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Air raid
kills several medical workers,
insurgents near Aleppo:
Pro-rebel monitor: An air raid
carried out overnight by Syrian or
Russian warplanes killed four
medical workers and at least nine
rebel fighters near Aleppo, the
Syrian Observatory for Human Rights
monitoring group said on Wednesday.
Syrian
volunteer killed in strike, toll may
be lower than feared: RedCross:
At least one Syrian Arab Red
Crescent aid worker was killed in an
air strike on an aid convoy near
Aleppo, along with civilians, but
the overall toll may be lower than
feared, the Red Cross said on
Tuesday.
Russia and
Syria deny striking UN aid convoy in
Aleppo:
"The air forces of Russia and Syria
did not conduct any strikes against
the UN aid convoy in the
southwestern outskirts of Aleppo,"
defence ministry spokesman Igor
Konashenkov said in a statement
carried by Russian news agencies.
Militants on
pickup with mortar use Aleppo aid
convoy as cover, Russian MoD shows
(VIDEO)
The convoy with humanitarian aid
heading to the embattled city of
Aleppo can be seen being accompanied
by a militant pickup truck, Defense
Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov
has said.
Naming
Perpetrator of Attack on Aleppo Aid
Convoy Premature - UN:
. "It’s easy to blame this and blame
that but… that’s very dangerous to
do, it’s premature to do this before
you have established the facts," the
official said.
US official
wasn't there to answer Russian call
on Syria strike:
When a Russian military officer
tried to notify the U.S. this
weekend that its coalition was
hitting Syrian forces, the American
point of contact was not available
immediately, a U.S. military
spokesman said Tuesday.
Turkish Jets
Kill 4 PKK Gunmen in Northern Iraq:
At least four PKK members were
killed in airstrikes carried out by
Turkish jets in northern Iraq on
Monday, according to military
sources.
Explosion
near Baghdad kills 2 volunteer
soldiers:
“An improvised explosive device
exploded, before noon today,
targeting a patrol of al-Hashd al-Shaabi
while it was passing through al-Moshahda
area in Tarmiya district, in
northern Baghdad, killing two of its
members and wounding four others.”
Iraqi finance
minister sacked over corruption
allegations:
Parliament voted 158-77 to withdraw
confidence from Zebari, two
lawmakers said, after questioning
him last month about alleged
corruption and misusing public
funds, which he denies.
US kills two
suspected Al Qaeda members in Yemen:
An apparent US drone strike in Yemen
killed two suspected Al Qaeda
members and caused a large explosion
when munitions they were
transporting blew up, a security
official and witnesses said on
Wednesday.
House and
Senate move to block tank sale to
Saudi Arabia:
"The United States of America should
not be aiding and abetting these
atrocities and should immediately
halt any activity to sell additional
arms to the Saudis."
Turkey: Man
shot at Israel embassy in Ankara:
The Times of Israel reported that
the assailant tried to stab a
security guard, who then fired a
warning shot before shooting the man
in the leg.
U.S. Senators
Urge Obama to Veto UN Resolution on
Israel-Palestinian Peace
; Fearing
post-election UN peace push by Obama,
88 Democratic and Republican
senators tell president even well
intentioned initiatives could make
it more difficult to resolve
conflict.
Obama: Israel
Recognizes It Cannot Settle
Palestinian Land:
US Pres. Obama told the UN General
Assembly Israel knows its citizens
should be expelled from anywhere the
Palestinian Authority wants to build
a state.
Graham
proposes more aid for Israel and
renewal of Iran sanctions:
Sens. Ted Cruz of Texas, John McCain
of Arizona and Kelly Ayotte of New
Hampshire at a news conference
Tuesday to advocate for introducing
legislation that would give Israel
another $1.5 billion
ISIS's West
Africa Affiliate Claims 40 Troops
Killed in Nigeria:
ISIS’s West Africa Province,
otherwise known as Boko Haram,
claimed that it had destroyed “a
convoy of the African Coalition
Crusader forces” in the town of
Malam Fatori in Borno State,
according to SITE Intelligence
Group.
9 civilians
killed in reported airstrike in
Libya
: At least nine
people were killed and 20 injured
after military jets reportedly
struck civilians near the town of
Houn in central Libya. The UN-backed
government has denied flying bombing
missions in the area.
Libyan forces
blame rivals for airstrike that
killed at least eight civilians:
A spokesman for Libyan forces based
in the east accused a rival militia
allied with the U.N.-backed
government of carrying out an
airstrike Tuesday that killed at
least six women and a child.
Soldier,
eight infiltrators killed in two
separate Kashmir encounters:
An Indian soldier was killed and at
least eight suspected intruders were
shot dead as the army battled two
groups of militants along the border
with Pakistan on Tuesday, two days
after an attack on a military camp
in Kashmir.
Propaganda alert:
Russia uses
force to 'recover lost glory', says
Obama
: “In a world that
left the age of empire behind, we
see Russia attempting to recover
lost glory through force,” the US
leader said Tuesday, addressing the
UN General Assembly.
NATO To
Deploy 4,000 Troops Near Russia’s
Borders
: The chief of the
European Command said the alliance
needs to approach Russia from a
“position of strength.”
Russia warned
not to meddle in US presidential
election: Kerry:
“I do not believe Russia will have
the ability to effect this election
and we are going to be absolutely
vigilant about it,” Kerry said. "The
president has made that clear and
Russia is warned.”
‘Guilty
feelings’: EU aims to atone for own
‘sins’ by picking on Philippines
drug war, Duterte says
: “I have read the condemnation of
the European Union. I’m telling
them, ‘F**k you. You’re doing it in
atonement for your sins,” Duterte
said, speaking in his home town of
Davao City
Venezuela
accuses US of spying on Non-Aligned
summit:
"We know a military aircraft carried
out flight patterns 130 nautical
miles from Margarita island,
collecting information, carrying out
intelligence operations on the
summit," said Defense Minister
Vladimir Padrino Lopez.
Glenn
Greenwald: WashPost Makes History:
Paper Calls for Prosecution of Its
Own Source:
Op-Ed: The Washington Post editorial
page not only argued in opposition
to a pardon, but explicitly demanded
that Snowden — the paper’s own
source — stand trial on espionage
charges
Disabled
Black Man Shot Dead by N.C. Police
While Reading in Car:
A disabled black man has died at the
hospital after being shot by a
Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officer
Tuesday afternoon on Old Concord
Road in University City, a
subdivision of Charlotte, NC.
Dashcam shows
mentally-ill man shot 14 times as he
flees Sacramento police (GRAPHIC
VIDEOS)
: “Any reasonable police officer
should have noticed that he was
mentally impaired”
Louisiana cop
arrested after he’s filmed kicking
handcuffed suspect:
The footage shows 47-year-old Robert
Wallow attacking 21-year-old Carlos
Gustavo Pineda after arresting him
on April 22.
Last call for
working class whites?:
A majority, 53%, say they are very
dissatisfied with the country's
economic situation and 84% say their
views are not well represented by
the government in Washington
Clinton drops
out of fundraiser in key
battleground state:
Billed as "lunch with Hillary Rodham
Clinton", tickets ranged from
$100,000 for a "chair reception with
Hillary" to $2,700 for a seat.
Governor
Says, ‘I Believe Hillary Is Honest,’
Audience Bursts into Laughter:
Video -
Obama ditches
diplomacy, attacks Trump at U.N.:
There wasn’t much diplomatic about
it: President Barack Obama and
United Nations Secretary General Ban
Ki-Moon repeatedly denounced Donald
Trump and his brand of politics
Adelson to
Give Trump $5 Million, Only Fraction
of $100 Million Pledge, Report Says:
The billionaire casino magnate and
his wife had earmarked $45 million
for this election cycle for GOP
candidates. |
September 20, 2016
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50 killed in
anti-government protests in Kinshasa:
More than 50 people were killed on
Monday in clashes between protesters
and security forces in the Congolese
capital Kinshasa, opposition groups
said, calling for further
anti-government demonstrations.
UN halts all
aid convoys hours after air strikes
destroy 18 trucks:
A UN humanitarian aid convoy were
hit in an area west of Aleppo city,
killing at least 12 people.
Russian,
Syrian Jets Did Not Conduct
Airstrikes on UN Convoy - MoD:
All shown on the footage is a direct
consequence of the cargo being set
on fire. The fire strangely
coincided with a major offensive by
militants in Aleppo."
Russia says
Syrian aid convoy caught fire, was
not shot up:
"There are no craters and the
exterior of the vehicles do not have
the kind of damage consistent with
blasts caused by bombs dropped from
the air."
Top US,
Russian diplomats meet as Syria
truce crumbles:
Secretary of State John Kerry and
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey
Lavrov met in a New York hotel
hoping to quickly iron out some of
the many differences between
Washington and Moscow.
Propaganda alert:
Syria govt
killed most civilians, UN chief;
United Nations Secretary-General Ban
Ki-moon has accused the Syrian
government of killing the most
civilians during the country's five
year conflict
Pentagon: US
troops now operating with Turks in
Syria:
Small numbers of U.S. special
operations forces for the first time
are accompanying Turkish government
forces and their Syrian opposition
partners fighting Islamic State
militants inside Syria
Two Turkish
soldiers killed in Euphrates Shield
operation;
Two Turkish soldiers were killed on
Sept. 20 on the 28th day of the
Euphrates Shield operation, as
Ankara-backed Free Syrian Army (FSA)
fighters advance near the al-Bab
region with the support of U.S.-led
coalition warplanes
Iraq:
Security forces kill 22 ISIS
members;
“The combat troops liberated Wadi
al-Sakran in Barwana vicinity, west
of Ramadi, after fierce battles, and
also killed 22 ISIS members.”
Turkey kills
four Kurdish militants in north
Iraq: army sources:
The sources said unmanned aerial
vehicles determined the shelling
also wounded a fifth PKK fighter and
destroyed weapon depots in an area
across from Turkey's Sirnak
province,
Israeli
Troops Kill 2 Palestinians for
'Looking Suspicious:
Since October 2015, 229 Palestinians
have been killed by Israel, in what
aid organizations and Palestinian
officials say are extrajudicial
killings.
29 ISIS
loyalists killed in separate air
strikes in eastern Afghanistan:
At least 29 loyalists of the ISIS
terrorist group were killed in
separate air strikes in
Afghanistan's eastern Nangarhar
province.
Britain needs
a new vote on Syria, suggests former
Syria Ambassador:
UK participation in strikes on
Syrian troops: ‘The buck must stop
with Theresa May’
The EU is
threatening to sue Britain for
millions if it negotiates trade
deals before Brexit:
The documents reveal that Britain
could face legal action for simply
taking to other countries, even
without striking trade deals
US Bill Seeks
First Native American Land Grab in
100 Years:
Two U.S. congresspeople will propose
in the coming weeks a bill that
would see thousands of acres of
Indigenous lands turned into oil
drilling zones.
US: Oklahoma
Police Release Video of Terence
Crutcher's Killing:
The video shows the shooting and
killing by police of the unarmed
Black man with his hands up.
Autopsy Finds
13 year old was Running From Police
When killed;
The unofficial autopsy contradicted
the police version and corroborated
the version given by the victim's
friend, who was also an eyewitness.
The FBI
Accused Him of Terrorism. He
Couldn't Tie His Shoes;
An agent informed them that the
Sheriff was taking over the case and
that Peyton was under arrest for
providing support for an act of
terrorism
New York bomb
suspect taken into custody after
shootout:
Ahmad Khan Rahami was arrested in
New Jersey hours after he was
publicly identified as the suspect.
50% of
American guns owned by 3% of
population – study:
Half of America's guns are owned by
just 3 percent of the population –
and those people own an average of
17 firearms each, a new survey says.
It also found that the number of
male gun owners is decreasing, while
female ownership is on the rise.
War criminal:
George Bush
Sr., Perpetrator of Gulf War,
'Voting' For Hillary:
David Frum, the Canadian-American
neoconservative and former
speechwriter for George W. Bush,
said he and Hillary “overlap... and
not just on foreign policy.”
Concentrating
on Clinton Foundation Facts:
An investigation into the Clinton
Foundation public record. How the
Clinton Foundation Operates
Illegally |
September 19, 2016
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Syrian Army declares
ceasefire over, unclear if it will
be renewed;
"It was assumed that the ceasefire
will present a real chance to end
the bloodshed, but terrorist groups
did not adhere to any of the points
of the agreement on a ceasefire, the
number of violations on their part
has exceeded 300,"
Australian jets participated
in massacre of Syrian soldiers in
Deir Ezzor:
Australia's Defense Department have
admitted that its jets have
participated in an airstrike against
Syrian Army positions near Deir
Ezzor that left tens dead.
US airstrikes
in Deir ez-Zor "open aggression" —
Syrian command:
The Syrian Armed Forces' command
said that the Islamic State
terrorist organization "took
advantage of the US aviation’s
airstrikes and captured the line of
defense on the Jebel-Sarda mountain"
U.S. military
commanders are 'pissed off' about
the mission creep in Syria:
“The military is pissed off because
they’re being asked to do two jobs
now. They were asked to do one job,
which is kill ISIS. Now John Kerry
is asking them to do another job,
which is cooperate with Russia and
kill al Nusra.”
Iraq:
Hundreds of US soldiers arrive in
Qayyarah in preparation for the
start of the battle of Mosul:
Officials noted, that "the great
attack to liberate Mosul date may
begin as early as the month of
October"
US-made bomb
used in Saudi strike on Yemen
hospital:
Amnesty International: Amnesty
International said Monday that it
has evidence that a U.S.-made bomb
was used in a strike by the Saudi
Arabia-led coalition that hit a
Doctors Without Borders hospital
last month, killing 19 people.
Mogadishu
car-bomb attack:
Military convoy targeted in deadly
suicide attack claimed by al-Shabab
in Somali capital.
Libyan
Military Repels Militants' Attack on
Oil Crescent:
The forces led by Gen. Khalifa
Haftar, the commander of the armed
forces loyal to Libya's Tobruk-based
parliament, have repelled an
offensive by militants against an
area known as Libya's oil crescent w
Libya:
Foreign airstrikes rescue Dignity
Operation militias again:
“There are strong indications that
UAE and Egyptian warplanes have
bombed PFG forces in Ras Lanuf and
Sidra, we are now making sure of
these indications,” Defence
Minister-designate Al-Mihdi Al-Baraghati
told Ajwa Net.
14-year-old
Boy is youngest refugee to die
trying to cross UK border:
Death of Afghan child comes as
exclusive report seen by The
Independent reveals scale of the
Calais crisis that has seen the
Jungle migrant camp's population top
10,000 for the first time
United Russia
Wins 54.22% of Votes as 3/4 of
Ballots Counted:
The ruling United Russia party has
won 54.22 percent of the votes in
the Russian parliamentary elections,
the Central Election Commission said
Monday after counting 75 percent of
the ballots.
U.S. Kills
Eight Afghan Policemen
; The US confirmed the air strike,
but said it was carried out in
response to a threat to US and
Afghan forces.
British
soldiers jailed in India for weapons
charges on anti-piracy mission
appeals for UK government to secure
release:
Nick Dunn, who served in the
paratroopers, was sentenced to five
years on weapons charges along with
five other veterans after they were
detained on board an anti-piracy
ship in 2013.
Australia:
Kalgoorlie protest: Arrests made,
officers injured in violent riot
over teen's death:
A dozen officers were injured and
several arrests were made in
Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, after
riot police were forced to move in
when a protest over the death of an
Aboriginal teenager turned violent.
Evo Morales
Says US Drug War Benefits US
Capitalism:
“The fight against drug trafficking
is a tool of control for the United
States,” said Morales, who strongly
opposes the U.S. drug war in Latin
America.
Islamic State
claims responsibility for Minnesota
mall attack:
A man who stabbed nine people at a
mall in central Minnesota before
being shot dead is a "soldier of the
Islamic State," the militant group's
news agency said on Sunday, as the
FBI investigated the attack as a
potential act of terrorism
Father
identifies 22yo son as Minnesota
mall attacker :
Dahir A. Adan, a 22-year-old college
student of Somali origin.
Authorities have not yet released
the assailant’s name.
Device
Explodes in New Jersey, 5 People
Questioned in New York Bombing
Investigation:
A device exploded early Monday as a
police robot examined a backpack
that appeared to contain pipe bombs
near a New Jersey transit station.
New York
bombing: five more suspected devices
found near train
; One device explodes as bomb squad
attempts to disarm it close to
Elizabeth station in New Jersey
according to reports
New York
bombs 'were both shrapnel pressure
cooker devices':
The bomb detonated on Saturday in
New York, and a device found nearby,
were both shrapnel-filled pressure
cookers - similar to the bombs used
at the 2013 Boston marathon
Anti-Trump
gay rights activist is NOT
responsible for the Manhattan
bombing:
Say police after blogger claimed to
have carried out the attack in
response to 'LGBTQ oppression'
Trump Takes
Huge Seven Point Lead in LA Times
Poll as Black Voters Ditch Clinton:
47.7% of voters support Republican
nominee versus only 41% who support
the former Secretary of State
Hillary Clinton with Trump’s poll
performance improving by an
unprecedented 7.1% over the past 6
days.
Police State?
Trump wins
endorsement of largest police union
in US:
The Fraternal Order of Police (FOB)
declared its endorsement of Trump in
a Friday statement, lauding what it
described as “commitment” to
American police officers and their
priorities, local media outlets
reported on Saturday.
Mike Pence:
I'd model my vice presidency after
Dick Cheney:
"I frankly hold Dick Cheney in very
high regard in his role as vice
president," Pence said when asked in
an interview with ABC that aired on
Sunday who his vice-presidential
role model would be.
Haitian
President EXPOSES the Clinton Foundation:
“Hillary Clinton tried to bribe me!”
Can't vote
for Trump or Clinton?
You have 2 legitimate alternatives
US Silicon
Valley's mega-donors influencing
2016 campaigns:
US Silicon Valley’s major corporate
executives and top political
operatives are reportedly flexing
their muscles in the 2016 campaign
with financial contributions to
political candidates of both ruling
parties. |
September 18, 2016
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US ‘kills 62
Syrian troops in airstrike:
The Russian defence ministry said 62
members of Syria’s forces were
killed and 100 wounded in the attack
near Deir ez-Zor airport in the east
of the country.
Syrian Army
recovers territory in Deir Ezzor
after US attacks their positions:
Soldiers from the Qassem Units
(Special Forces) of the Syrian Arab
Army told Al-Masdar moments ago that
their forces have recaptured several
points in Jabal Thardeh after
retreating due U.S. airstrikes on
their positions.
US admits
carrying out airstrike that killed
Syrian soldiers
; The Pentagon says it has halted an
airstrike over Syria after Russia
and the Syrian government accused US
warplanes of responsibility for
killing 60 Syrian soldiers.
Australian
warplanes took part in airstrikes
that killed Syrian troops:
An Australian defence department
statement said “Overnight, coalition
aircraft were conducting airstrikes
in eastern Syria against what was
believed to be a Daesh [Isis]
fighting position that the coalition
had been tracking for some time,”
the statement said.
US strike on
Syrian army suggest intentional
provocation – Churkin:
The
US’ sudden attempt to “help” the
Syrian army fighting ISIS in the
eastern city of Deir ez-Zor, which
resulted in a strike that killed and
injured dozens of soldiers, does not
look like an honest mistake,
Russia’s UN envoy told journalists
Russia angry
after US strike on Syrian soldiers:
Russia wants an emergency meeting of
the UN Security Council to discuss
deadly air strikes by US-led forces
on Syrian troops near Deir al-Zor, a
spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign
Ministry said
Russia, U.S.
Tensions Spill Over At UN Security
Council Meeting;
Tensions between Russian and U.S.
diplomats have spilled over at the
United Nations Security Council
after Russian officials demanded to
know whether the United States
intentionally supported Islamic
State militants with air strikes
that hit Syrian government troops.
Russian FM
Spokeswoman Strikes Back at US Envoy
to UN Over Comment on Syria;
Russian Foreign Ministry
spokesperson Maria Zakharova advised
American UN envoy Samantha Power to
go to Syria to see how people were
surviving in the war-torn country
and realize what “shame” really is.
ISIL shoots
down Syrian military jet, 'kills
pilot':
"A warplane belonging to the Syrian
government was brought down when
targeted by fighters from the
Islamic State in the city of Deir
al-Zor," Amaq said in an online
statement.
Turkey,
Russia agree on joint understanding
in key military meet:
Russia has not openly criticized the
Turkish offensive but it has
indirectly urged Turkey not to go
further south toward Aleppo, where
Syrian regime and opposition forces
have long been fighting.
Pro-Erdogan
Turkish Newspaper Says Dead US
Soldiers Were Terrorists, Not Heroes:
Turkey’s Daily Sabah newspaper known
by some as the "mouthpiece" of
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan
issued an insulting editorial on
Saturday labeling American Special
Forces who died fighting Daesh
alongside Kurdish militants as
"terrorists."
6 IS
militants, civilian killed in air
strike, bomb attack in Iraq:
Six Islamic State (IS) militants
were killed on Saturday in an
airstrike in Salahudin province,
while a roadside bomb attack killed
a civilian in the northern province
of Kirkuk, security sources said.
Improvised
bombs in Baghdad kill 4, wound 21:
At least four people were killed and
21 wounded in separate attacks in
and around Baghdad on Sunday, where
security forces also shot dead a
suicide bomber before he could reach
an army checkpoint and detonate his
explosives.
2 peshmerga
forces killed in Iraq suicide
bombing:
A Daesh bomber blew himself up
inside a peshmerga forces center
east of Mosul, Kurdish officer
Shirzad Zakholi told Anadolu Agency.
3 Yemeni
soldiers killed:
Islamist suspects killed three
Yemeni soldiers in two separate
shootings in the south on Sunday,
officials said, the latest in a
spate of attacks on security forces.
Gunmen kill
two policemen in Saudi Eastern
Province - Arabiya TV:
Two policemen were shot dead in
Saudi Arabia's oil-producing Eastern
Province by unknown assailants, the
Saudi-owned Al Arabiya television
channel reported on Sunday.
Rebels have
killed 26 villagers in Central
African Republic.
Presidential spokesman Albert
Mokpeme says the killings took place
about 350 km north of the capital
Bangui. He blamed fighters from the
former Seleka rebel coalition
Libya
loyalists fail to retake key eastern
oil ports;
A counter-attack by fighters loyal
to Libya's UN-backed unity
government aimed at retaking key
eastern oil ports was repelled on
Sunday by forces from a rival
administration.
Libyans
regret, miss life with Gaddafi:
“Before 2011, I hated Gaddafi more
than anyone. But now, life is much,
much harder, and I have become his
biggest fan.”
21 killed in
attack on army base in Kashmir:
"Four terrorists killed in
counter-terrorist operation at Uri.
17 soldiers make the supreme
sacrifice," the command said on
Twitter on Sunday
Indian Home
Minister Calls for Isolation of
Pakistan After Attack in Kashmir:
Pakistan should be isolated from the
international community as a state
supporting terrorist groups, Indian
Home Minister Rajnath Singh said on
Sunday in light of the recent attack
that had killed at least 17
17 ISIS
loyalists killed in an airstrike in
east of Afghanistan:
At least 17 loyalists of the Islamic
State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
terrorist group were killed during
an airstrike in eastern Nangarhar
province of Afghanistan.
8 Taliban
militants killed in Kabul by Afghan
intelligence operatives:
At least 8 Taliban insurgents were
killed during an operation conducted
by the Afghan intelligence, National
Directorate of Security (NDS)
operatives in the vicinity of Kabul
province.
Gunmen kill 3
army soldiers in northwestern
Pakistan:
: Jamaatul Ahrar, a breakaway
faction of the Taliban, claimed
responsibility for the attack.
Ahsanullah Ahsan, spokesman for the
group said
Independent
candidate catching up in Austria's
presidential race;
The anti-migrant Freedom Party's
candidate Norbert Hofer has been
seen in the lead since Austria's
highest court annulled the result of
a May run-off - which Hofer narrowly
lost - due to irregularities in the
counting of postal ballots.
More than
160,000 join German trade deal
protest:
160,000 demonstrators thronged seven
major cities across Germany on
Saturday in protest over a massive
transatlantic trade deal, dealing a
new blow to the disputed accord.
Refugees
Welcome March:
Thousands of demonstrators, actors
and politicians join London protest
Minnesota
mall stabbings suspect made
reference to 'Allah': police:
A knife-wielding suspect who was
dressed in a private security
uniform and made references to Allah
while attacking at least eight
people during a mass stabbing
incident at a Minnesota shopping
mall was shot dead by an off-duty
police officer
Several
injured in 'intentional' New York
explosion:
Video - Mayor Bill De Blasio says
blast appears to be a deliberate act
but that there is no evidence of
"terror connection".
Dozens hurt
in Manhattan explosion; 2nd device
found;
Fox News reported that sources said
a second device was found and was a
pressure cooker. Images being
circulated on social media showed
the device with wires attached to
what appeared to be a mobile
telephone.
Pipe bombing
at New Jersey race probed as
possible terrorism:
A pipe bomb exploded in a New Jersey
beach town on Saturday along the
route of a charity race to benefit
military veterans, but no injuries
were reported in what investigators
were treating as a possible act of
terrorism.
Hillary’s
Media Arm Demands Secret Service
Arrest, Interrogate Trump:
The liberal news outlet Share Blue,
owned by the head of the SuperPac
Correct the Record called for the
use of official state organs against
Trump in a move eerily reminiscent
to third-world crackdowns on
dissent.
Oliver Stone:
DNC Hack Looks Like Inside Job. Dems
Did It To Themselves
: Video -
Intelligence experts that I've
talked to have indicated to me that
it's probably an inside job |
September
17, 2016
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It Can Happen Here
By Uri Avnery |
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Those who
want a "Jewish State"
are attracted by the
Two-state Solution, but
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Niger, Chad
armies kill 38 Boko Haram fighters:
Niger army: Soldiers from Niger and
Chad have killed 38 Boko Haram
fighters during operations that
followed attacks by the Nigerian
Islamist group on two border towns
in southeastern Niger earlier this
week, Niger's army said on Saturday.
Al Shabaab
attacks Somali town, kills 7 troops:
Somalia's Islamist militant group al
Shabaab attacked a town in a region
near Kenya's border, killing at
least seven Somali soldiers, the
group and Somali officials said.
Iraqi Air
Force kills 30+ ISIS fighters,
including top commander:
Iraqi F-16 jets conducted 7
airstrikes over the Nineveh and Al-Anbar
governorates on Friday night,
killing 30+ ISIS terrorists and
destroying 14 of their vehicles.
10 fighters
killed in attack in northern Syria:
Five members of the Free Syrian Army
(FSA) were killed, six injured
Friday . Five Daesh members were
also killed in four air raids
conducted by coalition forces in
Kunaytirah, Tatimus, Cakka and
Baragidah regions
US-backed
rebels force US commandos to leave
Syrian town:
US special forces troops had to
withdraw from the town of al-Rai on
Syria’s border with Turkey, after
allies from the Free Syrian Army (FSA)
had driven them out, calling them
“infidels” and “crusaders,”
Syria:
Ceasefire strained by fresh
fighting:
As aid remains held up on the border
and ceasefire violations mount, the
UN warns "the world is watching"
Russia
accuses US of refusing to share
Syria deal documents with UN
: An urgent council meeting called
to discuss the agreement was
abruptly cancelled on Friday amid
disagreements between Russia and the
United States over the joint deal.
7 killed in
violence in Turkey's southeast:
Three Turkish soldiers and four
Kurdish militants were killed on
Saturday in clashes in the
southeastern Hakkari province while
Turkish gendarmerie launched
helicopter-backed security
operations elsewhere in the region
Saudi strikes
kill 18 people across Yemen:
Saudi fighter jets bombarded Khawlan
al-Tayyal district in the western
Yemeni province of Sana'a on Friday,
killing at least 11 people,
including women and children, and
injuring a number of others,
including two children.
After an hour
the plane came back': repeated
airstrikes take toll on Yemeni
civilians:
“The rubble fell on me; one of my
legs was broken. I had to crawl to
shout for help,” Arfaj said. “I
realised that my whole family had
become martyrs, the home had
collapsed on their heads. I could do
nothing for them.”
One in three
Saudi air raids on Yemen hit
civilian sites, data shows;
More than one-third of all Saudi-led
air raids on Yemen have hit civilian
sites, such as school buildings,
hospitals, markets, mosques and
economic infrastructure.
Palestinian
Man Killed by Israeli Soldier During
Arrest in Occupied West Bank;
Mohammed Asrahin was fatally shot
during a clash that developed
between Asrahin's family and the
troops who arrived at his home to
arrest him, Palestinian reports say.
Illegal
Israeli settlements have grown
during the Obama years;
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu pushed a wave of
construction during the Obama
presidency that matched, and even
exceeded, the amount of building
that took place under his
predecessors during the Bush years.
TNT traces
found in EgyptAir MS804 debris –
report;
Investigators from France’s Criminal
Research Institute of the National
Gendarmerie (IRCGN) discovered
traces of the explosive last week
when visiting Cairo, Le Figaro
reported on Friday.
China’s
Holdings of U.S. Treasuries Fall to
Lowest Since ’13;
The biggest foreign holder of U.S.
government debt had $1.22 trillion
in bonds, notes and bills in July,
down $22 billion from the prior
month, in the biggest drop since
2013, according to U.S. Treasury
Department
Deutsche Bank
Tumbles as DoJ Claim of $14 Billion
Rebuffed
Deutsche Bank AG’s shares and its
riskiest bonds dropped the most
since the Brexit vote after the
lender said the U.S. Justice
Department is seeking $14 billion to
settle a probe tied to
mortgage-backed securities
Debate
Commission Blocks Gary Johnson and
Jill Stein from Debate Stage:
Johnson in particular was pushing
hard for inclusion in the debates,
as he’d polled in the double digits
across several national surveys
Just 5.7
Percent Of Clinton Foundation Budget
Actually Went To Charitable Grants:
The Clinton Foundation spent a hair
under $91.3 million in 2014, But
less than $5.2 million of that went
to charitable grants. That number
pales in comparison to the $34.8
million the foundation spent on
salaries, compensation and employee
benefits.
CBS News
Reporter has Major Meltdown on Live
TV
: Video
Democratic
Super PAC to Pay for Dirt on Donald
Trump;
Hillary Clinton ally David Brock
wants your Donald Trump dirt, and
he's willing to pay top dollar for
it.
Reporters
Retaliate Against Trump’s Treatment
of Press, Destroy Footage of Hotel
Tour:
The press pool for Donald Trump made
the unprecedented collective
decision to refuse to air footage of
a tour of Trump’s new hotel, even
erasing the tape to ensure it never
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Standing with Syria
By Margaret Kimberley
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American anti-war
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By Fred Reed
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Masons, and they train
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Syrian airstrikes kill 23;
Russia, US allege violations:
At least 23 people, including nine
children, were killed during
airstrikes in Syria on Thursday, as
the United States and Russia accused
each other of violating a fragile
ceasefire.
Syrian military begins to
withdraw from vital Aleppo road:
Russia was expected to deploy its
forces along Aleppo’s Castello Road
to ensure safe passage for
humanitarian convoys to the city’s
opposition-held quarters.
Syrian military source
doesn't see rebels disengaging from
Nusra:
A Syrian military source said on
Thursday that it did not appear that
rebel factions would disengage from
a jihadist group formerly known as
the Nusra Front as required by a
U.S.-Russian agreement.
Turkish army kills Kurdish
militants:
Turkish soldiers killed five Kurdish
militants on Friday suspected of
involvement in the assassination
this week of a politician from the
ruling AK Party, security sources
said, amid surging violence in the
largely Kurdish southeast.
Iraq: Explosion in ISIS
explosives factory near Anbar kills
9 militants:
“A booby-trapped vehicle exploded,
this morning, while ISIS members
were trying to equip it with
explosives, destroying the factory
completely and killing nine ISIS
members.”
Iraq: Four ISIS leaders
killed by armed attack
: “In the attack, four ISIS leaders,
including the official of Diwan al-Hisba
in Qaim Abu Ibrahim al-Mohajer was
killed. The gunmen also set fire to
a vehicle of ISIS and seized weapons
and communication devices
British troops condemned
over Iraqi boy's death in 2003:
Four UK soldiers who "forced" an
Iraqi boy into a canal and let him
drown have been condemned by a judge
investigating civilian deaths in the
Iraq War.
$120 billion disappeared
during Maliki’s regime, says British
report:
“During the period between
2006–2014, Iraq made a large
financial surpluses, “The total
budgets in that period reached $700
billion US dollars and they mostly
disappeared due to corruption.”
Southwest Yemen clashes
leave at least 40 killed:
Forty people were killed in fighting
between Shiite Houthi rebels and
pro-government forces around
southwest Yemen’s main city of Taiz,
military sources said Thursday.
Yemen's Houthi Rebels Claim
They Captured Post Inside Saudi
Arabia;
They said the Houthi rebels and
their allies attacked the post with
artillery, rockets and light arms
before taking it over in a September
11 battle.
Ya’alon: $38 billion
military aid deal with US is ‘not
enough’:
Former defense minister Moshe
Ya’alon joined ex-prime minister
Ehud Barak Thursday in slamming
Benjamin Netanyahu, saying Israel
should have gotten a bigger payday.
Colin Powell says Israel has
200 nukes:
, Powell wrote that he doubted the
Iranian government would use an
atomic bomb even if it could get
one, since “the boys in Tehran know
Israel has 200, all targeted on
Tehran, and we have thousands.”
Poll shows rift between US
Jews, Israel on religious affairs:
A new poll shows American Jews are
unhappy with the way the
ultra-Orthodox stream of Judaism
dominates religious affairs in
Israel.
Trump advisor: Aid to Israel
won't be limited by MOU:
“Under a Trump administration, the
level of strategic and tactical
cooperation between the two
countries will be of an
unprecedented high level,” “The U.S.
will not be limited in its support
for Israel by the terms of the MOU,”
he stressed.
Harder times for Palestine
if Clinton wins US election:
It is clear that Hillary Clinton
will not be visiting any Arab
capital with a proffered fig leaf.
Libya; Six commandos’
soldiers killed in Benghazi:
The spokesperson for the Special
Commandos Forces in Benghazi, Melod
Al-Zway, said that six of his forces
had been killed in clashes nearby
the European Hospital in Al-Guarshah
area, east of Benghazi.
Troops Kill 4, Capture 1
Boko Haram Member:
“The fighting patrol team came into
contact with Boko Haram terrorists
elements around Gajire village
during which there was a firefight
that lasted for about 15 minutes.
Suicide bomber kills at
least 16 people in Pakistan mosque:
official;
A suicide bomber screamed "Allahu
Akbar" and detonated himself in a
packed mosque in a northwestern
Pakistan, killing at least 16 people
and wounding more than 20 during
Friday prayers.
US to pay €1m to family of
Italian aid worker killed in drone
strike:
Giovanni Lo Porto, 37, was being
held hostage by al-Qaida at the time
of his death and his family had been
led to believe a month before the
strike that he was close to being
released.
Fact or propaganda?
President
Duterte 'ordered killing of 1,000
people and fed his enemies to
crocodiles,'
former hitman claims : A spokesman
for Mr Duterte denied he ordered the
killings and said an inquiry into
the allegations set up when he was
Mayor of Davao was abandoned due to
a lack of evidence.
Fact-checking
allegations against President
Duterte;
Here are some of his allegations and
a little background on them:
We aren’t
‘little brown brothers of America,’
don’t lecture us – Philippines FM:
“I am asking our American friends,
American leaders, to look at our
aspirations. We cannot forever be
the little brown brothers of
America...we have to develop, we
have to grow and become the big
brother of our own people.”
Swedish court
upholds Julian Assange arrest
warrant:
This is the eighth time the European
arrest warrant has been tested in a
Swedish court. All of the rulings
have gone against Assange.
Take me
instead: WikiLeaks’ Assange asks
Obama to pardon Manning
; Julian
Assange has offered to serve time at
a US prison if President Barack
Obama would pardon Chelsea Manning,
the whistleblower who handed
Wikileaks US military and diplomatic
documents in 2010.
Oliver Stone:
Any NSA attacks on ‘Snowden’ would
have been stupid:
Oliver Stone on the U.S. government
and whether or not Russia did the
right thing by granting asylum to
Edward Snowden.
House Votes
to Halt Guantanamo Detainee
Transfers:
The bill, which passed by a 244-174
vote, would bar the federal
government from spending money on
any Guantanamo prisoner transfers,
even those to a foreign country. The
ban would last until the end of the
calendar year,
The FBI’s Own
Watchdog Signs Off on Agents
Impersonating Journalists:
The Justice Department’s inspector
general concludes that FBI agents
can go undercover and impersonate
journalists, as long as they
sufficiently consult FBI
headquarters.
Deutsche Bank
won’t pay £10.6bn fine to settle US
mortgage investigation:
Deutsche Bank said it had no
intentions of paying the $14 billion
(£10.6bn) fine sought by the US
Department of Justice to settle
civil claims regarding its handling
of mortgage-backed securities that
contributed to the 2008 financial
crisis.
Reality
Check: How Does Nobody Go To Jail In
Wells Fargo Fraud Case?
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The drug
industry is bankrolling
anti-marijuana campaigns:
In Arizona, it was revealed last
week that Insys Therapeutics Inc., a
company that makes opioids and is
developing synthetic cannabinoids,
donated $500,000 to Arizonans for
Responsible Drug Policy, an
anti-legalization organization
Mentally ill
man dies without water in solitary
confinement in Milwaukee jail:
Inmates said he was begging for
drinking water days before perishing
in custody.
New poll
shows Clinton and Trump nearly tied
in Michigan:
A month after it appeared the race
for president in Michigan might be
all but over, Republican Donald
Trump has cut deeply into Democrat
Hillary Clinton’s post-convention
lead
I Asked Gary
Johnson About Aleppo. I Don’t Blame
Him For Not Knowing:
It’s time that all the candidates
started getting asked—and forced to
answer—the questions that really
matter. |
September 15, 2016
Assad’s Death Warrant
By Mike Whitney
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"Only
when we see this
conflict as a proxy war
over a pipeline do
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By Andrew P. Napolitano |
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I do not
like the Americans. It’s
simply a matter of
principle for me. —
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Syria;
Russians jets kill 250 ISIS members;
Report:
A well placed security source in
Baghdad informed on Wednesday that
Russian jets targeted an ISIS
gathering, preparing an offensive in
Palmyra, Syria. The airstrikes
destroyed 250 militants and 15
vehicles.
VIDEO: Heavy
Clashes Erupted between Syrian Army,
ISIS in Deir Ezzor;
Heavy clashes erupted between Syrian
Army troops and ISIS Militants on
Wednesday in Deir Ezzor province
when ISIS tried to storm the Syrian
Army posts.
UN says armed
Syrian groups blocking Aleppo aid
for 'political gain':
The UN has accused armed groups in
Syria of blocking the delivery of
aid to the besieged city of Aleppo
for “political gain” - including
rebel factions inside Aleppo itself
who say they will reject aid that
comes through government territory.
Live webcast
of situation in Aleppo with real
time surveillance cameras:
The official website of the Russian
Defence Ministry launches webcast of
situation in Aleppo with real time
surveillance cameras in order to
provide transparency of ceasefire in
the Syrian Arab Republic
Kerry, Lavrov
agree Syria truce holding, extend it
by 48 hours:
The United States and Russia agreed
that the Syrian cessation of
hostilities that began on Monday had
largely held and should be extended
for another 48 hours despite
sporadic violence
Russian
military: U.S. not implementing its
part of Syria ceasefire plan;
Russia's Defense Ministry said on
Thursday the United States was using
"a verbal smokescreen" to hide its
reluctance to fulfill its part of a
ceasefire agreement on Syria,
including separation of moderate
opposition units from terrorist
groups.
Aligned with
Russia in Syria, Pentagon awkwardly
treads on new terrain;
the reactions of U.S. military
officials range from caution to
outright skepticism over a
Geneva-based "joint integration
center" that may soon bring together
American and Russian militaries
Russian army
chief in Turkey to discuss Syria:
Russia's top army general Thursday
was holding talks with his Turkish
counterpart on the conflict in
Syria, in the highest-level military
contact between the two countries
since a crisis in relations.
'Your
ambassadors are not governors of
Turkey':
US reproach touches nerve in Ankara
Saudi says 5
soldiers killed in clashes with
Yemeni forces:
Saudi Arabia has confirmed that five
of its soldiers have been killed in
separate clashes with fighters of
the Yemeni Houthi movement in the
kingdom’s southern border regions of
Dhahran Janoub, Jizan and Asir.
Iraq: 7
killed in separate Baghdad attacks:
Baghdad Police Captain Yasser
al-Mustafa told Anadolu Agency that
unidentified gunmen had attacked a
home in Baghdad’s eastern Al-Rashad
neighborhood, killing a man, his
wife and two of their children.
Libyans to
Hold Mass Demonstrations in Support
of National Army, Reject Foreign
Intervention:
Libyans to hold mass demonstrations
and vigils on Friday to express
their support for General Khalifa
Haftar, and to voice their strong
rejection of foreign intervention in
their country’s internal affairs.
Cameron
slammed over Libya :
Former British Prime Minister David
Cameron launched a bombing campaign
in Libya based on "erroneous
assumptions" and failed to
adequately plan for the aftermath,
according to a damning parliamentary
report released on Wednesday.
Britain’s
Complicity In Saudi Arabia’s Terror
Campaign Against Yemen:
: The 'mainstream' Western media is,
almost by definition, the last place
to consult for honest reporting of
Western crimes. Consider the
appalling case of Yemen which is
consumed by war and an ongoing
humanitarian catastrophe.
America
launched more than 60 airstrikes in
6 countries last weekend alone:
The strikes hit six countries —
Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Somalia,
Syria, and Yemen
Afghan
militants kill warlord, 4 others in
ambush:
Wednesday ambush targeted Samar, who
served as a mujahedeen commander
during the 1980s struggle against
the Soviet Union. Like many Afghans,
he has no surname.
Duterte
killed justice official, hitman
tells Philippine senate:
Rodrigo Duterte shot dead a justice
department employee and ordered the
murder of opponents, a former death
squad member told parliament
Thursday, in explosive allegations
against the Philippine president.
Philippines'
Duterte denies giving death-squad
orders:
Witness in Senate hearing says
president, as Davao city mayor,
ordered extra-judicial killings
besides a mosque bombing.
Four
civilians wounded in Donbass during
Kiev forces shelling;
"According to updated information,
the night shelling left four people
wounded, two were hospitalized, one
of them was severely injured," the
Donetsk News Agency quotes the press
service as saying.
Ukraine:
Russia backs 7-day unilateral
ceasefire plan;
Visiting Kiev, foreign ministers of
Germany and France announce Russia's
commitment on behalf of separatist
leaders.
US lawmaker
makes U-turn after claiming Russians
hacked Republican Party
: A Republican congressman was
forced to backtrack quickly on
Wednesday after claiming the
Russians had hacked into the
Republican National Committee
computers.
235,000
Libyan migrants ready to head to
Italy:
UN: Some 235,000 refugees in Libya
are ready to make the dangerous
Mediterranean crossing to Italy as
soon as the opportunity arises, UN
envoy Martin Kobler said in an
interview published Thursday.
Brazil:
Ex-president Lula charged in
corruption probe;
Prosecutors file charges against
Lula, his wife and six others in
connection to sprawling Petrobras
corruption scandal.
Ford shifting
all U.S. small-car production to
Mexico;
"Over the next two to three years,
we will have migrated all of our
small-car production to Mexico and
out of the United States," Fields
said at a daylong investor
conference in Dearborn.
Mexico Builds
A "Wall" (And Guess Who Paid For It):
The Obama administration is sending
$75m in equipment and training to
help stop Central Americans from
crossing illegally into Mexico.
The Dark
Prison: Legacy of the CIA Torture
Programme:
Victims of the CIA's brutal
interrogation programme speak out
about torture and its effect on
their lives.
Five dramatic
revelations from Powell’s leaked
emails:
The emails show Powell criticizing
Donald Trump, Bill and Hillary
Clinton and Dick Cheney.
FBI director:
Cover up your webcam;
The head of the FBI on Wednesday
defended putting a piece of tape
over his personal laptop's webcam,
claiming the security step was a
common sense one that most should
take.
US confidence
in media hits fresh low: Gallup:
32 percent of Americans have a great
deal or fair amount of trust, the
lowest level in Gallup polling
history and eight percentage points
below last year.
U.S. Among
Most Depressed Countries in the
World;
About one in five adults in the U.S.
experiences some form of mental
illness each year, according to the
National Alliance on Mental Illness,
but only 41 percent of those
affected received mental health care
or services in the past year.
Former ITT
Tech students declare debt strike:
'I am stuck up to my neck in debt
for the rest of my life'
Impossible
Choices: Teens and Food Insecurity
in America":
Food-insecure teens who don’t get
enough to eat sometimes resort to
extreme measures to cope with
hunger—from saving school lunches to
stealing or trading sex for money to
buy food.
Obama plans
to increase refugee admissions to
more than 100,000 next year:
Administration’s target for fiscal
year 2017 is 110,000 refugees, up
from 85,000 goal in 2016, 70,000 in
2015
US Marine
drill instructor accused of running
a clothes dryer with a Muslim
recruit inside:
A Muslim Marine said he was called a
terrorist and ordered into an
industrial clothes dryer multiple
times by a drill instructor who then
turned it on, burning him
Colin Powell
said he 'would rather not vote' for
Hillary Clinton;
Powell emails claim ex-president 'is
still di**ing bimbos'
Trump Has
5-Point Lead in Bloomberg Poll of
Battleground Ohio:
The gap underscores the Democrat’s
challenges in critical Rust Belt
states after one of the roughest
stretches of her campaign.
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We know
the sorrows of empire.
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Airstrikes
near Ramadi kill 8 ISIS members;
“The airstrikes resulted in the
killing of eight ISIS members, as
well as destroying three mortar
detachments and a vehicle carrying
an anti-aircraft weapon,” the source
added.
Turkey hits 6
Daesh positions, coalition
airstrikes kill 6 members in Syria:
The Turkish military hit six Daesh
terrorist targets as part of the
ongoing Operation Euphrates Shield
on Tuesday, while the coalition
airstrikes killed six Daesh members
in four different regions in Syria,
military sources said.
As Syria
truce holds, al-Qaida affiliate
denounces it:
With much of Syria calm for the past
24 hours, a powerful al-Qaida-linked
group sharply criticized the
U.S.-Russian-brokered cease-fire,
saying Tuesday its real aim was to
keep President Bashar Assad in
power.
Russia Urges
US-led Coalition to Strike Renamed
Nusra Front as 'Terrorists':
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei
Lavrov on Tuesday urged the U.S.-led
coalition to continue viewing the
Nusra Front, now renamed Jabhat
Fatah al-Sham, as a terrorist
organisation and to carry out
strikes on its positions.
Military
Success in Syria Gives Putin Upper
Hand in U.S. Proxy War:
For the first time since Afghanistan
in the 1980s, the Russian military
for the past year has been in direct
combat with rebel forces trained and
supplied by the C.I.A.. “Russia has
won the proxy war, at least for
now,” said Michael Kofman, a fellow
at the Woodrow Wilson Center in
Washington.
Kurdish
Aleppo neighborhood loses its last
surgeon to rebel fire
; Video
report - Lizzie Phelan is in
war-ravaged Syria at the moment.
She's been following the fate of a
Kurdish neighbourhood in Aleppo,
which has now tragically lost its
last senior medic.
US kills 5
alledged al-Qaeda operatives in
Yemen:
Five operatives of the Yemen-based
al-Qaeda branch were killed when a
US drone strike targeted their
vehicle in Yemen’s central province
of al-Bayda on Tuesday, a military
official told Xinhua.
UN ‘deeply
disturbed’ by attacks on civilians
in Yemen:
The UN is “deeply
disturbed by the unrelenting attacks
on civilians and on civilian
infrastructure throughout Yemen by
all parties to the conflict
Clash with
Boko Haram in Niger kills 35:
Thirty members of Boko Haram and
five Nigerien soldiers have been
killed in fighting in the
southeastern Diffa region of Niger,
the defense ministry said in a
statement late on Tuesday.
Khalifa
Haftar forces seizes fourth oil port
Brega in Libya:
Forces opposed to Libya's unity
government have seized a fourth oil
port, Brega, completing their
takeover of vital installations in
the North African country's "oil
crescent", according to military
sources.
Duterte Seeks
Arms From China, Ends Joint Patrols
With U.S.:
Duterte said that two countries had
agreed to give the Philippines a
25-year soft loan to buy military
equipment. Later, he said that
Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana
and “technical people” in the armed
forces would visit China and Russia
“and see what’s best.”
NY
Attorney-General opens investigation
into Donald J. Trump Foundation:
Following news of the investigation,
Jason Miller, a senior
communications adviser for the Trump
campaign, called Schneiderman “a
partisan hack who has turned a blind
eye to the Clinton Foundation for
years and has endorsed Hillary
Clinton for president.”
Refugees Pour
Out of Turkey Once More as Deal With
Europe Falters:
The number of Syrians and others
fleeing Turkey for Greece is growing
rapidly once again as an agreement
reached months ago to curb the flood
of refugees into Europe seems to be
on the verge of collapse
3
Syrians--believed a sleeper cell
sent by ISIS-- arrested in Germany;
Three Syrian men believed to have
been sent to Germany last year by
the Islamic State group as a
possible "sleeper cell" were
arrested in raids on Tuesday
ISIS
threatens US, France and Germany
after bombing their headquarters in
Nineveh:
“The ISIS preacher of Hiba Khatoun
mosque threatened to launch attacks
against the United States, France
and Germany due to their continuous
air strikes against ISIS
headquarters in Nineveh.”
2 human
rights groups criticize UN over
refugees;
In separate statements, Human Rights
Watch called the draft of the final
document "a missed opportunity," and
Amnesty International accused member
states of stripping away any
proposals of substance.
Theresa May’s
surveillance Bill is chilling;
The investigatory Powers Bill is a
direct attack on democracy that will
put journalists in danger and
prevent whistleblowers coming
forward
Censorship:
Facebook,
Twitter join coalition to improve
online news:
Facebook, Twitter and news
organizations including Agence
France-Presse have joined a
coalition of media and technology
groups seeking to filter out online
misinformation and improve news
quality on social networks.
August ties
with July as hottest month on record:
The month tied July as the hottest
month the world has seen in the last
136 years.
Buffett Loses
$1.4 Billion as Wells Fargo Tumbles
on Scandal:
Warren Buffett had $1.4 billion
wiped from his fortune Tuesday after
Wells Fargo & Co. fell 3.3 percent
as the fallout continued from
revelations that bank employees had
opened more than 2 million accounts
without clients’ approval.
Research
Proves Google Manipulates Millions
to Favor Clinton:
Distinguished research psychologist
Robert Epstein explains the new
study and reviews evidence that
Google's search suggestions are
biased in favor of Hillary Clinton.
Hillary
Clinton Has Parkinson's?
Dr. Ted Noel, a physician who worked
for 32 years in clinical medicine,
makes the most compelling case that
Clinton is suffering from this very
serious neurological condition.
Colin Powell
Urged Hillary Clinton’s Team Not to
Scapegoat Him
: The Clinton
campaign’s effort to blur the lines
between Clinton’s private email
server and Powell’s AOL account left
Powell deeply frustrated.
Trump
Foundation under investigation for
suspected 'impropriety':
Mr Trump's campaign spokesman called
the inquiry "another left-wing hit
job designed to distract from
Crooked Hillary Clinton's disastrous
week".
Powell: Trump
is 'an international pariah';
Leaked emails from former Secretary
of State Colin Powell show him
strongly criticizing Donald Trump,
labeling him a "national disgrace
and an international pariah." |
September 13, 2016
Fooled Again
Must Read
- By Chris Hedges |
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There is a new world
order. It is based on
naked exploitation.
It—not democracy—is what
we have exported across
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How Israel Stole the
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By James DiEugenio |
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When Israel launched a
covert scheme to steal
material and secrets to
build a nuclear bomb,
U.S. officials looked
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Crisis
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Iraq: 100
members killed as ISIS launches
offensive near Mosul;
Nineveh Police Command announced
that 100 ISIS members were killed
after the security forces repulsed
their attack in southern Mosul, and
also added that five booby-trapped
vehicles were destroyed during the
attack.
ISIS drowns 8
civilians in a metal cage in central
Mosul;
“ISIS members executed eight
civilians by drowning them after
putting them inside a metal cage.
The execution was carried out in
central Mosul. The dead civilians
were charged of collaborating with
the Iraqi government
ISIS attacks
Federal Police headquarters in Rutba,
5 policemen killed
: The Intelligence Director of al-Somoud
brigade Nazim al-Jaghifi said, “This
evening, ISIS attacked the
headquarters of the Federal Police
3rd regiment west of Rutba district,
killing five members of the Federal
Police.”
Syria ‘shoots
down Israeli jet, drone’;
The Syrian army says it has shot
down an Israeli warplane and a drone
in the country's south following an
Israeli attack on a Syrian army
position, state media report.
Confusion
over cease-fire as US walks back
Kerry comments
; Secretary of State John Kerry said
the United States and Russia could
permit President Bashar Assad's
government to launch new airstrikes
against al-Qaida-linked militants.
The State Department quickly
reversed itself.
‘Peace in
Syria can’t be reached through
Western interference’
- Bashar Assad has enormous support
both from his people and unarmed
opposition groups for his fight
against Islamic State, despite the
West’s push for regime change in
Syria, says Baroness Caroline Cox
Saudi
Airstrikes Kill 30 civilians in
Yemen: UN:
: The U.N. Humanitarian Coordinator
for Yemen, said in a statement that
the casualties in the village of
Beit Saadan included first
responders and children.
Yemeni forces
kill three Qatari soldiers fighting
alongside Saudi army;
Yemen’s Ansarullah fighters and
allied army units killed six Saudi
soldiers. Four snipers were gunned
down in the Kingdom’s Najran
province, and two others were killed
in Yemeni army's shelling of
military positions
Obama to Veto
Bill Allowing 9/11 Lawsuits Against
Saudi Arabia;
President Obama will veto
legislation approved by Congress
that would allow the families of
victims of the Sept. 11, 2001,
attacks to sue Saudi Arabia for any
role in the plot
Turkey
formally requests U.S. arrest of
cleric Gulen over coup plot:
Turkey blames members of Gulen's
religious movement for the failed
putsch two months ago, in which
rogue soldiers commandeered tanks
and fighters jets, bombing
parliament and seizing bridges in a
bid to take over power.
U.S agrees
aid to Israel: $38 billion dollars
in 10 years;
38 billion dollars in 10 years –
such is the scope of the military
aid budget that the U.S. will
transfer to Israel as part of the
agreement that is expected to be
signed in the coming days.
How Israel
aims to redefine 'ethnic cleansing':
Netanyahu's controversial comments
have thrown another obstacle in the
way of Palestinian statehood,
analysts say.
US ‘tests’
Iran’s reaction to spy plane flyby:
Two US spy planes have flown within
a mile of Iranian airspace, and have
received warnings of a potential
shootdown should they breach it. US
military officials said Iran behaved
“unprofessionally” and “unsafe[ly]”
during the stunt designed to “test”
its reaction.
US carries
out more than 140 strikes on IS in
Libya in six weeks
; Jets, attack helicopters and
drones have hit tanks, trenches,
armed pick-up trucks, supply
vehicles and fighting positions in
the blitz to oust militants from
their coastal stronghold of Sirte.
Western
powers call on (CIA Asset) Libyan
commander Khalifa Haftar to withdraw:
Fighters loyal to (CIA Asset) Libyan
commander Khalifa Haftar took
control of the ports of Ras Lanuf,
Es Sider, Zueitina and Brega,
displacing a force allied to the
United Nations-backed government in
Tripoli
Italy to
deploy 300 doctors, soldiers to
Libya to man new field hospital:
report;
The hospital is to be established
some 187 kilometers east of Tripoli
near the Misrata airport. It will be
staffed by 100 doctors and nurses
and protected by 200 Italian troops.
2 protesters
killed during Eid festivities in
India Kashmir:
Fresh clashes left two anti-India
protesters dead and scores injured
in India’s portion of Kashmir on
Tuesday, police said, as a security
lockdown marred Eid festivities in
the troubled region.
South Korea
draws up plan to destroy Pyongyang
:
South Korea has devised a plan to
destroy North Korea's capital,
Pyongyang, through intensive bombing
if the communist regime shows signs
of launching a nuclear attack.
US flies two
supersonic bombers over South Korea
in show of force against North:
The two B-1 bombers were joined by
South's F-15 fighter jets and flew
over South Korea's Osan air base at
a low altitude.
Beijing and
Moscow launch South China Sea naval
drills:
Eight days of military exercises
come at a time of heightened tension
in the contested waters.
Duterte says
he wants U.S. special forces out of
southern Philippines;
President Rodrigo Duterte called for
the withdrawal of U.S. special
forces troops from a group of
islands in the southern Philippines,
saying their presence could
complicate offensives against
Islamist militants
Australia's
property market is just SIX WEEKS
away from collapsing:
We estimate that Australia has about
six weeks or so to turn this
situation around, otherwise there
would be a massive hit on property
valuations and the building trades,'
Mr Copley told news.com.au.
Wells Fargo
Exec Who Headed Phony Accounts Unit
Collected $125 Million:
A spokesperson for Wells Fargo said
that the timing of Tolstedt’s exit
was the result of a “personal
decision to retire after 27 years”
with the bank. The spokesperson
declined to comment on whether the
bank was considering clawing back
Tolstedt’s back pay.
Tent Cities
Full Of Homeless People Are Booming
In Cities All Over America:
Just like during the last economic
crisis, homeless encampments are
popping up all over the nation as
poverty grows at a very alarming
rate.
How the Sugar
Industry Shifted Blame to Fat:
The sugar industry paid scientists
in the 1960s to play down the link
between sugar and heart disease and
promote saturated fat as the culprit
instead, newly released historical
documents show.
NYPD: Muslim
Woman Set On Fire Just Before 9/11
Anniversary;
A Muslim woman wearing religious
attire was set on fire in New York
City on Saturday night, just hours
before the anniversary of the Sept.
11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
US response to 9/11
increased the global terror threat —
Hollande:
French president claims Iraq war
created Islamic State group, which
in turn led to extremist attacks in
Europe
'A
Constitutional Crisis': The CIA
Turns On The Senate:
Tensions flare between the CIA and
the Senate in the fight to release
the report on torture – leading the
agency to spy on its own legislative
overseers
Foreign
Spending on U.S. Elections Threatens
National Security, FEC Commissioner
Says:
A $1.3 million donation by a U.S.
corporation owned by Chinese
citizens to a Super PAC backing Jeb
Bush as evidence that this is not a
“hypothetical” issue.
Hillary
Clinton’s health just became a real
issue in the presidential campaign;
Video of Clinton’s departure seemed
to show her buckling and stumbling
as she got into her van.
Hillary
Clinton diagnosed with pneumonia:
Video
- On Sunday, video showed her being
supported by aides as they put her
into her van after she left the 9/11
ceremony in New York early.
Risk factors
for pneumonia among patients with
Parkinson’s disease:
Pneumonia is the leading cause of
death in patients with Parkinson’s
disease (PD).
Three blood
clots, a concussion, deep vein
thrombosis:
Hillary Clinton's shielded medical
history isn't just for conspiracy
theorists any more, as her 'penchant
for privacy' gets scrutiny
What would
happen if Hillary Clinton dropped
out of US election:
The unidentified source said the
party may hold an emergency meeting
to consider a possible replacement,
but stressed selecting a new nominee
would only arise if Mrs Clinton
herself decided to withdraw.
Assange: Up
to 100,000 pages of Clinton
documents to come:
"We have tens of thousands, possibly
as many as a hundred thousand, pages
of documents of different types,
related to the operations that
Hillary Clinton is associated with,"
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At least 21
civilians killed in Saudi-led
airstrikes in Yemen: residents:
They said at least 15 civilians were
killed when war planes targeted
workers drilling for water in the
Beit Saadan area of the Arhab
district north of Sanaa, and that 20
other people were wounded.
8 soldiers
killed as suicide car blast hits
police station in Yemen:
A suicide bomber rammed his
explosives-laden car into a police
station Sunday in Yemen's southern
province of Abyan, killing 8
soldiers and injuring 20 others, a
Yemeni security official told Xinhua.
Turkish air
strikes kill 20 Islamic State
fighters in Syria:
The strikes targeted three
buildings, one vehicle and one
motorbike around the Syrian town of
Tel el-Hawa
Airstrikes
kill, wound dozens in Syria:
The airstrikes on parts of Aleppo
and nearby towns killed at least 45
people and wounded dozens more, the
Aleppo Media Center said, according
to the Associated Press.
Airstrikes
kill scores in Syria after new truce
deal;
A barrage of airstrikes on
rebel-held areas in Syria have
killed scores of people, just hours
after the government in Damascus
approved a US-Russian plan to halt
fighting in the country's
suppurating civil war.
Syria
government 'approves' US-Russia
ceasefire deal:
The deal agreed by Moscow and
Washington calls for a halt to
fighting across the country and
increased humanitarian aid for the
battered city of Aleppo.
US tells
rebels ceasefire deal grants them
‘right to self-defense’ against
Syria & Russia – report:
Washington has called on militants
to part ways with Al-Nusra or face
repercussions, a letter written by
the US special envoy to Syria said.
It reportedly promised rebels a
right to retaliate.
Eight people
killed in Baghdad attacks:
No group has claimed responsibility
for the attacks, though Iraqi
authorities often point the finger
at the ISIL extremist group, which
seized vast swathes of territory in
northern and western Iraq in 2014.
Netanyahu
slammed over 'ethnic cleansing'
remark;
Israeli PM says Palestinian
opposition to Israeli settlements in
West Bank is "ethnic cleansing".
Netanyahu is
a war criminal, says former Dutch PM:
The era of “unconditional
friendship” between Israel and the
Netherlands is over, the Dutch
right-wing newspaper De Telegraaf
reported as Benjamin Netanyahu faced
vocal protests during a two-day
visit to the country this week to
discuss economic cooperation.
Libyan forces
loyal to Khalifa Haftar attack oil
ports: witness:
A port engineer confirmed that
Haftar's forces had entered the oil
ports of Ras Lanuf and El Sider,
Libya's largest, and said one of the
storage tanks at Es Sider had been
set alight in the clashes.
Mugabe Fears
US Dollar Block:
The United States has set in motion
a plan to “collapse the Zimbabwean
economy overnight”.Part of this plot
involves violent street protests
against the scheduled introduction
of bond notes aimed at easing US
dollar cash shortages that began in
April 2016.
US kills 4
alledged militants in West of
Afghanistan:
Provincial governor’s spokesman
Mohammad Asif Nang said the drone
strike was conducted late on
Saturday night in Khak-e-Safid
district targeting the militants in
the vicinity of Qarya-e-Surkh area.
China, Russia
naval drill in South China Sea to
begin Monday:
China and Russia will hold eight
days of naval drills in the South
China Sea off southern China's
Guangdong province starting from
Monday, China's navy said. The two
countries will carry out defense,
rescue and anti-submarine operations
Germany warns
of threat from more than 500
'potential attackers':
Germany's interior minister has
warned that the country is home to
more than 500 Islamic militants who
could be capable of carrying out
assaults on their own or as members
of "hit teams."
African
American man is KILLED by police for
refusing to drop pocket knife while
eating dinner:
Neighbors say that the officers shot
him six times in the back, though
this has yet to be confirmed.
Visualizing
the Size of the U.S. National Debt:
When numbers get into the billions
or trillions, they start to lose
context.
Donald Trump
talks to Larry King : Video
- Trump tells RT's Larry King that
he doesn’t dislike Hillary Clinton,
but that she’s not the person to
make America great again – and that
their televised duel Wednesday was
more fun than baseball.
Clinton
expresses regret for saying 'half'
of Trump supporters are 'deplorables':
"Half" of Donald Trump's supporters
are "deplorables," meaning people
who are racist, sexist, homophobic
or xenophobic.
Hillary
Clinton has 'ONE year to LIVE' US
Presidential candidate in shock new
health claim:
HILLARY CLINTON is suffering from
advanced vascular dementia and has
just one year to live, according to
shock new medical claims. |
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