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Tell Washington to
Get Lost
By Finian
Cunningham |
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Russia’s air strikes in Syria appear to have
achieved more in one week than Washington’s
coalition has in more than one year. -
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More than 90 killed by blasts in
Turkish capital: At
least 95 people have been killed and around 250 wounded
in the deadliest terror attack in Turkey’s history after
two explosions targeted a peace rally in the centre of
the capital.
14 killed as Turkish air force
bombs PKK targets despite ceasefire:
Shelters and gun positions of Kurdistan Workers Party
destroyed in Iraq and 14 fighters killed in Turkey, army
says.
2 soldiers killed in clashes with
PKK in eastern Turkey:
The clashes erupted when troops launched an operation
against a group of PKK militants in a forested area in
the Senyaka district, the Dogan news agency said.
Turkey hit by protests over
government response to suicide bombings:
Demonstrators in Istanbul accuse Recep Tayyip Erdogan of
slow action after Ankara terror attack on peace rally,
and of censoring press and social media.
Fact or propaganda?
Russian jet 'shot
down by Turkish forces
: Unconfirmed reports claim a Russian jet was shot down
by Turkish forces. Eyewitnesses on social media said
they saw an explosion in northern Syria. It was alleged
that Russian fighter planes had violated Turkey's
airspace.
Chief editor of Today’s Zaman put
behind bars for tweets critical of Erdogan:
A court has ordered the arrest of Today's Zaman
Editor-in-Chief Bülent Kenes after he was taken into
custody Friday evening, on charges of insulting
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan via his tweets, in what
is seen as another blow to freedom of the press in
Turkey.
Turkey says its jets again
harassed at border with Syria:
A military statement said the missile systems locked
radar on the Turkish jets for two minutes while Syrian
SU-22 and SU-24 jets placed the Turkish planes under
lock for two minutes and 35 seconds. It said the
incidents occurred on Saturday.
Russian strikes hit 55 ISIS
targets in Syria: military:
The Russian military said the latest strikes - conducted
in the provinces of Damascus, Aleppo, Hama, Raqa and
Idlib -destroyed 29 training camps for "terrorists", 23
defensive positions, two command centers and an
ammunition depot.
Russia-backed Syrian forces
advance on rebels:
Twelve days into Russia's aerial campaign, the troops
were gaining ground on two fronts: in central Hama
province around the Damascus-Aleppo highway, and in the
northern part of government stronghold Latakia province.
Watch: Trail of bodies behind
retreating jihadists in Syria (GRAPHIC)
: The village was under control of the Al-Nusra Front, a
group affiliated with Al-Qaeda. They retreated on Friday
as the Syrian government forces, supported from the air
by Russian warplanes, went on the offensive.
Russia's Putin,
Saudi defense minister agree to cooperate in Syria:
Russian President Vladimir Putin met Saudi Arabia's
defense minister on Sunday, in Moscow's biggest attempt
so far to reach out to enemies of Syria's President
Bashar al-Assad since Russia joined the conflict with
air strikes.
U.S. to supply arms, gear to
vetted rebel chiefs:
The U.S. will largely abandon its failed efforts to
train moderate Syrian rebels fighting ISIS, and instead
provide arms and equipment directly to rebel leaders and
their units on the battlefield, the Obama administration
said Friday.
10 Palestinians killed in last 24
hours as deadly attacks continue:
The Gaza Health Ministry provided the details of the
other six those killed as Shadi Hussam Dawla, 20, Ahmad
al-Harbawi, 20 and Abed al-Wahidi, 20, who were shot at
the protest near Shujai’yah, and Muhammad al-Raqeb, 15,
Ziad Nabil Sharaf, 20 and Adnan Moussa Abu Elayyan, 22,
who were shot at the Khan Younis demonstration.
Israeli forces shoot dead two
boys, aged 13 and 15, in Gaza:
Their deaths come after seven Palestinians were killed
when Israeli snipers opened fire on demonstrations near
the Gaza border fence on Friday, also east of Khan
Younis. According to the Palestinian Ministry of Health,
Israeli forces injured 145 other Palestinians by live
fire or rubber-coated steel bullets during the protests.
Watch: Israeli forces open fire
on Palestinian demonstrators in Gaza:
Israeli soldiers shoot Palestinian protestor as he
throws a stone.
Pregnant Palestinian and child
killed in Israeli air raid:
A Palestinian woman who was five-months pregnant and her
three-year-old daughter have been killed in an Israeli
air strike east of Gaza City.
Israel accused of 'deliberately
killing' protesters:
Rights groups say Israel is using excessive force
against unarmed Palestinian civilians in the recent wave
of violence.
HRW slams Israel's
'indiscriminate firing' after researcher wounded:
- Human Rights Watch on Sunday slammed the Israeli
army's "indiscriminate or deliberate firing" on
protesters and observers the pose no threat, several
days after one of the group's researchers was injured at
a demonstration.
2 Israeli police stabbed in
Jerusalem, Palestinian attacker killed:
A Palestinian stabbed two police officers outside the
Old City in east Jerusalem before being shot dead by
security forces, police said, in the second such attack
in the same area Saturday.
Israeli settlers carry out
attacks in East Jerusalem, West Bank:
In western Hebron, locals said that settlers attacked
Palestinian homes near the illegal Israeli settlement of
Kiryat Arbaa. Settlers reportedly attacked the homes in
Wad al-Hisn, spreading waste water and firing tear gas
canisters. Israeli soldiers reportedly protected them.
Jordan’s parliament accuses
‘Israeli enemy’ of state terrorism:
Lawmakers in Amman condemn ‘barbaric crimes’ committed
against Palestinians in West Bank, Gaza
Palestinians will never have a
state and will be ruled by Israel - says Israeli
minister: “To me,
they are like animals, they aren’t human.”
Iraqi Officials: Attacks Across
Baghdad Kill 8: The
deadliest attack Saturday took place in the eastern
neighborhood of al-Shaab. A police official says a
sticky bomb inside a microbus killed three people and
wounded seven.
4 killed Iraqi Kurdish protests
urge regional president to quit:
Four people have been killed in two days of
demonstrations in Iraqi Kurdistan, as outrage over
unpaid salaries have morphed into large scale protests
for the regional president's resignation.
Al-Qaeda in Yemen claims killing
of men over witchcraft:
Armed group hands out flyers in the town of Mayfaa
claiming killing of four men suspected of practising
sorcery.
Iraqi air force hits convoy of
ISIS leader Baghdadi:
"The Iraqi air force carried out a heroic operation
targeting the convoy of the criminal terrorist Abu Bakr
al-Baghdadi," Iraq's security forces said in a joint
statement. "His health status is unknown," it said,
adding that the leader of ISIS was "transported in a
vehicle" after the strike.
Suicide bombings at Chad market,
refugee camp kill 38:
The head of the gendarmerie in Chad's capital says two
groups of suicide bombers attacked a market and refugee
camp in a village, killing at least 38 people and
injuring at least 51. A military official said the
extremist group Boko Haram is suspected.
Twin suicide bombings kill 11 in
north Cameroon: sources:
Two suicide bombers blew themselves up in Cameroon's Far
North Region early on Sunday, killing 11 people, three
military sources told Reuters.
Seven killed in Mali, Burkina
attacks blamed on jihadists:
Seven people, including one fighter, were killed today
in two separate border region attacks blamed on
jihadists in Mali and neighbouring Burkina Faso,
security and government sources said.
Pre-election violence in Guinea
kills 3, injures 50:
Opposition demonstrators have clashed with supporters of
President Alpha Conde who is running for re-election in
polls Sunday.
China launches global yuan
payment system:
China’s Central Bank has started a global payment system
which provides cross-border transactions in yuan. The
China International Payment System (CIPS) intends to
internationalize the yuan and challenge the US dollar's
dominance.
Ukraine rebels say one killed in
Donetsk despite truce:
Ukrainian army fire killed one person and wounded
another in the pro-Moscow rebel bastion of Donetsk in
the east on Saturday, despite a truce that had held for
several weeks, the separatists said.
Any NATO movement toward Russia’s
borders will lead to reciprocal steps - Kremlin:
Vladimir Putin’s press secretary has said that the
excuses used by NATO to move its infrastructure to
Russian borders were nothing but camouflage and warned
that none of such steps would be left unanswered.
Hundreds of thousands protest in
Berlin against EU-U.S. trade deal:
At least 150,000 people marched in Berlin on Saturday in
protest against a planned free trade deal between Europe
and the United States that they say is anti-democratic
and will lower food safety, labor and environmental
standards.
Hundreds face off in Australian
town in anti-Islam protest:
Right-wing activists from the United Patriots Front,
which says that its aim is opposing the spread of Islam,
faced off with members of a left-wing coalition
promoting tolerance in the town of Bendigo in Victoria
state.
Canada PM's office ordered delay
on Syrian refugee claims processing:
Opposition attacked Stephen Harper for ‘meddling’ in
immigration minister’s domain with order to halt entry
of refugees until he could approve them
Anti-Muslim protests span US: How
mosques are responding:
Anti-Muslim protesters – some armed – plan to gather in
front of mosques and Muslim community centers across the
country.
Watch: Bodycam Captures
Undocuemented Immigrants Rescue
: Texas police officers
found 39 undocumented immigrants in the back of an
18-wheeler truck, and the dramatic rescue was caught on
the body cameras worn by officers.
Condo owners in Panama tell
Trump: You’re fired!:
During the four years that Trump Panama Condominium
Management LLC had managed the property, Central
America’s largest building, a team installed by the
Trump family was accused of running up more than $2
million in unauthorized debts, paying its executives
undisclosed bonuses and withholding basic financial
information from owners.
Go Ahead, Back Hillary Clinton
and Forget All About Her Record:
For confirmation of the Margaret Thatcher hawkish side
of Clinton, simply refer to her book “Hard Choices,”
which clearly is biased against choosing the more
peaceful course and instead betrays a bellicose
posturing that seems to harken back to the Goldwater
Girl days that reflected her earliest political
instincts.
The Families Funding the 2016
Presidential Election
: Just 158 families have provided nearly half of the
early money for efforts to capture the White House. |
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Collateral
Damage/Stuff Happens
By David
Marks |
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President George W. Bush
(and his successor Barack Obama) have
lamented “collateral damage” in
Afghanistan and Iraq – and Jeb Bush
shrugs off a domestic mass shooting as
“stuff happens” – but the tragedies have
a common denominator: glorification of
war and cultural acceptance of violence.
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Empire of
Disaster
By Paul
Edwards |
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America’s War Machine has
profited to an extent that no victorious
imperial army in history ever
approached, financed by the fleecing of
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Stop Millions of
Western Immigrants!
By Andre
Vltchek |
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While Westerners are
freely immigrating wherever they desire,
Europe is now deploying its military in
order to intimidate, humiliate and to
stop those mugged and tortured victims
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Columbus Lives
By David
Swanson |
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It's not too late for us
to stop celebrating Columbus Day and
every other war holiday, and focus
instead on including among the human
rights we care about, the right not to
be bombed or conquered.-
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Russia says kills 300
insurgents in latest Syria strikes: RIA:
Russia's Defense Ministry said on Friday its planes
had struck the headquarters of the Liwa al-Haqq
militant group in Syria, killing 200 insurgents,
including two Islamic State field commanders, the
RIA news agency reported. In separate attacks in the
Aleppo region, the ministry said its planes had
killed a further 100 insurgents.
ISIL
kills top Iranian commander in Syria:
An Iranian Revolutionary Guards general has been
killed near Aleppo, where he was advising the Syrian
army on their battle against Islamic State of Iraq
and the Levant (ISIL) fighters, the guards said in a
statement.
IS
advances near Syria's Aleppo despite Russian strikes:
Islamic State militants captured a string of
villages near Aleppo on Friday in a lightning attack
that brought them closer to the prized city in
northern Syria, despite a major increase in Russian
airstrikes that Moscow insists are targeting the
extremists.
In
Syria, hints of Soviet helicopter tactics from
Afghanistan:
new video footage posted online shows what easily
could be Russian Mi-24 Hind gunships engaging
targets on the ground as well as one being
potentially shot down.
Syrian
Army Shoots Down Spy Drone in Lattakia Governorate:
A hostile surveillance aircraft operated by the
terrorist groups was shot down by the Syrian troops
as it was flying over the coastal province of
Lattakia, the sources said.
Russia
Blasts CNN, Demands the US Back Claims with Facts:
Moscow demanded Thursday that the U.S. back up its
claims — that Russian missiles were mistakenly
dropped in Iran — with facts and hard evidence. The
Russian government also blasted CNN for distributing
information by citing anonymous sources.
Ashton
Carter: U.S. to end Syrian rebel training program:
U.S. officials have said the new effort would focus
more on embedding recruits with established Kurdish
and Arab units, rather than sending them directly
into front-line combat. Last week, a commander of
one of the U.S.-trained rebel units turned over a
half-dozen U.S. vehicles to extremist militants.
Saudi
clerics make call to jihad against Syria's
government, Iranian and Russian:
"The holy warriors of Syria are defending the whole
Islamic nation. Trust them and support them ...
because if they are defeated, God forbid, it will be
the turn of one Sunni country after another," the
statement said.
Saudi
Increases Arms Supplies to 3 Syrian Terrorist Fronts:
Saudi government official did not rule out supplying
surface-to-air missiles to the rebels, a move
resisted by many in the West for fear that they
would fall into the hands of ISIL and end up being
used to shoot down warplanes of the US-led coalition
or even civilian airliners.
Saudi
Arabia Said to Order Spending Curbs Amid Oil Price
Slump:
With oil accounting for about 90 percent of revenue
in the Arab world’s largest economy, a drop of more
than 40 percent in crude prices in the past 12
months has combined with wars in Yemen and Syria to
pressure Saudi Arabia’s finances.
US
withdraws Patriots despite Turkey’s appeal to keep
them:
: The US began withdrawing its Patriot batteries
from the country, on Friday, in line with its
earlier announcement of pulling out on technical
grounds -- for updating its systems -- and its
assessment of the downgrading threat level from
Syria.
Iraq :
Mortar attack in eastern Diyala province kills 35,
wounds 45:
A police official from the city of Baquba told The
Associated Press that at least 35 civilians were
killed late Friday when the mortars landed on their
villages in the nearby suburbs. At least 45 people
were wounded in the attack.
Protester killed in unrest in Iraq's Kurdistan
region:
Protesters torched an office of the main political
party in Iraq's Kurdish north on Friday after at
least one demonstrator was killed in the worst
unrest the region has seen for several years.
Popularity of 'Putin the Shiite' sky high in Iraq:
Russian President Vladimir Putin's bullish entry
into the Syrian conflict has worked wonders for his
popularity in neighbouring Iraq, where some await
'Hajji Putin' like a saviour.
5 Palestinians killed as
Israeli forces open fire at Gaza demo:
Five Palestinians were killed and 19 others injured
as Israeli military forces opened fire at a
demonstration by the border fence east of Gaza City
and near Khan Younis on Friday, medics said.
Israeli stabs Palestinians in 'nationalistic' attack:
An Israeli has stabbed and wounded four Palestinians
in an attack in city of Dimona in southern Israel,
according to police, who described the motive as
"nationalistic".
Video:
Palestinian woman shot after alleged stab attack in
Afula:
Amid shouting, the security forces open fire
multiple times at the woman, who drops to the
ground. She appears to pose no threat to the heavily
armed forces when she was shot.
Hamas
leader in Gaza declares intifada as deadly attacks
continue:
In a sermon for Friday prayers at a mosque in Gaza
City, Haniyeh said: “We are calling for the
strengthening and increasing of the intifada. It is
the only path that will lead to liberation. Gaza
will fulfil its role in the Jerusalem intifada and
it is more than ready for confrontation.”
Abbas
to Israeli government: Stay away from our Islamic
and Christian holy sites:
"We want peace and our hands will continue to be
extended towards peace despite all our suffering at
your hands," PA leader says.
Coalition warplanes bomb Yemen rebels:
The air strikes targeted Huthi rebels in the west of
Marib province, amid ongoing clashes between them
and forces loyal to President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi.
Clash
leaves 28 killed in W. Afghanistan:
- Clash between security forces and Taliban
militants have claimed the lives of 28 people
including a civilian in the western Herat and Farah
provinces since Thursday night, officials said on
Friday.
MSF
says 33 staff, patients still missing after US air
strike:
Of the missing, nine are patients and 24 are staff,
according to Guilhem Molinie, country representative
for Doctors Without Borders (MSF) in Afghanistan.
US
airstrike on Afghan hospital probably exceeded rules
of operation:
The U.S. airstrike on a hospital in Afghanistan,
which U.S. officials have called a “mistake,” may
have exceeded the rules American forces have
operated under since their combat mission ended
nearly a year ago, officials say.
Nigeria: I7 civilian, scores of insurgents killed in
Borno attack:
The troops of 7 Division, Nigerian Army, have killed
scores of Boko Haram terrorists who attempted to
attack Gubio town, the headquarters of Gubio local
government area of Borno State.
Russia
voices concern about UN sanctions, spy drones in
South Sudan:
The United Nations Security Council on Friday voted
to amend the mandate of a peacekeeping mission in
South Sudan so it can back implementation of a
recent peace deal, but Russia and Venezuela
abstained over concerns about sanctions and
surveillance drones.
U.N.
council authorises mission against human trafficking
off Libya:
The United Nations Security Council on Friday
authorized European Union naval operations for one
year to seize and dispose of vessels operated by
human traffickers in the high seas off Libya. The
15-member council adopted the British-drafted
resolution with 14 votes in favor. Venezuela
abstained.
China
will not allow violations of its territorial waters:
- China said on Friday it would not stand for
violations of its territorial waters in the name of
freedom of navigation, as the United States
considers sailing warships close to China's
artificial islands in the South China Sea.
North
Korea could hit US homeland with nuclear weapon,
says top admiral:
Admiral Bill Gortney, commander of US Northern
Command and the North American Aerospace Defense
Command, said he agreed with US intelligence
assessments that North Korea had nuclear weapons, as
well as the ability to miniaturise them and put them
on a rocket that could reach the United States.
Ex-CIA
agent convicted in Italy fights to stay in Portugal:
A former CIA operative convicted of kidnapping an
Egyptian cleric in Milan as part of the U.S.
extraordinary renditions program is fighting against
being sent to Italy to serve the six-year sentence
she received in absentia there, a Portuguese court
official said Friday.
Pinochet directly ordered killing on US soil of
Chilean diplomat, papers reveal:
The Obama administration has declassified documents
showing that the Chilean dictator personally ordered
the assassination of Orlando Letelier in 1976
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dead, 3 wounded in shooting at Northern Arizona
University:
An overnight confrontation between two groups of
students escalated into gunfire Friday when a
freshman at Northern Arizona University killed one
person and wounded three others, authorities said.
Did
Someone At DHS Edit The Wikipedia Pages Of Kevin
McCarthy And Renee Ellmers?:
An Internet address originating from the Department
of Homeland Security was tied to entries made on the
Wikipedia pages of North Carolina Rep. Renee Ellmers
and California Rep. Kevin McCarthy, alleging that
the two Republicans were having an affair.
Bernie
Sanders to oppose Obama’s nominee to lead the FDA:
“At a time when millions of Americans cannot afford
to purchase the prescription drugs they need, we
need a new leader at the FDA who is prepared to
stand up to the pharmaceutical companies and work to
substantially lower drug prices,” Sanders said in a
statement. “Unfortunately, I have come to the
conclusion that Dr. Califf is not that person.” |
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Intifada: The Writing
Was On The Wall
By Gideon
Levy |
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Anyone who claims to be surprised has, along
with most Israelis, been burying his head in
the sand for a decade. The only surprising
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20 killed
in huge blast near Syria’s Aleppo:
A huge car bomb targeting areas just outside the
northwestern Syrian city of Aleppo has killed at least
20 people. Security sources said on Thursday that tens
of people were also injured in the blast in the Hraytan
town, about five kilometers north of Aleppo.
ISIS
Executes 3 Assyrian Christians in Hasakah, Syria:
The Islamic State of Iraq and Al-Sham (ISIS) has
released another a gory video in which they brutally
execute three Assyrian civilians that were taken captive
during their winter offensive (February 23rd) in the
Khabour River region of the Al-Hasakah Governorate.
Combat
report: Russian jets strike 27 terrorist facilities in
Syria overnight;
"The [Russian] bombers… targeted eight militant
strongholds in the province of Homs. The militant
fortifications were completely destroyed by the
strikes,” said Igor Konashenkov, spokesman for the
Russian Defense Ministry. The Russian planes hit 11
Islamic State training camps in the Syrian provinces of
Raqqa
Syria army
in 'vast offensive' backed by Russian strikes:
Syria's army announced Thursday a "vast offensive" to
wrest back territory from armed opposition groups, as
NATO voiced alarm at escalating Russian military
activity in the war-torn country.
Fact or propaganda?
Russian Airstrikes Destroy 40% of
ISIL's Infrastructure in a Week:
Syria's Ambassador to Russia Riad Haddad said that
around 40 percent of Islamic State infrastructure in
Syria has been destroyed since Russia began its military
operation in the country.
Gulf Arabs 'stepping up' arms
supplies to Syrian rebels:
Saudi Arabia is responding to the recent Russian air
strikes on Syrian rebels by stepping up its supplies of
lethal weaponry to three different rebel groups, a Saudi
government official has told the BBC.
Russia has
ground troop battalion, advanced tanks in Syria: U.S.
NATO envoy:
Russia's military build-up in Syria includes a
"considerable and growing" naval presence, long-range
rockets and a battalion of ground troops backed by
Moscow's most modern tanks, the U.S. ambassador to NATO
said on Wednesday.
US Defense Chief
Warns: Russians Will Die:
Ashton Carter warns that due to its Syria attacks,
Russia will in coming days 'begin to suffer casualties,'
indicating domestic attacks. "This will have
consequences for Russia itself which is rightly fearful
of attacks...in coming days, the Russians will begin to
suffer from casualties," Carter said at a NATO defense
ministers meeting
Ash Carter: U.S. Won't Cooperate
With Russia on Syria Strikes
: U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter said
Wednesday the U.S.-led coalition has not agreed to
cooperate with Russia in the fight against the Islamic
State and no collaboration is possible as long as Moscow
continues to strike other targets.
Photos show Russian military
trucks on Syria-bound ship:
A ship chartered by the Russian government to make
voyages to a government-controlled port in Syria was
carrying military trucks when it headed to Syria last
month, according to photographs taken as it passed
through the Bosphorus Straits.
Pentagon funding bill on Obama’s
desk: $600 mln to Syrian rebels, $300 mln to Kiev:
Some $600 million has been earmarked for a program to
support the “appropriately vetted” Syrian rebels,
fighting against both the government in Damascus and
Islamic State (IS, also known as ISIS and ISIL).
Congress probing U.S. spy
agencies' possible lapses on Russia:
Senior U.S. lawmakers have begun probing possible
intelligence lapses over Moscow’s intervention in Syria,
concerned that American spy agencies were slow to grasp
the scope and intention of Russia’s dramatic military
offensive there.
Iraq Gives Up On America And Asks
Russia To Rescue It From IS:
"We might be forced to ask Russia to launch airstrikes
in Iraq soon," Hakim al-Zamili, chairman of the Iraqi
parliament's defense and security committee, told
Reuters. "We are seeking to see Russia have a bigger
role in Iraq. . . Yes, definitely a bigger role than the
Americans."
Mortar attacks kill 27 in Iraq -
police : Twenty seven
people were killed in Iraq on Thursday when mortars
landed in the provincial capital of Baquba, police and
medics said.
In Pictures .. ISIS throws 4
people from high buildings in Iraq because of
homosexuality: The
extremist organization in Mosul called the people who
gathered in "Bab al-Toub" area to watch the execution of
two men under the pretext of homosexuality by throwing
them from the roof of a building
NATO Ready to "Defend" Turkey,
Send Troops If Needed:
NATO Secretary General: NATO is ready to send troops to
Turkey to defend its ally against threats on its
southern flank, the head of the US-led alliance said
today after violations of Turkish airspace by Russia
jets conducting air strikes in Syria.
Saudi-led
Attack Kills 30 More Civilians in Yemen::
Saudi-led warplanes struck a wedding ceremony in Yemen
Thursday killing at least 30 people and leaving dozens
injured in the western province of Dhamar, local press
reported on Thursday. In late September, fighter jets
struck a ceremony killing more than 135 people, many of
them women and children, and injuring dozens of others.
Amnesty
International Says The U.S.-Supported Coalition In Yemen
Is Committing War Crimes:
“The coalition airstrikes investigated by Amnesty
International in Sa’da governorate have involved serious
violations of international humanitarian law, including
war crimes,” the report, published this month by Amnesty
International, reads.
Israeli forces kill Palestinian
youth in Jerusalem: A
Palestinian youth has been shot dead by Israeli forces
during a protest in Jerusalem, Palestinian medical
sources said.
Palestinian stabs 4 Israelis in Tel Aviv, shot dead at
scene:
A Palestinian suspect stabbed four Israelis, including a
soldier, in Tel Aviv on Thursday, Israeli police and the
army reported, with the attacker shot dead at the scene.
Palestinian seriously wounded by settler fire:
Red Crescent: Jewish settlers shot and seriouslywounded
a Palestinian in the occupied West Bank early today,the
Red Crescent and witnesses said.
Watch: Journalist hit by stun
grenade covering West Bank clashes
: Video - Al Mayadeen TV journalist Hana
Mahameed was caught in crossfire Oct. 4 in Jerusalem
while reporting clashes in the West Bank, and was
injured by a stun grenade.
Obama Approved Israeli West Bank
Violence: News
Analysis -
Nothing this extreme would be happening without US
approval. Make no mistake. Washington fully supports it
- daily attacks on defenseless Palestinians, reminiscent
of Nazi Germany’s Kristallnacht, extreme viciousness,
terrorizing an entire population, committing
cold-blooded murder and mayhem.
Major oil
reserve said found on occupied Golan:
Afek Oil and Gas confirms ‘significant amounts’ of
liquid oil, but quality, quantity and cost-effectiveness
of extraction still unknown
Untold
Story of British WWII Concentration Camps for Jewish
Refugees:
The gruesome and shameful history of British
concentration camps for Jewish refugees in Palestine
during the Second World War still remains largely
unspoken.
Second
Saudi juvenile faces beheading, a day after Cameron's
questioned over 'squalid' human rights deal:
According to human rights organisation Reprieve, Dawoud
al-Marhoon had his death by beheading sentence upheld by
the Saudi Specialised Criminal Court.
At least
17 killed in NE Nigeria suicide attacks blamed on Boko
Haram:
At least 17 people were killed in a series of suicide
bomb attacks in northeast Nigeria Wednesday, as Boko
Haram released a new video saying its leader was still
alive and in charge of the Islamist"
UN Attack
Kills Five DR Congo Civilians:
:
Governor Julien Paluku told AFP by telephone that he had
just received confirmation from a delegation that
visited the scene of Monday's attack that "MONUSCO
pounded a village essentially made up of civilians" and
that "as of today ... five civilians were killed."
U.S. mulls
sailing near disputed South China Sea islands: Pentagon
official:
The United States is considering sailing warships close
to China’s artificial islands in the South China Sea to
signal it does not recognize Chinese territorial claims
over the area, a U.S. defense official said on Thursday.
NATO to
Boost Rapid Response Force in Eastern Europe:
The NATO military bloc announced Thursday that it will
boost its Rapid Response Force to 40,000, a ten-fold
increase from the original number of troops assigned.
NATO had previously agreed to install small headquarters
in Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and
Romania, most countries which share borders with Russia.
Worse than
a Pig's Head: David Cameron's Crimes:
Yes, the U.K.’s Prime Minister had intimate relations
with a dead pig’s head (allegedly). But it gets worse.
UN: Over
150,000 People Murdered in Mexico Since December 2006:
The U.N.’s human rights commissioner said Mexico has a
98 percent impunity rate, while most crimes aren’t even
investigated.
U.N. chief
hails U.S. plan to release thousands of prisoners:
The United Nations secretary-general welcomed on
Wednesday a U.S. decision to release some 6,000 federal
prisoners to ease overcrowding and provide redress for
people who had received disproportionately long
sentences for non-violent drug-related offenses.
Volkswagen
U.S. chief knew of emissions problems in 2014:
It wasn’t until last month that Volkswagen disclosed at
a meeting with regulators that software in certain
diesel vehicles contained a defeat device, which
effectively lowered emissions for testing purposes.
St. Louis
Prepares For "Catastrophic Event" As Underground Fire
Nears Nuclear Waste Cache:
Beneath the surface of a St. Louis-area landfill lurk
two things that should never meet: a slow-burning fire
and a cache of Cold War-era nuclear waste, separated by
no more than 1,200 feet.
TPP text
to finally be made public:
The TPP’s text will be made public Nov. 7, or sometime
around then, or perhaps a little sooner, according to
U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman.
Memo to
progressives: Hillary Clinton is lying to you:
Let’s be clear here: Hillary Clinton is lying when she
says she’s opposed to the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
There is absolutely nothing in either her political
background or her political history to suggest that she
has any real substantive problems with the deal.
Most
Americans have less than $1,000 in savings, 1 in 5 have
none – survey:
“They likely don’t
have cash reserves to cover an emergency and will have
to rely on credit, friends and family, or even their
retirement accounts to cover unexpected expenses.”
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"America the
Exceptional" Awards Night
By
Philip Giraldi |
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Putin emerged from his grilling looking and
sounding like a genuine statesman while
Charlie Rose seemed to be a man who was
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Another Bombed
Hospital, Another day in the Empire.
By Joe
Clifford |
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Imagine the horror, tears, lament, and rage,
if a hospital was bombed by terrorists in an
American city killing doctors, children, and
patients, some who were burned to death in
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A Flagrant Liar for
President?
By Jim
Hightower
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Be careful about believing anything Carly
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ISIS
killed 70 Sunni tribesmen in Iraq's Anbar: UN:
"These people who were executed were the fathers and
brothers of members of the police, the army... and of
tribal fighters who are battling ISIS," he said.
28 ISIS
members killed in coalition strike in Mosul:
Kurdish security source said on Wednesday, that 28 ISIS
members had been either killed or wounded in an aerial
bombardment by the international coalition in different
parts of Mosul (405 km north of Baghdad).
Iraqi
forces recapture areas from ISIL around Ramadi:
An operation involving 2,000 troops backed by air
strikes from the US-led coalition led to the recapture
of several neighbourhoods from ISIL, officials said on
Wednesday. A brigadier general from the Anbar operations
command said those included Zankura, Albu Jleib, al-Adnaniyah
and parts of Albu Risha and an area known as Kilometre
5.
Iraq leans towards Russia in war on Islamic
State:
Iraq may request Russian air strikes against Islamic
State on its soil soon and wants Moscow to have a bigger
role than the United States in the war against the
militant group, the head of parliament's defence and
security committee said on Wednesday.
19 ISIS
terrorists killed in Russian airstrikes in Syria:
At least 15 people were killed in al-Karma and its
surroundings in eastern areas of al-Raqa province
Russian
missiles 'hit IS in Syria from Caspian Sea':
Russia says it has launched rocket strikes on Islamic
State targets in Syria from its warships in the Caspian
Sea - about 1,500km (930 miles) away. Defence Minister
Sergei Shoigu said four warships fired 26 sea-based
cruise missiles on 11 targets, destroying them.
Russian
warplanes in Syria destroy U.S.-trained rebels' weapons
depots: commander:
Russian air strikes have destroyed the main weapons
depots of a U.S.-trained rebel group in Syria, their
commander said on Wednesday, in an expansion of Russian
attacks on insurgents backed by foreign enemies of
President Bashar al-Assad.
Russia has
ground troop battalion, advanced tanks in Syria: U.S.
NATO envoy:
Russia's military build-up in Syria includes a
"considerable and growing" naval presence, long-range
rockets and a battalion of ground troops backed by
Moscow's most modern tanks, the U.S. ambassador to NATO
said on Wednesday.
Russia
offers to reopen, broaden military talks with the U.S.
over Syria:
Russia and the United States tentatively agreed Tuesday
to resume talks on how to prevent conflicts between
their warplanes in the skies over Syria, even as
concerns mounted about the potential for a broader
confrontation in the Middle East between the two powers.
Russia
accuses U.S. of often not striking terrorist targets in
Syria:
The Russian defense ministry on Wednesday reacted to
Washington's criticism of its air campaign in Syria by
accusing the U.S. air force of not always bombing
Islamic State militants itself.
Russian
Offer to Share ISIL Targets With US-Led Coalition Gets
No Response:
Russia has proposed sharing the coordinates of possible
ISIL targets with the US-led anti-ISIL coalition, but
has not received a response, Colonel-General Andrei
Kartapolov, head of the Main Operations Directorate of
the Russian General Staff, told media at a press
briefing on Wednesday.
VIDEO: FSA
engaged in Syrian government offensive in Hama:
A video, was uploaded to YouTube by the Free Syrian
Army's (FSA) 13th Division showing FSA fighters firing
an anti-tank TOW missile at a convoy of armoured
vehicles in Hama's countryside at Al-Masasneh,
successfully striking what appears to be a Russian-made
Syrian army T-62 battle tank.
Russian
Foreign Minister calls Free Syrian Army ‘phantom’ group:
The Free Syrian Army and the moderate opposition in
general remain a "phantom" group, Russian Foreign
Minister Sergey Lavrov has said, adding that Moscow has
called on the US to explain what it is and where it is
based.
Russia
Ready to Establish Contacts With Free Syrian Army –
Foreign Ministry:
Moscow is ready to help coordinate the efforts of the
armed forces of Syria and the Free Syrian Army, which
currently oppose the country's government, to fight the
Islamic State, Russia's Foreign Ministry said Wednesday.
French
president indirectly contradicts Putin's remark on Syria
alliance:
France's president says comments from Russian President
Vladimir Putin suggesting an alliance of Syrian
government forces and the Free Syrian Army are
incorrect.
Hollande
warns of 'total war' if no action taken in Syria:
Failure to act in Syria risks stoking a "total war" in
the Middle East, French President François Hollande said
in a landmark speech to the European Parliament
alongside German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
Fact or propaganda?
Russian
jets 'intercept' US predator drones over Syria,
officials say:
Russian fighter jets shadowed U.S. predator drones on at
least three separate occasions high above Syria since
the start of Russia’s air campaign last week, according
to two U.S. officials briefed on this latest
intelligence from the region.
Hillary
Clinton: Removing Assad in Syria Is Top Priority:
Her comments come at a time of a growing gulf between
Russia and the U.S. on the appropriate place of the
Syrian President in the fight against ISIS.
Graham:
“The President Of Russia Has Told The President Of The
United States To Go To Hell”:
“Putin is doing what I would have suggested. He’s
forming a regional force of Syrians, Hezbollah,
Iranians, and now Russian ground forces, with Russian
air power, and they’re going to go after the people that
threaten Assad,”
Iraq leans towards Russia in war on Islamic
State:
Iraq may request Russian air strikes against Islamic
State on its soil soon and wants Moscow to have a bigger
role than the United States in the war against the
militant group, the head of parliament's defence and
security committee said on Wednesday.
Saudis
kill eight in northwestern Yemen:
Saudi warplanes have killed as many as eight people,
including six women and children, in northwestern Yemen,
as the Riyadh regime keeps up its indiscriminate
military aggression against its impoverished southern
neighbor.
Suicide
bombing kills 7 in rebel-held Yemen capital:
A suicide bombing outside a mosque in Yemen's
insurgent-held capital killed seven people, rebel media
and witnesses said Wednesday.
Arab
coalition accused of war crimes in Yemen:
Amnesty International seeks halt to arms transfers to
coalition members, citing evidence of "unlawful air
strikes".
Nabbed!
Smugglers Caught Trying to Transport Ingredients for
Nuke to ISIL:
Over the past five years, there have reportedly been
several incidents where smugglers in the former Soviet
Union have tried to sell nuclear material to Islamic
State militants.
IDF says
Palestinian boy was killed by mistake:
A Palestinian boy killed during a protest in the West
Bank on Monday afternoon was shot by an IDF soldier who
was aiming at another protester, the army said.
89
Palestinians injured by rubber bullets in West Bank
clashes:
- Over 288 Palestinians were injured across the occupied
West Bank on Wednesday as fierce clashes continued for
the sixth consecutive day, including 89 by rubber-coated
steel bullets and 10 with live rounds and 189 who
suffered from tear gas inhalation, Red Crescent
officials said.
Knife
attack wounds Jewish man near Tel Aviv:
An attacker stabbed a Jewish man outside a shopping
centre near Tel Aviv on Wednesday and was captured,
Israeli police and media said, after several days of
unrest in Israel and the West Bank.
Barghouti:
'The Third Intifada has already begun':
Palestinian lawmaker believes risk of a third intifada
has increased rapidly since the killing of two
Palestinian teenagers
Right-wing
Knesset member tells Palestinian woman to 'go to the
grave':
When the Arab woman in question passed by, Yogev tried
to prevent her from passing and shouted at her: “You
will not pass here, Jews only.”
United
States reportedly issued Israel an ultimatum
: ‘US
won’t veto UN vote on settlements if Israel builds
anew’: Should West Bank construction resume in response
to terrorism, Washington won’t block resolution branding
settlements illegal, report says. The US has been
protecting Israel from condemnation in the 15-member
council by using its veto power.
Nigeria
soldiers killed 100 fleeing Boko Haram members:
The statement said seven soldiers died while nine others
were wounded when the terrorists attempted to invade the
military base at Goniri, early on Wednesday.
Suicide
attacks kill 14 in Nigeria: emergency services:
At least 14 people were killed in three separate suicide
bomb attacks in Damaturu, northeast Nigeria, Wednesday,
the country's National Emergency Management Agency said.
UN
peacekeeper killed in C Africa violence:
A UN peacekeeper was killed and another injured when
gunmen opened fire on a United Nations convoy in the
Central African Republic on Tuesday, the UN said.
Libya:
Haftar’s plan B:
The US and Europe should start working on contingencies
in case there is no agreement in two weeks. One option
is to suspend recognition for any Libyan government
until there is a unity deal while intensifying the
talks, similar to what happened for Iran.
Taliban
take fight beyond Kunduz:
As government forces make progress in Kunduz, there are
indications the fight over the city was only part of a
bigger Taliban strategy designed to increase their clout
in key areas of northern Afghanistan. DW examines.
Doctors
Without Borders airstrike: US alters story for fourth
time in four days:
Commander of war in Afghanistan tells Senate panel that
US forces had called in airstrike at Afghan request –
‘an admission of a war crime’ says MSF chief
US
Providing Aid, Not Refuge For Syrians:
The international community’s response to the Syria
crisis has been wholly inadequate, according to a new
Oxfam report released today.
The
'Athens Affair' shows why we need encryption without
backdoors:
News Analysis - New Snowden revelations and an
investigation by a legendary journalist show exactly why
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This Has Become
Routine
By Paul
Craig Roberts |
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Putin does not lie. When
he says something, he means it. Somebody
in Washington had better listen to this
man, because Washington is no longer The
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90 IS
jihadists killed amid fighting in Syria:
At least 90 Islamic State jihadists have been killed
in four days of fighting in the eastern Syrian
provinces of al-Hasaka and Deir al-Zur, according to
the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, or SOHR, on
Tuesday.
Russian jets hit 12 ISIS targets in Syria, cause
panic among extremists – Defense Ministry:
"Su-34, Su-24M and Su-25 have launched air strikes
on 12 objects of logistic infrastructure, command
posts, training camps and facilities of militants
belonging to terrorist groups allied with Islamic
State [IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL],” Igor Konashenkov,
Russia’s Defense Ministry spokesman said in a
statement on Tuesday.
Thousands of Syrian rebels flee positions under
Russian airstrikes:
The rebels have suffered "great losses," which led
to a "collapse in their morale," as thousands of
them fled toward Turkey and Jordan and part of them
fled toward Europe, the TV said.
Russia
hits ISIS targets in Aleppo:
Russian strikes destroyed 20 vehicles and three
weapons depots in ISIS-held Palmyra. In Aleppo, they
hit the towns of Al-Bab and Deir Hafer, about 20 km
(10 miles) east of a military airport currently
besieged by ISIS fighters, according to the report.
Russia
says in principle agrees with U.S. proposals to
coordinate Syria flights:
The Russian
military in principle agrees with proposals made by
the United States on coordinating military flights
in Syria, TASS news agency reported on Tuesday,
citing Deputy Defence Minister Anatoly Antonov.
Russian ‘volunteer’ forces headed for Syria:
Although President Vladimir Putin of Russia said he
would not put troops in Syria, the plan for
so-called volunteers was disclosed on Monday by his
top military liaison to the Parliament, Adm.
Vladimir Komoyedov. U.S. military officials said
they believed more than 600 Russian military
personnel were already on the ground in Syria
Stung
by U.S. criticism on Syria, Russia reminds
Washington of 9/11 support:
"We supported the United States in everything,
(including) in the U.N. Security Council. We helped
them fight terrorism. We didn't ask 'Are they good
or bad terrorists?'."
Syrians increasingly sceptical of Turkey’s promised
actions:
A statement from the Turkish foreign ministry
regarding the strikes mentioned the fight against
ISIL as a “priority” for Turkey. But there have been
few Turkish air strikes against ISIL since and few
visible moves to create the ISIL-free zone.
Turkey
'cannot endure' Russian violation of airspace,
president says:
“Nato has issued a stern ultimatum,” Erdogan was
quoted as saying at a press conference in Brussels
by local media. “We cannot endure it. Some steps
that we do not desire are being taken. It is not
suitable for Turkey to accept them. This is also
beyond the principles of Nato.”
NATO
rejects Russia explanation on Turkish air space:
- NATO on Tuesday rejected Moscow's explanation that
its warplanes violated the air space of alliance
member Turkey at the weekend by mistake and said
Russia was sending more ground troops to Syria and
building up its naval presence.
Saudi
clerics make sectarian call to jihad in Syria:
Dozens of Islamist Saudi Arabian clerics have called
on Arab and Muslim countries to "give all moral,
material, political and military" support to what
they term a jihad, or holy war, against Syria's
government and its Iranian and Russian backers.
IS
claims wave of attacks in Iraq that killed 56 people:
The extremist group said a suicide bomber blew up
his explosives-laden car among Shiite militia
members in the Shiite-majority town of al-Khales in
the country's eastern Diyala province. Iraqi
officials said the attack hit a commercial area,
killing at least 32 people and wounding 58 others.
Military officials say Iraq likely to welcome
Russian airstrikes:
- Iraq is
likely to ask Russia to expand its role in the war
against the Islamic State and conduct airstrikes on
the group in the country, largely because the
Russians have "no red lines" when it comes to
hitting targets that have slowed US-led attacks,
Iraqi security officials told Middle East Eye.
Islamic State kills 22 in
attacks on Yemen government, Gulf troops, mosque:
Islamic State suicide bombers killed 22 people in
attacks on Yemen's government and its Gulf Arab
coalition ally in the port city of Aden and on a
Houthi-run mosque in the capital Sanaa on Tuesday,
the jihadist group and state media said.
More
than 114,000 flee Yemen war: UN:
"Close to 70,000 people fleeing the crisis have
arrived in Djibouti, Ethiopia, Somalia and Sudan,"
the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) and International
Organization for Migration (IOM) said in a
statement. "Up to 44,080 people are reported to have
arrived in Saudi Arabia and Oman."
The
Yemen crisis is partly our fault. We can no longer
facilitate this war : Op-Ed:
Yemen has turned into a humanitarian disaster, where
thousands of bombs are being dropped, 1.5 million
people are displaced and more than 90% of the
population is in need of assistance.
The UK
is trading away its credibility in its relations
with Saudi Arabia and China:
Shady deals and blanket silence speak volumes about
the UK's attitude towards the importance of human
rights
Iran
claims Russia has started delivery of S-300 missile
defense system:
A defense ministry press release quoted by Iran’s
semi-official Fars News dismissed “recent media
reports” skeptical of the military deal, and
confirmed the delivery of the S-300 surface-to-air
missile system was underway.
39
Palestinians injured in clashes with IDF in Ramallah
- reports:
Ramallah has seen some violent clashes with the IDF
confronting crowds of stone-throwing Palestinian
youths with tear gas and rubber bullets. 39
Palestinians have been injured in the clashes,
according to local media.
28
killed as Boko Haram attack Chad troops: military
source:
Suspected militants from Nigeria's Boko Haram group
killed 11 soldiers in an attack over the border in
Chad early on Tuesday, a Chadian military source
said. Seventeen attackers also died in the clash in
an area that has seen a series of raids by the
fighters, increasingly moving out of their
heartlands to strike in Nigeria's neighbours.
Nearly
100 migrants reported dead off Libya: IOM:
- Nearly 100 migrants are reported to have died in
the Mediterranean off Libya since Sunday, the
International Organization for Migration said on
Tuesday, citing unconfirmed reports from the Libyan
Red Crescent.
Afghan
hospital strike decision made within U.S. chain of
command: general:
The deadly air strike that hit a hospital in the
Afghan city of Kunduz was a mistake made within the
U.S. chain of command, the American commander of
international forces in Afghanistan said on Tuesday.
UN
Trusts US to Investigate Itself, Will Hold Off on
Kunduz Bombing Probe:
The United Nations on Monday said it would hold off
on deciding whether to support an independent
investigation into a deadly air strike on a hospital
in Afghanistan until it sees results from US, NATO
and Afghan inquiries.
Washington’s war crime in Afghanistan:
The massacre of 22 people—12 doctors, nurses and
other medical personnel, along with 10 patients,
three of them children—in Saturday’s airstrike on
the Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières
(MSF) medical center in Kunduz, Afghanistan is an
appalling war crime for which the US military and
Obama administration are responsible.
In key concession, Ukraine
rebels delay polls until 2016:
Ukraine's pro-Russian insurgents took a big step
toward political reconciliation Tuesday by
announcing they will push back disputed local
elections into next year in line with Western
demands.
Ukraine’s parliament legalizes foreign mercenaries
in country:
An explanatory note for the document says the goal
is to "increase the Armed Forces combat capability
and reduce Ukraine’s human and financial losses
resulting from combat actions in eastern Ukraine"
European Data Sharing Pact With US Ruled Invalid:
Facebook and thousands of other companies could find
it vastly more complicated to do business in Europe
after a court ruled that personal data sent to U.S.
servers is potentially unsafe from government
spying.
U.S. companies stashed $2.1
trillion offshore to avoid taxes: report:
The 500 largest American companies hold more than
$2.1 trillion in accumulated profits offshore to
avoid U.S. taxes and would collectively owe an
estimated $620 billion in U.S. taxes if they
repatriated the funds, according to a study released
on Tuesday.
Texas
Inmate to Be Executed for $8 Robbery, Killing:
A 35-year-old Texas inmate convicted of killing
another man after robbing him of just $8 is
scheduled to be executed Tuesday.
VIDEO:
Innocent Mother Beaten by Cops in Front of Her
Children for Reporting Cop’s Rude Behavior:
A shocking video captured the brutal beating of a
mother in front of her two children after she merely
asked an officer a question.
Calif.
Gov. Jerry Brown signs into law 'end of life' bill:
California Gov. Edmund "Jerry" Brown said Monday he
signed into law a bill that would allow terminally
ill people to request drugs from a doctor to end
their own life.
Dissent on Israel Not Permitted at Bernie Sanders
Event:
The ejection of pro-Palestine students from the
Sanders rally surfaced a bigger question with a
potentially more disturbing answer:
Biden,
Warren to share stage in Washington:
Vice President Joseph R. Biden will share the stage
with Sen. Elizabeth Warren Thursday at the Four
Seasons in Georgetown to talk about job creation,
just as speculation is cresting that Mr. Biden wants
to run for president in 2016 and has even hinted
about a ticket with Mrs. Warren.
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The Hope Behind
Putin’s Syria Help
By Ray
McGovern |
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If
these war hawks don’t sober up – and if
Obama remains their reluctant enabler –
the chances that the crises in Ukraine
or Syria could escalate into a nuclear
showdown cannot be ignored.
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Mass Killing is
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By Finian
Cunningham |
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American society has increasingly become
a war zone owing to the excessive lethal
violence adopted by the authorities
towards the general populace.
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Empire or
Humanity?
By Howard
Zinn |
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The American Empire has always been a
bipartisan project -- Democrats and
Republicans have taken turns extending
it, extolling it, justifying it.
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IS Group Kills 70 Tribesmen
In Iraq: Sheikh
Naim al-Gaud said the 70 members of the Bu Nimr
tribe were found shot dead in the village of
Khanizir, a day after they were abducted northeast
of the provincial capital, Ramadi.
Iraq: Multiple car bombs
across Iraq kill 60, wound dozens:
The largest bombing took place in the
Shiite-majority town of al-Khales in Iraq's eastern
Diyala province. At least 32 people were killed in
the attack and 58 were wounded when the car bomb
tore through a commercial street, a police official
said.
25 ISIS elements killed and
wounded in aerial bombardment west of Mosul:
“The international coalition aircraft launched
intensive air raids targeted the gatherings of ISIS
in Abticha village (50 km west of Mosul), which
resulted in killing and wounding at least 25 members
of the organization.”
Russia ready to launch
airstrikes on ISIS targets in Iraq as well, but only
if invited:
Moscow may carry out possible airstrikes "as soon as
next week'' in an attempt to defeat terrorism and
the ISIS in the entire region, including Iraq.
Fact or fiction?
Syria: 160 jihadists killed,
3,000 others flee to Jordan:
At least 3,000 militants from ISIS and jihadist
groups Jabhat Al-Nusra and Jaish al-Yarmouk have
fled from Syria to Jordan over fears the Syrian army
is advancing on all fronts and for the Russian air
raids, Ria Novosti reports, citing a military
source.
Syria: Four civilians killed
in 'Russian' airstrikes:
Four civilians were reportedly killed Sunday in
Russian airstrikes on western Hama province,
opposition activists said.
Fact or fiction?
Putin 'sending 150,000
soldiers to Syria to WIPE OUT evil Islamic State':
VLADIMIR Putin is preparing to send 150,000 troops
to Syria in a bid to wipe out the evil Islamic State
once and for all.
Base with T-55 tanks among 9
ISIS facilities Russia hit in last 24 hours -
Defense Ministry (VIDEO):
The Russian Air Force in Syria has conducted 25
sorties on 9 Islamic State installations in the last
24 hours, eliminating a disguised terrorist base
equipped with tanks, a command center and a
communication hub, the Defense Ministry reported.
Syrian insurgent groups vow
to attack Russian forces in rare show of unity:
The 41 groups, which include powerful factions such
as Ahrar al-Sham, Islam Army and the Levant Front,
are seeking retaliation for Moscow’s air campaign.
Arab states mum on Russia's
Syria strikes:
Arab world's silence was expected and reflects its
division over how to proceed in Syria, experts said.
NATO denounces Russian
incursion into Turkish air space:
The United States and its NATO allies denounced
Russia on Monday for violating Turkish air space
along the frontier with Syria, and Ankara threatened
to respond if provoked again, raising the prospect
of direct confrontation between the Cold War
enemies.
NATO, US stand by Turkey
after Russian airspace violation:
Russia admitted the plane had entered Turkey "by
mistake" and assured Ankara it would not happen
again, Davutoglu said. But a senior US official said
the Obama administration does not believe the
incursion was an accident, and officials are in
urgent talks with allies about what to do.
Russia "Violated" Turkish
Airspace Because Turkey "Moved" Its Border:
Russian planes in Syria "violated Turkish air space"
the news agency currently tell us. But an earlier
report shows that this claim may well be wrong and
that the U.S. pushes Turkey to release such
propaganda.
Turkish PM condemns video of
militant's body dragged by car:
Turkey's prime minister condemned dissemination of a
video purporting to show a dead Kurdish militant
dragged through the streets tied by the neck to an
armored police vehicle, images that could further
inflame tension in the country's southeast.
Officials Say 55 Fighters
Killed in Yemen's Marib Province:
Yemeni security officials say at least 55 fighters
have been killed and more than 100 injured in
battles in Marib province, a key front in the
fighting against Shiite Houthi rebels.
20 killed as Yemeni forces
besiege rebel pocket near key strait:
On Sunday, 20 Huthi rebels were killed and 40
captured when forces loyal to President Abedrabbo
Mansour Hadi attacked insurgents in Jebel Nasr near
Bab al-Mandab, the same sources said.
Yemen: Call for suspension of
arms transfers to coalition and accountability for
war crimes:
Damning evidence of war crimes by the Saudi
Arabia-led coalition, which is armed by states
including the USA, highlights the urgent need for
independent, effective investigation of violations
and for the suspension of transfers of certain arms,
said Amnesty International in a new report published
today.
Israeli soldier kill
Palestinian teen:
The Israeli army shot dead a 13-year-old Palestinian
during clashes at a refugee camp near Bethlehem
Monday as violence spiked in east Jerusalem and the
occupied West Bank, police and emergency services
said. He is the second Palestinian killed by Israeli
soldiers over the past 24 hours as clashes have
spread.
Roger Waters Slams Bon Jovi
Over Israel Concert in Open Letter:
"You stand shoulder to shoulder/With the settler who
burned the baby," Pink Floyd co-founder writes
Taliban attack on Afghan's
Maimana city repulsed, 23 insurgents killed:
Taliban massive offensive on Faryab's provincial
capital Maimana city, 425 km northwest of Kabul, was
repulsed Monday morning leaving 23 insurgents dead
bodies, deputy to provincial police chief Baryali
Basharyar said.
US says Afghans asked for air
strike at Kunduz hospital:
Head of US forces in Afghanistan promises
transparent probe but medical charity MSF demands
independent probe.
Media Are Blamed as US
Bombing of Afghan Hospital Is Covered Up:
If you read US corporate media coverage of this
incident, however, US culpability would likely not
be evident. Instead, readers would learn that a
hospital was bombed in Afghanistan, and that people
died. Who exactly carried out the bombing would not
be clear.
Taliban controls or contests scores of districts in
Afghanistan:
Since Sept. 28, the Taliban has taken control of
nine districts in these four provinces and another
in the western province of Farah.
WATCH:
ISIS Beheads ‘Spy’ in Nangarhar, Afghanistan:
In the video, the man is dressed in an orange
jumpsuit and led into the streets of Nangarhar by
ISIS militants dressed in black. After a brief
recitation of the “crimes” the man committed, a
blade-wielding militant beheads the man as a crowd
looks on.
‘Everybody is leaving
Afghanistan:’ Refugees flee increasing violence:
With more than 5,000 civilian casualties so far,
2015 may be Afghanistan’s most violent year since
the war started in 2001.
Billions From U.S. Fail to Sustain Foreign Forces:
With alarming frequency in recent years, thousands
of American-trained security forces in the Middle
East, North Africa and South Asia have collapsed,
stalled or defected, calling into question the
effectiveness of the tens of billions of dollars
spent by the United States on foreign military
training programs
Suspected rebels kill four soldiers in Indian
Kashmir:
Suspected rebels killed four soldiers during firing
overnight near the heavily militarized border
dividing Kashmir between India and Pakistan, police
said Monday.
16,000
Ukrainian troops defect Donbas, many with weapons:
Deputy head of Ukraine’s armed forces mobilization
department Colonel Alexander Pravdivets has reported
that during a sixth wave of call-up almost 27,000
conscripts, around 50% of the total, had dodged army
service.
No end in sight to refugee
wave:
While over a half million people have crossed the
Mediterranean to Europe this year, more than double
the figure for all of 2014, that is only a fraction
of the people who are on the move.
Germany expects 1.5 million asylum-seekers, report
says:
German paper quotes confidential document containing
estimates that are far higher than publicly released
figures.
The UK
is trading away its credibility in its relations
with Saudi Arabia and China:
The revelation that the UK secretly supported the
candidacy of Saudi Arabia for a place on the United
Nations’ Human Rights Council is a fascinating - if
disconcerting - peek behind the diplomatic curtain.
Edward
Snowden interview: 'Smartphones can be taken over':
The former intelligence contractor told the BBC's
Panorama that UK intelligence agency GCHQ had the
power to hack into phones without their owners'
knowledge.
TPP
deal: US and 11 other countries reach landmark
Pacific trade pact:
Trans-Pacific Partnership – the biggest trade deal
in a generation – would affect 40% of world economy,
but still requires ratification from US Congress and
other world lawmakers
BP to pay record $20.8 bln
over Gulf of Mexico oil spill:
US: British energy giant BP will pay a record $20.8
billion to settle civil claims for damages stemming
from the deadly 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, US
Attorney General General Loretta Lynch said Monday.
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By Daniel
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President Obama prefers to risk a global
catastrophe than to stand up to the neocons,
the liberal hawks, the Israelis and the
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Airstrikes
kill rescue worker and family of 5 in Syria:
At least six people were killed in airstrikes in
northern Syria on Saturday, including a family of five
and a rescue worker who was fatally wounded while
searching for victims, according to a spokesman for the
rescue workers and a local antigovernment activist.
Assad says
Syria, allies will defeat terrorism as Russia targets IS
group:
Assad's comments followed a statement from the Russian
defence ministry which announced that Russian planes
have flown 20 sorties in Syria and struck 10 targets
from the Islamic State group in the past 24 hours.
Assad: I
would leave office if it would help:
President Bashar al-Assad to the Iranian Khabar #TV: Our
priority is to prevent more countries falling under
Western hegemony.
Russian
Air Force hits 50 ISIS targets in Syria over 3 days,
‘significantly’ damaging militants:
“The airstrikes were being conducted night and day from
the Khmeimim airbase and throughout the whole of Syria.
In three days we managed to undermine the terrorists’
material-technical base and significantly reduce their
combat potential,”
Gunmen
start withdrawing forces from Syria’s Idlib amid Russian
airstrikes:
The radicals started moving towards the Turkish border
on Saturday after having experienced "the efficiency of
the Russian aerospace forces’ strikes," the As-Safir
Arabic-language daily reported.
Russia
Uses High Tech Smart Bombs to Wipe Out US Sponsored Al
Qaeda Terrorists.
News Analysis - Panic in Rebel Ranks: US media feature
willful Pentagon misinformation and Big Lies, including
Air Force General Robert Otto claiming Russia is using
“dumb bombs,” not laser-guided precision weapons,
accusing Moscow irresponsibly of indiscriminate bombing
– polar opposite truth.
US Spent a Year Bombing Syrian
Desert, Not ISIL – Russian MP:
In an interview with France’s Europe 1 Radio Pushkov
said that the Russian aerial campaign in Syria would
take three to four months. “The US-led coalition spent a
whole year pretending they were striking ISIL targets
but where are the results of these strikes?” Pushkov
wondered.
Merkel
says military efforts needed in Syria but they won’t end
war:
Merkel also said it would be necessary to involve the
regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in talks. Her
comments show that support is broadening for military
action in Syria and also that Assad will need to play a
role at the negotiating table in discussions on ending
the war.
Egypt
backs Russian airstrikes in Syria:
Egypt says Russia’s anti-terror airstrikes in Syria will
restrict the spread of terrorism and deal a major blow
to the Daesh group in the violence-torn Arab country.
Chutzpah:
Obama warns Russia's Putin of
'quagmire' in Syria:
"An attempt by Russia and Iran to prop up Assad and try
to pacify the population is just going to get them stuck
in a quagmire and it won't work," Obama said.
Russia making 'grave mistake' in
Syria: Turkey's Erdogan
: "The steps Russia is taking and the bombing campaign
in Syria are quite unacceptable to Turkey," Erdogan told
reporters at Istanbul airport before leaving for a visit
to France.
Gulf states plan military
response to Russian attacks:
“There is no future for Assad in Syria,” Saudi foreign
minister Adel Al-Jubeir warned, a few hours before the
first Russian bombing sorties began. If that was not
blunt enough, he spelled out that if the president did
not step down as part of a political transition, his
country would embrace a military option, “which also
would end with the removal of Bashar al-Assad from
power”.
Watch: Nigel Farage: Stop playing
wargames with Putin :
Video - European Parliament, Strasbourg
In case you missed it:
British SAS Special Forces “Dressed Up as ISIS Rebels”
Fighting Assad in Syria:
“More than 120 members belonging to the elite regiment
are currently in the war-torn country” covertly “dressed
in black and flying ISIS flags,” engaged in what’s
called Operation Shader – attacking Syrian targets on
the pretext of combatting ISIS.
Twin suicide bombings kill 24 in
Baghdad: The attacks,
which took place at around 14:30 GMT on Saturday,
targeted the mainly Shia districts of Kadhimiya and
Hurriya in the north of the Iraqi capital. Police said
at least 60 people were wounded.
Delta Force secretly killed
Iranian agents in Iraq — with IEDs:
Developed jointly by Delta Force and SEAL Team 6, the
Xbox was a bomb designed to look and behave exactly like
one made by Iraqi insurgents, using materials typically
found in locally made improvised explosive devices.
Turkey: Fourteen Kurdish
militants dead in clashes: local governor:
Fourteen members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party
(PKK) were killed and three were caught in clashes in
Nusaybin in Mardin province as the border town remained
under curfew, a statement from Mardin's governor office
said on Sunday.
14 killed as fighting rages on
Yemen's Red Sea coast:
Medical officials in nearby Taiz said at least 14 dead
bodies from Houthi forces arrived from the front lines.
Houthi officials said the rebels have destroyed six
opposing tanks and killed multiple pro-government
fighters.
Two Israelis killed in stabbing
attack in Jerusalem:
Palestinian attacker shot dead by
police after he stabbed four people, two of whom
succumbed to their injuries.
Israel limits Palestinian access
to Jerusalem Old City:
Only residents, business owners and students will have
access to area, after two attacks in less than 12 hours.
When Racism is the Norm: Up to 4
Arabs per flight:
Israir and the Israel Airports Authorities have lost a
legal suit concerning ethnic-based discrimination.
Afghanistan: US Bombs Hospital, Kills 19
Civilians:
"Twelve staff members and at least seven patients,
including three children, were killed; 37 people were
injured. This attack constitutes a grave violation of
international humanitarian law."
UN chief
says US airstrike on Doctors Without Borders hospital
could be a war crime:
Calling the bombing which killed 19 'tragic, inexcusable
and possibly even criminal,' he said: 'If established as
deliberate in a court of law, an airstrike on a hospital
may amount to a war crime.'
Afghanistan: MSF staff killed and hospital partially
destroyed in Kunduz:
MSF condemns in the strongest possible terms the
horrific bombing of its hospital in Kunduz full of staff
and patients.
Taliban
claims to recapture large parts of Kunduz city:
Armed group says it controls most parts of city after it
was briefly taken by government forces backed by US
strikes.
52 killed in South Sudan clashes:
Fifty two soldiers and rebels have been killed in recent
fighting in South Sudan’s troubled state of Unity.
According to Press TV, a military official on Saturday
said the fatalities came in recent clashes in South
Sudan’s contested state of Unity, blaming the rebels in
the country for breaching a peace agreement signed last
month.
At least a Dozen Killed in Fresh
Burundi Protests: The
deadly clashes are the latest in months of unrest
triggered by President Pierre Nkurunziza's successful
bid to win a third term in office, a move opponents said
was against the law and the terms of a peace deal that
ended a 13-year civil war in 2006.
Boko Haram suicide attack kills
at least four in Niger:
Suspected Islamist militants from Nigeria's Boko Haram
group killed three civilians and a soldier in a double
suicide attack across the border in Niger on Sunday,
security sources said.
Two Egyptian policemen shot dead
by ISIS in Sinai: "A
police captain and a policeman died of their wounds
after unknown assailants shot them" late Saturday in the
North Sinai provincial capital El-Arish, the ministry
said in a statement. The area is a stronghold of the
Egyptian affiliate of the ISIS group that calls itself
"Sinai Province".
Libyan court sentences Moammar
Khadafy’s son to death:
A court in Libya’s capital convicted a son of Moammar
Khadafy of murder and inciting genocide during the
country’s 2011 uprising on Tuesday, sentencing him to
death in absentia.
Bodies of
95 migrants washed ashore in Libya:
Red Crescent scouts found 85 of the corpses near Libya's
capital Tripoli and 10 near Sabartha, a Libyan coastal
city that is a main launching point for smugglers' boats
headed to Europe.
If we
really care about Refugees, we'll stop allowing Shannon
to be used to bomb their homes…We
all realise the whole Middle East region has gone crazy
but we cannot stay silent on the reason for it. The
number of refugees will actually increase, not decrease,
unless there is a serious examination of the root causes
of it all.
Ukraine
President Says Obama Approved Sending New Weapons:
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said Sunday on
state television that U.S. President Barack Obama
promised his country new models of defense weapons amid
a cease-fire with pro-Russian separatists.
US
Satellites Work In Syria, But Not Ukraine:
We have crystal clear color images of Russian equipment
in Syria but only grainy black & white photos with
little dots on them to prove “Russan aggression” in
Ukraine
10 Million
at Risk of Hunger Due to Climate Change and El Niño,
Oxfam Warns:
Christian Aid reported that the production of maize,
Malawi’s staple food, has dropped by 30 percent in 2014,
while maize prices have risen between 50 and 100
percent. Central American farmers have been coping with
a drought for almost two years.
UK
Guantanamo detainee Shaker Aamer on hunger strike:
Aamer told his lawyer that he had gone on hunger strike
in a protest at an alleged assault by Guantanamo guards
to force him to give blood samples.
Homeland
Security Detains Stockton Mayor, Forces Him To Hand Over
His Passwords:
Anthony Silva, the mayor of Stockton, California,
recently went to China for a mayor's conference. On his
return to San Francisco airport he was detained by
Homeland Security, and then had his two laptops and his
mobile phone confiscated.
Watch:
Donald trump Meet The Press FULL Interview
: Donald Trump talks Syria, Russia and when he would
consider getting out of the race. Trump's tells Chuck
Todd his view on if Gadhafi and Hussein were still in
power and if Assad were stronger, the Middle East would
be more stable.
Bernie
Sanders Rejects Syria No-Fly Zone, Backs Airstrikes:
The center-left candidate for the U.S. presidency said
he supports current White House policy.
Sanders
draws more than 20,000 in Boston:
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) drew a crowd of more than
20,000 here on Saturday night, building on the momentum
of a week during which he posted a quarterly fundraising
total that nearly matched that of Hillary Rodham
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The Mind of Mr. Putin
By Patrick J.
Buchanan |
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Perhaps it is time to climb down off our
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Southeast Asia
“Forgets” About Western Terror
By Andre
Vltchek |
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It goes without saying that the Empire has
no shame and no decency left. It boasts
about democracy and freedom, while it does
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12 ISIL
jihadists killed in Russia raids on Syria's Raqa:
Monitor:
"Last night, Russian strikes on the western edges of
Raqa city, and near the Tabqa military airport, killed
12 ISIL jihadists," Observatory head Rami Abdel Rahman
said on Oct.2.
Russian
planes destroy ISIS headquarter in Syria:
Russian Defence Ministry said Friday that Sukhoi-34
airplanes have destroyed an ISIS command center and a
rebels training camp in Syria, Russian news agency
reported.
Russia
says U.S.-backed Free Syrian Army not a terrorist group:
Russia does not consider the U.S.-backed Free Syrian
Army rebels a terrorist group, and they should be part
of a political solution in Syria, Russian Foreign
Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Thursday after Russia was
accused of bombing the group.
In
propaganda war:
US, allies
demand Russia halt Syria strikes outside ISIS areas:
"We call on the Russian Federation to immediately cease
its attacks on the Syrian opposition and civilians and
to focus its efforts on fighting [ISIS]," said the
coalition, which includes the United States, major
European powers, Arab states and Turkey.
9 nations?
5? Europe, US split over who should sit at the table for
Syria talks:
The Americans want any negotiations restricted to
themselves, the Russians, Iran, Saudi Arabia and Turkey.
Islamic
State gaining ground on Golan border as moderate rebels
wither:
Spokesman says Free Syrian Army on verge of collapse in
southern Syria; units squeezed by Islamists and Assad’s
forces running out of arms and funds
Turkey
says 17 "PKK rebels" killed in new curfew operation:
Turkish authorities today imposed a curfew in the mainly
Kurdish southeastern town of Silvan, saying 17 suspected
Kurdish militants had already been killed hours after
the military lockdown was enforced.
Over 20
ISIL Terrorists Killed in Iraqi Police Offensives near
Ramadi:
Chief of the Iraqi Federal Police Lieutenant General
Raed Shaker Jawdat said that 22 members of the ISIL
Takfiri terrorist group were killed and several more
were injured in the Iraqi police's operation in the
Eastern flanks of Ramadi, in Anbar province.
Thousands
of Iraqis demonstrate as country's reforms move slowly:
With oil price decline, spending on the war against IS
and rampant corruption, poverty is a reality for a
growing number of Iraqis
Yemen
Officials Say Rebels Trading Fire With Coalition Ships:
The Houthis have been in control of the strategic area
for several months and still control the vast majority
of the area near Bab al-Mandab, according to the
officials.
UN inquiry
into Saudi Arabia 'war crimes' in Yemen shelved after
Saudi opposition:
Human Rights Watch condemned the UN Human Rights
Council’s failure to create an “independent,
international” inquiry, saying Yemen’s people would
suffer.
1.7m
children in Yemen 'at risk of malnutrition':
Six months of violence in Yemen have left at least 505
children dead, 702 injured and more than 1.7 million at
risk of malnutrition, according to Unicef.
Netanyahu’s 44 seconds of silence at UN are being widely
mocked — ‘pathetic,’ ‘creepy’:
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu’s signature moment at the
United Nations today was his 44 seconds of silence to
indicate the world’s silence in the face of alleged
Iranian threats to Israel. Here’s video of it, posted by
the Prime Minister himself on Facebook:
Nigeria: Six Female Suicide
Bombers Kill 20 People In Maiduguri
: At least 20 people have been killed and 45 others
injured in multiple suicide attacks yesterday on
Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, according to a
village head speaking with SaharaReporters.
7.5
million going hungry as Ethiopia crisis worsens:
The number of hungry Ethiopians needing food aid has
risen sharply due to poor rains and the El Nino weather
phenomenon with around 7.5 million people now in need,
aid officials said Friday.
2.44
million people in Libya need protection, aid: UN:
Nearly half of the population of Libya people has been
affected by violence and needs protection and some form
of humanitarian aid, the United Nations says.
Libya is a
Haven for Criminals, Says Ban Ki-moon
: United
Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon considered Libya
today as a haven for criminals and human traffickers and
asserted that violence turned that country into a place
of death, displacement and destruction.
Pakistan:
30 militants killed in NWA air strikes:
Military authorities said on Thursday fighter jets of
Pakistan Air Force (PAF) had pounded sanctuaries of
militants in North Waziristan near the Afghan border,
killing 30 militants.
Six U.S.
servicemen among 13 killed in Afghanistan
: Among
those killed were six U.S. soldiers, reported to be the
crew of the aircraft, another five civilian contractors
on board the plane, and two Afghans on the ground.
Taliban
Says It Shot Down Crashed US C-130 In Afghanistan:
The Taliban claimed Friday to have shot down a US
military transport plane in eastern Afghanistan in a
crash that killed 11 people, as the battle for Kunduz
raged after the emboldened militants briefly seized the
city.
Taliban
hold out in northern Afghan city, district in northeast
falls:
Taliban fighters were holding out against Afghan troops
in Kunduz on Friday, a day after government forces
recaptured most of the northern city that had fallen to
the militants in their biggest victory of a 14-year
insurgency.
Taliban
take another area in Afghanistan, parliament member
says:
The Taliban takeover in Warduj province represents a new
setback for the Afghan government, after the group
reclaimed parts of the city of Kunduz earlier this week.
That was the biggest victory the Taliban has had in 15
years. Kunduz is a strategic hub on the main highway
between Kabul and Tajikistan.
The misery
of Calais Jungle shows bankruptcy of Western moral
values:
Driving back from the infamous “Jungle” refugee camp in
Calais a fortnight ago, I questioned whether European
governments had a moral compass. What I saw with my very
own eyes was something that would stay with me forever
3.3
Million People Die Each Year Due to Contamination:
By the year 2050, the yearly death toll due to
contamination around the globe will double to 6.6
million, according to a recent study by international
scientists recently published by Nature magazine.
Canada's
government challenges ruling Zunera Ishaq can wear veil
while taking oath of citizenship:
Stephen Harper’s ruling Conservative party, prone to
linking all things Islamic to ‘security’ fears, is going
to the Supreme Court to stop the Pakistani-born teacher
keeping her niqab on while receiving citizenship. Robert
Fisk reports on a pre-election storm
'60
Minutes' used 'planted' questions, Clinton email says:
CBS's "60 Minutes" used questions "planted" by the State
Department in a 2011 interview with Wikileaks founder
Julian Assange, a State Department aide told Hillary
Clinton in a newly released email.
Watch:
Cops Rupture Handcuffed Man’s Spleen, Laugh at Him, Take
Pics as He Lay Dying and Begging:
After rupturing the man’s spleen, the officers ignored
his pleas for medical attention for nearly two hours
while laughing at him off-camera and later lying to
investigators regarding the incident.
Alabama
sends message: We are too broke to care about right and
wrong:
It's not just a civil rights violation. It is not just a
public relations nightmare. It is not just an invitation
for worldwide scorn and an alarm bell to the Justice
Department. It is an affront to the very notion of
justice in a nation where one man one vote is as
precious as oxygen.
Record 94,610,000 Americans Not
in Labor Force; Participation Rate Lowest in 38 Years:
A record 94,610,000 Americans were not in the American
labor force last month -- an increase of 579,000 from
August -- and the labor force participation rate reached
its lowest point in 38 years, with 62.4 percent of the
U.S. population either holding a job or actively seeking
one.
Stocks,
Dollar Sink After Weak Jobs Report Suggests Slowdown:
A weak report on the U.S. jobs market is sending the
stock market and the dollar lower.
Payrolls
Disaster: Only 142K Jobs Added In September With Zero
Wage Growth;
August Revised Much Lower: Putting it into perspective,
in 2015 job growth has averaged 198,000 per month,
compared with an average monthly gain of 260,000 in
2014. The recession is almost here.
Wal-Mart
lays off 450 workers at headquarters:
The announcement follows months of rumors about
headquarters cuts and arrived a month and a half after
Wal-Mart trimmed its annual earnings outlook as profits
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