika scoundrels are looting Greece. They're destroying it. They're waging financial war. They partnered with corrupt Greek officials.
They're strip-mining Greece for profit. It's the epicenter of global pillage. Ordinary people have no say. They're victims of force-fed harshness.
The more Athens borrows, the greater its debt burden, the harder it is to get out from under. Greece is dying. It's practically a corpse already. Only its obituary remains to be written.
Official unemployment tops 27%. It's likely higher. Youth unemployment approaches 65%. An entire generation's lost. It's being systematically destroyed. It's dying on the alter of pay bankers first. Whatever they want they get.
Greece's New Democracy/PASOK coalition plans thousands more layoffs by yearend. On July 17, it enacted its seventh austerity package since 2010.
Israeli/Palestinian Peace Talks: Rebooting Failure
by Stephen Lendman
The so-called peace process is fake. It was stillborn at birth. Fools and liars pretend otherwise. Honest observers understand reality.
According to the Molad Center for the Renewal of Israeli Democracy:
"The likelihood that the current Israeli government will embrace (peace efforts) positively is slim to none."
"It is therefore the responsibility of the Israeli opposition to turn the initiative into a cornerstone of its policy."
Iran Inaugurates President Hassan Rohani
by Stephen Lendman
On June 14, Iranians elected Rohani decisively. He won a clear first round majority. He'll serve four years. He's head of state.
Obama failed to congratulate him. He hasn't recognized his legitimacy. He's a longtime distinguished leader. He's held numerous high level positions.
He combines diplomacy, politics and scholarship. He's called the "Diplomat Sheikh." He's written many books, articles and research papers.
He urges peace and reconciliation. He promises "government of hope and prudence." He pledged "constructive interaction with the world."
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