Новости за 04.03.2016

There is a certain art of knowing when to fade away. Some politicians have it, such as General Douglas MacArthur. Some politicians lack it, such as Adlai Stevenson.

The Russian Army as set up electronic systems which allows monitoring violations of ceasefire in Syria. Over the past three days three modern complexes with unmanned aerial vehicles and two radars detecting small targets have been deployed to Syria. The Zoopark-1 missile and artillery ground reconnaissance complexis designed to automatically determine the coordinates of enemy artillery positions (mortars, field artillery, […]

Having deployed its most silent and advanced submarines off the Syrian coast, Russia is raising the stakes in the power game it is playing in the Middle East, Observer reported. MINISTRY OF DEFENCE OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION Impressed by Russia’s ‘Kalibr’, Pentagon Puts Money Down on New Missile Designs Moscow may engage its “secret weapon” […]

Although 70 tunnels have been uncovered, Kurdish and Iraqi forces remain concerned that more secret layers may have been constructed in other parts of the town. A deep network of underground tunnels have been uncovered in Iraq, revealing how ISIS (so-called Islamic State, IS, ISIL or Daesh) have been carefully maintaining escape routes for its terrorists as […]

Up to 20,000 military uniforms hidden inside aid packages as second hand clothes have been uncovered after Spanish authorities busted a large scale smuggling ring to terrorist groups in Syria and Iraq. Security staff fear that the military goods were meant for ISIS in Syria and Iraq. The ISIS camouflage fatigues were discovered following routine […]

By Gordon Duff with Nahed al Husaini, VT Damascus There are multiple confirmations today, from sources in Hezbollah intelligence in Lebanon, from Iraq and now directly from Russia.  Sources also reveal that Russia has become increasingly frustrated and impatient with Turkey for that nations intransigence in the face of numerous communications from Moscow.  Russia has […]

…from SouthFront ISIS militants have launched an advance on the Deir Ezzor Military Airport controlled by the government’s forces. On Mar.3 the ISIS force reached the southern gates of the airport following a successful firefight against the Syrian Arab Army (SAA). However, ISIS militants were unable to break the SAA’s defenses. The clashes are ongoing. […]

Jim W. Dean - I met Jane Stillwater on the Syrian elections trip in 2014, a world traveling citizen journalist, and self described hippie grandmother who shares a ceasefire report from her friends in Aleppo.

The American people are rising up against Zionist stupidity, the New World Order, and the Neo-Bolshevik ideology!

Editorial note:  As the real experts here, we at VT can almost laugh, not at the tragedy, but at the grossly uniformed under-reporting of figures we know to be a thousand times, yes, not just a hundred, greater than given here. The US Department of Veterans Affairs continues to face intense scrutiny over its failures […]

The Melancholy Ramblers, who join us in performance and conversation, are a popular Austin band that plays an eclectic mix of country, folk, gospel, and honky-tonk – with a progressive political bent. They play regularly at the venerable Austin music venue, the Broken Spoke, at the New World Deli, and at benefits for progressive causes […]

Yesterday the Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Sloan Gibson, disseminated an open letter to the grantees of the VA’s Grant and Per Diem (GPD) program.

A veteran and a civilian in a room together. They don’t know each other, and the non-veteran just listens.

I just finished listening to Mitt Romney and Donald Trump trade barbs. Lets begin with the level of absurdity here, both are Vietnam War draft dodgers of the highest and most despicable level.