Articles by Peter Symonds, WSWS
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US Military Whitewashes Attack on Afghan Hospital
Peter Symonds, WSWS – TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 May 2016
30 Apr 2016 – The Pentagon’s final report into last October’s deadly US airstrike on a Doctors Without Borders (MSF) hospital in northern Afghanistan is a brazen whitewash. General Joseph Votel, commander of US Central Command, told a press conference yesterday that the attack was not a war crime because it had not been intentional. He claimed that neither the gunship crew members nor the Special Forces on the ground directing the attack “knew they were striking a medical facility.”
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Peter Symonds, WSWS – TRANSCEND Media Service,
1 Dec 2014
26 Nov 2014 – In a direct intrusion into territorial disputes in the South China Sea, the US has called on China to halt construction activity in the Spratly Islands. The comments, which Beijing has already rejected, will only exacerbate the already sharp tensions between China and its neighbours.
→ read full articleAustralian Spying on Indonesian President Provokes Diplomatic Storm
Peter Symonds, WSWS – TRANSCEND Media Service,
25 Nov 2013
Angry Indonesian officials threatened to retaliate after a leaked document yesterday [18 Nov 2013] revealed that the Australian Signals Directorate illegally tapped the phones of Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, his wife and other members of his inner circle. Jakarta has already recalled its ambassador to Canberra.
→ read full articleNSA Spying Revelations Exacerbate Australian-Indonesian Tensions
Peter Symonds, WSWS – TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 Nov 2013
The Indonesian government is threatening to wind back intelligence sharing with Australia and the US after revelations last week, based on leaked documents provided by Edward Snowden, that their embassies in Jakarta were used as electronic listening posts for the US National Security Agency.
→ read full articleUS, Australia Face Backlash over Spy Operations in Asia
Peter Symonds, WSWS – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Nov 2013
The latest NSA leaks have exposed US and Australian listening posts in diplomatic missions throughout Asia.
→ read full articlePretext for a New War: Obama Lies About Syrian Chemical Weapons
Peter Symonds, WSWS – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Jun 2013
In a statement issued Thursday [13 June 2013], the Obama administration has declared that the Syrian regime of President Bashar al-Assad has violated “international norms” by using chemical weapons on multiple occasions over the past year. The claim is a transparent lie that will be used by the US and its European allies, Britain and France, as the pretext for arming their right-wing Islamist terrorist proxies and for military intervention.
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