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Remember the Golan Heights?
By Eric Margolis |
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Israel is
delighted to see Syria, a
primary foe, lying in ruins
as a result of a US,
British, French, Turkish and
Saudi-instigated civil war.
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Iraq: Security
forces kill 91 ISIS elements, foil ISIS
attack south of Mosul:
Media
officials with the Ministry of Defense
announced on Friday the killing of 91
ISIS elements during clashes in the
villages of Muhana and Khardan south of
Mosul.
Iraq: ISIS claims
to kill 50 in suicide attack in Anbar
province:
Islamic State has issued a news release
claiming to have carried out a suicide
attack on a police station in the town
of Kubaysah, in Iraq’s Anbar province,
killing over 50 police officers and
soldiers.
Security forces
free 2 villages in Iraq's Anbar, 27 IS
militants killed:
Iraqi security forces on Friday
liberated two villages from Islamic
State (IS) militants in Iraq's western
province of Anbar, as the troops killed
27 IS militants, including six suicide
bombers, a provincial security source
said.
Top US Military
Commander: Our Troops Fighting and Dying
in Iraq:
, Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman Gen.
Joe Dunford suggested that American
troops are playing a much more active
the role than the Pentagon has
previously admitted.
MSF Says Syria
Hospital Bombing Killed 50:
The medical charity Doctors Without
Borders says the death toll from the
bombing of a hospital and nearby
buildings in Aleppo in Syria has risen
to 50, including 6 medical staff and
patients.
Syrian TV: Rebel
shelling kills 15 at Aleppo mosque:
State TV said several rockets hit the
mosque and its surroundings as
worshipers were leaving after Friday
prayers. It said the attack struck the
Malla Khan mosque in the Bab al-Faraj
neighborhood.
Syria : Body of
Russian 'hero' flown home:
The body of a
Russian officer killed near Palmyra
during a battle against so-called
Islamic State (IS) militants has arrived
back in Moscow from Syria.
Syria truce comes
into effect but Aleppo excluded:
Government agrees to cessation of
fighting near Damascus and Latakia but
no sign of let up in bombardment of
Aleppo.
Russia Says U.S.
Buildup Violates Syrian Sovereignty:
Planned increase of U.S. military
personnel in Syria is illegal, deputy
foreign minister says
US against
sanctions for Ahrar Al-Sham, Jaysh
al-Islam:
Russia's Permanent Representative to the
U.N., Vitaly Churkin, recently proposed
the U.N. place sanctions on Ahrar
Al-Sham and Jaysh al-Islam, claiming the
groups were linked to al-Qaeda and
Daesh.
Former Isis
militant, says coalition bombing
campaign will drive more jihadists to
launch attacks:
Harry Sarfo joined the so-called Islamic
State in Syria and appeared in one of
its notorious propaganda execution
videos before becoming disillusioned
with the scale of brutality he saw and
fleeing the group.
Saudi forces foil
terror attack, two Daesh suspects
killed:
Saudi authorities foiled a car bombing
attempt in a shootout that killed two
suspects Friday, the Interior Ministry
said, after a bomb wounded a policeman
elsewhere.
How Israel lobby
manufactured UK Labour Party’s
anti-Semitism crisis:
Most Labour members so accused are in
reality being attacked for expressing
opinions in favor of Palestinian human
rights and particularly for supporting
the boycott of Israel.
George Galloway:
'They're Trying To Get Rid Of Jeremy
Corbyn - It's A Slow Motion Coup'
: Video - George Galloway says the
anti-Semitism row in the Labour Party is
simply a plot with the aim of getting
rid of the party's leader Jeremy Corbyn.
US: Afghan MSF
hospital air strike was not a war crime:
Pentagon investigation says strike on
MSF clinic, which killed 42 people, was
a mistake and therefore not a war crime.
Fresh U.S.-led
airstrikes kill 24 IS militants in
Afghanistan:
About 24 Islamic State (IS) militants
were killed Friday in U.S.-led coalition
airstrikes in eastern province of
Nangarhar with Jalalabad as its capital,
120 km east of Kabul, a military
statement said.
China denies US
carrier group entry to Hong Kong amid
South China Sea tensions:
China has denied a
US request for an aircraft carrier group
led by USS John C. Stennis to make a
port visit to Hong Kong, the US State
Department said on Friday, confirming
earlier media reports.
EU and Russia: On
the Path to Normality?: Op-Ed:
Relations between the EU and Russia are
on their way back to normal, slowly but
surely. Neither the US nor certain East
European states can halt the process
Irish parties
agree to form minority government:
Ireland's two key political parties,
Fine Gael and Fianna Fail, have struck a
deal to create a new government. The
agreement comes after an inconclusive
election led to months of political
deadlock.
FBI could soon
legally hack any computer in the US –
and possibly beyond:
In its letter to Congress, the Supreme
Court approved the following change to
Rule 41 of the Federal Rule of Criminal
Procedure:
House Panel
Approves Measure to Require Women to
Register for Draft:
The House Armed Services Committee on
Wednesday approved by a narrow margin an
amendment to a defense bill to require
women to register for the draft.
Protests rage
outside Trump rally in Orange County;
17 arrested, police car smashed :
Traffic came to a halt as a boisterous
crowd walked in the roadway, some waving
American and Mexican flags. Protesters
smashed a window on at least one police
cruiser, punctured the tires of a police
sport utility vehicle, and at one point
tried to flip a police car.
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April 28, 2014
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Airstrikes,
shelling kill at least 60 in Syria's
Aleppo city:
About 200 civilians have been killed in
the past week in Syria, nearly half of
them around Aleppo. There has also been
shelling in Damascus, along with a car
bombing
Syria: Air strike
on hospital in Aleppo kills at least 20
people including doctors and children:
At least 20 people, including two
doctors and three children, were killed
when a series of air strikes hit a
hospital and nearby buildings in the
rebel-held part of Syria's contested
city of Aleppo overnight.
Russia denies
blame for airstrikes on Aleppo hospital:
"According to our information, on the
evening of April 27, for the first time
after a long break, there was a plane
over Aleppo that belonged to one of the
so-called anti-ISIS coalition
countries," it said in a statement.
Syria : 150 US
soldiers invade Kurdish region:
State news agency citing officials calls
entry of 150 troops in the Rmeilan
airfield area an 'act of aggression'.
Jazeera
Operations forces kill 21 ISIS members
west of Ramadi, 203 IEDs dismantled:
On Thursday, Jazeera and Badiya
Operations Command in Anbar Province
announced killing 21 ISIS members and
dismantling more than 200 explosive
devices during the liberation operation
of al-Doulab area west of Ramadi,
11 civilians
injured by ISIS shelling in Anbar
Province:
“A bomb exploded, at noon today,
targeting a bus while passing in Hurriya
District northwest of Baghdad, killing
the driver and wounding five others, as
well as causing material damage to the
bus.”
Woman and child
killed in Iraq as US adopts Israeli
‘knocker’ bombs and leaflet drops
- The
method was used outside of Mosul in a
recent operation, yet a woman and a
child were killed upon re-entering a
building shortly after it was targeted
by a hellfire missile. -
Dunford
Acknowledges US Troops in Iraq Conduct
Combat Operations:
While the White House maintains that
U.S. troops supporting the fight against
Islamic State militants are not in a
combat role, the chairman of the Joint
Chiefs of Staff acknowledged Thursday
that troops are fighting and dying in
combat operations in Iraq and elsewhere
in the Middle East.
Iraq shuts down
Al Jazeera Baghdad bureau:
Network "shocked" by action and vows to
continue coverage of events in the
country.
Airstrikes kill
four, injure two in southern Yemen
: On Sunday, Yemeni army forces, backed
by Saudi-led coalition planes, launched
an offensive against al-Qaeda in
Hadhramaut.
Rights concerns
put EU-Turkey deal in peril as MPs brawl
in Ankara:
Suspension of Turkish parliament halts
passage of laws needed to win European
support for visa-free travel for Turks
US to give Israel 'largest military aid
package in history':
The White House is reportedly planning
to accept Israeli demands for increased
military aid, following pressure by the
US Senate . Israel has been pressuring
the White House to enlarge the annual
aid package from $3.1 billion to between
$4-4.5 billion.
83% of senators
call for boosting exorbitant U.S. aid to
Israel;
Israel already gets $3 billion per year,
53 percent of U.S. foreign military
financing, but 83 senators want more
U.S. Financial
Aid To Israel: Figures, Facts, and
Impact:
Find out how much money your
representative has taken from
pro\-Israel PACs:
U.S. Ruling Over
Compensation for ’83 Beirut Bombing
Riles Iran:
Anger is building among even Iran’s
staunchest defenders of the historic
nuclear agreement with the United
States, after a recent decision by the
American Supreme Court allowing
relatives of victims of a 1983 bombing
to sue Tehran for $2 billion in
compensation from frozen Iranian funds.
'Up to 16
Egyptians' feared killed in clashes with
smugglers in Libya:
"Preliminary information points to
between 12 and 16 Egyptian illegal
migrants having been killed in clashes
with smuggler gangs," the foreign
ministry said in a statement.
After bombing
Libya into chaos, NATO plans blockade to
bar refugees from Europe, with U.S. help
: Rights experts say NATO is likely
violating international law and Western
leaders' justifications are deceptive
6 militants
killed, 60 arrested in Afghan commandos
night raid in Kunduz:
Afghan army night raidsAt least 6
militants were killed during a night
raid conducted by the Afghan commandos
in northern Kunduz province of
Afghanistan.
Pentagon
disciplines 16 for deadly attack on
Doctors Without Borders hospital in
Afghanistan
: One officer was suspended from command
and ordered out of Afghanistan. The
other 15 were given lesser punishments:
Six were sent to counseling, seven were
issued letters of reprimand, and two
were ordered to retraining courses.
Pakistan Was
Aware Of US Operation That Killed Osama
Bin Laden:
US Journalist: Osama bin Laden was in
Pakistan's detention for years and was
killed after the country struck a deal
with the US, a top American journalist
has claimed citing new evidence and
disputed Islamabad's assertion that it
was not aware of the raid that killed
the al Qaeda terrorist.
Ukraine: Four
civilians killed in army shelling, say
rebels:
The rebel group said at least six homes
and a hospital were also damaged in the
village as a result of army strikes
overnight.
World’s fastest
jet MiG-31 intercepts US spy plane near
Russia’s Far East:
It got to within 15 meters of a US
surveillance plane, which was flying in
international airspace near the city of
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky.
Ernst & Young:
Russia Tied with USA at 31st Place in
Corruption, Ukraine in 2nd:
According to the study, the highest
rates of corruption in business are 90%
in Brasil, 88% in the Ukraine and 86% in
Thailand. Lowest corruption rates are in
Finland (0 %) and Sweden (4%).
French Assembly
adopts resolution calling to end
anti-Russian sanctions imposed by EU
:
French MPs have voted in favor of a
resolution to lift the EU-imposed
sanctions initially slapped on Russia
over the crisis in Ukraine and the
reunification with Crimea. The document
is non-binding.
Tear gas,
clashes, vehicles set on fire:
Anti-labor reform protests rock France:
Tear gas, clashes, vehicles set on fire:
The sickening
campaign to silence Corbyn and the Left
by exploiting victims of the Holocaust:
Op-Ed - It is time to speak out against
the concerted and, loosely, coordinated
effort to silence Labour leader Jeremy
Corbyn and critics of Israel, by
smearing them as anti-semites.
Hybrid war hyenas
tearing Brazil apart - Pepe Escobar:
Op-Ed: The gloomy and repulsive night
when the female president of the 7th
largest economy in the world was the
prey of choice fed to a lynch mob of
hyenas in a drab, provincial Circus
Maximus will forever live in infamy.
Brazil: home of
favela resident fighting eviction over
Olympics razed:
One of the doughtiest campaigners
against the Olympic Park in Rio de
Janeiro watched as her home was
bulldozed on Tuesday, sparking small
protests in her neighbourhood and the
city centre.
Five days in the
favela:
'I know what it feels like to rob
because of hunger' : Evangelical
preacher and radio DJ Pastor Nininho
found redemption from a life of crime in
favela Maré.
Traffic to
Wikipedia terrorism entries plunged
after Snowden revelations, study finds:
Internet traffic to Wikipedia pages
summarizing knowledge about terror
groups and their tools plunged nearly 30
percent after revelations of widespread
Web monitoring by the U.S. National
Security Agency
Bernie Sanders
Says US 'Kill List' Legal, Backs Troops
in Syria:
"I think what the president is talking
about is having American troops training
Muslim troops, helping to supply the
military equipment they need, and I do
support that effort."
Baltimore police
shoot 13yo who had replica gun
: After chasing the boy for about 150
yards and seeing he did not drop what
they thought was a weapon, one of the
officers giving chase discharged his
firearm and struck the boy,
Obama is First
President Ever to Not See Single Year of
3% GDP Growth:
According to Louis Woodhill, if the
economy continues to perform below 2.67%
GDP growth rate this year, President
Barack Obama will leave office with the
fourth worst economic record in US
history.
Homeownership
rate falls to third lowest on record:
The rate that Americans own their homes
fell in the first quarter to the third
lowest on record, another indication
that worsening finances as well as
changing preferences since the Great
Recession are altering behavior. |
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April 26, 2016
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Aleppo death toll
mounts; rescue workers killed:
Attacks by government forces and rebels
killed at least 30 people, including
eight children, in the last 24 hours in
Aleppo, a city seeing some of the worst
of a renewed escalation in the Syrian
war, a monitoring group said.
No boots on
ground in Syria,
but US troops wearing boots & on ground
are there ? State Dept
At least 7 killed
in car bomb attack in Iraq's Baghdad:
The car bomb attack left at least seven
civilians killed and some 30 others
wounded. (Xinhua/Khalil Dawood)
Tens of thousands
of Iraqis protest in central Baghdad:
Supporters of Muqtada al-Sadr back on
the streets to demonstrate against Prime
Minister Haider al-Abbadi and
corruption.
Iraqi MPs block
vote on new cabinet reshuffle:
Iraqi MPs disrupted a parliament session
Tuesday, blocking Prime Minister Haider
al-Abadi from presenting a new cabinet
lineup aimed at fighting corruption as
tens of thousands of protesters took
over part of central Baghdad to demand a
vote.
Russia supplying
S-300 missiles to Iran ahead of schedule
: Russia is supplying its S-300 air
defence missile systems to Iran ahead of
schedule and is now in talks with the
Islamic Republic on deliveries of other
military equipment, the head of Russia's
federal arms exports service, FSVTS,
said on Tuesday.
Swiss Envoy
Summoned over US Seizure of Iran's
Assets:
The Iranian Foreign Ministry summoned
Swiss Ambassador to Tehran Giulio Hass
in protest at the recent ruling by the
US Supreme Court which authorized the
transfer of $2 billion of Tehran's
frozen assets to the families of the
victims of a 1983 bombing in Beirut.
Yemeni forces
seize main oil terminal from al Qaeda:
Yemeni government forces and their
Emirati allies took back control of the
country's largest oil export terminal
from al Qaeda on Monday, security
officials said, a day after routing the
militants from their nearby stronghold.
Saudi Arabia
agrees on plan to cut reliance on oil:
Vision 2030 envisages forming public
investment fund, boosting affordable
housing and giving expats long-term
residence.
Al Shabaab kills
five at Somali military base: army
captain:
"Al Shabaab militants
attacked early in the morning. Five
soldiers died and 12 others were
wounded," captain Aden Nur told Reuters
from Baidoa. Six al Shabaab fighters
were killed, he added.
Eight suicide
bombers killed in Afghanistan's Kunduz
province:
At least eight suicide bombers were
killed after their suicide vests went
off prematurely in Afghanistan's
northern Kunduz province on Tuesday.
At least four
policemen killed in Afghanistan Source
:
TOLO News has reported that the attack
took place on Monday in Gereshk district
of the province after the Taliban
attacked a police outpost and engaged in
clashes. This was confirmed later by
District Governor Salim Rodi.
Gay rights
activists hacked to death in Bangladesh:
Al-Qaeda affiliate claims responsibility
for attack that killed editor of
magazine for LGBT community.
Mitsubishi admits
rigging going back more than 25 years:
Japanese automaker last week admitted
manipulating emissions data in more than
600,000 vehicles.
Two
Nagorno-Karabakh soldiers 'killed by
Azeri gunfire':
Two soldiers from the Armenian-backed
Nagorno-Karabakh were killed by gunfire
from Azerbaijan in the early hours of
Tuesday, the defence ministry of the
breakaway region said.
ISIS has secret
cells in Europe, US spy chief claims:
Islamic extremists have more secret
cells hidden throughout Europe that
could be deployed in terror attacks
against civilians, the top U.S.
intelligence official warned on Monday.
ISIS fighters in
Sweden to attack ‘civilian targets’ in
Stockholm - reports:
Swedish security services are on high
alert in connection with a potential
terror threat, officials said. Reports
in Swedish media say several Islamic
State fighters have arrived in Sweden to
carry out attacks on civilian targets in
the capital Stockholm.
Obama pushes
controversial TTIP trade deal in Germany:
President Obama on Sunday defended a
controversial trade deal between the
United States and the European Union
that he wants to finalize before leaving
office in January.
More than 50,000
junior doctors begin two-day strike in
UK:
The unprecedented decision by 55,000
junior doctors to not provide emergency
cover during the 48-hour strike that
begins today is a measure of their
determination to beat the attack being
mounted against them and the National
Health Service by the Conservative
government.
Zbigniew
Brzezinsky Forced to Downsize US
Imperial Ambitions:
Famous American political
scientist Zbigniew Brzezinski once again
frightened mankind by saying that “the
end of America's global role ... would
most probably be global chaos”.
Classified Pages
From 9/11 Report Could Be Released by
Summer:
The top intelligence official in the
United States said on Monday that a
review to declassify 28 pages of
material in a Sept. 11 report, which
families of victims and some lawmakers
are demanding be made public, could be
completed by June.
New Poll Shows
Americans Want Complete 9/11 Disclosure:
Amid surging public interest in 28
classified pages said to link Saudi
Arabia to 9/11, a new Rasmussen Reports
poll finds 74% of Americans want the
U.S. government to release everything it
knows about the attacks, other than
information that would imperil national
security.
Majority of
Senate pushes Obama to boost Israel aid:
More than four-fifths of the US Senate
have signed a letter urging President
Barack Obama to quickly reach an
agreement on a new defense aid package
for Israel worth more than the current
$3 billion per year.
Pro-Israel
Billionaire Haim Saban Drops $100,000
Against Donna Edwards in Maryland Senate
Race:
He is also one of the largest donors to
Hillary Clinton’s Super PACs. In a 2010
interview with the New Yorker, he
described himself as a “one-issue guy,
and my issue is Israel.”
How Wartime
Washington Lives in Luxury:
In the decade after 9/11, it has grown
into a sprawling, pretentious
representation of the federal
government’s growth, vices and
prosperity, encompassing the wealthiest
counties, the best schools, and some of
the highest rates of income inequality
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April 25, 2016
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100 rebels killed
in foiled Aleppo attack: source:
More than 100 rebels were killed when
Syrian army and allied forces foiled an
attack on the Rashidin neighborhood in
Aleppo on Sunday, a security source told
The Daily Star Monday.
15 killed in
Syria checkpoint attack:
At least 15 people were killed and 35
others injured on Monday when a car bomb
ripped through a military checkpoint
near the Syrian capital of Damascus, a
military source said.
Obama to deploy
250 more special forces troops to invade
Syria:
The new deployment will bring to 300 the
number of US special forces soldiers in
Syria.
Syria, Russia
sign deals worth $850M to restore Syrian
infrastructure: RIA:
Syria and Russia have signed agreements
worth 850 million euros to restore
infrastructure in the Arab nation,
Russia's RIA news agency quoted Syrian
Prime Minister Wael Halqi as saying
Monday.
Lavrov: Syrian
opposition should leave regions with
terrorist positions:
According to the minister, the United
States has been refusing to meet its
commitments for two months already on
taking away the Syrian opposition
cooperating with it from the terrorists’
positions
35 killed in
clashes with IS in Iraq:
A total of 35 people were killed on
Sunday in US-led coalition air strikes
and clashes between Iraqi security
forces and Islamic State militants in
the western province of Anbar, a
provincial security source said.
Car bomb in
eastern Baghdad kills at least 11,
sources say:
A car bomb exploded in a predominantly
Shi'ite Muslim district of eastern
Baghdad on Monday, killing at least 11
people and wounding 39 others, security
and medical sources said, the third such
blast in four days in the capital.
British special
forces troops set to launch double
attack on ISIS in Iraq and Libya
:
They will join with regiments from
France and the US in launching the
ground and air attacks aimed at not only
regaining the area, but cutting off
extremist forces from their Syrian
stronghold in the country's capital,
Raqqa.
Two Turkish
soldiers killed, 4 wounded in Kurdish
militant attack:
Two Turkish soldiers were killed and
four wounded on Monday in an armed
attack by Kurdish militants in the
southeastern Turkish town of Nusaybin
near the Syrian border, the armed forces
said in a statement.
Clashes erupt at
Yemen border, three Saudi guards killed:
Three Saudi Border Guard soldiers died
in fighting with "enemy elements" trying
to cross the border from Yemen to attack
two watch towers, the Saudi Press Agency
(SPA) said on Monday.
Yemen war:
Al-Qaeda fighters leave Mukalla:
Yemeni forces and Arab allies enter port
city of Mukalla, held by al-Qaeda for a
year.
UK Killing
Civilians for Oil Again in the King
Salman Canal Project
: The UK government insists on
continuing the massive supply – £2.8
billion since the start of the attack –
of high tech weapons for Saudi Arabia to
use against civilians in Yemen
Saudi Arabia,
9/11, and the secret papers that could
ignite a diplomatic war:
There is growing clamour for
declassification of the pages along with
allegations about attempts by the Saudis
to keep their alleged role in the
attacks hidden
Obama may be
preaching 'tough love' to Saudi – but
arms sales tell another story:
The Obama administration has
dramatically ramped up arms sales to the
kingdom and other Gulf allies.
80 Taliban killed
in Afghanistan:
In Afghanistan, at least eighty Taliban
have been killed in an ongoing military
operation in southern Ghazni province.
Obama rejects
North Korea’s offer to suspend missile
tests:
President Obama said Sunday he doesn’t
take seriously North Korea’s offer to
suspend its missile program if the U.S.
ends annual military exercises with
South Korea.
Cruz and Kasich
team up to slow Trump:
Donald Trump's two rivals for the
Republican party's presidential
nomination have announced they will now
co-ordinate strategies against him
Billionaires Give
$12.3M To Dems & Hillary Via Joint
Fundraising Committee Loophole:
While past presidential candidates
waited until they received the
nomination to join joint fundraising
committees, the Hillary Victory
Committee has already distributed over
$44 million to her campaign and other
Democratic candidates.
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April 24, 2016
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Iraq: 20 killed,
50 injured in Baghdad violence
: A car-bomb struck a security
checkpoint in northern Baghdad, killing
10 people and injuring 29 others, a
security source said.
Kurd-Shi'ite
clashes in northern Iraq kill ten, key
road cut:
Clashes between Kurdish and Shi'ite
Turkmen paramilitary forces in northern
Iraq have killed at least 10 fighters
and cut a strategic road between Baghdad
and the oil city of Kirkuk, security and
medical sources said.
At least 14
killed in govt, rebel attacks in Syria's
Aleppo:
Rebel and government bombardment in
Syria's Aleppo on Sunday killed at least
14 civilians, emergency workers and
activists, on the third day of renewed
violence in the battered city.
Syrians Hold
Elections In Defiance of Western-Backed
Terror:
While talks on a transitional government
come to a halt in Geneva, Syrians choose
their own. But Syria and Russia are
again under threat from the 'regime
changers' and their terrorist armies
Bombing kills 7
Yemen soldiers in anti-Al-Qaeda
offensive:
A bomb-laden vehicle exploded Sunday,
killing seven soldiers in Yemen's south,
where government forces backed by air
power from an Arab coalition have
launched an offensive against Al-Qaeda,
military sources said.
Dutch journalist
arrested in Turkey for criticising
Erdogan:
Ebru Umar taken from her home in western
Turkey to face prosecutors over tweets
deemed critical of president
‘No one can
lecture Turkey’:
EU leaders praise Erdogan’s refugee
effort, shrug off rights concerns
New clashes kill
three army soldiers in east Ukraine:
Kiev:
“As a result of hostilities, three
Ukrainian soldiers have been killed and
another six wounded over the past 24
hours,” Oleksandr Motuzyanyk, a
spokesman for Kiev’s military, said on
Sunday.
N. Korea vows to
stop nuke tests if US ends military
drills with Seoul:
Pyongyang said it will stop conducting
nuclear tests if the US puts an end to
its annual military drills in the South,
North Korea’s foreign minister told AP
on Saturday.
Food Banks Brace
for Long Lines as Thousands Lose SNAP
Benefits:
Across the country, food banks and other
organizations that serve the needy are
preparing for long lines as childless
adults begin losing SNAP (formerly food
stamps) benefits due to the return in
over 20 states of a three-month time
limit for able-bodied adults.
Sanders seeks
‘root cause’ of Saudi role in 9/11
:
Bernie Sanders urges the United States
to address the “root cause” of the
September 11, 2001 attacks, voicing
support for Senate legislation that
would allow families of terror victims
to sue Saudi Arabia in federal court.
Charles Koch Says
"It's Possible" That Another President
Clinton Would Be Best Choice for His
Interests:
'We would have to believe her actions
would be quite different than her
rhetoric. Let me put it that way,' says
billionaire industrialist and far-right
ideologue |
April 23. 2016
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Afghanistan:
Airstrikes Kill 46 Islamic State,
Taliban Militants:
The overnight raids were carried out
following a tip-off the insurgents had a
meeting in the area to discuss attacks
on police check-posts.
Syrian government
strikes on two rebel-held areas kill 23:
Pro-rebel monitor: Syrian warplanes
bombed the rebel-held town of Douma near
Damascus and parts of Aleppo in the
north on Saturday, killing 23 people,
with the death toll likely to rise, the
Syrian Observatory for Human Rights
said.
Islamic State
bomber kills nine at Baghdad mosque:
A suicide bomb attack claimed by Islamic
State killed at least nine people
following Friday prayers at a Shi'ite
Muslim mosque in southwestern Baghdad,
police and hospital sources said.
Senators
Challenge US Military Aid to Saudi
Arabia
: Until recently, the US relationship to
Saudi Arabia has been one of those
things that we're not allowed to do
anything about
Merkel in Turkey
to discuss refugee deal:
German chancellor travels to
Turkish-Syrian border in attempt to
soothe tensions over controversial
refugee swap deal.
NATO's new
deterrent may include bigger Black Sea
presence:
Turkey, Bulgaria and Romania may expand
the NATO alliance's maritime presence in
the Black Sea as part of a broader
strategy to deter Russia, NATO's deputy
chief said on Friday.
Barack Obama, our
fair-weather friend, is wrong about the
EU :
Barack Obama is asking Britain to do
something that the USA constitutionally
cannot and would not do – sacrifice its
sovereignty.
Why Greece’s
third ‘bailout’ solves nothing:
Since 2010 when financial markets first
realized Greece could never afford to
pay its debt, the country has been
subjected to a brutal regime of
austerity.
Brazilian Coup?
: Brazil is in
acute political crisis – the president
has already been impeached by the
country’s lower house of parliament, and
now the Senate will decide her fate. We
are told it is all about corruption in a
country consumed by corruption.
CrossTalking with Brian Becker, Pepe
Escobar and Andrea Murta
US torture
lawsuit: CIA contractors head to court:
Torture survivors sue psychologists who
designed programme described as brutal,
physically harmful and not effective.
Study finds US
suicide rate highest in 30 years:
The number of suicides in the US has
been on the rise since 1999 for everyone
between the ages of 10 and 74 but the
increase was particularly pronounced
among the country's white middle-aged
population.
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The
Phony War in Syria
By Eric Margolis
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The much
ballyhooed “final offensive”
against ISIS is moving with
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U.S. Plans to
Step Up Military Campaign Against ISIS:
The Obama administration is preparing to
broaden its military campaign against
the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria by
increasing the number of Special
Operations forces who advise Syrian
rebels
In for the kill:
200 troops rushed to Iraq in final
battle for key city of Mosul:
The troops sent out will consist of
advisers, trainers, aviation support
crew and security forces. The news comes
as members of ISIS's war council and two
aides were killed in northern Iraq in a
helicopter raid.
4 killed in
rocket barrage from Syria, including 3
children:"
Four people were killed, including three
children, in southern Turkey on Monday —
the third day of rocket and artillery
fire from Syrian government controlled
areas — as Syrian rebels launched a new
offensive in the country's northwest.
Turkey denies
claims it fired on fleeing Syrians:
Turkey on Sunday denied claims that its
military opened fire on Syrian refugees
fleeing clashes between Islamic State
group jihadists and rebels in northern
Syria.
Ankara’s
anti-Kurd crackdown spills over border
onto Syrian civilians (EXCLUSIVE VIDEO):
While Ankara claims its ongoing military
crackdown only targets terrorists,
civilians often fall victim to the
offensive – and not just in Turkey’s
Kurdish-populated provinces, but also
across the border in Syria where people
suffer from cross-border shelling daily.
‘No visa-free
travel - no migrant deal,’ Turkey tells
increasingly wary EU:
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut
Cavusoglu has become the latest Ankara
official to threaten Brussels with the
abandonment of last month’s migrant
agreement, just as the EU is considering
making it easier to revoke the visa-free
privileges it promised.
Netanyahu vows
that Israel will never give up Golan
Heights:
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
traveled to the occupied Golan Heights
on Sunday to declare that Israel will
retain full control of the mountainous
plateau forever and will never return
the strategic highlands to neighboring
Syria.
Bomb rips through
Jerusalem bus, wounds 21:
A bomb blast
ripped through a bus in Jerusalem Monday
and sparked a fire, wounding at least 21
people, Israeli police said, in an
apparent escalation in a wave of
violence.
Palestine loses
$285M per year due to deal:
The
Palestinian economy is losing hundreds
of millions of dollars every year over
outdated or insufficiently enforced
fiscal agreements with Israel, a World
Bank report said Monday.
Sweden’s housing
minister resigns over Israel comments:
Sweden’s housing minister, Mehmet
Kaplan, resigned on Monday partly over
comments he made seven years ago
comparing Israel’s treatment of
Palestinians to the plight of Jews in
Nazi Germany, increasing pressure on an
already unpopular government.
Suicide bomber
kills four Yemen troops near Aden
airport:
Four Yemeni soldiers were killed Sunday
in a suicide attack on a checkpoint near
the international airport in second city
Aden, home to a growing jihadist
presence, a security official said.
Algerian forces
kill 14 Jihadists, capture weapons:
Algeria has confirmed that 14 armed
militants have been killed since March
and a big load of war arsenal discovered
in the south-eastern province of El Oued
as part of a wide scale
counter-terrorism operation.
Eight dead,
nearly 20 missing in new refugee boat
tragedy off Libya:
At least eight African refugees, and
possibly as many as 27, died in a new
boat tragedy off the coast of Libya, a
search and rescue organisation said
toay.
UK in talks to
deploy up to 1,000 troops to Libya as
Hammond arrives in Tripoli
: The UK is in
talks to deploy as many as 1,000 troops
to the war-torn country amid concerns
the newly installed unity government is
failing to stem the rising tide of
Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL)
and people smuggling
Rise in Afghan
civilian casualties at hands of
government forces:
An increasing number of Afghan civilians
are killed and injured at the hands of
government forces fighting extremist
groups, according to the UN.
Russia's military
rejects U.S. criticism of new Baltic
encounter:
Russia's military rejected criticism by
U.S. European Command on Sunday that a
Russian jet had made aggressive
maneuvers near a U.S. reconnaissance
plane over the Baltic Sea, a second
incident in the region between the Cold
War-era foes in the past week.
Brazilian
President: Impeachment Process Has No
Legal Grounds:
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff said
Monday that the procedure of impeachment
against her, ongoing in the country's
parliament, is devoid of any legal
grounds.
Brawls, Sermons
and Confetti: Brazilian Impeachments
Have It All:
When Brazilian legislators gather to
impeach a president, it’s anything but a
solemn affair. Think Carnival of Brazil.
9/11 families hit
Obama for ‘siding with Saudi Arabia,’
want secret report declassified:
Over the past week, families of 9/11
victims have criticized President Obama
because of reports stating that his
administration is lobbying Congress to
block a bill that would allow terror
victims to sue foreign governments
connected to attacks on American soil.
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The
Fallacy of ‘Humanitarian’
War
By Graham E. Fuller |
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U.S. calls
for “democratization” more
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to its enemies (“regime
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U.S. calls
for “democratization” more
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to its enemies (“regime
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26 govt fighters
killed battling ISIS near Syria's
Palmyra:
: At least 26 pro-government fighters
were killed battling ISIS near Palmyra
on Monday as Damascus stepped up a bid
to recapture the ancient city, a
monitoring group said.
Russia gives U.S.
new ultimatum in Syria cease-fire:
Russia on Monday warned the United
States that it will start responding to
cease-fire violations in Syria
unilaterally starting Tuesday if the
U.S. refuses to coordinate rules of
engagement against the violators.
Extremist attack
kills six soldiers in western Iraq:
At least six soldiers were killed Monday
in an attack in western Iraq claimed by
ISIS that began with five suicide
bombers ramming explosives-laden
vehicles into a checkpoint, officials
said.
Security forces
kill 5 foreign suicide bombers while
trying to attack Makhmur camp:
“Today, a force from the army’s 15th
brigade managed to kill five suicide
bombers while trying to attack the
security troops near Makhmur.”
Iraqi Shiite
militias say US troops ‘forces of
occupation,’ demand withdrawal:
Iran-backed Shiite militia forces in
Iraq have strongly opposed new US troops
deployed in the country. The militias
warned that if Washington does not
withdraw its forces "immediately," they
will deal with them "as forces of
occupation."
Bomb attack kills
three soldiers in southeast Turkey:
Local security officials said on Monday
that the incident took place in the
southeastern town of Nusaybin near the
border with conflict-stricken Syria as
the convoy was passing through the
volatile region.
11 killed in
Saudi aerial attacks on Yemen's Jawf
Province:
The Yemeni al-Masirah television said on
Monday that at least seven civilians
lost their lives after Saudi fighter
jets bombed Dahouk Academy in al-Matun
district of the troubled northern
province.
Clinton bashes
Trump at AIPAC for 'neutral' stance on
Israel:
Clinton paints herself as the best
candidate for Israel in her speech to
the pro-Israel lobby.
Biden Tells
AIPAC: No Political Will Among Israelis
or Palestinians to Move Forward to Peace:
VP says Iran is much further from a
nuclear weapon than it was a year ago,
asserts Israel may not get everything it
asks for in the U.S. military aid
package, 'but it will get everything it
needs.'
End Times Pastor
Who Believes the Anti-Christ Is Jewish
Will Speak at AIPAC Conference:
Bishop Edwin Harper is a self-described
"fanatic" who says he is eagerly
awaiting the Rapture. He also believes
that when the anti-Christ appears, he
will be a Jew.
Algerian troops
kill 6 Islamist militants near Tunisia
border - ministry;
Algerian troops killed six armed
Islamist fighters in the country's
southeast near the Tunisian border, and
captured arms and munitions, the
ministry of defence said on Monday.
90 potential
suicide bombers 'roaming' EU, French
Interior Ministry report reveals:
A chilling internal French police report
has revealed that as many as 90
“kamikazes” may be roaming the EU. The
report also states how terrorists are
mastering encryption and bomb making
techniques to help them achieve their
aims.
Over 50,000
Refugees Stuck in Greece Amid West
Balkan Route Closure:
More than 50,400 refugees are stranded
in Greece, as of early Monday, just
weeks after Western Balkan states sealed
their borders in a bid to stop the flow
of migrants into Europe, a Greek migrant
crisis coordination center said in a
statement.
Carbon emissions
highest in 66 million years, since
dinosaur age:
The rate of carbon
emissions is higher than at any time in
fossil records stretching back 66
million years to the age of the
dinosaurs, according to a study on
Monday that sounds an alarm about risks
to nature from man-made global warming.
Castro government
welcomes Obama, US corporate heads to
Cuba:
The large influx of US corporate and
government officials has reportedly
taken up 1,200 hotel rooms and displaced
travelers during the days of the visit,
with prices for hotel rooms tripling to
$600 per night.
Guantanamo
prisoners may not be too dangerous after
all:
The first 23 decisions announced by the
Periodic Review Board as of this month
have skewed heavily in favor of the
prisoners. It has unanimously cleared 19
for release and said five will continue
to be held but will be re-evaluated
later.
Would-Be Asylum
Seekers Are Stuck At Guantanamo Bay:
Entirely ignored in that debate is the
fact that Guantanamo also holds another
group of people the U.S. doesn’t want to
let into the country: people fleeing
persecution — mostly from Cuba and Haiti
— who the Coast Guard picked up at sea
before they made it to U.S. shores.
US existing home
sales tumble in warning sign for housing
market:
Sales fell across the
country, including a 17.1 percent plunge
in the U.S. Northeast.
New study says
entire regions of US will remain in
slump until the 2020s:
The lack of decent job opportunities in
large swathes of the country has created
a reserve army of unemployed and
underemployed workers who are competing
for a shrinking number of jobs in areas
that are more or less permanently
distressed
Sanders outraises
Clinton, as Trump lends his campaign
more money
: The senator from Vermont outraised his
Democratic primary opponent in February,
the Washington Post writes. He pulled in
$43.5 million to the former secretary of
state’s $30.1 million.
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Behind the Crimea/Russia
Reunion
By Ray McGovern |
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Invincible
Ignorance -Many Americans
are so malnourished on
accurate news – and so busy
trying to make ends meet –
that they would seem to
qualify for this
dispensation, with pardon
for not knowing about things
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Yemen clashes
kill 35:
At least 35 fighters have been killed in
Yemen in clashes between Shiite rebels
and pro-government forces in Taiz, the
country's third-largest city, according
to officials.
ISIL attacks kill
24 Iraqi troops:
At least three suicide bombers target
municipal building as US announces more
Marines deployed on the ground in Iraq.
US deploys more
troops on the ground in Iraq to fight
ISIS:
Washington has sent a detachment of US
Marines to Iraq to bolster the fight
against the Islamic State (IS, formerly
ISIS/ISIL) terror group. The Marines
will reinforce US forces already there.
Death toll climbs
from airstrikes on ISIS-held Syrian
city:
Syrian pro-opposition activists say the
death toll from purported Russian
airstrikes the ISIS-held city of Raqqa
in the past 24 hours has climbed to at
least 55, mostly civilians.
Syria forces
retake key areas in Lattakia, kill
militants in Raqqah.:
Syrian forces have regained control over
key areas in the coastal province of
Lattakia and killed a large number of
Daesh Takfiri terrorists in the northern
city of Raqqah.
Turkey blames
ISIL for Istanbul attack:
Interior minister says deadly suicide
blast on popular tourist street was
carried out by a Turkish ISIL member.
John Kerry: Isis
is committing genocide in Syria and
Iraq:
The US secretary of state said extremist
group is responsible for acts of
genocide against Christians, Yazidis and
Shia Muslims amid mounting global
pressure
4 Million Muslims
Killed In Western Wars: Should We Call
It Genocide?:
News analysis -
Since the vast majority of those killed
were of Arab descent, and mostly Muslim,
when would it be fair to accuse the
United States and its allies of
genocide?
Kenya Says Its
Forces Killed 34 Al Shabaab Fighters in
Somalia:
On Saturday, the Kenya Defence Forces
(KDF) killed 21 of the insurgents in the
southern town of Afmadow in the ambush
in which the two soldiers died. Kenyan
troops killed a further 13 fighters just
north of Ras Kamboni, also in southern
Somalia.
15 policemen
confirmed killed in mortar attack at
northern Sinai checkpoint:
Three officers were among those killed,
according to Egypt's Interior Ministry.
A Sinai-based Islamic State affiliate
claimed responsibility for the attack on
Saturday, according to a statement
circulated on social media.
Refugees drown
off Libya, hundreds rescued:
Nine refugees trying to reach Europe
have drowned off Libya and hundreds more
been rescued, the Red Crescent said on
Sunday amid fears of an increase in
crossing attempts as the route from
Turkey closes.
Refugee crisis:
Boats arrive in Greece despite EU deal:
Five boats carrying Syrians arrive from
Turkey hours after deal aiming to cut
off refugee route to EU comes into
force.
Greek officials
say more time needed to begin refugee
deportations
: Greek Prime Minister
Alexis Tsipras told ministers to be
ready to begin deportations the
following day. Tsipras said that 2,300
security and legal experts are set to
arrive in Greece to help enforce the
deal. With Germany and France promising
to send 600 police and asylum officials
to Greece
Lawyer of Paris
attacks suspect Abdeslam to sue French
prosecutor:
On Sunday, Mary accused the chief French
investigator, Francois Molins, of
violating judicial confidentiality,
after the prosecutor disclosed
Abdeslam's private admission to a
magistrate when the official was
speaking to the media, the lawyer
alleged.
600 left France
to join ISIS, 800 more want to, says
French PM
: rench Prime Minister Manuel Valls said
on Sunday that 600 people have already
left France to join Islamic State and
approximately 800 more want to do so in
the future despite the fact that ISIS
has suffered battlefield defeats in
recent months.
Jewish vigilantes
jailed over Paris attack on Gaza
fundraising event:
Six members of Jewish Defence League
participated in 'lynching' of two men
and chanted 'Death to Arabs'
Brazil's Rousseff
lacks Senate votes to defeat
impeachment: senator:
On Sunday, Estadao newspaper quoted
sources close to Senate Speaker Renan
Calheiros, also a member of the PMDB, as
saying he believed that if the lower
house approves the ongoing impeachment
process it would create an unstoppable
wave of support for removing Rousseff.
Redaction error
reveals FBI did target Lavabit to spy on
Edward Snowden:
Court-ordered release of Lavabit case
files finally reveals Snowden was target
of action that shuttered secure and
private email service
China leads
global U.S. debt dump:
The largest owner of U.S. debt, China
sold $18 billion of U.S. Treasury debt
in December. And it's not alone. Japan
sold even more: $22 billion. In the past
year, Mexico, Turkey and Belgium have
also lowered their holdings of U.S.
debt, all of which have led to a record
annual dump by central banks.
Largest U.S.
refinery now belongs to Saudi Arabia:
Royal Dutch Shell and Saudi Aramco
appear to be getting a divorce, breaking
up their joint venture in U.S.-based
refining assets.
Tick, Tock, Tick
Tock: Flint’s Disposable Poor Children:
America’s political blame game continues
while children continue to suffer life
impairing harm. Lead causes biological
and neurological damage linked to brain
damage, learning disabilities,
behavioral problems, developmental
delays, academic failure, juvenile
delinquency, high blood pressure and
death.
Fourteen at nuke
base probed for illegal drug activity:
The command is responsible for the
entire fleet of 450 Minuteman 3 nuclear
missiles that stand in underground
launch silos, one third of them operated
by the 90th Missile Wing.
Clinton: Destroy
Syria for Israel -:
A newly-released Hilary Clinton email
confirmed that the Obama administration
has deliberately provoked the civil war
in Syria as the “best way to help
Israel.” Clinton also wrote that it was
the “right thing” to personally threaten
Bashar Assad’s family with death.
In case you missed it:
Saban: Hillary
Clinton is ideal candidate for Israel:
A United States led by Hillary Clinton
would be “great” for Israel, Haim Saban
said in an exclusive interview with The
Jerusalem Post.
Alledged Campus
Anti-Semitism Prompts New York Lawmakers
To Slash Funds:
The New York State Senate has voted to
slash $485 million in funding to senior
colleges in the City University of New
York system to “send a message” that not
done enough to fight campus
anti-Semitism.
Watch -
AbbyMartin speaking to Jewish members at
#AIPAC2016 protest on Zionism and Israel
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Cruz in Utah:
Glenn Beck Says He’s Fulfillment of
Mormon Prophecy’:
Beck said that he, like many Mormons,
believe in a prophecy that the
Constitution will hang by a thread in
the last days. He said he believes that
now is that time, and people like Lee
and Cruz will save it.
Ted Cruz Is an
Anti-Muslim Bigot, Too:The
GOP has an anti-Muslim hate problem: Ted
Cruz’s foreign-policy team is anchored
by America’s biggest Islamophobe.
Cops pepper spray
Trump protesters during NYC march
(VIDEOS):
Police in New York pepper sprayed a
crowd of protesters marching toward
Trump International Tower on Saturday
after pushing and shoving broke out
between the NYPD and some of the
protesters.
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