March 25, 2017
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Blowback
In London?
By Paul Rogers |
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The fact that
Britain is still
at war after 15
years surely
means that some
serious
rethinking is
required about
foreign policy.
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Inventing
Enemies
By Vijay Prashad |
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The theme of
“get out of my
country” or “go
back to your own
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Surveillance
State Goes After
Trump
By Dennis J
Bernstein |
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Democrats are so
eager to take
down President
Trump that they
are joining
forces with the
Surveillance
State to trample
the privacy
rights of people
close to Trump.
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Wall
Street First
By Michael
Hudson |
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Trump's election
rhetoric
promised to
reverse
traditional U.S.
interventionist
policy abroad.
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Iraq; More than 200
dead in suspected U.S.
airstrike that hits
civilians in Mosul:
It is among the latest
incidents in which dozens of
civilians are said to have
been killed at the hands of
U.S. forces.
Islamic State
executes 20 civilians west
of Mosul;
The Islamic State terrorist
group arrested 20 civilians,
including 9 women, while
they were trying to flee
from al-Yarmouk area toward
the recently liberated Mosul
al-Jadida.
Watch; ISIS suicide
bomb strapped to boy near
Mosul disarmed by Iraqi Army
officer:
A video published to Live
Leak shows an Iraqi Army
officer disarming a suicide
bomb belt that was strapped
to a young boy in the city
of Mosul.
Five children among
11 Syrians killed as boat
sinks off Turkey:
Television footage showed
rescue workers standing next
to bodies washed up on a
beach near the coastal town
of Kusadasi. The boat,
believed to have been
carrying 22 Syrian migrants,
had been heading for Greece.
Escalation of US
jihadi strikes leads to high
civilian death toll:
A string of air strikes has
sparked outrage from
families left to dig their
loved ones from the rubble
The US Is Bombing
Syria So Much That Watchdogs
Can't Keep Up:
Allegations of civilian
casualties as a result of
United States coalition
airstrikes in Iraq and Syria
have swelled so much since
January that airstrike
watchdog Airwars can't keep
track.
27 killed in south
Yemen clashes
; At least 20 rebels and
seven soldiers were killed
over the past 24 hours in
ongoing fighting in southern
Yemen, a military source
said Friday.
100
Civilians Killed a Month in
Yemen War, Most by
Coalition: U.N.
:
An average of 100 civilians
a month are killed in
Yemen's war which enters its
third year this weekend,
most killed by the Saudi-led
coalition's air strikes and
shelling, the United Nations
human rights office said
Saudi
soldier killed by missile
fired by Yemen rebels;
The
missile was launched late
Thursday from a
rebel-controlled area in
Yemen and hit a base in
Dhahran South, killing
border guard
Third of Yemen
provinces on brink of
famine: UN;
"Out of the 22 (provinces),
seven are in emergency phase
four, and that is one level
before declaring a famine,"
she said.
Just another day in
apartheid Israel;
Watch: Soldiers drag
8-year-old from home to home
looking for stone-throwers:
On 19 March 2017 at midday,
a force of more (than) 15
soldiers seized 8-year-old
Sufian Abu Hitah, who was
out on the street barefoot
10 killed, 14 hurt
in Mali clashes:
Ten people have died in
violent clashes between two
ethnic groups in central
Mali, a security ministry
source told AFP Thursday, as
tensions grow over land use
and food scarcity in the
region.
Second car bomb
claims 2 lives in Somali
capital:
At least two people were
killed and five others
wounded in a car bomb blast
which targeted a busy
restaurant near the
presidential palace in
Somalia’s capital Mogadishu
on Friday
Mubarak freed from
detention: lawyer:
In January 2016, the appeals
court upheld a three-year
prison sentence for Mubarak
and his two sons on
corruption charges. But the
sentence took into account
time served. Both of his
sons, Alaa and Gamal, were
freed.
Taliban take key
Afghan district in south; 9
killed in north:
The Taliban captured a key
district center in
Afghanistan’s southern
Helmand province on Thursday
while in the country’s
north, an officer turned his
rifle on sleeping
colleagues, killing nine
policemen, officials said.
ISIS comes to
Russia: battle between ISIS
fighters and Russian
National Guard in Chechnya:
What the Russian authorities
have always feared and
warned against finally
happened today when early
this morning a group of six
ISIS fighters attacked a
base of the Russian National
Guard
CCTV captures
cold-blooded murder of
former Russian lawmaker in
Kiev (GRAPHIC VIDEO)
In the video, the man in
lighter clothes –
Voronenkov’s bodyguard – is
seen throwing himself at the
assailant.
Kiev admits
Voronenkov killer belonged
to Ukraine’s ultra
nationalist National Guard:
Voronenkov's killer
identified as member of
ultra nationalist Ukrainian
National Guard but Ukraine
still claims he was a
Russian agent.
Nobody's stooge: Le
Pen meets Putin, shows
'French desire for détente
with Russia';
. Meeting Vladimir Putin is
a gamble to attract voters
outside her core support who
want better relations with
Russia, says political
author Diana Johnstone.
Germany announces
the final pillage of Greece:
Greece to Surrender Gold,
Utilities and Real Estate in
Exchange For Pieces of Paper
Printed in Brussels
‘No reason for Cold
War, both Russia & US are
great powers’ – Le Pen
: It’s very important for
France to build up balanced
relations with both of these
countries. I think we could
do that with Vladimir Putin
and Donald Trump,”
Police release new
picture of London terror
attacker:
Police raids see 11 people
arrested on suspicion of
preparing terrorist acts in
London, Birmingham and
Manchester
The Senate Just
Legalized The Sale Of Your
Browsing History:
The Senate voted 50-48 to do
away with broadband privacy
rules; allowing ISPs and
telecoms to sell your
internet history.
Trump Folds; GOP
health care vote pulled at
Trump's request:
House Speaker Paul Ryan
sensationally canceled a
vote on his Obamacare repeal
bill for a second time,
repudiating President Donald
Trump who has threatened to
walk away from health care
reform if the measure does
not pass.
Virginia court rules
for Trump in travel ban
dispute, order still halted:
U.S. District Court Judge
Anthony Trenga rejected
arguments by Muslim
plaintiffs who claime
Trump's March 6 executive
order temporarily banning
the entry of all refugees
and travelers from six
Muslim-majority countries
US Marshals Sent To
Protect Judge Who Blocked
Latest Travel Ban:
U.S. Marshals are being sent
in to guard the Hawaii judge
that blocked the Trump
administration's second
travel ban.
Former Bush ethics
czar says FBI uncovering
evidence of ‘treason’"
; Painter also agreed with
Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) that
an independent commission or
select committee was needed
to investigate possible
collusion between Russia and
the Trump campaign.
Adam Schiff slams
intel chair Devin Nunes for
caving to White House and
canceling key Russia hearing:
Schiff also accused the GOP
of trying to “choke off”
information on the Russia
probe from the public.
After Promising Not
To Talk Business With
Father, Eric Trump Says
He'll Give Him Financial
Reports;
One thing is clear: “My
father and I are very
close,” Eric Trump says. “I
talk to him a lot. We’re
pretty inseparable.”
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Hillary
Returns
By Margaret
Kimberley |
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“Hillary Clinton
must be stopped
before she goes
any further in
thinking herself
rehabilitated.”
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237 Iraq civilians
killed in possible US
airstrike in Mosul :
: A Kurdish news agency
reporting directly from
Mosul has reported that at
least 237 people have been
killed in airstrikes in the
Mosul Al-Jadida
neighbourhood of the
war-ravaged city, most of
them believed to be
civilians.
Mosul: 'The worst is
yet to come,' says UN as
400,000 trapped:
An estimated 400,000 Iraqis
are trapped in the Islamic
State-controlled Old City of
west Mosul facing food
shortages and growing panic
under shelling that could
provoke a mass exodus, UNHCR
said on Thursday.
Five killed as
Islamic State IEDs target
civilians fleeing Kirkuk;
Fve civilians were killed
and four others were wounded
at the Hamreen Mountains
region when they were trying
to escape Islamic State-held
areas in Hawija, southwest
of Kirkuk.
Rex Tillerson: US
forces will stay in Iraq
after defeat of Islamic
State:
Tillerson paired that plan
with a call for allies to
provide more help to the
United States, which he said
bears 75 percent of the
military burden and 25
percent of the cost for
humanitarian support to the
region.
US Bombs School
Shelter in Syria Killing 33
Civilians:
Reports emerged Wednesday
that U.S. planes bombed a
school sheltering displaced
civilians just west of the
Syrian town of Raqqa,
killing an estimated 33
civilians.
Russia underplayed
losses in recapture of
Syria’s Palmyra:
Russia’s force in Syria has
suffered losses since late
January more than three
times higher than the
official toll, according to
evidence gathered by Reuters
US Marines said to
land behind Islamic State
lines in Syria:
Reported deployment of
American troops to territory
held by terror group part of
offensive to retake city of
Raqqa
VIDEO: Syrian War
Report – March 23, 2017:
Govt Forces Face Crisis In
Northern Hama;
Anjad al-Sham, Jaish
al-Nasr, Jaish al-izzah and
the Idlib Free Army
continued its rapid advance
against government forces in
northern Hama.
Reality and the
U.S.-Made Famine in Yemen:
The attack on Yemen traps
both Yemenis and fleeing
Somalis in the worst of four
developing crises which
collectively amount, one
U.N. official warns, to the
worst humanitarian crisis in
the history of the U.N.
A dozen Egyptian
security personnel killed in
Sinai fighting:
Ten members of Egypt's
military were killed when
their vehicles were hit by
two improvised bombs during
an operation against
suspected militants in the
Sinai peninsula, the
military said on Thursday.
Israeli troops shoot
dead Palestinian teen:
Palestinians:
Israeli troops shot dead a
Palestinian teenager
Thursday in the occupied
West Bank and seriously
wounded three other
Palestinians, the
Palestinian health ministry
said in a statement.
Watch: Video of
Israeli policeman hitting
Palestinian driver draws
anger:
In the footage, the
policeman headbutts, slaps
and kicks the driver
Israeli man charged
after hundreds of Jewish
centers in U.S. get threats:
Israeli police say they have
arrested a 19-year-old
Israeli Jewish man as the
primary suspect in a string
of bomb threats targeting
Jewish community centers in
the U.S.
Campaign Against
Antisemitism is a campaign
against Palestinians:
The Campaign Against
Antisemitism is a British
propaganda organization and
registered charity that
specializes in defaming
Palestine solidarity
campaigners.
US Senate confirms
Trump nominee to be Israel
envoy:
In addition to investing in
settlements on land claimed
by the Palestinians,
Friedman favors moving the
U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv
to Jerusalem.
20 killed as
militias clash in Central
Africa:
Most of the victims were
civilians caught up in
battles between Christian
anti-balaka (anti-machete)
militiamen and fighters from
the mainly Muslim Seleka in
and around the southeastern
town of Bakouma, the source
said.
Al-Shabab claims to
kill 17 soldiers in Somalia
attack;
An organization that
monitors extremist groups
says al-Shabab has claimed
to kill 17 soldiers and
wound 22 in an attack in
southwestern Somalia.
Eight killed in
ethnic clashes in central Mali;
Increased availability of
arms from Libya has also
contributed to intercommunal
violence in Mali, experts
say, while drought has
forced herders into areas
traditionally cultivated by
farmers.
Libya: 'deplorable'
videos of soldiers shooting
captive fighters must be
fully investigated;
Shocking video evidence has
emerged showing fighters
from the Libyan National
Army carrying out
execution-style killings of
captured fighters from the
Shura Council of Benghazi
Africa has worst
hunger crisis in 70 years
amid budget cuts;
Africa faces the world's
largest humanitarian crisis
since 1945, with more than
20 million people facing
starvation, and any cut in
funding to humanitarian
agencies working in
famine-affected areas will
cause untold suffering,
Taliban capture key
Afghan district; 9 police
killed:
The Taliban captured a key
district centre in
Afghanistan's southern
Helmand province on Thursday
while in the country's
north, an officer turned his
rifle on sleeping
colleagues, killing nine
policemen in the latest
"insider attack".
Pakistan: Clashes,
Roadside Bomb Kills 8
: Military officials in
Pakistan say a gunfight with
militants killed two
soldiers and five
“terrorists” in a volatile
northwestern region.
250 feared dead in
new migrant/refugee boat
sinking in Mediterranean:
NGO:
The ship is one of many
filled with migrant refugees
most likely headed for
Europe that have capsized
leaving many dead and
missing.
Former Russian
lawmaker shot dead in
central Kiev (GRAPHIC VIDEO)
: “There was an exchange of
fire in front of the
entrance to the
Premier-Palace Hotel" -
Krishchenko said the
assailant injured
Voronenkov’s bodyguard, who
fired at him in return.
Poroshenko decries
Russian ‘state terrorism’ in
assassination
; “The despicable murder of
Denis Voronenkov in the
center of Kyiv is an act of
state terrorism by Russia,
(a country) he was forced to
leave for political reasons.
Russia’s special services
were involved in it,”
Poroshenko
Propaganda
alert:
Russia 'perhaps' supplying
Taliban: NATO commander:
"I have seen the influence
of Russia of late -- an
increased influence -- in
terms of association and
perhaps even supply to the
Taliban," Scaparrotti told
the Senate Armed Services
Committee without
elaborating.
Cyber Firm at Center
of Russian Hacking Charges
Misread Data
: The challenges to
CrowdStrike’s credibility
are significant because the
firm was the first to link
last year’s hacks of
Democratic Party computers
to Russian actors
Belgian police stop
attempted car-ramming attack
in Antwerp
: "A vehicle with French
plates has tried to drive at
high speed into the Meir
[shopping street] so that
pedestrians had to jump
aside," Antwerp police chief
Serge Muyters told a news
conference.
Westminster attacker
was British-born and known
to MI5, says May:
Eight people have been
arrested as part of the
investigation into the
attack, which has been
linked by police to
“Islamic-inspired”
terrorism.
Who are victims of
London terror attack:
American tourist Kurt
Cochran and mother Aysha
Frade named alongside Pc
Keith Palmer
German state bans
mosque group after imam
calls for killings:
The Almadinah Islamic
Culture Association was
banned because the group's
leading imam had, among
other things, repeatedly
called for the killing of
infidels in his sermons.
WikiLeaks Vault 7
Leak Claims CIA Bugs
‘Factory Fresh’ iPhones:
The Central Intelligence
Agency has been bugging
“factory fresh” iPhones
since at least 2008.
WikiLeaks further claims
that the CIA has the
capability to permanently
bug iPhones, even if their
operating systems are
deleted or replaced.
Could the President
Spy on His Political
Opponents?
Under the government’s
current interpretation of
the law, unfortunately, the
answer is yes.
Sea ice cover at
both poles hit record winter
lows:
The disappearing sea ice
comes as the planet marks
three consecutive years of
record-breaking heat,
raising fresh concerns about
the accelerating pace of
global warming.
Argentina's
Fernandez to face trial in
state fraud case:
A judge in Argentina has
ordered former President
Cristina Fernandez to face
trial in a case where she is
accused of defrauding the
state as part of her
government's handling of the
dollar futures market.
Former Trump
Campaign Chair Paul
Manafort’s Offshore Banking
Transactions Are Being
Probed By The U.S.:
Manafort reportedly earned
$10 million per year while
working for the Russian
Ooigarch, and over $12
million more appeared in the
secret Ukraine ledger.
“Whistleblower”:Trump under
“Systematic Illegal”
surveillance
: Developing story reveals
that CIA Whistleblower
leaked proof that President
Trump was under "Systematic
Illegal" surveillance over
two years ago. It is
believed that the FBI sat on
this information all along.
Nunes’s Trump
Surveillance Claim May
Damage Him Despite Apology:
Nunes’s disclosure marked a
significant breach of
protocol for a panel that
does the vast majority of
its work behind closed
doors, usually in close
coordination with the
panel’s top Democrat, Adam
Schiff
Lacking support,
House leaders postpone vote
on GOP health care plan:
U.S. senators have been
informed by Senate Majority
Leader Mitch McConnell that
a vote on a Republican
repeal and replacement of
Obamacare might not be held
in the House before Monday
Buying votes:
Koch Brothers’ group
vows millions to Republicans
who vote against health care
bill:
“We want to make certain
that lawmakers understand
the policy consequences of
voting for a law that keeps
Obamacare intact,” Americans
for Prosperity president Tim
Phillips said,
As Trump targets
energy rules, oil companies
downplay their impact:
President Donald Trump's
White House has said his
plans to slash environmental
regulations will trigger a
new energy boom and help the
United States drill its way
to independence from foreign
oil.
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March 23, 2017
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Hillary
Returns
By Margaret
Kimberley |
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“Hillary Clinton
must be stopped
before she goes
any further in
thinking herself
rehabilitated.”
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Continue |
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237 Iraq civilians
killed in possible US
airstrike in Mosul :
: A Kurdish news agency
reporting directly from
Mosul has reported that at
least 237 people have been
killed in airstrikes in the
Mosul Al-Jadida
neighbourhood of the
war-ravaged city, most of
them believed to be
civilians.
Mosul: 'The worst is
yet to come,' says UN as
400,000 trapped:
An estimated 400,000 Iraqis
are trapped in the Islamic
State-controlled Old City of
west Mosul facing food
shortages and growing panic
under shelling that could
provoke a mass exodus, UNHCR
said on Thursday.
Five killed as
Islamic State IEDs target
civilians fleeing Kirkuk;
Fve civilians were killed
and four others were wounded
at the Hamreen Mountains
region when they were trying
to escape Islamic State-held
areas in Hawija, southwest
of Kirkuk.
Rex Tillerson: US
forces will stay in Iraq
after defeat of Islamic
State:
Tillerson paired that plan
with a call for allies to
provide more help to the
United States, which he said
bears 75 percent of the
military burden and 25
percent of the cost for
humanitarian support to the
region.
US Bombs School
Shelter in Syria Killing 33
Civilians:
Reports emerged Wednesday
that U.S. planes bombed a
school sheltering displaced
civilians just west of the
Syrian town of Raqqa,
killing an estimated 33
civilians.
Russia underplayed
losses in recapture of
Syria’s Palmyra:
Russia’s force in Syria has
suffered losses since late
January more than three
times higher than the
official toll, according to
evidence gathered by Reuters
US Marines said to
land behind Islamic State
lines in Syria:
Reported deployment of
American troops to territory
held by terror group part of
offensive to retake city of
Raqqa
VIDEO: Syrian War
Report – March 23, 2017:
Govt Forces Face Crisis In
Northern Hama;
Anjad al-Sham, Jaish al-Nasr,
Jaish al-izzah and the Idlib
Free Army continued its
rapid advance against
government forces in
northern Hama.
Reality and the
U.S.-Made Famine in Yemen:
The attack on Yemen traps
both Yemenis and fleeing
Somalis in the worst of four
developing crises which
collectively amount, one
U.N. official warns, to the
worst humanitarian crisis in
the history of the U.N.
A dozen Egyptian
security personnel killed in
Sinai fighting:
Ten members of Egypt's
military were killed when
their vehicles were hit by
two improvised bombs during
an operation against
suspected militants in the
Sinai peninsula, the
military said on Thursday.
Israeli troops shoot
dead Palestinian teen:
Palestinians:
Israeli troops shot dead a
Palestinian teenager
Thursday in the occupied
West Bank and seriously
wounded three other
Palestinians, the
Palestinian health ministry
said in a statement.
Watch: Video of
Israeli policeman hitting
Palestinian driver draws
anger:
In the footage, the
policeman headbutts, slaps
and kicks the driver
Israeli man charged
after hundreds of Jewish
centers in U.S. get threats:
Israeli police say they have
arrested a 19-year-old
Israeli Jewish man as the
primary suspect in a string
of bomb threats targeting
Jewish community centers in
the U.S.
Campaign Against
Antisemitism is a campaign
against Palestinians:
The Campaign Against
Antisemitism is a British
propaganda organization and
registered charity that
specializes in defaming
Palestine solidarity
campaigners.
US Senate confirms
Trump nominee to be Israel
envoy:
In addition to investing in
settlements on land claimed
by the Palestinians,
Friedman favors moving the
U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv
to Jerusalem.
20 killed as
militias clash in Central
Africa:
Most of the victims were
civilians caught up in
battles between Christian
anti-balaka (anti-machete)
militiamen and fighters from
the mainly Muslim Seleka in
and around the southeastern
town of Bakouma, the source
said.
Al-Shabab claims to
kill 17 soldiers in Somalia
attack;
An organization that
monitors extremist groups
says al-Shabab has claimed
to kill 17 soldiers and
wound 22 in an attack in
southwestern Somalia.
Eight killed in
ethnic clashes in central Mali;
Increased availability of
arms from Libya has also
contributed to intercommunal
violence in Mali, experts
say, while drought has
forced herders into areas
traditionally cultivated by
farmers.
Libya: 'deplorable'
videos of soldiers shooting
captive fighters must be
fully investigated;
Shocking video evidence has
emerged showing fighters
from the Libyan National
Army carrying out
execution-style killings of
captured fighters from the
Shura Council of Benghazi
Africa has worst
hunger crisis in 70 years
amid budget cuts;
Africa faces the world's
largest humanitarian crisis
since 1945, with more than
20 million people facing
starvation, and any cut in
funding to humanitarian
agencies working in
famine-affected areas will
cause untold suffering,
Taliban capture key
Afghan district; 9 police
killed:
The Taliban captured a key
district centre in
Afghanistan's southern
Helmand province on Thursday
while in the country's
north, an officer turned his
rifle on sleeping
colleagues, killing nine
policemen in the latest
"insider attack".
Pakistan: Clashes,
Roadside Bomb Kills 8
: Military officials in
Pakistan say a gunfight with
militants killed two
soldiers and five
“terrorists” in a volatile
northwestern region.
250 feared dead in
new migrant/refugee boat
sinking in Mediterranean:
NGO:
The ship is one of many
filled with migrant refugees
most likely headed for
Europe that have capsized
leaving many dead and
missing.
Former Russian
lawmaker shot dead in
central Kiev (GRAPHIC VIDEO)
: “There was an exchange of
fire in front of the
entrance to the
Premier-Palace Hotel" -
Krishchenko said the
assailant injured
Voronenkov’s bodyguard, who
fired at him in return.
Poroshenko decries
Russian ‘state terrorism’ in
assassination
; “The despicable murder of
Denis Voronenkov in the
center of Kyiv is an act of
state terrorism by Russia,
(a country) he was forced to
leave for political reasons.
Russia’s special services
were involved in it,”
Poroshenko
Propaganda
alert:
Russia 'perhaps' supplying
Taliban: NATO commander:
"I have seen the influence
of Russia of late -- an
increased influence -- in
terms of association and
perhaps even supply to the
Taliban," Scaparrotti told
the Senate Armed Services
Committee without
elaborating.
Cyber Firm at Center
of Russian Hacking Charges
Misread Data
: The challenges to
CrowdStrike’s credibility
are significant because the
firm was the first to link
last year’s hacks of
Democratic Party computers
to Russian actors
Belgian police stop
attempted car-ramming attack
in Antwerp
: "A vehicle with French
plates has tried to drive at
high speed into the Meir
[shopping street] so that
pedestrians had to jump
aside," Antwerp police chief
Serge Muyters told a news
conference.
Westminster attacker
was British-born and known
to MI5, says May:
Eight people have been
arrested as part of the
investigation into the
attack, which has been
linked by police to
“Islamic-inspired”
terrorism.
Who are victims of
London terror attack:
American tourist Kurt
Cochran and mother Aysha
Frade named alongside Pc
Keith Palmer
German state bans
mosque group after imam
calls for killings:
The Almadinah Islamic
Culture Association was
banned because the group's
leading imam had, among
other things, repeatedly
called for the killing of
infidels in his sermons.
WikiLeaks Vault 7
Leak Claims CIA Bugs
‘Factory Fresh’ iPhones:
The Central Intelligence
Agency has been bugging
“factory fresh” iPhones
since at least 2008.
WikiLeaks further claims
that the CIA has the
capability to permanently
bug iPhones, even if their
operating systems are
deleted or replaced.
Could the President
Spy on His Political
Opponents?
Under the government’s
current interpretation of
the law, unfortunately, the
answer is yes.
Sea ice cover at
both poles hit record winter
lows:
The disappearing sea ice
comes as the planet marks
three consecutive years of
record-breaking heat,
raising fresh concerns about
the accelerating pace of
global warming.
Argentina's
Fernandez to face trial in
state fraud case:
A judge in Argentina has
ordered former President
Cristina Fernandez to face
trial in a case where she is
accused of defrauding the
state as part of her
government's handling of the
dollar futures market.
Former Trump
Campaign Chair Paul
Manafort’s Offshore Banking
Transactions Are Being
Probed By The U.S.:
Manafort reportedly earned
$10 million per year while
working for the Russian
Ooigarch, and over $12
million more appeared in the
secret Ukraine ledger.
“Whistleblower”:Trump under
“Systematic Illegal”
surveillance
: Developing story reveals
that CIA Whistleblower
leaked proof that President
Trump was under "Systematic
Illegal" surveillance over
two years ago. It is
believed that the FBI sat on
this information all along.
Nunes’s Trump
Surveillance Claim May
Damage Him Despite Apology:
Nunes’s disclosure marked a
significant breach of
protocol for a panel that
does the vast majority of
its work behind closed
doors, usually in close
coordination with the
panel’s top Democrat, Adam
Schiff
Lacking support,
House leaders postpone vote
on GOP health care plan:
U.S. senators have been
informed by Senate Majority
Leader Mitch McConnell that
a vote on a Republican
repeal and replacement of
Obamacare might not be held
in the House before Monday
Buying votes:
Koch Brothers’ group
vows millions to Republicans
who vote against health care
bill:
“We want to make certain
that lawmakers understand
the policy consequences of
voting for a law that keeps
Obamacare intact,” Americans
for Prosperity president Tim
Phillips said,
As Trump targets
energy rules, oil companies
downplay their impact:
President Donald Trump's
White House has said his
plans to slash environmental
regulations will trigger a
new energy boom and help the
United States drill its way
to independence from foreign
oil.
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By Tom
Engelhardt' and
Andrew Bacevich |
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What the CENTCOM
commander says
matters less
than what
CENTCOM forces
do. What they
are doing is
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Missed It
The Lie
We Live
By Spencer
Cathcart |
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We have mastered
the act of
killing. Now
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The slaughter
continues:
US
Coalition Air Strike Kills
33 Civilians At Syrian
School:
A school being used by some
50 families in Mansoura, 15
miles from the capital of
Islamic State of Iraq and
the Levant (Isil)’s
so-called caliphate, was
leveled by airstrikes on
Tuesday morning.
U.S. military probes
Syria mosque strike that
killed 49 civilians;
The U.S. military is
formally investigating an
American air strike that
Pentagon officials said
targeted al-Qaeda militants
but which survivors said,
killed dozens of innocent
civilians in a mosque
complex.
Turkish Army attacks
Kurdish forces in northern
Syria:
This is not an isolated
incident in northern Syria,
as the Turkish Army and
their rebel allies have
repeatedly attacked the
Syrian Democratic Forces in
the Afrin Canton.
Iraqi army
recaptures IS command in
northwest Mosul, kills 40
fighters:
Armored divisions took over
the group’s command center
in Badush, an area north of
the western side of Mosul
and near the Tigris River,
killing more than 40 members
of several nationalities,
including a senior leader
nicknamed “Abu Adul-Rahman”,
Iraq: Daesh car-bomb
kills dozens in W Mosul:
Dozens of civilians were
reportedly killed when a
U.S.-led coalition airstrike
targeted a Daesh car-bomb in
western Mosul, a local
official told Anadolu
Agency.
Security forces kill
15 IS militants, arrest
others in central Mosul:
A Federal Police Officer
announced on Wednesday, that
security forces killed 15
members of the
self-proclaimed Islamic
State, and arrested several
sleeper cells belonging to
the group in central Mosul.
Houthi forces kill
dozens of Saudi Coalition
fighters in western Yemen:
Dozens of Saudi-funded
mercenaries fighting with
the Coalition forces were
killed in northern Mocha
District of Ta’iz on
Tuesday, a military official
told Saba News Agency.
The UK has made 10
times more in arms sales to
Saudi Arabia than it's given
in aid to Yemen:
Similarly, the US sold a
record amount of arms to
Saudi Arabia under Obama’s
administration, with sales
set to continue under Trump.
Yemen and Somalia
'months away' from famine:
Conflict-hit countries have
only 3-4 months before
millions are at risk of
famine
Support Palestine
and oppose AIPAC in
Washington DC, March 25-26!
[Video]:
An important opportunity to
demonstrate support for
Palestinian rights is coming
up this weekend in
Washington DC.
7 killed as suicide
blasts rock migrant camp in
Nigeria:
At least four suicide bomb
blasts rocked a camp for
migrants fleeing Boko Haram
insurgents in restive
northeastern Nigeria
Wednesday, killing at least
three people and wounding
20, officials said.
Human Rights Watch:
Haftar's forces guilty of
war crimes in Benghazi:
Dignity Operation forces,
led by Khalifa Haftar, may
have committed war crimes,
including killing and
beating civilians, and
summarily executing and
desecrating bodies of
opposition fighters
Drone strikes kill
26 IS militants in E.
Afghanistan:
Up to 26 militants loyal to
the Islamic State (IS) group
had been killed after drones
bombed the armed outfit's
hideouts in the eastern
Afghan province of Nangarhar,
a police spokesman of the
province said Tuesday.
New Zealand SAS
'killed six civilians
including three-year-old
girl in botched Taliban
revenge raid; Book:
The book claims the
operation was entirely New
Zealand's responsibility
from concept and planning
through to execution -
despite being transported to
the scene and supported by
US helicopters.
North Korea missile
test fails, U.S. and South
say:
"A missile appears to have
exploded within seconds of
launch," Benham said, adding
that work was being carried
out on a more detailed
assessment.
China issues warning
to US bomber flying in East
China Sea;
The Chinese warning came
over the emergency radio
frequency known as "guard,"
according to one official.
The incident unfolded when
the American bomber was
flying 70 miles southwest of
the South Korean island of
Jeju.
Tillerson urges
Senate ratification of
Montenegro's NATO membership:
Secretary of State Rex
Tillerson has written to the
leaders of the U.S. Senate
urging the ratification of
Montenegro as the newest
member of the NATO alliance,
saying it is "strongly in
the interests of the United
States."
Dragging Montenegro
Into NATO Proves Open Door
Policy Alive - Russian Envoy:
"Once again, this is pure
geopolitics, and,
unfortunately, this
geopolitics is aimed at
putting own geopolitical
interests,above the European
ones," the envoy stressed.
WH distances Trump
from Manafort after AP
report:
The White House is
distancing itself from
former Trump campaign
chairman Paul Manafort,
saying his secret work for a
Russian billionaire detailed
in an Associated Press
report happened during "the
last decade."
London: 4 dead,
including police officer, in
London terrorist attack:
At least four people have
died, including the attacker
and stabbed officer, said
Mark Rowley of the London
police.
London live: Latest
updates as two people
confirmed dead after
Westminster Bridge terror
incident
: Here is a full rundown of
the existing security
measures, provided by the
Press Association.
Pictured:
Parliament terror attack
suspect
; This is the moment the
Parliament terror attack
suspect is wheeled into an
ambulance after being shot
by police.
‘No European will be
safe’: Turkish President
Recep Tayyip Erdogan:
“If you continue to behave
like this, tomorrow in no
part of the world, no
European, no Westerner will
be able to take steps on the
street safely and
peacefully,” Erdogan said
during a speech in Ankara.
Britain the go-to
place for Russian criminals,
says Moscow’s embassy in
London;
The embassy pointed out that
the British government has
refused to extradite 51
Russian citizens wanted on
criminal charges in Russia
from 2002 to 2016, and
“dozens of cases are still
pending.”
Euro chief faces
calls to quit in Club Med
'drinks and women' row:
Eurogroup chief Jeroen
Dijsselbloem faced mounting
calls to resign Wednesday as
a row escalated over his
"racist" comments that
southern European countries
blew their money on "drinks
and women".
One in four children
will live with water
shortages by 2040: UNICEF:
In just over two decades
nearly 600 million children
will be living in areas with
severely limited safe water
sources, as population
growth and surging demand
for water clash with the
effects of climate change.
Americans Are Dying
With an Average of $62K of
Debt:
You’re probably going to die
with some debt to your name.
Most people do. 73% of
consumers had outstanding
debt when they were reported
as dead, according to
December 2016 data provided
to Credit.com
Justice Department:
Man convicted in Brooklyn
Bridge terror plot should
lose U.S. citizenship
: U.S. authorities took rare
action Monday to strip U.S.
citizenship from a man
convicted in 2003 of
terrorism-related charges.
U.S. Senate leader
rejects Trump’s cuts to
foreign aid, medical
research;
Senate Majority Leader Mitch
McConnell shot down major
part of Trump's proposed
budget, stressing the
importance of U.S. spending
overseas.
Nunes Says Trump
Team Conversations Caught in
Surveillance:
“Details with little or no
apparent foreign
intelligence value were
widely disseminated in an
intelligence community
report,” he said. He said he
didn’t know if Trump’s “own
communications were
intercepted.”
Comey Is Now the
Most Powerful Person in
Washington;
The director of the FBI will
in a practical sense
determine the legitimacy of
our elected president. This
makes Comey the most
powerful person in
Washington.
Some right-wing
media sites under
investigation for possible
Russia ties
: FBI’s Russian-influence
probe includes a look at
Breitbart, InfoWars news
sites
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Israel’s
New Travel Ban
By Alison Weir |
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I
want to go to
Palestine – a
country
recognized by
136 countries
around the
world. But your
law, prevents me
from visiting
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Airstrikes, troops
kill 67 IS fighters west of
Mosul;
Airstrikes targeted IS
locations in Al-Mazraa, Tal
al-Banat and Toula Bash in
Tal Afar and Sinjar,
according to the ministry.
The strike killed 47
militants and also destroyed
five booby-trapped vehicles
belonging to the group.
Gunmen kill 3
Islamic State members in
western Mosul;
Islamic State members,
boarding more than 12
vehicles, arrived to the
scene of the attack,
cordoning the area off and
carrying the corpses away.
ISIS Claims U.S.-Led
Coalition Killed Thousands
In Mosul;
U.S. military airstrikes
have pummeled Mosul, and in
graphic footage, ISIS claims
to show civilians among
those killed
Civilians hide under
rubble as western Mosul
battles heighten:
Civilians remain alive but
under the debris of a house
destroyed by battles in
central Mosul’s Old City.
International
Coalition Bombings in Syria
Leave at least 85 People
Dead in 5 Days;
The NGO added that 27
civilians, including four
children and eight women,
were killed in airstrikes
against villages west of al-Raqqa,
capital of the Islamic State
terror organization in
Syria.
Israeli drone shot
down by Syria forces:
An Israeli drone was downed
in Syrian territory on
Monday, the Israeli military
said, confirming an earlier
report in the Syrian and
Lebanese media that the
unmanned vehicle was shot
down by Syrian aerial
defense systems.
Russia Says Has No
Plans for New Military Bases
in Syria:
Russia does not plan to open
new military bases in Syria,
the defense ministry said on
Monday, after the Syrian
Kurdish YPG militia said it
had reached a deal with
Moscow for a new military
base in northwestern Syria.
Yemeni Army, Popular
Committees Kill Dozens of
Saudi-led Mercenaries in
Taiz:
Dozens of Saudi-paid
mercenaries were killed and
others wounded when the
Yemeni army and popular
forces hit on Tuesday their
gatherings in the north of
Mokha district of Taiz
province,
Somalia: Somali Govt
Blames Saudi Led Coalition
for Airstrikes That Killed
42 Somali Migrants:
The news of the killings has
received a lot of
condemnation from Somalis in
Somalia and the diaspora
800 Families File
Lawsuit Against Saudi Arabia
Over 9/11:
“The document details how
officials from Saudi
embassies supported
hijackers Salem al-Hazmi and
Khalid Al-Mihdhar 18 months
before 9/11.
16 Killed in
Afghanistan: official:
An Afghan official says the
Taliban have attacked a
military checkpoint in a
southern province, killing
three Afghan soldiers. 13
Taliban were also killed in
the battle, which took place
on the outskirt of Tirin Kot,
the provincial capital.
Taliban attack
Afghan checkpoint, kill 6
intelligence forces;
A suicide car bomb targeted
a checkpoint in
Afghanistan's southern
Helmand province, killing at
least six members of an
intelligence unit, an Afghan
official said Tuesday.
How much is an
Afghan life worth? That
depends:
In March 2014, the U.S.
military paid an Afghan man
just over $1,000 to
compensate for killing his
civilian son in an operation
near the border with Iran,
according to U.S. military
records released to Reuters.
North Korea has no
fear of U.S. sanctions move,
will pursue nuclear arms -
envoy;
North Korea has nothing to
fear from any U.S. move to
broaden sanctions aimed at
cutting it off from the
global financial system and
will pursue "acceleration"
of its nuclear and missile
programs,
Demonizing
Russia?
New U.S.-led force
to "deter" Russia in Poland
from April;
"The purpose is to deter
aggression in the Baltics
and in Poland ... We are
fully ready to be lethal."
U.S. Army Lt. Colonel Steven
Gventer
US and Russian
Military Leaders Are Meeting
Again, Breaking a Long and
Dangerous Drought:
The two generals got
together again earlier this
month, once more in relative
obscurity that belied their
meetings’ tremendous
importance.
Russia to pay off
balance of Soviet-era debt
within 45 days
; When the Soviet Union
collapsed in 1991, the newly
formed Russian Federation
inherited a growing external
debt of over $66 billion
with barely a few billion
dollars in gold and foreign
exchange reserves.
Erdogan vows Turkey
will 'review relations with
EU':
"This Europe, like before
World War Two, is a racist,
fascist, cruel Europe... An
anti-Islam and anti-Turkish
Europe," Mr Erdogan told a
rally in Ankara.
Bulgarian Protesters
Block Crossing Points at
Turkish Border:
They reportedly constructed
fences made of auto tires
and chains. The protesters
fear that thousands of
voters may enter Bulgaria
from Turkey and will be able
to influence the results of
coming elections.
No Other Choice:
Greek Employees Agree to Get
Paid With Coupons
© Photo: Pixabay; In Greece,
which currently has over one
million unemployed citizens,
firms have started paying
workers in kind, mainly with
supermarket coupons.
In an Unprecedented
No-Show, the U.S. Pulls Out
of Planned Human Rights
Hearing:
The United States has pulled
its participation from
hearings planned for today
by a regional human rights
body that has enjoyed the
support of every U.S.
administration since its
founding.
Former Haiti
President Aristide Survives
Assassination Attempt:
At least two people have
been injured after gunmen
opened fire on a motorcade
Brazil: 'If They Want to
Fight Me, It Will Be in the
Streets':
Lula: Former President Luiz
Ignacio Lula da Silva
condemned Sunday attempts to
prevent him from running in
the upcoming 2018
presidential elections
through a smear campaign
involving allegations of
corruption.
Venezuela
Expropriates Bakeries
Accused of Price Gouging:
Venezuelan authorities
expropriated two bakeries
Wednesday, after inspectors
said the businesses were
found gouging consumers.
30,000 March in
Solidarity with Migrants at
US-Mexico Border;
The events took place near
the area where cross-border
families gather every Sunday
to see and touch their loved
ones through the steel wall.
Companies that help
build Trump wall could face
ban:
Companies that help build
Trump's border wall could be
BANNED from doing business
with San Francisco
Vicente Fox Mocks Trump's
Low Ratings: 'If This Were
TV, You'd Be Fired':
Fox shared a graphic
featuring the president’s
latest poll numbers from
Gallup, which showed Trump
with a record low approval
rating of just 37 percent
and a disapproval rating of
58 percent.
U.S. Bars Travelers
Flying From Some Middle East
From Carrying Electronics
Onboard
;The U.S. government is
temporarily barring
passengers on certain
flights originating in eight
other countries from
bringing laptops, iPads,
cameras and most other
electronics in carry-on
luggage starting Tuesday
Experts criticize US
electronic devices ban on
some flights from Middle
East:
Technologists say new rules
against electronics ‘larger
than a cellphone’ on flights
from 10 airports seem
illogical and at odds with
basic computer science
UK flight ban on
electronic devices announced:
The UK has announced a cabin
baggage ban on laptops on
passenger flights from six
Middle East and North
African countries.
Reaction to Martin
McGuinness' death;
Ex-IRA leader turned
peacemaker worked at the
heart of the power-sharing
government
Trump’s Bigger
Military Won’t Necessarily
Make the US Stronger or
Safer:
The Pentagon can’t properly
train and support the people
and weapons it already has.
Simply adding more won’t
solve the problem — and
could undermine long-term
readiness.
$20 trillion U.S.
federal debt deserves as
much attention as Dow Jones
hitting 20,000:
As of Monday afternoon, the
US debt, according to
usdebtclock.org, stood at
$19.849 trillion — and was
rising at the rate of
$13,404,542 an hour.
One-third of
Americans say they’d have
trouble coming up with an
emergency $2,000:
Only 11% of those with a
credit score of 760 and
above said they would have
difficulty, versus 64% of
those with a credit score of
680 and below.
Dollar Bulls Are
Throwing in the Towel as
Trump Wagers Evaporate:
Four months after the dawn
of the Trump trade, currency
investors worldwide are
capitulating.
Dow and S&P post
first 1% fall since in 5
months as banks tumble;
U.S. equities posted their
worst day of the year
Tuesday as banks faced
pressure from falling
yields, while investors
turned their eyes to a key
House vote.
Trump Says GOP Must
Pass Health Bill or Risk
Losing Seats:
The president’s message came
a day after GOP leaders made
several changes to their
measure aimed at wooing
reluctant Republicans,
including limits to Medicaid
enrollment and an
accelerated phaseout of some
taxes.
Rand Paul Says
Ryancare Is A ‘Bailout For
The Insurance Industry’:
Ryancare forces individuals
to pay a 30% increase
directly to the insurance
companies if their coverage
lapses. Rand Paul is
diametrically opposed to
this corporate welfare
Embattled Trump
Reneges on Health Vow;
President Trump promised
health insurance for all,
but – now dependent on the
political protection of
House Speaker Paul Ryan – he
is supporting a plan that
will push millions outside
the system, writes Michael
Winship.
FBI
wiretapped Russian gambling
ring headquarted at Trump
Tower for two years
;
Emergence of the Russian
gambling wiretap comes as
President Trump claims his
own residence at Trump Tower
was bugged at the direction
of President Obama
Inside the
'billionaire bunkers' where
the world's super rich will
ride out the apocalypse:
Sales of underground bunkers
have increased in some
instances by 300 per cent
since Trump's election win
The False Handshake
Story Aims To Delegitimize
Trump:
I dislike Trump and his
policies. I dislike Merkel
and her policies. Both are
my political enemies. But
what I dislike even more are
lying media which try to
deceive for undeclared
political aims.
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Bush/Blair legacy continues
as :
Airstrikes, troops
kill 67 IS fighters west of
Mosul;
Airstrikes targeted IS
locations in Al-Mazraa, Tal
al-Banat and Toula Bash in
Tal Afar and Sinjar,
according to the ministry.
The strike killed 47
militants and also destroyed
five booby-trapped vehicles
belonging to the group.
The slaughter continues;
Car bomb kills at
least 23 in Baghdad;
Another 45 people wounded in
an attack targeting a
commercial street in
southwestern Baghdad suburb
of Hay al-Amel.
Syrian Army Regains
Ground in Damascus as Rebels
Retreat;
A Reuters witness saw war
planes circling in the sky
above northeast Damascus,
mortar fire, and a street
with a line of burned-out
cars from the fighting in
the Jobar and al-Qaboun
districts.
Trump continues
Obama strategy with use of
Special Forces:
Trump is largely relying on
the policies of his two
immediate predecessors,
Obama and President George
W. Bush, who were also great
advocates of Special
Operations forces.
20 Houthis killed in
northern Yemen:
At least 20 Houthi rebels
were reportedly killed in a
failed attempt to attack
government positions in
Yemen’s northern Sa’ada
province near the Saudi
border
Yemen : More than
half of British people
unaware of ongoing conflict:
“To treat what is currently
happening in Yemen, as
something insignificant is
turning a blind eye to the
escalating humanitarian
emergency.”
Israel to declare
air defense shield fully
operational: officer:
David's Sling, designed to
shoot down rockets fired
from 100 to 200 kilometers
away, will be the final
piece of a shield that
already includes short-range
Iron Dome and long-range
Arrow-2 and Arrow-3
missiles.
Abbas said invited
to White House mid-April:
Abbas told Trump’s special
peace envoy Greenblatt on
Tuesday that he believes a
“historic” peace deal with
Israel is possible with
Trump in office,
Kenya: 11 people
killed in fighting fueled by
drought;
Kenyan officials say 11
people died over the weekend
in violence in the center of
the country between two
herding communities that was
fueled by a drought that has
affected about half the
country.
Egypt's Sisi
expected to meet with Trump
in DC:
The trip will be the
Egyptian president's first
US state visit since being
elected in 2014 as former US
president Barack Obama had
never extended an
invitation.
14 killed in Afghan
military base attack:
Three soldiers and 11
militants were killed during
a clash at a military base
in Afghanistan`s Uruzgan
province, a top official
said on Monday.
12 insurgents killed
in two drone attacks in
Afghanistan:
Afghan officials say that at
least 12 insurgents
including two of their
commanders have been killed
in separate drone attacks in
eastern Afghanistan.
Paris Orly airport
attacker 'was under
influence of alcohol,
cocaine and cannabis':
Ben Belgacem's father had
insisted earlier Sunday that
his son was "not a
terrorist" and that his
actions were caused by drink
and drugs.
U.K. to Trigger
Brexit March 29, Starting
Two Years of Talks:
Britain’s envoy to the bloc,
Tim Barrow, informed EU
President Donald Tusk on
Monday of May’s plan to
invoke Article 50 of the
Lisbon Treaty
Comey Confirms
Trump-Russia Investigation,
Says There’s No Evidence of
Trump Tower Wiretap:
I've been authorized to
confirm that the FBI, as
part of our
counterintelligence mission,
is investigating the Russian
government's efforts to
interfere in the 2016
presidential election.
Comey: "The Russians
Concluded Trump Was Hopeless
Last August":
FBI Director James Comey
said that the Russians
expected Hillary Clinton to
win the presidency over
Donald Trump as of August
and September. Late in the
summer they concluded that
Trump didn’t stand a chance.
said Comey,
‘Stop breaking the
law’: Snowden raises ‘red
flag’ over testimony of NSA
and FBI chiefs
: Snowden took to Twitter to
raise a “red flag” about
their testimony.
Trump Live-Tweets
His Favored Moments Of House
Intel Hearing On Russia:
Trump had no comment on FBI
Director James Comey's
confirmation that his agency
is conducting an ongoing
investigation into whether
members of Trump's campaign
coordinated with the Russian
government before the
election
NY attorney general
hires prosecutor likely to
target Trump administration:
report:
New York Attorney General
Eric Schneiderman, a vocal
critic of President Trump,
has hired a prosecutor to
focus on public corruption
cases, including those
involving the Trump
administration,
U.S. Torture Left
Scars on Guantánamo
Prisoner’s Psyche for Years:
the court filing showed that
Mr. Nashiri was locked
inside a coffin-like box for
days. While it was known
that confinement in cramped
spaces was one of the
torture techniques the C.I.A.
had approval to use at its
black-site prisons
California cops kill
mentally ill man whose
family sought help:
The officers forced their
way into the apartment of
Desmond's father, David,
believing Desmond posed a
threat to family members,
according to reports.
Town Busted Running
“Debtor’s Prison” Must Pay
$680K, Sheriff Told to
Resign:
“Hundreds of impoverished
residents have faced
unconstitutional and unjust
treatment in Alexander City
simply because they were too
poor to pay fines and fees,”
FBI Director James
Comey confirms investigation
of Trump-Russia ties:
The FBI is, in fact,
investigating Russia’s
(alleged) interference with
the 2016 presidential
election, including links
between the Trump campaign
and Russian government and
any coordination between the
two.
Jackie Speier
apologizes to
'tarantula-Americans';
"I think of a spider web
with a tarantula in the
middle, and the tarantula,
in my view, is Vladimir
Putin,"
Filling the swamp:
Boeing Might Be the
Biggest Winner in Trump’s
Military Buildup:
On Wednesday, the firm
received a five-year, $3.4
billion deal for 268 Apache
attack helicopters.
President Trump said he
would nominate, a top Boeing
executive, to become deputy
defense secretary.
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Six foreign IS
leaders killed as Iraqi
forces retake more western
Mosul areas;
The Iraqi military
intelligence service said
Sunday that six foreign
members of the Islamic State
were killed in airstrikes on
western Mosul as security
forces captured more areas
from the extremist group.
Iraqi forces gain
more areas in fight against
IS militants in west Mosul;
The commandos of the
Counter-Terrorism Service
(CTS) fought heavy clashes
against IS militants during
the day and freed the
neighborhood of Nablus in
west of the old city center
U.S. base rises from
the rubble for Mosul push:
The whirl of activity and
the return of American
soldiers signify a new U.S.
build-up in Iraq 14 years on
from the invasion that set
off a conflict which has
undergone various
permutations.
Insurgents target
Syrian capital in surprise
attack;
A period of relative calm on
the eastern outskirts of
Damascus was shattered when
a coalition of rebel
fighters launched a
large-scale offensive
targeting the eastern
districts of the Syrian
capital.
Syria: Damascus sees
fierce clashes after rebel
attack:
Artillery shells and rockets
landed inside the heart of
the city as part of a
surprise rebel attack
1500 gunmen, their
families leave al-Waer
neighborhood in Homs:
The governorate is working
on drawing up a
comprehensive plan to secure
the return of all the
families that had earlier
left their houses in al-Waer
neighborhood
‘Americans are on our side’:
Al-Nusra commander says US
arming jihadists via 3rd
countries
: US weapons are being
delivered to Jabhat Al-Nusra
by governments that
Washington supports, a
militant commander told the
German media.
Syrians Report
Israeli Drone Strike Kills
Commander of pro-Government
Militia:
Alleged Israeli airstrike
targets vehicle in Quneitra
area of Syrian Golan
Heights, days after
flare-up.
IAF strike
reportedly kills Syrian air
defense commander:
The northern front is
heating up, as the IAF
struck inside Syria for the
second time in 48 hours on
Sunday, according to Syrian
reports.
Syrian Foreign
Ministry: “Israeli
aggression against Syria is
flagrant defiance of Syrian
sovereignty and
international legitimacy”;
“The Israeli aggression this
morning comes as a new
Israeli attempt to boost the
collapsed morale of
terrorist groups
'Apartheid' Israel:
Head of UN body resigns over
pressure to withdraw
critical report
The UN report Israel
does not want you to read
: A new UN report offers
explicit backing for the
Palestinian-led boycott,
divestment and sanctions (BDS)
campaign to end Israeli
apartheid and support a just
peace.
Comparing Israel, the
Holocaust and Nazi Germany:
How the Zionist movement
tries to have it both ways
Any
conflict on Iran is a direct
threat to Russia’s security
– Rogozin
: "Should anything happen to
Iran, should Iran get drawn
into any political or
military hardships, this
will be a direct threat to
our national security,”
stressed Rogozin.
Putin Gives
Netanyahu a Copy of ‘The
Jewish War’ by Josephus;
Netanyahu was worried that
the Syrian war is almost
over (he’d love it to last
forever, until the last
Syrian)
The War In Yemen Is
Turning To Genocide, And
Australia Is Quietly
Supporting It
: Our silence as a nation is
destroyed – and innocent
men, women and children
slaughtered – is deafening
Security forces in
Congo Republic kill 15 rebel
fighters:
Police claimed that the the
Ninjas rebels had been
trained in explosives and
were planning to attack the
country’s main railway line
between Pool and the
capital, Brazzaville.
3 suicide bombers
kill 4 in northeastern
Nigeria:
The attackers were a male
and two teenage girls
believed to be working for
Boko Haram, Nigeria's
homegrown Islamic extremism
rebels.
Haftar’s militants
dig up graves and crucify
corpses – Photos;
Forces affiliated with the
army of General Khalifa
Haftar had dug up the graves
and burned and crucified the
corpses of the killed
fighters of Benghazi Shura
Council (BSC).
Responsibility to
Protect Justified
Imperialist Goals in Libya:
“For those of us who feared
that R2P was just a warrant
for war, our fears have been
vindicated,” said Rieff to
the Economist
60 insurgents killed
in military operations Join
our daily free Newsletter:
: At least 60 Taliban
militants were killed and 34
others were wounded in
different operations within
the past 24 hours.
Afghan soldier killed after
shooting, wounding 3 US
occupation troops:
An Afghan soldier opened
fire Sunday inside a base in
the southern Helmand
province, wounding three
U.S. soldiers before being
shot dead.
He prefers
war!
Rex
Tillerson Rejects Talks With
North Korea on Nuclear
Program;
Secretary of State Rex W.
Tillerson ruled out on
Friday opening any
negotiation with North Korea
to freeze its nuclear and
missile programs
China
Pushes Back on U.S. Talk of
‘All Options’ Over North
Korea:
In an interview published
Saturday, Tillerson called
the North Korea threat
“imminent.”
U.S.
worse than Nazi Germany,
North Korean media claims:
The video, argues that the
U.S. and its allies are
spreading “fake news” about
North Korea, and compares
them to Joseph Goebbels, the
notorious Nazi Minister of
Propaganda.
SWIFT
blocks four more North
Korean banks:
The Belgium-based group
barred three banks
designated by the UN on
March 9, and another four
that were not included on UN
or EU blacklists on
Thursday.
Rex
Tillerson concedes key
ground in U.S.-China
relations. Did he mean to?
Foreign policy watchers
don’t know whether Tillerson
is really making an
intentional show of
compliance to those Chinese
demands or simply doesn't
know what the hell he is
doing. It's anybody's guess!
Beijing shuts last coal
power plant in switch to
natural gas:
Premier Li Keqiang promised
to "make our skies blue
again" in his
state-of-the-nation speech.
In a world
crazy:
British troops, tanks and
heavy armour are sent to
Russia’s border:
Defence Secretary Sir
Michael Fallon said the move
was about ‘standing up to
Russian aggression’.
US
landing ship with marines
enters Black Sea for drills
with Romanian navy:
Earlier this week, four NATO
warships sailed into the
Ukrainian Black Sea port of
Odessa.
Russian parliament backs
investigation into U.S.
media:
The investigation, which
will be conducted by the
Duma's information policy,
technologies and
communications committee,
will check whether CNN, the
Voice of America, Radio
Liberty are complying with
Russian law.
No
evidence of Trump-Russia
collusion. Nunes (VIDEO);
House Intelligence Committee
Chair Devin Nunes reiterated
that “no evidence of
collusion” between Donald
Trump’s team and Russia has
been found ahead of the
first public hearing on the
matter.
Europeans ‘would revive gas
chambers if they weren't
ashamed’ – Erdogan
: Erdogan slammed European
nations, particularly
Germany and the Netherlands,
for their “Nazi regulations”
as they revealed “the hatred
they have accumulated for
years against our country
Germany rejects Trump's
claim it owes NATO and U.S.
'vast sums' for defense:
"There is no debt account at
NATO," von der Leyen said in
a statement
Germany vows legal action if
Trump taxes imports;
Germany could take the
United States to court if
Washington goes ahead with
plans to tax imports,
Economy Minister Brigitte
Zypries said Friday, hours
before Chancellor Angela
Merkel's first meeting with
Donald Trump.
Father of Paris airport
attacker blames alcohol and
not terrorism for his son's
actions:
His rap sheet paints a
picture of a seasoned
criminal, well-used to
courts and spells behind
bars.
75 killed in Peru
flooding:
The flooding has also
destroyed 12,000 homes, 25
schools and eight hospitals
or clinics, along with about
2,000 kilometres of roadways
and almost 9,000 hectares of
crops.
30
Countries Are Refusing To
Take Back Illegal Immigrants
Convicted Of Serious Crimes
: There is already a law on
the books which allows the
U.S. to hold visas from a
country that is not taking
back its criminals, but
according to Cuellar, the
U.S. is not enforcing it.
US 'forces G20 to
drop any mention of climate
change' in joint statement:
The world's top economic
powers also failed to agree
on a joint position
explicitly opposing trade
protectionism amid pushback
from the US government.
J.C. Penney
announces 138 store closures:
About 5,000 jobs will be cut
due to the closures, J.C.
Penney said. The company had
about 105,000 full and
part-time employees last
year.
Professor Wolff
Clearly Explains the Coming
ECONOMIC CRISIS:
Video -
White House claimed
Trump had a day full of
meetings, but the truth
emerges with a swamp selfie:
The Newsmax CEO tweeted a
photo and it became clear
Trump was not in high-level
meetings, he was playing
golf
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Exclusive: US says
it carried out deadly strike
that hit Aleppo mosque:
Military officials have
confirmed to Airwars that a
strike in rural Aleppo which
reportedly left dozens dead
in and around a mosque was
carried out by US aircraft.
Pentagon Denies
Bombing Syrian Mosque, But
Its Own Photo May Prove That
It Did:
More than 42 people were
killed and dozens more
injured
Syrian air defense
shots down one of 4 Israeli
warplanes:
The Syria air defense forces
confronted the enemy’s
aircrafts and shot down one
of them inside the occupied
territories. "This blatant
Israeli act of aggression
came as part of the Zionist
enemy’s persistence with
supporting ISIS terrorist
gangs"
Syria responds to
Israeli attack by firing
missiles at Israeli war
planes;
Syria fired missiles at
Israeli warplanes early
Friday after a series of
Israeli air strikes inside
Syria — a rare military
exchange between the two
hostile neighbors that was
confirmed by both sides.
Israel denies Syrian claim
that jet was shot down in
bombing;
; The Israel Defense Forces
said Syria fired
anti-aircraft missiles at
the Israeli jets, causing
Israel to deploy its Arrow
advanced ballistic missile
shield. However, it said
none of its aircraft had
been shot down or damaged.
Syria
Claims Israeli Jets Were
'Aiding Islamic State' Near
Palmyra:
It's suspected that the
Syrian Army fired S-200
missiles at Israeli jets
that entered Syrian airspace
early Friday morning.
Foreign Ministry:
Israeli aggression against
Syria is flagrant defiance
of Syrian sovereignty and
international legitimacy
White
House asks Congress for $5
billion now to ramp up ISIS
fight:
President
Trump is asking Congress to
provide an immediate $30
billion funding boost for
the Pentagon, with $5
billion of it earmarked to
quicken the pace of the
fight against the Islamic
State,
U.S.
Army Announces Troops Will
Stay In Syria After ISIS
Defeat:
If this comes to pass, the
U.S. will once again be an
occupying force in yet
another Middle Eastern
nation.
Fleeing IS, Mosul's
civilians cart out the
living and the dead:
One man lifted a grubby,
fluffy blanket to reveal the
dust and blood-covered body
of a child, one of several
piled up on the cart.
Heartbreaking
photos: Iraqi children
killed by air strikes as
battle against Isis in Mosul
intensifies:
Families trudge through rain
and mud as they flee, many
desperately hungry and
traumatised by living under
Isis rule.
Airstrike Hits Refugee Boat
In Saudi-Controlled Waters
Near Yemen, Killing 31:
The boat was carrying
registered refugees from
Somali who were travelling
from Yemen to Sudan. At
least 80 survivors were
taken to hospital.
Houthi missile attack kills
dozens in Yemen
: At least 22 members of
pro-government forces have
been killed in a rebel
attack on a mosque inside a
military base in Yemen,
according to medical
sources.
Head
of UN agency resigns after
refusing to retract report
calling Israel an ‘apartheid
regime’;
“The secretary-general
demanded yesterday that I
withdraw the report, and I
refused,” Khalaf told
reporters at a press
conference in Beirut today.
Rex
Tillerson Rejects Talks With
North Korea on Nuclear
Program:
“The policy of strategic
patience has ended,” Mr.
Tillerson said.
Will
America Attack North Korea
Again?;
Is more US aggression coming
against a nation threatening
no one? Throughout its
post-WW II history, it never
attacked another country.
China
alone unable to solve North
Korea nuke crisis:
Tensions on the Peninsula
are ramping up. Pyongyang
refuses to unilaterally halt
its nuclear and missile
activities; Washington and
Seoul, with no new solutions
to reach their goal, are
putting more blame on China.
Russia announces deepest
defence budget cuts since
1990s:
Figures released by the
Russian Federal Treasury
have confirmed that Russia's
defence budget has been cut
by 25.5% for 2017, falling
from RUB3.8 trillion
(USD65.4 billion) to RUB2.8
trillion.
Clinton Ally Says : No
Russia-Trump Collusion;
Former Acting CIA Director
Michael Morell, who endorsed
Hillary Clinton and called
Donald Trump a dupe of
Russia, cast doubt Wednesday
night on allegations that
members of the Trump
campaign colluded with
Russia.
In
awkward exchange, Trump
seems to ignore Merkel's
handshake request:
Video - In an exchange
caught on video,
photographers gathered
around Trump and Merkel in
the Oval Office early Friday
afternoon and suggested that
the two leaders shake hands
for the camera.
Turkey threatens to send
Europe '15,000 refugees a
month':
"If you want, we could open
the way for 15,000 refugees
that we don't send each
month and blow the mind" of
Europe, Soylu said in a
speech late Thursday, quoted
by the Anadolu news agency.
Sturgeon hints at 'other
ways' to hold new Scottish
independence referendum;
Nicola Sturgeon has hinted
she had other ways to force
Theresa May into agreeing a
compromise over a second
referendum on Scottish
independence.
Ireland’s Prime Minister
calls on Trump to support
illegal Irish immigrants as
he unveils referendum:
Kenny called on the new
President to consider
granting new working rights
to the estimated 50,000
Irish citizens believed to
be living illegally in the
U.S.,
Secret Service laptop with
Trump Tower floor plans
stolen in New York:
A laptop computer containing
floor plans for Trump Tower
and other national security
information was stolen from
a Secret Service agent's
vehicle in New York City on
Thursday.
Julian Assange? : Two IC
officials close to Pence
stated privately this month
that they are planning on a
Pence takeover:
Did not state if Pence
agrees.
Immigration judges headed to
12 U.S. cities to speed
deportations:
The targeted cities are New
York; Los Angeles; Miami;
New Orleans; San Francisco;
Baltimore, Bloomington,
Minnesota; El Paso, Texas;
Harlingen, Texas; Imperial,
California; Omaha, Nebraska
and Phoenix, Arizona.
Five Ninth Circuit
Judges Issue Rare Dissent
Rebuking The Panel In
Immigration Ruling:
To see this type of
vociferous dissent in a
withdrawn appeal is
remarkable in itself but it
also shows the depth of
opposition to the panel’s
decision among other judges.
Georgia ‘Domestic Terrorism’
Bill Would Likely Fuel
Criminalization Of Muslim
And Immigrant Rights
Protesters;
“If you are an average
person or average citizen
trying to make a decision
about whether to attend any
type of protest,” “This type
of legislation could
dissuade you.
Citing the 'Trump effect,'
40 percent of colleges have
seen a drop in foreign
applicants:
The biggest decline in
applications has come from,
unsurprisingly, the Middle
East.
Seth
Meyers Dismantles Trump's
Barbaric Budget Proposal:
Republicans' Obamacare
replacement would hit much
of Trump's base the hardest,
a reality even Trump
admitted to Fox News' Tucker
Carlson.
‘America First’ Budget Is
Unworthy of Our Nation:
With typical bombast, Donald
Trump calls his 2018 draft
budget America First: A
Budget Blueprint to Make
America Great Again. No, it
won’t make America great
again.
Trump
to spend 7th consecutive
weekend at Trump-branded
property, at enormous cost
to taxpayers:
President Trump doesn’t want
to spend federal dollars on
after-school programs, meals
for poor people, or heating
assistance that helps keep
folks alive.
Mayor: Palm Beach may need
to raise taxes to pay for
Trump security at Mar-a-Lago:
The department could end up
paying millions in overtime
costs associated with
Trump's future trips, money
not currently budgeted for
the county, according to the
report.
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Did
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Trump?
By Andrew P.
Napolitano |
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The British
foreign
surveillance
service, known
as GCHQ, most
likely provided
Obama with
transcripts of
Trump’s calls.
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Syria: Air raid on
mosque kills 42' in Aleppo
province:
It is not clear who exactly
was behind the attack.
Russian U.S. and Syrian war
planes fly in the region.
Dozens killed in
‘suspected US strike’ on
Aleppo mosque
(GRAPHIC VIDEO); While the
Pentagon only admitted to
striking terrorists several
miles away in Idlib, some
reports suggest US missile
debris were recovered from
the mosque’s rubble.
Syria sanctions hit
children's cancer treatment:
In the cancer ward at
Damascus Children's
Hospital, doctors are
struggling with a critical
shortage of specialist drugs
to treat their young
patients - and it's not just
due to the general chaos of
the Syrian civil war.
Paramilitary forces
kill 2 Islamic State members
in western Mosul;
Al-Hashd al-Shaabi (Popular
Mobilization Units) said
through its media they
killed two Islamic State
attackers in western Mosul’s
region of Tal Zalat, and
destroyed their vehicle.
Sunni politician
warns U.S. of mounting
civilian casualties in Mosul:
Khamis Khanjar, a prominent
Iraqi Sunni politician, said
at least 3,500 civilians
have been killed since the
push into the western side
of the side last month.
Mosul's growing
humanitarian crisis as bad
as feared:
Thousands are sleeping on
the ground outside an
overflowing refugee camp in
this town near Mosul, and a
thousand more arrive every
few hours to wait for
spaces. Food, water and
medicine are increasingly
scarce, refugees said.
Iraq, US offer
differing accounts of
progress in Mosul:
The American commander of
coalition ground forces in
Iraq, said the troops had
recaptured "a little over a
third" of neighborhoods west
of the Tigris River, while
an Iraqi military spokesman,
said they had retaken up to
60 percent.
Saudi airstrike
leaves seven Yemeni
fishermen dead:
An unnamed military source
told the al-Masirah
television that the aircraft
struck a fishing boat in
waters off the coast of
Durayhimi district, located
150 kilometers southwest of
the capital Sana'a, on
Thursday evening.
UAE soldier killed
in Yemen:
: Upon the arrival of his
body from Yemen, the
serviceman will be laid to
rest in Kalba.
Arms sell to Saudi
Arabia could make US
responsible for war crimes,
Amnesty warns; Amnesty
International’s researchers
have already found many
unexploded US-made bombs
among the ruins of Yemeni
residential buildings. The
bombs include cluster
munitions which are banned
Saudi Arabia, China
sign deals worth up to $85
billion:
Flanked by a thousand-person
entourage, Saudi Arabian
King Salman travelled to
China on Thursday to deepen
economic ties between the
world's biggest oil exporter
and the world's
second-largest oil consumer.
Landmark UN report
backs Israel boycott:
A new UN report offers
explicit backing for the
Palestinian-led boycott,
divestment and sanctions (BDS)
campaign to end Israeli
apartheid and support a just
peace.
US 2018 Budget
Guarantees Foreign
Assistance Only for Israel,
State Dept:
"Our assistance to Israel is
guaranteed," Toner told
reporters. "With respect to
other foreign military
assistance levels, those are
still being evaluated and
decisions are going to be
made going forward."
Drone Strikes Up 432
Percent Under Donald Trump:
From his inauguration
through today, President
Trump had approved at least
36 drone strikes or raids in
45 days — one every 1.25
days.
31 militants killed
in in airstrikes in
ISIS-frequented districts in
East of Afghanistan: MoD:
At least thirty one
militants were killed in a
series of airstrikes
conducted in Nangarhar
districts frequented by the
militants loyal to the
Islamic State of Iraq and
Syria (ISIS) terrorist
group.
Tillerson says
diplomacy with North Korea
has 'failed'; Pyongyang
warns of war:
Diplomacy has failed and
it’s time to “take a
different approach” to North
Korea, Secretary of State
Rex Tillerson said here
Thursday,
N. Korea blasts U.S.
bombing drills in S. Korea:
North Korea on Thursday
condemned South Korea and
the United States for
"escalating nuclear attack
threats," citing the
participation of U.S.
strategic bombers and the
nuclear-powered USS Carl
Vinson in joint military
drills in South Korea.
Philippine lawmaker
seeks to impeach Duterte
over drug fight:
A Philippine lawmaker filed
an impeachment complaint
against President Rodrigo
Duterte on Thursday because
of the thousands of deaths
in his anti-drug crackdown
and alleged corruption
Ukraine announces
economic blockade of
rebel-held areas:
All railway and road
connections will be cut,
according to Oleksandr
Turchynov, the council's
secretary.
EU approves €600m
loan for Ukraine:
The European Commission
agreed to release a €600m
loan to Ukraine on Thursday,
bringing the total amount of
direct financial assistance
it has given the country
since 2014 to €2.81bn, the
largest amount disbursed to
any non-EU country.
Trump adviser Flynn
paid by multiple
Russia-related entities, new
records show:
Michael Flynn, collected
nearly $68,000 in fees and
expenses from Russia-related
entities in 2015, a higher
amount than was previously
known, according to newly
released documents.
‘Standard & entirely
transparent practice’:
RT’s head of communications
on leaked paycheck to Flynn:
The latest speculation over
Flynn’s alleged ties with
Moscow is yet another
“bogus, unfounded
accusation,” believes
retired US Army Major
General Paul Vallely.
10,000+ of firearms
seized by Spanish police &
Europol
: Spanish National Police
and Europol seized more than
10,000 assault rifles, 400
howitzers, shells, grenades,
and anti-aerial machine
guns. The firearms were
likely intended for sale to
terrorists and criminals.
How does the EU
hijab ruling affect Muslim
women?:
Muslim women from four
different European countries
share their views on the
European Court of Justice's
ruling.
‘Wars of religion
will start in Europe’ –
Turkish FM:
Turkish President Tayyip
Erdogan previously labelled
Holland a fascist nation and
said the country will pay
for blocking rallies in
Rotterdam and the ensuing
riots.
Rand Paul Responds
to John McCain: Senator From
Arizona Is "Unhinged" and
"Past His Prime":
Video -
FBI director briefs
top senators on Russia:
FBI Director James Comey
briefed a group of top
senators Wednesday amid
growing demands that he
clarify if the bureau is
investigating any contacts
between Moscow and the Trump
campaign.
Coats confirmed as
new spy chief:
The Senate voted 85 to 12 to
confirm Coats as the
director of national
intelligence, a role in
which Coats pledged to work
closely with members of
Congress to facilitate their
various probes into
allegations that Russia
interfered in the 2016
elections
Vault 7 - The Most
Horrifying Leak Yet - What
You Need To Know
: Video - John McAfee on
Larry King's "Politicking"
and learn more about the
Vault 7 Wikileaks dump and
why it should be important
to every American. You don't
want to miss this.
CIA Pays ‘Traitors’
to Say We Traffic Drugs:
Venezuela’s Maduro:
Nicolas Maduro on Tuesday
accused the U.S. Central
Intelligence Agency, CIA, of
paying former Chavista
leaders to invent evidence
with which to accuse the
socialist government of drug
trafficking.
Mexico Presidential
Hopeful Files Complaint
Against Trump Wall:
Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador
filed a complaint with the
Inter-American Commission on
Human Rights against U.S.
President Donald Trump's
planned border wall and his
administration's treatment
of immigrants.
Undocumented
Immigrant Arrests at U.S.
Courthouses Spark Fury:
Lawyer Octavio Chaidez was
finishing up a criminal
court appearance at the Los
Angeles Superior Court in
Pasadena when four agents
swooped in and took his
client away.
Video: Alabama cop
shoots driver holding wallet
US
judge orders detention of VW
executive Oliver Schmidt as
'serious' flight risk:
A Detroit judge has ruled
against releasing Volkswagen
AG manager Oliver Schmid.
The German national
represented a "serious"
flight risk, the judge said.
US judge in Hawaii
grants motion for nationwide
temporary restraining order
of Trump’s travel ban:
U.S. District Court Judge
Derrick Watson decision
prevents the executive order
from going into effect, at
least for now.
Donald Trump press
secretary sensationally
claims GCHQ may have
colluded with Obama:
Sean Spicer claimed British
spies were drafted in to
avoid any “American
fingerprints" on the alleged
surveillance
British spy agency
denies helping Obama spy on
Trump after White House
repeats claim:
The British spy agency told
ITV News that any suggestion
it was involved in
wiretapping the now
president "was utterly
ridiculous and should be
ignored”.
Capitol Hill
Republicans not on board
with Trump budget;
Some of President Trump’s
best friends in Congress
sharply criticized his first
budget Thursday, with
defense hawks saying the
proposed hike in Pentagon
spending wasn’t big enough
Trump budget: UN
sounds alarm over foreign
aid cuts:
UN chief Antonio Guterres
reacted fiercely to the
plans on Thursday, saying
"abrupt funding cuts can
force the adoption of ad hoc
measures that will undermine
the impact of longer-term
reform efforts".
White House Says
Cutting Meals on Wheels Is
‘Compassionate’;
Trump’s budget slashes
rental assistance and
home-energy aid to
low-income families
Republican health
bill still alive despite
renegade conservative votes
: The Obamacare replacement
bill passed the House Budget
Committee with one vote to
spare, as three conservative
Republicans broke ranks to
vote against Paul Ryan’s
health care proposal.
Sessions Wants To
Bring Back Reagan-Era Drug
Policies;
“In the ’80s and ’90s, we
saw how campaigns stressing
prevention brought down drug
use and addiction.
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