Posts Tagged ‘US State Department’

US Counterterrorism Envoy John R. Allen Responsible for the Alleged “War against ISIS” Resigns

The US special envoy for the alleged war on Daesh terrorists in Iraq and Syria, is stepping down, officials say. John R. Allen, the Special Presidential Envoy for the Global Coalition to Counter ISIL, will leave his position in early November, four US State Department officials told Bloomberg on condition of anonymity. According to the […]

Need beheading: US welcomes news that Saudi Arabia will head UN Human Rights panel

     While many expressed outrage over Saudi Arabia’s appointment as head of a United Nations’ Human Rights Council panel, one nation has given its seal of approval. Despite the Kingdom’s deplorable rights record, the US State Department “welcomes” the UN’s decision. After it was revealed earlier this week that Saudi Arabia would chair the key […]

USA now into destabilising Lebanon, upset with Hezbollah’s fight against terrorism

Color Revolution 2.0 in Lebanon: From Piles of Trash to Piles of Rubble “Spontaneous.” “Genuine.” Defiant.” The US State Department’s marketeers have used these labels in attempts to differentiate its latest wave of global “color revolutions” from the now tired, ineffective, and familiar formulas used everywhere from the US-engineered “Arab Spring,” to the Euromaidan in […]

U.S. extends sanctions on Russia ‘just because’

     Washington has extended its sanctions against Russia, but the US State Department failed to offer specifics of what exactly Moscow did wrong this time. It referred to a “larger picture,” which supposedly proves Russia’s guilt in destabilizing Ukraine. On Wednesday, the US Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) explained that it […]

U.S. State Dept. warns renowned jazz musician not to play at Crimea festival

     The leading light of the Russian jazz scene, Igor Butman, recently drew fire from Washington and Kiev when he agreed to play at the music festival held in the Crimean city of Koktebel. Butman received a warning from the US State Department not to attend. Butman, 53, who has worked with some of the […]

US to sell bombs to Israel, helicopters to Saudi

​WASHINGTON – The United States said Wednesday it plans to sell thousands of bombs and missiles to Israel as well as 10 Seahawk helicopters to Saudi Arabia, in deals worth about $1.9bn each, officials said Wednesday. The US State Department informed Congress of the proposed arms sales to two allies in the Middle East that are […]

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