October
01, 2015
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Bombs Kill Shock
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Obama’s Ludicrous
‘Barrel Bomb’ Theme
By Robert
Parry |
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Obama - denounced anyone
who doesn’t favor “regime change” in
Syria as advocating “support [for]
tyrants like Bashar al-Assad, who drops
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In Case You Missed It
Putin: Who
Created ISIS?
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"Who armed the Syrians
who were fighting Assad?" - "Do you
really not understand who is fighting in
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The Moral Rabbit
Hole
By Robert
C. Koehler |
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U.S. soldiers still
fighting in Afghanistan — are under
orders to be “culturally sensitive”
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The Revolutionary
Act Of Telling The Truth
By John
Pilger |
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From the confinement of a
room in the Ecuadorean embassy in
London, the courage of Julian Assange is
an eloquent response to the cowards who
have smeared him and the rogue power
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15 killed in Syrian
airstrikes against rebel-held areas:
Women and children were among those killed by the
strikes that targeted rebel-held areas in the
countryside of Homs, said the Syrian Observatory for
Human Rights.
French raid on IS in Syria
'kills 12 child soldiers':
A Syrian activist group on Wednesday said France's
first air strike on Islamic State militants in
Syrian territory killed 30, including 12 child
soldiers. The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human
Rights said Sunday's strike on an IS camp in eastern
Syria had also wounded about 20 fighters.
Russian air strikes hit CIA-trained rebels:
Two Russian air strikes in Syria Thursday hit a
training camp operated by rebel groups that received
military training organised by the U.S. Central
Intelligence Agency (CIA) in Qatar and Saudi Arabia,
the commander of the group told Reuters.
Western-backed Syrian rebel group says hit by
Russian air strikes:
Russian air strikes in northwest Syria which Moscow
said targeted Islamic State fighters hit a rebel
group supported by Western opponents of President
Bashar al-Assad on Wednesday, wounding eight, the
group's commander said.
Russia
says Islamic State group not the only target in
Syria:
Russian jets carried out a second day of strikes in
Syria Thursday, and some activists claimed that the
targets included rebels backed by the United States
as concerns grew about a conflict that has now drawn
in warplanes from the world's two most powerful
militaries.
Putin:
Claims Russian jets killed civilians in Syria
emerged before airstrikes started:
Reports of alleged casualties among civilians caused
by Russian airstrikes in Syria emerged even before
Russian warplanes were launched for their first
combat mission, President Vladimir Putin said,
branding such reports 'information attacks.'
Syria
Condemns US Airstrikes, Praises Russian Aerial
Bombing:
A presidential spokesperson accused the Washington
and their allies of violating Syria’s sovereignty
and international law.
Syrian
Kurdish fighters welcome Russian strikes, demand
weapons for anti-IS fight:
The largest pro-Kurdish group fighting in Syria has
said it is ready to co-operate with Moscow, after
Russian jets began launching airstrikes in the
country.
27 people killed in Iraq:
A total of 27 people were killed on Wednesday in
clashes with Islamic State (IS) militants and
U.S.-led coalition air strikes in Iraq's western
province of Anbar, a provincial security source
said.
Peshmerga forces retake 12
villages from Daesh in Iraq:
Thousands of Kurdish Peshmerga forces have managed
to retake 12 villages in the northern Iraqi province
of Kirkuk from Daesh terrorists, after they mounted
an all-out ground offensive to drive out the
militants from the oil-rich areas.
Iraq PM open to Russian
airstrikes on Islamic State militants:
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi told FRANCE24
in an exclusive interview broadcast on Thursday that
he is open to allowing Russia to carry out air
strikes against Islamic State group militants in
Iraq.
U.S.-Backed Saudi Bombing
Campaign Blamed For Civilian Deaths In Yemen:
Two-thirds of the reported civilian deaths
during the conflict since March were caused by Saudi
led airstrikes.
Hadi loyalists claim capture
of key Yemen strait:
Houthis yet to confirm loss of Bab al-Mandeb,
strategic waterway through which much of Middle East
oil exports pass.
Two Israelis killed in West
Bank shooting:
The IDF believes the shooting was carried out from a
passing vehicle which fled the scene after the
attack, Channel 2 reports.
Watch: Stern Netanyahu's UN
speech : Video -
Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of the State of
Israel, at the general debate of the 70th Session of
the General Assembly of the United Nations
UK helped Saudi Arabia get UN human rights
role through 'secret deal' to exchange votes, leaked
documents suggest:
The classified exchanges, published by The
Australian newspaper, allegedly suggest the UK
initiated the secret negotiations by asking Saudi
Arabia for its support.
Pakistani forces kills 25 "militants" in air
strikes, army says:
Pakistani forces killed 25 suspected "militants" in
air strikes on Thursday on northwestern strongholds
near the border with Afghanistan, the Pakistani army
said.
Afghan
forces recapture city center amid fierce clashes
with Taliban:
Afghan troops recaptured the center of the strategic
northern city of Kunduz on Thursday amid fierce
clashes with Taliban militants, three days after
losing the provincial capital in a humbling defeat
for Kabul and its U.S. allies.
Pentagon's top Russia official resigns:
“She has advised three secretaries of defense on
Russia policy, providing steady counsel on how the
U.S. should respond to Russia's aggressive actions
and has been deeply involved in securing $244
million in support for Ukraine,” the official said.
Canadian military explored plan to fully integrate
forces with U.S.:
CBC News has learned that a Canadian military effort
to formally create integrated forces with the United
States for expeditionary operations included an even
more ambitious option — a plan to fully integrate
military forces, explored during a meeting with the
top generals from the two countries.
At
least 15 killed in US college shooting:
At least 15 people were killed and another 20
wounded at a shooting on Thursday at a community
college in Roseburg, Oregon, media reported.
Trump
says he'd send back Syrians taken in by U.S.:
'If I win, they're going back': "If I win, they're
going back." The billionaire businessman, said
during an hour-long speech that he was worried the
refugees, who have been fleeing their country after
years of civil war, could be disguised Islamic State
militants.
Bernie
Sanders Is Outpacing Obama 2008 in Total
Contributors:
Bernie Sanders has raised more than $24 million over
the past three months of campaigning, according to
an early estimate provided to TIME by an aide, a
significant haul that exceeds the campaign’s initial
goals and reflects the Vermont Senator’s widespread
grassroots support.
Medical students to participate in 'nationwide day
of action':
Students from the UNM School of Medicine will join
medical students from across the country Thursday in
a national "teach-in" and vigil, to remember
millions of Americans who remain uninsured,
underinsured and underserved by the current health
care system.
60
percent of Americans don’t trust their mass media -
poll:
A new Gallup poll has found that six in 10 Americans
say that their trust in mass media ranges from “not
very much” to “none at all.” Those surveyed were
asked about the media reporting the news fully,
accurately and fairly.
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September 30, 2015
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Obama’s Self-Deceit
By Joe Lauria |
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President Obama, chastised Russia and China
for not abiding by the rules of
international behavior, a breathtaking
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Three Exceptional
Facts About The USA
By Tom
Engelhardt |
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To defeat the cancer, there's only one
possibility: a real military campaign
conducted by a real coalition including the
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A Flagrant Liar For
President?
By Jim
Hightower |
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To defeat the cancer, there's only one
possibility: a real military campaign
conducted by a real coalition including the
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Medics: 131 killed in Saudi airstrike on Yemen
wedding party:
Officials at the hospital said at least 80 women were
killed, according to th
Yemeni
wedding attack: ‘Houthis don’t have fighter jets!’:
An airstrike allegedly carried out by Saudi Arabian
forces has killed at least 135 people at a wedding party
in Yemen. Who is to blame for the ongoing bloodshed and
what should be done to stop it?
U.S. Gives
Up Effort To Train Syrian Opposition Forces:
The
$500-million program had once been a linchpin of the
strategy to defeat ISIS but so far has proved a fiasco.
It was put on hold after a band of fighters turned over
their U.S.-supplied equipment to terrorists linked to al
Qaeda.
Israeli
strikes in Syria may draw Russian grousing, but little
else:
Despite Putin’s reported critique of IDF shelling of
Assad’s forces, former ambassador to Moscow says it’s
business as usual in Golan Heights
Russia considers air strikes
against Isis in Syria:
Russia and the US agreed to open
lines of communication to avoid accidental military
conflict in the region Russia would conduct air strikes
only if they were approved by the United Nations, Mr
Putin also said.
U.S. official: Russia 'ready' to
launch airstrikes in Syria:
After several days of Russian familiarization flights,
there is no reason they could not begin, the official
added. And Russian drones have been collecting potential
targeting information in their flights. But the U.S.
doesn't know what the Russians have in mind and when
they will make a decision on airstrikes.
Wherever US used force bypassing
UN, countries suffered – Lavrov:
The US-led coalition is bombing Islamic State in Syria
with no UN Security Council mandate or invitation by
Damascus. Historically, whenever Washington used force
with no UN consent, they did great harm, Russian Foreign
Minister Sergey Lavrov
30 Kurdish militants killed in
cross border raids on Friday: Erdogan:
The cross-border operations on PKK have so far been
"very effective", Erdogan said, although he did not
elaborate, except to say that more than 2,000 militants
had been killed.
10 ISIS militants killed by
unknown snipers inside Mosul:
“Unidentified snipers targeted ISIS elements recently in
the neighborhoods of al-Intisar and al Faisaliah in the
city of Mosul, resulting in the killing of ten of them.”
7 killed in suicide attack, clash
with IS militants in central Iraq:"
- At least seven people were killed and 21 others
wounded on Tuesday in a suicide bomb attack near the
Iraqi capital Baghdad and a heavy clash with Islamic
State (IS) militants in the western province of Anbar,
security sources said.
Russian military experts arrive
in Iraq: Russia’s
newly formed alliance with Iraq, Iran and Syria in the
fight against the Islamic State, or ISIS, took a step
forward Monday with the arrival of military experts.
Iranian and Russian teams had already arrived in Iraq to
start preparing for the four-party alliance, said Hakem
al-Zameli, the head of Iraq’s National Security and
Defense Committee.
Does Riyadh's $70bn foreign
assets withdrawal spell trouble?:
Pressure from falling oil prices and the Saudi-led
coalition’s war in Yemen have pushed Saudi Arabia’s
central bank to withdraw some $70bn in assets, a string
of recent reports have said.
Saudi princes said planning
regime change: Senior
member of Saudi royal family urges coup against King
Salman
Israeli soldiers fired on
migrants at Egyptian border: Report:
Investigators are seeking to determine whether criminal
charges should be brought against soldiers who fired on
a group of 15 Sudanese asylum seekers, wounding three
and leaving one hospitalised in serious condition.
Abbas to give Israel ultimatum in
UN speech: Sources in
Ramallah say PA president will set deadline for
Jerusalem to ‘meet obligations’ or he’ll cancel Oslo
Accords
37 killed as fierce fighting
erupts in Central African Republic:
Fierce fighting between militia and U.N. peacekeepers
erupted in Central African Republic on Tuesday as
President Catherine Samba-Panza rushed back early from
the U.N. General Assembly in a bid to end days of
violence in which at least 37 people died.
More than 20 killed in Mozambique
gunbattle: government spokesman:
More than 20 people were killed in a shootout at the
weekend between Mozambican forces and gunmen in a convoy
carrying the leader of the main opposition party, a
government spokesman said on Tuesday.
From his office in cloud cuckoo land.
US President Barack Obama admits
mistakes in Libya, says West should have done more:
"Even as we helped the Libyan people bring an end to the
reign of a tyrant, our coalition could have and should
have done more to fill a vacuum left behind," Obama told
the United Nations General Assembly.
20 Taliban Insurgents Killed in
Kunduz Airstrike:
Reports received suggest that insurgents on Tuesday
torched the offices of the United Nations Assistance
Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), the Deutsche
Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) - a
German organization and other foreign offices in the
city. In addition, they reportedly captured a large
amount of military equipment.
Taliban shadow governor killed in
Kunduz with senior Pakistani militant:
Maulavi SalamTaliban group’s shadow governor for
northern Kunduz province was killed in an airstrike in
northern Kunduz province of Afghanistan, the Afghan
intelligence said.
Taliban emir seeks to reassure
residents of Kunduz:
Shortly after the provincial capital of Kunduz city fell
to the Taliban earlier today, the jihadist group’s emir,
Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Mansour, issued a statement that
urged residents not to worry and to cooperate with the
city’s new masters. The statement, reproduced below,
consists of five main points:
Afghan Taliban claims capture of
second town as security forces prepare to retake Kunduz:
The Afghan Taliban has claimed seizing key parts of
Yangi Qala district in the northern Takhar province
shortly after a major offensive in which Kunduz province
was captured. The insurgents continued their surprise
expansion even as Afghan forces prepared to retake the
fallen province.
Green Beret Kicked Out Of Army
For Attacking Brutal Afghani Child Rapist Breaks His
Silence: Sgt. 1st
Class Charles Martland, a Green Beret who has been
discharged from the Army for confronting a child rapist
in Afghanistan, came out swinging in his first public
statements saying, “Kicking me out of the Army is
morally wrong and the entire country knows it.”
17 Syrian refugees drowned off
Turkish coast: 17
Syrian refugees, including five children, drowned when
their boat sank, off Turkish coast. The refugees left
from the Turkish coastal town of Bodrum on 27 September
and headed to the Greek island, Kos.
'This speeds up procedure' - how
Hungary expels migrants:
- The court in the southern Hungarian town of Szeged has
shelved other criminal cases and is handing down
fast-track verdicts punishing migrants for unlawfully
crossing a razor-wire fence that lines the border with
Serbia.
Canadian military ponders
integrated force with U.S. to respond to hotspots:
The Canadian military has been working on a plan to
create with the United States a bi-national integrated
military force to deploy to hot spots around the world.
Americans' Trust in Media Remains
at Historical Low:
Americans' confidence in the media has slowly eroded
from a high of 55% in 1998 and 1999. Since 2007, the
majority of Americans have had little or no trust in the
mass media.
South Dakota tribe to open nation's 1st
marijuana resort:
Santee Sioux leaders plan to grow their own pot and sell
it in a smoking lounge that includes a nightclub, arcade
games, bar and food service, and eventually, slot
machines and an outdoor music venue.
TV Ads Are About to Get Personal
With New Targeting Tools:
Using data from cable set-top boxes that track TV
viewing, credit cards and other sources, media companies
including Comcast Corp.’s NBCUniversal, Time Warner
Inc.’s Turner and Viacom Inc. are trying to compete with
Web giants like Google Inc. and Facebook Inc. and help
marketers target their messages to the right audience.
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Vladimir Putin 60
Minutes Interview
Video and
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"There is no other
solution to the Syrian crisis than
strengthening the effective government
structures and rendering them help in
fighting terrorism."
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Speaking Lies to
Power
By Bionic
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The Pope gave a speech to
a joint session of the US congress.
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35
killed in bomb attacks, clashes with IS militants in
Iraq:
A total of 35 people were killed on Monday in bomb
attacks and clashes with Islamic State (IS)
militants in Iraq's western province of Anbar,
security sources said.
Missile kills 17 in Syrian rebel enclave:
Seventeen people - mostly civilians - have died
after the Syrian army fired a missile into the last
rebel-held neighbourhood in the central city of
Homs, a monitoring group says.
Israel strikes Syria military
posts after errant rocket hit its territory:
"This is the second time in the past two days errant
fire from the Syrian Armed Forces landed in Israeli
territory," according to the statement. In response,
IDF artillery targeted two Syrian army posts in the
central Syrian Golan Heights.
Putin: No plans 'right now'
to send Russian troops to Syria:
The Russian leader, also sharply criticized U.S.
military support for Syrian rebels, describing it as
not only illegal but counterproductive.
Russia builds up Syria
airbase as US policy suffers setback:
Moscow pressed its military buildup at a new airbase
in Syria Saturday, as Washington admitted rebels it
trained surrendered ammunition and equipment to
Al-Qaeda in a fresh US policy setback.
U.K.'s Cameron Open to
Keeping Syria's Assad in Power in Short Term:
British Prime Minister David Cameron is open to
keeping Syrian President Bashar Assad in power in
the short term while a unity government is formed in
the country, the Sunday Telegraph newspaper reported
Poll: Majority of Americans
Oppose White House Plan to Accept 10K Syrian
Refugees :
Americans are hardly thrilled with the Obama
administration’s plan to take in 10,000 Syrian
refugees, according to a new Quinnipiac poll:
Turkey won't host 'inhumane'
migrant processing centre: PM:
Turkey's Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu on Monday
ruled out creating a processing centre for the
thousands of mostly Syrian migrants trying to enter
Europe from Turkish territory, calling instead for
them to be hosted in "safe zones" inside Syria.
Death toll from Saudi strike
at Yemen wedding rises to 38:
Death toll from two airstrikes by a Saudi-led
coalition targeting Yemen's Shiite rebels that
mistakenly struck a wedding party on Monday rose to
38, Yemeni security officials said.
Saudi security forces kill 2,
arrest 3 in anti-terror raids:
The Interior Ministry said those targeted in the
raid belonged to an affiliate of the extremist Daesh
group linked to an attack in Abha, 560 kilometres
south of Makkah.
Erekat: Netanyahu to be held
responsible for crimes under new open-fire rules:
“The Israeli government continues to incite against
Palestinian lives, with a culture of hate that
dehumanizes a whole nation. Israel continues to
ignore and gravely break its obligations under
international law,” Erekat said.
Video shows IDF soldiers
attacking AFP photographers:
WATCH: The video shows the soldiers pushing the
photographers and smashing their cameras on the
road.
In Gaza, no figures can
express the sorrow:
I don’t know if pain can destroy or fortify, I only
know that pain changes everything. I also know that
the recollection of such suffering shall remain, has
to remain in my memory.
Democratic Republic of Congo:
13 killed as gunmen attack salary convoy of civil
servants:
According to a military source and the Trust
Merchant Bank, which was tasked with transporting
the funds, 11 soldiers escorting the convoy and two
civilians were killed.
‘10 killed’ in Benghazi
clashes between Libya army, jihadists:
Seven jihadists of the Islamic State of Iraq and
Syria (ISIS) group and three soldiers of Libya’s
recognised government died in weekend clashes in the
eastern city of Benghazi, military and medical
sources said Sunday.
U.K. to Send Troops to Help
Stabilize Somalia and South Sudan:
Great Britain will contribute troops to support U.N.
and African Union peacekeeping operations in Somalia
and South Sudan in order to counter terrorism and
mitigate migration, Prime Minister David Cameron
said on Monday.
22 killed as Taliban storms
Afghanistan's Kunduz city:
At least 22 people, largely militants, were killed
after Taliban fighters attacked Kunduz city, the
capital of Afghanistan's northern Kunduz province
early Monday, in an effort to seize the city's
control, authorities said.
Taliban free hundreds of
fighters from jail in north:
Taliban insurgents broke into the main prison in
Afghanistan's northern city of Kunduz on Monday,
freeing hundreds of fellow Islamist fighters hours
after militants captured much of the city, two
security officials said.
Putin: All countries should
respect Ukraine’s sovereignty:
The sovereignty of all states, including Ukraine,
should be respected, Russian President Vladimir
Putin told CBS’s ‘60 Minutes,’ stressing that he
knows “for sure” that the US was involved in the
ouster of President Yanukovich in 2014.
DARPA is implanting chips in
soldiers’ brains, according to this new book:
For decades, DARPA, the secretive research arm of
the Department of Defense, has dreamed of turning
soldiers into cyborgs. And now it’s finally
happening.
Shell abandons Alaska Arctic
drilling: Oil
giant’s US president says hugely controversial
drilling operations off Alaska will stop for
‘foreseeable future’ as drilling finds little oil
and gas
Mutations found in sea life
along US West Coast
— Deformed spines, brains, hearts, eyes reported by
officials — Malformations include extra brain lobes,
hunchbacks, parts of face missing, unusual limbs
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Syria Turns The
Corner
By Moon
Of Alabama |
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Israel has been told to
go back into its corner and to shut up.
It has no longer any role in Syria.
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Saudi
airstrike kills 25 civilians in Yemen: Residents:
A Saudi airstrike in the Yemeni village of Bani Zela
in the northwestern province of Hjjah kills at least
25 civilians, mostly women and children, residents
and medics say.
Missile kills 17 in rebel enclave in Syria's Homs:
monitor:
Four children and four women were among the dead in
Saturday's strike, the Syrian Observatory for Human
Right said
Russia
steps up Syria support 'to stop fall of Assad':
Federica Mogherini's comments on Saturday follow
reports that 500 Russian troops have been deployed
to a forward operating base in the Syrian port city
of Latakia.
U.S.
support for Syria rebels illegal, Putin says:
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday branded
U.S. support for rebel forces in Syria as illegal
and ineffective, saying U.S.-trained rebels were
leaving to join Islamic State with weapons supplied
by Washington.
Assad’s enemies may be portrayed as opposition, but
he fights terrorists – Putin:
He pointed out that, from Russia’s point of view,
there is only one regular army in Syria – the army
of President Bashar Assad. “And he is confronted
with what some of our international partners
interpret as an opposition. In reality, Assad’s army
is fighting against terrorist organizations,” Putin
said.
Iraq,
Russia, Iran and Syria coordinate against ISIL:
While Iraq has officially announced it is sharing
intelligence with Russia, Syria and Iran, the
cooperation is not new.
Fact or
fiction:
Chinese Navy sets off for Syria: Russian
Senator Igor Morozov, "It is known, that China has
joined our military operation in Syria, the Chinese
cruiser has already entered the Mediterranean,
aircraft carrier follows it," Morozov said.
Cameron hints he could work with Putin to defeat
Islamic State:
The British PM is ready to cooperate with Russia to
defeat the Islamic State, a spokesperson for Prime
Minister David Cameron has said. Simultaneously, an
unnamed government source told the Sunday Telegraph,
that Downing Street did not rule out keeping Assad
in power in the short term.
Number
of foreign fighters in Syria has doubled in past
year - report:
The figures cited by the New York Times show that
the international efforts aimed at tackling the
jihadist threat have largely failed to stop the flow
of new foreign fighters seeking to join terror
groups in Syria and Iraq.
Putin
calls Saudi king to discuss Syria conflict:
In a telephone conversation at Russia's behest, the
two men "exchanged views on regional security
matters, first and foremost, in the context of
finding ways to settle the conflict in Syria", a
statement posted to the Kremlin's website said.
Daesh executes ten attempted
deserters in Iraq:
Daesh has reportedly executed nearly a dozen of its
own members in Iraq’s embattled western province of
Anbar after the latter sought to break away from the
terrorist outfit.
Baghdad coordination center
aimed at fighting ISIS - Lavrov:
The purpose of setting up a coordination center of
Russia, Iraq, Iran and Syria in Baghdad is to
coordinate the efforts in the fight against ISIS,
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has said.
Iran
to buy Russian aerospace equipment and planes worth
$21bln:
Tehran will pay $21 billion for satellite equipment
and Sukhoi Superjet 100 (SSJ-100) passenger aircraft
from Russia, an Iranian official told Sputnik news
agency.
South
Africa says 1 peacekeeper killed in Sudan ambush:
The South African military says one of its troops
was killed in Sudan's Darfur region when rebels
there ambushed a South African unit that is part of
a U.N.-African Union peacekeeping mission.
Huge
bomb blast kills 10 in Afghanistan:
A bomber on a motorbike on Sunday detonated his
explosives in a soccer stadium in the east of the
province. Latest reports say at least 10 people have
been killed and over a dozen others badly wounded in
the blast.
ISIS
militants kill 3 police: Afghan official:
An Afghan official says ISIS gunmen have attacked
checkpoints in Nangarhar, killing three police in
the group's first attack on security forces in the
country.
Ukrainian soldier killed in mine blast in rebel
east:
"Yesterday near Gorlivka, one Ukrainian soldier was
killed and one injured. It was a result of a mine
explosion," military spokesman Oleksandr Motuzyanyk
told journalists, referring to a city about 30
kilometres (18 miles) from the rebels' de facto
capital Donetsk.
17
Refugees killed after boat sinks off Turkish coast:
The boat was carrying 37 people, 20 of whom were
rescued, when it sank in the Aegean Sea, Anadolu
said
Venezuela's Maduro: Capitalism is Behind World
Inequality:
The key to eradicating world poverty and increasing
sustainability is to empower the poor and allow
nations to maintain their sovereignty, said Maduro.
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No Brains In
Washington
By
Paul Craig Roberts |
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This country is falling apart. Even when you
come back from Argentina to the United
States it looks like a third world country,
and when you come back from Europe even more
so.
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20 Yemen
rebels killed as loyalists press offensive:
Twelve other rebels were captured in the operation
launched on the northwestern edge of Marib province, a
key battleground in the fight for control of the
capital, said a military official
Saudi army
loses troops in Yemen border incident:
Gunfight and landmine explosion leave colonel and deputy
sergeant dead in Saudi Arabia's Jizan district.
PKK bombs
Turkish security headquarters, killing 19 forces:
“Our fighters were able to kill 16 military forces and
three police officers in strategic operations over the
past two days,” said the statement of which ARA News
received a copy. The recent PKK-led attacks on the
Turkish forces took place in the Kurdish-majority
provinces of Sirnak and Diyarbakir.
Four
civilians killed amid clashes in southeast Turkey:
source:
- Four civilians have been killed after they were caught
in clashes between Turkish security forces and Kurdish
militants in the southeast, security sources said
Saturday. An ambulance driver was killed on site in the
Beytussebab district of Sirnak province and three
civilians wounded by mortar shells died later of their
injuries at hospital.
1/4 of
Iraqi population to need aid by yearend: UN;
The UN Deputy Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq,
Dominique Bartsch, said on Friday that the current
situation is threatening some 10 million Iraqis, forcing
many to leave the country.
Russia
builds up Syria airbase as US policy suffers setback:
Saturday was the 15th straight day that Russian
transport aircraft had flown in troops and equipment to
the Hmeimim base in Latakia province on the
Mediterranean coast, a military source told AFP on
condition of anonymity.
Pentagon
confirms US-trained Syria rebels gave weapons to
al-Nusra:
The startling acknowledgement contrasted with earlier
Pentagon denials of reports that some fighters had
either defected or handed over gear.
At least 21 killed in attacks in
Central African Republic capital:
At least 21 people were killed in the capital of Central
African Republic on Saturday and around 100 others were
wounded as Muslims attacked a mainly Christian
neighbourhood, senior hospital officials and witnesses
said.
At least 4 killed in S. Somalia
blast: police: - A
bomb explosion killed at least 4 people, wounded several
others in Kismayo city, southern Somalia on Saturday,
police said.
Sinai
bombing kills two Egypt police:
Two Egyptian policemen were killed in a roadside bombing
in the Sinai Peninsula Saturday, the interior ministry
said, in an attack claimed by ISIS.
4
militants killed in E. Afghanistan:
At least four anti- government militants have been
killed in Kot district of the eastern Nangarhar province
with Jalalabad as its capital 120 km east of Kabul on
Saturday, provincial police chief, Hazrat Hussain
Mashriqwal said.
ISIS
gaining ground in Afghanistan: UN:
ISIS is making inroads in Afghanistan, winning over a
growing number of sympathizers and recruiting followers
in 25 of the country's 34 provinces, a U.N. report said
Friday.
The occupation continues:
Report: US Mulls Leaving Thousands of Troops in
Afghanistan After 2016:
Military officials reportedly are considering keeping
thousands of American troops in Afghanistan beyond the
end of next year, in what would be a departure from
current plans to leave only a small force of a few
hundred troops behind.
Pakistan
to hang man 'aged 15' at time of crime:
As execution date nears, Ansar Iqbal, who was arrested
16 years ago, says police framed him over neighbour's
murder.
China
pledges $2 billion to help poor states meet U.N. goals:
"China will continue to increase investment in the least
developed countries, aiming to increase its total to $12
billion by 2030," Xi told a sustainable development
summit of world leaders at the United Nations in New
York.
Obama, Xi
Reach Agreement to End Cyberattacks:
The two leaders said their governments would not commit
cyber crimes against one another.
US
‘preparing’ for hybrid warfare with Russia in Baltics –
report:
The Pentagon has shifted its military thinking when it
comes to Moscow, selecting Russia’s direct neighbors in
the Baltic region as the battleground, Deutsche
Wirtschafts Nachrichten (DWN) writes.
Putin
Talking Points for UN Speech Spilled by Foreign Minister:
In an interview on the Russian Sunday Time TV program,
Putin’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov spilled the beans
on what his boss would say to the world.
Refugee
crisis: Finland protesters throw fireworks at buses:
Finland's government has condemned a protest in which
demonstrators - including one reportedly dressed in a Ku
Klux Klan outfit - attacked buses transporting asylum
seekers.
Don't let
Muslim migrants in, says Bulgaria's Orthodox Church:
Bulgaria's Orthodox Church has called on its government
not to let any more Muslim refugees into the country to
prevent an "invasion".
Volkswagen
models sale halted in Switzerland:
Switzerland has temporarily banned the sale of
Volkswagen (VW) diesel-engine models which could have
devices capable of tricking emission tests.
Bolivia's
Congress votes to let Evo Morales run for re-election
again:
Bolivia's Congress voted Saturday to amend the South
American country's constitution to let President Evo
Morales run for re-election again in five years, and
potentially extend his presidency to 2025. The changes
must be ratified by a national referendum set for
February 21, 2016.
The
shocking reach of U.S. child poverty:
Take a snapshot of the U.S. today, and you'll find that
22 percent of all children live in families that are
below the federal poverty level. But what happens when
you look at how American children fare throughout their
pre-adult lives? It's nearly twice as bad.
Ron Paul -
Gallup Finds Half of US Fears Government
:
News
Analysis -
A
recent Gallup study has found that nearly half of
Americans view the US government as the greatest threat
to life and liberty, a three percent increase from last
year.
Poll Shows
Most US Citizens Lack Choice Due to Two-Party System:
A vast majority of Americans believe that a third US
political party is needed due to the unsatisfactory
performance of the country's two ruling parties, a new
survey from Gallup revealed on Friday.
Ben
Carson's narrow view of Islam is widely shared – by
Islamic extremists:
News Analysis - The would-be Republican nominee seems to
think that the ‘real’ Islam is violent and
fundamentalist, and the ‘lite’ version is diluted and
inauthentic. So does Isis
Ben Carson
receives spike in donations after anti-Muslim comments:
Ben Carson is the latest to enjoy this particular
advantage of Western politics, being that wealthy donors
will unleash hundreds of thousands of dollars when you
present yourself as a bigot to the American public.
Donald
Trump booed by conservative crowd for first time in his
campaign:
The audience reacted negatively to Republican
frontrunner calling Marco Rubio ‘a clown’, but Trump
insisted to reporters ‘those weren’t boos, those were
cheers’
427 Former
Members of Congress Moved to Lobbying or Similar Work:
More than 400 former members of Congress have passed
through the revolving door by making the move to K
Street as lobbyists or as senior advisers performing
similar work, according to data from the Center for
Responsive Politics.
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The Decline of
the Western Ethnic State
By
Lawrence Davidson
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All established
populations, even relatively diverse
ones, fear that their cultural norms and
economic advantages will be threatened
by large waves of new immigrants.
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Markets Gone Mad
By Mike
Whitney |
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All established
populations, even relatively diverse
ones, fear that their cultural norms and
economic advantages will be threatened
by large waves of new immigrants.
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Greece - Front of
Resistance
By
Dimitris Konstantakopoulos
Introduced by Peter Koenig |
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In today’s globalized
neoliberal world, Democracy is not worth
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U.S. airstrikes kill more
than 170 "ISIS militants" in Mosul:
More than 170 militants of the Islamic State (ISIS)
were killed in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul
during airstrikes by the U.S.-led coalition,
activists reported on Thursday.
Coalition airstrikes kill 17
militants in Iraq, destroy arms warehouses:
Coalition airpower destroyed military bases in areas
south of Kirkuk, from where ISIS frequently launches
attacks against Peshmerga positions inside the city.
34 Kurdish militants, two
Turkish soldiers killed:
: Two Turkish soldiers and 34 Kurdish rebels have
been killed in fighting in the southeast,. The
soldiers were killed in two separate attacks by the
militant Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK). The military
responded with airstrikes on the PKK's positions, in
which "34 terrorists" were killed, the statement
added.
Warring sides in Syria reach
agreement on two villages, border town:
Rebel fighters from Zabadani would be allowed to
withdraw to Idlib province, taking only light
weapons with them. In return, rebels in Idlib would
let some 10,000 civilians from al-Foua and Kefraya
leave the besieged villages. The deal was reached in
talks backed by Iran
White House calls Putin
'desperate,' criticizes his posture:
President Obama’s top spokesman took repeated jabs
at Russian President Vladimir Putin Thursday,
suggesting he is “desperate” to sit down with the
president, and even criticizing his posture.
Putin: Syrian Crisis Solvable
only Through Support of Assad Gov't:
The only way to solve the crisis in Syria is to
support the legitimate government headed by
President Bashar al-Assad, Russian President
Vladimir Putin said.
Putin's Damascus Steal:
News Analysis - How Russia Got Ahead in the Middle
East
Iran’s ‘take’ on Russian
build-up in Syria:
The United States doesn’t want to see
the formation of any true counter-ISIL [Islamic
State of Iraq and Lebanon] coalition. Otherwise,
they would have welcomed Russia’s military buildup –
and Iran’s military assistance – from day one!
US Analyst alleging cooked
ISIS intel identified
: The analyst behind the allegations
that U.S. Central Command (Centcom) has altered
intelligence assessments to paint a rosier picture
of the war against the Islamic State in Iraq and
Syria (ISIS) is Gregory Hooker, the New York Times
reported Thursday.
Saudi airstrikes, fighting in
Yemeni city kill 13 people:
Airstrikes by the Saudi-led coalition
targeting the country's Shiite rebels as well as
fighting on the ground between rebels and
pro-government fighters in the southern province of
Taiz have killed at least 13 people and wounded
dozens, Yemen officials said Friday.
3 killed in gun attacks on
Saudi police posts:
Gunmen opened fire on two Saudi police posts in the
northwest of the Gulf kingdom killing two civilians
and a policeman, the official news agency SPA
reported on Friday.
West Bank shooting
'extrajudicial execution': Amnesty:
Rights group Amnesty International on Friday
described this week's shooting death of a young
Palestinian woman at a checkpoint in the occupied
West Bank as an "extrajudicial execution".
Israeli soldiers assault AFP
team at West Bank demo:
- Two AFP journalists were assaulted
Friday by Israeli soldiers who destroyed and seized
their equipment in the occupied West Bank after the
funeral of a Palestinian killed by the army.
Sisi destroys thousands of
Egyptian homes in anti-Palestinian campaign:
The destruction has been done on the pretext, never
backed up with evidence, that insurgents and weapons
have been entering Egypt from Gaza.
Egyptian police kill nine
Muslim Brotherhood members in Cairo raid:
Egyptian security forces killed nine armed members
of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood in a raid on a
Cairo home on Friday, security officials said.
Boko Haram fighters kill at
least 15 in Niger village raid: sources:
"There were at least 15 villagers killed, either
shot or with their throats slit. Boko Haram also
burned down a number of houses and looted shops,"
one of the sources said.
At least eight dead in
suspected rebel raid on Congo army camp:
Gunmen raided the camp in the village of Rumangabo,
about 45 km (30 miles) north of North Kivu's
provincial capital of Goma, at around 11 p.m. (2100
GMT), killing three soldiers and five soldiers'
wives
Six killed in attack on DR
Congo army base:
At least three Congolese soldiers were killed in an
attack on their camp in the troubled east of the
Democratic Republic of Congo, military sources said
Friday. Three soldiers' wives were also killed in
the assault on the camp at Rumangabo, 50 kilometres
(30 miles) north of Goma, the capital of North Kivu
province.
China, US seal defense
agreements: China
and the United States have signed annexes to two
agreements regarding major military operations and
naval and air force encounters.
Watch: Putin speech at
Moscow’s Cathedral Mosque reopening after
reconstruction:
Video - Vladimir Putin, President of Palestine
Mahmoud Abbas and President of Turkey Recep Tayyip
Erdogan attended the opening of Moscow’s Cathedral
Mosque following reconstruction.
Rocks, fireworks, KKK outfit:
Finland protesters attack bus with refugees (VIDEO):
A bus which delivered refugees, including infants,
to a new reception center in the southern Finnish
city of Lahti has come under attack. Dozens of
protesters gathered, throwing stones and fireworks
at refugees and Red Cross volunteers.
From Radio to Porn, British
Spies Track Web Users’ Online Identities:
The mass surveillance operation — code-named KARMA
POLICE — was launched by British spies about seven
years ago without any public debate or scrutiny.
UK Guantanamo detainee Shaker
Aamer to be released:
The last British resident being held in Guantanamo
Bay is to be returned to the UK, the government has
said.: Shaker Aamer, 46, who has been in the
military prison in Cuba since 2002, has never been
charged or been on trial.
Watch: Delaware police kill
man in wheelchair:
State investigators in Delaware are looking into the
fatal shooting by police of a man in a wheelchair,
which was captured in cellphone video footage.
Forcing suspects to reveal
phone passwords is unconstitutional, court says:
The Fifth Amendment right against compelled
self-incrimination would be breached if two insider
trading suspects were forced to turn over the
passcodes of their locked mobile phones to the
Securities and Exchange Commission, a federal judge
ruled Wednesday.
U.S. House Speaker John
Boehner to resign from Congress:
The leader of the U.S. House of Representatives,
Speaker John Boehner, stunned fellow Republicans on
Friday, saying he would resign from Congress at the
end of October, stepping down from one of the most
powerful jobs in Washington in the face of hardline
conservative opposition that threatened an
institutional crisis.
62% of Republicans Feel
BETRAYED by the Party
: 62% of Republicans feel betrayed by the party. And
two-thirds believe the GOP leadership has not done
anything to stop the Obama agenda.
NSA head: Clinton server a
'priority' target for foreign agencies:
The server would be a “top priority for foreign
intelligence services,” Rogers agreed in response to
a question from Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.).
Poll: Bernie Sanders Holds
Strong Lead Over Hillary Clinton in New Hampshire:
Bernie Sanders holds a wide lead over Hillary
Clinton in New Hampshire, according to a new poll
that shows the Vermont Senator and Vice President
Joe Biden chipping away at Clinton’s base in the
Granite State.
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Russia’s False Hopes
By Paul Craig
Roberts |
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Russia so desperately desires to be part of
the disreputable and collapsing West that
Russia is losing its grip on reality.
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Israel's War on Children
By Chris
Hedges |
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Fundamentalism is its own animal.
Fundamentalism in every religion looks the
same, whether it's Christian fundamentalism,
Jewish fundamentalism, or Islamic
fundamentalism. Continue |
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Corruption and Its
Uses, from Guatemala to Colombia
By Tortilla
Con Sal |
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Just as Britain and France developed and
exploited the opium trade in the 19th
Century, U.S. government agencies, one way
or another, have always used narcotics and
organized crime to further their political
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Learning How To Dance
By Robert C.
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The West — the planet’s colonizers and
bullies — has to arrest its sense of
superiority and let go of what it thinks it
knows, in particular that we live in a
linear, mechanical, cause-and-effect univer.
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Over 120
Terrorists Killed in Aleppo: Report;
The Syrian army troops killed over 120 Takfiri
terrorists in the province of Aleppo on Thursday. he
Syrian forces also shot down a drone belonging to the
Takfiri militants.
Syria:
Putin plans air strikes on Islamic State if no U.S. deal
reached:
Russian President
Vladimir Putin is preparing for unilateral air strikes
against Islamic State in Syria if the United States
rejects his proposal to join forces, Bloomberg reported
on Wednesday, citing two people familiar with the
matter.
U.S.,
rebutting Kremlin, says no change in Syria position:
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday
the United States was increasingly receptive toward
Moscow's position on the conflict in Syria, an assertion
quickly disputed by Washington.
Fact or fiction?
'Tacit' deal between US, Russia
to end Syria war: Assad adviser:
"The current US administration wants to find a solution
to the crisis in Syria. There is a tacit agreement
between the US and Russia to reach this solution,"
Bouthaina Shaaban said in an interview with state
television late Wednesday.
Merkel
says Assad must be involved in Syria talks:
The
German head of state said at the EU summit in Brussels
that Assad would need to be a part of political talks in
Syria
Obama to
meet with Putin on Monday, Kremlin says:
President Barack Obama and Vladimir Putin will hold
talks on Monday during the United Nations General
Assembly meeting in New York, the Kremlin confirmed
Thursday, according to Russian media reports and the
Associated Press.
Pentagon
insists no defections to al Qaida from U.S.-trained
Syrian fighters:
The Pentagon is firmly denying social media reports that
a new group of U.S.-trained Syrian fighters who recently
reentered their country to combat the Islamic State have
defected to the Nusra Front, al Qaida’s main affiliate
in Syria.
David
Cameron faces legal challenge over Syria airstrikes:
Green party politicians join forces with human rights
group to criticise lack of clarity over government’s
‘targeted killing policy’
40 ISIS
militants killed, wounded in Iraqi airstrike in Anbar:
A security source in Anbar announced on Thursday, that
40 ISIS militants had been killed and wounded in an
Iraqi aerial bombing on parts of the province, pointing
out to the destruction of 11 vehicles belonging to the
organization.
Marine
3-star: Watch Ramadi to see the Corps' impact:
Expect Marines to remain fully engaged in the effort to
combat the so-called Islamic State group in Iraq in the
coming year, the head of Marine Forces Central Command
said.
Yemen
suicide bombing in Sanaa mosque 'kills 25':
Two explosions struck the al-Balili mosque as
worshippers were performing prayers for the Eid al-Adha
festival. The so-called Islamic State (IS) militant
group said it had carried out the bombing.
Israeli Soldiers Watch and
Settlers Laugh as Shot Palestinian Girl Bleeds to Death:
The teenager is the second Palestinian to be killed in
24 hours in the occupied West Bank after 21-year-old Dia
al-Talameh was killed in the village of Khursa.
Noam
Chomsky: Wikileaks Reveals US Ties to Israel's Military
Industry
- "Israel plays a major role in repression and
aggression"
Netanyahu:
Israel Must Become a World Power:
"In the face of this changing world, Israel must be a
power. Not just a regional power, but in some spheres, a
world power.”
Israel is
a stone's throw away from becoming the Roman Empire:
On Jewish holidays, we're used-to identifying as the
resourceful downtrodden that manage to bring an empire
to its knees. This year, as our gazillion-dollar army
takes on masked Palestinian teens, we find our role
reversed.
Gareth
Porter: Iran's Parchin nuclear myth begins to unravel:
News
Analysis -
For well over
three years, heavy doses of propaganda have created a
myth about a purported steel cylinder for testing
explosives located on a site at Iran’s Parchin military
testing reservation
Mecca
stampede: At least 717 killed and hundreds injured in
crush during hajj:
At least 805 people have been hurt in a stampede in
Saudi Arabia during the pilgrimage in the deadliest
incident in 25 years which the health minister blamed on
unruly pilgrims
Egypt's
Military Is Killing Civilians in Its 'War on Terror'
: Egypt declared a "war on terror" after the military
deposed Egypt's first democratically elected president,
the Muslim Brotherhood's Mohammed Morsi, in July 2013.
Marines
Trained That Rape in Afghanistan Is a ‘Cultural’ Issue:
The training guide supports allegations by Marines and
Army soldiers in recent days that they’ve been told not
to intervene to prevent sexual assault in Afghanistan,
including the rape and sexual enslavement of children on
U.S. bases.
'We are
preventing a third world war': the foreigners fighting
with Ukrainian rebels:
Eastern Ukraine has become a hub for those who believe
the Russia-backed rebels are the last line of defence
against fascism
Russia
announces naval drills in 'east Mediterranean':
The exercises include three warships from Russia's Black
Sea Fleet, including the Saratov landing ship, the
Moskva guided missile cruiser and the Smetlivy
destroyer, the ministry said in a statement.
Austria
says it has sent over 5,000 migrants back to other EU
countries:
"If I remember rightly, we have sent more than 5,000 or
5,500 back from Austria, especially to Bulgaria and
Romania among others," Johanna Mikl-Leitner told
journalists at a meeting in Germany of the Christian
Social Union (CSU), the Bavarian sister party to
Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives.
EU refugee
summit in disarray as Tusk warns 'greatest tide yet to
come'
: The emergency Brussels summit decided little but to
throw money at aid agencies and transit countries
hosting millions of Syrian refugees and to step up the
identification and finger-printing of refugees in Italy
and Greece by November.
Calais
crisis: Teenage migrant killed trying to reach UK
through Channel Tunnel:
The African boy, believed to be aged between 15 and 17,
is the 12th person to be killed in or around the tunnel
Fierce Gun
Battle Leaves 8 Dead in Mexican State of Jalisco:
All hell broke loose in the small, usually quiet town of
San Antonio Matute, in the northern Mexican state of
Jalisco, when armed forces personnel clashed with
heavily armed drug gang members, with a death toll
between five and eight, according to local officials and
conflicting news reports.
FARC,
Colombia Sign Historic Accord on Justice for Victims:
In a historic meeting on Wednesday afternoon in Havana,
a partial agreement was reached over transitional
justice and victims' reparations between Colombian
President Juan Manuel Santos and FARC head Timochenko.
Canada:
How Harper controls the news:
Last week, Conservatives invited journalists to a
secretive campaign event with Canada's prime minister in
North Vancouver.
Why
millions of Americans are raiding their retirement
savings:
With the effects of the financial crisis still
lingering, 30 million Americans in the last 12 months
tapped retirement savings to pay for an unexpected
expense, new research shows. This undercuts financial
security and underscores the need for every household to
maintain an emergency fund .
Pope
Francis Just Echoed Obama's 'Offensive' Prayer Breakfast
Remarks:
The pontiff said all religions are susceptible to
extremism and violence, just like Obama said in
February.
Poll finds
most Americans agree with Donald Trump:
The results help explain why Trump continues to lead the
large Republican field, with 21% of registered
Republicans naming him their first choice for president
in the Bloomberg poll.
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Who Wants a Third
World War?
By Pepe
Escobar |
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China is slowly but surely shifting
towards a spectacular new paradigm
of integrating the whole of Eurasia into a
booming industrial renaissance.
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A Long Time for
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By Michael
Parenti |
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Today, across the nation, we witness
homicidal violence delivered against unarmed
people by law enforcement officers.
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38 militants killed in air
strikes over central Syria:
The Syrian air force has been increasing its strikes
against IS in recent days as it received reinforcements
from Russia
14 ISIL
Killed in Deir Ezzur:
The Syrian army targeted ISIL positions in Mrat village
in the Eastern countryside of Deir Ezzur on Tuesday
night, killing 14 terrorists and injuring several
others, reports said Wednesday.
Insurgent
group pledges allegiance to al Qaeda's Syria wing:
An insurgent group fighting in Syria made up of around
1,500 Chechen, Uzbek and Tajik fighters has pledged
allegiance to al Qaeda's Syria wing Nusra Front, a group
monitoring the war said on Wednesday.
US-trained
Syrian rebels investigating alleged defection:
U.S.-trained rebels who recently returned to Syria said
Wednesday they have lost contact with one of their
officers and that they are investigating reports that he
defected and handed over his weapons to al-Qaida's
branch in the country.
DoD
Spokesman: Reports About Syrian Defections False:
"I just wanted to tell you that we believe those reports
to be false. We have no information at all to suggest
that's true," Davis said in a press briefing today. "All
coalition-issued weapons and equipment are under the
positive control of New Syrian Force fighters."
The US
decision to send weapons to Syria repeats a historical
mistake:
News Analysis - The CIA has been arming Syrian rebels
for years. Nobody should be surprised that the US’s
newest effort was revealed an abject failure
Syria says
would welcome Russian army base in Latakia:
"If
Russia agrees, Syria would only welcome such a step,
because it would be aimed against terrorism on our
soil," Interfax is quoting Riad Haddad as saying.
Jaish al-Islam declares war on
Russians fighting in Syria
: The declaration by one the largest rebel groups comes
as Russia increases its military support to the Syrian
government in recent weeks
Russian
Jets Close off West's Option of No-fly Zone Over Syria:
Russia's deployment of fighter jets in Syria has
effectively destroyed the West's option of imposing a
"no-fly zone", experts have warned, as the British
Defence Secretary said the intervention risked deepening
the crisis.
Propaganda alert:
'He wants to resurrect the
Russian Empire':
Petraeus warns Congress to halt Putin's moves into Syria
before it's too late
War criminal:
Petraeus tells Congress U.S.
should strike Assad regime:
Petraeus called Syria a "geopolitical Chernobyl" that
has destabilized the entire region and said Syrian
President Bashar al-Assad's attacks on civilians have
been the underlining cause of the rise of the Islamic
State -- also identified as IS, ISIS and ISIL -- and
refugee crisis. He urged a strong military commitment to
the region.
Daesh
terrorists execute 25 Iraqi soldiers in Mosul:
The Daesh Takfiri terrorists have executed 25 members of
Iraq’s police and army in the embattled northern city of
Mosul, which has been under the control of the militants
since June 2014.
Turkish
soldier killed in PKK attack in southeast: Security
sources:
Sergeant Mehmet Ali Sarak, 25, came under fire from PKK
militants with automatic rifles while on his way to his
army base in the Silvan district of Diyarbakir, the
sources told AFP on condition of anonymity.
US kills 2
people in Yemen’s Ma’rib: Local official:
“Two alleged, members of al-Qaeda were killed when a
missile from a US drone hit their vehicle” in Ma’rib on
Tuesday, the unnamed official told AFP.
IDF shoots
18yo Palestinian woman 10 times, lets her die in street
(PHOTOS):
An 18-year-old Palestinian girl was shot by Israeli
troops at a Hebron checkpoint for allegedly refusing to
show her purse or face and “trying to attack” a soldier.
She died of multiple wounds in a hospital after bleeding
in the street for 30 minutes.
Barak Says
U.S. Should Give Israel Iran Strike Capability
:
Former Defense Minister Ehud Barak said he would expect
the United States to equip Israel with the arms that
would enable it to attack Iran’s nuclear facilities if
needed.
Secret
Document: How the NSA Spied on Iranians in New York:
The NSA will probably spy on foreign leaders like
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani during the UN General
Assembly in New York this week, applying a "full court
press" that includes intercepting cellphone calls and
bugging hotel rooms, former intelligence analysts told
NBC News.
At least
20 killed in Saudi-led airstrikes on Yemen's Sanaa:
Two missiles were reportedly fired from the Saudi-led
fighter jets destroying four houses in southern Sanaa,
killing 20 civilians, mostly women and children.
Father of
Saudi youth on death row asks king for clemency:
Nimr warned that if his son is put to death the minority
Shiite community could react violently, something he
does not want to happen.
More than
20 killed in NE Nigeria market bombing:
More than 20 people were killed in a bomb attack in the
garrison town of Monguno in remote northeast Nigeria,
witnesses and the country's main relief agency said on
Wednesday.
Sisi
pardons two Jazeera journalists:
A spokesman for President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, Alaa
Youssef, told AFP the Al-Jazeera journalists were among
a group of inmates pardoned, as state news agency MENA
said the pardon covered 100 prisoners, including women
activists Sana Seif and Yara Sallam.
France
sells 2 disputed Mistral warships to Egypt:
Egypt also purchased 24 advanced fighter jets from
France earlier this year for nearly $6 billion, as it
sought international help to bomb Islamic State targets.
Burkina
Faso president 'back in charge' after coup:
President Michel Kafando, who was taken hostage during
last week's coup, says civilian transitional government
restored.
Man Seeks
Legal Action Against US, Germany Over Airstrike That
Killed Dad:
The son of a camel-herder who was allegedly killed by a
United States airstrike in Somalia has launched legal
action against the US as well as Germany, claiming the
latter "plays an indispensable role in secret drone
killings in Somalia."
Libyan
prime minister again prevented from leaving country:
The incident comes only five days after soldiers acting
on orders from a top commander stopped him boarding a
flight to Malta to address a conference organised by the
National Oil Corporation
Georgian
soldier killed in Taliban attack in Afghanistan:
A Georgian soldier posted in Afghanistan was killed and
another wounded when their patrol came under attack by
the Taliban, their government said Wednesday.
Russia
says will respond if US places new nukes in Germany:
The Kremlin says Russia will take countermeasures if the
U.S. places new nuclear weapons at a base in Germany.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov's comments, came in
response to a report by Germany's ZDF television. The
report said that preparation is underway by the U.S. to
station B61-12 nuclear bombs at Buechel Air Base in
Germany.
Around 200
masked men storm Kharkov city hall in Eastern Ukraine;
At least 200 people wearing camouflage and masks stormed
the local administration building in the city of
Kharkov, eastern Ukraine, local media said. The
perpetrators are alleged to be members of the radical
Azov battalion.
Slovakia
to challenge refugee quotas in court, Hungary takes aim
at EU budget
: The dissenting countries who voted against an EU
decision to impose refugee quotas on member states are
responding to plans to adopt the legislation. Slovakia
wants to challenge the decision in court while Hungary
says EU budget redistribution is need.
The
Volkswagen emissions scandal:
VW has already acknowledged that accusations by the US
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) are valid. It has
admitted that it deliberately deceived American
customers and government authorities.
Pope
Francis: US bishops show 'courage' over Catholic church
sex abuse crisis:
Pontiff comes up short of issuing apology to victims of
decades of abuse, and urges bishops to embrace
inclusiveness over ‘harsh and divisive language’
US priests
accused of sex abuse get a second chance by relocating
to South America:
The Catholic Church has allowed priests accused of
sexually abusing children in the United States and
Europe to relocate to poor parishes in South America, a
yearlong GlobalPost investigation has found.
Hundreds
of full-time New York City workers are homeless:
More than 100 of the 1,000 parks workers represented by
one union local are living in homeless shelters. Torres
earns $33,662 a year but says it’s not enough to find
four walls and a roof to call his own in a city where,
according to StreetEasy, the median rent is $2,690 a
month.
Why Jimmy
Carter Says He Could 'Absolutely Not' Be Elected Today:
"We've become, now, an oligarchy instead of a
democracy."
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September 22, 2015
US-trained Division
30 Rebels 'Betrayed US
Hands Weapons Over to al-Qaeda's Affiliate
in Syria'
By Nabih
Bulos |
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"A strong slap for America... the new group
from Division 30 that entered yesterday
hands over all of its weapons to Jabhat al-Nusra
after being granted safe passage.
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A Moral Challenge for
Pope Francis
By Ray
McGovern |
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The Catholic Church has made excuses for
unjustifiable wars even as it has made
abortion a cardinal sin, a hypocrisy that
will be tested as Pope Francis visits the
United States, a country immersed in all the
immorality that comes from warfare.
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Nigeria blasts toll rises to 85:
police: Locals in
Maiduguri, northeast Nigeria, said at least 85 people
were killed Monday in a series of bombings blamed on
Boko Haram, disputing a lower figure of 54 given by
police.
Car bomb detonates near Somalia's
presidential palace:
A car bomb exploded close to the presidential palace in
Somalia's capital Mogadishu, police said on Monday.
Burkina Faso army 'preparing to
raid coup leaders camp':
Loyalist troops mass in the capital Ouagadougou as 10am
GMT deadline expires for coup leaders to lay down their
weapons.
Egypt carries out 'mass home
demolitions' in Sinai:
Egypt may have violated laws of war while clearing
territory along the Gaza border, says Human Rights
Watch.
Saudi-led coalition strikes kill
at least 50 in Yemen:
Air strikes by a Saudi-led coalition killed 50 people in
Yemen when they hit a Houthi-held security compound in
the north and a house in Sanaa. Gulf Arab forces appear
to be making scant progress in a ground offensive in the
central desert against battle-hardened Houthi forces who
control the capital Sanaa some 120 km (75 miles) to the
west.
Yemeni president returns to Aden
after six-month exile:
Yemeni President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi landed in
Yemen's Aden on Tuesday, airport sources said, returning
to the southern port city for the first time since he
escaped to Saudi Arabia as Houthi fighters closed in six
months ago.
Yemen and the scandal of UK arms
sales to Saudi Arabia:
The UK is fuelling this bitter conflict by selling arms
and giving technical support to a Saudi Arabia-led
coalition bombing campaign in Yemen in full knowledge of
the risk of potential war crimes.
Syrian government air strikes
kill 38 IS fighters: monitor:
At least 38 Islamic State group fighters were killed in
air strikes by the Damascus regime against three
jihadist-held towns in central Syria, a monitoring group
said on Tuesday.
Activists say missile attack
kills 18 in northern Syria city:
A missile attack by government forces on Monday killed
at least 18 people and wounded dozens in a rebel-held
neighborhood of the northern city of Aleppo, activists
said.
US military reports 75 US-trained
rebels return to Syria:
About 70 U.S.-trained rebels have returned to Syria
after receiving training in Turkey, crossing the border
in gun-mounted four-wheel drives, the U.S. military's
Central Command said Monday.
US-trained Division 30 Rebels
'Betrayed US: Hands Weapons Over to al-Qaeda's Affiliate
in Syria':
"A strong slap for America... the new group from
Division 30 that entered yesterday hands over all of its
weapons to Jabhat al-Nusra after being granted safe
passage.
Russia calls for action after
shell hits Damascus embassy:
Russia's foreign ministry Monday called for "concrete
action" after a shell landed on its embassy compound in
the Syrian capital, blaming forces battling Syrian
President Bashar Assad.
Russia’s participation in fighting terrorism
will turn the tables on the conspirators: Syrian, Deputy
Prime Minister:
“There is something new beyond (Russia) providing Syria
with weapons, which is Russia engaging in fighting ISIS
and Jabhat al-Nusra,” said al-Moallem in an interview
with the Russian RT channel that was aired on Saturday.
Russia deploys 28 fighter jets to
Syria, US officials say:
"There are 28 fighter and bomber aircraft" at an
airfield in the western Syrian province of Latakia, one
of the officials told AFP, speaking on condition of
anonymity.
Russia sends drone aircraft on
surveillance missions in Syria - U.S. officials:
Russia has started flying drone aircraft on surveillance
missions in Syria, two U.S. officials said on Monday, in
what appeared to be Moscow's first military air
operations inside the country since staging a rapid
buildup at a Syrian air base.
Russia sends arms as signs grow
of shift in Syria war:
Syria said Tuesday it had received sophisticated new
arms from Russia, including warplanes, and deployed them
against jihadists, as signs grew of a major shift in the
country's four-year conflict.
Rebels see tougher war with
Russians in Syria, evoke Afghanistan:
Rebels say Russia's intervention in support of its ally
will only lead to an escalation of the war and may
encourage the rebels' Gulf Arab backers to pour in more
military aid.
Israel PM visits Russia over army
buildup in Syria:
Speaking on Russian television, Putin dismissed
Netanyahu's claim that Syria and Iran are attempting to
open a "second front" against Israel.
Russia to coordinate Syria
military actions with Israel:
Israeli PM Netanyahu says coordination aims to prevent
accidental military clashes with Russian troops in
Syria.
Russia in Syria: Did Putin just
clip Israel's wings?:
All the pleasantries Monday couldn’t hide the
awkwardness of the new wrinkle in Russian-Israeli
relations. Moscow’s decision to boost its military
presence in northern Syria in support of President
Bashar al-Assad has posed a potential challenge to Mr.
Netanyahu
France ready to bomb Syria 'in
self-defense' – foreign minister:
France says it may carry out airstrikes against Islamic
State targets in Syria as an act of self-defense. Last
week French aircraft started to undertake reconnaissance
missions over Syria. French Foreign Minister Laurent
Fabius said the use of weapons on Syrian territory is
justified due to a string of Islamist at
With fight against the Islamic
State in Iraq stalled, U.S. looks to Syria for gains:
With the offensive to reclaim territory from the Islamic
State largely stalled in Iraq, the Obama administration
is laying plans for a more aggressive military campaign
in Syria, where U.S.-backed Kurdish forces have made
surprising gains in recent months.
At least 17 killed in bomb
attacks in Baghdad:
At least 17 people were killed in and around the Iraqi
capital on Monday in four bomb attacks, including a car
bomb claimed by Islamic State militants, while rockets
landed near Baghdad airport.
17 ISIL Militants Killed in Iraqi
Army's Artillery Shelling East of Ramadi:
"The artillery shelling of the Iraqi army in Eastern
Ramadi killed at least 17 ISIL militants," Al-Sumariya
news website quoted an Iraqi security source as saying
on Tuesday. On Monday, the Iraqi fighter jets'
operations resulted in the killing of at least 20 senior
militant commanders and wounding of some others.
Palestinian teen shot in Hebron
by Israeli forces dies from injuries:
The teenager, identified as 18-year-old Hadeel al-Hashlamon,
was shot three times by Israeli soldiers after allegedly
attempting to carry out a stabbing attack, Israel's army
said.
Abbas warns of risk of new
intifada: Palestinian
president Mahmud Abbas warned Tuesday of the "risk of an
intifada" if clashes over the Al-Aqsa mosque compound
continue, after a meeting with French leader Francois
Hollande in Paris. "What is happening is very
dangerous," Abbas said, calling on Israeli Prime
Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to "stop" the chaos at the
flashpoint holy site.
Most Palestinians no longer
support two-state solution:
Two-thirds of those surveyed (65 percent) said they did
not believe the two-state solution was any longer
practical because of Israel's settlement expansion in
the West Bank.
25 Afghan militants killed in 24
hours: Units of
police backed by the army have killed more than two
dozen Taliban militants during a series of operations
across the war-torn Afghanistan over the past 24 hours,
Interior Ministry said in a statement released here on
Monday.
10 Army soldiers killed in
‘insider attack’ in northern Afghanistan:
Four soldiers were killed in grenade explosions and six
others were shot death by militants he said. Another
three personnel in the check post managed to flee the
attack unhu
U.S. soldiers told to ignore
Afghan allies’ sexual abuse of boys:
Dan Quinn, a former Special Forces captain beat up an
Afghani militia commander for keeping a boy chained to a
bed as a sex slave. American soldiers were instructed
not to intervene in the sexual abuse of children Quinn,
and others who did so, faced discipline and even career
ruin.
Politicians should witness
‘direct consequences of their lust for war’ – Labour MP
: UK politicians should have been sent to Afghanistan to
witness the effects of their ‘lust for war’ according to
soldier-turned-Labour MP Clive Lewis.
EU states agree relocation of
120,000 refugees 'by large majority':
EU interior ministers on Tuesday approved by a "large
majority" a plan to relocate 120,000 refugees around the
bloc but only after overriding fierce opposition from
central and eastern European countries.
EU refugee plan attacked on eve
of crisis summit : A
plan to share out refugees across the European Union was
rejected outright by the Czech Republic on Tuesday and
criticized by a United Nations agency for not going far
enough.
If David Cameron really cared about refugees he
wouldn't have just welcomed the world's biggest arms
fair to London : In
the last five years alone, the UK has sold arms to 19 of
the 23 countries that the UN lists for grave violations
against children.
British Prime Minister and an obscene act with a
dead pig's head: How
David Cameron took part in sordid initiation ceremony
after joining Oxford University dining society as a
student
Greece election: Tsipras
triumphant as Syriza returns to power:
Speaking in Athens, Tsipras declared: “This victory
belongs to the people and those who dream of a better
tomorrow and we’ll achieve it with hard work.”
First driverless pods to travel
public roads arrive in the Netherlands:
The WEpod will be the first self-driving electric
shuttle to run in regular traffic, and take bookings via
a dedicated app
Mexico's ghost towns:
Residents seeking asylum in US fear returning to deadly
Juárez Valley
Plan to admit more refugees faces
stiff opposition in Congress:
"Our schools, job markets and public resources are
already stretched too thin. And, even at current rates,
we have no capacity to screen for extremist ideology,"
Sessions said.
You’ll Likely Need a Passport for
a US Domestic Flight:
Starting in 2016, travelers from four U.S. states will
not be able to use their driver’s licenses as ID to
board domestic flights—a pretty major development
considering an estimated 38 percent of Americans don’t
have passports.
Petraeus apologizes for giving
classified info to mistress:
Retired Army Gen. David Petraeus apologized to Congress
on Tuesday for sharing classified information with his
biographer and mistress, Paula Broadwell. It was his
first public testimony before lawmakers since resigning
as CIA director.
Ex-hedge funder buys rights to
AIDS drug and raises price from $13.50 to $750 per pill:
A former hedge fund manager turned pharmaceutical
businessman has purchased the rights to a 62-year-old
drug used for treating life-threatening parasitic
infections and raised the price overnight from $13.50
per tablet to $750.
Watch: Ben Carson Does Not
Believe a Muslim Should Be President:
Responding to a question on "Meet the Press," the
retired neurosurgeon said, "I would not advocate that we
put a Muslim in charge of this nation. I absolutely
would not agree with that."
Scott Walker shocks Republicans
with dropout call to gang up on Donald Trump:
Wisconsin governor, once a frontrunner, encourages 15
remaining candidates for presidential bid to ‘clear the
field’ in search of Donald Trump alternative
Kochs Demand Walker Return Nine
Hundred Million Dollars:
Just minutes after the Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker
dropped out of the Republican Presidential race, the
billionaire Koch brothers demanded that he return the
nine hundred million dollars they had allocated to his
campaign.
Carly Fiorina's disastrous record
as HP's CEO: The more
closely voters examine Carly Fiorina’s record as HP’s
CEO, the worse she’ll look. |
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