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August 16, 2015
How
to Confront ISIS
By Adil E. Shamoo |
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There may be
a responsible way to fight
the Islamic State, but the
U.S. will have to leave its
boots in the closet and the
drones in the hangar.
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The
Betrayal by the Black Elite
By Chris Hedges |
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Dr. Cornel
West and Chris Hedges,
discuss the way in which the
black prophetic tradition
has been supplanted by black
elitism and individualism.
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Medical Nightmares
By Cynthia Peters |
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The U.S.
health care system is not
really set up to deal with
p-e-r-s-o-n-s. It’s designed
to turn a profit.
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125 "ISIS
terrorists" killed in Iraq air force
strikes:
- At
least 125 members of the Takfiri Daesh
terrorist group have been killed in
multiple airstrikes carried out by
Iraq’s air force in the country’s
conflict-stricken northern province of
Salahuddin.
Iraq: 23 killed as Islamic State
Militants Attack Region’s Largest Oil
Refinery:
A major general described the violence
as “the fiercest since we broke the
siege a few months ago. Three suicide
attackers were able to reach the
entrances of the refinery. Two were
killed but one managed to blow himself
up.” The Iraqi Air Force killed 20 of
the Islamic State militants that
participated in the attack on Friday
Baghdad car bomb kills 11:
officials:
A car bombing Saturday in a
Shiite-majority area of north Baghdad
where people gather to buy and sell
vehicles killed 11 people and wounded at
least 68, Iraqi officials said.
25 women and children killed,
injured in shelling targeted hospital in
Fallujah, Iraq:
The witnesses said that ” Fallujah
Hospital for Women and Children, located
west of the city, came under heavy
shelling, which resulted in the killing
of 25 women and children and 30 others
injured, including female cadres
belonging to the hospital.”
8 civilians
killed by U.S.-led strike, Syrians say:
- An airstrike by the U.S.-led military
coalition in northern Syria this week
killed eight civilians, including two
women and five children, according to
neighbors and relatives of the dead.
Syria clashes
reignite in Zabadani, Idlib after truce
faulters:
A cease-fire between the warring sides
in the Syrian town of Zabadani and two
northwest villages collapsed Saturday
despite reports of a previous agreement
to extend the truce to Sunday.
Syrian Kurds now say they now
control territory the size of Qatar and
Kuwait combined:
A Kurdish militia that has captured
swathes of northern Syria from Islamic
State has signed up thousands of
fighters in recent months as it seeks to
tighten control over newly won
territory. The People’s Protection Units
(YPG), said they had drawn 5,000 new
recruits, growing to 40,000 fighters.
After a period of rapid territorial
gains
Propaganda alert:
Obama
administration still predicts 'Assad's
days are numbered':
With the administration's most trusted
Middle East hands – diplomats, generals,
intelligence officers – predicting that
the Syrian leader wouldn't last into
2012, the White House felt comfortable
rolling out a tough-sounding talking
point: "Assad's days are numbered."
Propaganda alert:
Islamic State
leader Baghdadi sexually abused American
hostage: Reports:
US captive Kayla Mueller was raped by IS
chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi during
captivity, reports say
The American government is
without mercy even when it comes to US
citizens held captive.
Why would a cruel US official (unnamed)
leak to the press that the American
hostage was held as sex slave by ISIS
leader? Why should the public know? Why
would he leak information knowing that
it would only hurt her family and her
loved ones?
Australian pilots begin missions
over Syria, flying American Reaper
drones:
A Defence spokesman has told Fairfax
Media that five RAAF personnel are
embedded with the United States Air
Force's 432nd Operations Group, which
flies armed MQ-9 Reaper drones.
Syrian opposition leader:
“Russia isn’t clinging to Assad”:
They are “clinging to the Syrian state,
its territorial integrity, and the
preservation of its institutions,” he
said.
Russia and Iran foreign
ministers to meet on nuclear deal,
Syria:
Russia - which along with Iran is one of
the few remaining backers of Syrian
President Bashar al-Assad - has also
launched a fresh diplomatic push to find
a way out of Syria's four-year civil war
that has cost some 240,000 lives.
3 soldiers killed
in bomb attack in eastern Turkey:
Three troops killed and six injured in
blast in Bingol triggered from a
distance by PKK fighters, Turkish media
reports. Separately, four Turkish
soldiers were killed and six more were
wounded in a clash with Kurdish fighters
in the southeastern Hakkari province on
Friday, security sources told the
Reuters news agency.
Turkey guards accused of
shooting Syrian civilians:
Monitoring group says troops killed
three Syrians trying to cross border
amid rise in "direct shootings" of
refugees.
Kurdistan Workers’ Party Says
Turkey Will Pay Heavy Price For Its
Offensive Against Rebels:
A PKK leader in Iraq told news agencies
that they are waging a battle of the
wills. He added that Turkish forces made
a big mistake with their recent attacks
and will pay a heavy price for the
destruction and death they have left.
As Turkey Bombed Anti-ISIS
Fighters, It Hired Lobbying Firm Tied to
2016 Candidates:
Individuals from the firm are now
helping to fundraise for Jeb Bush and
are among the top 20 donors to Hillary
Clinton over the course of her political
career.
Germany to remove
troops and Patriot missiles from Turkey:
The
German army, the Bundeswehr, announced
Saturday that it would end its mission
in Turkey where it has deployed Patriot
missiles since January 2013 to protect
Turkey from Syrian threats.
28 killed amid ongoing Yemen
violence: Local sources:
At least 29 people were killed on Friday
in separate clashes between Shia H outhi
militants and supporters of Yemen’s
president-in-exile, Abd Rabbuh Mansour
Hadi, according to local tribal and
pro-Hadi sources.
Yemen/Saudi loyalists take back
another province from rebels:
The rebels handed over Shabwa to
government forces and withdrew after
being promised a safe route out of the
province, a military official told AFP.
Palestinian shot dead after
alleged stabbing attack:
Israeli forces shot dead a Palestinian
after he stabbed a Border Police officer
near Beita in southern Nablus,
Palestinian medics and Israeli police
said.
Palestinian hunger striker
Mohammed Allan, held by Israel without
charge, slips into coma:
A Palestinian prisoner who has been on
hunger strike for the past 60 days has
slipped into a coma, his lawyer told RT.
Mohammed Allan is being held without
charge by Israeli authorities.
Bad Intelligence Leading Us to
War Again?:
News Analysis
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Politicized intelligence may be at work
once again. On August 5, a Bloomberg
column (“Iran Already Sanitizing Nuclear
Site, Intel Warns”) by Josh Rogin and
Eli Lake reported that the “U.S.
intelligence community” had informed
Congress of “evidence that Iran was
sanitizing its suspected military site
at Parchin
Libya : 40 killed as Islamic
State brutally crushes Sirte uprising:
The Islamic State group has mercilessly
crushed a two-day uprising in the Libyan
town of Sirte, which has been under its
control since July, leaving at least 40
people dead, local sources told Middle
East Eye.
ISIL killed over 150 in Libya’s
Sirte in 4 days:
An official says some 150 to 200 people
have been killed in the northern Libyan
city of Sirte since Tuesday in a battle
between ISIL Takfiri terrorists and
local gunmen.
IS 'beheads' 12 in battle for
Libya's Sirte:
- Islamic State group jihadists have
beheaded 12 people and hung them on
crosses during a battle for the coastal
city of Sirte, the national news agency
LANA reported Saturday.
Somali wedding guests ‘killed by
AU troops’:
“At one house, where the Moalim Iidey
family was celebrating a wedding, the
soldiers separated the men from the
women and shot the six adult men – four
brothers, their father, and an uncle,”
HRW said in a statement.
Osama’s son calls on followers
in Kabul, Baghdad, Gaza to wage jihad on
the West:
Hamzad is believed to be either 23 or 24
years old and the audio recording is
believed to be the first such message
from him him. Touted as a future leader
of the terror network, Hamza is believed
to have taken part in attacks in
Pakistan and Afghanistan as early as
2005.
Ukraine fails to secure debt
write-off at US talks:
Ukraine failed to convince its biggest
creditors to significantly reduce its
debt obligations during a ‘last chance’
two-day negotiation in San Francisco,
California. The delegation from Kiev
hoped to restructure some $19 billion in
debt.
Ukraine gov’t issues initial
list of banned books:
The list of banned cultural items by the
Ukrainian government is growing. Last
week Ukraine blacklisted visits and the
screening of films of 13 Russian singers
and actors as well as French-born Gerard
Depardieu, saying they supported
Russia’s annexation of Crimea and
pro-Russian separatists. Ukraine’s
culture ministry denounced them as a
“threat to national security”.
US ‘making up excuses’ to
justify expanding missile defense system
in EU – Russian Deputy FM:
Washington is “making up excuses” to
justify the rapid pace of expanding a
missile defense system in Europe,
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey
Ryabkov said, adding that Moscow
believes that such a system has a “clear
projection” toward “Russian territory.”
Finland Preparing For War With
Russia?
Helsinki Calls Up 18,000 Reservists For
Military Training
40 migrants die on boat in
Mediterranean:
The Italian navy wrote on Twitter on
Saturday that it was involved in a
rescue operation to try and save the
other migrants on board. Those killed
were believed to have been stuck in the
hold of the boat, spokesman Costantino
Fantasia said.
Eurozone Officials Approve Greek
Bailout Deal:
The bailout bill passed through the
Greek parliament, or Vouli, on Thursday
and will face a parliamentary vote next
week in the Bundestag of Germany, the
largest contributor of funds.
Nearly 1 million people face
food emergency in drought-hit Guatemala:
U.N.;
Nearly one million people in Guatemala
are struggling to feed themselves as
poor rainfall has led to drought and
shrunken harvests, worsening hunger
among the poor, the U.N. Food and
Agriculture Organization (FAO) said.
Pinochet's Right-Hand Man
Commits Suicide After Conviction:
The former general died in the hospital
after shooting himself in the head
Thursday. His suicide immediately after
the sentencing provoked strong reactions
on social media.
Watch - US flag raised in Cuba
as embassy reopens in Havana
: Video - After 54 years, the U.S.
Embassy has reopened in Cuba
US and Cuba spar over human
rights after flag ceremony:
Cuba is not a place where there are acts
of racial discrimination or police
brutality that result in deaths; nor is
it under Cuban jurisdiction the
territory where people are tortured or
held in a legal limbo, Rodriguez said.
US refuses to free 'near death'
Gitmo hunger striker weighing 33 kg:
A prisoner of US military detention
facility in Guantanamo Bay may soon
starve to death, as after more than
eight years of force-feeding his body is
said to be unable to take the nutrients
he is pumped with. The DoD opposed the
ailing man’s release.
US launches secret bid to stop
release of hunger-striking Guantánamo
detainee:
In an extremely rare legal manoeuvre,
the Obama administration has challenged
a legal request to free a
hunger-striking Guantánamo Bay detainee
entirely in secret.
Jeb Bush 'Proud' of His
Brother's Torture Policies:
Activists and human rights advocates on
Friday slammed comments made by
presidential hopeful Jeb Bush that he
would not rule out torture and “enhanced
interrogation” techniques if he was
elected president.
CIA Torture Tactics Reemerge in
New York Prison:
Over 60 inmates at New York’s Clinton
Correctional Facility have complained of
abuse by prison guards in the wake of
the June escape of convicted killers
David Sweat and Richard Matt.
Should African-Americans Qualify
For Refugee Status In Other Countries?
If social inequities and police killings
of blacks continue at their current
rate, however, Jorjani said she is
willing to help African-Americans seek
asylum in a country where they would be
safer.
US Food Banks Struggle to Meet
Surprising Demand:
"We get lines of people every day,
starting at 6:30 in the morning," said
Sheila Moore, who oversees food
distribution at The Storehouse, the
largest pantry in Albuquerque, New
Mexico, and one where food distribution
has climbed 15 percent in the past year.
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August 15, 2015
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Neocons
to Americans:
Trust Us Again
By Robert Parry |
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Marching in
lockstep with
Israeli
hardliners,
American neocons
are aiming their
heavy media
artillery at the
Iran nuclear
deal as a
necessary first
step toward
another “regime
change” war in
the Mideast.
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Another
Big Lie About
Ukraine’s War
By Eric Zuesse |
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What follows
here, about the
current U.S.
government's
lying, is banned
by all major
news sites in
the United
States, and by
most
‘alternative
news’ sites.
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Why
Israel Is So
Concerned About
Jeremy Corbyn
By TruePublica |
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The current
suspension of
this law in
Britain has
since enabled
various members
of the previous
and/or present
Israel
government to
visit the UK and
to travel freely
within the
country to raise
funds and/or
disseminate
propaganda to
support the
policies of
Likud Prime
Minister,
Netanyahu.
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Why
Jeremy Corbyn is
Terrifying The
London Elite
By Craig Murray |
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The sheer panic
gripping the
London elite now
is hilarious to
behold. Those on
the favoured
side of
Britain’s
enormous wealth
gap are
terrified by the
idea that there
may be a genuine
electoral
challenge to
neo-liberalism.
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Voting
With Your Feet
By
Charles Hugh
Smith
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When do we
finally accept
the hopelessness
of reforming a
self-serving
machine bent on
destruction?
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Over 80 killed and
hundreds injured by Syrian
air strikes in Douma:
Civilians accounted for most
of those killed, it said,
and the death toll was
expected to rise further
because many of the wounded
were in serious condition.
Al-Qaeda in Syria
frees several US-trained
rebels: statement:
In a statement circulating
on social media, Division 30
said seven of its members
had been freed by Nusra
after being captured in late
July. "Seven Division 30
fighters who were being held
by the brothers
in Nusra Front
have been freed," the
statement stamped by the
unit said.
42 killed in
attacks, clashes with IS
militants in Iraq's Anbar:
- A total of 42 people were
killed on Sunday in a
suicide truck bombing and
clashes with Islamic State
(IS) militants in Iraq's
western province of Anbar, a
provincial security source
said.
21
killed in deadly explosions
in Shia neighborhood of
eastern Baghdad:
A car bomb blew up in the
predominately Shia
neighborhood of Habiniyah in
eastern Baghdad on Saturday,
killing 12 people and
injuring 40, sources said.
4 killed killed in
Turkey unrest:
One Turkish soldier and
three suspected members of
the outlawed Kurdistan
Workers' Party (PKK) were
killed in eastern Turkey in
new violence blamed on the
Kurdish rebels, the state
media said Sunday.
7 Saudi Soldiers
Killed in Yemen Retaliatory
Missile Attacks on Jizan:
The Yemeni army and popular
forces launched missile
attacks on the Saudi army's
positions in Jizan, killing
over half a dozen soldiers,
security forces announced on
Sunday.
Saudi Arabia
Constructs Naval Base on
Yemeni Island After Its
Occupation:
Saudi Arabia started
building up a major naval
base on the Yemeni island of
Socotra, which it invaded
and occupied during the
recent military conflict
between the countries, FNA
reported.
Palestinian hunger
strike tests Israel
force-feeding law:
Mohammed Allan, 31, slipped
into a coma on Friday after
ingesting only water since
June 18 in protest at his
detention without charge by
Israeli authorities.
Almost 200 dead in
Libya massacre:
"ISIS militants and armed
residents from the city have
been fighting continuously,"
he said, adding that Sirte
was also being hit by air
strikes.
IS executes rival
fighters after revolt in
central Libya:
As a warning to others,
Islamic State killed four
fighters from the rival side
and hung their corpses on
metal gibbets for public
display, four residents told
Reuters. Pictures on social
media, whose authenticity
could not be verified,
showed two bodies hanging
from a gibbet.
Libya calls for Arab
air strikes on IS in Sirte
after deadly crackdown:
The Arab League is now
expected to hold an
extraordinary meeting this
Tuesday to discuss the
request
Black flags on
Europe's doorstep: Inside
ISIS's new capital Sirte on
Libya's coast:
THE brutal Islamic State
(ISIS) terror group has
founded a new capital in
north Africa - its first
outside Iraq and Syria and
within touching distance of
Europe.
Tunisian woman
killed by soldiers looking
for armed group:
A woman was killed and a man
wounded in western Tunisia
late on Saturday after
soldiers opened fire on
their car fearing they were
armed, a defence ministry
spokesman told AFP.
Fact or fiction:
Afghanistan: 77
Insurgents Killed in Helmand
Clashes: Officials:
At least 77 Taliban
insurgents have been killed
in 21 days of clashes in
Nawzad district of southern
Helmand province, local
officials said on Sunday. In
addition, more than 100
others were injured.
Airstrikes kill 40
alleged militants in NW
Pakistan: military:
The conflict zone is remote
and off-limits to
journalists, making it
difficult to verify the
army's claims - including
the number and identity of
those killed.
Anti-Taliban
Pakistan minister among 15
killed in suicide attack:
Laskhar-e-Jhangvi claims
responsibility for blast
that killed Punjab's home
minister and 14 others in
Shadi Khan. the suicide
bomber struck on Sunday at
the residence of provincial
home minister Shuja Khanzada,
whose body could be seen in
the rubble of the collapsed
building in his hometown.
India-Pakistan
border clashes leave
civilians dead:
At least six civilians
killed on the Indian side,
while two others died in the
Pakistani side as shelling
continues.
N Korea threatens to
‘invade US’ unless S Korean
military exercises aren’t
halted:
North Korea has issued new
nuclear threats to the US
saying it will respond
accordingly if Washington
does not cancel military
exercises with South Korea.
Pyongyang says it is ready
to use its latest weapons,
which are “unknown to the
world.”
Russia and China to
stage naval drills in Sea of
Japan, train for beach
landing:
International naval drills
by the Russian and Chinese
navies will be conducted in
the Sea of Japan next week.
Sailors, marines and naval
air pilots of the two
countries will be training
together in combined
operations in an amphibious
assault exercise.
AT&T Helped U.S. Spy
on Internet on a Vast Scale:
The National Security
Agency’s ability to spy on
vast quantities of Internet
traffic passing through the
United States has relied on
its extraordinary,
decades-long partnership
with a single company: the
telecom giant AT&T.
AT&T played key role
in helping NSA spy on UN –
NYTimes:
Telecom giant AT&T Inc has
played a bigger than
previously thought role in
helping the National
Security Agency (NSA) spy on
swathes of internet traffic,
which included wiretapping
all UN headquarters’
communications, The New York
Times has revealed.
Watch: Edward
Snowden Interview About
Fellow NSA Whistleblower
Thomas Drake
: Video - Edward Snowden
talks about mass
surveillance, the NSA and
Thomas Drake, the agency
whistleblower who preceded
him.
Obama Fights to
Continue Detention of
Migrant Families:
Five migrant mothers filed
court papers this month
seeking millions in damages
from the government for
psychological and physical
harms associated with their
detention.
Trump: I'll rescind
birthright citizenship:
Donald Trump plans to undo
President Obama's executive
orders on immigration, get
rid of birthright
citizenship, and deport all
undocumented immigrants if
he is elected president, he
said Sunday.
Pat Buchanan : GOP
Elites Call for Purge of
Trump:
Op-Ed - There is a plot
afoot in The Washington Post
Conservative Club to purge
Trump from the Republican
Party before the primaries
begin.
4,000 California
prisoners are fighting
wildfires for a pittance:
A shocking number of
firefighters battling
California’s numerous
wildfires are actually
prisoners sometimes working
for less than $2 a day.
They’re hoping to earn
shorter sentences – and
they’re saving taxpayers
tens of millions of dollars.
Rents rise to
‘crazy’ levels: Zillow:
The cost of renting a home
in the U.S. has risen to its
least affordable levels
ever, taking up a record
proportion of income in most
major cities, according to a
study from property website
Zillow.
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August 14, 2015
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The
Refugees Are Coming!!!
By Andre Vltchek |
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A tricky
game… A very filthy game…
Like in those days of
Inquisition, men, women and
children facing Western
Christian “justice” would
have to lie, in order to
survive.
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Reality and Dreams
By Fidel Castro Ruz |
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The equal
right of all citizens to
health, education, work,
food, security, culture,
science, and wellbeing, that
is, the same rights we
proclaimed when we began our
struggle.
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Iraq: Islamic State truck bomb
kills 76 in Baghdad market:
At least 76 people were killed and 212
wounded on Thursday in a blast claimed
by Islamic State in Baghdad's Sadr City,
police and medical sources said, one of
the biggest attacks on the capital since
Haider al-Abadi became Prime Minister a
year ago.
Kurdish forces attacked with
chemical weapons in Iraq: German army:
Kurdish forces in northern Iraq who are
fighting ISIS militants were attacked
with chemical weapons a few days ago,
the German Defense Ministry said
Thursday.
Iraq's PM office says U.S.
general's comments on partition
'irresponsible':
Comments attributed to the most senior
U.S. army official about the possibility
of Iraq being partitioned are
irresponsible and ignorant, the media
office of the country's Prime Minister
Haider al-Abadi said on Thursday.
Retiring Army chief suggests US
forces return to Iraq – to help fight
ISIS:
“We should probably absolutely consider
embedding some soldiers [with Iraqi
forces], then see if that would make a
difference." Army General Ray Odierno
said during his final press briefing on
Wedneday. He retires on Friday after
nearly 40 years in uniform.
Pro-Islamic State
Hacking Group Issues Chilling Warning to
America:
A representative for a pro-Islamic State
hacking group issued a chilling warning
to members of the U.S. military and
government Wednesday, promising that
“very soon” followers of the
organization would retaliate for
overseas bombing targeting the terror
organization.
Two killed as
rebel rockets hit Syria regime bastion:
monitor:
Two people were killed and 14 wounded
Thursday in a rare rebel rocket attack
on the provincial capital of President
Bashar al-Assad's coastal heartland, a
monitoring group said.
Syria opposition heads for
Russia cold on anti-IS Assad coalition:
Syrian opposition figures head to Moscow
this week although they are unlikely to
welcome Russia's plan for a new
anti-jihadist coalition that would
include embattled Syrian President
Bashar al-Assad.
Syrian opposition wary ahead of
Russia talks:
Syria's main opposition group on
Thursday insisted President Bashar
al-Assad must go as it rejected calls to
join forces against Islamic State
jihadists ahead of a meeting with
Russia's foreign minister.
45,000 demand Israel PM
Netanyahu’s arrest for ‘war crimes’
during UK state visit:
A petition calling for Israeli Prime
Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to be
arrested for ‘war crimes’ when he
arrives in London next month has been
signed by over 45,000 people.
Israel PM
announces major offshore gas deal:
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu Thursday announced a major
deal between his government and a
consortium including U.S. firm Noble
Energy on natural gas production in the
Mediterranean Sea. "The agreement will
bring in hundreds of billions of shekels
(tens of billions of dollars) to Israeli
citizens over the coming years,"
Islamic State, rival Islamists
clash in Libya, 17 killed: residents:
At least 17 people were killed in heavy
clashes between Islamic State fighters
and a rival Islamist group in the
Islamic State-held city of Sirte in
central Libya on Thursday, residents
said.
One soldier, 7
Kurdish rebels killed in Turkey unrest:
army:
One Turkish soldier and seven suspected
members of the outlawed Kurdistan
Workers' Party (PKK) were killed in new
violence blamed on the Kurdish rebels,
the army said Thursday.
Turkey faces snap
polls as coalition talks fail:
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu
said Thursday that coalition talks with
the main opposition party had failed,
paving the way for snap legislative
elections as Ankara battles its biggest
security crisis against militants in
years.
Officials: Rebel
Shelling Kills 6 Civilians in Yemen:
Yemeni security and medical officials
say mortar rounds fired by Shiite Houthi
rebels have killed six civilians in the
central city of Taiz, the country's
third largest.
Al-Qaeda ‘pledges allegiance’ to
embattled new Taliban leader:
Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri is
believed to have broken an 11-month
silence to promised its loyalty to the
new leader of the Afghan Taliban, Mullah
Mohammad Akhtar Mansour, who has faced
challenges to his authority.
US general says
ISIS gaining in Afghanistan:
A U.S. Army general says ISIS is making
small inroads in Afghanistan and could
grow into a more worrisome threat.
US General: Russia poses 'most
dangerous' threat to US:
The four-star general said he was also
"greatly" concerned by the prospect of
Russia violating the sovereignty of
Baltic states that are members of NATO,
which would require the US military to
come to their defense under Article V of
the organization's founding treaty, The
Hill wrote.
Greek lawmakers discuss bailout
bill, aiming for vote ahead of Friday
eurozone meeting:
The Greek government defended its new
bailout program in tumultuous
parliamentary sessions Thursday, as
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras faced a
rebellion in his governing Syriza party
ahead of a vote on the deal.
Greece bailout
deal 'will not work': Varoufakis:
In a implicit criticism of his former
ally Tsipras, he told BBC radio: "Ask
anyone who knows anything about Greece's
finances and they will tell you this
deal is not going to work." "The Greek
finance minister... says more or less
the same thing," he added.
Germany made
€100bn profit on Greek crisis: Study:
“These savings exceed the costs of the
crisis – even if Greece were to default
on its entire debt,” the study said.
Chilcot inquiry:
Tony Blair should be 'dragged in
shackles to court as a war criminal':
Reg Keys is one of a number of relatives
of soldiers killed in the Iraq War who
have threatened to take legal action
against Sir John Chilcot if he does not
publish his report into the war by the
end of the year.
Sweden to pursue Assange over
rape claim:
WIKILEAKS founder Julian Assange has
lashed out at Swedish prosecutors who
are dropping three sex assault claims
against him, but still want to question
him over a rape allegation.
Julian Assange case: UK to make
formal protest to Ecuador:
"Ecuador must recognise that its
decision to harbour Mr Assange more than
three years ago has prevented the proper
course of justice... It is completely
unacceptable that the British taxpayer
has had to foot the bill for this abuse
of diplomatic relations," said Foreign
Office minister Hugo Swire.
How Ethical: UK
Govt Using Operational Psychology to
Manipulate You Online:
Leaked by WikiLeaks and published by The
Intercept, the report 'What UK spies do
to you — in their own words', was
written in 2011 by a psychologist and
details the activities of the Joint
Threat Research Intelligence Group,
otherwise known as JTRIG.
Fidel Castro to US: you owe us
millions:
Castro spoke out in an essay published
in local media a day before US Secretary
of State John Kerry makes a historic
visit to Cuba to reopen the US embassy
as part of the countries' restoration of
diplomatic relations.
Jeb Bush leaves
door open for use of torture by
government:
Republican presidential candidate Jeb
Bush on Thursday declined to rule out
resuming the use of torture under some
circumstances by the U.S. government.
Connecticut bans
unconstitutional death penalty citing
'racial and ethnic biases':
"This state's death penalty no longer
comports with contemporary standards of
decency and no longer serves any
legitimate penological purpose," Justice
Richard Palmer wrote for the majority.
Former President
Jimmy Carter reveals he has cancer:
"Recent liver surgery revealed that I
have cancer that now is in other parts
of my body," Carter said in a statement.
"I will be rearranging my schedule as
necessary so I can undergo treatment by
physicians at Emory Healthcare."
Food banks
struggle to meet surprising demand:
While reliance on food banks exploded
when the economy tanked in 2008, groups
said demand continues to rise year after
year, leaving them scrambling to find
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Syria: 41 killed
in Damascus: monitor:
Government air strikes on rebel-held
areas near Damascus killed at least 31
people on Wednesday, and insurgents
bombarded the capital with rockets that
killed at least 13 people, the Syrian
Observatory for Human Rights reported.
39 Syrian
soldiers killed in fierce battles in
besieged airbase:
A total of 39 army men, including 31
officers, have so far been killed during
intense battles that have been raging
since Sunday at the Koerse airbase in
the countryside of the northern province
of Aleppo, according to the Syrian
Observatory for Human Rights.
Five sisters among 8 civilians killed in
US-led strike on Syrian village:
At least 18 people, including several
children, were reportedly killed by a
US-led coalition airstrike in the
northern Syrian village of Atmeh on
Tuesday.
Government
loyalists protest over siege of troops
by ISIL:
Resident in the coastal city of Tartus
on Tuesday held banners, urging the
government to send a military force
towards Kwaires military airport amid
reports of a deadly ISIL attack there.
ISIL on Monday launched rockets that hit
the airport, killing at least 17 troops,
including senior officers
U.S. Shelves Its
$500M Syrian Rebel Army:
“I don’t understand why we are still
training, other than to inoculate
criticism. … [The administration] cannot
admit it is a complete disaster,” said
one senior defense adviser familiar with
the U.S. approach. Even after the
U.S.-trained fighters vanished, “there
was no receptivity to new ideas.”
Zabadani truce holds between
Hezbollah, Syria rebels:
A 48-hour truce between Hezbollah and
Syrian rebels appeared to be holding
Wednesday after six weeks of fighting in
the Syrian border town of Zabadani and
two other towns in the northwestern
province of Idlib.
To avoid losses, Syrian army
retreats in key region: army source:
The insurgent advance into the Sahl al-Ghab
plain in northwestern Syria has brought
rebels including the al Qaeda-linked
Nusra Front to the eastern edge of
mountains that form the historical
heartland of Assad's Alawite people.
S. Arabia rejects Russian calls
to work with Assad against IS:
“Our position has not changed... there
is no place for Assad in the future of
Syria,” Jubeir said.
Iraq: Militants ambush military
convoy in restive Anbar province, kill
14 soldiers:
Numerous roadside bombs targeted a
military convoy Wednesday morning as it
was traveling on a highway outside the
Islamic State-held city of Ramadi. They
say that the attack in Khabaz area,
about 170 kilometers (105 miles) west of
Ramadi, also wounded 10 soldiers.
10 ISIL Commanders Killed in
Fallujah, Iraq:
The Iraqi joint forces killed at least
10 ISIL commanders in fierce clashes
with terrorists which lasted over six
hours in the Northeastern parts of
Fallujah today.
Iraq reforms: Parliament backs
PM Haider al-Abadi's plan:
The Iraqi parliament has unanimously
approved reforms aimed at stamping out
corruption, reducing government waste
and easing sectarian tensions.
Three killed in PKK grenade
attack on security outpost in southeast
Turkey:
A Turkish soldier and two fighters from
the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) were
killed when militants attacked a
military outpost in the southeastern
province of Diyarbakir, security sources
said on Wednesday.
Turkey's strikes on Kurds could
drag US into new front, military sources
fear:
Turkey launched its air strikes against
the PKK "with only 10 minutes notice to
their American partners.": "The U.S. had
barely enough warning to make sure its
own forces were out of the way,
according to a military source with
knowledge of the tension Turkey's attack
caused in the Combined Air and Space
Operations Center .
Amnesty calls for probe of
Turkish airstrikes in Qandil:
Amnesty International announced Tuesday
that fresh evidence of casualties
underlines the need for an impartial
investigation into Turkish airstrikes on
Zargali village, at the base of the
Qandil Mountainst in the Kurdistan
region of Iraq, which killed 10 people
and injured dozens of others.
State Dept: US will not allow
Turkey to attack PYD in Syria:
The statement came after Feridun H.
Sinirlioglu, an undersecretary in the
Turkish foreign ministry, said earlier
Tuesday that the US and Turkey had
reached an agreement to create a buffer
zone along the Turkey-Syria border under
the supervision of US-led coalition air
forces.
Anti-Erdogan Turkey prosecutors
flee to Armenia:
Two prosecutors behind a graft probe
that targeted the inner circle of
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan
fled to Armenia via Georgia after an
arrest warrant was issued against them,
officials said Friday.
U.S. kills five al suspected
Qaeda militants in Yemen:
The officials said the bombs hit the men
in their car while they were traveling
on a coast road east of the Arabian Sea
port of Mukalla, which was occupied by
al Qaeda fighters in April after
security forces retreated.
Yemen: Car bomb
kills 3 in Shabwa:
Around three people were killed on
Wednesday in a car bomb in Shabwa
province, a local official said. The car
bomb was placed in front of the
agricultural and irrigation office in
Atteq city, he said.
Taliban infiltrate base, kill up
to 15 Afghan police: officials:
Taliban fighters disguised in police
uniforms infiltrated a security forces
compound in the southern Afghan province
of Helmand and killed as many as 15
police, officials said on Wednesday.
China's yuan currency falls for
a second day:
China's Central Bank has again cut the
guiding rate for the national currency,
the yuan, a day after Tuesday's record
1.9% devaluation. The move sent fresh
shockwaves through Asian markets, but
the bank has sought to calm fears,
saying it was not the start of a
sustained depreciation.
At least 6 killed
in Boko Haram attack near Nigeria's
Maiduguri:
At least six people have been killed
during a raid by Boko Haram militants
outside Nigeria's northeastern city
Maiduguri, a police officer said on
Wednesday.
Isis 'executes' Croatian hostage
Tomislav Salopek in Egypt:
An image, circulated by Isis-affiliated
social media accounts on Wednesday,
appeared to show Mr Salopek's
decapitated body. A caption in Arabic
accompanying the image read that Mr
Salopek, a father of two, was killed
"for his country's participation in the
war against the Islamic State".
Libya's prime minister says he
will step down:
Libya's internationally recognised prime
minister has said in a television
interview that he will resign after the
station confronted him with questions
from angry citizens criticising his
cabinet as ineffective., according to
both state media and opposition sources.
Russia and Nato 'actively
preparing for war':
Russia and Nato are actively preparing
for war with one another amid the
greatest build up of military tension in
Europe since the end of the Cold War, a
new report says.
Pentagon needs to rethink
calling war journalists 'belligerents',
says watchdog:
Open letter from Reporters Without
Borders calls on US defense secretary to
revise manual containing ‘disturbing’
language on treating reporters like
spies.
Julian Assange set to be cleared
as sex allegations expire:
Claims made in Sweden against the
Wikileaks founder will reach their five
year expiry date next week.
Glenn Greenwald: Democrats
Continue to Delude Themselves About
Obama's Failed Guantánamo Vow:
Obama never sought to close Guantánamo
in any meaningful sense but rather
wanted to re-locate it to a less
symbolically upsetting location, with
its defining injustice fully intact and,
worse, institutionalized domestically.
In that regard, his Guantánamo shell
game was vintage Obama:
ISIS releases ‘hit list of US
military personnel’, claims hacking
victory:
The data was published on a website and
advertised on social media by the
self-proclaimed Islamic State Hacking
Division, supposedly a group of hackers
working for the radical Islamist group.
It includes a spreadsheet with names,
emails, passwords and contact
information of some 1,500 people.
Texas policeman who killed black
teenager sacked:
Policeman Brad Miller could also face
criminal charges for shooting unarmed
Christian Taylor in car dealership.
New surveillance footage shows
Ferguson protester shot by cops had
pistol – police:
St. Louis County police have released
surveillance footage allegedly showing
Tyrone Harris, a black teen, with a gun.
Police said Harris fired the weapon at
plainclothes officers before they shot
back, leaving him critically wounded in
Ferguson on Sunday.
Oath Keepers: Who are white
militia at Ferguson protests and why are
they allowed to carry guns?
: The Oath Keepers, whose members were
seen claiming to guard homes and
businesses from rooftops during protests
in Ferguson last year, have been accused
of vigilantism by opponents but claim
they are exercising Americans’
democratic rights.
‘Top Secret’ emails found as
Clinton probe expands to key aides:
As pressure builds on Hillary Clinton to
explain her official use of personal
email while serving as secretary of
state, she faced new complications
Tuesday. It was disclosed her top aides
are being drawn into a burgeoning
federal inquiry and that two emails on
her private account have been classified
as “Top Secret.”
Did The EPA
Intentionally Poison Animas River To
Secure SuperFund Money?:
A week before The EPA disastrously
leaked millions of gallons of toxic
waste into The Animas River in Colorado,
this letter to the editor was published
in The Silverton Standard & The Miner
local newspaper, authored by a retired
geologist detailing verbatim, how EPA
would foul the Animas River on purpose
David Stockman:
The World Economy Is Heading Into
Epochal Deflation
: Video -
U.S. Wages Have
Fallen EVERY Quarter of the 'Recovery':
For 6 ½ long years, we have been
bombarded with the mythology known as
“the U.S. economic recovery” by the
mainstream media. Exposing this fantasy
is simple, since the gulf between myth
and reality has grown to such absurd
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Why
Syria is Winning
By Prof. Tim Anderson |
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Syria is
advancing steadily towards a
military and strategic
victory that will transform
the Middle East.
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What
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By John Whitbeck
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The choice
before members of Congress
is thus a clear and simple
one: Do they owe their
primary allegiance and
loyalty to the United States
of America or to Israel?
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Divide and Rule
By Uri Avnery |
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The
Palestinian people, torn
apart and rent by mutual
hatreds, are far removed
from an effectual struggle
for freedom and
independence.
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Islamic State claims Iraq car
bombs that kill nearly 60:
At least 58 people were killed and more
than 100 wounded on Monday in two blasts
in eastern Iraq claimed by Islamic State
in a province once considered mostly
free of them.
Study: U.S. bombing has killed
hundreds of Iraqi, Syrian civilians:
Despite repeated denials from the
Pentagon, a new report by a London-based
monitoring group cites “clear
indications” that at least 459 civilians
have died in the U.S.-led airstrikes,
which started Aug. 8 in Iraq and Sept.
23 in Syria.
25 killed in ISIS assault on key
rebel-held Syria town: activists:
At least 25 Syrian rebels were killed
overnight in an attack by ISIS on an
insurgent stronghold in Aleppo province,
activists said Tuesday. Fighting lasted
until dawn on Tuesday in Marea, one of
the most significant rebel bastions in
the divided province. The town sits on a
road linking eastern Aleppo city and the
border with Turkey.
12 Zabadani militants surrender
as Hezbollah inches closer to victory:
Twelve more rebels have surrendered to
Hezbollah and the Syrian army in the
besieged border city of Zabadani, a
source close Hezbollah told The Daily
Star Tuesday, as the allied forces
inched closer to victory after six weeks
of fighting.
Islamic State attacks Syrian
rebels near Turkish border:
Islamic State has launched a new
offensive against Syrian rebels north of
Aleppo, gaining ground near the
Turkish-Syrian border in an area where
Turkey and the United States aim to
create an area free of the jihadist
group.
US military: Turkish airstrikes
too close to US training sites:
The United States has sent a diplomatic
note to Turkey, protesting that some
Turkish airstrikes against the Kurdistan
Worker’s Party (PKK) bases in the
Kurdistan Region were too close to where
US personnel are training Kurdish forces
against the Islamic State.
Two Marxist women open fire at
US consulate in Istanbul:
One of two women belonging to banned
far-left group captured after gunfight
with police, as another wave of attacks
strikes Turkey
Syrian hard-line Islamic faction
backs US-Turkish plan for zone free of
Islamic State group:
The statement suggested the
ultraconservative Ahrar al-Sham was
looking to become a key player on the
ground that could work with the United
States and Turkey to carve out such an
IS-free zone.
Russia, Saudis fail in talks to
agree on fate of Syria's Assad:
Russia is pushing for a coalition to
fight Islamic State insurgents -- who
have seized swathes of northern and
eastern Syria -- that would involve
Assad, a longtime ally of Moscow. But,
speaking after talks in Moscow, Saudi
Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir
reiterated Riyadh's stance that Assad
must go.
Iran FM Zarif postpones Turkey
trip at last minute:
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad
Zarif postponed a visit to Turkey
Tuesday, a Turkish official said, with
mystery surrounding the reason for the
last-minute cancellation. Zarif will
instead head to Syria on Wednesday, his
spokesperson said.
110 killed as Yemen’s pro-gov’t
forces capture southern area:
Yemeni pro-government forces, backed by
a Saudi-led coalition, took control of
another district in southern Abyan
province on Monday after a battle with
Shiite rebels that killed dozens,
driving out the final pocket of
resistance in the province, security and
military officials said.
Yemen: UN expert warns of
deliberate starvation of civilians:
As Yemen plunges deeper into conflict,
the country now finds itself in the
midst of a major food crisis, a United
Nations expert said today as she
expressed her deep concern over possibly
deliberate starvation of civilians.
Phony Israeli Crackdown on
Violent Settler Zealots:
Nothing matches the ruthlessness of
longstanding Israeli state terror -
especially under its current fascist
leadership.
Gaza infant mortality rate rises
for first time in 53 years, UN study
reveals:
The number of babies dying before four
weeks old has risen from 12 per 1,000
live births in 2008 to 20.3 in 2013,
agency for Palestinian refugees says
Joe Lieberman Named Chairman of
United Against Nuclear Iran:
Former Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman
has been named chairman of United
Against Nuclear Iran, an advocacy group
that opposes the nuclear deal recently
negotiated with Iran by the Obama
administration. Also, the group's
president is stepping down because he
favors the deal, but will remain on its
advisory board.
The amusing story behind Joe
Lieberman’s new gig:
United Against Nuclear Iran has failed
to persuade its own chairman that the
deal must be derailed. A lobbying group
that exists to oppose the deal has
parted ways with its boss, who supports
the deal.
Michele Bachmann: Iran deal a
cause for celebration because it proves
the End Times have begun in earnest:
"The prophets longed to live in this
day," she said, "you and I are
privileged to live in it"
Over 47 killed in Borno market
bomb blast:
No fewer than 47 people mostly traders
were on Tuesday killed with several
others sustained injuries when some
group of terrorists suspected to be
suicide bombers invaded Sabon Gari
community market of Damboa Local
Government Area of the state
Cameroon forces kill 10 Boko
Haram fighters, arrest several:
A Cameroon troop commander says forces
killed 10 suspected Boko Haram fighters
who had launched an attack on a town
bordering Nigeria.
3 Malian soldiers killed in land
mine explosion – minister:
Three soldiers were killed after their
patrol vehicle hit a landmine on Monday
in a forest in central Mali, Defence
Minister Tieman Hubert Coulibaly said.
Indian forces kill 2 militants
in prolonged gunbattle, 1 protester in
Kashmir, authorities say:
The gunbattle began Monday after
security forces cordoned off some houses
in Ratnipora village. Shooting resumed
Tuesday with the militants slipping into
nearby rice fields under the cover of
darkness and continued for about eight
hours.
China stages biggest currency
devaluation in 20 yrs to revive exports:
The central bank of China has cut its
daily reference rate by 1.9 percent,
making its biggest downward adjustment
since 1994. The People’s Bank insists
Tuesday’s measures are a one-off aimed
at reviving faltering exports.
China Slashes U.S. Debt Stake by
$180 Billion, Bonds Shrug:
Daniel Kruger Wes Goodman: To get a
sense of how robust demand is for U.S.
Treasuries, consider that China has
reduced its holdings by about $180
billion and the market barely reacted.
India, Russia And Thailand
Prepare For Currency War:
When China sneezes, the world catches a
cold. Case in point, at least three
major emerging market nations announced
they are bracing for currency war.
Russian forces kill 4 militants,
including rebel chief:
Russian security forces have killed four
suspected militants, including the top
leader of Islamic rebels in North
Caucasus, the nation's counterterrorism
agency said Tuesday.
Britain to step up training of
Ukrainian armed forces:
Defence Secretary Michael Fallon said
Britain would announce at a NATO meeting
with Ukraine on Thursday plans to double
spending on the training to around 6
million pounds ($9.4 million).
Greece says new bailout
agreement secured:
The European Commission said that Greece
has reached a technical agreement "in
principle" with its internationl
creditors on a third debt bailout which
now requires political approval.
Migrants, police clash on Greek
island, mayor warns of bloodshed:
The scuffles took place a day after a
police officer on the island was
suspended for brandishing a knife and
slapping a man identified by Greek media
as a Pakistani migrant.
German minister expects far more
than 400,000 asylum seekers this year:
German Interior Minister Thomas de
Maiziere said Tuesday that far more
asylum seekers would arrive in Germany
this year than the 400,000 first-time
applicants his ministry had previously
expected.
Court confirms halt to Mexico
drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman's
extradition order:
President Enrique Pena Nieto`s decision
to try Guzman in Mexico instead of
immediately extraditing him to the
United States last year has come under
scrutiny since his latest escape.
No-fly list uses 'predictive
assessments' instead of hard evidence,
US admits:
Justice Department and FBI officials
admit stopping US and other citizens
from travelling is based on what the
government believes they might do.
Mississippi couple charged with
attempt to support ISIS:
According to prosecutors, both of them
planned to travel to Syria to join the
group and were arrested before boarding
a flight at Golden Triangle Regional
Airport in Columbus, Mississippi. If
convicted, the duo face up to 20 years
in prison.
Overnight in Ferguson: More
protests, some arrests:
Around 10:20 p.m. CT, hundreds of
protesters started marching into the
street. Immediately, police on a
loudspeaker told them to move out of
traffic. When they didn't comply,
officers advanced and took several
people into custody, handcuffing them on
the ground.
Heavily-armed white men patrol
Ferguson, ‘ready to confront authorities
to defend US Constitution’:
Armed to teeth with semi-automatic
assault rifles and handguns, members of
the Oath Keepers militia, formed of
former and current law enforcement and
military officers, have blended into the
crowd of Ferguson protesters, saying
“We’re on your side.”
Chicago police detained
thousands of black Americans at
interrogation facility
: Of the thousands held in the facility
known as Homan Square over a decade, 82%
were black. Only three received
documented visits from an attorney,
according to a cache of documents
obtained when the Guardian sued the
police.
Donald Trump on Islamic State:
Put boots on the ground, ‘take the oil
for our country’:
Republican presidential candidate Donald
Trump on Monday said his plan for
combating the Islamic State terrorist
group would be to “knock the hell out
of” them and take back the oil the group
controls in the Middle East.
Bernie Sanders gets endorsement
of big nurses union:
Democratic presidential candidate Sen.
Bernie Sanders on Monday became more
than an afterthought to front-runner
rival Hillary Rodham Clinton as the
185,000-member National Nurses United,
the nation’s largest female-dominated
labor union, announced its endorsement.
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Evoking the Wrath of Nature
By Chris Hedges |
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The placing
of monetary profit above the
maintenance of life, the
refusal to understand and
accept limits, have turned
the victimizers into the
victims.
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At least 41 killed in Syria IS
attack:
At least 41 people were killed in the
past 24 hours in an attack carried out
by the Islamic State at a military
airport in the Syrian province of
Aleppo, a monitor group said on Monday.
Syria army kills 30 Daesh
militants in Homs Province:
Syrian military airstrikes have killed
at least over two dozen Takfiri Daesh
militants in the central Homs Province.
The terrorists were killed in the town
of Qaryatayn while their vehicles and
military equipment were destroyed by the
Syrian airstrikes. Qaryatayn is located
at a strategic crossroad between
northern and southern Syria.
15 Syrian Soldiers Killed In
Fierce Battles In Besieged Airbase:
Intense battles have recently been
raging in the vicinity of the Koerse
airbase, which has for long been
besieged by the IS militants in the
eastern countryside of the northern
Aleppo province, according to the Syrian
Observatory for Human Rights.
Syria rebels fire 1,000 missiles
at Shiite towns: monitor:
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights
said there were reports of dead and
injured in the heavy fire on Fuaa and
Kafraya that started Sunday night, but
it had no confirmed toll.
Insurgents retake villages on
Syrian plain vital to Assad:
Insurgents have regained control of
several villages in northwest Syria from
government forces and have advanced
beyond them, edging closer to a coastal
stronghold of President Bashar Assad, an
activist group and other sources said
Sunday.
Hezbollah captures more rebels
in Zabadani:
Hezbollah and the Syrian army captured
three Syrian rebels Sunday as the allied
forces advanced deeper into central
Zabadani, a security source told The
Daily Star.
Nusra Front says withdraws from
front line against ISIS:
The Al-Qaeda-linked Nusra Front has
withdrawn from frontline positions
against ISIS north of Aleppo and ceded
them to other rebels, leaving an area of
northern Syria where Turkey wants to
establish a buffer zone.
Putin’s initiative to create
‘united front’ to fight ISIS intrigues
US, allies – Lavrov:
The US and its allies should cooperate
with Syrian President Bashar Assad in
fighting Islamic State, “a common enemy”
of the international community, Russian
Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in
an interview on Sunday.
US consulate in Turkey targeted
as wave of attacks kills 9:
Two women shot at the U.S. consulate in
Istanbul Monday and at least eight
people were killed in a wave of separate
attacks on Turkish security forces,
weeks after Ankara launched a crackdown
on ISIS, Kurdish and far-left militants.
US deploys F-16s to Turkey for
IS fight:
"Six US Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcons
deploy to Incirlik Air Base, Turkey, to
support the fight against ISIL," the US
mission to NATO said in a tweet,
referring to another name for the
jihadist group.
Report: 390 PKK
killed in Turkish air raids, 400 wounded:
Recent Turkish airstrikes against the
outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party in
northern Iraq have killed 390 PKK
members and injured 400, Turkey’s
official Anadolu Agency on Sunday quoted
unidentified security sources as saying.
PKK leader: Turkey is protecting
IS by attacking Kurds:
The man leading the Kurdistan Workers'
Party (PKK) has accused Turkey of trying
to protect the Islamic State group by
attacking Kurdish fighters. Kurdish
fighters - among them the PKK - have
secured significant victories against IS
militants in Syria and Iraq.
Kurdish rebels attack police,
military in Turkey, policeman killed:
Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants
attacked a military outpost and a police
car in southeast Turkey overnight,
killing a policeman, officials and
security sources said on Sunday, in
further violence jeopardizing a fragile
peace process.
Turkish special forces
brutalizing Kurdish workers, leaked
video shows:
A video has emerged on social media
websites allegedly showing Turkish
Special Forces brutalizing a group of
handcuffed workers in the southeastern
province of Hakkari.
Saddam-era veterans account for
ISIS battlefield victories:
Islamic State's top brass has been
hugely dominated by former officers from
Saddam Hussein's military, spy agencies
and senior intelligence officials,
including the chief of a key
counterterrorism intelligence unit,
according to a new report.
Iraq cabinet backs PM Abbadi's
sweeping reforms:
Demonstrators in Baghdad rally in
support of Abbadi's moves to scrap key
government posts based on sectarian
lines.
Yemen: 20 killed by friendly
fire from Saudi-led coalition:
A Saudi-led coalition airstrike in Yemen
hit allied fighters in a friendly fire
incident, killing at least 20, Yemeni
security officials and pro-government
fighters said Sunday.
Pro-Saudi, Yemen forcess retake
Zinjibar:
Yemeni forces recaptured a southern
provincial capital from Shia rebels and
their allies yesterday and a coastal
town as they pressed an advance from
second city Aden.
Obama: Arab
neighbors spend eight times more on
military than Iran:
Saudi Arabia spent more than $80 billion
on its military last year, trailing only
the United States and China, according
to the International Institute for
Strategic Studies.
Israeli soldiers kill
Palestinian stabbing suspect at West
Bank gas station:
Israeli soldiers have shot and killed a
Palestinian man at a gas station in the
West Bank on a busy highway outside of
Jerusalem to “prevent” the suspect from
escaping after he reportedly stabbed an
Israeli man, wounding him in the
shoulder.
Activists rally around
Palestinian prisoner as Israel sets up
emergency force-feeding ward:
Allan’s lawyer says his client, who has
not eaten for almost 60 days, is “very
frail,” and the process could “kill
him.” Israel is currently setting up a
special ward to implement the
force-feeding.
Israel jails two more suspected
Jewish extremists without trial
following deadly West Bank arson attack:
Meir Ettinger and Eviatar Slonim were
placed in "administrative detention" for
six months, defence minister Moshe
Yaalon said in a statement. A third man,
Mordechai Meyer, was similarly detained
last week.
Is Abbas about to quit? Israel
had better pray he isn’t:
Rumors abound that the PA chief could
step down next month. Many hardliners
might say, ‘Who needs him anyway?’ The
answer: Israel does.
Netanyahu's
Interference in U.S. Affairs Is
Unprecedented:
In
an interview with CNN's Fareed Zakaria,
the president was asked if it was
"appropriate of a foreign head of
government to inject himself into an
American affair.”
'Israel would be
embarrassed if it were known it's
selling arms to these countries':
We know Israel is selling arms to
Azerbaijan, South Sudan and Rwanda.
Israel is training units guarding
presidential regimes in African states.
According to reports, this is happening
in Cameroon, Togo and Equatorial Guinea
– nondemocratic states, some of them
dictatorships, that kill, plunder and
oppress their citizens.
Taliban suicide bomber kills 29
in northern Afghanistan:
A suicide bomber in Afghanistan's
northern Kunduz province has killed 29
people, mainly members of illegal armed
groups that have clashed with security
forces and the insurgents in the past,
an Afghan official said on Sunday.
5 killed as large
explosion hits Kabul airport entrance:
A car bomb was used in the attack, which
took place at the civilian entrance of
the main airport in the capital on
Monday.
Afghan president
Ashraf Ghani slams Pakistan over recent
Kabul attacks:
"The last few days have shown that
suicide bomber training camps and
bomb-producing factories which are
killing our people are as active as
before in Pakistan," Ghani told a news
conference.
Video reveals Isis’s new method
of execution:
Ten prisoners made to kneel above bombs
that have been buried in the ground
Gunmen kill 10 civilians in
attack in northern Mali:
The attack on the village of Gaberi
comes a day after a siege by suspected
Islamist gunmen at a hotel north-east of
the capital
Nine killed in a
terrorist bomb attack in Libya:
"Some of the dead and wounded are
civilians" in Sunday night's attack, AFP
quoted a local medical source as saying
on Monday. The Takfiri Daesh group said
the attack was carried out by one of its
Sudanese affiliates.
Boko Haram kills
four on highway in NE Nigeria: locals:
Several gunmen opened fire on a bus and
a car near Nwajurko village in Borno
State Sunday, killing four passengers
and seizing survivors who tried to flee,
according to witnesses.
Bomb explodes
near Cairo court, wounds three policemen:
Four people, at least three of whom were
policemen, were wounded on Monday when a
bomb exploded under a traffic sentry
post near a Cairo court, security
sources said.
Over 650
Ukraine's shells hit Donetsk within 24
hours — DPR ministry:
The situation in the DPR has become much
worse and the number of violations of
ceasefire tripled over past 24 hours,
the republic’s defense ministry reports
Ukraine rebels
launch 'heaviest attacks in six months':
Military accuses separatists of
launching heavy artillery attacks
between Donetsk and Mariupol, despite
ceasefire.
Russian navy
fleet docks at Iran port city of Anzali:
On Friday, the two Russian warships --
Volgodonsk and Mahachkala -- arrived in
Anzali for a three-day stay with around
130 personnel on boa
Report: ISIS
Planning to Bomb Queen Elizabeth Next
Weekend:
British newspaper says authorities have
uncovered plot to kill the queen at a
celebration on Saturday marking the 70th
anniversary of the end of World War II.
Seven countries near bankruptcy:
These countries are approaching or have
narrowly escaped bankruptcy. Ukraine is
rated Ca, which is currently the lowest
credit rating of any country reviewed by
Moody's.
Haiti election: Violence mars
voting in delayed poll:
Three polling stations in the capital
Port-au-Prince had to close after fights
broke out. Voters at other stations grew
frustrated after they opened late. The
elections had been repeatedly postponed
since 2011, with President Michel
Martelly ruling by decree since January.
Mexican missing-student activist
killed in Guerrero state:
Miguel Angel Jimenez Blanco's body was
found near his home in a town in the
south-western state of Guerrero. He had
led search parties after the
disappearance of 43 students in the
nearby town of Iguala last year threw
light on hundreds of other missing
people. At least 15 people were killed
there over the weekend.
Man shot during
gunfight at Ferguson rally:
Police said gunshots erupted as police
were seeking to disperse a crowd of
protesters who began blocking traffic
and smashing windows along a street that
was a flashpoint of last year's unrest
following the slaying of 18-year-old
Michael Brown, according to their
statement.
Person shot by
Ferguson police in 'critical, unstable'
condition:
The man shot by police in Ferguson is in
a "critical, unstable" condition in
hospital and undergoing surgery, the
local police chief said. This follows a
day of commemoration events on the
anniversary of Michael Brown’s tragic
killing.
Sanders Silenced by #BlackLivesMatter,
Faces Scrutiny on Race:
Black activists say white progressives
are part of the problem as long as they
don’t actively fight alongside them
WATCH: Black Lives Matter
protesters interrupt Bernie Sanders
speech in Seattle:
A brief video taken at the event shows a
woman on stage yelling at the crowd,
“You guys are full of bullsh*t with your
‘black lives matter. Listen.” The crowd
begins booing, and she says, “My name…
You’re never gonna hear Bernie speak
unless I hear it silent in here now.”
Donald Trump Still in the Lead
After Debates:
If Donald Trump's comments about Fox
News anchor Megyn Kelly are hurting his
standing in the Republican primary, it's
not showing in the numbers.
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They're All Reactionaries
By Peter Dreier |
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All of them
-- including the so-called
"moderate" candidates (Jeb
Bush, John Kasich, and Chris
Christie) -- are
right-wingers.
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Syrian Army Kills 50 Al-Nusra
Front Terrorists, Mostly Foreign
Mercenaries:
The Syrian army killed more than 50
militants of the Jabhat al-Nusra
terrorist group in the city of Rabis,
Latakia Governorate in the north-west of
the country, Syrian national TV channel
citing a military source reported
Saturday.
Shelling in Syrian capital kills
5 people, wounds 36:
The shelling in Damascus came as
activists reported intense clashes
between troops and insurgents in the
Damascus suburb of Daraya.
US-Trained Syrian
Rebels Refusing to Fight:
The Division 30 rebel group, made up of
only of 60 Syrian fighters, say that
they signed on to fight against the
Islamic State group and not against
Nusra rebel group, which allegedly has
ties to al-Qaida. Division 30 also said
that his group opposed the U.S.-led
airstrikes against the Nusra Front.
Attack on Syria rebels and its
aftermath raise questions about US
training program:
The murky aftermath of the attack on
Syrian rebels last week by
al-Qaida-linked militants has raised
questions about how the small, ragtag
group of U.S.-trained forces was sent
into battle and whether the military
needs to make adjustments to the
program.
Syrian training program no
longer seen as only way to fight Islamic
State:
The Pentagon pushed back Friday against
claims that its program to train Syrian
fighters to help defeat the Islamic
State is in tatters, asserting that two
new classes of recruits are underway and
noting that in any case, the United
States is increasingly relying on other
fighting groups.
Islamic State 'executed 2,000
Iraqis in Mosul region':
More than two thousand Iraqis in the
northern province of Nineveh have been
executed by Islamic State militants
controlling the area, the defence
minister said on Friday in a recorded
statement.
Yemeni forces kill 70
Saudi-backed militants in Abyan
Province: Report:
At least 70 Saudi-backed militants have
been killed in an attack by the Yemeni
army, backed by popular committees, on
their hideouts in the southern province
of Abyan, local media reports say.
Booby-trapped car blast kills 15
at Yemen base:
The officials said Saturday the bomb was
left by Shiite Houthi rebels before they
were driven out of the Labouza military
base.
Three Emirati soldiers killed in
Yemen fighting: state news agency:
At least two other Emirati soldiers have
been killed in Yemen since the offensive
began. The UAE has not given details on
how they died.
Yemen: Pro-Saudi forces launch
offensive:
Pro-government forces in Yemen
strengthened by tanks newly supplied by
a Saudi-led coalition launched an
offensive Saturday to retake the
rebel-held capital of Abyan province,
military sources said.
Palestinians bury father of baby
burned to death:
Saad Dawabsheh, the father of Ali, died
early on Saturday. Palestinians family
members and relatives carried the body
Dawabsha during his funeral on Saturday
afternoon at his West Bank village of
Douma near Nablus City.
Extremist settlers attack
another home in Duma:
Extremist Israeli settlers attacked a
Palestinian home with fire bombs and
rocks in the village of Duma south of
Nablus in the northern West Bank on
Saturday morning, Palestinian officials
told Ma'an.
Palestinian hunger striker to be
force fed: lawyer:
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: Israeli authorities
have declared their intention to force
feed a hunger-striking Palestinian, his
lawyer said Saturday.
Shocker: ‘NYT’ runs front page
press release for AIPAC warning Obama to
cool his jets:
: This is a shocker. The New York Times
has thrown in completely with the
biggest Israel lobby group, AIPAC, the
American Israel Public Affairs
Committee, in its battle with President
Obama.
AIPAC funding trip to Israel by
US lawmakers:
The trip to Israel by 22 Democrats and
36 Republicans is being paid for by the
American Israel Education Foundation.
The trip includes a number of House
Democrats that many lobbyists consider
critical votes on the nuclear pact. The
foundation sponsors the travel to Israel
every two years for newly elected House
members.
When it comes to Jewish ties, no
GOP candidate trumps Trump:
On Israel, he said, “We love Israel. We
will fight for Israel 100 percent, 1,000
percent. It will be there forever.”
US press blacks out Israeli
defense minister’s citation of ‘Nagasaki
and Hiroshima’ as model for dealing with
Iran:
The mainstream media are once again
covering up crazy/scary/rightwing
Israeli attitudes.
Israel makes veiled threats
against Iranian nuclear scientists:
In an interview to German weekly Der
Spiegel due to appear on Saturday,
Yaalon said: "Iran's nuclear ambitions
must be stopped in one way or another.
Kabul bombings
leave 51 dead, hundreds wounded:
Fifteen more fatalities were confirmed
Saturday from a barrage of bombings in
Kabul, taking the toll to 51 in the
deadliest day for the city in years as
Afghanistan battles an escalating
Taliban insurgency.
Pakistan: US kills seven people
in North Waziristan:
They claimed the owner of the house was
believed to be a member of the Haqqani
Network, though exactly who it was or
what his position was is unknown.
Twelve killed in Mali hotel
siege:
- Twelve people including a South
African and another foreigner were
killed in a hostage siege at a hotel in
central Mali that ended early Saturday
when government troops stormed the
building, the army said.
Rwandan peacekeeper kills four
colleagues in C.African Republic:
A Rwandan soldier serving with the
United Nations peacekeeping mission in
Central African Republic shot dead four
Rwandan troops and wounded eight others
Saturday before committing suicide,
according to the Rwandan Defense
Ministry.
Egypt policeman shot dead:
The assailants were hiding in a field
and fired on a convoy transporting two
prisoners due for release, before
fleeing the scene, a police general told
AFP.
Ukraine says one soldier killed
in clashes in separatist east:
Military spokesman Andriy Lysenko said a
further nine servicemen had been wounded
in the past 24 hours of fighting.
America's 'junkyard dogs' :
Operation Storm, 20 years on:
‘Operation Storm’ in August 1995, when
Croatia overran the Serb-inhabited
territory of Krajina, was the biggest
single instance of ethnic cleansing in
the Yugoslav Wars, Because the attack
was backed by the US, however, it was
never treated as a crime.
US pledges $68mn NATO investment
into Estonian military bases:
US will invest $68 million to develop
military base infrastructure in Estonia,
as part of European Reassurance
Initiative (ERI) that offers Eastern
European countries additional military
aid and training to better serve NATO
interests near the Russian borders.
Migrants seen swimming trying to
save themselves after boat capsizes:
THESE tragic photos show migrants
swimming for their lives off the coast
of Libya after a boat capsized.
Greece can't handle migrant
inflows, says PM, calling on EU to help:
Within just one hour on Thursday,
Reuters journalists on the island of
Lesvos saw two boatloads of refugees
landing on the Greek territory, one
carrying roughly 40 Syrians, the other
the same number of Afghans.
After Greece Spain Comes Next –
Ex-Greek Finance Minister:
The reforms imposed on Athens by the EU,
the European Central Bank and the IMF
are “going to fail” Varoufakis told
Spain’s El Pais as he hit out at the
austerity measures imposed on Greece in
return for an €86 billion rescue
package.
Former CIA Asset, Secret Police
Head in Pinochet’s Chile, Dead:
Contreras, who died in a military
hospital, had been in prison after being
sentenced to more than 500 years for a
number of human rights abuses, including
murder, disappearances, and torture.
Doctors who colluded in US
torture vote to crawl 'out of the dark
side'
: A scathing report from former US
attorney David Hoffman, found the
group’s senior officials had adapted
internal rules – and collaborated with
the US military – to permit medical
assistance in developing so-called
“enhanced interrogation techniques”
US Finalizes Deals with Allies
to Host Guantanamo Inmates:
More than a dozen allies of the United
States have agreed to take in 52
Guantanamo prisoners already cleared for
transfer, White House officials said
Friday, as President Barack Obama's
administration is drafting a plan to
present to Congress to close the
controversial detention.
Iraqi Christians held for months
by ICE after crossing Mexican border in
asylum bid:
Just a few miles from the U.S.-Mexican
border, the descendants of one of the
oldest Christian communities in the
world wait to be delivered from
purgatory -- and live in fear of being
returned to hell.
Informant in terror case paid
$41,000 by FBI:
The FBI paid more than $41,000 to an
informant who provided information
implicating former friends in a
terrorism conspiracy case against seven
Twin Cities men, according to court
documents that came to light Thursday.
‘Unarmed’ white teen was killed
by police. His family asks: Where is the
outrage?:
At the time the 19-year-old was shot and
killed, his date, Tori Morton, was
eating an ice cream cone, according to
the family’s attorney, Eric Bland.
Unarmed 19-Year-Old, Shot And
Killed By Police:"
A police officer in suburban Dallas shot
and killed a college football player
during a struggle after the unarmed
19-year-old crashed a car through the
front window of a car dealership,
authorities said.
What years in solitary
confinement does to you:
Sealed for years in a hermetic
environment — one inmate likened the
prison’s solitary confinement unit to “a
weapons lab or a place for human
experiments” — prisoners recounted
struggling daily to maintain their
sanity.
US layoffs surge to 105,696 in
July:
Employers based in the United States
announced 105,696 layoffs last month,
the first time monthly reductions
exceeded 100,000 since September 2011.
Most Americans say their
children will be worse off:
Barely more than one in 10 (13%)
American adults believe their children
will be better off financially than they
were when their career reached its peak
and just over half (52%) believe their
children will have less disposable
income than they did
Jeb Bush called Trump an
‘a—hole’:
Jeb Bush let insiders know what he
really thinks of Donald Trump in a
private meeting with a donor — calling
the mouthy mogul an “a–hole,” among
other insults
Donald Trump disinvited to speak
at RedState event:
Conservative commentator Erick Erickson
on Friday night disinvited GOP
presidential candidate Donald Trump from
speaking at an activist conference he is
hosting here this weekend, citing
disparaging remarks Trump made hours
earlier on CNN about Fox News Channel
anchor Megyn Kelly.
Going Bankrupt Like Trump Did Is
for High Rollers, Not Homeowners:
Donald Trump took advantage of the
nation’s bankruptcy laws four times in
the last 24 years, and if ordinary
Americans in this country were allowed
to do the same, the country would be in
markedly better shape economically, with
a far stronger post-recession recovery.
US Intelligence
Agencies Reviewing Clinton Emails for
Classified Information:
Intelligence Community officials have
started working with the State
Department team assigned to review all
55,000 pages of former Secretary of
State Hillary Clinton's emails in an
effort to identify
any information in the communications
that they believe is classified and
should be withheld from disclosure.
Presidential candidate Bernie
Sanders backs Obama's agreement with
Iran:
The Vermont independent issued his
statement after President Obama
addressed some of Sanders’ concerns
during a Friday telephone call,
according to his office. He discussed
his intention to vote in favor of the
agreement during an interview that will
be broadcast Sunday on “Face the
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'Almost quarter of a million
people' killed in Syria war:
Almost a quarter of a million people,
including nearly 12,000 children, have
been killed in Syria. At least 88,616
government forces were killed - or one
thirds all deaths documented by the SOHR
- including 50,570 soldiers, with the
rest made up by allied fighters.
ISIS abducts at least 230 after
taking town in Homs province, Syria -
monitor group:
There are many children and women among
the abducted Christians, according to
the UK-based Syrian Observatory for
Human Rights.
US says Assad is ‘root of all
evil’ :
The US State Department has pinned the
blame for the chaos and the rise of
jihadists in Syria on President Bashar
Assad. “The Assad regime frankly is the
root of all evil here … and has been
instrumental in creating the kind of
lawless area to the north where ISIL has
been able to get purchase and extend its
roots.”
US-trained Syrian fighters
refusing to fight:
Division 30 is accusing Pentagon of
misrepresenting its mission, saying they
signed up to fight ISIL not al-Nusra
Front.
Fiasco: U.S.-trained rebels in
Syria are unaccounted for, may have been
killed or deserted:
. Our grand effort to roll back ISIS
there and eventually unseat Assad
started a month ago with roughly 60 — no
typo — fighters composing a group known
as Division 30. A week ago, Al Qaeda’s
affiliate in Syria, the Nusra Front,
kidnapped seven members of Division 30;
a day later they killed five more
UN to examine Syria chemical
weapons attacks:
The UN has adopted a resolution aimed at
identifying those behind chemical
weapons attacks in Syria.
Islamic State surges in North
Iraq, near Kurdistan border:
Islamist militants surged across
northern Iraq toward the capital of the
Kurdish region on Thursday, sending tens
of thousands of Christians fleeing for
their lives, in an offensive that
prompted talk of Western military
action.
Russia questions legitimacy of
strikes in Iraq:
"This coalition was created bypassing
the U.N. Security Council and extended
its activities to Syria without the
consent of its government,” he said.
“This arouses serious doubts about the
legitimacy of such action.
Washington to deploy 1250
soldiers to Iraq:
The news agency “Associated Press”
quoted the officials as saying, “1250
soldiers from the Mountain Division
troops will be deployed to Iraq for nine
months at the end of this month and at
the beginning of next September for
training purposes and to provide advice
to the Iraqi forces.”
Two killed, 10 wounded in
clashes in Turkey's southeast: Sources:
Two people were killed in clashes
between police and Kurdish militants in
a town in southeastern Turkey, local
sources said, and clashes were
continuing, with smoke rising from
buildings and shots ringing out.
Saudi soldier killed in
cross-border shelling from Yemen:
The shelling killed a National Guard
soldier in the southern Saudi border
area of Nijran, according to a statement
on SPA by the Arab coalition which has
been bombing Houthi militia and army
units loyal to former Yemeni president
Ali Abdullah Saleh, which control much
of Yemen, since March 26.
Yemeni troops take last
rebel-held army base in south:
The officials say Friday's capture of
Labouza base is the latest victory for
the pro-government forces that have been
pushing north in the province of Lahj,
after routing the rebels from the
coastal city of Aden recently.
At Least One Jewish Extremist in
Israeli Administrative Detention Is U.S.
Citizen
: We left everything due to our love for
Israel, our children as well, and we are
kind of shocked.”
Israel Appoints Former Leader of
West Bank Settlers as New Ambassador to
Brazil:
Dayan publicly opposes the two-state
solution and has previously told the
press that ‘those who do are either
naive or liars’.
Israeli Defense minister, says
Israel considering air strikes on Iran
:
Israel is not responsible for the lives
of Iranian nuclear scientists, Defense
Minister Moshe Ya’alon said in an
interview published Friday, making a
less-than-veiled threat that covert
assassination missions blamed on Israel
could resume.
Chuck Schumer Breaks With Obama,
Will Oppose Iran Deal:
Schumer’s decision to directly fight
President Barack Obama on the biggest
foreign policy achievement of his
presidency is a bold, but not
surprising, move. Schumer has long been
more hawkish on foreign policy than some
of his fellow Democrats
FOUR Jewish Democrats Announce
Opposition to Obama’s Nuclear Deal with
Iran:
Jewish Rep. Elliot Engel (D-NY)
announced tonight that he will not
support Obama’s nuclear deal with the
Iranian regime.
The War Was Won Before
Hiroshima—And the Generals Who Dropped
the Bomb Knew It:
Seventy years after the bombing, will
Americans face the brutal truth?
Egypt, Saudi Arabia ‘desperate’
to purchase Mistral warships:
"Egypt and Saudi Arabia are desperate to
buy two Mistrals," an unnamed official
French source told France’s leading
daily, Le Monde. “King Salman of Saudi
Arabia wants to build a fleet in Egypt
which could project regional power in
the Red Sea and Mediterranean," said the
source.
Six Brotherhood members killed
in village raid in Egypt's Fayoum:
The ministry of interior says the men
were killed in an exchange of fire,
while eyewitnesses claim they were
deliberately targeted.
Four killed in Mali hotel
attack, gun battle raging:
Suspected Islamist militants attacked a
hotel in central Mali used by United
Nations staff on Friday, killing at
least three people and exchanging fire
with troops near the building, residents
and military sources said.
UK military action partly to
blame for ‘chaos’ in Libya, says Tunisia
PM:
Britain has a responsibility to help
Tunisia in the fight against terrorism,
the country’s prime minister has said,
claiming the UK is partly to blame for
the “chaos” in Libya following military
intervention four years ago.
Afghanistan: Deadly suicide
attacks kill 35, wound hundreds in
Kabul:
Two suicide attacks killed at least 35
people and wounded hundreds more in
Kabul on Friday, the first major attacks
in the Afghan capital since the
announcement of Taliban leader Mullah
Omar's death.
Pentagon Outranged by Chinese
Anti-Ship Missiles, Scrambles to Save
Face:
Beijing unveiled its DF-21D Dong Feng
"carrier killer" missile in 2014.
Rumored to be capable of traveling at
Mach 10 – or ten times the speed of
sound – with an effective range of 1,200
miles, the Navy has expressed concern
that the weapon could pose a major
threat to US aircraft carriers in the
event of conflict.
Looting and violence on the rise
in Venezuela supermarkets:
- Venezuelan supermarkets are
increasingly being targeted by looters
as swollen lines and prolonged food
shortages spark frustration in the OPEC
nation struggling with an economic
crisis.
Correa: Leftist Governments in
Latin America Face New Cold War:
“It is not a coincidence that the
governments of Argentina, Brazil,
Ecuador, Bolivia and Venezuela are
currently facing alleged social unrest
in a particularly difficult year in
economic terms, following the fall in
prices of raw materials and the
appreciation of the dollar,”
Parents of unarmed teen shot
dead by police, claim he was murdered
: Private autopsy finds he was 'shot him
from behind'
Trump says ‘our politicians are
stupid,’ calls for wall to keep out
Mexicans:
Republican presidential frontrunner
Donald Trump doubled down Thursday night
on his claims that the Mexican
government is sending criminals to the
U.S., saying America’s “stupid” leaders
are being duped.
2016 Republicans Pataki, Graham
Would Monitor Mosques To Battle 'Islamic
Extremism:
"I would do everything" to stop people
"before they can radicalize others," he
added.
Rand Paul and Chris Christie go
at it during the debate
: Video
24 Million Watch GOP Debate on
Fox News;
Most-Watched Cable News Program Ever
Bernie Sanders Slams Clinton for
Having Supported Slashing of America's
Safety Net:
Bernie Sanders is criticizing Hillary
Clinton for supporting the gutting of
the welfare system under Bill Clinton's
watch.
Record 93,770,000 Americans Not
in Labor Force; Participation Rate
Matches 38-Year Low:
A record 93,770,000 Americans were not
in the American labor force last month,
and the labor force participation rate
remained at 62.6 percent, exactly where
it was in June -- a 38-year low, the
Labor Department reported on Friday.
Since 2007: 1.4 Million
Manufacturing Jobs Lost; 1.4 Million
Waiter/Bartender Jobs Gained:
Since December 2014, the US has lost 1.4
million manufacturing workers. These
have been replaced almost one to one,
with new waiters and bartenders.
Workers 55 And Over Surge To New
All Time High:
Putting this in perspective, while the
elderly workers in the US have risen by
a whopping 7.4 million since the start
of the Depression in December 2007,
workers aged 25-54 are down 4 million!
Mapping The Rising Poverty Of
The U.S.:
Concentrated poverty in the
neighborhoods of the nation's largest
urban cores has exploded since the
1970s. The number of high poverty
neighborhoods has tripled and the number
of poor people in those neighborhoods
has doubled according to a report
released by City Observatory...
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Defending Greece From
“Financial Bombing”
By Peter Koenig |
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In front of
the new totalitarianism of
the “Markets”, the same if
not more dangerous than
totalitarianisms of the ‘30s
and ‘40s, we don’t have
other alternative than to
unite and fight.
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Clashes in Iraq’s
Anbar kill at least 17 government
troops:
A police officer, an army officer and a
Sunni tribal fighter said the deadliest
clashes took place east of Daesh-held
Ramadi, where six soldiers, four Sunni
tribal fighters and two police officers
were killed. Nine other troops were
wounded, they said.
Iraq: At least 10
killed in blast at Shia neighborhoods in
Baghdad:
Six civilians were killed when a car
packed with explosives was detonated in
the northeastern district of Sadr City.
Twelve others were wounded in the
crowded residential neighborhood, the
sources said.
Assad Forces,
Hezbollah Advance in Syria-Lebanon
Border Region
: Syrian government
forces backed by members of Lebanon's
Shiite Hezbollah group advanced
Wednesday from different directions in
the mountain resort of Zabadani near the
border with Lebanon, state media
reported.
IS jihadists
seize key Syrian town: monitor;
- Islamic State jihadists seized control
of a key town in the central Syrian
province of Homs overnight after heavy
clashes with forces loyal to President
Bashar al-Assad, a monitor said on
Thursday.
Syria: US fighter plan criticised by key
rebel:
Capt Ammar al Wawi said the US and its
allies failed to protect and support his
men
US-trained Syrian
rebels say they won't fight al-Qaeda
affiliate Jabhat al-Nusra:
Division 30 signals rejection of
Washington's strategy, even as US vows
to step up air support to defend the
group from attacks by the radical
Islamist faction
Turkey Says Comprehensive Battle Against
ISIS to Be Launched Soon
: Turkey said
on Wednesday a U.S.-led coalition will
soon launch a "comprehensive battle"
against Islamic State militants from
Turkish air bases, but Syria said any
military action not coordinated with
Damascus would breach its sovereignty.
U.S. launches 1st
Syria airstrike from Turkey:
It was carried out on Tuesday by a
remotely piloted aircraft which took off
from Incirlik Air Base near the Syrian
border.
Syria says fight
against Islamic State must include
Damascus:
Syria supports any efforts to combat
Islamic State if they are coordinated
with Damascus but anything else would
"be a breach of Syrian sovereignty",
state television quoted the country's
foreign minister as saying on Wednesday
Syria foreign
minister in first visit to Gulf since
conflict: Media:
Syrian media suggests a meeting with
Iranian and Saudi officials may take
place in Oman
Texas soldiers to
be deployed to Kuwait to fight ISIS:
Hundreds of soldiers will ship out of
Texas to help fight the Islamic State
group next month. - "We are trained and
ready to perform our mission and we
thank our Central Texas community
partners for their unwavering support as
we answer the call once again," said Lt.
Gen. Sean MacFarland, commanding general
of III Corps at Fort Hood.
16 killed as
suicide attack targets security forces
at Saudi mosque:
The Interior Ministry's statement said
10 of those killed in the attack on
Thursday in the city of Abha in Asir
province were members of the security
forces.
Saudi Arabia
Kills More Yemenis:
Saudi warplanes bombed the Hajjah
province’s Meissar area, and killed 8
people and injured several others,
reports said late Wednesday.
Al-Qaida exploits
Yemen chaos to seize 3 towns:
Yemen's al-Qaida branch has exploited
the chaos in this embattled country to
capture three towns near the southern
port city of Aden, where pro-government
forces have been advancing against
Shiite rebels in recent weeks, officials
said Thursday
Four Palestinians
killed in Gaza war rocket explosion;
At least four Palestinians from the same
family have been killed, and 43 people
were injured, in the Gaza Strip after
Israeli military ordnance left over from
last summer's 50-day war exploded, a
Palestinian health official has said.
Obama: Abandoning
Iran nuclear deal could mean war:
He said the alternatives to military
action "will have been exhausted once we
reject a hard-won diplomatic solution
that the world almost unanimously
supports".
Iran's
Rafsanjani: Terrorists Posing Threat of
New World War:
"The threat of the outbreak of the third
world war by the terrorists is serious,"
Rafsanjani said in a meeting with
visiting Italian Foreign Minister Paolo
Gentiloni in Tehran on Wednesday.
New estimates put cost of US nuclear
weapons upgrade at $963 billion:
President Barack Obama’s plans to
modernize the U.S. nuclear arsenal over
the next 30 years could cost taxpayers
nearly $1 trillion, according to a new
study that suggests the project’s
long-term price tag will far outpace
available Pentagon estimates.
US Military
Doesn't Know Who It's Killing In Drone
Attacks:
The United States continues to fire
drone missiles at people whose
identities it does not know.
Attack on convoy
kills Indian troops in Kashmir:
Two paramilitary soldiers dead and at
least eight more wounded in ambush near
garrison town of Udhampur, police say.
Boko Haram
abducts 135, kills 8 in Cameroon raid:
Boko Haram militants kidnapped 135
people and killed at least eight others
in a raid in northern Cameroon, as the
Islamists continued to strike beyond
their strongholds in neighbouring
Nigeria, police and local sources said
Wednesday.
7 killed in
attacks by Boko Haram in Nigeria:
official:
The attackers stormed the remote Malari
community on motorbikes, firing at
everyone in sight and causing residents
to flee for refuge before proceeding to
other villages in the district late
Monday, Ali Bukar Dalori, provincial
chairman of the ruling party said.
Taliban truck
bomber kills six people in Afghanistan;
Truck detonated at the gate of police
compound in Logar province, in first
attack since death of Mullah Omar
confirmed.
Civilian casualties rise as Afghan war
intensifies in 2015;
The war in Afghanistan claimed almost
5,000 civilian casualties in the first
half of 2015, the United Nations said on
Wednesday, a one percent increase on
last year as fighting intensified
following the withdrawal of most foreign
troops in 2014.
Afghanistan:
4,000 Soldiers Desert Their Posts
Monthly:
Gen. Campbell: General John F. Campbell,
the Resolute Support Mission and the
U.S. Forces commander in Afghanistan,
said on Tuesday that at least 4,000
Afghan security force members are
deserting their posts every month.
Our government
has been lying about schools in
Afghanistan for years:
We now know that our government has been
consistently deceptive about the success
of its educational projects in
Afghanistan. The schools which our
government actually did build were of
low-quality construction and soon became
dangerous for any children using them:
Kerry says U.S.
will not accept restrictions in South
China Sea:
"Let me be clear: The United States will
not accept restrictions on freedom of
navigation and overflight, or other
lawful uses of the sea." China has
repeatedly warned Philippine military
aircraft away from the artificial
islands in the Spratly archipelago of
the South China Sea, Philippine military
officials have said.
France to
Reimburse Russia in Deal Over
Undelivered Warships:
Under the deal, France will repay all
advance payments made by Russia and in
return will have full freedom to do
whatever it wants with the vessels,
which contain some Russian technology.
NASA signing
$490M contract with Russia:
NASA informed lawmakers on Wednesday
that because Congress has failed to
fully fund its Commercial Crew Program
for the last five years, it is signing a
$490 million contract extension with
Russia to send Americans to space.
Russia files UN
claim over vast swathe of Arctic:
- Russia pressed a claim at the United
Nations Tuesday for an additional 1.2
million square kilometres (463,000
square miles) of Arctic shelf, stepping
up a race for the region's hydrocarbon
and mineral wealth.
More than 200 feared dead in latest
migrant sea tragedy:
- Hopes faded of finding survivors of
the latest Mediterranean boat tragedy,
in which an estimated 200 migrants
drowned, on Thursday as rescue ships
were called to the aid of more migrant
boats in the same area.
Former UK Prime
Minister Investigated for Child Sex
Abuse:
Sir Edward Heath, the late Tory leader,
is accused of various sex offenses
including raping a 12-year-old boy.
‘Hard to think’
UK didn’t know about US torture program
– Ex-CIA exec
: “We already know that the UK played a
central role in some of the worst abuses
of the ‘War on Terror’ – notably, the
kidnapping and rendition of a pregnant
woman and young children to Gaddafi’s
Libya,” said Kat Craig, Legal director
of the charity Reprieve, in a blog on
the group’s website.
‘Assange is my
hero’: Australian defense employee on
trial for ‘leaking confidential intel
report’
: A junior Australian defense staffer is
on trial after he allegedly downloaded
and leaked a “highly sensitive”
intelligence report to an online forum.
Chris Martenson-$40
Trillion Lost in Next Crash
: Video - This is the mother of all
crashes because the crash of 2008 was
actually a side show. . . . We are going
to discover that, like all bubbles, you
return from where you started. . . .
That means $40 trillion will have to get
wiped out in the U.S. market alone.”
The Point of No
Return: Climate Change Nightmares Are
Already Here:
Historians may look to 2015 as the year
when s**t really started hitting the
fan. Some snapshots: In just the past
few months, record-setting heat waves in
Pakistan and India each killed more than
1,000 people.
Court Rules
Warrantless Cell Phone Tracking Violates
Fourth Amendment:
The decision is the strongest assertion
of the Fourth Amendment rights of mobile
phone users out of three appellate court
decisions on the matter, setting up a
likely Supreme Court hearing.
FBI: Middle
Eastern Men Intimidating U.S. Military
Families In Colorado & Wyoming:
The wife of a military member was
approached in front of her home by two
Middle Eastern males. The men stated
that she was the wife of a U.S.
interrogator. When she denied their
claims the men laughed. The two men left
the area in a dark-colored, four-door
sedan with two other Middle Eastern
males
How Jeb and the
GOP Got Trumped:
Bush—described Trump as “a buffoon,”
“clown” and “asshole.”
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