the unbalanced evolution of homo sapiens

Από την αρχή της κρίσης στη Συρία τα δυτικά μέσα ενημέρωσης συνήθιζαν να αποδίδουν μόνο στο καθεστώς Ασαντ τη χρήση χημικών όπλων, ακόμη και όταν δεν είχαν στη διάθεσή τους καμία απόδειξη. Η συζήτηση περιοριζόταν πάντα στο εάν οι κυβερνητικές δυνάμεις έκαναν ή όχι χρήση χημικών όπλων αλλά κανένα από τα κυρίαρχα μέσα ενημέρωσης δεν αναφέρονταν στο ενδεχόμενο τα χημικά όπλα να χρησιμοποιούνταν και από τις δυνάμεις της αντιπολίτευσης. Βετεράνοι δημοσιογράφοι, όπως ο Σίμουρ Χερς, που αμφισβητούσαν την κυρίαρχη αφήγηση της Ουάσινγκτον, έμπαιναν σε άτυπες μαύρες λίστες και δεν μπορούσαν πλέον να δημοσιεύσουν τις έρευνές τους σε μεγάλα μέσα ενημέρωσης. Τώρα όμως, το Στέιτ Ντιπάρτμεντ, στην τελευταία ταξιδιωτική οδηγία που εξέδωσε για τη Συρία, αποκαλύπτει ότι η σημαντικότερη ομάδα ανταρτών που επιχειρεί στη βορειοδυτική Συρία όχι μόνο διαθέτει αλλά έχει χρησιμοποιήσει χημικά όπλα. Στην ανακοίνωση αναφέρεται ότι « Στις τακτικές τους ISIS της Hayat Tahrir al-

The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has warned that more than 11 million Yemeni children are in dire need of relief aid as a result of Saudi Arabia’s aggression against the impoverished country. In a statement published on Monday, the agency described the conflict in Yemen as “devastating,” and said the Yemeni children were facing “ the largest food security crisis in the world and an unprecedented cholera outbreak. ” " Deprived of access to basic health and nutrition services, children are unable to fulfill their potential, " the statement said, adding that children in the war-ravaged country were dying of " preventable causes like malnutrition, diarrhea, and respiratory tract infections. ” The OCHA also pointed to the uncertain future of millions of schoolchildren in Yemen as thousands of teachers refuse to attend classes for not receiving their salaries during the past year. " The education system

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has warned that more than 1,100 children in war-torn Syria's Eastern Ghouta district, on the outskirts of the Syrian capital Damascus, are suffering from various forms of malnutrition. UNICEF’s Spokeswoman Monica Awad said on Monday that, based on a three-month survey, 1,114 Syrian children in total were found to be suffering from malnutrition in the district, which is held by the foreign-backed militants. She added that of these children, 232 were afflicted by the most hazardous form of malnutrition, known as “sever acute malnutrition,” a level of undernourishment that needs urgent treatment if the child is to survive, and 882 others suffered from moderate acute malnutrition. Awad also warned that more than 1,500 other children were still at risk, adding, “ During the past month, there have been two reported deaths among infants, one girl aged 34 days and a boy aged 45 days, due to insufficient breastfeedin

A human rights group has claimed that Daesh executed at least 128 Syrian civilians in the town of Al-Qaryatayn, which has been traded between the militant group and the Syrian Arab Army multiple times. The civilians were massacred in reprisal for collaborating with the government of Bashar al-Assad. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported that the killings occurred over a 20 day period. The Syrian army retook the city in April 2016 after eight months of Daesh occupation. However, Daesh chased the government forces out on October 1 — but the Syrian army regrouped and returned three weeks later, recapturing the city once more with support from Russian airstrikes. But in that three-week period, Daesh executed 128 residents of the town, which had a population of about 18,000 before the civil war started. The Palmyra Coordination Committee, a local group that supports protest and resistance against the Syrian government, reported that

Australia’s public broadcasting network gave Hillary Clinton an open mike to defame WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange as “a tool of Russian intelligence” without giving him a chance to respond. by John Pilger Part 2 - Smear and Omission The ABC Australia interview with Clinton is an outstanding example of smear and censorship by omission. I would say it is a model. “ No one, ” the interviewer, Sarah Ferguson, says to Clinton, “ could fail to be moved by the pain on your face at that moment [of the inauguration of Trump] … Do you remember how visceral it was for you? ” Having established Clinton’s visceral suffering, Ferguson asks about “Russia’s role.” CLINTON: I think Russia affected the perceptions and views of millions of voters, we now know. I think that their intention coming from the very top with Putin was to hurt me and to help Trump. FERGUSON: How much of that was a personal vendetta by Vladimir Putin against you? CLINTON: … I mean he wants to

The WIKILEAKS Public Library of US Diplomacy (PlusD) holds the world's largest searchable collection of United States confidential, or formerly confidential, diplomatic communications. As of April 8, 2013 it holds 2 million records comprising approximately 1 billion words. The collection covers US involvements in, and diplomatic or intelligence reporting on, every country on earth. It is the single most significant body of geopolitical material ever published. The PlusD collection, built and curated by WikiLeaks, is updated from a variety of sources, including leaks, documents released under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and documents released by the US State Department systematic declassification review. globinfo freexchange A cable back in September 9, 2008, depicts the US intense dissatisfaction for the intention of Al Jazeera to air " a German program presenting conspiracy theories about the 9/11 attacks. " Furthermore, the US intense pressur

Veneto and Lombardy, the two wealthiest regions of Italy, have overwhelmingly voted in favor of greater autonomy from the central government in Rome, Reuters reported, citing early results of the two referendums.    Over 90 percent of voters are estimated to have cast their ballot in favor of autonomy in both regions. Due to alleged hacker attacks on polling stations, the final counting of results is expected to take additional time. Although legally non-binding, the referendums could give the two regions, governed by the Eurosceptic, anti-immigrant and right-wing Northern League, more leverage in negotiations with Rome. https://www.rt.com/newsline/407476-italy-veneto-lombardy-autonomy-referendum/

Australia’s public broadcasting network gave Hillary Clinton an open mike to defame WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange as “a tool of Russian intelligence” without giving him a chance to respond. by John Pilger Part 1 On Oct. 16, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation aired an interview with Hillary Clinton: one of many to promote her score-settling book about why she was not elected President of the United States. In The New York Times, there was a striking photograph of a female reporter consoling Clinton, having just interviewed her. The lost leader was, above all, “absolutely a feminist.” The thousands of women’s lives this “feminist” destroyed while in government — Libya, Syria, Honduras — were of no interest. Wading through the Clinton book, What Happened, is an unpleasant experience, like a stomach upset. Smears and tears. Threats and enemies. “They” (voters) were brainwashed and herded against her by the odious Donald Trump in cahoots with siniste

U.S. President Donald Trump said last week he wants to “decertify” the agreement. A CNN poll has found that 67 percent of U.S. citizens don’t want Washington to pull out of the Iran nuclear deal. U.S. President Donald Trump said last week he wants to “decertify” the agreement, which would allow Congress to make changes to the multi-nation accord and potentially pull the country out of the historic deal. " It would be a waste of time to respond to such blatherings and nonsensical remarks by the foul-mouthed U.S. president, " Supreme Leader of Iran Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said in response to Trump's threat. Only three out of 10 polled said they felt Iran posed a “very serious" threat to the United States, the lowest rate since 2000. Of the over 1,000 people polled, 62 percent said they feel a “very serious” threat from North Korea, or the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, DPRK. Yet, an even larger number, 63 perce

globinfo freexchange Ten years passed from the shockingly revealing interview of the US retired General Wesley Clark to Democracy Now!, where he revealed that the US deep state was planning to go far beyond Iraq war, targeting six more countries. The US objective was to take out 7 countries in 5 years: Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Iran. Apart from Iran, it appears that the ruthless neocons, more or less, achieved goals within the time schedule. Remember that they had to recruit the Nobel Peace Prize winner, Barack Obama, to destroy Libya and Syria. Under Obama administration, the warmongering syndicate was forced to conduct proxy wars against both of these countries, apparently because the political and military cost of a direct invasion would be unbearable, even for the size of the US empire. Yet, consider how difficult is now for the neocons to justify another devastating war. Apart from Iraq, they have to face more chaos in Libya and Syria, plus th