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The
Brazilian Earthquake
By Pepe Escobar |
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It's no
coincidence that three major
BRICS nations are
simultaneously
under attack - on myriad
levels: Russia, China and
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US kills 150
people in Somalia:
A US air strike has killed more than 150
alleged, al-Shabab militants in Somalia,
the Pentagon says.
Six wounded in
Somalia airport laptop blast: police:
Six people were wounded Monday when a
laptop bomb exploded at an airport in
Somalia, police said, the second such
attack in recent weeks targeting
passenger aircraft.
Over 50 killed as
Tunisia foils 'emirate' bid on Libya
border:
Tunisian forces
repelled a jihadist assault Monday on a
town near the Libyan border, killing 35
assailants in what authorities said was
a thwarted effort to establish an
Islamic emirate.
International
Libya force readied as dozens killed in
Tunisia:
A 5,000-strong, Italian-led
international force is ready to deploy
in Libya as concern grows over the
threat from extremist groups operating
in the country, with dozens killed in
clashes in neighbouring Tunisia on
Monday.
US planning to
strike Isil in Libya based on 'faulty
intelligence':
American
intelligence agencies assess that the
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isil)
has doubled in size in Libya, with
between 5,000 and 6,500 fighters in the
country.
At least 60
killed in Iraq suicide bombing:
ISIL claims responsibility for attack on
security checkpoint at Hilla, south of
Baghdad, in continuing wave of violence.
Nasrallah:
Hezbollah sent fighters to Iraq:
Hezbollah chief Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah
disclosed for the first time Sunday that
his party had secretly sent fighters to
Iraq to fight Daesh (ISIS), saying that
his group had fought under local command
and did not interfere in the country’s
internal affairs
Powerful Iraqi
Shi'ite cleric calls for 'government of
corruption' to be toppled:
Around 200,000
people rallied at the entrance to the
heavily fortified Green Zone in central
Baghdad, demanding reform, better
services and an end to corruption in
response to a call by Sadr.
14 Dead And
Dozens Injured In 'Terror' Attack In
Aleppo City:
At least fourteen civilians were killed
and dozens were injured on Sunday when
terrorists struck with mortars and
rockets against a busy market place in a
residential quarter in the northern city
of Aleppo city, Syrian state media said.
U.S. Conferred
With Iran Before Iraq Invasion, Book
Says:
Senior American officials held
confidential talks with Iran about
Iraq’s future in advance of the United
States-led invasion to topple Saddam
Hussein, and secured a promise that the
Iranian military would not fire at
United States warplanes that strayed
into Iranian airspace, according to a
new book by a ranking Bush
administration official.
13 killed in
Syrian city of Aleppo:
A rocket and mortar barrage struck a
government-controlled neighborhood in
Syria's northern city of Aleppo on
Sunday, killing 13 civilians and
wounding 40, the government and an
opposition group said.
Syria rebels
clash with Kurds in Aleppo as peace
talks approach:
Rebels fighting to overthrow the
government of President Bashar al-Assad
have clashed with Kurdish paramilitaries
in Aleppo, in some of Syria’s most
intense fighting since a truce brokered
by international powers came into effect
late last month.
Al-Nusra
militants in Syria shell Turkey to
prompt return fire
– Russian
military: Jihadists in Syria have been
shelling the Turkish area in an apparent
attempt to provoke a response that could
lead to Ankara sending troops into the
neighboring country, according to
Russia’s truce center in Syria.
U.S. builds two
air bases in Kurdish-controlled north
Syria: Kurdish report:
The United States has nearly finished
setting up an air base in
Kurdish-controlled northern Syria and
was proceeding with the construction of
a second base for dual military and
civilian use, a Kurdish website said on
Sunday.
US denies
building air bases in northern Syria
: "We are not building or operating any
air bases in Syria," Pentagon spokesman
Captain Jeff Davis told reporters. "That
we have people there and that we have
made deliveries there, and that they
have to get there by some means should
be no secret, but we are not going to
comment on the means," Davis said.
UN aid deliveries
under way to Damascus suburb:
U.N. spokesman Farhan Haq said a
humanitarian convoy reached three areas
in Kafr Batna with food and health
assistance for 20,000 people on Friday.
He said deliveries to the remaining
three areas on Monday will provide aid
for more than 16,000 people.
Syrian opposition
groups seek Russian protection from ISIS
– MoD
: “They are asking us to
provide their security and defend them
from militants of the ISIS group and
other terrorist organizations who
declared a manhunt for opposition
figures signing ceasefire agreements,”
Lieutenant General Sergey Kuralenko told
reporters
Arms supplied
daily to Syria militants via Turkey
border: Russia:
Columns of trucks
carrying cargo and weapons for militants
in Syria cross into the war-wracked
country from Turkey on a daily basis,
Russian Defense Ministry says.
Zaman newspaper:
Seized Turkish daily 'now
pro-government':
Water cannon and
tear gas were used against some 500
Zaman supporters gathered in front of
its headquarters
Saudi Arabia
diverts French arms to its own military:
Saudi Foreign
Minister Adel al-Jubeir said over the
weekend his country would receive French
weapons originally intended for Lebanon
through the $3 billion military grant
announced withdrawn last month.
41 Palestinian
children killed by Israeli forces since
October:
The Israeli authorities have yet to open
“full and transparent investigations”
into any of the deaths, and reportedly
refused a number of autopsy requests
from children's families, DCIP said.
Palestinians sue
pro-Israel tycoons for $34.5bn:
Damages sought
from Sheldon Adelson and others for
financing construction of illegal,
settlements on Palestinian soil.
14 militants
killed in S. Afghanistan:
Up to 14 Taliban militants have been
killed as a clash erupted in Kajaki
district of the southern Helmand
province on Monday, an army spokesman in
the restive province, Mohammad Rasoul
Zazai said.
Suicide attack
kills 13 in Pakistan's northwest:
Bomber strikes outside court in the
northwest, killing at least 13 people
including two women and a child.
Philippines
impounds North Korean boat under new UN
sanctions:
The 6,830-tonne cargo ship Jin Teng will
not be allowed to leave Subic port,
north-east of the capital Manila, where
it had been docked for three days and
its crew will be deported, presidential
spokesman Manolo Quezon said
18 refugees drown
off Turkey coast:
Sunday's incident came as European Union
leaders prepared to meet to discuss the
mounting refugee crisis on the
Greek-Macedonia border where about
13,000 people are living in precarious
conditions
EU will expel
refugees to Turkey, re-admit them from
there, under ‘game-changing’ plan
: Turkey has offered to take back
unregistered migrants from Greece while
sending the same number genuine Syrian
refugees to the EU. In return, Ankara
wants double the promised EU funding,
visa-free travel, and faster progress
towards EU membership.
Refugee crisis:
Turkey seeks $3.3bn extra at EU talks:
EU to grant Turkish citizens visa-free
travel to Schengen zone latest by June
in return for cooperation on refugees.
Asylum seekers
must now prove they come from warzones
to enter Macedonia
: Those who
come from cities where fighting is
taking place will be validated to enter
Macedonia starting from this Sunday.
People from Syria’s Aleppo are
considered refugees, since it’s a
warzone, citizens of Damascus would not
be allowed to enter.
Russia will cut
defense budget by 5 percent in 2016, RIA
reports:
The 5 percent cut, if approved by Putin,
would be the biggest reduction in
defense spending since he took office in
2000.
Nearly 1 in 5 US
residents a foreign-born immigrant or
'anchor baby' - study:
Three quarters of America's current 61
million "foreign-born" immigrants and
their children came to the US legally,
according to a new analysis of US Census
data. The study comes as immigration is
a hot topic in the presidential
elections campaign.
Death claims
97-year-old Burlingame woman fighting
eviction:
97-year-old Marie Hatch, who has cancer,
was served with a 60-day notice this
month to vacate the Craftsman cottage
she has lived in for 66 years.
Merkel deputy
slams Donald Trump as ‘threat to peace’:
German Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel
has attacked Republican presidential
candidate Donald Trump saying he poses
“a threat to peace” as well as “economic
development.” In February, Trump
criticized Chancellor Angela Merkel for
her refugee policy.
Listen: Anonymous
hack Trump’s voicemail, reveal cozy
relationship with media:
The hacktivist group Anonymous is
believed to have hacked Republican
presidential candidate Donald Trump’s
voicemail and leaked messages from 2012,
which appear to show how the liberal
media in the US is supporting the
billionaire.
Mitt Romney won’t
rule out accepting GOP nomination at
contested convention:
Mitt Romney, the 2012 Republican
presidential nominee, refused Sunday to
rule out becoming the nominee again this
year at a brokered convention, though he
insisted he couldn’t imagine that
happening.
Clinton Benefits
From US Media’s Misleading Reporting Of
Delegate Counts:
The New York Times, the Washington Post,
and the Associated Press report Clinton
has 1,121 delegates after primaries and
caucuses in Kansas, Nebraska, and
Louisiana. The outlets report Sanders
has 481 delegates. These numbers are
untruthful.
Why Do Black
Voters Support Hillary Clinton?:
Op-Ed: Ethnic minority voters are the
key to Hillary Clinton's presidential
bid. Why don't they like Bernie Sanders?
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Iraq: 18 ISIS
militants killed in artillery shelling
southeast of Mosul:
Nineveh Operations said in a statement
received by IraqiNews.com, “The Iraqi
Army’s Artillery Division shelled sites
where the ISIS militants where hiding
and killed 18 elements of them in the
area of Sultan Abdullah southeast
Mosul,”
Huge drop in
civilian deaths after Syria truce:
Twenty-four civilians have been killed
in the first five days of a landmark
truce in parts of Syria, a sharp drop
for a war where dozens die daily
Merkel says Putin
is committed to Syria ceasefire:
"I would like to stress one more time
that the commitment to hold the
ceasefire was confirmed as a key message
by the Russian president: only attacks
on Daesh [ISIL] and al-Nusra Front,"
Merkel said during a news conference
with French President Francois Hollande.
De Mistura: Let
Syrians decide what they want as long as
they have the freedom and chance to do
so: –
UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de
Mistura said that the Syrian people, and
not foreigners, are the ones to decide
the fate of President Bashar al-Assad.
Russian MoD
Accuses Turkey of Ongoing Hostilities in
Syria's Aleppo, Idlib:
Ankara is fully responsible for ongoing
hostilities in Syria's Aleppo and Idlib
provinces as Turkey ensures steady
supply of weapons to terrorists and
keeps shelling groups of Kurdish militia
fighting against al-Nusra Front, the
Russian Defense Ministry said Friday.
Car Bombing in
Turkey Kills 2 Policemen, Attack Blamed
on PKK:
A car bomb and rocket attack killed two
police officers and wounded 35 people in
the southeastern Turkish province of
Mardin Friday, security sources told
Reuters.
Court orders
Turkish Zaman daily into administration,
raising concerns of free press abuse:
The Istanbul-based daily newspaper Zaman,
which has been sharply critical of
Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan,
has been ordered into administration by
an Istanbul court.
Nuns among 17
killed as gunmen storm old people's home
in Yemen:
Four gunmen storm building in port city
of Aden before opening fire and killing
at least 17 people. Friday's casualty
figure includes six Catholic nuns from
India, four local nurses, four security
guards and three cleaning staff,
US kills four
"suspected" al Qaeda militants in Yemen:
A drone strike killed four suspected al
Qaeda militants in a car in the southern
Yemeni province of Shabwa on Friday,
local officials and residents said.
Israel demolishes
Palestinian-owned homes in the occupied,
West Bank:
Israeli forces have demolished dozens of
structures including a school in the
northern West Bank this week, leaving 10
families homeless, according to a new
United Nations report.
Israel to launch
one of the most advanced missile defense
systems in the world, with U.S. help:
Israel’s multibillion-dollar rocket and
missile air defense system will be far
superior to anything in the Middle East
and will likely rival, and in some ways
surpass, in speed and targeting, air
defenses deployed by Europe and the
United States
Indiana lawmakers
want to pull retirement money from
companies that boycott Israel:
A bill awaiting Gov. Mike Pence's
signature would require the Indiana
Public Retirement System (INPRS) to
identify and divest from companies that
are boycotting Israel. House Bill1378,
which passed unanimously in the House
and 47-3 in the Senate
New Birthright
trip for Jewish law enforcement seeks to
counter BDS movement:
Every year, thousands of Jewish youth
flock to Israel for ten days of
sightseeing and Zionist indoctrination
through Birthright Israel, an
organization that offers the trips free
of charge to young adults with Jewish
heritage.
New Western
military intervention in Libya:
US, British and French special forces
have already been spotted in Libya.
24 Militants and
1 soldier killed in Afghanistan’s
military operations:
About 20 militants were also wounded
during the above raids conducted in
Nangarhar, Helmand, Uruzgan, Kunduz and
Ghazni provinces, said the statement
that provides daily operational updates.
Pakistan Women's
Protection Measure Declared 'Un-Islamic':
A powerful Pakistani religious body that
advises the government on the
compatibility of laws with Islam on
Thursday declared a new law that
criminalizes violence against women to
be "un-Islamic."
The US just sent
a carrier strike group to confront
China:
Washington has already sparked anger in
Beijing by such naval patrols which
China deems as incursions and acts of
provocation.
North Korea
leader tells military to be ready to use
nuclear weapons:
Kim said North Korea should "bolster up
(its) nuclear force both in quality and
quantity" and stressed "the need to get
the nuclear warheads deployed for
national defence always on standby so as
to be fired any moment," KCNA quoted him
as saying.
China halts cash
flow to North Korea - media:
The four largest Chinese banks have
stopped yuan and dollar cash transfers
to North Korea, reports the Japanese
newspaper Tokyo Shimbun.
China orders
'blacklist' of 31 North Korean vessels:
document:
The latest U.N. sanctions, drafted by
the United States and China, blacklist
the vessels. The ministry's notice says
authorities must not allow the vessels
to enter Chinese harbors
Russian man may
face jail for insulting Orthodox faith
online, case ‘creates dangerous
precedent‘:
Public opinion in Russia is divided over
the case of a man who could spend a year
behind bars for insulting the feelings
of religious believers when in an online
debate he said the Bible is “complete
bulls**t” and “there is no God.”
Ankara Agrees to
Take Back Migrants Stopped in Turkish
Waters:
Turkey is ready to take back all
migrants that are stopped off its coast
on the way to Europe, European Council
President Donald Tusk said Friday.
Pensioners share
their bread with migrants at Greek
border:
"We feel very bad for them. We
understand they are hungry, but they are
10,000 and we are 100. If more come what
will happen?" Zois, an 82-year-old
pensioner, told Reuters.
Brazil's
ex-president Lula questioned in
anti-graft bust:
Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio
Lula da Silva was briefly detained for
questioning on Friday in a federal
investigation of a vast corruption
scheme, fanning a political crisis that
threatens to topple his successor,
President Dilma Rousseff.
Brazil’s
Right-Wing Seeks to Fatally Damage
Lula?:
When Lula’s house was raided on March 4,
this came on the back of a smear
campaign against the ex-president. In
February 2016, Lula hit out at critics
trying to tarnish his name, saying,
“They are punching below the belt, there
is a project in play to destroy me and
our legacy.”
El Chapo Entered
the US Twice While on the Run:
El Chapo's eldest daughter Rosa Isela
Guzman Ortiz, a Californian business
person, said her father eluded a huge
manhunt in Mexico with complicity of
federal officials and dodged U.S. border
controls to sneak into California.
The FBI’s shady
iPhone evasions:
Why its claims about the San Bernardino
attack make no sense at all
Video: Baltimore
Police Officer Slaps and Kicks
16-Year-Old Student:
I cannot imagine the defense that could
be raised by either of these officers.
The teenager is not threatening the
officer or resisting at the time of the
assault.
Comedian Mike
Ward is currently on trial for a joke he
told, and everyone should pay attention:
This is something serious that everyone
remotely associated with comedy must pay
attention to. Just yesterday, Canadian
comedian Mike Ward, testified before a
human rights tribunal hearing about a
joke he made.
U.S. trade
deficit widens as exports hit 5-1/2-year
low:
The U.S. trade deficit widened more than
expected in January as a strong dollar
and weak global demand helped to push
exports to a more than 5-1/2-year low,
suggesting trade will continue to weigh
on economic growth in the first quarter.
In The Past Year,
The U.S. Added 360,000 Waiters And Only
12,000 Manufacturing Workers:
The New Paranormal: waiters and
bartenders, aka the only truly growing
(minimum wage) job category, and
manufacturing workers - well paid jobs
which sadly are no longer being created.
Over 80% Of Jobs
Added In January Were Minimum Wage
Earners:
February suffered the biggest ever
monthly drop in average weekly earnings,
because not only did hourly earnings
drop but so did hours worked, resulting
in far lower overall weekly wages.
Jim Rogers:
There's a 100% Probability of a U.S.
Recession Within a Year:
During an interview on Bloomberg TV with
Guy Johnson, the famous investor said
that there was a 100 percent probability
that the U.S. economy would be in a
downturn within one year.
Watch - Who Is
Hillary Clinton?:
The more we learn about her, the more we
realize how little we actually know. As
the former First Lady attempts another
run for President, let's uncover exactly
who she is before it's too late.
Pro-Torture
Warmongers Attack Donald Trump for Going
Overboard:
Some of
Trump’s critics have no standing here,
given that they’ve publicly supported or
even directly participated in the same
kinds of things for which they are now
criticizing him.
Republican
candidate Donald Trump reverses stance
on torture: WSJ:
"I will not order a military officer to
disobey the law. It is clear that as
president I will be bound by laws just
like all Americans and I will meet those
responsibilities."
Debate Disgrace:
Fox News Exposed as Pro-Rubio Super PAC:
Another two hours of proof that the
“fair and balanced” network is nothing
more than a super PAC for Sen. Marco
Rubio. In their naked pursuit of Donald
Trump’s scalp, moderators Chris Wallace,
Bret Baier, and Megyn Kelly used every
cheap trick in the book.
GOP Candidates
Pledge To Support Donald Trump If He's
The Nominee:
All of the GOP presidential candidates
at Thursday's debate in Detroit repeated
vows to support the eventual Republican
nominee, whoever it may be, in
November's election.
GOP Candidate
Quietly Cancels 2 Campaign Events:
Sen. Rubio has cancelled two scheduled
campaign events, creating suspicion that
he might be the next to drop.
Watch - Stephen
Colbert just laid bare Mitt Romney’s
breathtaking hypocrisy:
Video - "True, Trump has put his name on
some terrible investments. For example,
four years ago he endorsed Mitt Romney"
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March
03, 2016
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The
Lie We Live
By Spencer Cathcart |
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Each day we
wake up in the same room and
follow the same path, to
live the same day as
yesterday.
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Syria rebel
leader among 18 killedin Golan car
bombing:
A car bombing targeting an influential
Syrian rebel group has killed at least
18 people in Quneitra province of the
country's south
Two civilians
killed, 25 injured in terrorist rocket
attacks in Aleppo:
Two civilians were killed and 25 others
were injured in terrorist rocket attacks
on al-Sheikh Maqsoud in Aleppo on
Thursday.
‘Huge drop’ in
civilian deaths after Syria truce: a
monitor said:
Twenty-four civilians have been killed
in the first five days of a landmark
truce in parts of Syria, a sharp drop
for a war where dozens die daily, a
monitor said Thursday.
Parties to Syrian
conflict sign 44 ceasefire agreements —
Russian Defense Ministry:
18 commanders of the moderate opposition
units in Daraa province have declared
their intention to stop fighting over
the past 24 hours.
12 civilians
killed, wounded by mortar shells in
western Baghdad:
“Five mortar shells fell on al-Nasr and
al-Salam market in Abu Gharib District
in western Baghdad, killing two
civilians and wounding ten others.”
Iraqi troops
killed in ISIS rocket attack near
Makhmour:
Four Iraqi soldiers were killed and at
least 23 others wounded in an Islamic
State (ISIS) attacked on their base near
Makhmour Thursday morning, a Kurdish
Peshmerga source said.
ISIS launches
chlorine gas attack on Kurdish positions
north Iraq:
Militant fighters of the Islamic State
(ISIS) launched on Wednesday an
offensive on positions for the Kurdish
Peshmerga forces in northern Iraq, using
rockets filled with chlorine gas,
officials said.
Kurds claim
downing of Turkish helicopter bombing
them over Iraqi Kurdistan - reports:
Reports have emerged that Kurds have
shot down a helicopter over Iraqi
Kurdistan, which they say was used in
airstrikes against them. Turkish
officials have made no comment, but a
source confirmed to RT that the incident
took place.
Istanbul police
kill two female militants after
standoff: reports:
The two women – members of the outlawed
ultra-leftist Revolutionary People's
Liberation Party-Front (DHKP-C) – had
taken refuge in an apartment after their
attack in the Bayrampasa district.
Msf Closes Its
Only Hospital In Yemen Following Saudi
Airstrikes:
The international medical charity said
in messages posted on Twitter that its
facility in the Razeh district of Sa’ada
was evacuated after two raids struck 20
meters from the hospital on Tuesday.
Russia warns of
'very long' war in Yemen:
More than 6,000 people have been killed
in the conflict. It has brought the
country to its knees, with more than 80
percent of the population in dire need
of food, medicine or other basic
necessities.
Saudi Arabia Cuts
Billions in Aid to Lebanon, Opening Door
for Iran:
News analysis - Even politicians in the
Saudi camp say that the kingdom’s moves
have put Lebanon in an impossible
position.
Iran: GCC's
terrorist label for Hezbollah is a
mistake:
Iran's deputy foreign minister has said
that a decision by a Saudi-led bloc of
Gulf Arab states to label the Lebanese
group Hezbollah a terrorist organisation
was a "mistake".
10 Tunisian
terrorists killed in west Libya:
Clashes broke out Wednesday in the city
of Surman, west Libya, between local
fighters and a group of IS fugitives of
Tunisian nationality.
Two Italian
hostages probably killed in Libya
attack: Italy:
Two Italian civilians held hostage in
Libya were probably killed this week in
fighting in the western Libyan city of
Sabratha, the Italian Foreign Ministry
said on Thursday.
Afghanistan:
Eight killed in militant attack on
Jalalabad:
A policeman and two civilians, including
a woman, were also killed in the gun and
suicide attack that took place near the
Indian diplomatic mission at around 2pm.
Another 19 people were wounded.
'Don't come to
Europe', EU's Donald Tusk warns
refugees:
The vast majority of the
people arriving into Greece are those
fleeing war and political repression in
countries like Syria, Iraq, and
Afghanistan. But EU politicians have
sought to crack down on those they say
are motivated by financial betterment.
UK govt warns
citizens of ‘high threat of terrorism’
in Germany:
In a travel advisory it said Germany has
announced that “increased security has
been put in place as a precaution at
public buildings, major events,
transport hubs and large public
gatherings.”
Honduras:
Indigenous Leader Murdered Despite
Police Protection:
Caceres was leader of the Lenca
Indigenous community and was a staunch
human rights defender. She won the
prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize
in 2015.
"It's A Recession
Stupid" - US Factory Orders Tumble For
15th Month In A Row:
In 60 years, the US economy has not
suffered a 15-month continuous YoY drop
in Factory orders without being in
recession.
"I Guess It's
Food Stamps": 400,000 Americans In
Jeopardy As Giant Pension Fund Plans 50%
Benefit Cuts:
After working 33 years, he’s facing a
55% cut to his pension benefits, a blow
which he says will “cripple” his family
and imperil the livelihood of his two
children,
Lab tech
allegedly faked result in drug case;
7,827 criminal cases now in question:
"Basically, he was observed writing
'test results' for suspected marijuana
that was never tested," Fallon said in
the memo.
America
incarcerates 54,000 youth within the
juvenile justice system;
How Race, Ethnicity, Gender, and
Geography Impact the Incarceration of
America’s Youth
10 Shots Across
the Border:
The killing of a Mexican 16-year-old
raises troubling questions about the
United States Border Patrol.
Mexico says won't
pay for Trump's 'terrible' border wall:
"Under no circumstance will Mexico pay
for the wall that Mr. Trump is
proposing," he said. "Building a wall
between Mexico and the United States is
a terrible idea. It is an idea based on
ignorance and has no foundation in the
reality of North American integration."
Neocons declare
war on Trump:
Prominent Republican hawks are debating
whether to hold their noses and vote for
Clinton instead.
McCain urges
voters to think 'long and hard' before
picking Trump:
“I share the concerns about Donald Trump
that my friend and former Republican
nominee, Mitt Romney, described in his
speech today,” said the Arizona senator
and 2008 Republican nominee. "
Huge Numbers of
GOP Voters Favor Trump’s Proposal to Ban
Muslim Entry to U.S.:
Exit polls conducted by ABC News on
Super Tuesday show that more than 60
percent of GOP voters in five states
favor Trump’s proposed ban.
Trump Wins 35% of
His Party. Sanders 38%, Media Writes Him
Off:
Soon after the polls closed on Super
Tuesday the media narrative was clear:
it was a triumph for Trump and a failure
for Bernie Sanders.
Oil and gas
industry has pumped millions into
Republican campaigns:
Fossil fuel barons have invested more
than $100m in Republican presidential
Super Pacs – raising concerns over
special interests if GOP takes White
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Europe’s Slow Motion Debacle
By Pepe Escobar |
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The whole
refugee crisis – an
existential crisis for
Europe – is being used by
Ankara as a bargaining chip
for an elaborate extortion
racket.
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The New Mind Control
Must Read
- By Robert Epstein
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The internet
has spawned subtle forms of
influence that can flip
elections and manipulate
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43 Kurdish YPG
fighters killed in Syria in battle with
Islamic State:
YPG official Redur Xelil said the YPG
has 140 bodies of IS fighters killed in
the battle which began on Saturday and
ended on Monday with the YPG keeping
control of the town.
Car bomb kills 18
Syrian insurgents in southern province:
Suhaib al-Ruhail, a spokesman for the
Alwiyat al-Furqan group which operates
in the area, said it was most likely
carried out by "Daesh sleeper cells", a
reference to Islamic State.
Syrian govt
forces open new battle with rebels in
northwest:
The hill overlooks the rebel-held town
of Jisr al-Shughour in neighboring Idlib
province, and the Ghab Plain, where
rebel advances last year were seen as a
growing threat to President Bashar
Assad.
Pentagon Approves
'Bunker Buster' Smart Bombs Sale To
Turkey For Fight Against Kurds:
The Pentagon approved a deal Tuesday to
sell nearly $700 million worth of smart
bombs to Turkey through its Foreign
Military Sales scheme.
‘We will
participate’: Saudi military admits US
coalition mulling ground invasion in
Syria:
The general stressed that if the
decision is made, Saudis would be more
than willing to contribute troops .
Asseri also acknowledged that Riyadh has
been working on the military
implementation of a possible Syria
invasion.
Sukhoi jets kill
15 ISIS fighters mostly Arabs and
foreigners in western Samarra:
“The Sukhoi warplanes carried out, at
noon today, several strikes on ISIS
gatherings, including Arabs and
foreigners in a farm belonging to the
so-called Abd al-Fattah al-kaim in
western Samarra (40 km south of Tikrit),
killing about 15 ISIS members.”
ISIS suicide
bombers hit Iraqi military compound,
killing 8:
Four suicide bombers disguised as
soldiers struck an Iraqi military
headquarters in the western town of
Haditha on Tuesday, killing eight army
officers, including a local commander,
in an attack claimed by the Islamic
State group.
ISIS beheads 6
security elements in Hawija District
southwest of Kirkuk:
“Today, ISIS beheaded six employees of
the security authorities in a public
square in central Hawija (55 km
southwest of Kirkuk) on charges of not
renewing the pledge of allegiance to the
group,”
ISIS girl
executes 5 women including doctor in
western Nineveh:
“This evening, a 12-year-old girl
belonging to the so-called ISIS executed
five women, including a doctor who
refused to medicate ISIS members that
were wounded in a coalition’s
bombardment, by firing squad in al-Ghazlani
Camp.”
Officials: US
holding an IS leader in Iraq:
The militant has been in custody in Iraq
for about two to three weeks. Officials
say they believe he is the first
significant Islamic State leader to be
captured by the U.S. in Iraq, but
wouldn’t release his identity.
Italy to send 130
soldiers and 8 helicopters to Iraq:
“The Italian government will send four
Mongoose (A- 129) helicopters and four
other NH90 planes to Iraq in the coming
few days,” indicating that, “The
aircraft will be deployed the soonest in
northern Erbil for combat, search and
rescue purposes.”
Yemen: Saudi
forces kill 11 Houthis:
Saudi joint forces were able to deal
with the attack through direct and
indirect fire, involving special forces,
and managed to seize a variety of
shells, ammunition and medical supplies
that were hidden in a cave used by the
militias for storage.
Jordan: 7 killed
in raid had ties to IS, planned attacks:
Seven men killed in armed clashes with
Jordanian special forces had ties to the
Islamic State extremist group and had
planned attacks on military and civilian
targets in the kingdom, the country's
intelligence service said Wednesday.
2 Palestinian
teens shot dead after allegedly
attacking settler:
Israeli forces shot dead two Palestinian
teenagers on Wednesday morning after
they allegedly attacked an Israeli
settler in the illegal settlement of Eli
south of Nablus.
Gulf states
declare Hezbollah a 'terrorist
organization':
The Gulf Cooperation Council declared
Hezbollah a "terrorist organization"
Wednesday in an unprecedented move
signalling a further deterioration of
Lebanon-Gulf ties.
Turkish prime
minister to visit Iran this week:
Despite their differences, Turkey and
Iran have largely maintained cordial
diplomatic relations. Davutoglu will
travel to Iran on March 4 and 5,
according to a statement from his
office.
Tunisian forces
kill 5 who crossed over from Libya:
An Interior Ministry statement said that
a civilian was also killed by a stray
bullet and a Tunisian army officer was
wounded in the exchanges of fire. It
said the five were killed after taking
refuge in a home while an unspecified
number of others fled.
UK to send troops
to Tunisia to help stop ISIS crossing
Libyan border:
Western officials say they are
discussing air strikes and special
forces operations in Libya against the
group that is seeking to set up a
cross-border Islamic caliphate and has
already seized large areas of Syria and
neighbouring Iraq.
Roadside bomb
kills Egyptian soldier during raid in
Sinai:
Egyptian security officials say a
roadside bomb has killed a conscript and
wounded three soldiers when it struck a
convoy of Humvees during a manhunt for a
prominent militant leader in the restive
Sinai Peninsula.
9 killed in attack on
Indian mission in Afghanistan;
: The External
Affairs Ministry in New Delhi said all
Indians in the mission were safe and six
terrorists, who carried out the attack,
were dead. While two terrorists blew
themselves up, four militants were
killed by the Afghan police. Two
civilans were also killed in the
crossfire.
Afghan troops
pull out of more posts in volatile south:
Afghan forces have pulled back from
strongpoints in the southern province of
Uruzgan, continuing a withdrawal which
began last month when they abandoned two
districts in the neighboring province of
Helmand to the Taliban, officials said
on Tuesday.
Taliban claim
blast that killed two Pakistani staff of
U.S. consulate:
The Jamaat-ur-Ahrar said it detonated
the remote-controlled explosive device
on Tuesday in the Mohmand agency of
Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal
Areas (FATA), about 170 km (105 miles)
from the capital, Islamabad.
Pentagon chief
says China actions will have
'consequences'
: "China must not pursue militarization
in the South China Sea. Specific actions
will have specific consequences," Carter
said in a speech before the Commonwealth
Club in San Francisco, California.
U.S. plans naval
exercises with India and Japan in
Philippine Sea:
India, the United States and Japan will
hold naval exercises in waters off the
northern Philippines near the South
China Sea this year, the U.S. military
said on Wednesday, a move likely to
further raise tensions with China.
All cargo to &
from N. Korea to be inspected under new
UN sanctions:
The measures also include a ban on the
transfer of any item to North Korea that
could directly contribute to the
operational capabilities of Pyongyang's
armed forces, such as trucks that could
be modified for military purposes.
Ukraine bans
officials from criticising government:
Ukraine banned government officials on
Tuesday from publicly criticising the
work of state institutions and their
colleagues, after damaging disclosures
last month that highlighted slow
progress in fighting corruption.
Propaganda alert:
Nato chief:
Vladimir Putin 'weaponising' refugee
crisis to 'break' Europe:
Gen Philip Breedlove, the Supreme Allied
Commander Europe and the head of the US
European Command, said that President
Putin and Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad
had “weaponised” migration through a
campaign of bombardment against civilian
centres.
EU's Tusk defends
use of barbed wire against migrants:
EU president Donald Tusk Wednesday
defended the use of barbed-wire fences
against migrants, saying that securing
the outer borders of Europe's
passport-free Schengen area was a
"pre-condition" to solving the refugee
crisis.
UN agency praises
Greece on handling of refugees:
The UN refugee agency is praising
Greece's effort to take in refugees
while scolding some of its European
neighbors for suddenly slamming shut
their borders and not keeping their
promises – causing a "looming
humanitarian crisis" on the continent.
Euro depression
is 'deliberate' EU choice, says former
Bank of England chief:
Europe's deep economic malaise is the
result of "deliberate" policy choices
made by EU elites, according to the
former governor of the Bank of England.
War criminal:
Blair benefited
from classified intelligence while
bidding for contracts, new biography
claims:
Bower uncovers how Blair “blurred” the
lines between his commercial interests
and charity work. Bowers' damning
portrait of Blair’s shady business
dealings reveals a profit-hungry man
determined to make millions.
Former Google CEO
Schmidt to head new Pentagon innovation
board:
Eric Schmidt, the former chief executive
officer of Google, will head a new
Pentagon advisory board aimed at
bringing Silicon Valley innovation and
best practices to the U.S. military,
Defense Secretary Ash Carter said on
Wednesday.
'We don't want
your dirty money', pope tells patrons:
Pope Francis Wednesday issued a stinging
rebuke to rich patrons who offer the
Church dirty money gained through
exploitation, telling them to take back
their cheques and burn them.
Exclusive:
Poverty up, services diminished in
Chicago's black neighborhoods - study:
Predominantly African-American
neighborhoods in Chicago have seen
poverty rise and services diminish even
as the nation's third largest city has
become less racially segregated,
according to a study released on
Wednesday.
Payday Loan
Sharks Have Good Friend in Government:
Sketchy payday loan sharks, whose
short-term, high-interest loans trap
millions of Americans in a cycle of
debt, have a new ally on Capitol
Hill—Democratic National Committee chair
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Ben Carson tells
supporters he sees no ‘path forward’ for
presidential campaign:
Carson did not formally suspend his
campaign. Instead, he said in the
statement that he has decided to make a
speech about his political future on
Friday at the Conservative Political
Action Conference in Maryland, just
outside Washington.
Threat Against
Trump on Facebook Leads to Deportation
Order for Egyptian Student:
AN EGYPTIAN STUDENT in California has
been detained by immigration authorities
and is facing deportation after he
posted a hostile comment on Facebook
against Republican presidential
candidate Donald Trump.
Trump Dominates
Super Tuesday, While Bernie Disrupts the
Night Hillary Was Supposed to Lock
Things Up:
Clinton has 544 delegates compared to
Sanders’ 349 delegates. Trump has nearly
twice as times as many delegates as
Cruz, 285 to 161, while Rubio has 87,
John Kasich has 25 and Ben Carson has 8.
Trump not yet on
track to win nomination:
Going forward, Trump would have to win
52 per cent of the remaining delegates
to claim the nomination. That's doable
but difficult with three or more
candidates claiming delegates.
Romney to Lay Out
Case Against Trump in Speech Thursday:
The rapidly intensifying effort by the
Republican establishment to dislodge
Donald Trump from the top of the party's
presidential nominating race will star
2012 nominee Mitt Romney
Federal Law
Criminalizes Protesting Trump Now That
He’s Guarded by the Secret Service:
Why, exactly, did a local police force
apparently obey orders from the Trump
campaign to help screen his audience by
removing dissenters?
"But He Marched
With King!": A Critical Examination of
Bernie Sanders' History With Civil
Rights:
If Senator Sanders cannot bring a
justice revolution to his own state with
only 600,000+ mostly white liberal
residents, how can we trust him to bring
a revolution to America?
Tell Hillary
Clinton to Give Saudi Arabia's $10
Million to Peace Organizations and the
People of Yemen:
As Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton
waived restrictions on selling weapons
to governments that "donated" heavily to
her family foundation, making it her
personal mission to ensure that $29
billion worth of fighter jets were sold
to Saudi Arabia.
Hillary Clinton’s
Dark Drug War Legacy in Mexico:
Clinton’s
State Department overlooked human rights
abuses and corruption while keeping a
lucrative flow of contracts moving to
U.S. security firms working in Mexico. |
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ISIL suicide
bombers kills 25 Iraqi soldiers:
Two consecutive suicide bombers from the
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)
group killed at least 25 Iraqi soldiers
and popular mobilisation force fighters
when they targeted their convoy in the
village of Jumailah in northern
Fallujah, military sources told Al
Jazeera.
Islamic State
Executes Eight Dutch Jihadists:
The militants were murdered in Raqqa
after a dispute with IS intelligence
operatives from Iraq, a citizen
journalist group says.
Kurdish snipers
kill over a dozen ISIS militants in a
day:
Kurdish forces of the People’s
Protection Units (YPG) announced on
Tuesday the death of more than ten
militants from the Islamic State (ISIS)
in Aleppo province, northern Syria.
Three civilians
killed in Syria’s Latakia in shelling by
Jabhat al-Nusra terrorists:
At least three Syrian civilians were
killed and eight more were wounded in
artillery shelling by Jabhat al-Nusra
terrorists in Syria’s province of
Latakia, a source familiar with the
situation in the area said on Tuesday.
Syrian army takes
land east of Damascus during fragile
truce:
Syrian armed forces took territory east
of Damascus on Monday, the Syrian
Observatory for Human Rights said, on
the third day of a fragile international
attempt to halt nearly five years of
fighting.
Syrian Army
refrained from retaliation strikes ‘to
give truce a chance’ – Assad:
Syrian government forces held back from
conducting retaliation strikes against
those violating the truce in order to
give the agreement “a chance to
survive,” President Bashar Assad said in
a recent interview.
Assad proposes
'full amnesty' for Syrian rebels who lay
down their arms:
"Just to give up your armament, whether
you want to join the political process
or (are) not interested about the
political process ... This is the only
thing that we ask. We don't ask for
anything. As I said, we give them full
amnesty," Assad said
Russia wants
Turkey-Syria border shut to stop arms
flow
- : Russia wants the Turkish-Syrian
border closed because it is being used
to supply weapons to terrorists, some of
which are hidden in humanitarian aid,
the Interfax news agency quoted Russian
Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov as saying
on Tuesday.
Greece Detains
Turkish Ship Carrying Weaponry, Heading
towards Lebanon:
Local media outlets in Turkey reported
that the Greek coast guards detained on
Sunday a Turkish ship boarded with
weaponry, adding that it heading towards
Lebanon.
Chemical
terrorism now a reality, extremists
getting real warfare agents - Lavrov:
There is intelligence about terrorist
groups acquiring access to scientific
and technical documentation for the
production of chemical weapons, and
seizing equipment needed for such
production, according to Lavrov. This
involves foreign specialists in order to
master the synthesis of chemical warfare
agents.
At least 40
killed in Yemen market attack:
Saudi warplanes launched multiple
airstrikes against a marketplace in the
Yemeni capital city of Sanaa today,
killing at least 45 civilians and
wounding some 50 others, the latest in a
long series of strikes against civilians
in Shi’ite territory in Yemen.
$1.8B aid sought
for Yemen amid stiff competition for
funds:
He says the aid is to reach about 13.5
million people, or 65 percent of those
in need of help. He says this includes
millions who struggle daily to get
enough food and have no access to clean
water.
Saudi Arabia is
suffering from the oil price crash:
Things look pretty dire for the
oil-reliant nation.
Israel Grants
First Golan Heights Oil Drilling License
To Dick Cheney-Linked Company:
Israel seized the Golan Heights in the
Six-Day War in 1967 and annexed the
territory in 1981. Its administration of
the area — which is not recognized by
international law — has been mostly
peaceful until the Syrian civil war
broke out 23 months ago.
US Kills 9 People
In Afghanistan:
Authorities in Afghanistan say at least
nine people have lost their lives in two
US drone strikes in the country’s
troubled eastern province of Nangarhar.
Police kill eight
Indian Maoist rebels in gunfight:
Police ambushed a large group of heavily
armed Maoists in a rebel stronghold near
the border of Chhattisgarh and Telangana
states, triggering a battle which began
in early morning and lasted six hours,
they said.
Fighting female
genital mutilation among India's Bohra:
FGM: girl-children of Dawoodi Bohra sect
are the only Muslim women in India
systematically and forcefully mutilated.
Afghan troops
pull out of more posts in volatile south:
Afghan forces have pulled back from
strongpoints in the southern province of
Uruzgan, continuing a withdrawal which
began last month when they abandoned two
districts in the neighboring province of
Helmand to the Taliban, officials said
on Tuesday.
Blast kills two
employees of U.S. consulate in Pakistan,
soldiers: Kerry:
Two local employees of the U.S.
consulate in the Pakistani city of
Peshawar and some soldiers have been
killed by an explosive device while on
drug-eradication mission, U.S. Secretary
of State John Kerry said on Tuesday.
More than $1bn
deposited in Malaysian prime minister's
account – report:
Wall Street Journal identifies further
deposits into private account of Najib
Razak, far more than $681m – reportedly
a Saudi gift – originally disclosed
Tunisia troops
kill four suspected militants:
Tunisian troops killed four suspected
militants in a counter-terrorism
operation overnight that was still
continuing on Tuesday, the interior
ministry spokesperson said.
Bomb kills at
least five Somali soldiers outside
Mogadishu:
A roadside bomb set by the Somali
Islamist group al Shabaab killed at
least five soldiers and injured eight
others on Tuesday outside the Somali
capital Mogadishu, security forces and a
spokesman for the militants said.
UN warns Central
Africa facing `dire` food crisis:
"The situation is dire. Half of the
population faces hunger," said Bienvenu
Djossa, WFP Country Director in CAR.
Three Ukrainian
soldiers killed in separatist east: Kiev:
The pro-Western authorities in Lugansk
said the three soldiers died when a car
carrying troops from Ukraine's 80th
brigade hit a land mine about 75
kilometres west of the Russian border.
Mud-soaked
migrants fight for food as Greek border
blockade drags on:
Desperate and freezing, migrants
scramble over each other to grab food
thrown out from the back of a van. It
has been a long, cold night on the
Greek-Macedonian border.
Calais ‘Jungle’
evictees block motorway in chaotic night
clashes with French police (VIDEOS):
Around 150 refugees, some armed with
iron bars, have attempted to block or
climb lorries traveling towards the
Eurotunnel, as clashes with police
continued into the night in chaotic
scenes surrounding the Calais refugee
‘Jungle’ camp in France.
Canada Took In
25,000 Syrian Refugees In Four Months.
The U.S. Accepted 841 In Five Months:
The United States has a GDP more than
nine times higher than that of Canada,
but a series of anti-refugee statements
and dilettante policy proposals have
complicated the process for refugee
resettlement.
'Accountable
Care' - the American import that's the
last thing England's NHS needs:
Despite Obama's reforms, US healthcare
is failing. So why are new US-style
healthcare systems being quietly piloted
across England – and who's driving it?
Urging Sweden and
the UK to free Julian Assange:
500 human rights organizations, law
professors, former UN office holders,
and high-profile rights defenders
including four Nobel Peace Prize winners
have urged the governments of Sweden and
the United Kingdom to respect the United
Nations’ decision to free Julian Assange.
UK : Government
introduces law requiring WhatsApp and
iMessage to break their own security:
The Government is pushing through a bill
that will cripple WhatsApp and iMessage
as they currently exist.
FBI director
admits that the Apple order could
'potentially' set a precedent:
FBI Director James Comey on Tuesday said
that the bureau’s legal battle with
Apple over unlocking an iPhone could
“potentially” set a precedent giving the
government greater abilities to compel
companies to invent new software.
Argentina: Macri
Submits Vulture Fund Payout Bill to
Congress:
Argentine President Mauricio Macri is
urging Congress to swiftly approve a
landmark deal reached with creditors
over defaulted debt in a race to comply
with a U.S. court deadline. Argentina's
government agreed Monday to pay US$4.65
billion to four U.S. hedge funds.
Two bishops hid
sex abuse of hundreds of children, grand
jury report says:
Two Roman Catholic bishops who led a
central Pennsylvania diocese helped
cover up the sexual abuse of hundreds of
children by over 50 priests or religious
leaders over a 40-year period, according
to a grand jury report issued Tuesday.
Super Tuesday
Exit Polls:
The Cruz won Texas, Cruz and Trump tied
in OK, Trump wins everything else.
Kasich comes second in Vermont and MA.
Rubio non-viable in Texas and Vermont.
BOMBSHELL: Ted
Cruz Makes Plan To DROP OUT OF THE RACE!:
The insider is Roger Stone. He once
worked for Donald Trump, and passed
along his report to a popular radio host
that Cruz used a high-priced attorney to
confidentially request that Rubio’s team
promise Cruz a Supreme Court appointment
in exchange for Cruz exciting the race.
'Are you from
Mexico?' Trump singles out woman at
rally marred by protests, violence:
Secret Service agent allegedly also
roughed up a photographer for Time
magazine who was part of a press rush to
film the protesters at Radford
Social Media
Captures Apparent Photographer Assault
at Donald Trump Rally:
A short video shot by a journalist at a
Donald Trump rally in Virginia appears
to show a Secret Service agent tussling
with a photographer.
Donald Trump:
"May Not Be Good for America, but It's
Damn Good for CBS":
Moonves called the campaign for
president a "circus" full of "bomb
throwing," and he hopes it continues. |
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Three states
that were considered enemy
states by Israel – have been
made into failed states and
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70 killed in two
Baghdad bomb attacks:
Two bomb attacks at a crowded market in
the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, have killed
at least 70 people, police and medical
sources say. The bombs, which also
injured 100 people, went off in the
mainly Shia Muslim district of Sadr City
on Sunday, the sources said.
Suicide bombing
kills 27 at Shi'ite funeral in east
Iraq:
At least 27 people were killed when a
bomber detonated his explosive vest at a
funeral for the relative of a Shi'ite
Muslim militia commander in the eastern
Iraqi province of Diyala on Monday,
security and medical sources said.
65 people killed
as Islamic State attacks Kurdish-held
town on Turkish border:
The attack was launched hours after a
"cessation of hostilities" came into
effect under a U.S.-Russian plan,
although the temporary truce does not
apply to Islamic State and al Qaeda
affiliate the Nusra Front.
VIDEO: Tel Abyad
and Suluk after Kurdish fighters ‘repel
ISIS attacks’ in Syria
: Kurdish fighters have reportedly
managed to free two Kurdish towns near
the Turkish border that were attacked by
Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL)
just the night before. RT has obtained
footage showing what remains after
fighting.
Syrian forces
regain control of strategic road in
Aleppo:
Syrian government forces have managed to
retake control of a strategic road in
northern Syria in a new major
advancement that paves the way for
purging the northern city of Aleppo of
the Takfiri Daesh terrorists.
Russia says Syria
could become federal state if that model
works:
Syria could become a federal state if
that model works in the country, Russian
Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov
told a news briefing on Monday.
Russia: Turkish
military strikes on Syria would derail
ceasefire plan:
Russia is concerned about Turkey’s
military preparations along its border
with Syria and an armed intervention by
Ankara would deal an “irreparable blow”
to the Syria ceasefire plan, Russian
Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov
said on Monday.
Russia registers
9 truce violations in Syria in past 24
hours:
Lieutenant General Sergei Kuralenko, the
head of Russian coordination center in
Syria, said the violations included
shelling in the northern province of
Latakia. Kuralenko noted that the
cessation of hostilities agreed as part
of a US-Russian plan was holding "in
general."
Erdogan says
ceasefire does not cover whole of Syria:
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on
Monday that the Syrian ceasefire
declared last week covered only one
third of the country and he hoped it
would be expanded to encompass all of it
Saudi foreign
minister says Russia, Syrian govt
violated truce:
Jubeir said that there would be a "plan
B" if it became clear that Syrian
President Bashar al-Assad's government
and its allies were not serious about
the truce, but gave no details.
Reports of Syrian
town attacked by militants coming from
Turkey – Russian military:
The Russian ceasefire monitoring center
near Latakia says it is verifying
reports of an attack on the Kurdish town
Tell Abyad in northern Syria carried out
by militants coming from Turkey.
Turkey to keep
supporting armed groups fighting Assad
regime in Syria – PM Davutoglu
: Prime
Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, acknowledged
that Ankara was supporting armed groups
in Syria, while ruling out a Turkish
invasion and accusing Russia of ethnic
cleansing.
Up to 30,000
Troops Needed for Syria Safe Zone, Kerry
Says:
Secretary of State John Kerry said it
would take 15,000 to 30,000 ground
troops to maintain a so called “safe
zone” inside northern Syria, citing
previously unheard estimates provided by
the Pentagon. “Now are we ready to
authorize that?” Kerry asked a Senate
panel today.
The
Russia-Armenia alliance is threatening
Turkey? :
The announcement that Russia is sending
a new set of fighter jets and combat
helicopters to an air base only 25 miles
from the Turkish border. Although
Armenia has welcomed thousands of
Russian troops and advanced weaponry,
these developments seemed to have
escaped the notice of U.S. officials
‘7 blasts in 10
minutes’ rock pro-Kurdish city
Diyarbakir embattled by Turkish forces:
At least seven blasts within 10 minutes
have been reported in a suburb of
Diyarbakir, the largest city in the
Kurdish southeast of Turkey, which has
been a scene of long security operation
launched by Ankara against PKK fighters.
They’re still
lying about the first Gulf War:
On this anniversary of the Gulf War,
you’ll hear politician after politician
celebrate what happened in Iraq 25 years
ago. Take a moment to think about how
different the world might look—might
feel—if we’d never kicked that hornet’s
nest.
Yemen: 30
civilians killed by Saudi-led air
strikes:
MORE than 30 civilians were killed at
the weekend when Saudi-led air strikes
hit a crowded market area in the Nihm
district outside Yemeni capital Sanaa.
UN Chief condemns
apparent airstrikes killing 32 civilians
in Yemen:
He strongly condemns the apparent
airstrike on 27 February 2016 that hit
Khaleq market, in Nahem District in
Sana’a, killing at least 32 civilians
and injuring at least 41 civilians," the
United Nations said in a statement said
on Sunday.
Suicide bombing
kills 4 in Yemen’s Aden: official:
A suicide car bombing killed four people
Monday when it hit a gathering of
loyalist forces in Yemen’s Aden, the
southern city serving as a government
base, a security official said.
Yemeni forces
capture over 100 Saudi troops, kill
dozens more in Ma'rib:
The Yemeni army, backed by Popular
Committees loyal to the Houthi
Ansarullah movement, caught 71 soldiers
of Saudi forces in early hours of Monday
while trying to reach Ma’rib city,
Yemen's Arabic-language al-Masirah news
website reported
Netanyahu Says
Peace Deal Must Address Israeli
Interests:
PM says that while cessation of
hostilities is important from human
standpoint, peace agreement must include
halt to 'Iranian aggression against
Israel from Syrian territory.'
Rouhani’s allies
make huge gains in Iran elections:
: Iran’s moderate President Hassan
Rouhani won strong public backing and
his reformist allies made stunning gains
in parliamentary elections, partial
results showed Sunday, reducing the
potential for opponents to block
domestic reform plans.
Al-Shabab attack:
30 civilians killed in south Somalia:
At least 30 people were killed in twin
bomb attacks claimed by al-Shabab at a
busy traffic junction and a nearby
restaurant in southern Somalia.
At least 12
killed in eastern Congo by suspected
Ugandan rebels:
Suspected Ugandan rebels used machetes
to kill at least 12 civilians on Monday
in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo,
authorities and a local human rights
group said, the latest in a series of
targeted attacks over the last 18
months.
12 militants
killed in army operation in NW Pakistan:
At
least 12 militants were killed and six
others injured when Pakistani army
launched an aerial and ground offensives
in the country's northwest tribal region
of NorthWaziristan on Monday, local
media reported.
MSF: U.S.
payments to victims of Kunduz hospital
bombing inadequate ‘sorry money’
: The
military is paying $6,000 for each
person killed, and the wounded receive
$3,000 each, representatives of the
victims of the Oct. 3 bombing told The
Associated Press.
Russia election:
Putin warns of 'foreign foes':
Addressing top FSB officials in Moscow,
President Putin said: "Unfortunately,
our foes abroad are getting ready" for
the parliamentary elections scheduled
for 18 September. He said the techniques
were well-known and urged the security
service to "suppress any attempts at
foreign influence".
Is The U.S.
Preparing A "Color Revolution" In
Russia?:
The various U.S. services and the
neocons in the State Department would
certainly like to invite some revolt in
Russia. But the chances for a successful
putsch in Moscow are tiny.
Desperate
refugees riot at Greek-Macedonia border:
A riot broke out as hundreds of
desperate refugees stranded at the
Greece-Macedonia border smashed down a
gate guarded by security forces on
Monday. The razor-wire barrier was
ripped open and border guards fired tear
gas in response.
Refugee crisis:
70,000 may be stuck in Greece in March:
Many fear they will not be able to
continue journey as new border controls
by Balkan states leave thousands
trapped.
Belgium pushes
600 migrants back to France: police:
Belgium has turned back more than 600
migrants at the French border since
reinstating border checks over fears
about the destruction of part of the
Calais "Jungle" camp, police said on
Monday.
France: Police
fire tear gas at rock-throwing refugees
at Calais Jungle camp – reports:
French security forces have deployed
tear gas against refugees at the Calais
‘Jungle’, local media reported. The
infamous migrant camp is being
dismantled after a ruling from a court
in Lille. Evacuation of the residents is
expected to take three weeks.
Trident rally is
Britain's biggest anti-nuclear march in
a generation:
The campaigners headed for Trafalgar
Square where were addressed by the
leaders of the SNP, Plaid Cymru and the
Green party. The true draw – cited as an
inspiration by many of those assembled –
was the leader of the Labour party,
Jeremy Corbyn
Sinn Féin ‘will
define mainstream politics in Ireland’:
A leading member of Greece’s Syriza
party claims a radicalisation of Irish
society was taking shape
Kenny refuses to
quit as Irish leader despite election
meltdown:
Both the Irish Sunday Times and the
Sunday Independent stated there were
already rumblings by party heavyweights
that he should go. One senior figure was
quoted as saying Kenny was a “dead man
walking.”
Free Julian
Assange!! Petition Delivery:
On February
24th members of the peace organization
CODEPINK went to the Swedish Embassy in
Washington DC to deliver thousands of
petition signatures in support of
Wikileaks founder and world-renowned
whistleblower Julian Assange.
Massive IRS data
breach much bigger than first thought:
A massive data breach at the IRS was
much bigger than was first realized. The
agency now says more than 700,000 social
security numbers and other sensitive
information may have been stolen.
US government
releases its 2015 financial statements:
37% of the government’s total reported
assets are student loans, which is now
considered one of the most precarious
bubbles in finance.
U.S. Has Record
10th Straight Year Without 3% Growth in
GDP:
In the 85 years for which BEA has
calculated the annual change in real GDP
there is only one ten-year stretch—2006
through 2015—when the annual growth in
real GDP never hit 3 percent.
Pending Sales of
U.S. Existing Homes Fall by Most in Two
Years:
Contracts to purchase previously owned
homes unexpectedly dropped in January by
the most in two years, representing a
setback in residential real estate
leading up to the spring selling season.
Congresswoman
Tulsi Gabbard quits DNC to support
Bernie Sanders:
Former vice-chair is an Iraq war veteran
whose words come as a boost to the
Vermont senator, who faces criticism
over his lack of foreign policy
experience
When Hillary
Clinton threw Arab and Muslim Americans
under the bus:
Clinton condemned her Muslim supporters,
returned their donations and refused to
meet with Arab and Muslim Americans for
the remainder of her campaign, all in
the spirit of “wooing Jewish voters,” as
The New York Times put it.
Marco Rubio
Pushed for Immigration Reform With
Conservative Media:
The dinner at News Corporation
headquarters — which has not been
previously reported — and the subsequent
outreach to Mr. Limbaugh illustrate the
degree to which Mr. Rubio served as the
chief envoy to the conservative media
for the group supporting the
legislation.
The voicemail
from Marco Rubio that led Christie to
back Trump:
Rubio placed a condescending call to ask
for the governor’s backing after
Christie dropped out of the presidential
race. The 44-year-old candidate all but
patted Christie, 53, on the head in a
voicemail message, saying he “had a
bright future in public service,”
Watch: Heated
Exchange After Cruz Accuses Wallace Of
‘Reading The Donald Trump Attack File’Presidential
candidate Ted Cruz joins Chris Wallace
on "Fox News Sunday" to discuss the 2016
race and the allegations of some dirty
tactics by the Cruz campaign and things
get a little heated.
Ted Cruz Suggests
Donald Trump Has Mob Ties In His Tax
Returns:
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) speculated on
Sunday that Donald Trump hasn’t released
his tax returns because they show he has
strong ties to the mob.
Donald Trump now
has more support than all his Republican
rivals combined, says new poll;
The Republican establishment is
desperate to find an alternative
candidate to Mr Trump
Another former
Mexico president hits out at Trump:
Calderon, who was president of Mexico
from 2006 to 2012, even said he thought
Trump was trying to exploit the same
social feelings and resentments as did
Adolf Hitler.
Farrakhan: Don’t
Fall For ‘Satan’ Hillary Clinton’s
‘Crap’:
Sunday at the Nation of Islam, Louis
Farrakhan said don’t “fall” for
Democartic presidential candidate
Hillary Clinton’s “crap” on
African-American issues because she and
her husband, former President Bill
Clinton are responsible for mass
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