June 13, 2019
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The Thought Police Are
Coming
By Chris Hedges |
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Ask the
parents of the
15-year-old boy choked
with a wire and then
shot to death by U.S.
Marines in Ramadi, what
they think of Julian
Assange. -
Continue |
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MIDDLE EAST
New Evidence
Suggests 2018 Chemical Attack in
Douma, Syria Was Staged:
Leaked documents from the
Organization for the Prevention of
Chemical Weapons (OPCW) that were
analyzed by MIT Prof. Theodore
Postol about the 2018 chemical
attack in Douma, Syria, contradict
the official UN report
Chemical
weapons body probes leaked document
on Syrian attack:
The leaked "engineering
report" by an OPCW member, said
there was a "higher probability that
both cylinders were manually
placed... rather than being
delivered from aircraft."
Senators clinch votes to
rebuke Trump on Saudi arms sale
Explosions hit two large
tankers in Sea of Oman
PHOTOS show massive fire on
‘attacked’ oil tanker in Gulf of
Oman
Unexploded device spotted on
one of attacked oil tankers -U.S.
source
Highly likely
this is false flag:
U.S. official
says "highly likely" Iran behind new
tanker attacks in Gulf of Oman:
A U.S. official told Martin
that American authorities expected
to recover sufficient debris from
the attacks to be able to trace them
back to their source.
US holds Iran
'responsible' for reported Gulf
attacks on tankers:
US secretary of state says incidents
in Gulf of Oman are part of a
campaign of 'escalating tension' by
Iran.
Oil tanker attacks: Russia
warns against blaming Iran; Russia's
deputy foreign minister calls for
normalization with Iran
‘Suspicious
doesn’t begin to describe what
happened’:
Iran’s FM on tanker ‘attacks’ in
Gulf of Oman : Iran’s foreign
minister noted that the incidents on
the two vessels, had occurred as Abe
sat down for “extensive and
friendly” discussions. Japanese
shipping company Kokuka Sangyo
confirmed that one of its vessels
had been hit
Israel: An
'Underwater' Nuclear Power
: AIP-powered
submarines can swim underwater very
quietly at low speeds for weeks at a
time.
Trump shock: USA told it
will LOSE WAR WITH IRAN, and here’s
why
Oil Prices
Rise As Navy Rushes To New Attack
But OPEC Sends This Warning:
Brent crude oil prices pared gains
but were up 1.9% at $61.09 per
barrel. U.S. crude oil prices
climbed 2% to $52.19.
Iran has 'no intentions' to
make or use nuclear weapons, Abe
says
Ayatollah
Khamenei to Abe: Trump not worthy of
a reply:
In a meeting with PM Abe of
Japan, Ayatollah Khamenei dismisses
US President Donald Trump as a
person not worthy of a response or a
message
Fact or fiction?
Iran-US
negotiations have already started —
just not face to face
Israel attacks Gaza after
rocket 'intercepted' from territory
Gaza’s health ministry warns
of ‘unprecedented’ deteriorated
situation
Israel attempting to 'wipe
out' Palestinian identity in East
Jerusalem: report
Watch:
Academics demand EU hold Israel to
account:
155 leading academics write
to the EU Commission demanding it
hold Israel to account for its war
crimes perpetrated against
Palestinians.
Turkey rejects U.S.
ultimatums, says will not back down
on Russia deal
Turkish defence minister
calls US letter ‘improper’
AFRICA
Sudan: UN says it confirmed
17 deaths in Darfur region violence
Sudan's toppled president
Omar al-Bashir charged with
corruption
Haftar's forces 'shoot down
helicopter, killing pilot' in
western Libya
Algeria detains ex-PM
Abdelmalek Sellal in anti-corruption
case
ASIA
At least 19 alleged
militants killed in N. Afghanistan
Suicide bomber kills nine in
Afghanistan's Jalalabad
US kills
Afghan allies for third time in
three months:
A U.S. airstrike killed six
Afghan soldiers, after the coalition
forces mistakenly exchanged gunfire.
China Invites
UN To Visit 'Education Centers' in
Xinjiang:
Beijing has been accused of
putting more than one million ethnic
Uyghurs in Xinjiang, mass detention
centers
Say hello to
the Russia-China operating system:
The US ban on Huawei is
pushing it to develop alternative
systems that may rival Google and
Android
EUROPE
Putin says U.S.-Russia
relations are getting 'worse and
worse'
Putin invites Indian PM Modi
to be ‘main guest’ at Russia’s
Eastern Economic Forum
Russia bringing back the
gold standard may kill US dollar &
solve main problem of
cryptocurrencies
Russia’s gold & foreign
exchange reserves exceed $500
billion
U.S. and Poland sign joint
"defence" declaration
UK's special forces set for
new Russia mission
Mass UK Protest to Demand
2nd EU Referendum Set Prior to
Brexit
Ignore Boris
Johnson’s bluster about Brexit.
He wants a general election: He
knows a better Brexit deal isn’t
possible, and that no deal could be
blocked.
The
Independent and Evening Standard
could face investigation over Saudi
links:
Newspapers The Independent
and The Evening Standard could face
an inquiry after a Saudi businessman
bought stakes in the British media
outlets.
GLOBE
UK Signs Request To
Extradite Assange to US:
The United Kingdom’s Home
Secretary Sajid Javid announced on
Thursday that he signed the United
States’ extradition request for
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange.
Extradition order to send
Assange to US poses existential
threat to all truth seekers –
Galloway
Julian Assange's father
visits WikiLeaks founder in
emotional jail visit
F. William Engdahl: Do We
Face a Global Food Disaster?
AMERICAS
Hidden Plot: Brazil’s Top
Prosecutors Who Indicted Lula
Schemed in Secret Messages to
Prevent His Party From Winning 2018
Election
Venezuela says 17 arrested
and charged over anti-Maduro 'coup'
25 officers
injured in Memphis after marshals
kill alleged fugitive:
Armed officers and an angry
crowd faced off after a black man
was fatally shot in a confrontation
with U.S. marshals in a
working-class Memphis neighborhood.
Federal Spending Tops $3
Trillion Through May for First Time;
Deficit Hits $738 Billion
May deficit surges to $208
billion, 42% higher than last year
New Survey: 69% Of U.S. CFOs
Believe That A Recession Will Start
“By The End Of 2020”
It Only Costs Google $20
Million A Year To Control The U.S.
Government
Trump news: House votes to
take Barr and McGahn to court, as
president launches bizarre tirade
over European tourism
House Intel
panel subpoenas former Trump aides
Gates, Flynn:
Move escalates battle
between the White House and House
Democrats, who are investigating the
president.
DOJ
Investigating CIA Role In Russiagate:
The Times notes that while the DOJ
probe is not a criminal inquiry, CIA
employees are nervous, according to
former officials,
Watch: Bill Binney and Larry
Johnson Reveal the Fraud of
Russiagate
Trump erupts
after polls say he would lose to
every major Democrat in 2020:
President claims without
evidence that polling institutions
‘suppress the numbers’ against him
Press Secretary Sarah
Sanders To Leave The White House
Trump Organization staff are
carrying GUNS to work because they
are being spat on and physically
attacked
Trump aide Conway repeatedly
violated U.S. law, U.S.
investigators find
US gov't watchdog: Trump
aide Kellyanne Conway should be
fired
Man pleads
guilty to making death threats
against lawmakers:
A Florida man pleaded
guilty Tuesday to making death
threats against three Democratic
lawmakers and leaving them voicemail
messages insulting Muslim
Congresswoman Ilhan Omar.
Rep. Ilhan
Omar filed joint tax returns before
she married husband:
Minnesota campaign finance
officials said last week that Rep.
Ilhan Omar misused campaign funds in
violation of state rules.
