February
17, 2016
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Washington’s Machiavellian
Game in Syria
By F. William Engdahl |
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The world’s
Superpower did not come to
that position without
extraordinary skills,
cunning, a remarkable
ability to lie convincingly,
to very precisely manipulate
the weaknesses of their
opponents.
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Why
Does US Avoid N. Korea
Talks?
By Finian Cunningham
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From North
Korea’s viewpoint, it
remains on a war footing
because Washington in
particular has not given a
commitment to abide by
peaceful relations.
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Song
for Jeffrey Lucey
By Meg Hutchinson |
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You were
almost twenty-two when they
shipped you out
With the sixth motor
transport battalion
Operation Freedom, also
known as the war
No place for a good kid just
trying to pay for school.
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25 killed in
Monday's bombing of Syria hospital: MSF:
Revising a previous toll of 11 dead, an
MSF spokeswoman said nine hospital staff
and 16 other people, including patients
and a child, had died after the bombing
of the hospital on Monday in Idlib
province.
Watch: Three
pulled from MSF hospital 30 hours after
strike:
The charity Doctors Without Borders (MSF),
which ran the hospital in Maraat al-Nouman,
told Al Jazeera on Wednesday that rescue
operations were continuing for two
members of its staff who were still
missing.
US-led air
strikes kill 15 people in Syria's
northeastern city:
Pro-rebel monitor: U.S.-led air strikes
killed at least 15 people on Tuesday
when they hit a bakery in the city of
Shadadi in northeastern Syria near the
border with Iraq, the Syrian Observatory
for Human Rights said.
Free Syrian Army
abandons Aleppo, leader flees to Turkey:
Some 14,000 militants of the Syrian
rebel group have abandoned Aleppo, while
its commander has fled to Turkey,
according to Turkish security sources
At least 20
killed, 45 injured as blast hits
military bus in Turkish capital Ankara:
At least 20 people have been killed in a
car explosion in Ankara, Turkey's Health
Ministry said. Local authorities say 45
were injured. The blast happened in
close proximity to the Turkish
parliament building, and reportedly
targeted military personnel.
Turkey vows to
stop Kurdish militia gaining border
foothold:
Turkey will not let Kurdish militia
fighters backed by the United States
establish a foothold on its border in
northern Syria and will not stop
shelling if its security is threatened,
President Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday.
Turkey wants
secure strip across Syrian border,:
Turkey wants a secure strip of territory
10 kilometres deep on the Syrian side of
its border, including the town of Azaz,
to prevent attempts to "change the
demographic structure" of the area,
Deputy Prime Minister Yalcin Akdogan
says.
Turkey wants
Syria ground operation, but says no
consensus among allies:
Turkey, Saudi Arabia and some European
allies want ground troops deployed in
Syria but there is no consensus in the
coalition and a strategy for such an
operation has not been seriously
debated, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt
Çavusoglu said.
How Far Will The
U.S. Go If Turkey Invades Syria?:
The Government of Turkey has now put
itself in a position whereby it must act
rapidly and precipitously to avoid
moving to an ultimately losing strategic
position in the war against Syria, which
could result in being forced back to
fight a full-scale civil war to prevent
the break-up of the State
'We have proof'
Turkey backs ISIS & other terrorists –
Kurdish commander:
The Kurds have “documented evidence”
that the AKP, which is headed by
Turkey's Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu,
has ties with all those terrorist
groups, Karayilan said. Turkey was
fostering Al-Nusra Front and Islamic
State from the very beginning, Karayilan
claims.
10 ISIS fighters
killed north of Tikrit, 3 leaders
arrested in Samarra and Balad:
The Federal Police Command announced on
Wednesday, that ten members of the
so-called ISIS were killed in a
bombardment targeted their headquarters
in Makhoul Mountains north of Tikrit
(170 km north of Baghdad).
ISIS shoots down
Iraqi army helicopter killing one:
Officials:
ISIS shot down an Iraqi military
helicopter west of Baghdad on Wednesday,
killing at least one person, officials
said.
Radioactive
material stolen in Iraq raises security
fears:
Iraq is searching for "highly dangerous"
radioactive material stolen last year,
according to an environment ministry
document and seven security,
environmental and provincial officials
who fear it could be used as a weapon if
acquired by Islamic State.
Canada wants Iraq
to probe allegations of massacre of 55
Yazidis:
Ottawa has asked Iraqi authorities to
investigate reports by two Canadian
organizations of an alleged “massacre”
of Yazidi girls and Sunni civilians
during operations in Iraq
24 Yemeni
civilians killed in new Saudi strikes:
On Wednesday morning, Saudi warplanes
carried out aerial assaults against
residential buildings in al-Mahjar
Village, which lies on the outskirts of
the capital, Sana’a, leaving 13
civilians, mostly women, dead, Yemen’s
al-Masirah reported.
14 killed in
suicide bomb attack on Yemen military
camp:
A suicide bomber killed at least 14
soldiers in Aden on Wednesday, in the
latest attack on Yemen's second city
claimed by jihadists of the Islamic
State group.
Israel’s rash
behavior blew operation to sabotage
Iran’s computers, US officials say
: As a result, hundreds of millions of
dollars that were invested in the
operation went to waste.
PLO slams British
boycott ban as 'empowering Israeli
occupation':
Palestinian officials slammed the
British Government's decision Wednesday
which prevents local authorities and
public-sector organizations in Britain
from boycotting Israeli goods, saying
that it imposes on 'freedom of choice"
and "empowers the Israeli occupation."
Shell kills 2
civilians, wounds 20 in southern Libya:
At least two people were killed and more
than 20 wounded when a shell fell on a
civilian area in the southern Libyan
town of Mansheya, security officials
told EFE on Wednesday.
‘5 horrible
years’: Libya marks 5th anniversary of
Western-backed uprising to oust Gaddafi:
The outpouring of adulation and messages
of support to the opposition forces from
Western world leaders spoke of a
‘bright’ new dawn for Libya after
Gaddafi’s toppling.
Manufacturing Consent for
attack and occupation of Libya?
UN Envoy to Libya
Says Time Running out, IS Expanding:
Martin Kobler told The Associated Press
in Cairo on Wednesday that "every day
lost in political dialogue is a day of
gain of Daesh," referring to the
extremist group by its Arabic acronym.
Obama says will
try to block Islamic State from 'digging
in' in Libya:
"We will continue to take actions where
we've got a clear operation and a clear
target in mind," Obama said at a news
conference in California.
Ukraine: PM
Yatsenyuk survives no-confidence vote:
The prime minister has been criticised
over the slow pace of reforms and faces
allegations of corruption. Earlier,
President Petro Poroshenko said the PM
had lost the support of the coalition
and the country's trust.
Russia sues
Ukraine in London over unpaid $3B debt:
minister:
"Today the Russian finance ministry
filed the lawsuit against Ukraine with
the goal of recovering debt on Ukraine's
bond with the nominal value of $3
billion," Finance Minister Anton
Siluanov was quoted by Russian news
agencies as saying.
Kosovo protesters
demand resignation of government:
Thousands attend anti-government event
in Pristina on eighth anniversary of
country's declaration of independence.
Solution to
refugee crisis lies in ‘destroying
terrorism’ – Putin after talks with
Orban:
The solution to the refugee crisis lies
in the political settlement of
conflicts, particularly in Syria and
Libya, President Vladimir Putin said
following a meeting with Hungarian PM
Viktor Orban. He added that the two
share views on the migrant and refugee
issue.
Four-year-old
Afghan boy dies on refugee boat:
The body of the boy, identified as
Afghan by aid groups, was found in a
boat that landed on the island of Chios,
the coastguard said.
China Deployed
Missiles on Disputed Island, U.S. Says:
The Pentagon has evidence that the
Chinese military has deployed
surface-to-air missiles on a disputed
island in the South China Sea, a United
States official has said.
Oil up 7 percent
as Iran welcomes output freeze
: Oil prices rose 7 percent on
Wednesday, rebounding further from their
lowest levels in a dozen years, after
Iran voiced support for a
Russia-Saudi-led move to freeze
production to deal with the market glut.
Apple Refuses FBI
Order to Create iPhone Backdoor:
The United States government has
demanded that Apple take an
unprecedented step which threatens the
security of our customers. We oppose
this order, which has implications far
beyond the legal case at hand.
Police Shoot
Suicidal Dad 11 Times… While He Lay in
Bed Crying:
Suicidal Curly Spry was delusional and
crying and laying in bed. His wife and
17-year-old daughter were reportedly
standing by his bedside when state
police shot him 11 times.
Muslim Man Sues
Oklahoma Gun Range for Refusing Him
Service;
A U.S. Army reservist from Tulsa who was
asked to leave a gun range in eastern
Oklahoma after identifying himself as a
Muslim is suing the owners in federal
court, pushing back against what he says
is a rise in anti-Islamic sentiment
across the country.
US military burn
pits built on chemical weapons
facilities tied to soldiers' illness:
Though the US government disputes it,
new evidence shows a link between
service in Iraq and Afghanistan and
cancers and untreatable bronchial
illnesses
Cruz on Trump
lawsuit threat: Bring it on:
"Donald, if
you want to file a lawsuit challenging
this ad, claiming it's defamation, file
the lawsuit," Cruz told reporters here
after playing the ad, which shows clips
of Trump espousing more liberal
positions on issues like abortion from
an interview with Tim Russert more than
a decade ago.
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February
16, 2016
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Syria: the Final Act Begins
By John Wight
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The mounting
threat of a Saudi-led
invasion of Syria speeds the
hour when Iran and Russia
commit their own ground
troops in significant
number.
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Collapse of Iraqi Kurdistan
By Andre Vltchek |
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There is
great fear in the Kurdistan
Region. And fear is feeding
anger. And anger may lead to
violence against the corrupt
pro-Western regime.
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What
Are We Smelling?
By Dmitry Orlov
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The same
people who fell for it in
thinking that they could
bring about change by voting
for Obama are now falling
for it again.
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At least 15
civilians killed in Syria coalition air
raids::
At least 15 civilians were killed in
US-led coalition air strikes on Tuesday
on a town in northeast Syria held by the
Islamic State jihadist group, a monitor
said.
Over 1,600
terrorist targets hit by Russian
warplanes in Syria over past month:
Russia’s Aerospace Forces has destroyed
786 field camps and militant bases, 249
various command posts and communications
nodes, as well as 371 strongholds and
fortified centers
Strikes on
schools and hospitals in Syria 'war
crimes':
Up to 50 civilians, including children,
died when missiles hit at least five
medical buildings and two schools in the
Aleppo and Idlib provinces on Monday.
Russia has no
ship in Caspian Sea that could hit
Syrian hospital with ballistic missile –
MoD:
Russia has no ships in the Caspian Sea
fleet that could have hit the Syrian
hospital in Idlib province with a
ballistic missile, the Russian Ministry
of Defense said in a statement,
responding to accusations leveled by
Turkish PM Ahmet Davutoglu.
Turkey wants
Syria ground operation with allies:
"We want a ground operation with our
international allies," a senior Turkish
official told reporters in Istanbul,
adding such an operation would require
the involvement of the United States and
Gulf states
Turkey Will
"Definitely" Join Ground Operation In
Syria, Accuses Russia Of "War Crimes":
Turkey shelled Syria for a fourth
consecutive day on Tuesday as Ankara
steps up efforts to bolster rebels in
the face of an advance by the Kurdish
YPG.
Russia says
Turkey supplies Islamic State via Syrian
town of Azaz:
Turkey has vowed it will not let the
Syrian town of Azaz fall into the hands
of Kurdish forces because it lies on a
supply route used by Ankara to support
Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS),
Russia's Foreign Ministry said on
Tuesday (Feb 16).
Nasrallah:
Turkish, Saudi announcement of ground
intervention in Syria comes after the
failure of terrorists:
Hezbollah Secretary General affirmed on
Tuesday that the will of steadfastness
and confrontation in Syria has
triumphed, pointing out that it is very
strong at all levels and it will not be
allowed to be controlled by anyone.
Syria's Assad
doesn't see ceasefire possible within a
week:
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said on
Monday any ceasefire did not mean each
side had to stop using weapons, and
nobody was capable of securing the
conditions for one within a week.
Dutch fighter
jets strike first IS targets in Syria:
"Dutch F-16s carried out around 10
missions over Iraq and eastern Syria,"
the Hague-based ministry said in its
weekly summary of operations on its
website.
Turkey protests
US over being lumped together with
‘terrorist’ PYD:
“We have received Kirby’s statements,
lumping its ally Turkey and a terrorist
organization together, with
astonishment,” Turkish Foreign Ministry
spokesperson Tanju Bilgiç said Feb. 15.
Iraq: 15 ISIS
fighters killed in Baiji, dozens of
families freed in western Ramadi:
Federal Police Command announced on
Tuesday the killing of 15 fighters of
the so-called ISIS in a shelling
targeted their headquarters in Baiji
north of Tikrit (170 km north of
Baghdad), while indicated to the
liberation of dozens of families from
ISIS grip west of Ramadi.
ISIS publishes
names of 1065 people executed in Mosul:
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“Today, ISIS published the names of
people who were executed by ISIS members
in Mosul,” pointing out that, “The
number of the executed people reached
1065, and they had been arrested
previously during ISIS control on
Mosul.”
Mass grave
containing 50 bodies discovered in
eastern Ramadi:
“A force from Anbar
police discovered a mass grave
containing the remains of 50 bodies,
including children during their search
operations in al-Sufiya area in eastern
Ramadi.”
Drone attack
targeting al-Qaida in Yemen kills three:
The drone strike came a day after a
soldier and a civilian were killed in a
suicide car bombing in Huta that a
Yemeni military source said targeted an
armored vehicle of the Emirati armed
forces.
Yemeni forces
retake key military camp outside
capital:
The Yemeni army and allied forces have
retaken a strategic military camp
outside Sana’a four days after it fell
to Saudi-backed mercenaries,
Saudis using
US-made cluster bombs in Yemen: HRW:
The Saudi Arabia-led coalition is using
internationally banned cluster munitions
supplied by the United States in Yemen
despite evidence of civilian casualties,
Human Rights Watch said Monday.
US Shrugs Off Yet
Another Report of Cluster Bombs Launched
By Saudis In Yemen:
There have been consistent cluster bomb
reports since the U.S.-backed
intervention was launched in March 2015,
and each time business as usual has
resumed with no regard for the civilians
killed by these explosives.
Three boys among
6 Palestinians killed during bloody
weekend:
Israeli occupation forces shot and
killed six Palestinians over the
weekend, including three children and a
woman, and critically injured a
14-year-old girl.
Cameroon forces
kill 162 Boko Haram extremists, retake
town:"
Cameroon’s special forces have killed
162 Boko Haram militants in Nigeria’s
northeastern town of Goshi, destroying
bomb factories and weapons to retake the
extremist stronghold, the government
said.
2 killed, more
than a dozen injured in Burundi blasts:
Two of the explosions happened in an
open market in the Ngagara area of
Bujumbura, killing the two. Two other
grenades exploded in the center of
Bujumbura, injuring 11 people. Another
explosion was in the Buyenzi area,
wounding at least three people.
Uganda: 1 killed
in violence ahead of presidential polls:
An opposition supporter was fatally shot
Monday in clashes with the police during
a campaign event in the capital, the
police and a presidential candidate said
Tuesday, raising concern over the role
of the security forces in tight
presidential elections Thursday.
52 Afghan
soldiers and police killed in Helmand:
Three
local officials, said 25 soldiers and 27
policemen had been killed in separate
incidents in the province. As well as
the fighting in Helmand, Taliban
operations in the northern provinces of
Jowzjan, Kunduz and Baghlan have also
severely stretched government forces
14 Taliban
militants killed in military operations:
Afghanistan government: The targeted
militants were involved in several
terrorist attacks, including roadside
bombings and landmine blasts and
ambushes against security forces, the
statement said.
Ukraine: Anti-govt
protesters rally in Kiev as Poroshenko
calls on PM Yatsenyuk to resign;
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has
urged PM Arseniy Yatsenyuk and Attorney
General Viktor Shokin to resign,
according to the presidential spokesman.
Protesters have been rallying in front
of the parliament calling for the PM to
stand down.
CIA, NATO and
Swedish Military Plotted Regime Change
in Sweden in 1980s - Documentary
(Video): ‘Heroes’ and victims of 80’s US
disinformation provide clues to today’s
Russian scare
Anger as UK moves
to ban Israeli settlement boycott:
Activists have accused the United
Kingdom of a crackdown on human rights
campaigners over plans to ban city
councils, public bodies and some student
unions from boycotting "unethical"
businesses, including those operating in
illegal Israeli settlements in the
occupied West Bank.
Saudis and Russia
agree oil output freeze, Iran still an
obstacle:
Top oil exporters Russia and Saudi
Arabia agreed on Tuesday to freeze
output levels but said the deal was
contingent on other producers joining in
- a major sticking point with Iran
absent from the talks and determined to
raise production.
Saudi Arabia,
Russia, Qatar and Venezuela say they are
willing to freeze production
: The agreement came after a meeting in
Doha on Tuesday. Oil prices have dropped
below $30 a barrel in recent months, a
fall of 70 percent since 2014.
High risk of
bankruptcy for one-third of oil firms:
Deloitte:
Roughly a third of oil producers are at
high risk of slipping into bankruptcy
this year as low commodity prices crimp
their access to cash and ability to cut
debt, according to a study by Deloitte,
the auditing and consulting firm.
The government
just admitted it will use smart home
devices for spying:
It’s a danger that many consumers who
buy these products may be wholly unaware
of.
US Marshals
arresting people for not paying their
student loans:
Paul Aker was arrested at his home last
week for a $1500 federal student loan he
received in 1987: Seven deputy US
Marshals showed up at his home with guns
and took him to federal court where he
had to sign a payment plan for the
29-year-old school loan.
Donald Trump
Hilariously Slams the ‘George W. Bush
Kept Us Safe After 9/11’ Line:
During his presser Monday afternoon from
Hanahan, South Carolina, Donald Trump
moved from his open criticism of Texas
Senator Ted Cruz onto the Bush family
Donald Trump
Wasn't Wrong When He Accused the RNC of
Stacking the Debate Audience:
When Donald Trump got booed, loudly and
often, during the Republican National
Debate Saturday, he blamed it on an
audience stacked with “donors and
special interests.” Turns out, he wasn’t
wrong.
Clinton
foundation received up to $81m from
clients of controversial HSBC bank:
A spokesperson for Hillary Clinton
declined to comment about her family
foundation’s receipt of money from
donors with accounts in Geneva.
Sanders tackles
Flint crisis at Michigan rallies:
“When I left that meeting I said ‘What
country am I living in? Is this the
United States of America?’ ” Sanders
said. “I fear very much that Flint is
the canary in the coal mine here.” “If
we can rebuild villages in Iraq and
Afghanistan, we can damn well rebuild
Flint, Michigan,” Sanders said
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February
15, 2016
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The Syrian Sea of Hostility
By Pepe Escobar
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The
Saudi-Turkish combo is
absolutely desperate; if
they as much as try
to support their “moderate
rebels” with their aerial
assets, they will be reduced
to ashes by the Russian Air
Force.
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Bernie Sanders’ Phantom
Movement
By Chris Hedges |
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It is a lie
that makes the Vermont
senator complicit in the con
game being played on the
American electorate by the
Democratic Party
establishment.
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UN alarmed at
attacks on Syria hospitals, schools;
nearly 50 killed:
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
on Monday voiced alarm at reports of
deadly attacks on Syrian schools and
hospitals, including a medical center
run by the humanitarian group Doctors
Without Borders (MSF), a U.N. spokesman
said.
Syrian envoy to
Moscow: US jets hit hospital in Syria:
Airstrikes on a hospital operated by
Doctors Without Borders in Syria were
carried out by U.S. planes, the Syrian
ambassador in Moscow told Rossiya 24
television on Monday.
Syrian army
advances into Raqqa in major anti-ISIS
assault:
Syrian army units and paramilitary
forces are reportedly moving into Raqqa
province, seizing strategically
important areas along the
Salamiyah-Raqqa road which leads
directly into the Islamic State
stronghold.
Turkey ‘won’t
let’ Azaz, Syria, fall to Kurdish
militia, shells YPG targets for 3rd day:
"YPG elements were forced away from
around Azaz. If they approach again they
will see the harshest reaction. We will
not allow Azaz to fall," Davutoglu told
reporters aboard his plane bound for
Ukraine, Reuters reported.
Turkey at odds
with Russia and now the US on Syria:
Erdogan has challenged the US position
on the PYD, and following Erdogan's
remarks US officials in Washington have
expressed their position in a stronger
tone, underscoring that their support
for the PYD will continue
Turkish soldier
killed in clash with group at Syrian
border - army:
A Turkish soldier was killed on Sunday
evening after Turkey's security forces
clashed with a group at the Syrian
border seeking to enter Turkey
illegally, the armed forces said in a
statement.
Manufacturing Consent for
invasion of Syria:
Merkel backs
Turkey's proposal for a no-fly zone in
Northern Syria:
"In the current situation, it would be
helpful if there was a designated
airspace in the area - a kind of no-fly
zone," Merkel told the Stuttgarter
Zeitung newspaper.
Iraq: ISIS
executes 5 people including former army
officer south-west of Kirkuk:
“Today, ISIS members executed five
civilians by firing squad including a
former army officer in Hawija District,
on charges of leaving the land of
Caliphate.”
Samples confirm
Islamic State used mustard gas in Iraq -
diplomat:
Islamic State militants attacked Kurdish
forces in Iraq with mustard gas last
year, in the first known use of chemical
weapons in Iraq since the fall of Saddam
Hussein, a diplomat said, after tests by
the global chemical arms watchdog.
59 Houthi
militias members killed in Yemen:
Saudi-led airstrikes and recent clashes
have killed at least 59 Houthi militas,
including prominent leaders, with dozens
injured, Al Arabiya News reported
Monday.
UN Warns of
Famine in Besieged Yemeni City:
The World Food Programme said Monday
that Taiz "is in the grip of severe food
insecurity at 'Emergency' level - one
step below famine."
Ya'alon taken to
task by Saudi prince at Munich
Conference:
The verbal confrontation between the two
broke out after Ya'alon asserted that
Israel was carrying out secret contacts
with Arab countries in the Persian Gulf.
The Saudi prince replied by saying that
handshakes with Israelis have never
helped the Palestinians, according to
the newspaper.
Russia to deliver
S-300 missile systems to Iran in nearest
time: RIA:
The Islamic Republic is also displaying
interest in buying more advanced, S-400
missile systems, but no negotiations are
being conducted at the moment on this
matter, the agency reported.
Israeli
occupation forces kill four Palestinians
: Fours Palestinians were shot and
killed while attempting to attack
Israeli security forces in three
separate incidents in the West Bank
Sunday, the Israeli military and police
said.
Israeli officer
filmed overturning Palestinian's
wheelchair:
Footage shot by a local resident shows
the woman on the ground bleeding and
officers ordering Palestinians to keep
away. One officer flips over a
Palestinian's wheelchair, dumping him on
the ground.
Israel's ex-PM
Olmert starts 19-month prison sentence:
Olmert will enter Ma’asiyahu prison near
Tel Aviv on Monday to start serving a
19-month sentence for bribery and
obstruction of justice.
Israeli company
to train British RAF aircrew:
Affinity Flying Services Ltd, a joint
venture in the UK owned 50-50 by Elbit
and US-based Kellog, Brown and Root (KBR),
“won a contract from the UK Defence
Ministry's military flight training
programme worth about 500 million pounds
over 18 years.”
UK: Israel
boycott ban:
Shunning
Israeli goods to become criminal offence
for public bodies and student unions:
Critics
say move amounts to a 'gross attack on
democratic freedoms'
British schoolboy
questioned for wearing ‘Free Palestine’
badge:
Rahmaan Mohammadi's teachers at Challney
High School for Boys in Luton referred
him to police under Prevent - the
controversial government anti-radicalisation
programme
Islamists kill
Somalia's former defence minister with
car bomb:
Al Shabaab, which is aligned to al
Qaeda, told Reuters it planted the car
bomb that killed Muhayadin Mohamed, who
was also an adviser to the speaker of
Somalia's parliament.
Boko Haram land
mine kills 2 in Cameroon military
convoy:
A commanding officer and a soldier with
Cameroon's military have died after
their convoy hit a land mine as they
returned from an anti-Boko Haram
operation in Nigeria, officials said
Monday.
Email: Praised
for ‘Turning POTUS Around’ on Libya
Intervention:
In an email to then-Secretary of State
Hillary Clinton shortly after the U.N.
Security Council in March 2011
authorized military intervention in
Libya, a former senior State Department
official praised her achievement in
“turning POTUS around on this.”
Two soldiers
killed in Afghanistan attack:
Two Afghan soldiers were killed and
seven injured as Taliban militants
attacked an army checkpoint in Kunduz
province on Monday, an official said.
ISIS claims
responsibility for southern Russian car
bombing that killed 2, injured 17
(VIDEO): Two people have died and a
further 17 were injured after a car
bombing in southern Russia's Dagestan at
a police checkpoint near the city of
Derbent. Islamic State terrorists have
claimed responsibility in a tweet.
A majority of
low-wage workers earn so little they
must rely on public assistance to make
ends meet:
There is an enduring myth that people
who rely on public assistance are
unwilling to work. However, there are
41.2 million working Americans (nearly
30 percent of the workforce) who receive
public assistance—and nearly half of
these workers (19.3 million) have
full-time jobs
Email: Praised
for ‘Turning POTUS Around’ on Libya
Intervention:
In an email to then-Secretary of State
Hillary Clinton shortly after the U.N.
Security Council in March 2011
authorized military intervention in
Libya, a former senior State Department
official praised her achievement in
“turning POTUS around on this.”
At least 1,666
Clinton emails contain classified
material:
State Department spokesman John Kirby
had declined to disclose the emails’
content – seven email chains totaling 37
pages – but said the intelligence
community had requested the higher
classification.
Cibolo Creek
Ranch owner recalls Scalia’s last hours
in Texas:
"We discovered the judge in bed, a
pillow over his head. His bed clothes
were unwrinkled," said Poindexter.
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February
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Syrian army
restores security to more areas in
Lattakia and Homs, kills over 100 ISIS
: At least 100 ISIS terrorists were
killed in army operations in the eastern
Deir Ezzor province during the past 24
hours.
Syria: Mass grave
of over 100 people killed by ISIS found
in eastern Deir Ezzor:
The grave, consists of a trench in the
“7th kilometers” area near Mrat town.
Local sources told SANA reporter that
the remains of more than 100 people shot
dead, including children, were buried in
the mass grave.
Syrian Army
reaches important crossroad in southern
Raqqa:
Late last night, the Syrian Arab Army’s
555th Brigade carried out a successful
military operation to cutoff the Islamic
State of Iraq and Al-Sham (ISIS) at the
Zakiyah crossroad that leads into the
Hama Governorate’s eastern countryside.
Russia to deploy
Ka-52 attack helicopters to Syria to
protect Latakia air base:
The first
Ka-52 deployment will also be an
opportunity for the Russians to test new
technologies as the KRET Vitebsk EW
(Electronic Warfare System).
Turkish forces
cross into Syria: Damascus:
The Syrian Foreign Ministry in a protest
letter to the United Nations Security
Council (UNSC) said on Sunday that
“around 100 gunmen some of whom are
believed to be Turkish forces and
Turkish mercenaries" entered Syria
through A'zaz area which is located
north of Aleppo near the Turkish border.
Syria confirms
Turkey shelling government troops,
complains to UN
: Syria’s government has condemned
Turkey for shelling Syrian territory,
describing the act as direct support for
“terrorist” groups, Syrian state media
reported on Sunday, citing the letter to
the United Nations.
Turkey shelling
in Syria kills 29 PYD:
Turkish troops have been shelling PYD
positions in Azaz since Saturday. Out of
the 29 killed, 10 died in Minnig town,
12 in Maranas town, seven in Maryamin
town, Karsli added.
Turkey continues
attacking northern Syria for 2nd day:
Sunday’s strikes left two YPG members
dead as the Turkish army bombarded YPG
targets in Aleppo, calling on the
Kurdish forces to withdraw from the
areas they had recently recaptured from
Takfiri terrorists in northern Syria.
Syria's Kurds
'won't retreat' despite Turkish shelling:
Kurdish-backed fighters in Syria say
they will not withdraw from the areas
they have recently captured in the
country's north, after Turkey shelled
their positions in Aleppo province for a
second day.
Joe Biden urges
Turkey to stop shelling Kurdish
positions in Syria
: “The vice president
urged Turkey to show reciprocal
restraint by ceasing artillery strikes
in the area,” in a phone conversation
between Biden and Minister Ahmet
Davutoglu on Feb. 13
France calls on
Turkey to stop bombing of Kurdish zones
in Syria:
The Turkish army shelled Kurdish militia
in northern Syria for a second day on
Sunday, while Russia made clear it would
continue bombing Syrian rebel targets,
raising doubts that a planned halt in
hostilities would bring much relief.
Deploying Saudi
troops in Syria up to U.S. coalition: FM:
Any decision by Saudi Arabia to deploy
Special Forces into Syria is linked to
the U.S.-led coalition fighting ISIS,
Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir
said on Sunday.
20 nations join
major military maneuver in Saudi:
Sunday's announcement also comes as the
kingdom, a member of the US-led
coalition targeting ISIS, said it has
deployed warplanes to a Turkish air base
in order to "intensify" its operations
against ISIS in Syria.
Iraq: ISIS drowns
8 civilians for collaborating with Iraqi
government in central Nineveh:
, “ISIS
militants gathered eight civilians in a
metal cage and drowned them into a
swimming pool in al-Faisaliya area on
charges of collaboration with the Iraqi
government.”
Iraq: US special
force arrives in Ein al-Assad airbase:
A police source in Anbar announced on
Saturday, that a special force from the
United States arrived in Ein al-Assad
airbase in al-Baghdadi area west of
Anbar (110 km west of Baghdad), while
pointed out that the force is escorted
by Apache aircrafts, as well as heavy
and medium weapons.
2 killed, 15
wounded in Saudi-led strike on Yemen
workshop:
A Saudi-led coalition air strike on a
sewing workshop killed at least two
people and wounded 15 in the rebel-held
Yemeni capital on Sunday, the owner told
AFP. "Two employees, including a
14-year-old boy, were killed and 15
others wounded in the overnight air
raid,"
UAE soldier
killed in Yemen fighting: state news:
A United Arab Emirates soldier was
killed and another was wounded while
fighting in Yemen as part of a Saudi-led
military coalition, state news agency
WAM reported on Sunday, citing the army
general command.
Civilian
casualties in Afghanistan hits all time
high – UN report:
According to the
UN’s 2015 Annual Report on Protection of
Civilians in Armed Conflict, the total
number of civilian casualties recorded
in the last year amounted to more than
11,000, including more than 3,500 deaths
and almost 7,500 injuries.
Boko Haram
allegedly kills 30 during raid on north
Nigeria:
At least 30 people have been killed in
fresh Boko Haram raids on two villages
in northeast Nigeria, vigilantes told
AFP Saturday, again calling into
question President Muhammadu Buhari's
claim that Nigeria had largely defeated
the jihadist group.
Libyan unity govt
inclusive of three women formed:
A Libyan consensus government is finally
formed, sources told Al Arabiya News
Channel late Sunday. The new government
has 13 ministers and five ministers of
state inclusive of three women, the
sources added.
Lavrov's Munich
Q&A With NATO Bootlickers Was Brilliant:
Video - Lavrov was firing on all
cylinders at the Munich Security
Conference
Ukraine’s
interior minister: I could destroy
foreign support for Kiev with media
bombshell:
Ukrainian Interior Minister Arsen Avakov
has information that could hurt
Ukraine’s standing with its foreign
sponsors much more than Abromavicius
resignation did, he said in an interview
with Zerkalo Nedeli newspaper published
Friday.
13 killed in
ambush in violent Mexican state:
The attack took place yesterday in a
rural community of the municipality of
San Ignacio at the border of the states
of Sinaloa and Durango, prosecutors
said.
Saliva savior?
Patients to be given ‘100% accurate’
10-minute cancer test:
“We need less than one drop of saliva
and we can turn the test around in 10
minutes. It can be done in a doctor’s
office while you wait,” David Wong,
professor of oncology at California
State University, said at the American
Association for the Advancement of
Science annual meeting in Washington.
U.S. Supreme
Court Justice Antonin Scalia found dead
at West Texas ranch:
Scalia, 79, was a guest at the Cibolo
Creek Ranch, a resort in the Big Bend
region south of Marfa. Scalia arrived at
the 30,000-acre ranch on Friday and
attended a private party with about 40
people that night, according to a
federal official.
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February
13, 2016
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Syrian Cease-Fire? Nine
Simple Questions
By Joe Contrarian
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The
“agreement” make me realize
that it is a meaningless,
unenforceable on the ground
in Syria, piece of paper
that actually allows SAA to
move against ISIL and seal
Turkish border North of
Aleppo but also allows the
west preparation for plan B
i.e invasion of Syria.
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Syria rebel
ambush kills 76 government forces:
An ambush by Syrian rebels on pro-regime
forces near Damascus this week killed 76
fighters, a monitor said Saturday, in
one of the deadliest attacks of its kind
since the conflict began.
Syrian troops
capture village near northern city of
Aleppo:
State TV and the Britain-based Syrian
Observatory for Human Rights said troops
captured Tamoura Saturday around noon,
amid intense shelling and air raids by
Russian warplanes.
Syrian army edges
towards ISIS bastion, jets hit rebel
towns:
An advance into Raqqa would re-establish
a Syrian government foothold in the
province for the first time since 2014
and may be aimed at preempting any move
by Saudi Arabia to send ground forces to
fight ISIS militants in Syria.
Turkey shells
Kurdish-held areas of Syria's Aleppo:
activists:
The shelling came shortly after Turkish
Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said
Ankara would, if necessary, take
military action against the PYD. The
Turkish shelling targeted the strategic
Minnigh military airport, which Kurdish
forces retook late on Wednesday.
In Syria,
Skepticism That Cease-Fire Will Stop
Fighting:
Forces backing President Bashar al-Assad
continue to push north to the border,
helped by Russian airstrikes. Western
and Arab backers of insurgent groups are
declining to increase military support
Russia casts
doubt on Syria ceasefire deal as army
gains ground:
Russia said on Saturday a Syria
ceasefire plan was more likely to fail
than succeed, as Syrian government
forces backed by Russian air strikes
took rebel ground near Aleppo and set
their sights on the Islamic State
stronghold of Raqqa province.
Russia sends
brand new cruise missile ship to Syria:
report:
Considering that it is carrying
long-range cruise missiles, its
participation in the military operation
should not be excluded," the source was
quoted as saying just a day after world
powers agreed to cease hostilities in
the war-ravaged country.
Assad's ouster
certain despite Russia's backing, says
Saudi:
Bashar Al Assad will not be ruling Syria
in the future and Russia's military
interventions will not help him stay in
power, Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister
Adel al-Jubeir told a German newspaper
in an interview published on Saturday.
Saudi Arabia
sends troops and fighter jets to
military base in Turkey:
Turkish foreign minister, Mevlut
Cavusoglu, confirmed the deployment on
Saturday, days before a temporary
ceasefire is due to come into force. “
Turkey and Saudi Arabia may launch an
operation from the land.”
Saudi Arabia to
send planes to Turkey for Islamic State
fight -media:
Saudi Arabia will send aircraft to
NATO-member Turkey's Incirlik air base
for the fight against Islamic State
militants in Syria, Turkish Foreign
Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu was reported
as saying on Saturday.
Syria rebels say
get more missiles from Assad's enemies::
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's
foreign enemies have sent rebels new
supplies of ground-to-ground missiles to
confront a Russian-backed offensive by
the government near Aleppo, stepping up
support in response to the attack, two
rebel commanders said.
Joint
Turkish-Saudi Assault on Syria Now
Imminent:
With each passing day, the possibility
of a direct military confrontation
between Russia and the US (or at least
its allies) seems more and more likely.
Saudi's Troop
Deployment Plans to Syria Not Discussed
in Munich - Lavrov:
"There was no talk of this, so I cannot
tell you anything of who was planning to
send whom where," Lavrov told
journalists on the sidelines of the
Munich Security Conference in Germany.
US calls Assad
'deluded' to think he'll win Syrian war:
Syria's Bashar al-Assad is "deluded" if
he thinks his forces will retake all of
the country from rebel fighters, the US
said, after the president claimed in an
interview that victory was just a matter
of time.
Turkish military
says killed 27 Kurdish militants in
southeast:
Turkish security forces have killed 27
militants in the mainly Kurdish
southeast, the army said on Friday, a
day after the interior minister said
security operations had finished in the
town of Cizre where the conflict has
been focused.
Turkey
‘completes’ bloody military operation in
Kurdish town of Cizre
: On Friday, HDP said that at least 79
civilians had died as a result of the
fighting, and another 66 bodies were
either entombed in a basement or waiting
in a morgue to be identified, Reuters
reported.
Iraq: 16 ISIS
militants killed in coalition
bombardment north of Ramadi:
“The international coalition aviation in
cooperation with Anbar Operations
managed to launch three air strikes on
three ISIS headquarters in Albu Ziab
area north of Ramadi.”
Israel’s
“excessive force” kills two more
children:
Two Palestinian children were shot dead
by Israeli forces in the occupied West
Bank this past week as a United Nations
human rights investigator called on
Israel to investigate its excessive use
of force against Palestinians.
Five Yemeni
policemen killed in attack by gunmen in
Aden:
Five
Yemeni policemen were killed on Friday
in an armed attack by unknown gunmen in
Yemen's southern port city of Aden, a
government official told Xinhua.
Red Cross rejects
Saudi call to leave Yemen conflict
zones:
The ICRC's Sanaa spokeswoman Rima Kamal
told AFP. "To reach all those in need in
Yemen ... we will continue to seek
security guarantees from all parties and
in all regions," she said.
Bomb kills two
Egyptian soldiers in Sinai: Army:
Two Egyptian soldiers, one an officer,
were killed by an explosion as they
tried to defuse a roadside bomb in the
Sinai Peninsula Saturday, a military
statement said.
Harjit Sajjan
hints at a Canadian military mission in
Libya:
Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan says
Canada could soon join a military
coalition to take on ISIS in Libya, a
country beset by a civil war and
mounting Islamic terrorism.
U.S. commander
sees al Qaeda Africa group strengthening:
AQIM, a militant group that emerged from
the Algerian civil war in the 1990s and
is now mostly north Mali-based, is
emerging from a period of near dormancy
marked by factional infighting.
24 militants
killed in Afghanistan
: The Afghan Defence
Ministry said on Saturday that 24
militants had been killed during
military and cleanup operations in eight
of the country's 34 provinces within the
last 24 hours.
6 Afghan Security
Men Killed in Taliban Attacks:
Four policemen were killed and seven
others wounded in double-suicide attacks
on their checkpoint outside a security
forces station in the southern Helmand
province, said Gen Abdul Rahman Sarjang,
provincial police chief in Helmand.
Seven killed in a
gun battle in restive Kashmir:
A 16-hour firefight began after Indian
forces raided an abandoned house where
fighters were holed up.
ISIS shoots down
fighter jet in Libya’s Benghazi:
The ISIS militant group claimed its
fighters downed the plane, according to
SITE Intelligence Group, a U.S. monitor
of militant activity on the Internet. A
military source said the pilot survived
having parachuted to safety, but his
whereabouts were not immediately clear.
Al-Shabab claims
Somalia plane bomb attack:
In a statement obtained by Al Jazeera,
the armed group said on Saturday the
attack on the Daallo Airlines flight was
part of an operation targeting dozens of
Western intelligence officials and
Turkish NATO forces.
World has slipped
into a 'new Cold War': Russian PM:
Strains between Russia and the West have
plunged the world into a "new Cold War",
Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said on
Saturday.
UK must renew
Trident to keep ‘special relationship’
with US – Ash Carter:
The UK has to renew its submarine-borne
Trident nuclear weapons system if London
wants to maintain its “special
relationship” with Washington, US
Defense Secretary Ash Carter said.
Four billion
people facing severe water scarcity:
We find that two-thirds of the global
population (4.0 billion people) live
under conditions of severe water
scarcity at least 1 month of the year.
Nearly half of those people live in
India and China. Half a billion people
in the world face severe water scarcity
all year round.
Speaker Ryan: Not
enough votes for TPP trade deal:
"I don't think the votes are there right
now because of the concerns about what's
in the TPP," Ryan told reporters at his
weekly press conference.
Carrier workers'
rage over move to Mexico caught on
video:
Workers at the Carrier manufacturing
plant in Indianapolis were caught on
video booing and jeering after being
told that the plant would be relocated
to Monterrey, Mexico.
People Over 50
Carrying More Debt Than in the Past:
The average 65-year-old borrower has 47%
more mortgage debt than those in 2003
Congressman Wants
To Allow States To Drug Test Food Stamp
Recipients:
. Aderholt argues that the change would
save money. It would also narrow
eligibility for the program for people
who automatically qualify through
federal heating assistance. His office
estimates that the savings would amount
to about $1.2 billion.
Mega Banks Boast
All-Time Record Profits:
After seven years of benefiting from the
greatest transfer of wealth in history,
the U.S. banking industry topped it off
with record profits in 2015. The Great
Fleecing may have reached its height
just as the scheme known as Quantitative
Easing ran out of gas.
John Kasich and
the Clintons Collaborated on Law That
Helped Double Extreme Poverty:
John Kasich, as House Budget Committee
chairman in the 1990s, worked with the
Clintons to roll back welfare programs,
helping double extreme poverty in
America.
Henry Kissinger’s
War Crimes Are Central to the Divide
Between Hillary Clinton and Bernie
Sanders:
Kissinger is an amoral egotist who
enabled dictators, extended the Vietnam
War, laid the path to the Khmer Rouge
killing fields, stage-managed a genocide
in East Timor and overthrew the
democratically elected left-wing
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America’s Endless
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By
Margaret Kimberley |
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America’s grand fantasy
of a Project for a New American Century
has experienced a serious setback.
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Syria crisis plan: Cessation
of hostilities, humanitarian airdrops, peace talks
laid out in Munich:
Russia is counting on the US and other ISSG
countries to put pressure on the Syrian opposition
to cooperate with the UN, Lavrov said.
What Medvedev never said:
Reuters misquotes Russian PM on ‘new world war’:
The report referred to a German translation of his
words, which is incorrect and implies that Russia is
warning that a full-scale war between leading world
powers may be ignited from the Syrian conflict.
Saudi Arabia confirms plans
to send troops to Syria:
Saudi Arabia has confirmed it is planning to deploy
ground troops to Syria "to fight Isis". The
announcement, reported by the Saudi owned news
organisation al-Arabiya, comes after several weeks
of rumours the Gulf state would lead troops in
Syria.
Carter says UAE will put
special forces in Syria:
U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter says a key Persian
Gulf ally has agreed to send special forces soldiers
to Syria to assist in the development of local Sunni
Arab fighters focused on recapturing Raqqa, the
Islamic State group's capital.
Assad vows to retake whole
country, warns could 'take long time':
Speaking Thursday in Damascus, Assad said his armed
forces would try to retake all of Syria "without any
hesitation," but that the involvement of regional
players "means that the solution will take a long
time and will incur a heavy price."
U.S. Allies Now Fighting
CIA-Backed Rebels:
Iraqi militias who once fought ISIS
with U.S. help are now working with Russian and
Iranian forces to crush American-backed rebels in
the strategic Syrian city of Aleppo, two defense
officials said.
China Rules Out Joining
Anti-terrorism Coalitions, Says Helping Iraq:
- China won't take part in any coalition fighting
"terrorist groups" in the Middle East, but will do
its fair share in its own way and is already helping
Iraq, Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Friday.
Russia concerned over
terrorists’ attempts to destabilize Lebanon — Lavrov:
"The Russian side confirmed the consistent line
towards supporting sovereignty, unity and
territorial integrity of Lebanon."
Iraqi PM says has won back
half of IS-held territories:
"The area we have liberated so far is more than half
of what was occupied by Daesh before," he said,
using the Arab term for the militant group.
Yemeni forces kill 20 Saudi soldiers
in Jizan: They were killed
after their attempt to take back the control of the
strategic Jabal al-Doud district of Jizan from
Yemeni forces was thwarted, the ministry said on
Friday.
Palestinian teen faces
indefinite Israeli detention:
Amnesty International is demanding the release of
17-year-old Palestinian Muhammad al-Hashlamoun who
has been sentenced to six months of detention
without charge or trial by Israeli occupation
forces.
36 militants killed in
Afghanistan operations:
At least 36 militants were killed in the past 24
hours as Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF)
carried out military operations in the country, a
Defence Ministry spokesman said on Friday.
At least 27 Boko Haram
fighters killed across border by Cameroon soldiers:
Cameroon soldiers killed at least 27 Boko Haram
fighters after launching a cross-border operation in
the Nigerian locality of Goshi that also resulted in
the death of one soldier, a senior military official
said.
Two U.N. soldiers killed in
Mali attack : Two
United Nations peacekeepers were killed and some 30
wounded Friday when suspected Islamists attacked
their base at Kidal in restive northeastern Mali,
U.N. sources said.
‘Masked gang’ of 7 men
arrested near Calais for attacking Iraqi refugees
with iron bars:
Seven masked men mostly from Calais have been
arrested by French police on suspicion of attacking
Iraqi Kurds with iron bars in a nearby refugee camp.
The victims were reportedly waiting by the road to
board trucks traveling to the UK.
France to evict almost 1,000
migrants from "jungle" near Calais:
France plans to close part of a camp for migrants
near Calais on its northern Channel coast within a
week, forcing almost 1,000 people to leave,
officials said on Friday.
EU is poised to restrict
passport-free travel:
European Union countries are poised
to restrict passport-free travel by invoking an
emergency rule to impose controls at several borders
for two more years because of the migration crisis,
according to EU documents seen by The Associated
Press.
“Cruel” deportations of kids:
U.S. and U.K. are sending child refugees back to
where they may be killed. Human Rights Watch says
the deportations are "cruel" and "disturbing," and
likely violate international law
800 Greek farmers storm
Agriculture Ministry in Athens, police fire tear gas
(VIDEO): Police
in Athens have used tear gas to disperse a rally of
farmers protesting pension austerity measures as
they pelted the Agriculture Ministry with stones. A
larger protest demonstration is due to start later
Friday.
Statement by Swedish Doctors
for Human Rights on Sweden’s rejection of UN ruling
ref. arbitrary detention of Mr Julian Assange:
After nearly six years, all the main deceptions in
the “legal” prosecution initiated by Sweden against
Mr Assange are now widely exposed
Court overturns order keeping
'Fast and Furious' documents secret:
A federal appeals court on Friday overturned a lower
court ruling that kept a lid on a handful of
documents related to a lawsuit from Congress over
the Obama administration’s botched “Fast and
Furious” operation.
Bill introduced to end the
draft: A
bipartisan group of four congressmen introduced a
bill Thursday that would abolish the Selective
Service System, more commonly known as the draft.
DNC rolls back Obama ban on
contributions from federal lobbyists:
The decision was viewed with disappointment Friday
morning by good government activists who saw it as a
step backward in the effort to limit special
interest influence in Washington. Some suggested it
could provide an advantage to Hillary Clinton’s
fundraising efforts.
Sanders calls out Clinton on
taking advice from Henry Kissinger:
Video - At the PBS
NewsHour Democratic Debate Thursday in Milwaukee,
Sen. Bernie Sanders voiced his strong opposition to
Hillary Clinton's relationship with fellow former
Secretary of State Henry Kissinger.
Noam Chomsky Praises Sanders,
But Says Democrats Must Win at All Costs (VIDEO):
Does Noam Chomsky want to see Democratic candidate
Bernie Sanders in the White House come November? Of
the current crop of candidates, Chomsky believes
Bernie Sanders would have the best policies |
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11, 2016
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Are We on the Eve
of War?
Is the US Leading Saudi Arabia
Down the Kuwaiti Invasion Road?
By JC
Collins |
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Except this time the
aerial bombardment will come from
Russian forces and the mop up crew will
consist of Iranian and Hezbollah forces.
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Rumors of War
By
CrossTalk |
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The Pentagon has
requested an unprecedented budget. What
threatens the United States and its
allies the most?
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Report: 11.5% of Syria's
Population Killed or Injured in War:
the number of fatalities caused by war, directly and
indirectly, stands at approximately 470,000—nearly
double the figure of 250,000 used by the United
Nations
22 Daesh Fighters, Including Security
Leader, Killed in Syria - Source:
A Syrian military source said that a Syrian militia
unit has attacked a command post of the Daesh
terrorist group in the city of al-Bukamal near the
border with Iraq.
Kurdish forces said to take
air base near Turkish border:
Kurdish fighters backed by Russian bombing raids
have driven Syrian rebels from a former military air
base near the border with Turkey
Journey to Aleppo: How the
war ripped Syria's biggest city apart:
Peter Oborne speaks to residents of government-held
areas about their fighting for ‘civilisation’ and
latest drive to root out ‘terrorism’ in Syria
Saudi’s decision to send
troops in Syria ‘final’:
Saudi’s decision to send troops to Syria in an
attempt to bolster and toughen efforts against
militants is “final” and “irreversible,” the Saudi
military spokesman announced on Thursday.
Saudi - "It's A Weird Suicide
Mission That Will Have A Very Dark End":
News analysis -
“The Saudis are simply putting
themselves in a very weird position that might have
a very dark end. The worst thing is that the
implications aren’t only going to affect the region,
but world peace.”
Iran reacts to Saudis' offer
of troops in Syria:
To Iran, Saudi Arabia sending troops to Syria is
“suicidal,” at least according to Islamic
Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) commander Mohammad
Ali Jafari, who made the remark Feb. 6
NATO ‘exploring possibility’
of joining anti-is coalition: U.S.:
NATO is considering joining the US-led coalition
fighting ISIS militants in Syria and Iraq, U.S.
Defence Secretary Ashton Carter said Thursday.
Russia makes proposals for
Syria ceasefire, awaits reaction from US - Lavrov:
“We made proposals on implementing a ceasefire,
quite specific ones,” Lavrov said. “We are waiting
for a US response before putting them before the
International Syria Support Group.”
US A-10s bombed city of
Aleppo on Wednesday, shifted blame onto Moscow –
Russian military
: Two US Air Force A-10 warplanes carried out
airstrikes on Aleppo Wednesday, destroying nine
facilities, Russia’s Defense Ministry reported. The
same day, the Pentagon accused Moscow of bombing two
hospitals, despite no Russian flights over the city.
State Department says
Russia's claims of US air strikes in Aleppo are
'false': “Claims
made by Russian officials of US air strikes in
Aleppo are false,” a senior State Department
official said. “There have been no US missions flown
in or around Aleppo today.”
Russia drops aid on besieged
Syrian city:
Russian cargo planes have delivered humanitarian aid
to regime-held neighbourhoods in Syria's eastern
Deir Ezzor city, a monitor said Thursday.
Syria conflict: Rebels 'feel
abandoned' by Britain and US:
A senior rebel commander inside Aleppo says his
fighters felt abandoned by countries such as Britain
and the United States.
Watch: Military Review -
Syria & Iraq:
Video - The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and local
militias liberated the town of Bashoura in the
Northern part of Latakia province on Feb.8. The SAA
also purged terrorists from the town of al-Hour town
and deployed the force in the suburbs of
al-Raqaqieh.
Speaking from cloud cuckoo land:
Hollande calls for Russia to halt action that
supports Assad:
"We need to ensure that Bashar al-Assad leaves power
and at the moment, helped by the Russians, he is
massacring some of his own people"
22 ISIS members killed, 2
booby-trapped vehicles destructed west of Ramadi:
– On Thursday the Shiekh of Albu Nimr tribe in Anbar
Province Naeem al-Kaoud announced, that 22 members
of the so-called ISIS were killed and 2
booby-trapped vehicles were destructed in an
operation west of Ramadi.
2 people killed, 7 wounded in
bomb blast in Latifiya area south of Baghdad:
“A bomb exploded,
this morning, near a popular market in Latifiya area
south of Baghdad, killing two people and wounding
seven others.”
Abadi says Kurdistan is part
of Iraq, telling Kurds not to hold referendum:
Kurdistan Region—Iraqi
Prime Minister Haider Abadi urges Kurdish leaders
not to go ahead with their planned independence
referendum, saying the Kurdistan Region is part of
Iraq and should remain so.
Clashes between Yemen forces,
Qaeda kill six
The operation was part of a bid to drive the
militants out of the city. Four members of one
family were killed when a rocket hit their house in
the neighbourhood of Kabouta near Mansura, a
relative said.
At least three Saudi soldiers
killed in Yemeni attack:
At least three Saudi soldiers have been killed by
Yemeni forces in Saudi Arabia’s southwestern Asir
region in an attack that came after a series of
airstrikes.
Masked gunmen kill 3 Yemeni
soldiers in Aden:
Masked gunmen suspected of belonging to Al-Qaeda
killed three Yemeni soldiers in Aden Thursday in the
latest attack to target security forces in the
southern city, an official said.
Saudi warns U.N., aid workers
to leave rebel-held areas in Yemen:
It was not immediately clear why Saudi Arabia issued
the warning and how many aid groups aside from the
United Nations, received the note. The Saudi U.N.
mission was not immediately available for comment.
Palestinians Tell Oscar
Nominees to Ditch Israel 'Propaganda' Trip:
Palestinian human rights activists demanded
Wednesday that Oscar nominees refuse to accept
Israeli travel vouchers included in a gift bag worth
tens of thousands of dollars.
Afghan policeman opens fire
on colleagues, kills 4”:
An Afghan official says that a policeman in the
southern province of Kandahar has killed four of his
colleagues and wounded another seven. Zia Durrani,
spokesman for the provincial police, said Thursday
the rogue policeman was shot dead by another
officer.
Nato orders fleet to deploy
in Aegean Sea:
The Nato fleet is being deployed to the Aegean Sea
immediately in a bid to end the flow of refugees
crossing the sea into Europe from Turkey.
NATO agrees on stronger
eastern flank against Russia:
The broad plan foresees multinational forces
stationed in eastern NATO countries on a rotational
basis while a larger, rapid-response contingent
would be available upon short notice from elsewhere
in Europe.
Soros: 'Putin aims at EU
disintegration, threat from Russia bigger than from
jihadi attacks':
American and EU leaders are making a "grievous
error" by taking Russian President Vladimir Putin
for their ally in the fight against Islamic State,
billionaire investor George Soros has stated.
Putin’s real aim is the EU’s disintegration, Soros
alleged.
IMF agrees in principle on
roadmap of reforms with Ukraine - Lagarde:
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has reached an
agreement in principle with Ukraine on a roadmap of
reforms aimed to ensure the further financial
support to the ailing Ukrainian economy, IMF
Managing Director Christine Lagarde said on
Wednesday
10 Secret CIA Prisons You Do
Not Want To Visit:
These secret prisons, dotted all over the world,
might just be the most terrifying places on Earth.
Over 50 Killed in Mexican
Prison Riot:
Fifty-two people died after clashes broke out in the
Topo Chico jail in Monterrey in Nuevo Leon state,
according to the local government, via a Twitter
post.Nuevo Leon officials also said that a further
12 had been wounded with five of those in critical
conditions.
Investors 'go bananas' for
gold bars as global stock markets tumble:
Bullion dealers report record sales as buyers "queue
round the block" to purchase the precious metal
"Bloodbath" In Black Gold -
Crude Spreads To 5 Year Lows:
The canary in the coalmine of an increasingly
desperate energy industry just croaked. With
"unusual timing" and at "distressed prices," Reuters
reports that Phillips 66 - the major US refiner
owned by Warren Buffett - dumped crude oil for
immediate delivery into Cushing storage
“Worse than 2008”: World’s
Largest Container Carrier on the Slowdown in Global
Trade: The
world’s largest container shipping company is owned
by Danish conglomerate AP Møller-Maersk. The
conglomerate reported fourth quarter earnings today.
And they were a doozie.
Shares plunge on global
growth, bank fears; U.S. yields fall:
Stock indexes worldwide stumbled on Thursday on
fears over the health of the global economy, with
banking shares slumping on both sides of the
Atlantic, while safe-haven 10-year Treasury yields
hit their lowest since 2012.
The world can't afford
another financial crash – it could destroy
capitalism as we know it:
A new economic crisis would trigger a political
backlash in Britain, Europe and the United States
which could drag us all down into poverty
A half million or more due to
lose food samps:
About 45 percent are women and close to one-third
are over 40 years old. Among those who report their
race, about half are white, a third are African
American, and a tenth are Hispanic.
Snyder ordered DEQ to
withhold Flint lead test results, emails claim:
Local health officials say the governor and the
Michigan Department of Environmental Quality
withheld lead testing results, including results
from a Flint elementary school, while the agency
discussed the best way to present the information to
the public.
New York Police Are Using
Covert Cellphone Trackers, Civil Liberties Group
Says: “When local
law enforcement agencies acquire invasive
surveillance technologies like StingRays,
communities should have the right to know basic
information about what kind of surveillance powers
those technologies give to the government and how
those devices will be used.”
Oregon Standoff Officially
Ends After Lone Holdout David Fry Surrenders:
The final occupier of a remote federal property in
Oregon surrendered to law enforcement Thursday,
ending a nearly six-week standoff that tore apart a
rural community, captivated a national audience and
left one militant dead.
Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio Are
Not Latino Leaders:
The problem with promoting Cruz and Rubio as “Latino
leaders” is that they have turned their backs on the
Latino community with their policy positions.
Ted Cruz campaign defends
pastor who said God will send hunters for Jews:
The Anti-Defamation League and National Jewish
Democratic Council both called on Cruz to clarify
his opinion on Bickle’s views.
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Nearly every western country has an Israel lobby
By Philip Giraldi |
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The
fact is that in terms of systematic human rights
violations Israel is something beyond an
apartheid state.
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The Return Of Crisis
Suddenly
banks everywhere are in deep, deep trouble
By Chris Martenson |
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Remember, if you're not at the table, you're on
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Russian-backed Aleppo offensive kills
5 hundred: Pro-rebel monitor says:
The Observatory said that among those killed are "89
civilians, including 23 children, 143 pro-government
fighters, 274 rebels and foreign fighters".
Kurds attack Syrian air base held by
insurgents: Kurdish
fighters helped by Russian airstrikes launched an attack in
northern Syria Wednesday in an attempt to capture a military
air base held by Syrian insurgents
U.S. officials: Russian airstrikes
have changed ‘calculus completely’ in Syria:
The assessment amounts to an acknowledgment by U.S. spy
agencies that Russian airstrikes have derailed the Obama
administration’s aims of pushing Assad aside as part of a
political settlement to the nearly five-year old conflict.
Saudis discuss plans to deploy ground
troops in Syria: The
Financial Times reports that Saudi Arabia is discussing
plans to deploy ground troops with regional allies,
including Turkey, for a safe zone in Syria, in a last-ditch
effort to keep alive a rebellion at risk of collapse
Syria invasion plan? Turkey will
defend its ‘Aleppo brothers,’ says PM Davutoglu
: Turkish PM Ahmet Davutoglu
pledged to return a “historical debt” to Turkey’s “Aleppo
brothers” who helped defend the country in the early 20th
century, just days after Russia warned of Ankara’s
intentions to invade Syria
ISIS leaders remain in close contact
with Ankara – Lavrov: The
leaders of Islamic State maintain a constant liaison with
the Turkish government, working out a new approach to the
war in Syria as the Russian Air Force cuts off traditional
smuggling routes, says Russian Foreign Minister Sergey
Lavrov.
Turkish soldier killed in Syria
border clash with Kurdish rebels: army:
One Turkish soldier was killed and another wounded in
clashes with Kurdish rebels trying to cross the border from
Syria into southeast Turkey, the military said on Wednesday.
Turkey's Erdogan chastises U.S. over
support for Syrian Kurds:
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan upbraided the United States
for its support of Syrian Kurdish rebels on Wednesday,
saying Washington's inability to grasp their true nature had
turned the region into a "sea of blood".
Iraq: Turkish warplanes shell
Kurdistan Workers’ Party north of Duhok:
“This morning, Turkish warplanes shelled the border areas in
al-Emadiya District in Duhok Province for nearly an hour.”
“The bombardment targeted the headquarters of Kurdistan
Workers Party but the losses are still unidentified.”
ISIL suicide car bombers kill at
least 27 Iraqi soldiers :
Wednesday's attacks on Iraqi army positions in Al-Awasil
village, 35km west of Ramadi, also wounded 16 military
personnel, army sources told Al Jazeera.
20 ISIS fighters killed in coalition
bombardment in central Mosul:
“The international coalition aviation bombarded, before noon
today, headquarters belonging to ISIS near Salam Hospital in
al-Wahda neighbourhood in central Mosul, killing 20 ISIS
fighters.”
Operation to retake Mosul has already
started, says US envoy:
He added, “The operation is a major challenge, especially
because about one million people live in Mosul,” pointing
out that, “The coalition forces is holding consultations to
coordinate with Peshmerga as well as Sunni forces as part of
the preparations to attack ISIS inside Mosul
Yemeni rocket attack kills six Saudi
soldiers: Six Saudi
soldiers were killed in a retaliatory rocket attack Tuesday
by fighters from the Houthi Ansarullah movement of Yemen and
allied military units.
‘Blackwater Mercenaries’ Are Fighting
For Saudi Arabia In Yemen:
Saudi Arabia has been using paid mercenaries from around the
world to gain a competitive edge in it's failing offensive
in Yemen
16-year-old Palestinian shot dead
during clashes in Hebron's al-Arrub camp:
Israeli army spokesperson said " Israeli soldiers "spotted a
number of boys throwing stones at Israeli vehicles," adding
that "the soldiers responded with riot dispersal means and
shot one of the demonstrators with live fire."
Israel to 'close and confiscate'
homes of 4 teens accused of stone throwing attacks:
The families said the decision to kick them out of their
homes is unfair, particularly because the Israeli court has
yet to reach a final judgement in the case of the four
teens. The families added that the move amounted to
collective punishment.
Bernie Sanders and the question of
Palestine: It is worth
examining his record on Palestine and the Israelis, how his
views have shifted and what we might expect from him as he
attempts to broaden his appeal.
Iran Publishes Pictures of Captured
U.S. Sailors Crying: The
new photographs come on the heels of another set of pictures
that showed Iranian military forces detaining the U.S.
sailors at gun point and forcing them to place their hands
upon their heads while kneeling on a ship.
Female suicide bombers kill over 60
people in northeast Nigeria: officials:
Two female suicide bombers killed more than 60 people at a
camp for people displaced by an insurgency of the jihadist
Boko Haram group in the northeast Nigerian town of Dikwa,
military and emergency officials said on Wednesday.
At least 50 killed in armed clashes
in Libya’s southern city of Al Kufra:
Armed clashes in Libya’s southeastern city of Al Kufra on
Tuesday resulted in the deaths of at least 50 people and
injury to more than 15 others, a member of the parallel
General National Congress representing the city of Al Kufra,
Sanussi Al Gummi said here.
Obama “on verge of” launching another
bombing campaign in Libya:
The notion that the U.S. is considering another bombing
campaign in Libya in order to fight ISIS is almost laughably
ludicrous, because it was in fact the first U.S.-backed
bombing campaign in Libya that brought ISIS into the North
African nation in the first place.
At least six dead in Cameroon double
suicide attack: Security sources:
The two female bombers blew themselves up at 6:20 am, just
when people who had spent the night there were preparing for
a meal, according to security sources.
Afghan policeman killed in firefight
with NATO troops: The
incident erupted on Tuesday when the police officer opened
fire on a Nato delegation at the entrance of Afghanistan’s
ministry of commerce and industries, the ministry said in
statement.
3 People Killed by Land Mine in
Eastern Ukraine: Three
people were killed Wednesday morning in eastern Ukraine when
a bus hit a land mine in a no man's land between separatist
rebels and government troops.
IMF warns Ukraine it will halt $40bn
bailout unless corruption stops:
“I am concerned about Ukraine’s slow progress in improving
governance and fighting corruption, and reducing the
influence of vested interests in policymaking,” she said.
Germany Asks Ukraine to Boost Debt
Terms : The Finance
Ministry in Berlin, which is mediating talks between the two
former-Soviet neighbors over the debt, is urging Ukraine to
compromise, according a person with knowledge of the
negotiations
Turkish Aircraft Violate Greek
Airspace - Reports:
Turkish aircraft entered Greek airspace in the northeastern
part of the Aegean Sea without Athens' permission, the
Ekathimerini newspaper reported Tuesday, citing country's
military authorities.
Poland, courting NATO, plans to boost
Middle East military involvement:
Poland signaled on Tuesday its willingness to play a more
active role in tackling the Middle East security crisis, in
an apparent attempt to persuade its NATO allies in return to
boost their presence in eastern Europe.
Deutsche Bank is at a record low and
investors are once again scared of European banks:
Beyond just Deutsche Bank, investors are expressing clear
concern about Europe's banking system once again.
UK Capital 'Global Center' for Money
Laundering: "So I think
if you want to launder money, London has virtually got
everything."
How did Iceland clean up its banks?:
Unlike other Western economies, the Icelandic government let
its three major banks - Kaupthing, Glitnir and Landsbankinn
- fail and went after reckless bankers. Many senior
executives have
Australia Admits Recent Stellar Job
Numbers Were Cooked: Two
months ago the Australian media, which unlike its US
counterpart refuses to be spoon fed ebullient economic
propaganda, called bullshit on the spectacular October job
numbers, when instead of adding 15,000 jobs as consensus
expected, Australia's Bureau of Statistics reported that a
whopping 58,600 jobs had been added.
Peter Schiff warns U.S. economy
heading into recession as debt soars, bank stocks collapse:
The Federal Reserve will slash interest rates and the United
States economy is on the cusp of a recession, says Peter
Schiff, president and CEO of Euro Pacific Capital, in a new
YouTube video.
Professor Who Exposed Flint Crisis
Says Greed Has Killed Public Science:
“Academic research and scientists in this country are no
longer deserving of the public trust,” declared Marc
Edwards, the Virginia Tech civil engineering professor who
helped expose the Flint water crisis.
HSBC Bank Sued By Families Of US
Citizens Killed By Mexican Drug Cartels After Money
Laundering Probe: HSBC
Holdings PLC has been sued by families of American citizens
killed in Mexico, who alleged that the bank helped drug
cartels launder money to run their businesses and thus, can
be held responsible for the deaths, reports said Tuesday.
Payday Lender Moseley Indicted for
Wire Fraud, Other Charges:
A payday lender who allegedly exploited more than 620,000
poor people in the U.S. by charging interest rates of more
than 700 percent was indicted in New York on charges
including collection of unlawful debts and wire fraud.
Trump, Sanders Sweep to Victory in
New Hampshire Primaries;
Kasich Second: Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Bernie
Sanders swept to convincing victories in the New Hampshire
primaries on Tuesday night
Sanders clobbers Clinton in New
Hampshire: Bernie Sanders
thrashed Hillary Clinton in the New Hampshire primary
Tuesday, an emphatic early triumph for a populist campaign
long dismissed as an afterthought in the Democratic
presidential primary.
How Bernie Sanders' Grassroots
Fundraising Machine Is Defying the 2016 "Billionaire
Primary": While rallying
against a corrupt campaign finance system and a "rigged"
economy on the campaign trail, Bernie Sanders raked in
nearly 3.25 million individual campaign contributions
Assange: Vote for Hillary Clinton is
‘vote for endless, stupid war' which spreads terrorism:
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has spoken out against US
presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, calling her a “war
hawk with bad judgment” who gets an “emotional rush out of
killing people.”
Chris Christie to end presidential
campaign: After a sixth
place finish in New Hampshire's Republican primary on
Tuesday, Chris Christie is calling it quits.
Carly Fiorina Suspends Campaign for
President: Former
Hewlett-Packard executive Carly Fiorina announced Wednesday
she will suspend her campaign after disappointing showings
in the two opening contests of the GOP presidential primary.
The Legitimacy of American Democracy:
Video - Former Attorney General Questions the Legitimacy of
American Democracy, Points to Roadblocks Against Full
Participation of Voters and Candidates as Well as Lack of
Information and the Dominance of the Wealthy |
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Ted Cruz PsyOp
By
Thierry Meyssan |
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A team specialised in
psychological operations is attempting
to fabricate a candidate for the US
Presidential elections and win him a
home in the White House.
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34 militants killed in
airstrikes in Iraq:
At lest 34 Islamic State militants were killed in
air strikes by Iraqi and US-led coalition aircraft
and artillery shelling in Iraq's western province of
Anbar, a provincial security source told Xinhua.
Iraq says it fully recaptured
Ramadi from ISIS:
Iraqi government forces have regained full control
of Ramadi after pushing ISIS fighters out of the
city’s outskirts, according to Iraqi security forces
and the U.S.-led coalition. The announcement, comes
more than a month after Ramadi was first declared
liberated in December
How Canada will expand its
involvement in Iraq while halting its air war:
Under the new plan, the number of Canadian troops in
Iraq will be increased from 669, including 69
military advisers, up to 830 with about 210 military
advisers. Canada also will provide more than $1.1
billion in assistance over the next three years.
ISIS imposes curfew on
residents of Fallujah, Anbar:
“ISIS imposed the curfew after a group of youths had
raised the Iraqi flag on the top of one of the
bridges in the city.”
Nine killed in ISIS Damascus
car bombing: A
suicide car bombing killed nine people Tuesday at a
police officer's club in the Syrian capital, an
activist said, in an attack claimed by the ISIS
group.
3 Killed As MSF-Supported
Hospital Hit by Airstrikes in Southern Syria:
The strike
damaged part of the hospital building itself and
incapacitated its heavily used ambulance service. In
fear for their lives, more than 20,000 people from
the town of Tafas fled to the surrounding
countryside.
Mass deaths in Syrian jails
amount to crime of 'extermination': U.N.:
Detainees held by the Syrian government are being
killed on a massive scale amounting to a state
policy of "extermination" of the civilian
population, a crime against humanity, United Nations
investigators said on Monday.
Syria says aims to control
border with Turkey, recapture Aleppo:
Damascus aims to secure Syria's border with Turkey
and recapture the city of Aleppo with its latest
military offensive, a top adviser to President
Bashar al-Assad said on Tuesday.
Lavrov: U.S. considering
Russian proposal on Syria:
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on
Tuesday Russia had proposed a “concrete” plan to
resolve the Syria crisis to the United States, RIA
news agency reported.
Saudi Arabia Prepares To Send
Special Forces To Syria; Will Fight As Part Of
"US-Led Coalition":
Not only is Saudi Arabia ready to send a special
force to fight in Syria, but that this deployment
was proposed by the US, which would oversee the
Saudi troops as part of the US-led coalition in
Syria.
U.S. urges "partners" to do
more in Islamic State war
: The Obama administration likes to
tout its coalition of 66 nations and claim strength
in numbers. But a year and a half into the war, some
administration officials are acknowledging that this
supposed source of strength has its own weaknesses.
The Guardian: Scary Things to
Happen to Europe If Putin Takes Aleppo:
Do yourself a favor and read the piece "What happens
next in Aleppo will shape Europe’s future"
Turkish soldier killed in
operations against PKK militants:
A Turkish soldier was killed and three wounded on
Tuesday in clashes between security forces and the
outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in the
southeastern town of Cizre, the military said.
Turkey summons US ambassador
over State Dept comments on Syria Kurds: reports:
State Department spokesman John Kirby angered Ankara
by saying that Washington did not consider the main
Syrian Kurdish party to be a terrorist organisation.
Yemen clashes kill 6,
including 4 family members:
Forces loyal to Hadi laid siege early on Tuesday to
Aden's central Mansura district and clashed with
militants, while coalition Apache helicopters
provided air cover, security officials in the city
said.
Child soldiers make up a
third of Yemeni fighters, says Unicef:
A Saudi airstrike hit a truck loaded with cereal in
the Hidan district of the province of Sa'ada on
Tuesday, killing at least two people, according to a
Press TV correspondent. In the Ibb province, at
least three people were killed in Saudi air raids.
Yemeni children saluting
during a military celebration in Sana'a Corbis:
Children as young as 14 are fighting on the front
line, according to a Unicef report to be formally
published today, which says that both the Houthis
and the government have gone back on pledges to the
UN that they would end the practice.
Palestinian government says
willing to step down for unity:
Tuesday's new declaration of a willingness to
resign, coming after two days of talks between Fatah
and Hamas in the Qatari capital Doha, was not the
first time the government has proposed such a move.
At least 21 Hutus killed in
'alarming' east Congo violence: U.N.:
At least 21 people were killed, 40 wounded and
dozens of houses burned in weekend attacks aimed at
Hutus in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the
United Nations said on Monday, expressing alarm at
rising ethnic violence.
Sudanese Jihadist killed in
eastern Libya: A
Sudanese member of the Islamic State (ISIS) has been
killed by the forces of the Shura council of the
Derna revolutionaries in Libya, a group close to
Al-Qaeda group.
Manufacturing Consent for further
attacks on Libya?
ISIS-linked fighters seizing
oil-rich land in Libya:
As ISIS forces lose ground in Iraq and Syria,
fighters loyal to the group have seized territory in
oil-rich Libya, levying taxes at gunpoint and
creating sanctuaries to launch possible attacks in
North Africa and Europe, U.S. officials say.
Obama 'on the verge of taking
action' in Libya, Corker says:
Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) declined to describe what
kind of action the White House was considering or to
put a time-frame on it.
Pentagon seeks funding for
military operations in Libya, Africa:
The Pentagon is seeking $200 million in the 2017
budget for counterterrorism operations in Libya and
other portions of North and West Africa, as the
Islamic State threat in that region continues to
grow.
Afghanistan:15 insurgents
killed in joint air strike:
At least 15 Taliban insurgents have been killed in a
joint Afghan and foreign troops air strike in
southern Helmand province in Afghanistan.
US to send reinforcements to
aid Afghans in embattled province:
The United States is set to send additional troops
to Afghanistan’s embattled southern Helmand province
in a bid to bolster local forces that have struggled
to fend off persistent Taliban assaults, officials
said Tuesday.
Senior Afghan Taliban member
dies in Pakistan: Sources:
A senior Afghan Taliban member has died in Pakistan
after an illness, militant sources said Tuesday,
potentially embarassing Islamabad which denies
harbouring the insurgent group's leadership on its
soil.
NATO & European leaders whip
up hysteria over ‘myth’ of nuclear threat from
Russia – Lavrov :
The 28-member trans-Atlantic military block, along
with a number of European countries, is
intentionally hyping up the “myth” that Russia
allegedly poses a so-called “threat” to Sweden and
the Baltic states, Russia’s Foreign Minister said.
Moscow shared MH17 radar
images, Dutch probe ignored evidence, Russia tells
victims’ relatives:
Moscow provided the Netherlands with radar and other
data on the MH17 crash but it has all been ignored,
a Russian aviation official said, responding to the
relatives of Dutch victims who recently wrote to
President Vladimir Putin.
Erdogan threatened to ‘open
doors to Greece and Bulgaria’ and flood EU with
migrants – report:
"We can open the doors to Greece and Bulgaria
anytime and we can put the refugees on buses,”
Erdogan was quoted as telling European Commission
President Jean-Claude Juncker and European Council
President Donald Tusk
Varoufakis: Fences and
Borders are not the Solution
: Video - Yanis Varoufakis is
starting a cross-border movement for democracy in
Europe
UN Ruling on Assange Exposes
UK Lawlessness:
News analysis - The Assange situation has long been
a farce but now a ruling of the United Nations has
been permitted to become a political football. This
way utter lawlessness lies
Pentagon Releases 198 Abuse
Photos in Long-Running Lawsuit. What They Don’t Show
Is a Bigger Story.:
Today, after more than a decade of legal battles and
stonewalling, the Department of Defense released 198
photos relating to prisoner abuse by U.S. military
personnel in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Hacker fulfills threat to
dump data on 20K FBI agents:
An anonymous hacker on Monday made good on his
threat to post the details of 20,000 FBI employees
online, less than 24 hours after he dumped the data
for 10,000 Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
personnel.
European Sovereign Risk Soars
As Bank Contagion Spreads:
The ECB's "whatever it takes" ponzi strategy of
keeping the dream alive in Europe's financial system
has finally been caught as rapid collapse in the
banking system is contagiously spreading to
peripheral sovereigns once again.
World's Negative-Yielding
Bond Pile Tops $7 Trillion: Chart:
A negative yield means investors
who buy the debt now and hold to maturity will
receive less than they paid.
A new stage in the global
economic breakdown:
The economic breakdown that began in 2008 has
entered a new and explosive stage.
Jim Rogers Warns: “Most
People Are Going To Suffer The Next Time Around”:
Investors around the world are realizing that the
jig is up. Stocks are over bloated and central banks
will have little choice but to take action again.
Cops Recording Your Every
Move For 10 Weeks Doesn't Violate The Constitution:
A federal appeals court on Monday ruled it is not
unconstitutional for law enforcement to set up a
camera on a public utility pole and record a
suspect's moves for 10 weeks straight.
Bush Calls For Race ‘Reset’
In N.H. Primary:
Former Florida governor Jeb Bush, who has staked his
flagging presidential bid on a strong performance in
this first-in-the-nation primary state, called
Monday for New Hampshire voters to “reset” the race.
What Clinton said in her paid
speeches:
Recalled one attendee: 'She sounded more like a
Goldman Sachs managing director.'
While Trump and Sanders smell
victory, Hillary Clinton contemplates humilation:
Hillary Clinton is running on one issue: Hillary
Clinton. Unfortunately, very few Americans like
Hillary Clinton.
Overwhelming Majority of
Americans Believe that Both Parties Are Too Corrupt
to Change Anything …:
Why Americans Are Backing Trump and Sanders Over the
Mainstream Candidates Backed By the Political
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By Andre
Vltchek
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It
is not only the United States, but also
Europe, which is totally, blissfully
ignorant about its role in the world,
about the horrors that it is spreading
all over our Planet.
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Iraq: ISIS executes 300
police and army personnel, civil activists in Mosul:
On Sunday, al-Hashd al-Shaabi media official Mahmoud
al-Sourji announced, that the so-called ISIS
executed more than 300 persons in Mosul, while
pointed out that the executed people were police and
army personnel, as well as civil activists.
Security forces fully
liberate Juwiba, raise Iraqi flag over its buildings:
“The area is currently under the control of the
security forces, after the killing of dozens of ISIS
members,”
Six ISIS elements killed in
armed clashes in the center of Fallujah:
“Armed clashes erupted between the tribal fighters
and ISIS members in Nazran District in the center of
Fallujah,” adding that, “The clashes resulted in the
killing of six members of ISIS and seizing their
weapons and communication devices.”
Three British troops injured
in covert operation in Iraq
: The injured men were from the SAS and SBS units
and were taking part in a 25-strong allied special
forces patrol in northern Iraq when they came under
fire by 30 Islamic State fighters in armoured
Humvees stolen from the Iraqi army.
Iraq deploying thousands of
troops to retake Mosul:
ISIS seized Mosul in June 2014 and except for
airstrikes has held Iraq's second city largely
unopposed for more than 18 months as the country's
security forces battled the jihadis in other areas.
Canada to end bombing
missions in Iraq and Syria:
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on
Monday Canada would pull out six jets that have been
bombing targets in Iraq and Syria, ending Canada's
controversial combat role in the effort against
Islamic State.
At least 35 Syrian gov't
fighters killed in ambush near Damascus:
At least 35 Syrian government troops and militant
supporters died Sunday in an ambush by rebel forces
in the Tell Suan zone, on the outskirts of Damascus.
Russian airstrikes kill 10
civilians in Aleppo:
Ibrahim Laith, official of Syrian Civil Defense in
the city, told Anadolu Agency that Russian warplanes
hit districts of Aleppo – including al-Salihin,
al-Hallok and al-Kellese – controlled by the Syrian
opposition.
Russian firepower helps
Syrian forces edge towards Turkey border:
The Syrian army advanced towards the Turkish border
Monday in a major offensive backed by Russia and
Iran that rebels say now threatens the future of
their nearly five-year-old insurrection against
President Bashar Assad.
Syria Troops Make More Gains
in Aleppo, Near Turkish Border:
Syrian army troops recaptured a new village north of
Aleppo Monday, bringing troops and allied militiamen
to within a few kilometers of the Turkish border as
part of a major Russian-backed offensive in the
area, the Syrian government and opposition activists
said.
Saudi Arabia, Turkey Pushed
Syrian Opposition to Leave Talks:
The Syrian opposition abruptly withdrew from peace
talks in Geneva this week under pressure from Saudi
Arabia and Turkey, two of the main backers of the
rebels, according to diplomats and at least a
half-dozen opposition figures.
Moscow slams UN chief for
Syria comments:
The Russian foreign ministry on Monday criticised UN
Secretary General Ban Ki-moon over his claim that
Russian air strikes in Syria had undermined last
week's peace talks to end the country's five-year
war.
Russian air strikes in Syria
'good thing': Del Ponte:
Former war crimes prosecutor Carla Del Ponte, who is
currently probing rights abuses in Syria, on Monday
backed Russia's air strikes on "terrorist groups" in
the war-torn country.
Saudis provide cover for
Turkey to start military operation in Syria:
Saudi Arabia and Turkey cannot allow Assad’s army to
push militants away from the province of Latakia.
This would mean a serious defeat for Riyadh and
Ankara, which they cannot accept.
UAE says it's prepared to
send ground forces to Syria:
Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Anwar Gargash
made the comments in the federal capital of Abu
Dhabi, days after Saudi Arabia said it is ready to
deploy ground forces if leaders of the U.S.-led
international coalition fighting the group call for
it.
Bahrain FM denies report it
will commit ground forces to Syria:
Earlier on Monday, REU, quoting Bahraini ambassador
to Britain Sheikh Fawaz bin Mohammed al-Khalifa
reported that Bahrain would commit troops to operate
"in concert with the Saudis" under what he called
the international coalition against terrorism.
War games in Middle East
could prepare UK for ‘potential’ Russian war with
NATO – report:
The British Army is to deploy 1,600 troops in Jordan
to take part in war games which could be preparation
for a potential ‘confrontation’ between Russia and
NATO member countries in Eastern Europe
Syria Threatens Saudi Arabia,
Bahrain: Foreign Troops on Our Soil Would Return 'In
Coffins': Syria
will resist any ground incursion into its territory
and send the aggressors home "in coffins", its
foreign minister said on Saturday, in comments
clearly aimed at Sunni Arab countries that have said
they were ready to join such an operation.
Turkish forces kill 60 in
Kurdish Cizre raid – reports
: Around 60 people have reportedly
been killed in the basement of a building in the
southeastern Kurdish town of Cizre in a military
raid which, according to state media, was conducted
in order to neutralize PKK terrorists.
Erdogan: US Should Choose
Between Turkey, Kurdish Forces:
Turkey's president lashed out at the United States a
week after President Barack Obama's envoy visited a
northern Syrian town that is under the control of
Syrian Kurdish forces, which Ankara considers
terrorists.
Aleppo: Germany and Turkey
come up with a 10-point action plan:
It includes UN-level negotiations with Russia about
its military action in Syria, the deployment of
humanitarian aid from Germany to the Syrian border
and a boost in support for the EU border agency
Frontex.
Al-Qaeda militants battle
each other in southern Yemen:
Al-Qaeda militants battled each other on Monday in a
southern Yemeni city controlled by the group, in
what appeared to be an internal power struggle that
erupted after a senior militant was killed in a U.S.
drone strike.
The forgotten crisis of
Yemen’s millions on brink of starvation:
As the world focuses on Madaya in Syria, the UN says
Yemeni civilians are being starved as a tactic of
war
Obama Says the US and Italy
Are Working Together in Libya:
President Barack Obama says the United States is
working with Italy to push back against efforts by
the Islamic State group to gain a foothold in Libya.
ISIS claims car bomb blast in
Saudi capital: An
explosion damaged a car in the Saudi capital Riyadh
on Monday, the Saudi Press Agency reported, an
incident the Islamic State militant group said was
caused by a bomb one of its members had affixed to
the vehicle.
Israel demolishes Palestinian
houses, leave 100 homeless:
Palestinian villagers in a remote corner of the
occupied West Bank are bracing themselves for more
demolitions this week, just days after Israeli army
bulldozers left more than a hundred people homeless.
At least 15 killed in clashes
between armed groups in eastern DRCongo: authorities:
At least 15 people have been killed in clashes
between armed groups in eastern Democratic Republic
of Congo (DRC), in a region that has been the scene
of heightened ethnic tensions in recent weeks, local
authorities said Monday.
Unidentified aircraft bombs
kill three in Libya - Witness:
At least three people were killed when a yet-to- be-
identified aircraft carried out an air strike on the
Libyan city of Derna on Sunday, an eye-witness in
the city and a local television station reported.
40,000 starving to death as
S.Sudan teeters on famine: UN:
The figures released in a UN report describe some of
the worst conditions yet in more than two years of a
civil war marked by atrocities and accusations of
war crimes, including the blockading of food
supplies.
Suicide bombers in
Afghanistan kill nine, wound 23:
Two suicide bombers targeting Afghan government and
military employees killed at least nine people on
Monday and wounded 23, officials said.
Three Afghan soldiers killed
in suicide bombing:
An official says at least three Afghan soldiers have
been killed in a suicide bomb attack on an army
minibus near their base in northern Balkh province.
NATO plans biggest build-up
against Russia since the Cold War:
Backed by an increase in U.S. military spending,
NATO is planning its biggest build-up in Eastern
Europe since the Cold War to "deter Russia"
At least 33 refugees drown
off Turkish coast:
At least 33 refugees drowned off Turkey's Aegean
coast as they tried to reach a Greek island, and a
search and rescue operation was under way for the
remaining passengers.
Disregard for UN ruling on
Julian Assange's detention will be a blow to human
rights: Sweden
and Britain ignore the UN's landmark opinion on the
detention of Julian Assange at their peril, writes
Melinda Taylor.
New Docs Throw Doubt on
Julian Assange Rape Charges in Stockholm:
As UN rules Wikileaks founder was 'arbitrarily
detained,' he stands accused by two Swedish women—is
the whole thing just Nordic neurosis?
Why the Assange ruling is not
‘ridiculous’: News analysis
- Swedish judges think the prosecutor
is behaving unreasonably too.
Jim Hightower: What Really
Poisoned the Water in Flint, Michigan:
Flint reveals that there is a much deeper
contamination poisoning our country's political
morals.
‘I’d bring back a hell of a
lot worse than waterboarding’ – Trump at debates:
The Republican
debates have wrapped up in New Hampshire, with some
formidable bickering, topped by poll leader Donald
Trump’s comment that he would “bring back a hell of
a lot worse than waterboarding.”
Ron Paul Slams Cruz And
Hillary: They Are Both "Owned By Goldman":
Surprisingly, the elder Paul seemed more attracted
to the views of Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, who is
giving Hillary Clinton a run for her money in the
Democratic primary.
Massive Donations From Israel
Supporter Follow Clinton’s Pledge to Fight BDS:
Israel supporter Haim Saban is spending millions of
dollars to put Hillary Clinton in the White House
after Clinton reiterated a promise to use her
influence to oppose a growing campaign to temper
Israeli militancy through boycotts, divestments and
sanctions.
War criminal endorses war criminal:
Albright: 'special place in
hell' for women who don't support Clinton:
Former secretary of state Madeleine Albright
introduced Hillary Clinton at an event in New
Hampshire on Saturday, telling the crowd and voters
in general: “There’s a special place in hell for
women who don’t help each other!” |
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Clashes north of Aleppo kill
120 Syrian govt, rebel fighters: pro-rebel activists:
More than 120 members of Syrian government forces
and rebels were killed Friday in heavy fighting for
a town north of Aleppo city, the Syrian Observatory
for Human Rights said.
Syrian army, allies seize
town in southern province Deraa:
Al Manar, monitor: Syrian government forces and
allied fighters seized the town of Ataman near Deraa
city on Friday, Hezbollah's Al Manar television and
a Syrian monitoring group said, building on gains
made last week in the southern province.
Air strikes worsen Syria's
humanitarian situation:
Scores believed killed in Russian attacks and
residents starve to death in besieged areas while
peace talks break down.
Syrians mass on Turkish
border as government advances:
Thousands of Syrians were stuck on the Turkish
border Friday after fleeing a major regime offensive
backed by Russia near Aleppo where a new
humanitarian disaster appeared to be unfolding.
Turkey Planning Military
Invasion in Syria - Russian Defense Ministry:
What is happening on the Turkish-Syrian border gives
grounds to think that Turkey is preparing a military
invasion in Syria, Russian Defense Ministry
spokesman Igor Konashenkov said.
US claims credit:
New U.S. intelligence report
says Islamic State weaker:
U.S. officials cited factors such as battlefield
casualties and desertions to explain the roughly 20
percent decrease in fighters, and said the report
showed a U.S.-led campaign to crush Islamic State
was making progress.
Coalition warplanes kill 19
ISIS elements northwest of Kirkuk-:
“Today, warplanes of the international coalition
bombarded one of the ISIS sites in a village
surrounding Debs District (50 km northwest of
Kirkuk), resulting in the death of 12 [ISIS]
elements and wounding 19 others.”
Iraq blames ISIL for attacks
that killed 28 troops:
At least 28 killed as one car bomb hits army
barracks in Ramadi and another targets government
base in Fallujah.
Kurdish troops repel IS
attack, kill 6 jihadists in northern Iraq:
Kurdish Peshmerga forces have repelled an attack
launched by the Islamic State, or IS, and killed six
of its jihadists in Makhmour district, located in
the northern Iraqi province of Nineveh.
Turkish warplanes invade
Iraqi airspace, bombard village north of Dohuk:
“Turkish warplanes launched, at noon today, an
attack on the area surrounding the village of Senava
southeast of the city of Zakho north of Dohuk,”
noting that, “The attack resulted in inflicting
material losses.”
Dozens killed and civilians
trapped in battle for Yemen's Taiz:
In the country's east, US drone strikes have
reportedly killed 12 people.
UN chief Ban 'ashamed' over
Israel-Palestininan peace process:
"I feel guilty, ashamed of the lack of progress," he
said. Last month, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu accused him of "encouraging terrorism"
after the UN chief said it was understandable that
the Palestinians were resisting Israeli military
rule.
Heavy clashes in southeast
Libya, 30 killed:
Two days of clashes in southeastern Libya between a
local armed faction and Sudanese fighters have left
more than 30 people dead, a local mayor said on
Friday.
Burundi accused of hunting
refugees in Tanzania camps:
Government denies claims it is sending armed agents
to UN-run refugee camps to kidnap and kill
opposition supporters.
Fact or fiction:
ISIL's presence in Libya
grows to 5,000 fighters:
Number of fighters has reportedly dropped in Iraq
and Syria while gaining "more ground and influence"
in Libya.
42 killed in operations in
Afghanistan : At
least six Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers and 36
rebels have been killed during ongoing clearance
operations in seven provinces of Afghanistan in past
24 hours, said the Ministry of Defense (MoD) on
Friday.
US military attacked for
complicity in Afghan child soldiers after boy's
murder: Wasil
Ahmad, who was killed by Taliban on Monday, fought
in Afghan Local Police, a US-funded government
militia that employs child soldiers illegally
Are ISIS Members Posing as
Refugees?: The
head of Germany’s domestic intelligence agency says
at least some militants have entered the country
along with the asylum-seekers.
In a world gone crazy:
Rescuing
refugees from drowning will be ‘criminalized’ under
new EU law – activists:
A petition has been launched calling on EU leaders
to scrap plans that would criminalize those who
rescue migrants and refugees arriving on the Greek
islands as part of a push to secure the border
between Turkey and Greece.
Australia considers strict
screening of Muslim refugees:
Controversial leaked document proposes new
assessments for 12,000 Syrian and Iraqi refugees to
stop "extremism".
Denmark officially confirms
US plane was in Copenhagen in June 2013 to fly
Snowden to U.S.:
Denmark has publicly acknowledged for the first time
that in June 2013 a US plane was waiting in a
Copenhagen airport to extradite NSA whistleblower
Edward Snowden to the US. At the time he was
stranded in a Moscow airport.
The Chart Of Doom: When
Private Credit Stops Expanding:
Three out of the five major economies are already
experiencing stagnant or negative private credit
growth. Three down, two to go.
U.S. exports fall in 2015 for
first time since recession:
The nation’s trade deficit rose 2.7% in December as
exports fell again, capping the first year since
2009 in which U.S. exports have declined.
70% Of Jobs Added In January
Were Minimum Wage Waiters And Retail Workers:
Retail trade added 58,000 jobs in January, while
employment in food services and drinking places, aka
waiters and bartenders, rose by 47,000 in January.
Cure developed by VA
scientist sells for $1k a pill, out of reach to vets
: A Hepatitis C treatment developed by one of
Veterans Affairs’ own research scientists is too
expensive for the agency to actually use in treating
veterans. US lawmakers probing the recent spike in
prescription drug prices are furious.
Collapse Of Shale Gas
Production Has Begun:
The U.S. Empire is in serious trouble as the
collapse of its domestic shale gas production has
begun. This is just another nail in a series of
nails that have been driven into the U.S. Empire
coffin.
45 million Americans rely on
food stamps, 1 million about to lose them – report:
One in seven Americans still depends on food stamps,
according to Bloomberg News. Now with the US economy
on the rebound, some states are imposing time limits
on the program, and that could mean trouble for the
45.4 million people relying on them.
Obama to seek new tax on oil
in budget proposal:
U.S. President Barack Obama will launch a long-shot
bid next week to impose a $10-a-barrel tax on crude
oil that would fund the overhaul of the nation's
aging transportation infrastructure, the White House
said on Thursday.
Poll: Dem Race Is Tied, But
Sanders Runs Better Against GOP
: Sanders and Rubio are the strongest candidates in
general election matchups. If former New York City
Mayor Michael Bloomberg runs, he hurts Sanders more
than he hurts any of the top Republican contenders.
Wall Street donors account
for 40 percent of super PAC funds in US election:
The 2016 US election campaign has exposed
deep-seated popular alienation from the entire
political establishment and growing anger over the
domination of US society and politics by Wall
Street.
Governor Branstad says Cruz
employed ‘unethical and unfair’ tactics Monday night
(AUDIO): “This
thing that they distributed on Caucus night saying
that Dr. Carson was likely to drop out and his
supporters should support Cruz, that is, I think,
unethical and unfair,” Branstad said this morning.
“I think there’ll be repercussions"
Des Moines Register calls for
audit of Iowa results:
'Something smells in the Democratic Party': In a
strongly worded editorial on Thursday, The Des
Moines Register called on the Iowa Democratic Party
to move quickly to prove that Monday's results are
correct. |
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