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Erdogan’s Gift to Bolton
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The point of
Bolton’s demand was to have
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Whores
By Paul Edwards |
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“Created by
the wars that required it,
The Machine now creates the
wars it requires.”
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IS counterattack in east Syria
kills 32 : monitor
Trump claims
Syria withdrawal plan hasn't changed:
Trump on Monday pushed back
against reports that national security
adviser John Bolton had contradicted the
president's initial plans to quickly
withdraw troops from Syria.
Military approves
'conditions-based' Syria withdrawal plan
Bolton arrives in Turkey amid
tensions over U.S. withdrawal from Syria
Erdogan: US'
Bolton 'seriously mistaken' on Syrian
Kurd fighters:
A joint
press briefing was abruptly cancelled
and Bolton was set to depart Turkey
without meeting Erdogan in a likely snub
Turkey demands the US vacate all
16 military bases in #Syria and collect
all the weapons provided to Syrian Kurds
How Gulf states
hatched plan with Israel to rehabilitate
Assad:
Mossad chief Yossi Cohen met Saudi,
Emirati and Egyptian officials last
month to discuss ways to counter Turkish
regional influence
Iran, Russia
remain skeptical about US exit from
Syria, Afghanistan:
Iran and Russia have
interpreted the announced US withdrawal
from Syria — be it tactical or strategic
— as an American failure and an
indication that their own policies have
succeeded.
US military aircraft spotted
near Russian airbase in Syria
Iraqi warplanes kill four
Islamic State extremists in Diyala
Two Iraqis killed in Tikrit car
bomb blast : health ministry
Israeli
journalist names Iraqi officials who
visited Israel:
Three delegations of local leaders from
Iraq have reportedly made visits to
Israel in recent months, where they held
meetings with Israeli officials.
2 killed, 12 wounded in roadside
bomb blast in southern Yemen
Saudi Arabia gets US missile
defense boost despite Khashoggi uproar
Saudis Set Sights On $80 Oil:
Saudi Arabia is preparing deeper
production cuts this month.
Kuwait breaks from GCC on
warming up to Israel
Israel defense aid bill snared
in shutdown showdown
First Senate bill of 2019 would
give Israel billions of dollars, combat
BDS
In shift, EU sanctions Iran over
alleged Europe attacks
AFRICA
Gunmen kill 10 civilians,
children, in east DR Congo
U.S. kills 6 alleged al-Shabab
militants in southern Somalia
Gabon coup attempt: Two army
rebels 'killed'
ASIA
21 soldiers among 71 killed in
Afghanistan clashes
U.S. kills 4 civilians in
northern Afghanistan
1 civilian killed, 26 injured in
bomb attack in E. Afghan city
Afghan ‘Peace
Plan’ Revealed In Leaked Document
Afghan Taliban cancel peace
talks with US officials in Qatar
India's lower house passes
citizenship bill that excludes Muslims
Kim Jong Un visits China
Kim Jong Un Begins Summit In
Beijing As China's Xi Sends "Message" To
US
China says it welcomes U.N. to
visit Xinjiang via proper procedures
EUROPE
Russian lawyer at Trump Tower
meeting charged in separate case
Sergei Skripal's house to be
dismantled after alleged novichok attack
UK: MPs seek to block no-deal
Brexit by threatening to restrict
taxation powers
UK: Heathrow airport: Drone
sighting halts departures
Eight men detained after
crossing Channel in inflatable dinghy
GLOBE
Mairead Maguire
Nominates Julian Assange for Nobel Peace
Prize:
“Julian Assange and his
colleagues in Wikileaks have shown on
numerous occasions that they are one of
the last outlets of true democracy."
WikiLeaks' Assange issues
official denial of Trump election
contacts
T-Mobile, Sprint, and AT&T are
selling access to their customers’
location data,
AMERICAS
Glenn Greenwald: NBC and MSNBC
Blamed Russia for Using “Sophisticated
Microwaves” to Cause “Brain Injuries” in
U.S. “Diplomats” in Cuba. The Culprits
Were Likely Crickets.
U.S. sanctions Venezuelan
individuals, groups
Mexican President
Respects Venezuela's Self-Determination:
President Obrador assured today that
Mexico respects the self-determination
of each country and therefore does not
condemn the elected president of
Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro.
White House calls detentions of
Canadians in China unlawful
Canadian ex-PM Kim Campbell:
Trump 'really IS a motherf**ker!'
Trump
Administration's Mexico Border
Terrorists Lie:
According to U.S. Customs and Border
Protection figures, only six people had
been detained during a six-month period.
This is less than the “nearly 4,000”
claimed by the Trump
Trump fundraises
off prime-time address:
President Trump is fundraising off his
national prime-time address Tuesday
focused on the border amid the ongoing
partial government shutdown.
Arizona right-wing group sends
armed man into church to yell at
volunteers for helping migrants
Newly Released FOIA Documents
Shed Light on Border Patrol’s Seemingly
Limitless Authority
Progressives Pressure Senate
Democrats to Stonewall All Bills That
Don't End Trump Shutdown
California Governor Newsom Vows
‘Sanctuary To All Who Seek It’ In
Inauguration Speech
Almost 50% of this Georgia
jail's HIV-positive population
reportedly isn't receiving medication
WaPo, USA Today,
NBC Go Full Breitbart on ‘Prisoners
Eating Steak’ Non-Story:
The United States, by all
objective metrics, has one of the
cruelest, most inhumane prison systems
in the world.
Manafort accused of lying about
sharing polling data with Russian
Mattis: One More
General for the ‘Self Licking Ice Cream
Cone’:
Big brass and government
executives play both sides of the
military revolving door, including "the
only adult in the room."
Nobel secretary regrets Obama
peace prize, Obama’s drones killed
numerous civilians
Angela Davis
'stunned' by decision to rescind civil
rights award:
Move believed linked to support
for Palestinian BDS movement
Mayor Says Jews Pressured Civil
Rights Museum Into Scrapping Award For
Angela Davis
NYC Mayor Guarantees
Comprehensive Health Care for All in
Historic Surprise Announcement
Job openings fall to five-month
low
US Consumer Credit Hits All Time
High Amid Surge In Student And Auto
Loans
US Carbon Emissions Spike in
2018 to Their Highest Levels in Eight
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