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Sanctions: Diplomacy`s Weapon of Mass Murder

America, a morally bankrupt nation and the self-appointed global morality police, obeying the wishes of the pro-Israel lobby groups, has for years now pointed its deadly weapon of mass murder at Iran -- sanctions disguised as diplomacy.

(WASHINGTON DC) - In 1945, the United States of America dropped two atomic bombs on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagaski immediately killing 120,000 civilians.

The final death toll of the horrendous bombings has been conservatively estimated at well over 200,000 men, women, and children.

US and its Allies Setting Stage for Syria Invasion

The UK has already been giving out financial and military help to the insurgents in Syria.

(TEHRAN) - The sudden resignation of UN peace envoy Kofi Annan from the peace efforts circle in Syria which evidently materialized under duress from the US government has caused extreme joy in Washington.

Officials see this as a sign that the international community is prone to accept that Syrian President Bashar Assad had to go and that the peace efforts would eventually reach a cul-de-sac.

Annan Quits as Special UN-Arab League Envoy to Syria

Kofi Annan has decided to quit his mission as the special UN-Arab League envoy to Syria, citing lack of support and increasing militarization of the unrest.

(TEHRAN Press TV) - "I did not receive all the support that the cause deserved,” Annan said at a press conference in Geneva on Thursday.

Free Syrian Army Threatens Christians Who Were Protected Under Assad

Pray for the persecuted Syrian Churches and Christians.

(FAISALABAD, Pakistan) - The streets are most dangerous that is, unless it’s a Friday, when a few Syrian Christians dare to step outside of their homes amidst the persecution of Syria’s Christians by the Islamic rebels of the ‘Free Syrian Army.

The Christians in Syria (10% of its population) could be facing a bloodbath. The signs are there right now, and only Russian and Chinese resistance to ‘the West’ is keeping the Syrian church from complete extermination.

The Role of CIA-pampered Saudi Spymaster in Syria

Saudi Arabia has long been working on a plan to overthrow the regime in Syria and sabotage the Islamic Republic through Bandar bin Sultan who served as the Saudi ambassador to the US from 1983 to 2005.

(TEHRAN) - Prince Bandar bin Sultan was appointed as the Director General of Saudi Arabia’s main intelligence agency on July 19.

Double Standards of Mass Murder (GRAPHIC IMAGES)

"Now, even as we learn how this happened and who's responsible, we may never understand what leads anybody to terrorize their fellow human beings like this. Such violence, such evil is senseless." --Barack Obama

(MANAMA, Bahrain) - A Virginia college, a Colorado high school, a Texas military base, an Arizona strip mall, a Colorado movie theatre—all have become part of a recurring event in America: mass murder.

Following the latest massacre, Tom Mauser, father of a 15-year-old victim at the Columbine High School slaughter in 1999, described the inescapable scene...

The Suffering Grasses and the Crisis in Syria

In May 2012, director Iara Lee led a press delegation that spent weeks in the Turkish refugee camps housing Syrian exiles.

(RIO DE JANIERO) - Cultures of Resistance's new film, The Suffering Grasses, is now finished and available for screenings.

As the conflict in Syria continues to deteriorate, we want the voices of those most affected by the violence to be heard as widely as possible.

Hypocrisy over Hezbollah Arms

A well-regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed. - Richard Henry Lee 1788

(BEIRUT) - In Lebanon there is only one cosmic like event that is nearly as predicable from Ramlet al Baida beach in Beirut, near Shatila Palestinian refugee camp, than the sun coming up like thunder out of Syria every morning.

And that might be the regularity of Washington, Riyadh, Doha, and Tel Aviv's drone: “Hezbollah must give up their weapons!”

Salem Clergy, Peace Groups Plan Syria Prayer Vigil

The Prayer Vigil for Syria will be held Wednesday evening, August 1, from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. outdoors at Salem Peace Plaza, located between City Hall and the Public Library.

(SALEM) - A group of local citizens, deeply concerned about the strife that has been occurring in Syria for more than a year, invites our community together to pray for the people of Syria.

We will pay homage to the thousands of innocent persons that have been slain, and we will pray for a just, non-violent solution to the conflict.

Thousands of Young Men Signing up for Syrian Arab Army

Follow the money, or the blood trail in this case, from Syria's killing zones to the backrooms of Israel and corporate America. The simple truth: most Syrians back Assad.

(SALEM) - Most political analysts studying developments in the Middle east would be hard pressed to deny the connection between the 'Free Syrian Army' and the Israeli government. The U.S. media reports for the benefit of its nation's political, military and ultimately, corporate goals.

They are not swayed by facts, but serve as propaganda sources for the government.