"The Fort Bragg Cartel": Book Exposes U.S. Special Forces' Involvement in Drug Trafficking & Murder

from Democracy NOW!

 

Syrian army preemptive strikes foil terrorist onslaught in Aleppo

from PressTV

The Syrian army has reportedly thwarted large-scale terrorist operations in Aleppo province through a preemptive strike. 

Four major terrorist operations, which were set to begin from the town of Anadan,12 kilometers northwest of Aleppo, were foiled before they could start, Al-Mayadeen reported on Friday. 

Intense clashes are still ongoing in the area between the Syrian armed forces and terrorist groups, mainly Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, formerly known as the Nusra Front, according to the report. 

Reports on Friday said fierce battles are ongoing in western Aleppo. Syrian state media said artillery shelling killed four civilians at student housing in Aleppo.

"Four civilians were killed after terrorist organizations shelled the university dorms in Aleppo," the official news agency SANA said.

The Syrian army launched intensified missile attacks on terrorist positions that stretch from villages in western Aleppo to Mount Zawiya south of Idlib, according to the report.

Late on Thursday, the television network reported that four large-scale attacks launched from the city of Anadan, north of Aleppo, were foiled...

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Russia: US, UK spreading chaos in Syria through terrorist groups

(In the U.S. this is called unconventional warfare or irregular warfare. It's when our Special Operations teams, State Department, NED or anyone else hires proxy armies to terrorize the population of a targeted nation. It's what we do. We hire terrorists to kill civilians.) 

'The purpose of this document is to provide a pocket reference of Unconventional Warfare (UW) doctrine, concepts, academic inquiry, and suggested supplementary reading for military leaders and planners. Joint Publication (JP) 3-05.1 defines UW as: Activities conducted to enable a resistance movement or insurgency to coerce, disrupt or overthrow a government or occupying power by operating through or with an underground, auxiliary, and guerrilla force in a denied area.' USASOC Guide to Unconventional Warfare (PDF)

from PressTV

Russia says the major US-led Western powers continue their hostile practices towards Syria by backing anti-Damascus militants and Takfiri terrorist groups across the Arab country. 

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova in remarks on Thursday in Moscow blamed the United States, Britain and some other Western countries for spreading chaos through terrorist groups across Syria. 

The support by the Western regimes for terrorist groups operating across Syria was no secret anymore and has fully been exposed, she said. 

“Attempts to target the Syrian state, its sovereignty and independence have been ongoing for years by regimes hostile to international peace and security in general, and they have chosen Syria and are still clinging to it as a target for their ongoing and continuous aggression,” Zakharova was quoted as saying. 

She also reiterated that Russia’s supportive stance towards Syria and its people has been the basis for ensuring security and stability in the West Asia region. 

The remarks come after  Syrian and Russian jets bombed militant hideouts to push back foreign-backed Takfiri terrorists and anti-Damascus militants in the northwestern region. 

The Syrian army said it was cooperating with Russia and "friendly forces" to regain ground and restore the situation to what it was...

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US offering Maduro ‘amnesty’ – WSJ

(Who uses narcoterrorism as a tool of war? Oh yeah, we do.  It's practically in our military's DNA.)

from RT

American officials have offered to drop “narco-terrorism” charges against Nicolas Maduro if the Venezuelan president transfers power to his political opponents, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday.

Maduro defeated Western-backed opposition figure Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia by 51.2% to 44.2% in a presidential election last month, securing himself a third term in office. Gonzalez’s supporters, however, claim that the vote was rigged, and the US officially recognized Gonzalez as Venezuela’s president-elect earlier this month.

According to the Wall Street Journal’s sources, Washington is now attempting to persuade Maduro to cede power to Gonzalez. In secret talks with confidants of Maduro, the White House has offered to pardon the Venezuelan president and his allies, who are currently wanted in the US on drug charges.

American officials are also trying to enlist Brazil, Mexico, and Colombia – whose leftist governments are seen as sympathetic to Caracas – to convince Maduro to accept the deal, the newspaper reported. Meanwhile, Gonzalez’s allies have also offered security guarantees to Maduro if he were to step down...

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Pro-Ukraine images found on cellphones of Moscow terror attacks suspects – investigators

from RT

Images extracted from the cell phones of the terrorists who killed more than 140 people at a concert hall outside Moscow point to a possible link to the ongoing Ukraine conflict, investigators said on Friday.

On March 22, four Tajik nationals opened fire inside the packed Crocus City Hall music venue and then set the building on fire. A total of 145 people were killed and more than 500 were injured in the attack.

The suspected assailants were detained the next day while trying to flee to Ukraine by car, according to the authorities. More suspects were arrested in the following days, most of them of Tajik origin.

The jihadist group Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISIS-K) has claimed responsibility for the attack. The head of Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB), Aleksandr Bortnikov, however, suggested that the US, UK, and Ukraine may also be linked to the attack, possibly using Islamists as proxies. Ukraine and its Western backers have denied any involvement...

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NDTV Explains: What's Jaish Al-Adl, Target Of Iran's Attack In Pakistan

(other Salafi proxy armies in our unconventional warfare operations al Qaeda, ISIS, Boko Haram, SDF, al Nusra)

from NDTV

The name of terrorist group Jaish al-Adl started doing the rounds this morning after Pakistan accused Iran of carrying out an airstrike in its territory, killing two children.

While Tehran has not made any official comment so far, Iran's state-run Nour News agency said the attack had destroyed the Pakistan headquarters of "jihadist group" Jaish al-Adl, news agency AFP reported.

What Is Jaish al-Adl

Jaish al-Adl is a Sunni Salafi organisation that operates mainly in south-eastern Iran bordering Pakistan. Jaish al-Adl, meaning "Army of Justice", was formed in 2012. It hit headlines in 2013 after it claimed responsibility for an attack that killed 14 Iranian guards. According to reports, the terrorist group had then said that the attack was an answer to the "violent crimes" of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Crops in Syria and "the oppression and crimes the regime has committed against the oppressed Sunnis of Iran". The group claims to be fighting for the independence of Sistan and Baluchistan province and more rights for Baluch people in Iran. It is currently led by Salahuddin Farooqui.

According to reports, Jaish al-Adl was founded by members of Jundallah. A Sunni terrorist group, Jundallah had faced a massive setback in 2010 after Iran captured and executed its leader Abdolmalek Rigi.

Jaish ul-Adliran

(aligned with Greater Kurdistan project and U.S. unconventional warfare operations of the past)

from Wikipedia

Jaish ul-Adl, or Jaish al-Adl^[11] (Arabic: جيش‌ العدل, lit. 'Army of Justice'; Balochi: جئیش الئدل), is a Sunni militant and Baluchi separatist organization that operates mainly in southeastern Iran, where there is a substantial concentration of Sunni Baluchis and a porous border with Pakistan.^[4][5][12]

The group has claimed responsibility for several attacks against military personnel in Iran.^[9] The group has asserted that it is a separatist group fighting for independence of Sistan and Baluchistan Province and greater rights for Baluch people.^[13][14][6] The group also maintain ties with Ansar Al-Furqan which is another Iranian Baloch Sunni armed group operating in Iran.^[15] Salahuddin Farooqui is the current head of Jaish ul-Adl. His brother, Amir Naroui, was killed by Taliban in Afghanistan.^[2]

The group was founded in 2012 by members of Jundallah, a Sunni militant group that had been weakened following Iran's capture and execution of its leader, Abdolmalek Rigi, in 2010. Its first major attack occurred in October 2013.^[16][12] Jaish ul-Adl is a designated terrorist organization by Iran,^[9] Japan,^[10] New Zealand^[17] and the United States.^[4]

Jaish al-Adl has cooperated with Kurdish separatist groups in Iran and has also strongly denounced Iranian intervention in the Syrian civil war. Iranian state media has alleged that Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and the United States (and Israel) are key backers of the group.^[8]

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Suddenly The Middle East is On Fire but it's BRICS Not Gaza Causing It

With recent events in Syria, Iran and Iraq suddenly looking like the Middle East is catching fire, we have to look way deeper than Gaza to understand why and figure out just how much is really at stake.

State of the Unconventional and Irregular Wars Report – Exposing the Deep State Machinations of our Irregular Wars (archive)

(archived from January 19, 2015)

by Scott Creighton

Leading into tomorrow’s State of the Union Address, in which President Peace Prize will lay out his agenda for the coming year (including his feigned attempt to push a new “rich tax” with a republican controlled House and Senate… heh heh), I thought it might be good to give the people a bit of an update on all of that “CHANGE” we got in 2008.

Specifically, I thought it would be good to give a bit of a rundown of the ongoing Endless Global War OF Terror in all it’s many facets with what I call the State of Unconventional and Irregular Wars Report.

IW Chronicles: Biden Promises Regime Change in Iran as UK Runs Gladio Op in Ukraine

Our Irregular Warfare (IW) off-the-books budget must be astronomical at this point.

48k Proxy Fighters Housed in Hotels in the UK?

Tens of thousands of people are being housed in hotels across the UK. They are being falsely labeled as refugees or asylum seekers. I posit the notion that these are some of our irregular warfare proxy army fighters.

Understanding Unconventional Warfare

Straight from their handbook on the subject (H/T Farmer Jones) (stay tuned to the end for a guest appearance by Cricket!)