Pakistan: Former CIA Agent Is Being Charged with
Murder Over Drone Strike: This week,
Judge Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui of the Islamabad high court in Pakistan
ordered former CIA station chief, Jonathan Banks, and former CIA general
counsel, John Rizzo (who gave the legal approval for the strikes), to be
charged.
China to build $2bn Iran-Pakistan pipeline -
media: China will reportedly finance
the so-called ‘Peace Pipeline’ natural gas pipeline from Iran, home to
the world’s second largest reserves, to energy-deprived Pakistan. The
project was delayed due to US dissent.
Large-scale US military drill in Europe angers
Russia: A four-week military exercise
by US land, sea and air forces in Europe have raised the alarm bells in
Russia which sees the drill as "an unprecedentedly dangerous step" at
its front door.
The Ukraine crisis is not what it seems: Op-Ed:
Russia is in effect applying the US’s Monroe Doctrine to their own
“near-abroad”. The US would not tolerate Mexico or Canada making a
military alliance with China or Russia. Russia’s resistance to Ukraine
joining Nato follows the same logic.
Russia will invest $18 billion in reserves BRICS:
Russia, together with Brazil, India, China and South Africa will create
an international currency reserves that will be used to stabilize the
local SLE, in case of their sudden depreciation. This total complexity
will be allocated 100 billion. Russia's share in the reserves of the
BRICS countries will amount to $ 18 billion.
Greece Repays US$494M in IMF Loans:
Greece met a deadline Thursday to repay US$494 million in debt to the
International Monetary Fund, snubbing rumors the country wouldn't pay up
in time. “The payment has been made,” a Greek official told Reuters.
I'm not super rich, insists multi-millionaire Blair:
Former PM accused of being out of touch after saying his earnings go
towards 'infrastructure' around him
Canada’s racialised militarism:
The Canadian government’s depiction of a 'terrorism threat' often calls
for extensive monitoring or policing of entire Muslim communities
Tsarnaev found guilty on all counts in Boston
bombing trial: A Boston jury on
Wednesday found Dzhokhar Tsarnaev guilty on all 30 counts laid against
him in connection with the bomb blasts near the finish line of the April
15, 2013 Boston Marathon, which killed three people and wounded another
264. The verdict followed 11 hours of deliberations over two days.
As Colombian Oil Money Flowed To Clintons, State
Department Took No Action To Prevent Labor Violations:
At the same time that Clinton's State Department was lauding Colombia’s
human rights record, her family was forging a financial relationship
with Pacific Rubiales, the sprawling Canadian petroleum company at the
center of Colombia’s labor strife.
Rand Paul gets testy in NBC interview about
foreign policy: A day after declaring
his presidential bid, Sen. Rand Paul took issue with a line of
questioning over his foreign policy positions.
Anti-Muslim Hitler Ads Plastered on Buses in
Philadelphia: One particular ad
features a message reading, “Islamic Jew Hatred: It’s in the Quran.
Two-thirds of all US aid goes to Islamic countries. Stop racism, end all
aid to Islamic countries.”
S Carolina officer in fatal shooting had prior
complaint: A South Carolina police
officer charged with murder after shooting an unarmed man in the back
had a prior complaint made against him about using force.
Graphic Video Shows Cops Let K9 Maul Unconscious
Man : Video - A new video has
surfaced of the Vineland Police department's arrest of Phillip White.
White's limp arm can be seen swinging limp as the dog tears into this
unconscious man.
World’s Worst Cop Admits to Quotas, Falsifying
Charges, & Extorting the Poor: A
disturbing yet incredibly revealing video was uploaded to YouTube
yesterday which shows a Kennewick police officer admit to a slew of
misdeeds.
The US Gov Can Download the Entire Contents of
Your Computer at Border Crossings:
Hundreds of thousands of travelers cross US borders every day. And none
of them—save the precious few with diplomatic immunity—have any right to
privacy, according to Department of Homeland Security documents
April 08, 2015
Unworthy Victims
Western Wars Have Killed Four Million Muslims Since 1990
By Nafeez Ahmed
Most people have no idea of the true scale of protracted terror wrought
in their name by US and UK tyranny in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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The Gatekeepers
By Simon Wood
For Western leaders and other establishment figures, it seems mass
killings on this scale - 'holocausts' - only occur when firmly esconced
in (approved) history books, when they can safely bow their heads once a
year and solemnly swear 'never again' and 'we shall not forget them'.
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Why The Rise Of Fascism Is Again The Issue: John
Pilger
Must Listen
- Audio
John Pilger lays out the swath carved
by fascism in the last 70 years.
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The Iran Nuclear Energy
Agreement: Force Again Prevails Over Law
By Paul Craig Roberts
An agreement with Washington is a prelude to treachery. It puts the
signer at ease while Washington prepares the signer’s doom. This is the
way Washington operates.
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Six Things You Didn’t Know the U.S. and Its
Allies Did to Iran
By Jon Schwarz
It’s not just John McCain singing “bomb bomb bomb Iran.” Admiral William
Fallon, who retired as head of CENTCOM in 2008, said about Iran: “These
guys are ants. When the time comes, you crush them.”
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Who Did the Eavesdropping?
By Philip Giraldi
What Did Mossad Steal and Whom Did They Share it With?
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"We Specialize In Illegal Wars" Chris Hedges
Chris Hedges
"There is virtually no reporting by the American media"
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Master Of War
Cheney: President Obama Wants ‘To Take America
Down’
Video
If you had somebody who, as president —
who wanted to take America down. Who wanted to fundamentally weaken our
position in the world. Turn our back on our allies and encourage our
enemies, it would look exactly like what Barack Obama is doing.
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Political Smears in U.S. Never Change:
The NYT’s 1967 Attack on MLK’s Anti-War Speech
By Glenn Greenwald
The attack of the NYT editors on King for that speech is strikingly
familiar, because it’s completely identical to how anti-war advocates in
the U.S. are maligned today.
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Noam Chomsky on the New York Times' Media Bias
By Noam Chomsky
The media reflects, uncritically, the approved doctrine: that the U.S.
owns the world, and it does so by right.
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Judith Miller’s Blame-Shifting Memoir
By an Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS)
U.S. intelligence veterans recall the real story of how New York Times
reporter Judith Miller disgraced herself and her profession by helping
to mislead Americans into the disastrous war in Iraq.
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Autocrats United Against Yemen
By Adil E. Shamoo
Media reports have largely echoed the charge that the Houthis are
Iranian proxies. Yet this misleading cliché serves no other interest
than to demonize Iran.
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Manhunters, Inc.
Hunting Humans by Remote Control
By Grégoire Chamayou
How the Predator and Extra-Judicial Execution Became Washington’s
Calling Cards.
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U.S. Secretly Tracked Billions of Calls for
Decades
By Brad Heath
The U.S. government started keeping secret records of Americans'
international telephone calls nearly a decade before the Sept. 11
terrorist attacks, harvesting billions of calls in as many 116
countries.
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White House Reveals Desperate Lack of Support for
TPP
By Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers
Widespread Environmental Opposition to TPP Leads to Embarrassing White
House Statement Claiming Environmental Support – the Opposite of
Reality.
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Iraqi forces kill 43 ISIL militants north of
Tikrit: Iraqi security forces have
engaged members of the Takfiri ISIL militant group during two separate
operations north of the recently liberated strategic city of Tikrit,
killing a total of 43 the terrorists in the process.
Iraq: '10,000 tribesmen join fight against ISIS':
More than 10,000 tribal fighters in Iraq have backed Iraqi troops and
U.S.-led coalition air forces in an attack on the self-proclaimed
Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), seizing control of two
districts to the east of Ramadi, according to Iraqi government
officials.
Islamic State bombs target Syria rivals, kill 31:
monitors: Two car bombs set off by
Islamic State insurgents killed at least 31 people in northern Syria
including a senior rival fighter from al Qaeda's Nusra Front, a group
monitoring the war said on Wednesday.
Violence in Damascus refugee camp kills 18:
Amnesty: The 18 were killed by sniper
fire or aerial bombardment in the Yarmouk camp, and included a
12-year-old girl and a humanitarian worker, the rights group said,
citing local activists.
UN warns of 'slaughter of innocents' in Syrian
refugee camp: Some 18,000 civilians,
including 3,500 children, are caught in the camp outside Damascus just a
few miles from President Bashar Assad's palace. The camp largely fell
under ISIS control last week and is surrounded by the Syrian army.
ISIS Mass Grave Death Toll in Iraq and Syria
Surpasses 3,000: The combined number
of bodies discovered in ISIS mass graves has surpassed 3,000 after the
gruesome extent of the terror group’s mass murder in the Iraqi city of
Tikrit was revealed on Tuesday.
22 killed as Houthis fight tribesmen in Yemen's
Shabwah: Twenty Houthi militants and
two armed tribesmen were killed in Wednesday clashes between the two
camps in southern Yemen's Shabwah province, a tribal source has said.
6 children killed in Yemen as Saudi-led coalition
airstrike hits school: Half a dozen
children were killed after a rocket hit a school in a Saudi-led
coalition air raid in central Yemen, Sputnik reported citing a military
source. The Red Cross has warned of a “catastrophic” situation as
shelling in Yemen intensified.
180 Children Killed in Saudi-Led War on Yemen:
The incessant attacks on Yemeni soil by Saudi Arabia and its allies have
led to the death of a large number of civilians, including 180 children,
Al Mayadeen TV channel reported on Wednesday.
Yemeni Citizens Await Ground Operation to Avenge
Killed Civilians – Expert: All
citizens of Yemen are just waiting for the invasion of the enemy
soldiers so that they can take blood revenge for killed sisters, mothers
and children.
Yemen: Rebels push into central Aden:
On Wednesday, dozens of rebel fighters and allied troops reportedly
pushed into the district of Crater, near the city's port. Residents told
Reuters that the rebels were backed by a tank and two armoured vehicles.
Iran sends navy vessels near Yemen amid
airstrikes: : Iran dispatched a naval
destroyer and another vessel Wednesday to waters near Yemen as the
United States quickened weapons supply to the Saudi-led coalition
striking rebels there, underlining how foreign powers are deepening
their involvement in the conflict.
Iran and Turkey back political solution to Yemen
crisis: Iranian president tells his
visiting Turkish counterpart ceasefire in Yemen "must be established"
and strikes halted.
Iran's Zarif due in Pakistan amid Yemen war
debate: Mohammad Javad Zarif, Iran's
foreign minister, is expected to urge Pakistan to reject a request to
join a Saudi-led campaign against Iran-allied Houthi forces in Yemen
when he arrives for talks in Pakistan.
Obama: Iran's nuclear breakout time could be zero
in 13 years: U.S. President Barack
Obama said on Tuesday that 13 to 15 years after the nuclear agreement
with Iran goes into effect, the Islamic Republic's breakout time to
acquire enough fissile material for an atomic bomb could be close to
zero.
Poll: 31 percent of U.S. Republicans support Iran
nuclear deal; Poll reveals sharp
split within party as its leaders ramp up opposition to pending deal
championed by Obama.
Saudi police officers killed in Riyadh shooting:
Incident in capital's eastern district is the second attack on police
force in in the kingdom in as many months.
Palestinian shot dead after stabbing Israeli
soldiers: Man injured two troops
outside a settlement before he was killed by one of the soldiers,
Israeli army says.
Egypt: 15 "Militants" Killed in Army Raids:
Fifteen militants were killed and one other injured during the army
raids in the restive north Sinai province in Egypt. The army targeted
areas in Sheikh Zowayed and Rafah with aerial and ground forces,
security sources said.
Nine Congolese soldiers killed by Rwandan Hutu
rebels: Nine Congolese soldiers were
killed in an ambush by Rwandan Hutu rebels in the eastern Democratic
Republic of Congo, a military source said Tuesday, over a month after
the army launched a sweeping offensive against the militias.
Fifth Tunisian soldier dies after ambush:
A Tunisian soldier wounded in an ambush blamed on jihadis has died of
his injuries, raising to five the number of troops killed in the attack,
a government official said Wednesday.
US soldier shot dead in Afghanistan 'insider
attack': Assailant kills one US
soldier and injures several others before being shot dead in the
compound of the governor of the eastern province of Nangarhar
5 Militants Killed in Pakistan:
Five suspected Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants, including its
Karachi chief, were killed and two Rangers personnel were injured in a
clash between security forces and miscreants in Kemari area.
Pakistan judge orders charges against ex–CIA
officials over US drone murders: A
Pakistani judge on Tuesday ordered criminal charges to be filed against
a former CIA lawyer who oversaw the agency’s drone program and a former
station chief in Islamabad over a 2009 strike that killed two people.
Propaganda?
Russia Hacked White House Computer System In
2014: Report: Despite only gaining
entry into the unclassified parts of the White House's system, the
situation is still considered very serious. Through their security
breach, the hackers were able to access sensitive information including
real-time but private details of the schedule of the president.
Greek PM blasts Anti-Russia sanctions at Putin
meet: - Greek Prime Minister Alexis
Tsipras on Wednesday lashed out at EU sanctions against Russia during
talks with Kremlin strongman Vladimir Putin in Moscow that have unnerved
Brussels.
Putin: Greece did not seek financial aid from
Russia: Mr Putin said that Russia
would consider loans to Greece for joint infrastructure projects,
including a natural gas pipeline.
5 Myths about Greece the Banksters need you to
believe: Those who continue to buy
into the IMF propaganda without pause should consider these points
Eurex Margin Call Said to Be Behind DuessHyp’s
Collapse: The near-collapse of
Duesseldorfer Hypothekenbank AG, the German lender hit by Heta Asset
Resolution AG’s debt moratorium, was prompted in part by a margin call
from Eurex, people familiar with the matter said.
China Spoils Washington's Economic War against
Venezuela: In countering US economic
aggression against Venezuela, China steps in with a 10 billion dollar
loan. China is making a habit of bailing out countries targeted by US
sanctions
An American sanctuary ends for Salvadoran general:
For General Carlos Eugenio Vides Casanova, the American dream is over.
The 77-year-old is expected to be deported from US this week for his
alleged role in the torture and extrajudicial killings of unarmed
citizens during El Salvador's bloody civil war.
Che Guevara Murderer Attending Summit of the
Americas : Rodriguez is a Cuban and
an ex-CIA agent. He is also known for having participated in the Bay of
Pigs invasion. The CIA also sent him to Bolivia to kill revolutionary
leader Guevara in 1967. He ordered that Guevara be “shot below the neck”
so that it could be “proved” that he had been “killed in combat.”
Protesters decry racism after South Carolina
officer shoots man in back;
Demonstrators rallied on Wednesday against what they described as a
culture of police brutality in South Carolina in the case of a white
officer caught on video killing a black man by shooting him in the back
as the man ran away after a traffic stop.
How St. Louis Police Robbed My Family of $1000
(and How I’m Trying To Get It Back):
St. Ann is one of the more notorious cities in the county when it comes
to traffic violations and, in my mother’s case, the city’s finest, quite
simply, fucked up.
U.S. Police Kill More Civilians in March than UK
Police Killed in 100 Years: The
following statistics seem impossible to believe. While I wonder how
accurately the UK has been tracking these numbers historically, the
enormous spread seems much too large to ignore, and is a national
embarrassment that should be dealt with immediately.
Human Rights Watch Sues DEA Over Bulk Collection
of Americans’ Telephone Records:
Human Rights Watch, a nonpartisan organization that fights human rights
abuses across the globe, filed suit against the U.S. Drug Enforcement
Administration late Tuesday for illegally collecting records of its
telephone calls to certain foreign countries as part of yet another
government bulk surveillance program.
April 07, 2015
US-Saudis Terrorise Yemen to ‘Cry Uncle’
By Finian Cunningham
The last thing that the Americans and the Saudis want is a unified,
democratic Yemen that serves the interests of its people, instead of the
interests of foreign powers. Continue
Obama’s Fateful Indecision
By Robert Parry
President Obama faces a critical decision – whether to repudiate those
old allies and cooperate with Iran or watch as Sunni terrorist groups
possibly take control of a major country in the Mideast.
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Saudi Atrocities Go Unnoticed
By Chris Ernesto
Here’s a look at five things about Saudi Arabia that US officials and
the establishment media are neglecting to talk about as Saudi bombs
continue to drop on the people of Yemen with the support of the United
States:
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Failed U.S. Strategic Concepts:
War on Terror and State Sponsor of Terrorism
By Michael S. Rozeff
There are an order of magnitude more jihadist forces today than 14 years
go. Huge numbers of innocent people have been slaughtered, wounded and
displaced.
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Bibi’s Iran shocker: How He Accidentally Revealed
his Desire for More War
By Elias Isquith
Netanyahu has long claimed he doesn't want the U.S. to go to war with
Iran. But this weekend, he let the truth slip.
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What You Don’t Know About The United States –
Iran Agreements
By Thierry Meyssan
How Washington intends to organise the Levant and the Gulf regions for
the next ten years.
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President Zeman Tells Washington That The Czech
Republic Is Not An American Protectorate
By Paul Craig Roberts
The Czech people, President Zeman said, were next in line for
extermination by the Nazis, and it was the Red Army that saved the Czech
people.
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Letter From ‘Deep’ Russia
By The Saker
Russians are not a bunch of low-achieving drunks. If you have that
stereotype in mind, get rid of it now!
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Crimea: The Way Back Home - EN Subtitles -
VIDEO - Full Documentary
Andrey Kondrashov's documentary on the return of Crimea to Russia, aired
in Russia on March 15, and now available with English subtitles.
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How America Became an Oligarchy
By Ellen Brown
According to a new study from Princeton University, American democracy
no longer exists.
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The Myths of US Exceptionalism
By Jack Rasmus
The appeal to exceptionalism is just another ideological ploy to get
working classes to accept their deteriorating conditions.
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‘Strange’ States
By Nikos Raptis
Is it so difficult to build a society of wisdom and morality? Not. If
the ‘many’ have the honesty to see what is going on in the world.
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Communities that Abide Revisited
By Dmitry Orlov
Material gratification, luxury and lavish lifestyles are not good for
your community:
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Illicit Bust of Edward Snowden Stuck to a War
Monument in Brooklyn
Video
While most people slept, a trio of artists and some helpers installed a
bust of NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden in Brooklyn on Monday morning.
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Iraqis exhume mass graves of 1,700 killed by
Islamic State; Forensic teams at work
on burial sites in liberated Tikrit where jihadists executed captive
soldiers last summer
30 killed in airstrike, clashes with IS in Iraq:
In Salahudin province, 13 IS militants were killed when the security
forces repelled an attack on military positions near Mazraa village,
just south of the refinery town of Baiji, some 200 km north of Baghdad,
Xinhua reported citing police chief of Baiji Colonel Saad Nufous.
Yemen clashes kill over 140:
Fierce clashes raged Monday between rebels and loyalists in southern
Yemen, leaving more than 140 dead in 24 hours, as the Red Cross faced
delays to urgently needed aid deliveries.
18 dead in Yemen fighting as Saudi-led warships
shell rebels: Militia loyal to
fugitive President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi battled rebels attempting to
advance on a port in the city's Mualla district, witnesses said.
US speeds up arms supplies to Saudi-led
coalition: official: "As part of that
effort, we have expedited weapons deliveries, we have increased our
intelligence sharing, and we have established a joint coordination
planning cell in the Saudi operation center."
Red Cross says situation 'catastrophic' in
Yemen's Aden: The Red Cross warned
Tuesday of a "catastrophic" situation in Yemen's main southern city
Aden, as loyalist forces battled rebels in the streets backed by
shelling by Saudi-led warships.
Yemen: 'This war has killed everything that was
beautiful': As air raids continue to
batter the Arab world’s poorest state, many Yemenis fear the country’s
deepening divisions will inflict irreparable damage to its soul
Lebanese army says three militants killed near
Syria border: Three unidentified
militants were killed in clashes with Lebanese soldiers who launched an
operation near the Syrian border early on Tuesday to retake control of a
hilltop, the Lebanese army said.
ISIS Says It Has Taken Over Another Part Of The
Syrian Capital: Just a few days after
taking over a massive refugee camp in the Syrian capital and beheading
several people, ISIS says it now controls a second area inside Damascus
The Palestinians of Yarmouk: We need
international intervention, Islamic State is beheading people
: If you want to feed your children, you need to take your funeral
shroud with you. There are snipers on every street, you are not safe
anywhere.
Syria envoy to Lebanon says US changing attitude
to Damascus: The U.S. has been forced
to confront its policy failures in Syria and is now reconsidering its
position towards the regime, Damascus’s ambassador to Lebanon said
Tuesday.
Islamic State launches English-language radio bulletins:
The militant group's English bulletin, launched Tuesday and promoted via
Twitter, accompanies Arabic and Russian bulletins already airing on the
network.
Israelis targeted UN peacekeepers in Lebanon:
Spanish report: A confidential
Spanish military report on the death of a Spanish UN peacekeeper in
Israeli shelling in Lebanon said he was manning a post that appeared to
have been targeted, a newspaper reported Sunday.
Occupier orders Palestinian lawmaker Khalida
Jarrar held 6 months without charge or trial;
Jarrar is one of 15 Palestinian legislators and 23 female political
prisoners currently detained by Israeli occupation forces, Addameer
states.
Israel destroys home of blind brothers in East
Jerusalem; More than one hundred
Israeli soldiers turned up at Nureddin Amro’s home at 5:30 in the
morning last Tuesday, accompanied by bulldozers and dogs. It quickly
became clear that the soldiers had one item on their agenda: demolition.
Israel to pay Rwanda millions to absorb unwanted
African refugees; The deal comes
after a new policy was unveiled last week by the Israeli Population and
Immigration Authority that would enable the state to deport Eritrean and
Sudanese refugees to third party countries in Africa against their will.
Palestine Takes Israel to ICC over Tax Dispute:
President of the Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas said Monday that he
will turn to the International Criminal Court over Israel's refusal to
fully release hundreds of millions of dollars in tax revenues owed to
Palestinians.
Israel official: Military action against Iran
still possible: A senior Israeli
government minister on Monday warned that taking military action against
Iran's nuclear program is still an option — despite last week's
framework deal between world powers and the Islamic Republic.
Obama adviser: Military option against Iran still
on the table if deal falls through: A
US military option with regard to Iran remains on the table should
Tehran violate the terms of a framework agreement to curb its nuclear
program, according to US Deputy National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes.
Obama: Recognising Israel not a condition of Iran
deal: US President Barack Obama has
poured cold water on an Israeli demand that a nuclear deal between world
powers and Iran be predicated on Tehran officially recognising Israel.
Top Democrat backs bill okaying Congress to sink
Iran deal: Defying White House,
Senator Chuck Schumer endorses legislation intended to enable lawmakers
to kill nuclear accord with Tehran
Boko Haram disguised as preachers kill at least
24 in Nigeria: The attackers arrived
in cars late on Sunday and gathered people at a mosque in the remote
village of Kwajafa, pretending to preach Islam. They then opened fire on
them, witness Simeon Buba said.
Three Tunisian soldiers killed in militant attack
on checkpoint: Tunisian forces have
tightened security and recently killed nine militants from a group
officials blamed for orchestrating last month's Bardo museum attack in
which two gunmen killed 21 foreign tourists.
2 DR Congo soldiers killed by Rwandese rebels:
Two Congolese soldiers were killed on Monday in an ambush laid by the
Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda in North Kivu province,
east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo), security sources
said on Tuesday, APA reports quoting Xinhua.
Warnings on Libya government move to divert oil
revenues; Libya's internationally
recognised government has moved to divert revenues from the
long-established state oil company and Central Bank to its own coffers
-- in an effort experts warn is "risky" and likely to fail.
10 Militants Killed in Afghan Security
Operations; Two soldiers were killed
in an explosion while ten militants were killed in separate military
operations across Afghanistan in past 24 hours, said General Zahir Azimi,
spokesman for the Ministry of Defense.
6 killed in bomb attack near Afghan capital;,Four
police and two civilians were killed in bomb attack in northern part of
Afghan capital of Kabul on Monday, the Interior Ministry said in a
statement.
Afghan soldier who killed U.S. general is
identified: The gunman, who officials
said was named Rafiqullah and was originally from the eastern province
of Paktia, on Tuesday fatally shot U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Harold J. Greene
— the highest-ranking U.S. officer killed in combat overseas since the
Vietnam War.
Rebels kill eight Iran soldiers on Pakistan
border: Eight Iranian border guards
have been killed in a clash with Sunni rebels who had infiltrated from
neighbouring Pakistan, Iran's official IRNA news agency reported on
Tuesday.
Indian farmers commit suicide after rains destroy
crops: At least 30 farmers in India
have reportedly committed suicide over the past week in northern India
after non-seasonal rains destroyed thousands of hectares of crops before
harvest.
"US Has Screwed Up Its Approach To China's AIIB"
Former US Secretary Of State Blasts:
With at least 46 nations now agreeing to join the China-led Asian
Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), the writing could perhaps be on
the well for the dollar.
Iran approved to join China-backed infrastructure
bank: More than 50 countries, plus
Taiwan, have now applied to join the bank in a diplomatic coup for
Beijing after Washington initially opposed its allies becoming members.
Ukraine: Government could collapse under
corruption warns security expert :
Only a year after the Maidan protests swept a pro-Western government
into power, Kiev's new regime is in danger of collapsing among endemic
corruption, a leading security analyst said.
Passenger car sales in Ukraine plunges almost 80%
in March: The new passenger car
market in Ukraine in March reached only 2,259 cars, which is 79.2% down
on March 2014 and 23% down on February 2015, the Ukrautoprom association
has reported.
Legendary Investor Jim Rogers: Buy Russian Stocks
Fast: Rock bottom oil prices, a
resurgent ruble and a rebounding stock market make it a good time to
invest in Russia, according to American investor Jim Rogers.
Russia Ready to Discuss Gas Discount, New Loan
With Greece: The Russian government
is willing to hold talks with Greece on the possible allocation of new
loans and a discount on the price of gas, the Kommersant newspaper
reports.
John Oliver’s hilarious interview with Edward
Snowden: Video - Oliver traveled to
Moscow to ask “the most famous hero and/or traitor in recent American
history,” as Oliver put it, why he had leaked sensitive government
documents.
15 Mexican police killed in gang ambush:
At least 15 police officers were killed in an ambush by a gang in
western Mexico, an official said Tuesday, one day after another attack
against authorities in Jalisco state
US Army to Investigate Soldier Sexual Abuse
Claims in Colombia : For years, U.S.
soldiers abused young women with impuntity due to “bilateral
agreements.” U.S. army criminal investigators will examine claims that
U.S. military personnel sexually assaulted more than 50 Colombian women
and children, USA Today reports.
Guatemalans deliberately infected with STDs sue
Johns Hopkins University for $1bn:,
Lawsuit with 800 plaintiffs seeks damages for individuals, spouses and
children of people deliberately infected with STDs through US government
programme
Western Canada Glaciers In Danger Of Shrinking By
70 Percent By 2100: Study: Glaciers
in western Canada could shrink by as much as 70 percent by the year 2100
due to the effects of global climate change, according to a new study.
These glaciers cover more than 10,300 square miles, roughly the size of
the state of Vermont.
Thousands of starving sea lions wash up on US
beaches: Record number of the marine
mammals stranded on California shores, due to warming ocean
temperatures.
How a plan to ration water in Southern California
will work: The current drought is one
of the most punishing in modern history. Irrigation deliveries have been
slashed, forcing growers to idle more than 400,000 acres of cropland
last year.
Rand Paul announces presidential run;
On his campaign website, Paul announced, "I am running for president to
return our country to the principles of liberty and limited government."
The announcement includes a video testimonial from his wife, Kelley
Ashby Paul.
Trial Begins for US Police Charged with Killing
Unarmed Couple : Only one Cleveland
police officer has been charged criminally despite the involvement of 12
officers and who fired a total of 137 shots.
Prison Guards Resign After Viral Beating Photo
Posted to Facebook; Two Georgia
correction officers have resigned after a photo of a beaten teenage
inmate with a leash around his neck was posted on Facebook, apparently
with a contraband cellphone, officials said Monday.
America's Poor Spend 60% Of Their Income On Food
& Housing: The bottom 10% of
Americans, by income, devote 42% of their spending to housing and an
additional 17% to food–nearly 60% of their total spending, according to
the Consumer Expenditures Survey. By contrast, the wealthiest 10% of
Americans dedicate only 31% of their spending to housing and 11% to
food–closer to 40% of total spending…
April 07, 2015
A Young Prince May Cost Syria and Yemen Dear
By Patrick Cockburn
Why has Saudi Arabia plunged into this morass.
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Yemen – The Big Picture
By Peter Koenig
Yemen, like Ukraine, is just another square on the geopolitical chess
board which the exceptional nation aims to dominate.
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The Christian Tragedy In The Middle East Did Not
Begin With Isis
By Robert Fisk
The tragedy of the Arab world is now on such a literally Biblical scale
that we are all demeaned by it.
Continued
Imagery and Empire
Understanding the Western Fear of Arab and Muslim Terrorists
By Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya
Either tacitly or openly, both Arabs and Muslims are portrayed as
uncivilized subjects.
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Devil is in Western Interpretation of Iran
Nuclear Deal
By Finian Cunningham
Contrary to what Iran's top diplomat Mohammad Zarif is saying, it is far
from clear that all sanctions against his country will be annulled
immediately in the coming months.
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Manufacturing a ‘Good Adversary’ in Tehran
By Gareth Porter
The Obama administration insists Iran will remain an adversary even if
an agreement is reached on the nuclear issue, citing Iran’s alleged role
in supporting terrorism and as a “troublemaker” in the region.
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Eurasian Emporium or Nuclear War?
By Pepe Escobar
Russian “aggression” is a myth. Moscow’s strategy, so far, has been pure
self-defense.
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The Coming War with China
By Bill Bonner
Today’s hegemon becomes tomorrow’s also-ran. Today’s reserve currency
becomes tomorrow’s toilet paper. Today’s cock o’ the walk becomes
tomorrow’s dinner.
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China-led Development Bank Challenges US Economic
Interests
By John Perkins
Despite pressure from Washington, major U.S. allies have agreed to join
the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, known as AIIB.
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Rahm Emanuel: A Symbol of Much of What Is Wrong
with America
By Paul Bucheit
America's is a sickness of the mind, the unwavering belief by people in
power that free-market capitalism will somehow work for everyone.
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Boycott, Divest and Sanction Corporations That
Feed on Prisons
By Chris Hedges
Slavery is legal in prisons under the 13th Amendment of the U.S.
Constitution.
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Yemen clashes kill more than 100 as aid delayed:
Fierce clashes raged Monday between rebels and loyalists in southern
Yemen, leaving more than 100 dead in 24 hours, as the Red Cross faced
delays to urgently needed aid deliveries.
Yemen: 'Corpses are lying in the streets':After
more than a week of Saudi-led air strikes, the country is heading
towards a major humanitarian crisis.
Pakistan says Saudi asked for warplanes, warships
and soldiers; Saudi Arabia has asked
Pakistan for military aircraft, warships and soldiers, Pakistani Defence
Minister Khawaja Asif said on Monday, at the start of a parliamentary
debate on whether Pakistan should get involved in a Saudi-led campaign
in Yemen.
China temporarily shuts embassy in Yemen:
Two Chinese navy ships have evacuated 613 Chinese citizens and 279
foreigners from the county, the ministry also said, marking the first
time that China's military has helped other countries evacuate their
people during an international crisis.
30 killed in airstrike, clashes with IS militants
in Iraq: A total of 30 people were
killed and 27 others wounded on Monday in a U.S.-led coalition airstrike
and clashes with the Islamic State (IS) militants in Iraq, security
source said.
Iraq: Attacks kill at least 9 in Baghdad:
Police say the deadliest attack Sunday took place in the northern Sabi
al-Bore neighborhood, where a bomb ripped through an outdoor market,
killing four civilians and wounding 10 others.
Top ISIS leader who was once Saddam general
killed in Fallujah: “Abu-Jihad was a
former General in Saddam Hussein’s regime,” Abdullah Wasiq, a member of
the committee, told reporters. “He was killed near Fallujah’s Grand
Mosque by the security forces of the Fallujah Liberation Committee.”
Video purportedly shows ISIS destroying ancient
Iraq city: Hatra, a UNESCO World
Heritage site, withstood Roman invaders twice in the 2nd Century, but
the archeological site may be no match against 21st Century Islamic
extremists bent on destroying “false idols” that violate its strict
interpretation of Islamic Law.
Syria: At least 13 killed in Yarmouk camp:
At least 13 people were executed by Daesh militants in Yarmouk camp in
southern Damascus on Sunday, according to the Syrian activists.
UN official: State of Syrian refugee camp 'beyond
inhumane': Palestinian fighters
clashed with Islamic State militants Monday in a heavily contested
Palestinian refugee camp in the Syrian capital as a United Nations
official described the situation in the embattled camp as "beyond
inhumane."
Al Qaeda kidnaps 300 Syrian Kurds, Kurdish
official says: Idris Nassan, an
official in the Kobani canton, said the men were taken on Sunday evening
as they were traveling from the town of Afrin, which is under Kurdish
control, to the cities of Aleppo and the capital Damascus.
Russia hosts boycotted Syria peace talks:
Russia is hosting talks involving the
Syrian government and some rival figures, but the main opposition group
has stayed away, limiting the chance of any breakthrough towards ending
the country's conflict.
Saudi raid of eastern Shiite town kills one:
During the raid, which took place on Sunday afternoon, security forces
encountered heavy gunfire and responded. Police also arrested four Saudi
citizens.
PA seeks to speed up ICC probe into Israeli war
crimes; The Palestinian Authority is
providing new documents to the International Criminal Court to speed up
a preliminary probe into possible Israeli war crimes, the Minister of
Foreign Affairs Riyad al-Malki said Monday.
Abbas rejects Israel's partial transfer of
Palestinian tax revenue: -
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said on Sunday Israel had
released frozen tax revenue to the Authority but that he had ordered the
funds to be returned because money had been deducted to cover debts to
Israeli utility companies.
Seven killed as Boko Haram insurgents attack Chad:
The Boko Haram insurgents ambushed people on their way to a market in
Tchoukou Telia, near Lake Chad at the weekend, killing the civilians. He
stated that some of the victims had their throats cut, while others were
shot.
Libyan army pushes towards Tripoli ahead of next
round of talks: Clashes have
intensified outside Tripoli as Libyan National Army (LNA) forces claim
to have taken control of a strategic town, and Libya Dawn prepares to
defend the capital from attack.
26 insurgents killed in multiple ops:
At least 26 armed Taliban fighters were killed and 34 others wounded in
different crackdowns within past 24 hours.
Nine killed in roadside bombs targeting Afghan
police; -At least nine people were
killed Monday in two separate roadside bombings targeting Afghan police
vehicles, highlighting an uptick in attacks against security forces
before the Taliban's expected spring offensive.
Afghanistan's Taliban say Mullah Omar is alive
and well: Published on a Taliban web
site on Sunday in four languages, the account addresses rumors the
reclusive one-eyed leader, in hiding for over a decade, is either dead
or seriously ill.
10 killed in military airstrike in NW Pakistan
: At least ten suspected militants were killed and several others
injured when Pakistani Army's jet fighters launched an airstrike in the
country's northwest tribal area of Khyber Agency on Sunday.
Ukraine’s neo-Nazi leader becomes top military
adviser, legalizes fighters:
Ukraine’s Interpol-wanted leader of extremist group Right Sector, Dmitry
Yarosh, has been appointed as an adviser to the country’s Chief of
General Staff. He has agreed to legalize thousands of fighters as an
assault team subordinate to the regular army.
Russia to Play Big Role in China-Led Asian
Infrastructure Investment Bank:
Russia expects to play a hefty role in the China-proposed Asian
Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) which it hopes will become a major
driver of Eurasian integration, Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander
Lukashevich said on Thursday.
US ambassador barred from Prague Castle by Czech
president: Czech President Milos
Zeman has said the US ambassador is not welcome at his Prague Castle
residence, reports say. The apparent snub follows remarks by US envoy
Andrew Schapiro seen as critical of the president's decision to attend
forthcoming World War Two commemorations in Moscow.
Greek FM: 'We are intent upon reforming Greece
deeply': Greece has given an
assurance that it intends to repay its debts. Speaking after a meeting
with the International Monetary Fund in Washington, the Greek finance
minister, Yanis Varoufakis, said his government was, "intent upon
reforming Greece deeply".
How a former spy managed to survive two years in
prison after leaking CIA secrets: He
will describe how former CIA colleagues protested the arrest, transfer,
and torture in Syria of Canadian Maher Arar — but he absolutely won’t
reveal the name of a woman in CIA middle-management who he says insisted
on Arar’s arrest.
$10 bln down the drain?
US spends billions on 'ineffective' missile defense
systems
Gov Jerry Brown: Californians to Be Heavily Fined
for Long Showers; Brown said, “This
executive order is done under emergency power. It has the force of law.
Very unusual. It’s requiring action and changes in behavior from the
Oregon border all the way to the Mexican border. It affects lawns. It
affects people’s — how long they stay in the shower. How businesses use
water.”
Homeland Security is using the police to turn
America into a giant surveillance state;
Police and DHS work hand in hand to spy on our every movement. DHS
claims they don't have access to law enforcement license plate readers.
Which is B.S.
April 05, 2015
The Hidden Hand Behind the Islamic State
Militants? Saddam Hussein’s.
By Liz Sly
The Iraqi officers are in command, and they make the tactics and the
battle plans,”
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US-Israel Wage War on Iran in Syria
By Tony Cartalucci
One need only look at overt and continuous support for MEK terrorists in
a bid to overthrow the government of Iran to uncover the reality of
Washington’s willingness to sponsor terrorism.
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Iran Won Upfront Sanctions Relief, But With
Potential Snags
By Gareth Porter
Iran could get the bulk of the sanctions relief in the initial period of
implementation – much of it within the first year or so. But that
prospect would depend on the good will of the Obama administration and
the IAEA.
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Will Yemen Become Saudi Arabia's Vietnam?
By Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya
Saudis are going to try and expand the war and bring in troops
from Pakistan or mercenaries from other parts of the world.
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Obama’s Dirty War on Yemen Murdering Civilians
By Stephen Lendman
US warships shelling Yemeni targets. Air attacks struck residential
neighborhoods, hospitals, schools, power stations, a Hodeida dairy
plant, and other nonmilitary sites.
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Guess Who’s Loving Saudi Bombs in Yemen?
By Daniel McAdams
One group in Yemen seems to be making out quite well in the US-backed
and Saudi-created chaos: al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. Yes,
al-Qaeda.
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Al Shabaab Benefited from Western Destruction of
Libyan State
By Robert Barsocchini
Al Shabaab, the Islamic terrorist group that has just laid siege to a
Kenyan university, killing nearly 150 people, benefited from the 2011
Western aggression that backed al Qaeda and affiliated militias to
destroy the state of Libya:
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NATO is Building Up for War
By Brian Cloughley
Moscow is not going to bow the knee in the face of immature threats by
sabre-rattling US generals and their swaggering acolytes.
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America’s Warfare-State Revolution
By Jacob G. Hornberger
Like the welfare state, modern-day Americans continue to remain
convinced that their system of government has never changed in a
fundamental way.
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Science, Mind, and Politics
By Noam Chomsky & Lawrence Krauss
Science, Mind, and Politics is a candid and unscripted conversation on
contemporary issues on the nature of humanity, the power of science and
the mind, and global social justice.
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Death toll in Yemen’s Aden rises to 195:
At least 195 have been killed and more than 1,300 wounded since the
beginning of fighting in Yemen’s Aden in late March, the port city’s
health authorities said Sunday.
Saudi Strike Kills at Least Nine in Yemeni Family:
At least nine people from a single family were killed when what appeared
to be an airstrike by the Saudi-led military coalition struck a home in
a village outside Sana, Yemen’s capital, officials said Saturday.
The bodies pile up in Yemen’s civil war and Saudi Arabia’s
bombing campaign: The potential for
more such atrocities to be carried out with impunity is increasing as
the Yemeni state collapses and regional powers pile in.
Houthi rebels advance in Aden despite air strikes;
Fierce clashes continue in Yemen's southern port city as conditions
worsen for civilians.
Elite Troops Enter Yemen:
: Special forces are involved in the military operation against Houthi
rebels in Yemen, a Saudi adviser said yesterday.
Saudi special forces 'involved in Yemen ops':
Army special forces supplied weapons and communications equipment to
militia loyal to President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi in the main southern
city of Aden, the adviser told AFP.
Red Cross requests Yemen ceasefire amid new air
strikes: Saudi-led air strikes
against Houthi rebel targets have continued unabated in Yemen, hours
after the Red Cross called for a 24-hour ceasefire to give aid workers a
chance to address the growing crisis in the country.
Saudi Arabia rejects all-inclusive arms embargo
on Yemen proposed by Russia: Saudi
Arabia has rejected Russia’s amendments to a Security Council draft
resolution which would see an all-inclusive arms embargo on all parties
in the Yemeni conflict, as it continues to spiral out of control with
civilian death toll climbing up.
Al Qaeda takes over Mukalla army base in Yemen:
The al Qaeda jihadists killed an unspecified number of soldiers and
captured a large cache of military hardware,
After Iraqi forces take Tikrit, a wave of looting
and lynching: Near the charred,
bullet-scarred government headquarters, two federal policemen flanked a
suspected Islamic State fighter. Urged on by a furious mob, the two
officers took out knives and repeatedly stabbed the man in the neck and
slit his throat. The killing was witnessed by two Reuters
correspondents.
Shi'ite fighters leave Tikrit after looting:
Iraqi officials: Almost all Shi'ite
paramilitaries had left Tikrit on Saturday after locals complained that
some fighters had spent several days looting the Sunni city after
helping retake it from Islamic State.
Iraqi PM: Armies have no chance against IS if it
keeps recruiting foreigners: - Iraqi
Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi told a German magazine that armies in the
region around Iraq had no chance of defeating Islamic State (IS) if the
militants continued to recruit ideologically indoctrinated foreign
fighters.
IS takes control of 90 percent of Yarmouk, called
'hell hole' by UN official: The
Islamic State group and al-Nusra Front have taken control of the
Palestinian refugee camp in Damascus while Ahrar al-Sham announces it
has started a push back against the groups
Israel readies lobbying strategy for tougher
final deal with Iran: An official
Israeli analysis has drawn up a list of alleged shortcomings of the
nuclear framework agreement between Iran and world powers, providing a
basis for what is expected to be months of furious lobbying by Prime
Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to reshape or cancel the deal.
Democrats Develop Rift with Jewish Voters:
“Many U.S. Jewish leaders are unnerved both by the new Iran nuclear
agreement and the public falling out between President Barack Obama and
his Israeli counterpart, developments that are creating a rift in the
durable alliance between Jews and the Democratic Party in the run-up to
the 2016 elections,
Hezbollah: Iran Nuclear Deal Victory for
Resistance Project: Hezbollah Deputy
Secretary General, Sheikh Naim Qassem, hailed as victory the framework
accord clinched between Iran and the world powers over the Islamic
Republic’s nuclear program.
Report: Israeli Jet Struck Weapons Depots in
Libya; Arab news sources reported at
week's end that an unidentified jet believed to be Israeli destroyed
warehouses in southern Libya that held weapons bought by Iran for Hamas.
Libya: Six dead, 20 injured in Misrata suicide
bombing: At least six people have
been killed and more than 20 injured in a suicide bombing attack on a
security checkpoint in Misrata, a local official news agency reported.
Cairo bomb blast kills policeman:
The explosion, in the upmarket Zamalek district, injured several more
people on the May 15 bridge.
Civilian killed in northern Mali attack;
- Militants shelled the largest city in restive northern Mali on Sunday,
killing a civilian and wounding three relatives as they slept, said
hospital and security sources
Kenya: Extremists vows more attacks;
Somalia's Islamic extremist group al-Shabab warned Saturday of more
attacks in Kenya like the assault on Garissa University College that
killed 148 people. Kenyan cities will run red with blood," said al-Shabab
according to the SITE intelligence monitoring group.
6 Taliban Insurgents Killed, 13 Injured in
Northern Afghanistan: At least six
Taliban insurgents were killed and 13 others injured as a result of
fierce clashes with the security forces on the highway between northern
Jowzjan and Sar-e-Pul provinces, local officials said.
Pakistan: 5 militants killed in military
operation : At least five suspected
militants belonging to a pro-Taliban outfit, were killed when Pakistani
helicopter gunships pounded their hideouts in the volatile northwest
tribal region near the Afghan border.
Ukraine crisis: Six government soldiers killed in
east; Six Ukrainian soldiers have
been killed in two separate incidents in the east of the country,
government officials say. Four died after their vehicle was reportedly
fired on by pro-Russian separatists in Schastye, close to the separatist
stronghold of Lugansk.
New Ukrainian Bill Threatens to Intern Russians
Citizens Living in Ukraine; Ukrainian
President Poroshenko has submitted a bill to his country's parliament
allowing for the internment of Russian citizens living in Ukraine.
Russia to ratify BRICS currency pool deal soon —
envoy: The foreign currency reserve
pool of the BRICS group will total $100 billion, Russian Foreign
Ministry Ambassador-at-Large Vadim Lukov
Far-right groups and Islamists clash outside
London mosque: Around 100 members
from the two far-right groups gathered outside the London Central Mosque
and the Islamic Cultural Center in central London as Muslims entered the
building to observe Friday prayers or Jumu-ah.
Former Guantanamo boss faces French court
inquiry: On Thursday, the court
granted the complaint, summoning the former American general to France
for a hearing.
Former U of M student charged with supporting
terrorism: Muhanad Mahmoud Al Farekh
has been charged with conspiracy to provide material support to
terrorists. He is alleged to have provided personnel to support efforts
to kill American citizens and members of the US military abroad.
FBI Defuses Another Of Its Own Terrorist Plots:
Last week, as you may have heard, the Justice Department breathlessly
announced that it had uncovered and broken up a terrorist plot against
the government, leading to the arrest of a 20 year-old man, Christopher
Lee Cornell, in Ohio. According to the FBI, Cornell was planning to go
to the US Capitol and kill government officials.
FBI Uncovers Another Of Its Own Plots:
The FBI "uncovered" yet another of its own terrorist plots, the latest
in a very long line of "terrorist plots" the FBI has "uncovered" -- in
which the details always show that it was an undercover FBI "informant"
(often doing this to get off leniently for some other issue), who more
or less goads hapless, naive people, into a "plot" that had no real
chance of ever happening.
Soaring dollar puts the world on sale for
Americans: The U.S. currency's value
has surged over the last nine months, reaching levels against some world
currencies last seen more than a decade ago. In Europe, it now costs
just $1.09 to buy one euro, down from $1.37 a year ago and almost $1.50
four years ago.
These are the racially charged e-mails that got 3 Ferguson
police and court officials fired:
City officials in Ferguson, Mo., on Thursday evening released the full,
unredacted content of racially charged and religiously insensitive
e-mails sent by the city’s former court clerk as well as two former
supervisors in the police department.
April 03, 2015
Iran Deal: A Game-Changer for the Middle East
By Phyllis Bennis
Negotiators in Switzerland just won a huge victory for diplomacy over
war. Now we've got to protect it.
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Thoughts On That Maybe-Deal About Iran's Nuclear
Achievements
By Moon Of Alabama
There are many distortions and lies in the "western" reporting on the
issue. Facts that are left out include.
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Iran, P5+1 Joint Statement
Calling for Removal of all Anti-Iran Sanctions
By Press TV
None of Iran’s nuclear facilities as well as the previous activities
will be stopped, shut down or suspended and Iran’s nuclear activities in
all its nuclear facilities including Natanz, Fordow, Isfahan and Arak
will continue.
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The US-Israel-Iran Triangle’s Tangled History
By Robert Parry
The history of Israel’s cooperative dealings with Iran, including after
the ouster of the Shah and the rise of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in
1979, seems to have been forgotten.
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Cold War 2.0
By William Blum
Once a nation becomes an Officially Designated Enemy of the empire the
methods of torture can be exquisite and endless.
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In Yemen the “Axis of kindness” Shows the True
Face of the Empire and Proves Lenin Right
By The Saker
US continues to pretend to bomb al-Qaeda in Iraq while supporting the
same al-Qaeda in Syria and Yemen.
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The Pentagon Plan to ‘Divide and Rule’ the Muslim
World
By Nafeez Ahmed
Yemen is the latest casualty of a neoconservative strategy commissioned
by the US Army to ‘capitalise on Sunni-Shia conflict’ in the Middle East
- the goal is nothing short of ‘Western dominance’
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Can Evil Be Defeated?
By Paul Craig Roberts
By learning again how to think, how to be human, how to be moral, the
American police state can be defeated.
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Lower Drinking Age, Raise Killing Age
By David Swanson
The United States sends people to kill and die in war that it doesn't
trust with a beer.
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How Google AdSense Censors the News
By Kelley Vlahos
Google as an Internet gatekeeper is no fantasy.
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9/11 Truth: Why Do Good People Become Silent—or
Worse—About 9/11?
By Frances T. Shure
If certain persons in powerful positions conspired to orchestrate the
9/11 attacks, as evidence strongly indicates — would it be
rational not to do anything?
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Kenya : 147 killed in Garissa University assault:
At least 147 people, mostly students, have been killed in an assault by
al-Shabab militants on a university in north-eastern Kenya. Four of the
gunman were eventually surrounded in a dormitory, and died when their
suicide vests detonated.
ISIS Egypt branch claims deadly Sinai attacks:
The Egyptian affiliate of the ISIS claimed responsibility Friday for
deadly attacks on army checkpoints in the Sinai Peninsula that killed 15
soldiers and two civilians.
27 killed in blasts and clashes with IS militants in Iraq:
A total of 27 people were killed on Thursday in separate bomb attacks
and clashes with the Islamic State (IS) militants in Iraq's provinces of
Salahudin and Anbar, security sources said, APA reports quoting Xinhua.
Islamic State Fights Rival Rebels In Damascus
Refugee Camp: Islamic State took most
of Yarmouk refugee camp on Wednesday, its first major presence in the
area around the capital and home to other insurgents.
Syrian rebels abduct Lebanese truck drivers on
Jordan border: Suspected Nusra Front
militants were holding around 10 Lebanese truck drivers hostage at a
major border crossing with Jordan Friday, two days after rebel fighters
seized control of it from the Syrian government.
Yemen: Saudis airdrop arms to Aden defenders,
Houthis pull back: Houthi forces
pulled back from a central Aden district Friday and warplanes from the
Saudi-led coalition dropped weapons and medical aid to fighters
defending the southern Yemeni city, a last symbolic foothold of the
country's absent president.
Yemen evacuation demonstrates China’s growing
far-seas naval capabilities: On
Sunday, March 29, the Chinese PLA Navy (PLAN) evacuated 570 Chinese
citizens from two port cities in Yemen. Then on Thursday, April 2, the
PLAN force returned to evacuate 225 foreign nationals. All evacuees were
transported to Djibouti, where they await flights home.
Full U.S. text on preliminary nuclear accord with
Iran: Following is the full text of a
U.S. "fact sheet" released after Washington and other major powers
reached a framework agreement on Thursday on curbing Iran's nuclear
program for at least a decade after eight days of marathon talks in
Switzerland.
Netanyahu spoke to Barack Obama and expressed
Israel's strong opposition to the framework agreement with Iran:
This deal would legitimize Iran's nuclear program, bolster Iran's
economy, and increase Iran's aggression and terror throughout the Middle
East and beyond.
Benjamin Netanyahu Says Final Nuclear Deal Must
Include Iran’s Recognition of Israel:
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel introduced a new demand
Friday for the final phase of negotiations over Iran’s nuclear program,
saying the completed deal must include an “unambiguous Iranian
recognition of Israel’s right to exist.”
Netanyahu convenes security chiefs over Iran
nuclear accord: Officials slammed
Thursday's announcement in Lausanne of a framework accord as a "historic
mistake," warning that if implemented it would jeopardize Israel's very
existence.
Roadside bomb leaves 7 civilians dead in east
Afghanistan: Seven civilians,
including four children and a woman, have been killed when their vehicle
was struck by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan’s eastern province of Logar.
Russia Slams NATO Military Buildup in Europe as
'Unprecedentedly Dangerous': "NATO
buildup on the Eastern flank, or in the so-called 'front-line
countries,' is an unprecedentedly dangerous step that violates all
agreements, including the Russia-NATO Founding Act, which is still in
force," the ministry's
Alexis Tsipras to Meet Vladimir Putin in Moscow
Next Week : Russian President
Vladimir Putin and Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras plan to discuss
economic ties next week as Greek seeks to pay off it’s International
Monetary Fund creditors in order to free up frozen bailout aid.
Greece draws up drachma plans, prepares to miss
IMF payment: 'We are a Left-wing
government. If we have to choose between a default to the IMF or a
default to our own people, it is a no-brainer,' says senior Greek
official
French court summons ex-Guantanamo chief in
torture probe: A French court
Thursday summoned former Guantanamo prison chief Geoffrey Miller over
accusations of torture by two ex-detainees, in a move their lawyer said
would open the door to further prosecutions.
UK spied on Argentina over alleged new attempt to
take Falklands – Snowden leak: The
intelligence data released by Snowden suggest that Britain spied on the
Argentinian authorities since at least 2009, preparing offensive cyber
operations to change public opinion regarding the Falklands, according
to the Intercept.
U.S. Hospital Sued For Deliberately Spreading
STDs in Guatemala: : The U.S.
government in partnership with Johns Hopkins University ran a 1940’s
program that spread syphilis in the Central American country.
American citizen linked to al-Qaeda is captured, flown secretly
to U.S.: Pakistani forces detained
Farekh several weeks ago and recently transferred him to U.S. custody
after his identity was confirmed. Officials said he was questioned by
members of an interrogation team composed of FBI, CIA and Pentagon
officials and then advised of his Miranda rights.
Informant Provided Bomb-Making Manual to Alleged
“ISIS-Inspired” Plotters: Like other
recent sensational “terror plots,” however, the criminal complaint
unsealed yesterday demonstrates the key role of an undercover law
enforcement informant in both formulating and facilitating the alleged
plot.
US Police Killed Over 100 People in March
: Police in the United States were
responsible for the deaths of 115 people in the month of March alone,
according to an independent website that has been keeping tally.
20 Years in Prison for Miscarrying? The Case of
Purvi Patel & the Criminalization of Pregnancy:
On Monday, Purvi Patel became the first person in U.S. history sentenced
to prison for feticide for what the state said was an attempt to end her
own pregnancy. While Patel says she had a miscarriage, delivering a
stillborn fetus, prosecutors accused her of taking drugs to induce an
abortion,
After Warmest Winter, Drought-Stricken California
Limits Water But Exempts Thirstiest Big Growers:
Studies show the current drought, which has intensified over the past
four years, is the worst California has seen in at least 120 years. Some
suggest it is the region’s worst drought in more than a thousand years.
Americans Not in Labor Force Exceed 93 Million
for First Time; : That is the first
time the number of Americans out of the labor force has exceeded 93
million.
56,131,000 Women Aren’t In the Labor Force, A
Record High: The level is a record
high, and the labor force participation for the month of March at 56.6
percent is a 27-year low, according to CNS News. In February that rate
for women was 56.7 percent.
April 02, 2015
American Hell for Yemen
By Margaret Kimberley
The U.S.-spawned whirlwind of carnage and destruction has wrecked the
societies of Iraq, Libya, Syria, Somalia and Yemen, yet most Americans
feel themselves blameless.
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Why Iran Distrusts the US in Nuke Talks
By Ray McGovern
The real history of the West’s dealings on Iran’s nuclear program shows
bad faith by the U.S. government.
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Eight Urgent ‘Musts’ Needed for Palestinians to
Defeat Apartheid:
By Ramzy Baroud
First, the most difficult obstacle to overcome is the stronghold of
Mahmoud Abbas and his corrupt circle on Palestine’s political discourse
at home.
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Noam Chomsky: Democracy Is a Threat to Any Power
System
Video
“The race towards disaster is being carried out with almost euphoric
intensity,” said Chomsky.
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Seeking Truth Together: Challenging the Silence
Racism Creates
By David Ragland
Racism is part of American social ecology, often as unrecognized as the
air we breathe.
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Guilty of Being Poor
By Karen Dolan
One woman’s story illustrates what’s happening to more and more people
as municipal revenues become the focus of police departments all over
the country.
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Iraq: 150 ISIS fighters killed in Tikrit:
The Iraqi Federal Police said more than 150 Islamic State fighters have
been killed in the ongoing liberation of Tikrit and all of the
militants' bases and facilities in the city have been captured.
27 killed in blasts and clashes with IS militants
in Iraq: A total of 27 people were
killed on Thursday in separate bomb attacks and clashes with the Islamic
State (IS) militants in Iraq's provinces of Salahudin and Anbar,
security sources said, APA reports quoting Xinhua.
Rebels seize Syria-Jordan border as IS storms
Damascus: Rebels backed by Syria's
Al-Qaeda affiliate seized control Wednesday of the last border crossing
with Jordan that had been under regime control, dealing a major blow to
President Bashar al-Assad.
UN report: More than 25,000 foreigners fight with
terrorists: The number of fighters
leaving home to join al-Qaida and the Islamic State group in Iraq, Syria
and other countries has spiked to more than 25,000 from over 100
nations, according to a new U.N. report.
Yemen: Foreign troops reportedly enter Aden, as
first Saudi soldier killed in north:
The troop deployment comes after the Houthis manage to seize central
district and presidential palace in Aden
Rebel forces push farther into key Yemeni port
city of Aden: Shiite rebel forces
backed by tanks and heavy machine guns pushed deeper into Yemen’s
second-largest city on Wednesday in a bid to strengthen their hold even
as Saudi-led airstrikes attempt to cut off their supply lines and
cripple their capabilities
Al-Qaeda in Yemen frees prisoners in mass
jailbreak: Hundreds of inmates,
including a senior al-Qaeda figure, freed during raid in southeastern
Yemen, official says.
Al Qaeda-linked militants in Yemen say fire
rocket toward U.S. embassy; An al
Qaeda splinter group said it launched a rocket toward the U.S. embassy
in Sanaa on Saturday, wounding several guards, to retaliate for a
purported U.S. drone strike in a northern province of Yemen the day
before.
Russian consulate bombed and looted in Yemen:
Shiite rebels attacked and looted the Russian Consulate in Aden. They
broke down the door of the Consulate building, and looted the consulate
property and office equipment. The militants loaded the equipment and
documents into cars and fled in an unknown direction. At the time of the
attack there were no workers in the Russian Consulate.
Chinese military disembark in port of Aden,
Yemen, to guard evacuation – official:
Dozens of unidentified foreign troops reported disembarking in the port
of Aden turned out to be Chinese soldiers maintaining security as an
unknown party opened fire on a vessel evacuating foreign citizens, a
Yemeni official told Sputnik.
Americans in Yemen fear they have been left
behind as bombing escalates: Several
countries have evacuated their civilians, including China, India,
Pakistan and Somalia. The US has not followed suit
All options including military on the table for
Iran: Israeli minister: Threat of
unilateral action from Israel comes as Iranian nuclear talks in Lausanne
enter seventh day
Top UK MP Brands Netanyahu War Criminal as
Palestine Joins ICC; Senior British
Member of Parliament Sir Bob Russell has branded Israeli Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu a war criminal, on the day Palestine finally accedes
to the International Criminal Court, paving the way for war crimes
trials.
US raises prospect of Israel UN isolation:
Is Israel about to lose its American firewall at the United Nations in
New York, or will it continue to be so flameproof? A year ago, these
questions would have been near unthinkable.
Afghanistan suicide bomb blast kills 16 in Khost:
Another 40 were injured in the attack on a crowd of people protesting
outside the office of the provincial governor.
Shocking video shows Afghan suicide attack that
killed 17: A suicide bomber blew
himself up in the middle of a demonstration against corruption in
Afghanistan's eastern province of Khost on 2 April, killing 17 people
and injuring at least 50 more, government officials said.
$45 Billion in Tax Dollars Goes Missing in
Afghanistan: A new report from the
office of John Sopko, the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan
Reconstruction (SIGAR), revealed that there’s virtually no way to know
what happened to a large chunk of money the Defense Department spent in
Afghanistan before 2010.
Suspected rebels kill 5 Indian security personnel:
Heavily armed insurgents ambushed an army convoy in Arunachal Pradesh
state in the remote northeast, killing three soldiers and wounding four
others, said Nabin Payeng, an inspector-general of state police. They
escaped after the attack in Tirap district.
Soldiers from Chad and Niger claim to have killed
hundreds as they drive armed group out of Malam Fatori town.:
Chad's army said its forces had killed hundreds of Boko Haram fighters
and lost nine of its own troops in clashes in northern Nigeria.
Egypt : 32 killed, including 15 soldiers, in
attacks in Sinai: At least 32 people,
including 15 soldiers and two civilians, were killed Thursday in five
simultaneous attacks against the army in the north of Egyptian Sinai,
where the army is fighting a local branch of the self-proclaimed Islamic
State organization (Daesh), said the police in a new toll.
Al Shabaab storms Kenyan university, 14 killed:
With scores of students wounded and hundreds unaccounted for, police and
soldiers surrounded Garissa University College. They sealed off the
compound and were trying to flush out the gunmen, Kenyan police chief
Joseph Boinet said.
How the Pentagon Lost Track of $45 Billion:
Since 2002, Congress has set aside $104 billion specifically to rebuild
Afghanistan. Of that, $66 billion went to the Pentagon.
Iceland looks at ending boom and bust with
radical money plan: Iceland's
government is considering a revolutionary monetary proposal - removing
the power of commercial banks to create money and handing it to the
central bank.
World US Military to Launch Special Force for
Latin America : The new force will be
deployed to the Palmerola base in Honduras and will include 250 troops.
New Jersey Senator Robert Menendez indicted on
federal corruption charges: Sen. Bob
Menendez, the son of Cuban immigrants who rose to become one of the
highest-ranking Hispanic members of Congress, was charged Wednesday with
accepting nearly $1 million in gifts and campaign contributions from a
longtime friend in exchange for a stream of political favors.
California governor orders mandatory water
restrictions: : California Gov. Jerry
Brown ordered officials Wednesday to impose statewide mandatory water
restrictions for the first time in history as surveyors found the lowest
snow level in the Sierra Nevada snowpack in 65 years of record-keeping.
Atlanta teachers, principals convicted in
cheating scandal: Eleven Atlanta,
Georgia teachers, principals, and administrators were found guilty of
felony racketeering charges Wednesday in connection with a city-wide
test cheating scandal.
April 01, 2015
The Biggest Threat to American Liberty
By Jacob G. Hornberger
Eastern Europeans are getting a gander at America’s overgrown military
establishment.
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Fascism in Ukraine
By John Pilger
The 21st century is witnessing a new rise of fascism that is not less
dangerous than the Nazi movement in the period of the World War II.
Continue
Syria: Why is Assad Still in Power?
By Edward Dark
Why has he survived for so long in the face of such seemingly
overwhelming odds? Why has he been able to withstand the major global
powers, hostile neighbours on every border and tens of thousands of
well-armed rebel fighters.
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President al-Assad’s [Full] interview with
Charlie Rose of American CBS News
Video and Transcript.
As you know, Secretary Kerry has called you a brutal dictator. Secretary
Kerry! Other people have said worse. Does that bother you? Is that an
accurate description of you?
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How to Decipher Yemen
Where the Enemy of Your Enemy Is Also Your Enemy
By Graham E. Fuller
There are fourth myths about Yemen that need to be sorted out.
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Deciphering the Mideast Chaos
By Robert Parry
Israel is now allied with Saudi Arabia and other Sunni Persian Gulf
states, which are, in turn, supporting Sunni militants in Al-Qaeda and
the Islamic State.
Continue
John Bolton’s Love of Bombs
By Lawrence Davidson
The sharks at AIPAC who are determined, for the sake of Israel, to make
war on Iran right down to the last American soldier.
Continue
Who Spies for Israel in Washington’s Nuclear
Negotiations?
By James Petras
The failure of the Obama regime to go after its own State Department
officials acting as agents for Israel; and its refusal to identify,
arrest, prosecute and sentence high-level spies within the Cabinet have
severely compromised the sovereignty of the United States.
Continue
If This is What an Anti-war Presidency Looks Like
To You, You're Detached From Reality
By Trevor Timm
If Obama is an anti-war president, he’s the worst anti-war president in
history. In the last six years, the Obama administration has bombed
seven countries in the Middle East alone.
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Stop Smoking the Democrack
By Cindy Sheehan and David Swanson
Rather than giving a blank check to war mongering for the next nearly
two years, - save us all the suffering and pretend the president right
now is Dick Cheney. Protest accordingly.
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We Are Losing The Oceans
By Paul Craig Roberts
In the Western World truth is dying.
Continue
Military and Police in Florida Practice Detaining
Citizens
By Alex Newman
The drills are serving to prepare Americans to accept martial law in a
national emergency.
Continue
No One Is Free Until All
Are Free
By Chris Hedges
The primacy of personal pleasure obtained at the expense of others is
the defining characteristic of a civilization in its death throes.
Continue
Islamic State kills 37 in new attack on Syrian
village: Syrian state television put
the number killed at 44 and said 21 others had been wounded in the
attack on Mabouja, a 60 km drive east of Hama. A Syrian military source
said the army had repelled the assault yesterday.
Nusra Front signals sharia law for captured
Syrian city; The Al-Qaeda-linked
Nusra Front indicated Wednesday that a Syrian city captured from the
government in recent days would be ruled according to Islamic sharia law
but the group would not seek to monopolize power there.
ISIS seizes most of Yarmouk Palestinian refugee
camp in Damascus: PLO: "Fighters from
ISIS launched an assault this morning on Yarmouk and they took over the
majority of the camp," said Anwar Abdel Hadi, director of political
affairs for the Palestine Liberation Organization in Damascus.
Jordan shuts main Syria border crossing amid
fighting: Jordan on Wednesday closed
its main border crossing with Syria amid fierce clashes between rebels
and pro-government forces for control of the post.
Syria, Iraq a 'finishing school' for foreign
fighters - U.N. report: More than
25,000 foreign fighters from some 100 countries are linked to al Qaeda
and Islamic State, with Syria and Iraq comprising a "veritable
international finishing school for extremists," United Nations experts
reported to the U.N. Security Council.
Saudi Arabia, allies’ airstrike on Yemen factory,
kills 35 people:
Saudi-led coalition warplanes bombed Shiite rebel
positions in both north and south Yemen early Wednesday, setting off
explosions and drawing return fire from anti-aircraft guns. Airstrikes
also hit a factory in a western port city and 35 workers died there,
according to witnesses and officials.
Major Fighting Escalates on Saudi Arabia-Yemen
Border "The bombing today is worse
than on any other day and we hear sounds of explosions and see Saudi
planes in the air."
In propaganda war:
Americans seek 'war crimes' charges against Hamas
leaders: Twenty-six Americans filed a
complaint on Tuesday to the US Attorney General requesting the justice
ministry prosecute Hamas leaders for "war crimes," the Israeli legal
group representing them said.
Netanyahu, Boehner hail US-Israel ties:
Arriving in Jerusalem as head of a delegation of lawmakers visiting US
allies in the Middle East, Boehner said that wherever they’ve gone, the
“message is the same — you can’t continue to turn your eye away from the
threats that face all of us.”
From Gaza To Southampton – We Are All
Palestinians: For the second time in
just a month, a British academic institution has been intimidated by an
orchestrated Zionist lobby.
Iran: Sanctions must be dropped for nuclear deal:“We
insist that the lifting of financial, bank and oil industry sanctions
was the first step and on a clear roadmap for lifting the rest of the
sanction,” Abbas Araqchi, Iranian deputy FM told the media.
Carter Says Iran Nuclear Deal Would Not Limit US Military
Options: The
U.S. will reserve the right to use military force to prevent Iran from
developing a nuclear weapon even if a deal is reached Iran's nuclear
program, Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said Tuesday.
U.S. releases military aid to Egypt, cites
national security: The White House
said Obama notified Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi in a phone
call Tuesday that the U.S. would be sending 12 F-16 fighter jets, 20
missiles and up to 125 tank kits, while continuing to request $1.3
billion in military assistance for Egypt.
Nigeria: Buhari will 'spare no effort' to defeat
Boko Haram; Nigerian president-elect
says he will rid nation of armed group in first address to the nation
since poll victory.
Former military dictator wins Nigerian presidency:
-News Analysis - Buhari’s military junta banned strikes and public
protests in 1984, and empowered the security forces to carry out
arbitrary arrests and detentions of civilians, including numerous
intellectuals, politicized students and journalists.
Afghanistan: Seven militants killed in Zabul:
At least seven Taliban militants have been killed and eight others
wounded in military operation conducted by Afghan security forces in
southern Zabul province, said a local official.
Pakistani Navy to Purchase Eight New Submarines
From China: Pakistan has been
negotiating the submarine purchase with China since 2011, with initial
plans to purchase six, and subsequently raising the number to eight. The
plan is viewed as a means to address the country’s force imbalance with
India.
US Army to train Ukrainian fascist militias:
The US Army will begin training Ukraine National Guard battalions on
April 20 at a site in western Ukraine, near the Polish border, according
to an announcement made Sunday by the country’s interior minister, Arsen
Avakov.
How Long Would the US Navy Survive in a Shooting
War?: US Navy is a huge force but
largely based around aircraft carrier groups that modern weaponry may
have made obsolete
Greece to give creditors new reforms for bailout
cash: Full list of specific reforms
to be released in days, paving the way for crucial funds needed to avoid
bankruptcy.
Yanis Varoufakis: “Greece Will Adopt the Bitcoin
If Eurogroup Doesn’t Give Us a Deal”:
Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis, the second top thinker in the
world according to prospect magazine surprised even his closest aides at
a secret meeting when he said “We ‘ve had enough, we ‘ll run on Bitcoin.”
UNASUR Head Calls for Removal of US Bases from
Latin America ” "A good point on the
new agenda of relations (on the continent) would be the elimination of
U.S. military bases” from South America, "a leftover from the days of
the Cold War and other clashes," Samper added.
Study: Pharmaceuticals Kill More Teens Than
Illegal Substances In The US: Combine
the number of overdose deaths caused by heroin and cocaine, and you
still haven’t matched the number of deaths caused by pharmaceutical
prescription medications each year in the United States.
March 31, 2015
Yemen Echoes of 1930s Aggression and Descent into
Barbarism
By Finian Cunningham
That a defenceless, impoverished country such as Yemen can be openly
bombed by hundreds of US-supplied F-15 fighter jets – and for that
criminality to be widely endorsed – is a sure sign that the world is
once again sliding into the abyss.
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Nasrallah to Saudi Invaders
Yemeni People will Triumph, You’ll be Defeated
Video - (English)
Hezbollah leader elaborated on the pretexts used by the Saudi Arabia to
justify its war on Yemen, saying they are "baseless" pretexts.
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A Middle East Holocaust
By Paul Craig Roberts
Washington has committed a terrible crime in our name. Washington not
only murdered Iraq, Washington has murdered the Middle East.
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McCain Suggests Israel "Go Rogue," Blow Up Iran
Negotiations By Starting War
By Zaid Jilani
During a floor speech he gave on March 24th, the senator
suggested that Israel “go rogue” and that if they don't they may not
survive the next 22 months of the Obama presidency:
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Muslim vs. White Mass Murderers
By Matt Peppe
Terrorists are thought to be irredeemable, subhuman creatures who do not
even qualify as legitimate members of society with rights.
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Pepe Escobar in Eastern Ukraine: Howling in
Donetsk
By Pepe Escobar
Quite a few people – in Donbass, in Moscow, and now in Europe – have
asked me what struck me most about this visit. I could start by
paraphrasing Allen Ginsberg in Howl – “I saw the best minds of my
generation destroyed by madness”.
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Repeal, Don’t Reform the IMF!
By Ron Paul
The IMF has a history of using the funds provided to it by the American
taxpayer to prop up dictatorial regimes and support unsound economic
policies.
The United States Could Learn From Its British
Ally
By Ivan Eland
Although Britain and France were on the winning side of both world wars,
they lost their worldwide empires partly because those wars drained
their coffers. Continue
License to Kill
By Dmitry Orlov
As law and order break down in more and more places, we will see more
and more US troops on the streets of cities in the US, spreading death
and destruction just like they did in Iraq or in Afghanistan.
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The Vendetta Against Bowe Bergdahl
By Patrick Martin
The decision by the Pentagon to bring charges of desertion and
misbehavior before the enemy against former Afghanistan prisoner of war
Bowe Bergdahl is vindictive and politically reactionary.
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A World of Violence
By Eduardo Galeano
On Women Who Refused to Live in Silence and Be Consigned to Oblivion.
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No One Is Free Until All
Are Free
By Chris Hedges
The primacy of personal pleasure obtained at the expense of others is
the defining characteristic of a civilization in its death throes.
Continue
4 Ways Corporations Owe Us, Big Time—And How They
Can Pay Us Back
By Paul Buchheit
Corporate greed has reached its limit. It does not have to be this way.
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Show Me the Money, Hillary!
Clintonesque Entitlement Should Be Shunned
By Philip Giraldi
The Clinton’s are singular in terms of both their greed and their
hubristic sense of entitlement.
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Postcard from the End of America: Carlisle, PA
By Linh Dinh
We’ve become a nation of burger flippers, burrito rollers, taco
stuffers, cocktail mixers, surly cashiers, personal care assistants, dog
walkers, sign-waving statues of liberties and, whether on sidewalks or
more discretely, beggars.
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None Of Us Are Free - If One Of Us Is Chained
By Solomon Burke
And there are people still in darkness,
And they just can't see the light.
If you don't say it's wrong then that says it right.
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At least 36 dead as Yemen's Houthis shell Aden,
warplanes bomb airport: Yemen's
Houthi militiamen and allied army units shelled Aden overnight while
Saudi-led coalition jets bombed their positions near the airport,
killing at least 36 people, officials and witnesses said on Tuesday.
Saudi-led allied bombing of Sanaa, Yemen, Leaves
at Least 11 Dead, 30 Injured:
Saudi-led allied bombing of the Yarim District to the south of Yemen’s
capital Sanaa has left at least 11 dead and another 30 injured, a
security source told Sputnik.
Saudi Arabia kills 45 people in refugee camp in Yemen:
Monday: At least 45 people have been killed in an air strike that struck
a refugee camp in the northern Yemeni region of Haradh according to the
International Organization for Migration. A humanitarian official
earlier said the bombing had targeted a military installation in the
vicinity of the camp.
Dozens killed as Yemen tribes clash with Houthis:
Fighting erupted when tribal fighters attacked a Houthi-held area near
Asailan. Almost thirty were killed among the Houthis and their loyalists
during confrontations which also killed eight members of the tribes, a
security source told Al Arabiya.
Saudi-led forces strike Yemen rebels, blockade
ports:
Saudi-led naval forces imposed a blockade on Yemen's
ports as coalition airstrikes on Monday repelled an advance on the
southern port city of Aden by Shiite rebels and forces loyal to a former
president, in what appeared to be the most intense day of fighting since
the air campaign began five days ago.
Saudi-Led Ground Invasion of Yemen 'Within Days':
Yemeni Foreign Minister said he expects nine member Arab coalition
troops to be inside Yemen soon.
Pakistan to join Saudi coalition against Yemen
rebels - senior official; - Pakistan
will send troops to Saudi Arabia to give military support to a coalition
of mainly Gulf states fighting Yemeni Houthi rebels, a senior government
official said on Monday.
Yemen's Houthis enter base on Bab el-Mandeb
strait: officials: Soldiers of the
17th Armoured Division in the Dabab district in Yemen's southwestern
Taiz province opened the gates to the Houthis, whose military advance
has been challenged by six days of Saudi-led air strikes.
Saudi envoy denounces Nasrallah’s speech as
‘slanderous’: “The speech made by
Hezbollah’s General Secretary Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah expressed the
confusion experienced by the sides he represents [Iran], and contained a
lot of slander and false allegations against the Kingdom of Saudi
Arabia,” Asiri said in a statement.
Twin Car Bombings in Baghdad Kill At Least 11:
Iraq: Monday: Shortly before noon,
the two explosive-laden cars went off simultaneously in a commercial
area of the Shiite-dominated Husseiniyah district in northeastern
Baghdad, a police officer said. Two policemen were among the dead. At
least 26 people were wounded in the attack, he added.
Isis: Shocking images released of blindfolded
couple being stoned to death:
Shocking new images have emerged showing Islamic State militants stoning
a blindfolded and bound man and woman to death in Iraq. The couple were
sentenced to death for having sex before marriage.
US denies killing Iranians in drone strikes in
Iraq: Pentagon rejects claims by
Tehran that US killed two Revolutionary Guards in strikes near ISIL-held
Tikrit last week.
Iraq forces retake government HQ in Tikrit from
IS: Iraqi forces have retaken the
Salaheddin provincial government headquarters in Tikrit from the Islamic
State jihadist group, a significant advance in the battle to recapture
the city, officials said Tuesday.
US-led coalition says IS still holds parts of
Iraq's Tikrit: Baghdad: The Islamic
State group still controls parts of the Iraqi city of Tikrit, which
Baghdad announced had been retaken, the US-led coalition battling the
jihadists said Tuesday.
IS Killed 44 in Syrian Village.
Islamic State group militants killed Tuesday at least 44 people in
Mabuja, a government-held village in central Syria. The violent Islamist
group launched the attack Tuesday in a region which is known for its
diverse religious sects, including Christian, Ismailis and Alawites.
26 killed in Syria attacks:
A total of 14 people, including two women and two children, died in
ground-to-ground rocket attacks and military air raids in Idlib, the
capital city of the eponymous northern province that has been under the
control of Al Qaeda affiliate Nusra Front since Saturday, when its
troops expelled pro-regime forces.
14 killed in Syria car bomb blast:
At least 14 people were killed on Tuesday when
a booby-trapped car went off in the Syria's southern province of Daraa,
a monitoring group reported.
Syrian military source alleges Turkish role in
Idlib offensive: A Syrian military
source accused Turkey on Monday of helping Islamist rebels to stage an
assault on Idlib, a provincial capital which fighters seized at the
weekend.
Canadian House of Commons votes to extend, expand
mission against Islamic State:
Canadian fighter jets will soon begin bombing Islamic extremists in
Syria as the federal government moves ahead with its expanded military
mission in the Middle East.
Former Israeli Premier Olmert convicted in
corruption case: Former Israeli Prime
Minister Ehud Olmert was convicted Monday of unlawfully accepting money
from a U.S. supporter in a retrial on corruption charges, the latest
chapter in the downfall of a man who only years earlier hoped to lead
the country to a historic peace agreement with the Palestinians.
Nuclear talks to continue until major disputes
overcome: Iran: Iran is willing to
continue talks with six major powers on a preliminary political
agreement that will be used as a basis of a comprehensive nuclear deal,
a senior nuclear negotiator said on Tuesday.
Iran asks Turkish envoy to explain Erdogan
comments: On Thursday, Erdogan
demanded that “Iran and the terrorist groups must withdraw” from Yemen.
Istanbul prosecutor taken hostage in courthouse
by far-left Turkish group (VIDEO): An
Istanbul prosecutor has been taken hostage by an armed leftist group
threatning to kill him if their demands weren't met. The official was
handling the case of the 15-year-old who died in a police gas attack.
The standoff is curently underway.
Chad Army Says 54 Islamist Militants Killed in
Nigeria Fighting: Troops from Chad
and Niger killed 54 fighters from the Boko Haram Islamist group in a
battle around a Nigerian village on Monday, Chad’s army said.
Libya's Tripoli-based parliament sacks prime
minister: In an effort to address the
country's political crisis, delegates from the rival administrations
have been meeting at UN-brokered talks in what has been described as one
of the last chances to stop the country from plunging into a full-scale
civil war.
Opposition wins Nigeria election:
Nigeria's presidential poll is won by Muhammadu Buhari, in the country's
first election victory by the opposition.
33 Insurgents Killed in Latest Offensive in
Helmand: In the latest offensive, at
least 33 Taliban insurgents were killed and seven others wounded over
the past 24 hours in Sangin district of southern Helmand, the Ministry
of Defense (MoD) said in a statement on Tuesday.
Australian immigration dept leaks G20 leaders’
passport info – report: The personal
details of all 20 leaders at the recent G20 summit in Australia have
been accidentally leaked by the Australian immigration department.
Despite being notified of the high-profile breach four months ago, it
neglected to inform anyone.
Australia: Federal Government Set to Introduce
Tax on Bank Deposits: The Government
is heading for a fight with the banking industry, which has warned it
will have to pass the cost back onto customers.
‘Reuters lied’: MH17 witness says reporter
falsified testimony: A Lugansk Region
resident, whom Reuters cites as saying he saw evidence of a
surface-to-air missile launched from rebel-held territory on the day
MH17 was downed, told RT the news agency gave a false report of his
interview.
Boris Nemtsov murder: Authorities identify
'mastermind' behind killing: Russia's
Investigative Committee has identified the person who gave weapons, a
vehicle and money to the man who allegedly murdered the Russian
opposition politician, a source close to the investigation told
Kommersant.
Ukraine lost five Indian airplanes:
Five Indian transport airplanes from 40 shipped to Ukraine for
modernization under the contract signed in 2009 have disappeared,
according to the publication Defense News with reference to the official
from Indian Air force.
Soros says ready to invest $1 billion in Ukraine
if West helps: George Soros is ready
to invest $1 billion in Ukraine if Western countries help private
investment there, and sees a 1 in 3 chance Greece will leave the euro,
the billionaire financier told Austrian newspaper Der Standard.
Russia: BRICS Represents Political and Economic
Alliance: The BRICS group is an
alliance of nations based on the long-term strategic interests in the
political, economic, social and cultural arena, irrespective of the
growth rates of each of its members, the Russian diplomat said
Destroying the Greek economy in order to save it:
European authorities are using dirty tactics to bring Greece to heel
Greece says it's not backing down on its debt
relief goal: Greece has not given up
on its aim to renegotiate its debt to render it viable, the country's
deputy finance minister said on Monday as talks between Athens and its
lenders on reforms to unlock aid continue.
French local elections: Conservatives triumph
over left: France's opposition
conservative UMP Party has made big gains in local elections, at the
expense of the ruling Socialists. The UMP, led by ex-President Nicolas
Sarkozy, boosted the number of councils it controls from 40 to 67 in the
vote.
‘Extradite Obama to Israel, lock the b*stard up’:
UKIP candidate resigns over FB post:
A parliamentary candidate for the UK Independence Party (UKIP) has
stepped down after he said US President Barack Obama should be kidnapped
and put on trial in Israel, it has emerged.
Spain: Police Arrest Family, Say Sons Were to
Join Jihad: Police on Tuesday
arrested four members of a family, including 16-year-old twin boys who
were allegedly about to travel to Syria to become jihadi fighters, the
Interior Ministry said.
Facebook accused of tracking all users even if
they delete accounts, ask never to be followed:
A new report claims that Facebook secretly installs tracking cookies on
users’ computers, allowing them to follow users around the internet even
after they’ve left the website, deleted their account and requested to
be no longer followed.
Baja California farm workers demand better pay
and working conditions : Workershave
said they currently receive around 110 pesos ($7) for 10-hour working
days with no overtime pay.
Honoring Cesar Chavez's Birthday:
The best way to honor Cesar Chavez is by supporting the cause for which
he sacrificed everything. That's happening in San Francisco on his
birthday this year.
Satellite data indicates sea levels rising faster
than expected: Scientists analysing
satellite data warn that rises in sea level are increasing threats to
coastal cities and food security
US War on Terror Leaves 1.3 Million Dead in Three
Countries : The U.S.-led “war on
terror” which began Sept. 11, 2001, has left at least 1.3 million people
dead – mostly civilians – in 12 years in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan,
a 101-page report revealed.
NSA shooting: One dead after car rams security
gate: One person is dead and at least
one other is severely injured after a shooting at a gate to the US
National Security Agency headquarters. An unnamed official told the
Associated Press that gunfire broke out after a car tried to ram the
gate to the sprawling military campus near Washington DC.
Don’t See Evil:
Google’s boycott campaign against war photography and alternative media
Republicans see Obama as more imminent threat
than Putin: Reuters/Ipsos poll: The
poll showed 34 percent of Republicans ranked Obama as an imminent
threat, ahead of Putin (25 percent), who has been accused of aggression
in the Ukraine, and Assad (23 percent).
Citizens defy Border Patrol as cameras roll at
highway checkpoints: Video - A family
in California – who refused to consent to a search or move his car into
an inspection area – was yanked out of the vehicle and cuffed in front
of his crying 4-year-old son, and soon crying wife. Watch how matters
unfold:
Major controversy after police pulled over a
firefighter: “We’re going to stop all
this nonsense with you guys down here — just stopping people and doing
whatever you want, so that’s done, those days are over,” Soto said
VIDEO: NYPD Cop Epitomizes Why People Distrust
Police as He Goes Ballistic on an Uber Driver:
A horrifying glimpse of power going to someone’s head when they are
granted a shiny badge and forget who they work for.
March 30, 2015
Yemen Exploding: Is the Stage Set for the Big
War?
By Ron Paul
The stage for the “Big War” may well be set and we will be hearing a lot
more about Yemen and the Arabian Peninsula in the coming months.
Continue
The Geopolitics Behind the War in Yemen
By Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya
The proposals for a united Arab military serve US, Israeli, and Saudi
interests.
Continue
Perpetuating Chaos and Lawlessness in Middle East
By Ajamu Baraka
U.S. and Saudi geo-strategic interest in containing the influence of
Iran has trumped international law and any concerns about the lives of
the people of Yemen, Syria, Iraq, Lebanon and Bahrain.
Continue
Eight Urgent ‘Musts’ Needed for Palestinians to
Defeat Apartheid
By Ramzy Baroud
Waiting on Israeli society to change from within is a colossal waste of
time.
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America's Disastrous Iran Policy
By Flynt Leverett Hillary Mann Leverett
A deal on nukes won't be enough. America needs to change its
geopolitical view of Iran.
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NYT Publishes Call to Bomb Iran
By Robert Parry
The New York Times followed the Washington Post in publishing an op-ed
advocating the unprovoked bombing of Iran.
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Why the West is to Blame for the Crisis in
Ukraine: The Full Story
By Chris Nineham
We can't begin to understand the Ukrainian catastrophe unless we reject
the dominant Western account of what is happening.
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Proof that Russia and Iran Want War:
By Washingtons Blog
Look How Close They Put Their Countries To Our Military Bases!
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"The Syrian Crisis Can Be Solved" President Assad
Full text President Assad’s full interview with Russian news
network
The West does not accept partners. If they don’t like a certain state,
they try to change it, or replace its president.
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President Erdogan is a Muslim Brotherhood
Fanatic: President Bashar al-Assad
Video and Transcript
Saudi Arabia is--an (unintel) autocracy. Medieval system that's based on
the Wahhabi dark ideology.
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Islamic State is the Cancer of Modern Capitalism
By Nafeez Ahmed
The brutal ‘Islamic State’ is a symptom of a deepening crisis of
civilisation premised on fossil fuel addiction, which is undermining
Western hegemony and unravelling state power across the Muslim world.
Continue
China’s Bank & Waning USA Hegemony
By Jack Rasmus
Two events occurred last week that mark a further phase in the waning of
US global economic hegemony.
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The Social Costs Of Capitalism
Are Destroying Earth’s Ability To Support Life
By Paul Craig Roberts
Capitalism’s pursuit of profit is destroying life
on earth.
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38 killed as Yemen tribes clash with Houthi-Saleh
rebel forces: The fighting erupted
when tribesmen attacked positions held by Houthi rebels near the
oil-rich area of Usaylan in Shabwa province, the sources said.
Fighting grips Aden as Houthis continue to push
south: Fierce fighting has been
reported in Yemen's coastal city of Aden as Houthi rebels continued
their push south despite a fifth night of Saudi-led airstrikes against
the group's positions.
Saudi Arabia Sends over 5,000 Takfiri Terrorists
to Yemen: "Saudi Arabia has sent
around 5,000 Takfiri mercenaries to fight against the Yemeni army and
revolutionary committees,' Yemeni Army Commander Colonel Abdel Sattar
al-Boushali told FNA on Saturday night.
Houthis told to 'surrender' at Arab League
summit: Yemen's
president has called on Houthi fighters to "surrender" at a meeting of
the Arab League in the Egyptian resort town of Sharm el-Sheikh, as
Saudi-led air raids continued to strike the group's positions for a
third day.
Arab League agrees to create joint Arab military
force - Egypt’s president: "The Arab
leaders have decided to agree on the principle of a joint Arab military
force," Sisi said Sunday as the summit wrapped up. The summit final
communique called for "coordination, efforts and steps to establish an
unified Arab force" to intervene in countries such as Yemen.
30 IS militants killed in Iraqi clashes,
airstrikes: At least 30 Islamic State
(IS) militants were killed Sunday in clashes and U.S.-led coalition
airstrikes in the Iraqi provinces of Salahudin and Anbar, security
sources said.
4 Iraqi soldiers killed fighting with IS in
Tikrit: Four Iraqi soldiers were
killed in street fighting with Islamic State militants in Tikrit
overnight as they advanced slowly into the city, a Sunni jihadist
bastion, in the wake of coalition air strikes, a security official said.
Top Kurdish ISIS leader killed in Mosul:
The top Kurdish ISIS leader, reportedly responsible for the death of
dozens of Kurdish civilians, was killed in coalition air strikes in
Mosul, the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) said Sunday.
Thousands flee Syrian city Idlib after rebel
capture : Idlib was the second major
city to fall from government control and represents a rare coup for the
country's fragmented opposition. But it also raises the prospect of this
strategically vital territory falling into the hands of Jabhat al-Nusra,
al-Qaeda's affiliate in Syria.
Assad Says US Airstrikes Have Made ISIS Stronger;
Says ISIS, Saudi Arabia Of Same Ideological Bent:
Syrian President Bashar Assad said the U.S.-led airstrikes in Syria have
not been effective in the fight against the Islamic State group. In
fact, he said in an interview that aired Sunday on CBS's "60 Minutes,"
the terrorist group has been gaining strength and expanding its reach.
Putin letter to Arab summit triggers Saudi attack:
Saudi Arabia accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of hypocrisy
Sunday, telling an Arab summit that he should not express support for
the Middle East while fueling instability by supporting Syrian leader
Bashar Assad.
Tentative deal reached in Iran nuclear talks as
Netanyahu warns of 'dangerous' accord:
Iran and six world powers have reached a tentative agreement on key
parts of a deal sharply curtailing Tehran's nuclear programme, Western
diplomats said Sunday while cautioning that the pact is by no means
done.
Report: PA to pause ICC steps in exchange for tax
revenues: According to the report,
the ICC prosecutor has opened a preliminary examination on alleged
Israeli war crimes during its devastating summer 2014 assault on Gaza.
Israel's prime minister's office announced Friday that Israel would
release the funds it collects on the PA's behalf and withheld as
punishment for its move to join the ICC.
Vladimir Putin says Russia will fight for the
right of Palestinians to their own state:
In an address to the Arab League summit in Egypt on Saturday, Mr Putin
spoke against foreign intervention in countries’ internal disputes and
spoke of the role Russia can play in diplomatic channels.
Boko Haram kills 41, prevents hundreds voting in
Nigeria: - Boko Haram extremists
killed 41 people, including a legislator, and scared hundreds of people
from polling stations but millions voted across Nigeria Saturday in the
most closely contested presidential race in the nation's history.
Three killed in suicide attack targeting Afghan
MP: A suicide attacker targeting a
prominent Afghan MP killed three people including a child and wounded
seven others in Kabul on Sunday, officials said, just days after
Washington announced it would slow the withdrawal of US troops from
Afghanistan.
‘80,000 Pakistanis killed in US War on Terror’:
With the total number of casualties ranging between 81,325 and 81,860 in
Pakistan from 2004 until the end of 2013, the statistical breakdown is
as follows: civilians (48,504), journalists (45), civilians killed by
drones (416 – 95), Pakistani security forces (5,498) and militants
(26,862).
US National Guard sends 12 F-15 interceptor jets
to Europe to guard against Russia:
Florida Air Guard is to deploy 12 F-15C jets and about 200 airmen to
Europe as part of Washington’s military build-up, which it claims is
necessary to protect European NATO members from ‘Russian aggression.’
Donetsk Rebels to Start Own Pension Fund, Pay
Retirees Abandoned by Kiev: From
April this year, the Donetsk People’s Republic will begin the regular
payment of pensions in Russian roubles. This is a result of a decree
issued by the head of the DPR (Donetsk People’s Republic), Aleksandr
Zakharchenko, according to the Donetsk News Agency.
Australia & Denmark defy US by applying to join
China-led bank: Australia and
Denmark, despite previous American objections to the move, say they will
join a new Beijing-backed investment bank that some in Washington say
could supplant the US-dominated International Monetary Fund.
Hollande’s Socialist Party suffers setback in
French local elections: French
President François Hollande’s Socialist Party suffered an electoral
setback Sunday, March 22, as the center-right alliance of former
President Nicolas Sarkozy came out on top in the first round of local
elections and the far-right National Front took about a quarter of the
vote, the Wall Street Journal reports.
UK government promotes "British values" by
blaming Muslims for everything:
Attacked for their faith, their dress, their schools, their university
societies and their politics, UK Muslims are scapegoated on a daily
basis.
Mexican Political Official Gunned Down in Western
Mexico Mexican city councilman
Feliciano Garcia Fierros gunned down in the city of Tlaquepaque on
Saturday. Mexican city councilman Feliciano Garcia Fierros gunned down
in the city of Tlaquepaque on Saturday.
New probe into Clinton's Muslim assistant Huma
Abedin started by Senate: Questions
linger about Ms. Abedin's alleged connection to the Muslim Brotherhood's
women's auxiliary while having access to classified information and
documents.
Bergdahl intended to walk to nearest base, report
wrongdoing: Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl left
his unit in eastern Afghanistan in July 2009 intending to walk to the
nearest U.S. military outpost to report wrongdoing, believing he could
not trust his own commanders to deal with his concerns, CNN has learned.
U.S. Pays Most for Healthcare of Any
Industrialized Nation … But Ranks Worst for Healthcare:
The U.S. underperforms relative to other countries on most dimensions of
performance. Among the 11 nations studied in this report—Australia,
Canada, France, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden,
Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States—the U.S. ranks
last
March 27, 2015
An Iraqi Holocaust
2.7 Million Iraqi Dead From Violence Or War-imposed Deprivation
By Dr Gideon Polya
How many people do you have to kill before you qualify to be described
as a mass murderer and a war criminal?
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'Human Cost' of War on Terror Must be Considered:
Report
By Shawn Conner
The report estimates that the war has, killed around 1.3 million people.
Continue
Assad: Anti-ISIS Coalition Doesn’t Want to Get
Rid of Islamic State Completely
By RT
Some of its members would prefer to retain the terrorist force to
blackmail different countries, he said.
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Yemen: Now State Terrorists Can Join US Bombing
Coalitions?
By Finian Cunningham
Washington is openly bombing a country with the help of a state that is
officially a terrorist enemy. Duplicity reigns supreme.
Continue
Invading Yemen: Criminality in Support of
Hegemony
By Ajamu Baraka
The intervention by the Saudi’s and the GCC continues the international
lawlessness that the U.S. precipitated with its War on Terror over the
last decade and a half. Continue
US-Saudi Blitz in Yemen: Naked Aggression,
Absolute Desperation
By Tony Cartalucci
the conflict in Yemen is a proxy war. Not between Iran and Saudi Arabia
per say, but between Iran and the United States, with the United States
electing Saudi Arabia as its unfortunate stand-in.
The Money Trail
How the US Fostered Yemen's Separatist Movement
By Sputnik
In the south, a separatist movement calling for a "State of South
Arabia" is emerging. Fostered by the US, it will leave the Houthis with
two hostile states at their borders and locked access to the sea, if it
succeeds.
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Another Week, Another War
The Iron Logic of America's Middle East Madness
By Chris Floyd
Another week, another war. And yet another American alliance with the
forces of Islamic extremism.
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John Bolton’s call for war on Iran
By Bill Van Auken
The New York Times Thursday published a prominent opinion piece entitled
“To Stop Iran’s Bomb, Bomb Iran.”
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Sanctions and the Fate of the Nuclear Talks
By Gareth Porter
Iran will never be free of the pressure from the United States exerted
through pressure on foreign businesses and banks until the sanctions
laws themselves are terminated.
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Manufacturing Dissent
By Paul Craig Roberts
The neoconservatives constitute a war lobby. When one war doesn’t work,
they want another.
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Neocons: the Echo of German Fascism
By Todd E. Pierce
The Republican Party is on a roll, having won two major elections in a
row. The first was winning control of the U.S. Congress last fall. The
second is the victory by the Republicans’ de facto party leader Benjamin
Netanyahu in Israel’s recent election.
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Netanyahu’s Spying Denials Contradicted by Secret
NSA Documents
By Glenn Greenwald and Andrew Fishman
Some key U.S. government documents — list Israel among the U.S.’s most
threatening cyber-adversaries and as a “hostile” foreign intelligence
service.
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Noam Chomsky on Institutional Stupidity
By Noam Chomsky
A corporation is a tyranny. It’s the purest example of a tyranny you can
imagine.
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Private Emails Reveal ex-Clinton Aide’s Secret
Spy Network
Jeff Gerth, ProPublica, and Sam Biddle, Gawker
Sidney Blumenthal supplied intelligence to then Secretary of State
Hillary Clinton gathered by a secret network.
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Exclusive: TSA’s Secret Behavior Checklist to
Spot Terrorists
By Jana Winter and Cora Currier
Fidgeting, whistling, sweaty palms. Add one point each. Arrogance, a
cold penetrating stare, and rigid posture, two points
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The Poor Get Prison
The Alarming Spread of the Criminalization of Poverty
By Karen Dolan
Poor people, especially people of color, face a far greater risk of
being fined, arrested, and even incarcerated for minor offenses than
other Americans.
Continue
Saudi-led air strikes kill 39 civilians in Yemen:
According to residents, dozens of vehicles carrying anti-aircraft
missiles have been continuously circling the capital’s neighborhoods
since the Saudi-led raids began.
Tribes kill 21 Shiite rebels in south Yemen:
local official: At least 21 Yemeni Shiite rebels were killed Friday when
residents in a tribal southern region opened fire at their vehicles, a
local official and witnesses told AFP.
Yemen Houthi rebels advance despite Saudi-led air
strikes: Yemen's Houthi rebels made
broad gains in the country's south and east on Friday despite a second
day of Saudi-led air strikes meant to check the Iranian-backed militia's
efforts to overthrow President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi.
Saudi Arabia calls up American expertise in
bombing of Yemen: Arab warplanes
dropped hundreds of bombs on rebel targets in Yemen Friday in an air
campaign that dwarfs the bombing of ISIS in Iraq and Syria
Egypt says it is ready to send troops:
Houthi rebels say country will be ‘graveyard of invaders’ if ground
offensive follows Saudi-led air strikes
Sudanese army says ground troops to join
Saudi-led coalition in Yemen: The
Sudanese army said on Thursday that its troops are heading to
unspecified areas in Saudi Arabia to participate in the Saudi-led
military action against Shiite Houthi militants allied with Iran, who
have taken control of Yemen since September 2014.
Pakistan mulling Saudi request to send ground
troops to Yemen: The Pakistani
foreign ministry confirmed that the Saudis have asked Pakistan
contribute ground forces to Yemen, Reuters reports, but Defense Minister
Khawaja Asif indicated that Pakistan is reluctant to get involved.
Fact or fiction?
Israeli Fighter Jets Join Saudi Arabia in War on
Yemen: "This is for the first time
that the Zionists are conducting a joint operation in coalition with
Arabs," Secretary General of Yemen's Al-Haq Political Party Hassan Zayd
wrote on his facebook page. He noted that Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu had issued direct orders for the Israeli air force to send
fighter jets to the Saudi-led air raid on Yemen.
Saudi military invasion, turning Yemen into Iraq,
Syria: Economist: Last time Saudi
Arabia intervened against Ansarullah in Yemen, it suffered blowback. In
response to Saudi airstrikes against the Ansarullah in and around the
Northern region of Saada, Ansarullah fighters crossed over the Saudi
border, seizing dozens of towns and villages.
Muqtada Sadr Warns Saudi Arabia to Immediately
Halt Attacks on Yemen: Senior Iraqi
cleric Seyed Muqtada al-Sadr warned Riyadh to immediately call off its
invasion of Yemen or wait for serious consequences of its move.
Hezbollah leader slams Saudi intervention in
Yemen: Hassan Nasrallah rejected
Riyadh's claim that it had assembled a coalition to conduct airstrikes
against Shiite Houthi rebels in order to save Yemen, an operation named
"Decisive Storm." He said that since Israel was created in 1948 "there
has been no decisive storm or even a decisive breeze" to help the
Palestinians.
Russia regrets US double standards on Yemen:
The United States has followed double standards by providing support for
Yemen’s fleeing president and by denying the same to former Ukrainian
president, Viktor Yanukovich, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov
said.
5 facts you need to know about Yemen and its
conflicts: The country boasts a
strategic location on the southwestern tip of Arabia. It is located
along the major sea route from Europe to Asia, near some of the busiest
Red Sea shipping and trading lanes
20 killed as Syrian army closes in on city near
Lebanese border: The Syrian army,
backed by Hezbollah fighters, closed in on the city of Zabadani near the
border with Lebanon on Friday, a Lebanese security source said, and
Syrian media said at least 20 insurgents had been killed in the battles
to seize high ground.
Syrian President Assad says open to dialogue with
US: Embattled leader says he is open
to dialogue with anyone but will not compromise on sovereignty of his
country.
Assad 'welcomes' larger Russian naval presence in
Syria: "I can say with complete
confidence that we welcome any widening of the Russian presence in the
eastern Mediterranean and on Syrian coasts and ports," including the
port of Tartus, Assad said.
Battle for Tikrit: Iraq special forces advance as
US coalition joins fight against Islamic State militants:
Iraqi special forces are advancing on central Tikrit as US-led coalition
planes join the largest offensive yet against Islamic State militants
holding out in Saddam Hussein's home city.
UN: 2014 deadliest year for Palestinians:
The number of Palestinians killed in the West Bank and Gaza
Strip in 2014 was the highest since 1967, report says
Israel to release tax funds to Palestinians:
Every month, Israel transfers to the PA around $127 million (118 million
euros) in customs duties levied on goods destined for Palestinian
markets that transit through Israeli ports
South Sudan Army Claims 54 Rebels Killed in Fresh
Fighting: The South Sudan army said
Friday its forces killed more than 50 rebel fighters this week in fresh
fighting in the Unity state capital, Bentiu, and Ayod in Jonglei state.
Ambassador among 10 killed in Somalia hotel Al
Shabaab attack : At least 10 people
have died in an attack by Al-Qaeda-linked Al Shabaab militants on a
hotel in Somalia's capital Mogadishu, Somali security officials said
Friday. "There are at least 10 people killed, including Somalia's
ambassador to Switzerland who was in the hotel," one of the security
sources told AFP.
Nigeria army captures last
stronghold of Boko Haram: Nigerian
army troops on Friday liberated Gwoza, a town that the Boko Haram
militant group had used as the headquarters of its self-styled "Islamic
caliphate" in northeastern Nigeria.
CIA-linked Haftar will probably sabotage any
Libyan peace deal: Haftar dismissed
the peace dialogue as talks with terrorists. He takes not just radical
groups such as the Islamic State to be his enemies but all his opponents
10 Taliban Insurgents Killed in Wardoj Clashes:
The fierce clashes broke Friday morning in Wardoj district when dozens
of armed Taliban insurgents attacked security check posts, the police
chief Gen. Baba Jan said.
Police officer among two killed in bomb explosion
in Paktika: Two soldiers from Afghan
Local Police including an officer embraced martyrdom in a landmine
explosion in Paktika province.
Five Policemen Killed as Militants Attack
Checkpost in Pakistan: Five policemen
have been killed in an attack by Taliban militants on a police checkpost
in Pakistan's troubled Balochistan province. The attack took place late
last night in the Mekhtar area of Loralai district.
Russia warns NATO drills a ‘problem’ as US attack
planes buzz Poland: Four US A-10
Thunderbolt II attack planes are taking part in war games in Poland, as
the nation expects about 10,000 NATO forces at drills this year. Moscow
says the military build-up at Russia’s borders will have a negative
long-term impact.
Russia unveils plans for high speed railway and
superhighway to connect Europe and America:
Plans for a new high-speed transport corridor that could potentially
link London and New York by rail and superhighway have been unveiled.
Homelessness in London soars by 79% since 2010 –
report: The number of people sleeping
rough on the streets of London has risen by over one-third in the past
year – twice the national average – government figures reveal. The
crisis has prompted homelessness charities to call for sweeping reforms.
Leave Facebook if you don't want to be spied on,
warns EU: The European Commission has
warned EU citizens that they should close their Facebook accounts if
they want to keep information private from US security services, finding
that current Safe Harbour legislation does not protect citizen’s data.
Amnesty International Whitewashes Venezuelan
Opposition : Amnesty International's
latest report on Venezuela calls for justice for the dozens of people
killed during the unrest that shook the country a year ago, while using
sleight of hand to deflect attention away from those responsible.
Gowdy: Clinton wiped email server clean, deleted
all emails: Hillary Rodham Clinton
wiped her email server "clean," permanently deleting all emails from it,
the Republican chairman of a House committee investigating the 2012
Benghazi attacks said Friday.
Special forces set to swarm Southwest and operate
undetected among civilians in massive military exercise:
Soldiers armed with blank rounds will operate in and around towns in
Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah and Colorado for 8
weeks. The so-called Realistic Military Training has some residents
fearful the drill is a preparation for martial law
US: Chicago-area cousins planned US terrorist
attack: Hasan Edmonds' sister,
Manchinique Bates, told the Chicago Sun-Times, "They aren't terrorists.
... Just because they choose to worship as Muslims does not make them
terrorists."
New Video Appears to Show Cops Planting Crack in
Innocent Man’s Car After Brutally Beating Him:
Dashcam video released on Tuesday proved several Inkster officers lied
about their extremely brutal encounter with 57-year-old Floyd Dent on
January 28. On Thursday, the lawyer representing Dent released perhaps
an even more sinister video from the evening.
Philly Begins Posting Anti-Muslim Ads with Hitler
on Public Transportation: The black
and white ads say "Jew Hatred: It’s in the Quran" and features a picture
of a 1941 meeting between Adolf Hilter and Hajj Amin al-Husseini, a
Palestinian Arab nationalist who was known for radio shows supporting
the Nazis.
Is the F-35 fighter jet a trillion-dollar fiasco?:
The F-35 is a product of the most expensive weapons program in U.S.
history. According to one Pentagon report, the price tag will reach $1.4
trillion.
March 26, 2015
Civilians Killed As Saudi-led Forces Attack Yemen
By Al Jazeera and Agencies
100 Saudi war planes were involved in the operation, The United Arab
Emirates is participating with 30 jets, Bahrain with 15, Qatar with 10,
Morocco and Jordan both with six, while Sudan offered three planes,
officials said.
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Yemen Beware as it Threatens US-backed Order
By Finian Cunningham
The crisis in Yemen is the latest manifestation of the old order
desperately trying to cling on to a dwindling power base.
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Saudi Attack on Yemen - The New Normal?
By Tony Cartalucci
This is naked military aggression by every count.
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US-Created Violence and Chaos in Yemen
By Stephen Lendman
"Our elder sister, the Saudi kingdom, doesn't respect the Yemenis and
wants to impose here in Yemen the sequence of events and divisions that
happened in Libya."
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How Will the Yemeni Civil War End?
By Ron Paul
This idea that we can run an Empire with military threats, missiles, and
economic sanctions is a fallacy.
Continue
Assad: West Follows Same Scenario in Syria,
Ukraine to Weaken Russia
By Sputnik
there is a goal in both cases to weaken Russia and create puppet
states,” Assad told Russian reporters.
Continue
Vladimir Putin Not Responsible for Ukrainian
Civil War, Expert Says
Video
Through a careful review of recent history, Russia and Soviet scholar
Paul Robinson debunks the claim that Russian President Vladimir Putin is
directing the rebels fighting in Ukraine’s eastern region.
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Lithuanians Under Police State Attack
and the world under Washington’s attack
By Paul Craig Roberts
Americans are the worst informed people on the planet.
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The Roots of Netanyahu’s Electoral Victory:
Colonial Expansion and Fascist Ideology
By James Petras
Jewish-centered racism is an integral and accepted part of Israel’s
political culture.
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Traitor Senators Used Israeli Spies Against Their
Own Country
Video
"Cenk Uygur and John Iadaola host of The Young Turks discuss a recent
report on Israeli spying activities used to aide traitor senators
against Iran/U.S. nuclear talks.
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Congress Totally Cool With Israel Spying on U.S.
By Tim Mak
If anything, lawmakers said they were perturbed that the Israelis were
being accused of spying.
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The State Is Spying on You Right Now. Where's the
Outrage?
By Andrew Napolitano
What's going on here is government's fixation on spying and lying.
Continue
Naomi Klein: Let's Kick Oil While the Price is
Down
Video
Let's not blow what could be our best chance to prevent catastrophic
global warming.
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Magna Carta Messed Up the World, Here’s How to
Fix It
By Noam Chomsky
The “logic” of capitalist development has left a nightmare of
environmental destruction in its wake.
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Your Money, Your Life
By Gerald Celente
There has been nothing like this in the History of
the World.
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At least 71 dead as rebels advance on Syria's
Idlib: Pro-rebel monitor: "The
government and its supporting forces have lost 17 checkpoints and regime
locations to the Al-Nusra Front and other Islamist groups in and around
Idlib" in the country's northwest, said the Syrian Observatory for Human
Rights.
Syrian Islamist insurgents advance around Idlib
city: monitor: - An alliance of
Syrian Islamist rebels including al Qaeda's Nusra Front have overrun 17
defense posts around Idlib in an offensive to take the city from the
army and allied militia, a monitoring group said on Thursday.
US general: No decision to shield US-trained
rebels in Syria: The top U.S.
commander in the Middle East says he'd like his forces to protect the
Syrian rebels the U.S. is training to fight the Islamic State group.
But, Gen. Lloyd Austin told Congress Thursday, he's waiting for the
White House to respond to his recommendation.
Syria's US Supported Rebels,Won't Attend Peace
Talks: Syria's main Western-backed
opposition group says it will not attend the next round of peace talks
in Moscow on the Syrian conflict.
Iraq: 35, including 28 Daesh militants killed in
Saladin: The 28 Daesh militants were
killed in Iraqi air force and U.S.-led international coalition
airstrikes on Tikrit, an Iraqi army officer said. Separately, seven
people were killed in an improvised explosives device blast at a home in
Is-haki town south of Tikrit, the officer added.
Iraqi Shiite militias 'pulled back' from Tikrit:
US: Iraq's Shiite militias have
withdrawn from the forefront of an offensive to recapture Tikrit from
Islamic State jihadists, allowing Baghdad government troops to take the
lead, a top US general said Thursday.
US air strikes trigger final push on Iraq's
Tikrit: Iraqi forces buoyed by the
first US-led coalition air strikes on Tikrit made a final push Thursday
to flush diehard jihadists out of Saddam Hussein's hometown.
Top General Says 'There's No Exit Strategy' For
War Against ISIS: Eight months after
the initial bombing campaign began in Iraq, Allen told members of the
House Foreign Affairs Committee that there is no exit plan for what
increasingly seems to be an intractable conflict.
Saudi-led strikes kill 25 civilians in Sana’a:
Mohammad Al-Qubati, head of the Monitoring Department in the Ministry of
Health, confirmed that 25 had died and 40 were injured. He could not
verify in what parts of the city the victims came from.
Saudi-led military airstrikes renewed in Yemen:
Saudi forces and their allies renewed airstrikes against the Iran-backed
Houthis in Yemen, Sky News Arabiya reported Thursday afternoon, adding
that the airstrikes targeted Houthi sites and the Delmi airbase in the
Capital of Sanaa and Saada Governorate.
Ground operation planned in
Yemen: Egyptian officials: Egyptian
security and military officials say Saudi Arabia and Egypt will lead a
ground operation in Yemen against Shiite rebels and their allies after a
campaign of airstrikes to weaken them.
Obama Authorizes Support for Saudi Airstrikes in
Yemen: President Obama has authorized
U.S. logistical and intelligence support for Saudi Arabia as it launches
airstrikes on Houthi rebels in Yemen.
US Warships in Red Sea Ready to Respond in Yemen
- : Two United States warships stationed in the Red Sea are ready to
respond to the situation in Yemen as the US Department of Defense
closely monitors the Houthi uprising in the country, US Central Command
said on Thursday.
Pakistan delegation heads to Saudi Arabia after
Yemen request: Pakistan's government
said Thursday it will dispatch a top civil-military delegation to Saudi
Arabia following Riyadh's request that it join a coalition to defend
Yemen's president, promising a "strong response" to any threat to the
Gulf kingdom.
Iran Warns: Saudi Arabia Will Get Finger Burnt in
Yemen: Al Arabiya News Channel
reported on Thursday that Saudi Arabia has deployed "100 fighter jets,
150,000 soldiers and other navy units" for the military campaign against
Yemen.
Hezbollah Calls on Saudi Arabia to Immediately
Halt Its Aggression on Yemen :
Hezbollah denounced the participation of some Arab and non-Arab states
in the aggression, noting that they provided the hostile campaign with a
political cover.
Russian expert: Saudi Arabia may suffer defeat in
Yemen: A military intervention by
Saudi Arabia and its allies in Yemen will trigger a large-scale conflict
in the region and most probably end with Riyadh's defeat, said expert on
Oriental studies, Higher School of Economic pedagogue Leonid Isayev, who
returned from a trip to Yemen on Wednesday.
UN: Israel Has Killed Highest Number of
Palestines Since 1967 : Annual report
says Palestine civilians “continue to be subject to threats to their
life, physical safety and liberty.”
Propaganda?
US Declassifies Document Revealing Israel's
Nuclear Program: Obama revenge for
Netanyahu's Congress talk? 1987 report on Israel's top secret nuclear
program released in unprecedented move.
21 Taliban killed in Afghan province:
A total of 21 Taliban militants including their key commander Mullah
Nurullah have been killed and eight others injured in Ghazni province
with Ghazni city as its capital 125 km south of Kabul on Wednesday,
deputy to provincial police chief Assadullah Insafi said.
Five killed, 10 hurt in missiles attack on Khost:
Spokesman to the provincial governor Mobarez Zadran said that 15 rockets
were fired from other side of the Durand Line.. Five civilian including
three women and two children were killed and 10 others including women,
men and children were wounded.
Agent Orange Funding Opens Door To US Militarism
And Covert Action In Vietnam: The use
of Agent Orange constitutes a war crime with devastating effects on the
people in Vietnam not only during the war but even today.
Chinese company creates 3D-printed car for just
$1,770 (VIDEO)
Putin says Western spies plot against Russia
before polls: "The attempts by
Western security services to use public, non-governmental organizations
and non-political groups for their own benefit, mostly to discredit the
authorities and destabilize the situation in Russia, have not stopped,"
Putin was quoted as saying by Interfax news agency
Putin says Russia will stand firm in standoff
with West: Putin said "the situation
around our country will change for the better, but not because we will
make concessions, bend down or trifle with someone." "It will change for
the better only if we become stronger," he said
Pentagon Sending Troops Into Ukraine In April:
According to a Department of Defense press release, the Pentagon is
sending 290 US service members into Ukraine to train Ukrainian military
units in April. The training will reportedly occur in the Ukrainian city
of Yavoriv near the Ukraine-Poland border.
UK: 'involved in mass murder on British soil,
colluded with loyalist paramilitaries in 80 deaths between 1972 and
1978'
Ireland: Survivors outraged at plan to seal
institutional abuse reports for 75 years:
These ranged from rapes, beatings and the starvation of children, to
youngsters being hired out as cheap labour. The abuse was described as
"endemic" and was said to be "the most shameful episode in the history
of the Irish State".
Alone at controls, co-pilot
sought to ‘destroy’ the plane: The
co-pilot of the doomed Germanwings jet barricaded himself in the cockpit
and “intentionally” sent the plane full speed into a mountain in the
French Alps, ignoring the pilot’s frantic pounding on the door and the
screams of terror from passengers, a prosecutor said Thursday.
Prosecutor: Co-Pilot Crashed
Deliberately, But Not a Terrorist :
Is the prosecutor arguing that the Germanwings
co-pilot isn’t a terrorist because he is German?
US Wars in Last Decade Killed
Estimated 2 Million: Through its
campaigns in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, the US may be responsible
for the deaths of millions.
Rand Paul Proposes Boosting Defense Spending:
In an olive branch to defense hawks hell-bent on curtailing his White
House ambitions, the libertarian Senator introduced a budget amendment
late Wednesday calling for a nearly $190 billion infusion to the defense
budget over the next two years—a roughly 16 percent increase.
Bowe Bergdahl Charged:
: Yesterday, the Army announced its intention to charge Sgt. Bowe
Bergdahl with desertion and misbehavior before the enemy and has served
him with those two charges.
Unarmed black man beaten by Michigan cops in
arrest video: Video - While in a
chokehold, Dent was punched 16 times in the head by one officer. Another
one tried to handcuff him, and a third officer arrived and Tasered him
three times.
Police Implement New Policy to Treat Everyone as
Criminals: Drivers as well as their
passengers in Topeka Kansas will soon be subject to a new policy
requiring everyone to put their hands up during police stops.
FBI Ordered to Disclose its Surveillance Tactics
on Communities: . Judge Richard
Seeborg disallowed the FBI’s attempt to use a “law enforcement
exemption” in the Freedom of Information Act to shield from public
disclosure details of the agency’s surveillance programs.
Government Report Finds DEA Agents Had "Sex Parties" With
Prostitutes Hired By Drug Cartels:
Although some of the DEA agents participating in these parties denied
it, the information in the case file suggested they should have known
the prostitutes in attendance were paid with cartel funds.
Americans Don’t Care That Much About the
Environment, Poll Shows: Americans
care less about environmental issues now than they have in the past—and
they’re no more worried about global warming than they were decades ago,
a new poll shows.
March 25, 2015
The US House of Representatives Openly Calls for
Regime Change in Moscow
By Alex Christoforou
The resolution gets to the root of what America's elite really
want...the dismantling, and subsequent resource plundering of the
Russian Federation.
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Ukraine’s Oligarchs Turn on Each Other
By Robert Parry
Ukraine’s post-coup regime is facing what looks like a falling-out among
thieves as oligarch-warlord Igor Kolomoisky, brought his armed men to
Kiev to fight for control of the state-owned energy company.
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Russian Duma May Reauthorize Putin to Send the
Russian Army Into Ukraine
Translated from Russian by J.Hawk
The Russian Parliament ought to once again give the President of the
Russian Federation to use armed force in Ukraine if the US decides to
send sizable arms supplies to that country.”
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Israel: The Morning After
By Gideon Levy
The two-state solution is clinically dead. It’s time to think about the
alternative. Does anyone know of an alternative to the two-state idea
other than one state?
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Yemen Joins The Axis Of Resistance
By Moon Of Alabama
Houthi, like many other Yemenis, despise the Saudis and their Wahhabism.
It is mostly therefore that they are accused of being allied with Iran.
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Study: U.S. Wars Have Left Over 1 Million Dead in
Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan
Video
The investigators found "the war has, directly or indirectly, killed
around one million people in Iraq, 220,000 in Afghanistan and 80,000 in
Pakistan ( i.e. a total of around 1.3 million).
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How The US Government and US Military Became
Murder, Inc.
By Paul Craig Roberts
When you read this book you will weep for your country ruled as it is by
completely immoral and inhumane monsters.
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The Scene of the Crime
A Reporter’s Journey to My Lai and the Secrets of the Past.
By Seymour M. Hersh
“God will punish you for what you made me do”
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Financial Feudalism
By Dmitry Orlov
Everywhere you care to look, the ever-shrinking economy eventually
results in populist revolt, war and national bankruptcy, and these cause
money to stop working in a number of ways.
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A Felon for a Facebook Post
The Abduction of Matthew Townsend
By William Norman Grigg
Matthew Townsend was made an offender for using a sidewalk without a
police officer’s permission, and then accused of a felony for publishing
a Facebook post about the incident. Continue
The Only Truly Compliant, Submissive Citizen in a
Police State Is a Dead One
By John W. Whitehead
This is the death rattle of the American dream, which was built on the
idea that no one is above the law, that our rights are inalienable and
cannot be taken away, and that our government and its appointed agents
exist to serve us.
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In Case You Missed It
Let Your Life Be a Friction to Stop the Machine
This Is A Must Watch Video
A brief and crucial history of the United States.
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Over 1,500 militants attack Syria’s Idlib, 170
militants, 23 civilians killed:
The militant's attacks are countered by
Syrian government forces, which control Idlib. The military source told
Sputnik that around 170 militants have been killed. The number of
casualties among Idlib defenders was not available on Tuesday.
19 killed as Syrian Army, Hezbollah seize two hilltops near
border: Hezbollah and the Syrian army
clashed with jihadi militants and seized two key vantage points along
the Lebanese border Wednesday, ahead of a much-anticipated offensive in
Qalamoun, according to security sources.
Syrian rebels seize historic town in south:
monitor: Insurgents have seized a
historic town in southern Syria from the government, a group monitoring
the war said on Wednesday, part of a counter attack rebels say they are
waging to stop Damascus reclaiming the border zone near Israel and
Jordan.
17 killed in clashes with IS militants in Iraq:
At least 17 people were killed and 23 wounded on Wednesday in clashes
between security forces and Islamic State (IS) militants in the Iraqi
provinces of Salahudin and Anbar, security sources said, APA reports
quoting Xinhua.
55 killed in clashes with IS militants in western
Iraq: Separate clashes on Tuesday
between Iraqi forces and Islamic State (IS) militants in Iraq's western
province of Anbar left a total of 55 people killed and 71 wounded,
security and medical sources said.
Turkish military clashes with Kurdish militants
in southeast: The Turkish military
exchanged fire with Kurdish rebels in southeast Turkey Wednesday in a
rare violation of a two-year old cease-fire, part of a peace process
between the militants and Ankara.
Yemen president flees city by boat during intense fighting:
The Journal reported a convoy of Saudi Arabian officials helped Hadi in
his escape. Newsweek said the Houthis put a $93,000 (20m Yemeni riyals)
bounty on Hadi's capture.
Saudi Arabia moves heavy arms to border with
chaos-stricken Yemen: Houthi fighters
have overrun Al-Anad airbase and entered Aden, arresting the defense
minister. The objective of the Saudi Arabian troops remains uncertain
and even the US, Riyadh’s major ally, is not sure what the House of Saud
has on its mind regarding the long-lasting political turmoil of its
southern neighbor.
Yemen FM urges 'quick Arab intervention’ against
Houthi militants: Yassin warned
against the threats facing the security of Yemen after meeting Arab
League secretary-general Nabil El-Arabi in Egypt's Red Sea resort of
Sharm El-Sheikh. "We agreed on holding a meeting on Thursday about the
situation in Yemen on the sidelines of the Arab League summit," Yassin
told reporters.
White House Stands By Claim That Yemen is ‘Model’
of Success Despite ‘Complete Chaos’:
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Obama says possibility of two-state solution
'very dim': US president says it's
hard to imagine solution to Israeli-Palestinian conflict after Benjamin
Netanyahu's remarks.
Video: Israeli night raids on sleeping
Palestinian children: Israeli human
rights group B’Tselem today released two harrowing videos of heavily
armed Israeli soldiers raiding the bedrooms of Palestinian children in
the middle of the night.
Jordan agrees deal for Russia to build nuclear
plant: The $10bn power plant in
energy-poor Jordan is scheduled to be completed in 2023
75 killed in Boko Haram attack in northern Nigeria town:
Many old and young women were also seized by the Boko Haram militants,
who have been in control of the Nigeria-Cameroon border community for
some six months, said the survivor named Mairo Mohammad.
Daesh car bomb, clashes leave 17 dead in Libya:
The Daesh group's affiliate in Libya said it played a role in a string
of suicide car bombings that killed 12 people on Wednesday in the
eastern city of Benghazi.
Islamic State militants kill five pro-Tripoli
government fighters: Libyan news agency:
Two military sources told Reuters the attack near the city's power
station on its western outskirts appeared to be a suicide bombing but no
more details were immediately available.
ISIS affiliate claims Libya bombings that killed
12: The affiliate of Islamic State
(IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) in Libya has claimed responsibility for
Tuesday’s car bombings that killed 12 people in the eastern city of
Benghazi.
Air strikes kill 30 militants allied with
Pakistani Taliban: sources: Pakistani
jet fighters killed 30 militants allied to the Pakistani Taliban in a
missile attack in the mountainous northwestern Khyber region on
Wednesday, including the group's spokesman, intelligence officials said.
U.S. Kills 11 Suspected, Pakistani Taliban in
Afghanistan: A U.S. drone strike
killed 11 Pakistani Taliban militants in north-eastern Afghanistan,
including six or seven senior commanders, intelligence officials said on
Wednesday, hours after a strike killed at least nine militants in the
same area.
6 dead after blast near Finance Ministry rocks
Afghan capital: The explosion comes
after Taliban leadership announced earlier on Wednesday that the Obama
administration’s decision to slow US troop withdrawal from Afghanistan
would hamper peace efforts in the country.
Moscow says new U.S. national security strategy
is anti-Russian: The Security Council
also repeated an assertion Washington might try to engineer political
change in Russia using the same tactics of mass protest the Kremlin says
it applied to topple a pro-Russian president in Kiev last year.
Ukraine's Oligarchs Joust, Putin Laughs:
As if its festering conflict with Russia and war-torn economy weren't
enough, Ukraine is facing a growing self-inflicted problem: a showdown
between the government in Kiev and an influential billionaire with his
own private army.
British government 'colluded over
80 murders': The UK, security forces
colluded with loyalist paramilitaries in 80 deaths between July 1972 and
June 1978 in Northern Ireland's "murder triangle" in counties Armagh and
Tyrone, Leslie Thomas QC said.
The millions in EU funding the BBC tried to hide:
Over the last three years the BBC has secretly obtained millions of
pounds in grants from the European Union. Licence fee payers might
assume that the Corporation would have been compelled to disclose the
source of this money in its annual reports, but they bear no trace of it
specifically.
Uruguay says it will not take any more Guantanamo Bay inmates:
The resettlement of the men has been weighed down with problems almost
since they arrived there.
TransCanada’s Other Massive Pipeline Plan:
TransCanada has recently proposed an even bigger pipeline called Energy
East that would carry 1.1 million barrels of tar sands oil from Alberta,
across all of central and Eastern Canada to Atlantic refineries and
ports.
Slave-caught seafood winds up in US restaurants,
food chains: Seafood caught by slaves
forced to fish on a tiny island in Indonesia is ending up at major
supermarkets, restaurants and even pet stores across the United States,
a year-long investigation by AP has revealed.
Religious freedom bill likely to become law in
Indiana: A controversial religious
freedom bill that critics warn will sanction discrimination against LGBT
people looks poised to become law in the Hoosier State.
Shock Video: Car Explodes After Border Patrol
Agent Tasers Driver: Shock video
shows a car exploding into flames after a Border Patrol agent shoots a
taser into the vehicle, killing the driver as agents back away and
refuse to help
March 24, 2015
Does Washington Intend War With Russia
The Saker interviews Paul Craig Roberts
Who, in your opinion, are the most powerful people in the USA today? Who
takes the final, top level, strategic decision?
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Are NGOs Agents of Subversion?
By Patrick J. Buchanan
Reportedly, State funneled $350,000 to an American NGO called OneVoice,
which has an Israeli subsidiary, Victory 15, that collaborated with U.S.
operatives to bring Bibi down.
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Cameron Invokes Thatcher with Cheap Propaganda
Stunt
By Finian Cunningham
David Cameron’s underwhelming £20 million fund has all the hallmarks of
what it is: a has-been Western power trying its best to destabilise
foreign countries on the cheap.
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WSJ: Israel Spied On US Talks With Iran
By Al Jazeera Staff
The White House discovered the alleged spying by intercepting
communications among Israeli intelligence officials.
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In Public Relation Exercise
White House Official Calls for End to ’50-year
Occupation’
Video and Text
Chief of Staff McDonough says Israel’s government must match ‘words with
actions and policies,’ warns PM’s statements can’t be willed away.
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Israel Behind Hamas - Assange
By RT
The WikiLeaks founder accused Israeli authorities of supporting Hamas
group at its early stages in order to divide the Palestinian resistance.
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Children's Crusade
The Nightmare-Makers of the West
By Chris Floyd
Knock down their doors, drone bomb their villages, kidnap, kill and
terrorize them without mercy, without respite.
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Who are the Real Barbarians - The West or
Muslims?
By Mahboob A. Khawaja
Is Obama going to force Israel and its 650,000 armed settlers out of the
West Bank?
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Empire And Colonialism
Rich Men In London Still Deciding Africa's Future
By Colin Todhunter
In return for receiving aid money and corporate investment, African
countries have to change their laws, making it easier for corporations
to acquire farmland, control seed supplies and export produce.
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Greece: Fascists At the Gate
By Conn M. Hallinan
Golden Dawn’s penchant for violence is what led to the charge that it is
a criminal organization.
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Noam Chomsky: Nuclear Weapons and Unchecked
Climate Change Are Leading Us Toward Doomsday
Video
The war “ended with the use of an ultimate weapon which can bring human
history to an end.”
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Orwell and Kafka Do America:
How the Government Steals Your Money--"Legally," Of Course
By Charles Hugh Smith
Be glad you live in a fake democracy with a fake rule of law, a fake
judiciary, and a government of thugs with the officially sanctioned
right to steal your money and possessions without any due process or
court proceedings.
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55
killed in clashes with IS militants in western Iraq:
Separate clashes on Tuesday between Iraqi forces and Islamic State (IS)
militants in Iraq's western province of Anbar left a total of 55 people
killed and 71 wounded, security and medical sources said.
Iraq request for U.S.-led Tikrit air strikes
'imminent': diplomat: If the
coalition accepts the request, it would see by far the biggest
collaboration so far against the militants by Iraqi forces, the
Iranian-backed paramilitaries and their Iranian advisers on the ground,
and the United States and its allies.
US-led coalition providing tactical support in
Tikrit offensive against Isis: The
surveillance and intelligence sharing would mark the first time US
forces have participated in the campaign to retake the city from Islamic
State fighters
At Least 13 Civilians Killed by Rebel Shelling in
Northern Syria: At least 13 civilians
were killed on Monday and several others were injured after Islamist
rebels fired shells at government-controlled areas in Aleppo province,
the largest in northern Syria, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights
said on Monday.
Nusra Front quietly rising in Syria as West
targets ISIS: The Al-Qaida offshoot,
which is increasingly violent toward civilians and forcibly converts
minorities, will likely outlast ISIS in Syria, an expert says.
Islamist factions in Syria merge against Assad regime:
Two major Islamist factions have joined forces in the struggle against
the Bashar al-Assad regime in Syria, the primary Islamist armed alliance
in the country posted on Twitter, according to media reports.
Canada to announce air strikes over Syria:
Canada's prime minister will announce a one-year extension of its
military mission against the Daesh group and expand it to include air
strikes on targets in Syria, a senior government official said Monday.
30 Killed in Central Yemen Clashes:
Tribes; The Shiite Huthi militia, backed by troops allied to former
president Ali Abdullah Saleh, clashed with armed tribesmen in Baida
province late yesterday, the sources said, adding that nine tribesmen
and 15 Huthi fighters were killed.
Rebels fire on protesters in south Yemen, killing
6: Shiite rebels fired bullets and
tear gas to disperse thousands of protesters demanding they withdraw
from a southern province, killing six demonstrators, wounding scores
more and escalating tensions in a country on the verge of civil war.
Yemen's Houthis take town 100 km north of Aden,
residents say: - Houthi fighters and
allied army units captured the town of Kirsh, about 100 km (62 miles)
north of Yemen's second city of Aden, on Tuesday after heavy fighting
with forces loyal to President Abdu-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, local officials
and residents said.
Yemen foes square off as fears of war, Saudi-Iran
rivalry grow: Yemeni Foreign Minister
Riyadh Yaseen called on Monday for Gulf Arab help to prevent the Houthis'
getting air control.
360 US Lawmakers Warn Obama on Iran
: A bipartisan group of 360 US lawmakers has signed a letter warning
President Barack ObamaThe House letter stipulates that Congress must
review any deal reached with Iran to ensure that its terms “foreclose
any pathway” to a nuclear bomb. “And only then will Congress be able to
consider permanent sanctions relief," it adds.
Boehner 'shocked' by report Israel spied on Iran
talks: The top Republican in Congress
said Tuesday he was "shocked" by a report that Israel spied on Iranian
nuclear talks but insisted he did not know whether information was
shared with US lawmakers.
Israel's Netanyahu Apologizes For Remarks On Arab
Voters: Last week, Netanyahu wrote a
Facebook post urging his supporters to come out and vote. It read, in
part: "The right-wing government is in danger. Arab voters are coming
out in droves to the polls. Left-wing organizations are busing them
out."
White House Not Impressed by Netanyahu’s Apology
Tour: McDonough reiterated the White
House’s position that the United States would “re-evaluate our approach
to the peace process” — a subtle threat that Washington would consider
taking up the Israeli-Palestinian conflict at the United Nations.
Jerusalem has staunchly opposed the potential move.
Israeli Official: White House was part of bid to
oust Netanyahu: Obama slammed
Netanyahu’s comments as evidence of the “erosion” of Israeli democracy.
The president also vowed to “reevaluate” bilateral ties between the two
countries in the wake of the prime minister’s pre-vote rejection of
Palestinian statehood — a stance he subsequently walked back.
Sixty percent of global drone exports come from
Israel: Israel has supplied 60.7
percent of the world’s drones since 1985, according to new data from the
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute.
The Southampton University Win/Win Situation:
News Analysis - I am thrilled by the Zionist
despair surrounding the Southampton University Conference on Israel’s
legitimacy. The conference, due to take place next month, plans to
examine the legality of Israel in the eye of international law.
Gunmen kill at least 13 in Afghan highway attack:
Gunmen in eastern Afghanistan attacked passing vehicles on a darkened
highway during a midnight assault on Tuesday, killing at least 13
people, authorities said.
U.S.kills nine people in Afghanistan:
The U.S. used a drone to kill at least nine alledged Pakistani
militants, in Afghanistan's Nangarhar province early Tuesday,
intelligence officials said, part of an intensifying drone campaign
against Pakistani militants in Afghanistan.
The occupation continues:
White House: US to slow troop withdrawal from
Afghanistan: The White House said
Tuesday the U.S. will keep its current complement of 9,800 troops in
Afghanistan through the end of 2015, instead of cutting the number by
about half as originally planned.
Benghazi suicide blast kills seven:
Two suicide bombers drove an car packed with explosives into an army
checkpoint in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi on Tuesday, killing
seven people and wounding nine, army and medical sources told Reuters.
UN Unveils Proposals to End Libya Crisis:
The United Nations unveiled Tuesday a six-point proposal aimed at ending
the violence plaguing Libya by establishing a transitional government to
rule until a new constitution is adopted and elections held.
Roadside bomb kills two soldiers in Egypt's Sinai:
A roadside bomb killed two soldiers and wounded six others on Tuesday as
it struck a passing armoured vehicle in the restive Sinai peninsula,
Egyptian military and medical officials said.
DPR Militia Leader: US Already Supplying Lethal
Weapons to Ukraine: The United States
is already supplying weapons to the Ukrainian armed forces, the head of
the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic, Alexander Zakharchenko,
has said.
NATO's Creepy New Plan to Infiltrate Twitter and
Facebook: NATO has announced that
“countering false Russian narratives on social media” is a major
priority.
Greek and German leaders hold debt talks:
Tspiras, making his first visit to the German capital since taking
office in January, said the budget cuts and structural reforms demanded
over the last five years in exchange for two bailout programmes had not
been a "success story" but rather brought his country to its knees.
Russian Foreign Minister Begins Tour of Latin
America : The Russian foriegn
minister arrived in Cuba in order to discuss cooperation in regional
affairs and make joint steps to overcome the blockade against the
island.
US Military Sexually Abused at Least 54 Colombian
Children: U.S. military staff are
accused of filming sexual abuse of Colombian girls and selling the
videos as pornography.
Thousands in Montreal unite against austerity and
petro-economy: Called by the Comité
Printemps 2015 (Spring 2015 Committee), the "Popular Protest Against
Austerity and the Petro-Economy" in Montreal on Saturday, March 21, was
the spring's first major demonstration in what many hope will be a
heated season.
House passes resolution urging Obama to send
weapons to Ukraine: The House on
Monday overwhelmingly approved a resolution urging President Barack
Obama to send lethal weapons to Ukraine. The resolution was approved 348
to 48. There is bipartisan support in Congress to provide the arms to
Ukraine forces battling the rebels
Body Cam Footage Shows Police Officer Attempt to
Shoot Family Dog and Kill Mother Instead:
On Monday, the Burlington police department released a 12-second clip
from a Burlington Police officer’s body cam, showing him shooting and
killing Autumn Steele.
Which American Cities Have The Biggest Income
Inequality: The top 5% of San
Francisco households (the highest 'high income' city in a recent study
on income inequality) earns over 47 times the income of the bottom 20%
in Detroit (the lowest 'low income' city).
47% of American households save nothing:
This could be the scariest chart in the world, from Deutsche Bank's
Torsten Sløk. Nearly half of American households don't save any of their
money.
New Home Sales Data Goes Full Retard With Report
Frozen Northeast Saw 153% Surge: This
is how ridiculous government data has become
March 23, 2015
Russia Under Attack
By Paul Craig Roberts
Human intelligence has gone missing if after 14 years of US
military aggression against eight countries the world does not
understand that Washington is lost in arrogance and hubris and imagines
itself the ruler of the universe.
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War Between NATO and Russia a Real Possibility:
Stephen Cohen
Video
"I think the possibility of war with Russia is real." -
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The Russian Military Asked Me to Publish Its
Propaganda
By David Swanson
He wanted to slip me articles already written and pay me to publish them
under my name.
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Washington Misses Bigger Picture of New Chinese
Investment Bank
By Jim Lobe
Washington—including Republicans in Congress and the mainstream media—is
not paying adequate attention to major shifts in the global order and
how isolated the United States has become.
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Iran is Ready to Crash Pipelineistan
By Pepe Escobar
Even U.S. Big Oil is salivating at the prospect of doing business with
Iran on energy.
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US Soldier Admits Killing Unarmed Afghans For
Sport
By Paul Harris
An American soldier has pleaded guilty to being part of a "kill team"
who deliberately murdered Afghan civilians for sport last year.
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Stephen Harper Should Arrest Himself
By Robert Fisk
And while he's at it, he can lock up all the other Western leaders who
have savaged the Muslim world too.
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Paranoid Benjamin Netanyahu Prepares For His Last
Stand
By Max Blumenthal
Netanyahu has described a suicidal Jewish extremist as his personal
hero. Will he follow in his path?
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Journalism as Subversion
By Chris Hedges
Global capitalism seeks to erase our stories and our histories.
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Lies and Deceptions on the Left: The Politics of
Self Destruction
By James Petras
Over the past year, what appeared as hopeful signs, that Left
governments were emerging as powerful alternatives to right-wing pro-US
regimes, is turning into a historic rout, which will relegate them to
the dustbin of history for many years to come.
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Modern American Apartheid, Insidious and
Undeclared
By Garikai Chengu
America is exhibiting many of the racial excesses of apartheid
South Africa: extreme racial income inequality, apartheid schools, a
racialised for-profit prison system, institutionally racist police
practices, and residential re-segregation.
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Can You Say "Blowback" in Spanish?
The Failed War on Drugs in Mexico (and the United States)
By Rebecca Gordon
Urban gangs in the United States today are not the Sharks and Jets of
West Side Story.
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Why the 99 Percent Keeps Losing
By Robert Kuttner
The right keeps gaining and the wealthy keep pulling away. How can this
possibly be? Let me suggest seven reasons:
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Middle East
Syrian Rebels Shell City of Aleppo, Killing at
Least 13: Syrian rebels fired mortar
rounds into government-held parts of the northern city of Aleppo during
rush hour Monday, killing 13 people and wounding dozens, state-run TV
and an activist group said.
ISIL militants kill 74 Syrian soldiers - SOHR:
At least 74 soldiers and pro-regime fighters were killed in the attacks
by the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) on their camps in
Hama city, central Syria, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR)
reported on Sunday.
Syria rebels capture crew of downed military
helicopter: Four government airmen
taken hostage after aircraft crashes in northwestern Idlib province,
activist group says.
Islamic State moves west to attack Syrian army in
Homs: monitor: Islamic State fighters
attacked a military airport in Syria's Homs province on Monday as they
pressed a westward offensive against government strongholds, a
monitoring group said.
Iraq : Baghdad bombings kill 19; wound 36:
Multiple bombings in the Iraqi capital killed at least 19 people and
wounded 36, as Iraqi forces continued preparing for a large-scale
operation to recapture the city of Tikrit from the Islamic State group.
Mass grave of Iraqi soldiers found south of
Tikrit: An official security source
said on Monday, that the security forces found a mass grave containing
the remains of Iraqi soldiers appeared to have been killed by ISIS
Tikrit assault stalls as Obama withholds
airstrikes to avoid Iran ties, analysts say:
“The lack of precise coalition targeting is, for the first time, a
limiting factor leading Iraqi commanders to halt the operation to retake
Tikrit,” the ISW said in a new report.
Iraq militia chief slams army 'weaklings' over
Tikrit strikes: The head of a
powerful Shiite militia on Sunday criticised "weaklings" in the Iraqi
army who want US-led air strikes to support the massive operation to
retake Tikrit from jihadists.
Iran accused of sending 30,000 troops to fight in
Iraq: Kurdish politician says Iranian
forces present in a number of Iraqi cities and go beyond military
advisers and experts.
Iran's top leader rejects U.S. 'bullying' in
nuclear talks: Iran's Supreme Leader
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei accused the United States on Saturday of using
economic pressure and "bullying" to try to turn his countrymen against
Islamic rule. Amid shouts of 'Death to America', Khamenei, reiterated in
a speech in northeastern Iran that Tehran would not be pressured into
giving in to Western demands in the negotiations with major powers.
Israeli propaganda:
Khamenei calls ‘Death to America’ as Kerry hails
progress on nuke deal: Iran’s Supreme
leader Ali Khamenei called for “Death to America” on Saturday, a day
after President Barack Obama appealed to Iran to seize a “historic
opportunity” for a nuclear deal and a better future, and as US Secretary
of State John Kerry claimed substantial progress toward an accord.
Israeli delegation heads to France ahead of final
round of Iran nuclear talks: The
Israeli delegation's trip is a last-ditch effort to influence the
understandings taking shape between Iran and world powers; France holds
toughest view on deal.
U.S. Boosts Military Presence in Gulf Waters as
Iran Deal Inches Closer: Some 3,000
U.S. military personnel as well as American “air, land, sea, and special
operations components” have moved into the Persian Gulf region for a
military exercise that coincides with the finalization of a nuclear
agreement with Iran, according to officials from U.S. Central Command
It’s Official: The Pentagon Finally Admitted That
Israel Has Nuclear Weapons, Too:
After five decades of pretending otherwise, the Pentagon has reluctantly
confirmed that Israel does indeed possess nuclear bombs, as well as
awesome weapons technology similar to America’s.
Obama: We believe Netanyahu
doesn't want a Palestinian state: US
President Barack Obama said Friday he has taken Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu on his word that he doesn't support a two-state solution,
despite Netanyahu backtracking on his statement that a Palestinian state
will not be formed under his watch.
US considers 'other steps' to
bypass Benjamin Netanyahu:The United
States is weighing a new approach to Middle East peace that may be less
supportive of Israel, after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu raised
doubts that he would ever accept a Palestinian state.
US sits out UN debate on Palestinian human rights:
Jerusalem denies report that move at Human Rights Council indicates
shift in Washington’s policy on Israel
McCain to Obama: get over your temper tantrum:
U.S. Senator John McCain accused President Barack Obama of throwing a
"temper tantrum" over comments by Israeli Benjamin Netanyahu. "The least
of your problems is what Bibi Netanyahu said during an election
campaign. If every politician were held to everything they say in a
political campaign, obviously that would be a topic of long discussion."
Republican presidential candidate, Ted Cruz Says:
Imagine A President Who Stands With Israel (Video):
Ted Cruz ignited the crowd at Liberty University today as he announced
his bid for President of the United States. The crowd loved his comments
in support of Israel.
Australian theater rejects Jewish act, cites
‘Zionism’: Sydney’s Red Rattler
Theatre refuses Hillel request to book venue for stage play because of
‘occupation of Palestine’
Yemen president calls for military aid:
- Yemen's embattled President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi has asked Gulf
countries to intervene militarily against Shi’a rebels who have seized
the capital and are advancing toward his new base in the south, his
foreign minister told Saudi media Monday.
Yemen: Houthis seize country’s third city
: Armed Houthi rebels took control of Taiz’s airport on Saturday
evening. The Houthis’ “Revolutionary Council”—set up to oversee the
country’s affairs following the group’s power-grab in February—that it
was mobilizing the Yemeni armed forces due to what it said was the
current “state of war” in the country.
US "Loses" $500 Million In Weapons Given To
Yemen, Now In Al-Qaeda Hands:
America's now laughable, pathetic foreign policy has not only resulted
in another US-supported administration to be exiled or worse, but is has
directly armed the adversary.
Asia
87 killed as Pakistan army takes on Taliban:
The military said that it has killed at least 80 people, all designated
"terrorists", while seven soldiers were also killed.
14 Taliban, 3 Policemen Killed in Fresh Conflicts:
Rahmatullah Hashar, governor of Aqcha district in Northern Jawzjan
province said that three policemen were killed during a gun battle with
Taliban last night, Khaama Press reported. Taliban have confirmed the
gun battle and the killing of one of their fighters during this gun
battle.
Africa
Eight killed in air strike as Libya government
aims to recapture capital: Eight
civilians were killed in an air strike near Tripoli on Monday, the U.S.
ambassador said, as Libya's internationally recognised government
pressed on with an assault to recapture the capital it abandoned to a
rival faction last year.
Nigeria: Two Female Suicide Bombers Killed in
Accidental Detonation: This incident
which occurred on Sunday afternoon at Auno village of Konduga local
government area, a distance of about 15 kilometres from Maiduguri, the
Borno state capital also got seven other persons injured.
Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan sign deal to end Nile
dispute: Three African leaders have
signed an initial deal to end a long-running dispute over the sharing of
Nile waters and the building of Africa's biggest hydroelectric dam, in
Ethiopia.
Europe
Kremlin urges France, Germany to push Ukraine more on peace deal:
Russia accused Kiev on Monday of violating parts of the Minsk peace deal
for east Ukraine and urged Germany and France, which helped negotiate
it, to do more to ensure Kiev sticks to the agreements that were
reached, APA reports quoting Reuters.
Poroshenko Says 30% of Soldiers from First-Wave
Mobilization Deserted: Almost a third
( 30 per cent) of the first wave of mobilized soldiers are
deserters,Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko announced in an interview
with TV channel “Inter”, which aired on Saturday evening, March 21.
Ukraine plans to stop buying Russian gas:
On Saturday, the minister stated that Ukraine was confident Russia would
have to lower the price it charges Kiev for gas, as increased imports
from the European Union have greatly reduced Ukraine's reliance on
supplies from Gazprom.
Spain: Podemos faces tough test in Andalusia, where Spain’s
unemployment soars: Regional
elections in social-democratic stronghold could put brand-new party in
power
Greece wants 100 mln euros in damages from German
defence firms: Greece's government
wants more than 100 million euros ($110 million) in compensation from
German defence companies it says paid bribes to win arms deals, a senior
defence ministry source confirmed on Monday.
Ireland: Thousands of people line streets of capital for
national Right 2 Water campaign:
Holding flags with the photos of of the jailed water protestors, some of
the marchers say they will go to jail too before they pay their water
bills.
Here are the salaries of 13 major world leaders:
Earlier this month, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that he
and almost everyone working for him would take a 10% pay cut because of
mounting economic sanctions imposed on his country.
Americas
Canadian Bill Outlawing "Terrorist Propaganda"
Could Be Used to Control NATO Narrative:
Ambiguous definitions of "terrorist propaganda" and "threats to national
security" might lead to labeling vocal support for Russia a criminal
offense"
Documents Reveal Canada’s Secret Hacking Tactics:
Canada’s electronic surveillance agency has secretly developed an
arsenal of cyberweapons capable of stealing data and destroying
adversaries’ infrastructure, according to newly revealed classified
documents.
Ted Cruz Launches Presidential Campaign at
Liberty University: "I believe God
isn't done with America yet." Sen. Ted Cruz launched his presidential
campaign with a convocation — a speech that fused religious themes with
political arguments and his family’s personal stories.
Ted Cruz's most provocative quotes:
To a largely Arab Christian audience in Washington, as they booed him
offstage for his vocal support of Israel: “I am saddened to see that
some here, not everyone, but some here, are so consumed with hate… If
you will not stand with Israel and the Jews, then I will not stand with
you.”
Why Did Ted Cruz Refuse to Disclose How Much His Wife—a VP at
Goldman Sachs—Makes? : The Tea Party
fave and presidential aspirant lacks transparency on this issue. Wonder
why.
March 22, 2015
Created A Mess in The Middle East? Just Blame
Iran
By Moon Of Alabama
A disgraced former U.S. general, who gave away top government
secrets to get laid, has some opinion on the fight against the Islamic
State in Iraq.
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Judge Orders Release of Detainee Abuse Photos
By Josh Gerstein
A federal judge has ordered the release of about 2,000 photos depicting
the abuse of prisoners in U.S. military custody—images that President
Barack Obama declared years ago should be kept from public view.
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Netanyahu Victory Opens Door for One-State
Solution
By Francis Boyle
Netanyahu’s decision will leave the Palestinians no alternative but to
pursue the creation of one-state of Palestine that will include what is
known today as Palestine, Israel and Jerusalem and where a majority of
its citizens will be Palestinians.
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Mideast Peace Is Buried
By Eric Margolis
Israel and King Bibi now hold all the high cards.
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Never Trust Netanyahu
By Lisa Goldman
The Israeli prime minister’s last-minute political ploys prove that he’s
an opportunist of the worst kind. And the U.S. has to stop enabling his
bad behavior.
Continue
Trying to Justify US War Propaganda is Reaching
Comic Levels
By RT America
Russia using Vietnamese air bases to refuel bomber aircraft
raises tensions with the West, yet there is nothing wrong with US and
NATO drills near the Russian border, according to State Department
spokesperson Jeff Rathke.
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A Family Business of Perpetual War
By Robert Parry
This extraordinary husband-and-wife duo makes quite a one-two punch for
the Military-Industrial Complex.
Continue
The Power Principle
Video Documentary
"Simply brilliant. This is probably the best film ever made about
American foreign policy."
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Venezuela Is Not a threat
Letter to the People of the United States
By Nicolas Maduro | President of Venezuela
We believe that our world must be based on the rules of international
law, without interference in the internal affairs of other countries.
Continue
5 Signs the Government's Biggest War is for Your
Mind
By Carey Wedler
While organized, physical violence is a repulsive form of oppression,
the state employs a variety of tactics to wage war on its own citizens.
Continue
Psywar
The Real Battlefield Is Your Mind
Video Documentary
How did the land of the free and the home of the brave arrive at a place
where citizens could be manipulated with such efficiency and on such a
massive scale?
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The Century of the Self
Must Watch:
Video Documentary
How politicians and business learned to create and manipulate
mass-consumer society.
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Middle East
More than 100 killed in Syria attacks:
More than 70 members of government forces
were killed when IS attacked checkpoints and other positions in the
central Homs and Hama provinces, the British-based Syrian Observatory
for Human Rights said.
Death toll in Syria Kurd attack rises to 45:
The death toll from attacks on Kurdish new year celebrations in Syria
has risen to 45, including five children, activists said Saturday,
accusing ISIS of responsibility.
ISIS video purports to show Kurdish peshmerga beheadings:
ISIS has published a video purporting to show the beheading of three
Kurdish peshmerga fighters in northern Iraq by militants who threatened
to kill "dozens" more of those being held captive.
Moscow to host Syria peace talks on April 6:
Representatives of Syrian President Bashar Al Assad and opposition
figures will meet for peace talks in Moscow on April 6, three months
after a meeting ended without concrete results, a Russian foreign
ministry spokesman told AFP.
ISIS hackers post kill list of U.S. military
members: Hackers claiming affiliation
with the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) on Saturday published
personal details of 100 U.S. military personnel and urged violence
against them.
Iraq: 30 killed in shelling of Iraqi Airways near
Samarra : A source in Samarra
operations command revealed killing 30 terrorists in the shelling of the
Iraqi Airways west of the city.
Tikrit Operation Stalled by Mass Casualties, War
Crimes Allegations: Three weeks after
it started, the Iraqi government operation to retake the city of Tikrit
from the self-proclaimed Islamic State has stalled, while the government
and militias remain divided after suffering greater casualties than
anticipated.
Al-Qaeda driven out of Yemen city after killing 20 soldiers:
Al-Qaeda fighters captured the capital of a province in southern Yemen
late on Friday, killing about 20 soldiers, before they were driven out
by the army, local officials and residents said.
US evacuating remaining 100 special forces troops
from Yemen: The troops, who had
conducted counterterrorism operations against al Qaeda and its
affiliated militant groups, were the last U.S. forces stationed in
Yemen.
Obama left Netanyahu ‘with impression US will
abandon Israel at UN’: Israeli
sources detail president’s ‘difficult’ 30-minute post-election call to
Netanyahu, posit grave scenarios for diplomatic rupture.
Netanyahu the mythbuster: ‘Special relationship’
no more: News Analysis - Imagine if
an American presidential candidate made a plea to his supporters on
election day with the following statement: “The Republican
administration is in danger. Black voters are going en masse to the
polls. Liberal NGOs are bringing them on buses.”
US House Speaker John Boehner to visit Netanyahu:
Mr Boehner's visit will take place in April, weeks after a clear
election victory for Mr Netanyahu's Likud party. The Israeli newspaper
Haaretz said the visit would include several congressional Republicans.
UN commission on women blames Israel's occupation
for 'grave situation' of Palestinian women:
The resolution, sponsored by the Palestinians and South Africa, was
adopted by a vote of 27-2 with 13 abstentions. The United States and
Israel voted against it and European Union members abstained.
EU report slams Israel for settlement building in
Jerusalem: An EU report suggests
Jerusalem has reached a dangerous boiling point of ‘polarization and
violence.’ The account, published by the Guardian, says the EU may take
a tougher line against Israel as it continues to build illegal
settlements in the city.
Asia
Khyber operation: 80 militants killed near
Pakistan-Afghanistan border: The
latest phase of the operation in Khyber Agency, close to the
Pakistan-Afghanistan border, has killed 80 militants and injured over
100.
Afghan official says 3 dead in attack targeting
police chief: A roadside bomb
targeting a district police chief killed three civilians in northern
Afghanistan on Saturday when it blew up their vehicle, an official said.
Meanwhile, security forces foiled a would-be suicide attack on the vice
president during a traditional horse-riding event.
At least 70 bodies found in Nigerian town:
At least 70 bodies have been found dumped outside the town of Damasak in
north-eastern Nigeria, after it was recaptured from Boko Haram
militants.
Libya's Recognized Government Launches Air Strike
on Camp in Tripoli:: Libya's
internationally recognised government conducted air strikes on a
military camp on Saturday and attempted to hit the airport in Tripoli,
the capital controlled by a rival administration, officials said.
Europe
Russian police kill 6 suspected insurgents in
Dagestan: Police initially said that
two suspected rebels were killed in the Saturday operation at an
apartment building in Makhachkala, but the National Anti-Terrorist
Committee later said another four were killed when police searched other
apartments in the building.
Three killed as clashes rumble on in east Ukraine:
Two Ukrainian soldiers and one civilian were killed in the country's
rebel-held east as clashes rattled an official truce aimed at ending
nearly a year of fighting, Kiev and separatists said Saturday.
Russia urges Germany, France to safeguard peace
in Ukraine: Russia appealed to
Germany and France on Saturday to ensure Kiev does not try to incite
violence in east Ukraine to encourage the United States to send
Ukrainian forces lethal weapons.
NATO Ready To Welcome Ukraine As Full Member:
Stoltenberg: NATO is ready to
consider the Ukraine’s bid for membership in the alliance, if Ukraine
decides to submit it. This has been stated by NATO Secretary General
Jens Stoltenberg in Brussels at the forum organized by the German
Marshall Fund.
Russian Envoy Warns Denmark Not
to Join NATO Missile Shield: The
Russian Ambassador to Denmark has warned that Copenhagen will face grave
consequences if it joins the NATO missile defense shield.
Ruble Strong: Russian Currency No Longer Reacts
to Oil Prices, Foreign Debt: "Despite
oil prices falling in the past few days, the exchange rate is
practically not reacting. What does this mean? That the rate has found
its new place in the conditions of the new oil price, the new balance of
payments," the minister said in an interview on Russian television.
Putin Calls for Currency Union Between Russia and
Ex-Soviet States: "The time has come
to start thinking about forming a currency union," Putin said after the
talks in the Kazakh capital Astana with Belarusian President Alexander
Lukashenko and Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev.
Russia Rebounds, Despite Sanctions:
Investors in Russian government securities denominated in rubles have
earned the equivalent of 7 cents on the dollar so far this year, as
measured by the Bloomberg Russia Local Sovereign Bond Index. In
contrast, anyone holding similar government debt in emerging markets
across-the-board has lost 1.1 percent in 2015.
EU's pledges 2bn euros for Greek 'humanitarian
crisis': Greek Prime Minister Alexis
Tsipras welcomed the move, stressing a common need to tackle the
humanitarian crisis
'Bread, jobs, dignity': Crowds gather for
anti-austerity march in Madrid:
Spanish police deployed some 1,200 officers to monitor Saturday’s
protest, which is called Marches of Dignity. Up to 20,000 people are
expected to show up.
UK Police Deem Snowden Leak
Investigation a State Secret: A
counter-terrorism detective for the force told a court the case was
being viewed as likely to be a “conspiracy with a global dimension.”
Americas
Ecuadorean Foreign Minister: The United States is
the Real Threat in the Americas, Not Venezuela:
The Obama administration is facing criticism across Latin America for
leveling new sanctions against Venezuela and declaring the country an
"unusual and extraordinary threat to national security."
Activists Call for US Military to Leave Peru
: Protesters rejected Peru’s
congressional decision to allow 3,677 U.S. military personnel to enter
the country in 2015, including over 90 airplanes and helicopters, this
Thursday at a demonstration in the capital Lima.
Mexico set to allow armed U.S. customs officials
within its borders: A Mexican
initiative to allow U.S. customs officials to carry weapons in the
country could clear the way for customs inspections inside Mexico’s
assembly plants, alleviating congestion at border crossings.
Canada Crude Falls Below $30; BMO Seeks Oil Sands
Cost Cuts: Canadian heavy oil prices fell below $30
for the first time in more than six years as Bank of Montreal warned
that oil sands producers must cut costs.
Oklahoma Chief: ISIS Chemical Attacks in U.S.
Possible: Lawmakers and municipal
officials are growing increasingly concerned about the Islamic State's
efforts to obtain and use chemical weapons to attack soft targets within
the United States.
Video reveals Dallas cops shooting schizophrenic
man holding screwdriver: Dallas
police shot a mentally ill black man on his doorstep because he was
holding a small screwdriver, a newly released video shows.
Chicago police commander resigns in wake of Homan
Square revelations: The Guardian
exposed a series of incommunicado detention and abuse at the Chicago
police facility, including people being held for extensive periods of
time without public notifications to their families or access to
attorneys.
Mississippi Judge Bars Public Defenders from
Representing Clients: Judge Jeffrey
Weill seems to believe public defenders should be more deferential to
him and less passionate in the representation of their clients.
Rand Paul: Foreign donations to Clinton
Foundation ‘thinly veiled bribes’:
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) told POLITICO on Friday that foreign
contributions to the Clinton Foundation are “thinly veiled bribes,” and
said Hillary Clinton should return any donations from Saudi Arabia or
other countries that abuse the rights of women.
Haitians Protest Outside Hillary Clinton’s Office
Over ‘Billions Stolen’ by Clinton Foundation:
The activists are claiming the money was stolen through the Haiti
Reconstruction Commission that was headed by Bill Clinton. In January
2015, the Clinton Foundation was the target of protests for wasting more
than $10 billion and awarding contracts to non-Haitian companies.
Clinton Poised to Raise $1 Billion:
Without a strong primary challenger, Hillary Clinton will have the
luxury of amassing huge sums of money this year while Republicans duke
it out in a costly primary fight.
March 20, 2015
Forgiving Al-Qaeda in Pursuit of a New Enemy
By Jim Naureckas
There are indications of a shift toward groups like Al-Qaeda– as
potential allies against the governments Washington has identified as
more important enemies, namely Shi'ite-led Iran and Syria.
Continue
US Weapons Have a Nasty Habit of Going AWOL
By AJ Vicens
From Afghanistan to Yemen, a short history of American arms ending up in
the wrong hands.
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Netanyahu is Either a Liar or a Liar, and the
White House Won't be Played
By Laurence Lewis
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is now backtracking on his
claimed opposition to Palestinian statehood, anyone who has been paying
attention knows that it's really the international community he's trying
to punk.
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In case You Missed It
Bibi Unmasked: Caught On Tape: What Netanyahu
Really Thinks Of US
By Justin Raimondo
In 2001, Bibi Netanyahu paid a condolence call on a group of Israeli
settlers in the village of Ofra, widows whose husbands had been killed
in the Intifada: the videotaped conversation has just been leaked, and
broadcast by Israel’s Channel 10, and it is a blockbuster.
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What Would Ike Do?
By Patrick J. Buchanan
We are today headed for a collision with Israel as serious as Suez ’56,
and we are about to see what Barack Obama is made of.
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Fear as Gold:
The Currency of Israel’s Elections
By Binoy Kampmark
Having attained electoral victory, Netanyahu has demonstrated how the
reptile in politics can go far.
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Bill C-51 Reveals Harper's Inner Bully
By Murray Dobbin
The Harper government's pursuit of its odious Secret Police Act (Bill
C-51) is just another chapter in the most through-going, and massive
social engineering project in the history of the country.
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What You Need to Know about Venezuela
By George Ciccariello-Maher
Venezuela is a “national security threat” only because it refuses to be
controlled by the US.
Continue
Real Unemployment is Double the ‘Official’
Unemployment Rate
By Pete Dolack
Across North America, Europe and Australia, the real unemployment rate
is approximately double the “official” unemployment rate.
Continue
Middle East
142 killed in Yemen mosques blasts:
At least 142 people were killed when four suicide bombers blew
themselves up in two mosques in the Yemeni capital Sanaa during Friday
prayers, AFP reported.
IS claims deadly Yemen mosque bombings:
In an online statement, the previously unknown Sanaa branch of IS warned
that the bombings were "just the tip of the iceberg". "Infidel Huthis
should know that the soldiers of the Islamic State will not rest until
they eradicate them... and cut off the arm of the Safavid (Iranian) plan
in Yemen," the statement said.
Yemen: Shiite, Sunni militants lead slide into
chaos: Sunni tribes, hostile to a
Huthi advance into their provinces, have teamed up with Al-Qaeda against
the militia, with the government mostly standing by.
More than 70 Syria government forces killed in IS
attacks: monitor: The attacks in the
provinces of Homs and Hama targeted checkpoints and positions manned by
government loyalists, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human
Rights said.
Two bomb attacks kill more than 20 Syria Kurds:
The observatory said one of the attacks was carried out by a bomber who
belonged to the ISIL Takfiri terrorist group.
Syrian Al Qaeda branch claims killing 12
Hezbollah members: The Nusra Front,
an affiliate of the Al Qaeda in Syria, said on Friday that it killed 12
members of the Lebanese Shia Islamist militant group Hezbollah in the
region of al-Qalamoun, north of Damascus, on the border with Lebanon.
Why The Islamic State Is Not Really Islamic:
Op-Ed: : Some 120 Muslim religious
scholars this week published an open letter refuting the Islamic State’s
claim to be a religious political movement, joining a series of
high-profile condemnations of the extremist group by Islamic religious
and political leaders.
Netanyahu Now Says He Wants a 2-State Solution:
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday that he supports
a two-state solution for Israel and Palestinian despite coming out
against a Palestinian state on the eve of Tuesday’s election.
Obama tells Netanyahu U.S. to 'reassess' policy
on Israel, Mideast diplomacy: Obama’s
telephone call to Netanyahu followed a television interview in which the
Israeli leader backed away from his pre-election declaration that there
would be no Palestinian state on his watch, an about-face apparently
aimed at quelling U.S. criticism triggered by his comments.
Come in Mr Peace Envoy: your time is up:
Rumours abound of the Right Dishonourable Anthony Blair’s imminent
departure from his position as the Quartet’s Peace Envoy. The Chosen One
has occupied that position since the powers-that-be gave it to him in
2007, at the behest of his mate George W. Bush.
Africa
S. Sudan rebels say 13 killed in ambush on
government troops: Lt.Col Peter Riek
Gew said the ambush also left nine soldiers seriously injured. Gew has
confirmed that another four vehicles from the South Sudanese army (SPLA)
were set on fire.
Clashes between rival militias kill nine in
Libya: At least nine people have been
killed in fighting between rival militia groups in western Libya, as the
security situation further deteriorates in the conflict-ridden North
African country, Press TV reported.
Asia
Pakistan: Militants in Army fatigues storm J&K
thana, 6 killed: Two heavily-armed
terrorists, posing as soldiers in Army fatigues, stormed a police
station and killed three people before they were gunned down at Rajbagh
in Jammu & Kashmir's Kathua district on Friday.
Two Pak Rangers Killed in Suicide Attack in
Karachi: At least two Pakistani
paramilitary Rangers personnel were killed today in a suicide bombing
targeting their vehicle here, police said. The attackers targeted the
vehicle in which around six soldiers were travelling in North Nazimabad
area of the city.
Mob beats Afghan woman to death : Video
- This is the moment a woman was beaten to death by a mob before her
body was set on fire and dumped in a muddy river in the heart of
Afghanistan's capital.
Afghan cleric and others defend lynching of woman
in Kabul: An Afghan
cleric and a police official on Friday defended the lynching of a woman
in central Kabul after a mob was filmed stamping on the woman and
smashing a brick on her head after she was accused of burning a Koran,
Islam's holy book.
Europe
One civilian killed in rebel attack in east
Ukrainian town: regional police:
One civilian was killed on Friday in an attack by pro-Russian
separatist rebels in the government-controlled town of Avdiyivka in east
Ukraine despite a ceasefire deal, Ukrainian regional police said.
Russia says sanctions 'destructive', will act in
own interests: - Russia described
"sanctions rhetoric" as destructive on Friday and said it would do what
is in its national interests after European Union leaders kept economic
sanctions in place over the Ukraine crisis.
EU gears up for propaganda war with Russia:
The European Union is set to launch a first operation in a new
propaganda war with Russia within days of EU leaders giving formal
approval to the campaign at a summit on Thursday.
Future Russian army could deploy anywhere in the world – in 7
hours: In the future, a fleet of
heavy transport aircraft will reportedly be capable of moving a
strategic unit of 400 Armata tanks, with ammunition, to anywhere in the
world. And probably at hypersonic speed, enabling Russia to mount a
global military response.
Turkey offers Ukraine $50 mln loan: Ukraine's
Poroshenko: "I'm grateful to Erdogan
for the decision to offer a loan of $50 million towards covering the
budget deficit," Poroshenko said following a one-on-one meeting with
Erdogan, who was on an official visit to the Ukrainian capital.
Syriza promises new austerity list as European
institutions intensify pressure on Greece:
A statement issued by the European powers and Greece Friday morning
declared, “Greek authorities will have the ownership of the reforms and
will present a full list of specific reforms in the next days.”
UK: Confronting Islamophobia – why everyone should demonstrate
against racism on Saturday :
Islamophobia has become an institutional norm - we need to stand
shoulder to shoulder with Muslim communites and oppose military
interventions and wars argues Chris Nineham
Americas
UN Warns World Could have 40% Water Shortfall by
2030: The U.N. says if current trends
don't change, the world will have only 60 percent of the water it needs
in 2030, and demand will rise 55 percent by 2050.
To Solve California’s Water Crisis, We Must
Change the Nation’s Food System: The
bold headline of a recent Los Angeles Times editorial by the hydrologist
Jay Famiglietti starkly warned: “California has about one year of water
left. Will you ration now?
Mexico ambush leaves 10 dead, including 5 federal
police: - A gang ambushed a federal
police convoy in western Mexico, sparking a shootout that killed five
officers, three suspects and two bystanders, authorities said Friday.
Canada Joins USA With Indefinite Imprisonment:
Now Canada joins the crowd as an authoritarian
anti-Human Right nation. Yes, quiet Canadians are joining the
brainwashed people who believe whatever their government tells them to
their doom and it is called bill C-51
Remember the Abu Ghraib Torture
Pictures? There are More That Obama Doesn’t Want You to See
: The nightmarish images from Abu Ghraib are still seared into the
American consciousness: piles of naked bodies, detainees being led on
leashes and U.S. soldiers giving a thumbs-up as it all happens. But now,
the U.S. government is trying to conceal as many as 2,100 additional
photographs that are said to be even more disturbing.
US Veterans statistics: PTSD, Depression, TBI,
Suicide. Recent statistical studies
show that rates of veteran suicide are much higher than previously
thought, as much as five to eight thousand a year (22 a day, up from a
low of 18-a-year in 2007, based on a 2012 VA Suicide Data Report).
Look Home, Obama
: If Obama wants to see police state repression of
popular protestors, he might want look at his own self-declared “home
town” Chicago.
The Shocking Finding From the DOJ's Ferguson
Report That Nobody Has Noticed: News
Analysis - In Ferguson -- a city with a population of 21,000 -- 16,000
people have outstanding arrest warrants, meaning that they are currently
actively wanted by the police.
US Customs Quietly Launches Facial Recognition
Experiment at DC Airport: On March
11, the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) quietly rolled out a new
facial recognition pilot program to help custom officers catch
“imposters,” or people using a passport that isn't theirs, an agency
spokesperson confirmed to Motherboard on Wednesday.
ACLU sues TSA for airport ‘behavioral detection’
program: The TSA uses the so-called
behavioral detection system as part of its Screening Passengers by
Observation Techniques program, whereby special trained officers look
out for suspicious passengers who are then sent for further screening.