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By Carey Wedler It is widely known that the U.S.-led NATO intervention to topple Libya’s Muammar Gaddafi in 2011 resulted in a power vacuum that has allowed terror groups like ISIS to gain a foothold in the country. Despite the destructive consequences of the 2011 invasion, the West is currently taking a similar trajectory with regard to Syria. Just as the Obama administration excoriated Gaddafi in 2011, highlighting his human rights abuses and insisting he must be removed from power to protect the Libyan people, the Trump administration is now pointing to the repressive policies of Bashar al-Assad in Syria and warning his regime will soon come to an end — all in the name of protecting Syrian civilians. But as the U.S. and its allies fail to produce legal grounds for their recent air strike — let alone provide concrete evidence to back up their claims Assad was responsible for a deadly chemical attack last week — more hazards of invading foreign countries and removing their heads of

Pacific Ocean (May 25, 2005) – The nuclear powered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) leads ships attached to the Nimitz Strike Group and the Japan Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF) in formation during a photo exercise in the Pacific Ocean. The Nimitz Carrier Strike Group is currently on a regular scheduled deployment in support of the global war on terrorism. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate 3rd Class Shannon E. Renfroe (RELEASED) The US has ordered in a total of three aircraft carrier strike groups toward the Korean Peninsula, South Korea’s primary news outlet, Yonhap, has reported citing a source in the South Korean government. ( LINK ) According to Yonhap, the CVN-76 Ronald Reagan carrier strike group and the CVN-68 Nimitz carrier strike group will enter the Sea of Japan next week. Meanwhile, the CVN-70 Carl Vinson carrier strike group will arrive South Korea’s coast at the same time (allegedly on April 25). Yonhap’s source added that the US and South Korea are consider

IMAGE: paraanaliz.com US President Donald Trump has stold his Turkish counterpart that the United States will closely cooperate with Turkey in the fight against the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and other issues regarding the situation in Syria and Iraq, CNN Turkey reported on Tuesday citing own sources. View image on Twitter  Follow CNN Türk ENG   ✔ @CNNTURK_ENG # BREAKING  Pres.sources: Trump told Erdoğan that U.S will closely cooperate with Turkey in fight against PKK and on Iraq and Syria 10:35 AM - 18 Apr 2017     106 106 Retweets     49 49 likes The reported followed a phone call between the US and Turkish presidents. However, CNN Turkey’s information still has to be confirmed. The United States is one of the main backers of the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) that is a core of the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) operating in northern Syria. Washnigton desperately needs the SDF if it really wants to storm the

© AFP 2017/ Ahmad Al-Rubaye Iraqi forces have captured the ISIS “health department” office in the Old City area in western Mosul, Federal Police chief Shaker Jawdat announced on April 18. Separately, Iraqi forces crated barricades near the al-Farouq district killed Abu Hajir al-Rusi, an alleged Russian ISIS member, in the al-Thawra district with in a rocket. Abu Hajir al-Rusi was one of ISIS field commanders, according to reports.

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi speaking in a mosque in Mosul after the group took over the city in June 2014. File photo ISIS leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, may has been captured in northern Syria, according to media reports, including the Arabic branch of the Russian state-run news agency Sputnik . All media reports refer to an article appeared at the desiagency.eu website (“European Department For Security And Information”). “The Information Office of the Secretary General of the DESI European Department of Security and Information announced that: “the office had received accurate information indicating that the leader of al-Qaeda “Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi” may have been arrested in the north of Syria through a monitoring by the Syrian-Russian joint intelligence. This came after Baghdadi forcibly left Mosul as a result of the pursuit of his popular mobilization forces on April 2, 2017 and his entry to the Syrian border. The media office indicated that it will refrain from accurate informati

UH-60L Black Hawk A Saudi Black Hawk helicopter crashed in Yemen killing at least 12 military personnel, Saudi’s SPA news agency reported on Tuesday. The helicopter was allegedly downed by the Houthi-Saleh alliance’s forces. The incident took place in the province of Marib whrere the helicopter was deployed for a combat mission. SPA’s statement on the issue : The Coalition Forces Command in Support of Yemen Legitimate Government announced today that, on Tuesday morning 21/7/1438H (18/4/2017), a Black Hawk helicopter of the Saudi Armed Forces crashed while on a mission in Marib. The crash resulted in the martyrdom of four officers and eight rank officers of the Saudi armed forces. The investigations are ongoing to determine the causes of the accident. The Command pray to Almighty Allah to receive their souls into His mercy. Al Arabia English said that the helicopter was downed:  Follow Al Arabiya English   ✔ @AlArabiya_Eng # BREAKING :  # Arabcoalition :  # Sa

Originally appeared at ZeroHedge Just when a few hours had passed without any escalation around the Korean Peninsula, The Guardian reports that the US military is considering shooting down North Korean missile tests as a show of strength to Pyongyang according to two sources briefed on the plans. As the USS Carl Vinson heads towards the peninsula, along with two oither carriers , the Pentagon is looking for ways short of war to pressure North Korea into denuclearization, particularly if Pyongyang goes forward with an anticipated sixth nuclear test. The option, which defense secretary James Mattis has briefed to Congress, has, as The Guardian reports , yet to mature into a decision by the military to intercept a tested missile. One US official said the prospective shoot-down strategy would be aimed at occurring after a nuclear test, with the objective being to signal Pyongyang that the US can impose military consequences for a transgression Donald Trump has said is unacceptable . But e

Country’s deputy UN ambassador, Kim In-ryong, makes declaration as Trump tells Kim Jong-un he has ‘gotta behave’ Associated Press in Panmunjom A senior North Korean official has accused the US of turning the Korean peninsula into “the world’s biggest hotspot” and creating “a dangerous situation in which a thermonuclear war may break out at any moment”. North Korea’s deputy UN ambassador, Kim In-ryong, described US-South Korean military exercises as the largest ever “aggressive war drill” and said his country was “ready to react to any mode of war desired by the US”. Kim’s warning came as the US vice-president, Mike Pence, assured Japan that Washington would work closely with its allies in the region to bring about a peaceful resolution to the crisis and denuclearise the Korean peninsula. “We appreciate the challenging times in which the people of Japan live with increasing provocations from across the Sea of Japan,” Pence said during talks in Tokyo with the Japanese prime minister, Shi