Bin Laden died in Afghanistan in 2001, not in 2011 in Pakistan: American scholar

An American scholar says the whole Osama bin Laden issue was an “elaborate charade,” adding that the al-Qaeda leader died in December 2001 in Afghanistan, not in May 2011 in Pakistan. James Henry Fetzer, who is also a journalist with Veterans Truth Network and a retired professor in Madison,...

1st phase of Saudi war on Yemen killed 951: Health Ministry officialsst Yemen

Yemen’s Health Ministry has announced that a total of 951 people,died and 3,943 others were wounded in the nearly month-long first phase of the Saudi military aggression against Yemen. Among the dead are 143 children and 95 women.  A spokesman for the Yemeni Health Ministry announced the...

Iran must always be prepared for defense: Leader

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has condemned the “shameless” military threats against the Islamic Republic, saying the country must always be ready to defend itself. Ayatollah Khamenei made the comments in a Sunday address to a group of senior Army commanders...

Turkey eager to buy more Iran gas

Turkey has expressed willingness to buy more natural gas from Iran should Tehran lower the price, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan says. “We purchase 90-95 percent of Iran’s exported natural gas. The most expensive natural gas that we import is from Iran. If this price were lowered,...

Leader: Removal of sanctions should be part of any nuclear deal

The Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says removal of anti-Iran sanctions should be part and parcel of any possible nuclear deal between Iran and the P5+1 countries, and should not come as a late result of those talks. Addressing the nation at a speech delivered...

Iran's Islamic Revolution: An indisputable reality

By WAQAR RIZVI The facts of the Islamic Revolution in Iran are undisputed. A popular, peaceful and long-standing uprising against a US-backed dictator-king succeeded in overthrowing him in 1979. From that time till now, the Islamic Republic formed since the overthrow of the Shah has stood the test...

An open letter like no other

By WAQAR RIZVI Muslims, their leaders, scholars and politicians, have been asked, nay demanded, infinite times to speak out about extremism, terrorism, or whatever other –ism currently incorrectly associated with Islam. Ayatollah Khamenei has just responded to that call in an open letter,...

Beyond police bullets and chokeholds

A report published in 2011 from the Aspen Institute based in Washington, D.C. further confirms that the United States imprisonment rate for African Americans is a manifestation of a deeply racist society. Since the police killing of 18-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri on Aug. 9,...

US torture and tyranny: Lies, injustice and the CIA way

As a boy in the United States in the 1950s, I recall watching a weekly television program about a benevolent alien with superhuman powers who came to earth from the distant planet Krypton. Disguised as a mild-mannered reporter for a great metropolitan newspaper, this superhero always managed to...

US Justice Department interventions not stopping police violence

Over the last several years a number of police departments with histories of using lethal force against oppressed peoples have been subjected to civil rights investigations and consent decrees with the Justice Department. Nonetheless, violence by the police against the people has continued...

US used Afghanistan as testing battleground: Analyst

A political commentator says the US has used Afghanistan as a testing battle ground in order to advance its military agenda in other parts of the world. Rick Rozoff, the manager of the Stop NATO International Network, said in an interview with Press TV from Chicago that the United States used Afghanistan...

The great lie of our time

As the US supports warlords in Ukraine, its absurd theories of democratization collapse into folly. In all International Relations (IR) classrooms throughout the English-speaking world, something called the democratic peace theory is taught. The theory holds that countries are less likely to go...

Counter-terrorism conference in Syria

The first day of the Counter Terrorism and Religious Extremism Conference has just ended midnight November, 30th as I am proofing this. About sixty foreign participants are attending, including eight from the US, and four of those from Veterans Today, namely Colonel Jim Hanke, along with the...

IncreaseNormalDecrease Monetizing debt �could prompt revolt�

Much has been made of the decision by the Japanese government to inject another $700 billion into their ailing economy. While some may see this as an earnest attempt to save Japan from further stagnation and deflation, even some of the mainstream media (e.g. Bloomberg) are questioning the wisdom of...

Why's the queen scared of Iran?

As a broadcast journalist, it's sometimes good to watch TV channels like the BBC and Fox News as they can give you a clear glimpse of how you would cover world affairs if your moral standards weren't to match those of a responsible media outlet. But seeing how much effort those channels...

What if the Iran nuclear talks fail?

There is little doubt that any extension of the nuclear talks between Iran and the United States—the latter being accompanied by some other countries in the negotiations—beyond the November 24 deadline will directly mean the failure of the negotiations at least for the time being....

�US withheld sat. image of MH17 downing�

The Russian news service, Itar-Tass today published satellite photos clearly proving that Malaysian Airlines flight MH17, which crashed in eastern Ukraine on July 17, 2014, was downed by a Kiev-backed jet fighter. The United States and Great Britain have had these photos for months, proving...

'Russia uses language Washington understands'

Has Russia reached the limit of its diplomatic tolerance of the US and its NATO allies? The announcement this week that Moscow is to begin deploying long-range bombers in the Gulf of Mexico - America's own backyard - suggests so. The move may seem like a reckless ratcheting up of tensions...

West �pre-staging new Ukraine war�

“One of the saddest lessons of history is if we’ve been bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle. We’re no longer interested in finding out the truth. It’s simply too painful to acknowledge, even to ourselves, that we’ve been taken.”...

Who is Responsible for killing Shiites in Saudi Arabia?

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE AR-SA MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Although Saudi authorities have accused al-Qaeda militants for a recent attack against a group of Shia Muslims participating in a ceremony marking...

ICC cites Israeli war crime guilt but �too busy� to prosecute

Today, the ICC decided that though Israel is “most likely guilty of war crimes” in their attack on an unarmed aid convoy in 2010, the International Criminal Court refuses to move forward.  An examination of the ICC and its new Chief Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda brings another...

Pro-Israel Washington real �chickenshit�

So, an anonymous White House official dared to call Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a chickenshit this week. And the media is full of it, pondering on whether the vulgarity foreshadows a strategic rupture between Washington and its favorite client regime. Come off it. The frisson...

Afghan retreat echoes of Vietnam defeat

It didn’t quite garner the same media highlight, but nevertheless there was the unmistakable comparison this week between the evacuation of American troops from southern Afghanistan and the Fall of Saigon, South Vietnam, in 1975. Both events mark embarrassing retreats by a failing American...

ISIL posing threat to Middle East, world: Hezbollah official

A senior official of the Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah has described the ISIL terrorist group as a threat to the Middle East region and the entire world. Hezbollah Deputy Secretary General Sheikh Naim Qassem said the ISIL Takfiri militants have launched a campaign of fear and terror...

The Third Imam, Husayn Ibn �Ali (as)

Second son of Fatima (sa) and ‘Ali (as) Husayn (as) was born on 3rd Shabaan, 4th year of Hijri (10.1.626 AD) When he was born the Holy Prophet was given the news of the birth of his 2nd grandson. He arrived at the house of his daughter, took the little baby in his arms, said the Azan...

Stages Canada terror �pretext for police state�

Two headlines in the Zionist-controlled National Post sum up the Orwellian nature of this week’s phony “wave of terror” in Canada. One headline read: “Conservatives’ new anti-terror laws likely to mirror ‘immensely controversial’ U.K. legislation.” The...

Ebola scare fabricated by US media to make profit

American lies brought to you an Iraq war and hundreds of thousands dead. American lies recently brought us the barbarism of Ukraine. American lies next forced all to bear witness to contrived atrocities in Syria and accept fabricated excuses for hundreds of dead children in Gaza. American...

Eid Al-Ghadeer Khum

Ghadir Khumm is one of the most important events in the history of Islam that took place in the final days of the blessed life of the Holy Prophet of Islam (PBUH). On the glory of this day it suffices to say that the Almighty God says: “This day I have perfected for you your religion and completed...

ISIL: From decapitation to Islamophobia

With the ISIL terrorists mounting more gory adventurism in Syria and Iraq and capturing villages and towns, there seems to be no tangible impediment to stop this influx of terror. The ghastly images circulated freely by the cult on the internet from beheading to crucifying their victims in...

THOUGHTS ON COMMANDER MASSOUD

Written by: Prof. Michael Barry It has been two years now. And today Commander Massoud’s legacy should be plain for all to see. His memory is revered by all those who knew him personally and struggled, by his side, on behalf of Afghan national independence, because they believed in something...