Israel’s blockade of Gaza has left thousands jobless with two in three locals living in poverty. The situation is so desperate that even Libya, fresh from a bloody civil war, is being seen as a land of opportunity by over 5,000 Palestinians. Thousands of desperate and unemployed Gazans hope that war-torn Libya can offer them [...]
Tag: WAR
December 10, 2011
December 9, 2011
US military dumps soldiers’ remains in landfill
If you’re looking to visit the sacred grounds where the remains of a love one lost at war is entombed, be sure to bring a hazmat suit. The military has been dumping the ashes of cremated soldiers in a suburban Virginia landfill. An investigation last month left with fingers pointed promptly at the Dover Air [...]
December 7, 2011
New Libya: Guns to go silent but future elusive
Libya’s new government has vowed to free the capital of armed militias and ensure civilians also hand over personal weapons by the end of the month. The move is both welcome and necessary – but will it bring stability to once-secure Tripoli? After months of waking up to gunfire, residents of Tripoli now have to [...]
December 5, 2011
Drone downed in Iran: ‘US great game could spark WWIII’
Following the latest report that the Iranian military has shot down a US drone in eastern Iran, radio host Stephen Lendman told RT such US reconnaissance missions point towards greater ambitions for domination, which might lead to all-out war. With diplomatic tensions reaching a boiling point between Iran and the West, Lendman believes such spying [...]
November 26, 2011
Bombed for nothing: Everyday life on Israeli-Gaza border
Despite all calls for peaceful negotiations, rockets and violence are part of life on the Israeli-Gaza border. As civilians bear the brunt of the conflict, Faisal Malaka from Gaza told RT’s Nadezhda Kevorkova how it feels to live there. “Why do you always come after the war and destruction? Why don’t you want to stop [...]
November 20, 2011
Saakashvili applauds EU resolution on Georgia
Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili described a European parliament resolution on Georgia that dubs Russia an illegal military occupant as “historical.” Russia and Europe-leaning Georgia broke off diplomatic relations after a five-day war in Georgia’s breakaway republic of South Ossetia in 2008. Moscow recognized the independence of South Ossetia and another self-proclaimed republic, Abkhazia. Georgia [...]
November 13, 2011
Literature And Empire: Scholar Susan Layton Discusses Russia’s ‘Literary Caucasus’
Where did Russia’s stereotypes of the Caucasus come from? Susan Layton’s book “Russian Literature and Empire: Conquest of the Caucasus from Pushkin to Tolstoy” provides part of the answer. The book has been described by critics as the first text “to provide a synthesizing study of Russian writing about the Caucasus during the 19th-century age [...]
November 12, 2011
US speeds up militarization of Iran’s neighbors
With American and Iranian relations on the brink of war due to news or a nuclear program being developed out of Tehran, Obama administration insiders say the US is about to cut an arms deal with a powerful American ally in the region. According to a report published today in the Wall Street Journal, American [...]
November 5, 2011
Russia ready for compromise on WTO accession
Moscow is ready to accept the compromise on WTO accession proposed by Switzerland, which is mediating talks between Russia and Georgia, the Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Thursday. Russia has endeavored to join the WTO since 1993 and needs to reach individual agreements with all 153 members of the WTO. The last remaining obstacle [...]
November 1, 2011
October 28, 2011
Biggest success? NATO proud of Libya op which killed thousands
With Gaddafi dead and its “military job now done,” NATO has declared its campaign in Libya one of the “most successful in NATO history.” However, untold casualties and a country devastated by war call into question the alliance’s notion of success. Coming through on last week’s promise to end military operations in Libya, on Friday [...]
October 22, 2011
October 22, 2011
Pentagon to monitor soldiers’ dreams
The Pentagon will be taking a page from the liner notes of classic rockers Cheap Trick as the DoD hopes to become the military’s official dream police with some spooky new sci-tech spectacles that they hope will curb PTSD-nightmares. The US army is trying to perfect technology that will help soldiers suffering from post-traumatic [...]
October 22, 2011
Libya: is it the end or just the beginning?
With Libya’s liberation to be officially announced on Saturday and NTC loyalists continuing to celebrate the downfall of Gaddafi’s regime, the question of Libya’s future is rearing its head. And for some it is obvious NATO will not leave so fast. The liberation is to be declared on Saturday in the city of Benghazi, and [...]