| EXCLUSIVE: First-Ever Look Inside Jeffrey Epstein’s Private IslandPosted: 28 Oct 2019 03:40 PM PDTThe post EXCLUSIVE: First-Ever Look Inside Jeffrey Epstein’s Private Island appeared first on We Are Change. |
| US Forces Move Back Into Syria After Temporary WithdrawalPosted: 28 Oct 2019 08:14 AM PDTOver 500 US troops along with military vehicles and logistical equipment arrived at military bases in northern Syria today, despite their withdrawal only weeks earlier.The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported that US aircrafts had been spotted landing in the Sarrin area of northern Syria over the past five days, and that cargo consisting of logistical and military equipment and vehicles were offloaded.Two US military convoys were also seen entering the north of the country last night, which included over 85 vehicles and armoured trucks transporting military equipment. One of the bases which US forces were returning to is allegedly located on the M4 highway between the towns of Tal Tamr and Tal Baidar – at the far east of Syria, close to the Iraqi border – as well as the cities of Qamishli and Aleppo.The return of US forces to northern Syria comes weeks after they withdrew from the area since President Donald Trump’s announcement of it on the eve of the Turkish military action – Operation Peace Spring – which began in the second week of this month. The move caused international outrage as many perceived it to be an abandonment of the Kurdish militias which the US has long been backing and arming throughout the Syrian conflict and the fight against Daesh.The operation came to a head last week, however, when the US and Russia persuaded Turkey to agree to a ceasefire before the two latter countries struck a deal which stated that Russian military police and Syrian regime soldiers would clear the planned safe zone in north-east Syria of the Kurdish militias.Joint Turkish-Russian patrols were then to be conducted in the east and west of the safe zone areas, up to a depth of ten kilometres, while the Kurdish YPG militia is being removed from the strategic towns of Manbij and Tal Rifat.The remaining terms were largely vague and consisted of general statements such as that of a “joint monitoring and verification mechanism” being established to oversee and implement the deal while working together to find a long-lasting political solution to the Syrian conflict.Despite the withdrawal of US forces during Turkey’s operation, there remained stationed between 200 and 300 US troops in the American Al-Tanf base in the south of the country at the behest of Israel.Russia – which has backed the regime of President Bashar Al-Assad throughout the conflict – has condemned it the return of US troops to Syria and accused America of exploiting and stealing natural resources from the Syrian people.Republished from MiddleEastMonitor.com under Creative CommonsThe post US Forces Move Back Into Syria After Temporary Withdrawal appeared first on We Are Change. |
| OPCW Losing Credibility as Even More Revelations Surface on Douma Chemical AttackPosted: 27 Oct 2019 07:25 PM PDTDuring a recent BBC radio interview, award-winning journalist Jonathan Steele said that he attended a briefing by a new whistleblower from the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) investigation into an alleged 2018 chemical attack in Douma, Syria, who claimed that the OPCW suppressed his findings which contradicted the organization’s official conclusion that a chlorine gas attack had taken place. This according to Steele is a second whistleblower coming forward on the OPCW’s Douma investigation, the first being the leaker of an Engineering Assessment document which surfaced this past May contradicting the OPCW’s official ballistics report which the organization hid from the public.I have archived an audio recording of Steele’s statement here for posterity, since the BBC removes its content after a month. I have also compiled a timeline of relevant events here so that people can properly appreciate the significance of these new revelations.Here’s British journalist Jonathan Steele on the BBC saying he was in attendance at the OPCW/Douma panel and witnessed a new OPCW whistleblower say his findings were suppressed on the absence of evidence for chlorine gas use on the scene in Syria. pic.twitter.com/JRdGAEnlVf— Caitlin Johnstone ? (@caitoz) October 27, 2019Steele made these comments unbidden by the show’s host Paul Henley. They read as follows (thanks to Tim Hayward of the Working Group on Syria, Propaganda and Media for the transcript):Jonathan Steele: “I was in Brussels last week … I attended a briefing by a whistleblower from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons. He was one of the inspectors who was sent out to Douma in Syria in April last year to check into the allegations by the rebels that Syrian aeroplanes had dropped two canisters of chlorine gas, killing up to 43 people. He claims he was in charge of picking up the samples in the affected areas, and in neutral areas, to check whether there were chlorine derivatives there …Paul Henley: And?JS: … and he found that there was no difference. So it rather suggested there was no chemical gas attack, because in the buildings where the people allegedly died there was no extra chlorinated organic chemicals than in the normal streets elsewhere. And I put this to the OPCW for comment, and they haven’t yet replied. But it rather suggests that a lot of this was propaganda…PH: Propaganda led by?JS: … led by the rebel side to try and bring in American planes, which in fact did happen. American, British and French planes bombed Damascus a few days after these reports. And actually this is the second whistle blower to come forward. A few months ago there was a leaked report by the person who looked into the ballistics, as to whether these cylinders had been dropped by planes, looking at the damage of the building and the damage on the side of the cylinders. And he decided, concluded, that the higher probability was that these cylinders were placed on the ground, rather than from planes.PH: This would be a major revelation…JS: … it would be a major revelation …PH: … given the number of people rubbishing the idea that these could have been fake videos at the time.JS: Well, these two scientists, I think they’re non-political — they wouldn’t have been sent to Douma, if they’d had strong political views, by the OPCW. They want to speak to the Conference of the Member States in November, next month, and give their views, and be allowed to come forward publicly with their concerns. Because they’ve tried to raise them internally and been — they say they’ve been — suppressed, their views have been suppressed.Huge news: a *2nd* OPCW whistleblower has emerged over Douma attack in April 2018. 1st WB leaked an engineering assessment that challenged OPCW conclusion of Assad gov’t responsibility. This new WB was *on the ground in Douma.* Both WBs want to speak out. https://t.co/tHkYdEwk4O pic.twitter.com/2tQHvpIpws— Aaron Maté (@aaronjmate) October 27, 2019Steele appears to be referring to a Courage Foundation panel meeting which convened in Brussels on October 15th, the findings of which were published the other day by the Courage Foundation and WikiLeaks, though it’s possible the briefing he refers to was a separate Brussels event around the same time. I’ve been unable to reach Steele for comment but will update with clarification if I can contact him.They are lying to us about what’s happening Syria. Shortly after the political/media class began blaring that Syrian president Bashar al-Assad had killed dozens of civilians with chemical weapons in April of last year, Grayzone’s Max Blumenthal wrote the following in an article for TruthDig:“In 2007, journalist James Bamford recalled how Americans had been subjected to ‘a long line of hyped and fraudulent stories that would eventually propel the U.S. into a war with Iraq — the first war based almost entirely on a covert propaganda campaign targeting the media.’ The dirty war on Syria represents an extension of that strategy, with the mainstream media operating hand in glove with insurgent-allied influence operations like the White Helmets to cultivate public support for another war of regime change.”Indeed, the narrative manipulation campaign against the Syrian government is historically unprecedented in its depth and scale. From bizarre narrative management operations posing as rescue services, to CNN staging a fake, scripted interview featuring a seven year-old Syrian girl blaming Assad for a chemical weapons attack, to the BBC’s manipulative and transparently bogus Saving Syria’s Children documentary, to the US-centralized empire’s increasingly evident influence over the OPCW, we’re seeing evidence of a campaign to distort the public understanding of what’s going on in a foreign nation the likes of which we’ve never before seen.Stay skeptical and remember Iraq. These new reports which keep surfacing on unacceptable practices by the OPCW are just one more piece on a mountain of evidence that whenever the political/media class and their hypnotized victims try to bully us into accepting the official narrative about a longtime target for regime change, we should stand firm and insist on an amount of proof which rises to the level required in a post-Iraq invasion world.The OPCW has a lot of questions to answer, especially since its findings have been cited as authoritative and conclusive in other high-profile events like the UK Skripal poisoning, as well as other incidents in Syria. Both Steele and La Repubblica’s Stefania Maurizi have reported that the organization has been snubbing their requests for comment. Let’s hope the OPCW stops dodging journalists and moving toward bringing transparency and accountability to its processes.Republished from CaitlinJohnstone.com with permissionThe post OPCW Losing Credibility as Even More Revelations Surface on Douma Chemical Attack appeared first on We Are Change. |
| Shy Awkward Teen Convicted! What is the BIGGER AGENDA?Posted: 27 Oct 2019 06:49 PM PDTIn today’s video, I discuss with you a sad story.It’s about a shy, lonely teenage boy in England who tried to “make a friend.”This ended up getting him in a lot of legal trouble. All because he touched a girl on the arm?!As I divulge in this video, what happened with this shy, awkward teen is unfortunately a symptom of a much larger problem.The problem stems from an agenda to divide men and women.It’s apparent throughout mainstream society and it’s something I get very honest about in this latest raw, unscripted walk and talk. Have a watch.The post Shy Awkward Teen Convicted! What is the BIGGER AGENDA? appeared first on We Are Change. |
| 40 Killed, 1,000 Wounded in One Day as Violent Protests Sweep Across IraqPosted: 26 Oct 2019 07:02 AM PDTA surge in violent clashes with police marked another deadly week of protests in Iraq, after two weeks ago over 150 were killed and over 6,000 wounded nationwide when the large-scale demonstrations began.On Friday over 40 protesters were killed in clashes with police, and according to security sources cited in Reuters, an “Iranian-backed militia opened fire to try to quell renewed demonstrations.”Iraq’s human rights commission (IHCHR) further noted that nearly 1,000 people were wounded in Friday’s clashes, the majority of them protesters angry at widespread corruption, economic hardship, and failing public services.IHCHR also said over 2,000 people were injured nationwide, which also saw police using tear gas and rubber bullets, with widespread reports of security forces possibly continuing to use live fire.Officials in Baghdad have admitted since the outbreak of protests two weeks ago that security forces used a “heavy-handed” response when they initially tried to disperse the crowds which had taken over a number of major cities.At least 40 protesters were killed in Iraq on Friday when security forces used tear gas and an Iranian-backed militia opened fire to try to quell demonstrations against corruption and economic hardship https://t.co/z0PW8tHLs6 pic.twitter.com/GVRKK4t0ew— Reuters (@Reuters) October 26, 2019Western media has also pointed to “Iran-backed militias” and even snipers responsible for the high death toll amid the protests.Concerning this latest round of clashes, Reuters reports as follows of the pro-Iran factions:In the south, at least nine protesters were killed when members of the Iranian-backed Asaib Ahl al-Haq (AAH) militia opened fire on protesters who tried to set fire to the group’s office in the city of Nasiriya, according to security sources.Eight people were killed in Amara city, including six protesters, one AAH member and one intelligence officer, police sources said. Three protesters were killed in oil-rich Basra, one in Hilla, and one in Samawa, security sources said.Starting in early October police admitted they had “lost control” of the situation and large-scale demonstrations escalated.Baghdad’s central diplomatic compound area which hosts the heavily fortified American Embassy among others has remained on security lock-down throughout much of the month.Republished from ZeroHedge.com with permissionThe post 40 Killed, 1,000 Wounded in One Day as Violent Protests Sweep Across Iraq appeared first on We Are Change. |
| Zuckerberg’s Policies Are Scary, but AOC Took It to a New Level!Posted: 25 Oct 2019 09:42 AM PDTThe post Zuckerberg’s Policies Are Scary, but AOC Took It to a New Level! appeared first on We Are Change. |
| The DOJ’s Russiagate Probe Just Turned Into a Criminal InvestigationPosted: 25 Oct 2019 07:29 AM PDTWhat began as an administrative review by the Justice Department into the origins of Russiagate has “shifted” to a criminal inquiry, according to the New York Times, citing two people familiar with the matter.The move will allow prosecutor John H Durham the power to subpoena documents and witnesses, to impanel a grand jury, and to file criminal charges. Durham’s progress has been closely monitored by Attorney General William Barr, who appointed the veteran investigator in May, tasking him with looking into FBI and CIA intelligence gathering operations surrounding the 2016 US election.U.S. attorney John H DurhamAs the Daily Caller‘s Chuck Ross notes, Barr said on April 10 that he believed “spying” had taken place against the Trump campaign, and that he doesn’t buy former FBI officials’ version of how the collusion investigation began.Little is known about Durham’s activities so far in the investigation. The Times report said it is unclear when the investigation took on a criminal element, or what specific crime Durham is investigating.Durham accompanied Barr to Italy late in September as part of an inquiry into U.S. intelligence agents’ activities there during the 2016 campaign. They also inquired about Joseph Mifsud, a mysterious Maltese professor who established contact with Trump aide George Papadopoulos in 2016. –Daily CallerJust over three weeks ago, the Times also reported that President Trump asked the Australian Prime Minister to help Barr uncover the origins of “Russiagate,” a move which Justice Department officials said “would be neither illegal nor untoward for Trump to ask.”And according to NBC News, Durham has set his sights on former CIA Director John Brennan and former national intelligence director James Clapper.Durham’s investigation has been running parallel to a probe by Justice Department Inspector General (and registered Democrat) Michael Horowitz, who told Congress on Thursday that he expects his report to be “lengthy,” but able to be made mostly available to the public.The Durham probe is similar to a Justice Department inspector general’s investigation into the FBI’s surveillance of Trump campaign adviser Carter Page. Michael Horowitz, the inspector general, told Congress on Thursday that the report of that investigation is “lengthy” and that he anticipates most of it will be made public.Horowitz has been investigating whether the FBI misled the foreign surveillance court in spy applications against Page. Investigators relied heavily on the Steele dossier in the applications, though information in that document was largely unverified. Unlike Durham, Horowitz has not had subpoena power, and cannot use a grand jury as part of his investigation. –Daily CallerAnd of course, with Durham’s administrative review turning into a criminal probe, the Times has already given away the predictable response from the left; Barr is investigating the Obama intelligence community to help Trump win in 2020. Nothing to see here folks, right?Republished from ZeroHedge.com with permissionThe post The DOJ’s Russiagate Probe Just Turned Into a Criminal Investigation appeared first on We Are Change. |
| Syria Reversal: US May Leave 500 Troops, Deploy Dozens of Tanks to Secure Syrian OilPosted: 24 Oct 2019 08:38 PM PDTJust days after apparently withdrawing US troops from Syria, much to the chagrin of the military-industrial-complex-sponsored Washington establishment, The Wall Street Journal reports that The White House is considering options for leaving about 500 U.S. troops in northeast Syria and sending dozens of battle tanks and other equipment to protect them.The abrupt reversal, reportedly suggested to President Trump by military officials fits with his statement earlier today that he wanted to safeguard the oil fields (seen by Washington as potential leverage in future negotiations over Syria), tweeting:“We will NEVER let a reconstituted ISIS have those fields!”Syria is now politically more fragmented than ever, as the following chart from Statista’s Martin Armstrong shows, parts of the country are controlled by various faction s (based on Liveuamap data analysed by the German newspaper Handelsblatt). In the north there is a strip about 30 kilometres wide, which Turkey seeks to control as a “safe zone”. The parts into which Turkish troops have already penetrated are coloured purple. The red areas were newly occupied by Syrian-Russian forces, showing how Assad is now gaining influence in the region. The majority of the planned Turkish control zone is still controlled by Kurdish militias (yellow areas on the map).The options for tanks and troops, which The Journal notes hasn’t been decided upon yet, has the smell of a strawman from the neocons – bargaining over troop numbers and logistics – in an effort to gauge the base’s reaction and to then provide some leverage on the president to reverse his position more aggressively.As a reminder, after ordering all U.S. forces out of northeastern Syria in early October, Trump has already modestly reversed his position, agreeing (after Sen. Lindsey Graham outlined the potential importance of the oil) to leave about 200 troops in northeast Syria to safeguard oil fields.Of course, it is still unclear what will be done with the approximately 1,000 troops – mostly special ops – but, as Senator Graham made clear – they’re not coming home any time soon:“There are some plans coming together from the Joint Chiefs that I think may work, that may give us what we need to prevent ISIS from coming back, Iran taking the oil, ISIS from taking the oil,” he said.“I am somewhat encouraged that a plan is coming about that will meet our core objectives in Syria.”Perhaps the Deep State’s grip is a little firmer, and Graham’s marshalling of Senate votes to ‘save’ Trump from impeachment, than the president initially conceived.One thing is for sure, if this reversal takes place, Putin and Erdogan will not be pleased at all, and with Defense Secretary Mark Esper, in Brussels, alongside NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg, noting that NATO ally Turkey “put us all in a terrible situation,” one could imagine this strategy is one of stalling while the nukes can be moved from Incirlik to another ‘ally’ ahead of the planned votes next week on additional Turkish sanctions (as questions about the viability of Turkey as a NATO ally so closely aligned with Russia are growing stronger – in rhetoric only for now).Republished from ZeroHedge.com with permissionThe post Syria Reversal: US May Leave 500 Troops, Deploy Dozens of Tanks to Secure Syrian Oil appeared first on We Are Change. |
| This is the Final Nail For Hillary Clinton! Tulsi Gabbard Moves on Up!Posted: 19 Oct 2019 01:56 PM PDTI think we’re pretty much seeing the end of Hillary Clinton’s political career and the end of the old guard, don’t you?I say this because of the response on the internet after democratic presidential contender Tulsi Gabbard ripped into Clinton on social media. In this video, we discuss the shifting away from the old guard in Washington D.C. but also touch on criticisms of Gabbard. In a television interview, Clinton claimed that there continues to be some sort of Russian collusion, which we have all found out repeatedly is not and was not the case, insisting that Tulsi Gabbard is going to run third-party as part of a Russian conspiracy with Putin. Hillary should understand that in reality she’s the reason Donald Trump got elected in the first place. Hillary is the reason that Trump is as popular as he is. And now, Hillary is the reason that Tulsi is getting a lot of attention. Hillary once seemed like the Boogey Man, someone impossible to touch, a Halloween villain, if you will, but now we’re actually getting somewhere. During the last election, Tulsi Gabbard saw exactly what Hillary and Debbie Wasserman Schultz did, saw this vast amount of corruption, and spoke out against it in support of Bernie Sanders. In fact, she was one of the most prominent people that stood up for Bernie. And now, because of that, and despite her potential as a presidential contender, she’s still on the Democratic Party’s hit list. And so, we now see Tulsi being the victim of skewed coverage in mainstream media. Since the mainstream media is always pro-war, should we assume they’re going to give Tulsi a fair shake? No, the war profiteers, who run the mainstream media, will lose if Tulsi gets any kind of power in the media or on the world stage. If you haven’t noticed, when the mainstream media talks about war, they talk about how we should go to war, not if we should go to war. The truth is, Hillary Clinton is losing her relevance and because of that she’s looking for attention and the more she’s caught lying, the louder her cries. Russiagate was a very big lie that we’ve been calling out from day one and we’ve been attacked for it. The Washington Post went so far as to put us on a list calling us Russian agents! Thankfully, no one is buying it anymore. The investigation didn’t find collusion. It was a dud.But somehow Hillary doubles down on it and says Tulsi is involved in Russian collusion. It makes no sense. The current response to Tulsi is a testament to the fact that the old guard is done and this performance by Hillary only served to make Tulsi more popular. Despite all of this, however, I remain critical of Tulsi Gabbard. She is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and she promotes medicaid for all, free schooling and free education, which are policies that I am critical of for reasons I explain in this video.Let’s remember to stop worshipping individuals, Tulsi Gabbard, Hillary Clinton, or otherwise. Let’s stop giving up our authority and our power over to others and instead understand that ideas are more important than personalities.The post This is the Final Nail For Hillary Clinton! Tulsi Gabbard Moves on Up! appeared first on We Are Change. |
