Israel has played a key role in US aggression towards Iran
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As the Trump administration's stated rationale for killing Qasem Soleimani and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis collapses, journalist Gareth Porter has pieced together the overlooked background. Porter reports that the assassination was in fact the culmination of a lengthy provocation campaign involving Mike Pompeo, John Bolton, and the Israeli government, which carried out a number of under-reported bombings inside Iraq and Syria in the months prior.
Guest: Gareth Porter. Journalist and historian. His latest book, with John Kiriakou, is "The CIA Insider's Guide to the Iran Crisis.
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Physician, mental health expert, and best-selling author Dr. Gabor Maté sits down with The Grayzone's Aaron Maté to analyze how Russiagate was able to take hold of U.S. society following Donald Trump's election.
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The Grayzone's Anya Parampil sat down for an exclusive interview with Honduran President Manuel Zelaya, on the 10th anniversary of the US-backed right-wing military coup that overthrew him.
We discussed the extreme violence, drug trafficking, economic depression, migration crisis, Juan Orlando Hernández (JOH), WikiLeaks, Venezuela, and more.
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Max Blumenthal and Wyatt Reed discuss threats from Ukrainian officials to assassinate journalists and unleash a terror wave as Senate Democrats demand a probe into Elon Musk for refusing to participating in a Pearl Harbor style attack on Russia. They will also cover the hypocrisy around calls for Libya aid.
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The Grayzone's Max Blumenthal and Aaron Mate discuss the continuing bad news for Ukraine's military as its counter-offensive fails to penetrate the outer lines of Russian defenses and appears to have halted.
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Facing new outcry over the Syria cover-up scandal, OPCW chief Fernando Arias has been caught lying, while the US-UK-France are desperately trying to change the subject. Aaron Maté recaps recent meetings at the European Parliament and United Nations where the growing Douma controversy was center stage.
The US-UK-France bombed Syria in April 2018 after accusing it of a chemical weapons attack in the city of Douma. Leaks later revealed that OPCW inspectors found no evidence of a Syrian government chemical weapons attack. But their findings were suppressed, their original report was censored, and the team was sidelined. Rather than having their concerns addressed, the inspectors have since faced a concerted smear campaign.
On April 15, OPCW Director-General Fernando Arias faced questions about the Douma cover-up from Mick Wallace and Clare Daley of the European Parliament. Both Wallace and Daley asked Arias why he has refused to address the Douma cover-up and meet with the dissenting inspectors. The meeting chair, former French cabinet minister Nathalie Loiseau, tried to cut-off the questions and even apologized to Arias for them being posed. Arias then made a series of excuses and even false claims.
The following day, the Douma scandal was discussed at an Arria Formula Meeting of the United Nations Security Council. The ambassadors of the nations that bombed Syria in April 2018 -- the US, UK, and France -- tried to dismiss the Douma cover-up scandal as Russian propaganda and refused to offer any substantive comments on the issue.
The invited briefers at the meeting included Hans von Sponeck and Lawrence Wilkerson, two veteran diplomats who have signed a Statement of Concern about the Douma scandal, alongside other notable voices including five former OPCW officials. In his comments, von Sponeck revealed that Arias, the OPCW chief, refused to read the statement and returned it to sender.
Video: Aaron Maté recaps the European Parliament meeting on April 15 and UN Security Council Arria Formula meeting on April 16.
Featuring: Mick Wallace and Clare Daley, Members of the European Parliament; Fernando Arias, OPCW Director-General; Hans von Sponeck, former UN Assistant Secretary-General and UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Iraq; Lawrence Wilkerson, former Chief of Staff to Secretary State Colin Powell; Richard Mills, Deputy US Ambassador to the UN; Nicolas de Reviere, France’s Ambassador to the UN; Jonathan Allen, UK Ambassador to the UN; Jose Bustani, former OPCW Director-General; and Aaron Maté of The Grayzone.
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The White Helmets are known around the world for rescuing civilians in Syria. But the recent death of its founder, James Le Mesurier, and an unfolding cover-up at the OPCW of an apparently staged chemical weapons incident, has shed new light on the group’s shadowy role in the Syria proxy war. We speak to The Grayzone’s Max Blumenthal, whose reporting has exposed the White Helmets’ ties to jihadists groups and its use as a PR tool for Western military intervention in Syria.
Guest: Max Blumenthal, Editor of The Grayzone and author of The Management of Savagery.
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Max Blumenthal and Aaron Mate discuss the Biden administration circumventing Congress to deliver Israel with massive weapons shipments as it bombs UN schools and blocks critical aid to Gaza, including anaesthetic drugs and fuel.
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The Grayzone's Max Blumenthal addresses the April 10, 2022 Defeat The Mandates rally in Los Angeles, demanding public workers who refused the jab be given back their jobs and slamming the corporate state that generated $65,000 per minute for Pfizer and Moderna while millions sank into destitution. Blumenthal also urged solidarity for Julian Assange, describing his silencing as a precedent for the current wave of censorship: "In a corporate state, character assassination, censorship, and official silencing is the price of telling the truth."
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The Grayzone's Max Blumenthal and Aaron Mate discuss the CIA's upcoming seminar at the 2023 South By Southwest (SXSW) music and culture festival in Austin, Texas as just the latest example of US intelligence co-opting and weaponizing the arts to advance its malign objectives.
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