July
26, 2016
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30
Seconds To Midnight
By Paul Craig Roberts |
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This
extremely high risk has
been created entirely by
the Clinton, George W.
Bush, and Obama regimes.
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ISIS beheads
23 young Iraqis in Mosul:
Brigadier-General Abdul-Karim Sabawi
said, “ISIS arrested 23 young men
from Nimrod and al-Salamiya and
beheaded them. The deceased were
accused of collaboration with the
security forces and providing them
with important information about the
outfit’s movement in Nimrod.”
Iraq: Suicide
attack kills at least 21 near
Baghdad:
Hospital sources say death toll
likely to rise after bomb goes off
as cars wait to enter Khalis, north
of capital.
Iraqi F16
kills 12 ISIS members including
senior leaders in Qaim:
“This morning, Iraqi F16 fighter
jets targeted the headquarters of
ISIS Wilayt Euphrates and a
commercial headquarters in Qaim
district, killing 12 ISIS members
including four top leaders.”
Family
including a child burned alive for
trying to flee ISIS held territory:
“This evening, ISIS burned a family
of three (father, mother and a
two-year-old girl) while they were
trying to escape from the
organization’s grip in Rashad
village,” adding “The family was
walking through Hamrin mountains
Air strikes,
rebel fire kill 19 in Syria's
Aleppo: Monitor:
Air strikes and barrel bomb attacks
killed 16 civilians in rebel-held
parts of Aleppo province on Monday,
with rebel rocket fire onto
government areas killing three more,
a monitor said.
Lavrov calls
plans for regime change in Syria
'villainy':
The calls for Syria’s regime change
come from narrow-minded people,
unless they are villains, Russian
Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said
on Monday in an interview for the
website of the Imperial Orthodox
Palestine Society (IOPS).
Saudi-led
airstrikes kill 20 Houthi fighters
in Yemen port city:
The airstrikes targeted a convoy of
three military vehicles carrying
Houthi fighters deployed along the
battle fronts.
Dozens of
Saudi forces killed in Yemen's
ballistic missile:
Dozens of Saudi troops have
reportedly been killed and injured
in a retaliatory ballistic missile
attack by Yemen against a military
base in Saudi Arabia’s southwestern
region of Jizan.
Three Turkish
police killed in attack blamed on
Kurdish militants:
Explosives placed on a highway in
Mardin province were detonated
remotely as the convoy carrying
police personnel passed at 1:20 pm
(1020 GMT), they said. The officers
were traveling in an armored
vehicle.
Thousands of
Turkey coup prisoners 'raped,
starved and hogtied':
Amnesty International says it has
‘credible evidence’ Turkish police
are holding detainees, denying them
food, water and medical treatment
and in the worst cases some have
been subjected to severe beatings
and torture
Turks fear
for detained soldiers as Erdogan
launches fresh crackdown:
Amid allegations of torture,
relatives wait anxiously for news as
Turkey’s justice system struggles to
keep up with arrests
Erdogan
Closes Private Schools, Charities
and Unions:
President Tayyip Erdogan tightened
his grip on Turkey on Saturday,
ordering the closure of thousands of
private schools, charities and other
institutions in his first decree
since imposing a state of emergency
after the failed military coup.
Turkey
targets media in new crackdown after
coup:
Turkish authorities on Monday issued
arrest warrants for over 40
journalists in a new phase of a
controversial legal crackdown after
the failed coup against President
Recep Tayyip Erdogan that has
alarmed the West.
Former NATO
commander ‘behind failed coup
against Erdogan’ – Turkish daily
:
The former commander of NATO forces
in Afghanistan, retired US Army
General John F. Campbell, was the
mastermind behind the failed
military coup in Turkey, the Yeni
Safak daily has reported, citing
sources close to investigation.
Turkey-US
ties will suffer unless Gulen
extradited, foreign minister says:
Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlut
Cavusoglu has said that the ties
with the US could turn sour unless
Washington extradites cleric Gulen,
who, according to Ankara, is behind
the failed coup.
41 bodies
wash up on Libya beach:
The bodies, found yesterday on the
city's beach west of the capital
Tripoli, were taken to the morgue
for DNA testing before being buried,
the official said. "We think that
these are people who drowned five or
six days ago," added the official
who did not wish to be identified.
Rebel attack
kills 3 people in Central Africa:
At least three people were killed in
an attack by militia in the troubled
Bambari region of the Central
African Republic, informed sources
said Sunday.
Civilian
Death Toll Reaches Record as Afghan
Troops Fight Taliban: U.N.:
The number of civilians killed or
wounded in Afghanistan's battle with
the Taliban reached a record high in
the first half of this year - with
children bearing the brunt of the
conflict - the United Nations said
Monday.
Russia
considers status quo on Palestine
unacceptable — Putin:
Russian President Vladimir Putin has
said that Moscow considers the
existing status quo on Palestine
inadmissible and calls for
relaunching the negotiation process.
Ukraine
reports 6 soldiers killed in rebel
east:
The Donetsk People's Republic, one
of two self-proclaimed separatist
republics in the east, claimed
Sunday that Ukrainian forces had
shelled positions there more than
600 times in the past day, the
Russian news agency Tass reported.
IOC rules
Russia will not be banned from Rio
2016 Olympics
: The ruling gives a
glimmer of hope to Russian athletes
who have not been tarnished by the
recent doping scandal engulfing the
country, although they will face a
race against time to prove they are
clean before the Games begin in Rio
on August 5.
Germany
blast: Ansbach explosion 'kills
suspected bomber':
The explosion happened shortly after
22:00 (20:00 GMT) in, or close to, a
wine bar that was near the entrance
to the music festival, German media
reported.
German
bombing: attacker pledged allegiance
to Isis, says official
: According to an initial
translation of the Arabic-language
video found on the suspect’s phone,
the Ansbach attack was described as
“revenge” against Germany.
Syrian
refugee wielding machete kills 1,
injures 2 in Reutlingen, Germany:
The perpetrator apparently had no
links to any terrorist organization,
according to police. "Given the
current evidence, there is no
indication that this was a terrorist
attack," police said in a statement,
as quoted by Reuters.
Donald Trump
says French and Germans to face
'extreme vetting' entering the US
: Donald Trump has suggested terror
attacks in France and Germany were
their "own fault" and citizens of
the countries could now be subject
to "extreme vetting" entering the
United States.
2 dead, up to
16 injured after shooting at Fort
Myers Club Blu:
Two people are dead, including a
14-year-old boy and a Lehigh Senior
High School basketball star, and up
to 16 are injured following a deadly
shooting early Monday morning during
a party at Club Blu in Fort Myers.
Bernie
Sanders Must Disavow Hillary Clinton
Endorsement: Rigged Election:
DNC chief financial officer Brad
Marshall suggested that staffers
orchestrate a media campaign to
paint Bernie Sanders (who is Jewish)
as an atheist in order to turn
religious voters in Kentucky and
West Virginia against him:
Democrats
Accuse Russia Of Hacking DNC Server
To Help Donald Trump:
Hillary's campaign manager, Robby
Mook, appeared on CNN, suggested
that Russians are behind the DNC
hacking.
Bernie
Sanders Calls for Debbie Wasserman
Schultz to Resign in Wake of Email
Leaks
: “I told you long time ago that the
DNC was not running a fair
operation, that they were supporting
Secretary Clinton,” Sanders told ABC
News’ George Stephanopoulos Sunday
on “This Week.” “So what I suggested
to be true six months ago turned out
to be true.”
Rep. Debbie
Wasserman Schultz will resign after
convention:
The move is the culmination of
months of accusations that the
chairwoman had put her thumb on the
scales for presumptive Democratic
presidential nominee Hillary Clinton
over Bernie Sanders, and less than
two days after a hacker leaked
emails lending credence to that
theory.
Leaked Emails
Show DNC Officials Planned
Anti-Trump Protests:
In multiple emails, DNC officials
signed off and acknowledged the
existence of two anti-Donald Trump
protests in South Bend, IN and
Billings, MT.
Leaked memo:
Sanders team wanted use of private
jet in exchange for backing Clinton:
A
leaked memo shows the Bernie Sanders
campaign considered asking the
Democratic National Convention for a
private plane as part of his
endorsement of Hillary Clinton to
help “keep his movement energized.”
PHOTOS: DNC
erects four-mile eight-foot tall
fence around Philly convention site:
To the Democratic National Committee
elites, keeping average Americans
away from their convention is a good
idea, while protecting the southern
border from intruding terrorists,
rapists and murderers is a bad one. |
July
23/24, 2016
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Genocide in Iraq
By Ifekhar A. Khan
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At least 80 people killed in
suicide blast at march in
Afghanistan:
The Islamic State group claimed
responsibility for the attack on a
protest march by Afghanistan’s
ethnic Hazaras. The marchers were
demanding that a major regional
electric power line be routed
through their impoverished home
province. Most Hazaras are Shiite
Muslims, while most Afghans are
Sunni.
Drone Attack
exposes US dirt and hypocrisy on
human rights:
The Obama administration, concerned
only about minimizing the casualties
of U.S. soldiers, have turned a
flagrantly deaf ear to the
heartrending loss of civilian rights
to life in other countries affected
by this technology.
Syria: Aleppo
tunnel bomb 'kills 38 government
troops':
Dozens of pro-government troops were
killed when rebels blew up a tunnel
underneath a building in the Syrian
city of Aleppo, reports say. The
Thuwwar al-Sham rebel group posted a
video online that appeared to show a
building used by government troops
being destroyed by a huge blast.
Russian
serviceman killed by self-detonating
bomb in Syria -TASS:
The ministry said in a statement
cited by TASS that the serviceman
had been killed near Aleppo when a
bomb exploded near a convoy,
bringing food and water for local
inhabitants, that was being escorted
by the Russian military.
Fact or fiction?
U.S. believes
Russia purposefully bombed secret
U.S. base in Syria to force
Washington’s hand:The
Wall Street Journal reports that
Russia took the action against the
base, that sometimes housed secret
American and British forces, in
order to pressure the White House to
coordinate actions with Russia in
the Syrian theater.
Clashes rock
Syria's Manbij as Daesh ignores
ultimatum:
Deash militants clashed on Saturday
with US-backed fighters in the
Syrian town of Manbij, pursuing
their fierce defence of the militant
stronghold and ignoring a deadline
to leave.
Iraq: Six
killed, eight injured in Sharqat
bombing:
“An explosive device planted to the
side of a road in Sharqat Island
exploded at noon today, while
families escaping ISIS control from
the district were heading towards
Baiji. Six civilians were killed and
eight others were injured.”
U.S. “Vetted”
And Armed Syria Terrorist Group That
Beheaded Boy, Gave Them TOW
Missiles:
The group was considered one of the
U.S. “vetted” organizations, a
designation that was touted as a
sure way to avoid arming “extremist”
terrorists like ISIS or al-Qaeda.
France to
send artillery to Iraq in fight
against ISIL:
French president announces plan to
send artillery, but no ground
troops, to combat ISIL in Iraq in
August.
Turkey:
Erdogan moves to shutter 2,340
institutions:
In his first decree under new state
of emergency laws, Erdogan moves to
close schools and extend legal
detention time
Did Russia
save Erdogan?:
Several Arab media outlets,
including Rai Alyoum, quoted
diplomatic sources in Ankara as
saying that Turkey’s National
Intelligence Organization, known
locally as the MIT, received intel
from its Russian counterpart that
warned of an impending coup in the
Muslim state.
Obama Rejects
Claims U.S. Had Advance Knowledge of
Turkey Coup:
He said he spoke this week with
Erdogan, who “needs to make sure
that not just he but everybody in
his government understand that those
reports are false.”
20 killed, 40
injured as Tuareg rebels, pro- govt
militia clash in Mali:
A nurse at the main health centre in
Kidal, one of the largest towns in
northern Mali, said she had seen
about 20 dead, both at the clinic
and on the town’s streets.
Fourteen
bodies found after 'execution' in
Benghazi, Libya:
Fourteen unidentified bodies with
shot wounds to the head have been
found in the eastern Libyan city of
Benghazi, a hospital official said
on Friday.
ISIL's gains
in Libya:
French special forces have
reportedly been helping Libyan
troops to battle ISIL fighters in
Benghazi for two months. There is
speculation that if a national
government is not agreed upon soon,
Italy may push a plan to split Libya
into three mini-states.
Libyans
Protest At French Special Forces
Presence:
The UN-backed government of Libya
has dubbed the presence of French
troops in the country a violation of
national sovereignty, following
France's admission they were
preseence and that three had died
near the eastern town of Benghazi
Munich
shooting: 10 killed in shopping
centre attack:
A man suspected of carrying out a
deadly shooting attack in the German
city of Munich killed himself, and
likely acted alone, police have
said.
Munich gunman
fixated on mass killing, had no
Islamist ties:
The 18-year-old, born and raised
locally, opened fire near a busy
shopping mall on Friday evening,
triggering a lockdown in the
Bavarian state capital.
Guided
missile destroyer USS Ross enters
Black Sea to ‘strengthen regional
security’:
A US guided missile destroyer, USS
Ross, equipped with the Aegis
advanced missile defense system has
entered the Black Sea and is heading
to the Ukrainian port city of Odessa
to join the international maritime
exercises Sea Breeze 2016.
Debunking
Myths About The Crisis In Venezuela:
Those up-to-date with the news know
that almost every mainstream media
outlet paints a gloomy picture of
famine, insecurity and censorship.
But, how bad is the situation
really?
Video: Austin
police body-slam black teacher, tell
her blacks have ‘violent tendencies’:
Video - A dashboard camera captured
an Austin police officer violently
arresting Breaion King, a black
schoolteacher
Wikileaks
hits DNC ahead of convention,
competes with Kaine VP nomination:
On Friday, Wikileaks dropped a
bombshell cache of DNC emails. Among
other things, the emails purport to
show the party apparatus favoring
Clinton's campaign over the
insurgency of Vermont Senator Bernie
Sanders.
Leaked DNC
Emails Confirm Democrats Rigged
Primary, Reveal Extensive Media
Collusion:
There had been a plot designed to
smear Bernie Sanders and to hand the
Democratic nomination to Hillary on
a silver platter. There has been
repeated collusion between the DNC
and the media
Tim Kaine Has
a Troubling Record
: Hillary
Clinton’s VP pick has split with
labor on the TPP, banking
regulation, and even “right-to-work”
laws.
Mike Pence on
the “American Heartland” and the
Holy Land:
The Republican Party platform,
posted last week, gives the
American-Israeli relationship
considerable space. |
July
21/22, 2016
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Syrian
Democratic Forces kill over 100 ISIS
jihadis in fresh offensive:
Backed by the US-led coalition
forces, the SDF bombed ISIS
positions in central Manbij, north
of Aleppo.
US allegedly
kill at least 73 civilians in
northern Syria:
US airstrikes on a Syrian village
have killed at least 73 civilians, a
majority of them women and children,
activists say, in the deadliest
coalition attack on non-combatants
since the start of the bombing
campaign against the Islamic State.
Nusra Front
executes captive pro-Syrian
government soldiers:
A video distributed by the group
showed at least 12 men who gave
their names before kneeling down in
a line and being shot simultaneously
in the back of the head.
Syrian
opposition asks US-led coalition to
halt attacks on Isil after dozens of
civilian deaths
: The head of the opposition Syrian
National Coalition called for a
suspension of the US-led air
campaign against Islamic State (Isil)
in Syria while reports of dozens of
civilian deaths from air strikes
around the northern city of Manbij
are investigated.
U.N. calls
for 48 hour ceasefires to aid
besieged Syrian zones:
The United Nations called on
Thursday for Syria's warring sides
to observe 48-hour local truces to
let aid reach eastern Aleppo and
other besieged zones where civilians
may be starving.
Daesh given
48 hours to leave Syria's Manbij:
Syrian forces have given Daesh 48
hours to abandon the embattled
northern city of Manbij near the
Turkish border. The Manbij Military
Council, issued the ultimatum on
Thursday in an effort to “protect
civilian lives” in Manbij.
Iraq: 20 ISIS
operators plotting external attacks
killed:
"Today we reviewed and agreed on the
next plays in our campaign, which of
course we won't discuss publicly
yet. But let me be clear: they
culminate in the collapse of ISIL's
control over the cities of Mosul and
Raqqa," he said.
Al-Salam
Brigades: We are thirsty for
Americans’ blood:
Al-Salam Brigades, the revitalized
form of Muqtada al-Sadr’s Mahdi
Army, announced on Wednesday its
insistence on targeting American
troops that Washington plans to send
to Iraq and said that its members
‘are thirsty for the blood of
Americans’.
Iraq War
Families smash crowdfund target to
put Tony Blair on trial
: The
online fundraiser hit its first
target of Ł50,000 (US$66,000) within
a day of launching on Tuesday, and
it is now rapidly approaching its
secondary target of Ł150,000.
Turkey to
suspend European human rights
convention following failed coup:
Under the emergency measure, the
Turkish president and his ministers
are allowed to bypass the parliament
in passing new laws.
Global alarm
grows as 50,000 hit by Turkey purge:
Turkey faced fresh accusations it
was flouting the rule of law with
its purge of 50,000 people after an
attempted coup, as the president
gathered security chiefs Wednesday
for the first time since the putsch.
Erdogan
Warned of Incoming Coup by Russian
Alert:
Arab media outlets quoted diplomats
in Ankara as disclosing that
Turkey's President Erdogan was
alerted by Russia against an
imminent army coup hours before it
was initiated on Friday
Chill in
US-Turkish Relations May Signal
Ankara's Shift Toward Moscow:
Signs of tensions growing between
the US and Turkey continue to
emerge, prompting some to question
whether Ankara has reviewed its
geopolitical priorities and made a
shift from Washington toward Moscow.
Palestinians
buried after Jerusalem killings:
Muhyee Sidqi al-Tibakhi, 12, died
after he was shot in the chest and
head on Tuesday, the Palestinian
health ministry told media.
U.S. warns of
potential imminent threat to
citizens in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia:
The U.S. Embassy in Saudi Arabia
said on Thursday it had received
reports of a "potential, imminent
threat" against U.S. citizens in
areas of the city of Jeddah
frequented by Westerners.
Iran
forfeiture order benefiting Sept. 11
victims' families reversed on appeal:
A record terrorism-related
forfeiture order benefiting families
of some Sept. 11 victims and others
was reversed on appeal Wednesday,
leaving in doubt what will happen to
a $1 billion Manhattan office
building at the center of the legal
case.
French
government acknowledges 'secret war'
in Libya as three soldiers killed
fighting Isil militants:
France had previously admitted that
its warplanes were carrying out
reconnaissance flights over the
restive north African country, where
Islamic State jihadists have a
foothold
Libya unity
government denounces French military
involvement:
The acknowledgment was also an
embarrassment for France because it
exposed that the French forces are
in eastern Libya, fighting alongside
Brig. Gen. Khalifa Hifter — a bitter
opponent of the Tripoli-based
U.N.-backed unity government.
At Least 50
Daesh, Taliban Militants Killed in
Eastern Afghanistan:
Afghan military and security forces
have killed 50 militants from the
Taliban Islamist movement and Daesh
terrorist group in the country's
eastern province of Nangarhar, local
media reported Thursday.
Taliban
militants overrun district in
Afghanistan’s Kunduz province:
The Taliban have reportedly overrun
a strategic Afghan district
bordering with Tajikistan overnight
Thursday, after four days of
fighting.
US Justice
Department aims to seize one billion
dollars in Malaysian assets:
The US Justice Department has filed
lawsuits against a state fund in
Malaysia over alleged money
laundering. The scandal has
embroiled a number of high-profile
government officials both inside and
outside Malaysia.
US Navy to
return to New Zealand after 30-year
rift over nukes:
The Navy will make a port call in
New Zealand for the first time since
1985, when the South Pacific nation
banned visits by ships carrying
nuclear weapons.
Refugee boat
found with 22 dead bodies off Libya
coast:
The bodies of 21 women and one man
have been found "in a pool of fuel"
at the bottom of a rubber dinghy
adrift near the Libyan coast, just
hours after they had set sail for
Italy, according to the humanitarian
group Doctors Without Borders (MSF).
Moscow to
consider Germany's change of policy
in viewing Russia as factor of
instability:
"Assessing and analyzing this
document, we leave it on the
authors’ conscience," Zakharova
said. "It has nothing in common with
true values and goals of the Russian
foreign and security policies."
Trump says US
may abandon automatic protections
for Nato countries:
Members of Nato have all signed a
treaty that says they will come to
the aid of any member that is
attacked.
Transcript:
Donald Trump on NATO, Turkey’s Coup
Attempt and the World:
How are we going to lecture when
people are shooting our policemen in
cold blood. How are we going to
lecture when you see the riots and
the horror going on in our own
country.
Russia Calls
Rio Olympics Ban Ruling 'a Crime
Against Sport':
The decision by the CAS increases
the possibility that the
International Olympic Committee, or
IOC, will now exclude Russia from
all sports, not just track and
field, in Rio de Janeiro.
UK could lose
permanent seat on UN Security
Council:
In the memo, seen by Reuters, UN
officials questioned whether Britain
is worthy of being a veto-power on
the council after we recently
withdrew police officers from a
peacekeeping mission in
conflict-stricken South Sudan
without consulting the international
body.
Climate
change department closed by Theresa
May in 'plain stupid' and 'deeply
worrying' move:
On Monday, Government advisers had
warned of the need to take urgent
action to prepare the UK for floods,
droughts, heatwaves and food
shortages caused by climate change.
Sign this
petition: Parliament should hold
Tony Blair to account for the war in
Iraq
Parliament should now agree a
process by which it can hold the
former Prime Minister to account.
In Spite of
Public Opposition, France Passes
Regressive Labor Reform:
Organized labor and student groups
have long contended that the law
will only serve to lower the French
standard of living, one of the
highest in the world.
Brazil
arrests 'amateur' group accused of
Olympics terror plot:
Brazil arrested 10 people on
Thursday suspected of belonging to a
poorly organized group supporting
Islamic State (IS) and discussing
acts of terrorism during next
month's Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
“Guantánamo
Diary” Author Cleared for Release
After 14-Year Imprisonment:
Slahi was arrested in his native
Mauritania in 2001, and was held and
tortured in secret prisons in
Afghanistan and Jordan before being
secreted to Guantánamo. He has been
imprisoned for over 14 years without
being charged with a crime.
Federal Debt
Tops $19,400,000,000,000:
The federal debt moved above
$19,400,000,000,000 for the first
time as of the close of business on
Tuesday, according to the data
released today by the U.S. Treasury.
US Credit
Conditions Drop to Worst Level since
Q3 2009, Markets Soar
: Companies are buckling under their
load of debts in an environment of
slack demand and declining sales.
The Standard & Poor’s default rate
has been rising relentlessly, and in
June, hit 4.3%, the highest rate
since the Financial Crisis.
Flight
Attendant Tells Muslim Man ‘I’ll Be
Watching You,’ Then Kicks Him Off
The Plane:
A Muslim man was kicked off an
American Airlines plane after a
flight attendant announced to other
passengers his name and seat number,
warning him “I’ll be watching you.”
Police Shoot
Unarmed Therapist, Pleading For His
Life While Helping Patient: Video
- “And I’m
saying, ‘Sir, why did you shoot me?’
and his words to me were, ‘I don’t
know,’” Kinsey said.
RNC
Protesters "Wall Off Trump" and
Confront Police Violence:
On Wednesday, hundreds of
immigrants' rights protesters from
across the US erected a wall with
several fence- and wall-like banners
that stretched for several blocks
outside the Quicken Loans Arena,
where the RNC is taking place.
FBI visits
homes of Cleveland activists amid
Republican National Convention
protests
: The Ohio chapter of
the National Lawyers Guild told the
Los Angeles Times that this is only
the latest in the FBI’s series of
raids meant to intimidate protesters
since the beginning of the summer.
How Much Is
Donald Trump Worth? An Examination
Of The Evidence:
Trump says one thing, records say
another
Cheney says
he will support Trump:
The announcement makes Cheney one of
the few Republican Party elders to
announce their support of Trump and
comes a day after House Speaker Paul
Ryan told CNN he is "just not ready"
to back Trump.
Filmmaker
Michael Moore: 'Sorry,' but Trump
likely to win:
"People are in denial of this, but
the chance of winning is really,
really good."
Possible
Hillary Clinton Pick for Vice
President, Goes to Bat for Banks:
Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine, considered
a leading contender for the
Democratic vice presidential
nomination, has spent this week
signaling to the financial industry
that he’ll go to bat for them. |
July
20, 2016
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The
Twilight of NATO
By Thierry Meyssan |
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NATO
functions like a mafia
racket – those who don’t
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Syrian
Airstrikes Kill Over 100 Daesh
Fighters in Hama Province:
The Syrian Arab Air Force destroyed
a convoy of vehicles armed with
machine guns near the city of
Salamiyah and killed about a hundred
of militants, according to local
media.
US air strike
in Syria kills nearly 60 civilians
'mistaken for Isil fighters'
: Some eight families were hit as
they tried to flee fighting in their
area, in one of the single deadliest
strikes on civilians by the alliance
since the start of its operations in
the war-torn country.
Syrian
opposition group that killed child
'was in US-vetted alliance':
A Syrian opposition group whose
members beheaded a child captive
near Aleppo on Tuesday had been part
of a US-vetted alliance and been
supplied with anti-tank missiles
until a year ago.
Syrian rebels
capture Islamic State headquarters
in Manbij: U.S. military:
The Islamic State headquarters,
which was located in a hospital, was
being used as a command center and
logistics hub. The U.S.-backed
Syrian rebels also took control of
part of the town, enabling civilians
in the area to flee the fighting,
the statement said.
Iraq: 20
killed after Turkey carries out
airstrikes against Kurdish militants:
The airstrikes were carried out
against PKK targets in northern
Iraq's Hakurk region by F-16 fighter
jets late on Tuesday, AFP quoted,
citing Anadolu news agency, security
sources as saying.
Six ISIS
fighters killed in airstrike east of
Ramadi:
“The International
Coalition Aviation, in coordination
with an Anbar Operations force
bombed a hideout of terrorists in
Khalidiya Island (23 km east of
Ramadi). The hideout was destroyed
completely in the bombing.”
Suicide
bombing rocks Yemen’s Aden;
5 policemen killed: Attack follows
reports of renewed clashes between
Saudi forces and Houthi militants
along Saudi-Yemeni border
Three Saudi
soldiers killed in Yemeni attack in
Jizan:
At least three Saudi Arabian
soldiers have been killed in a
retaliatory rocket attack launched
by Yemeni forces on a military base
in the kingdom’s southwest.
Turkey
declares state of emergency:
A three-month state of emergency has
been declared by Turkey's President,
following the weekend coup attempt.
Turkey jails
85 generals, admirals as concern
grows over crackdown:
Turkey's treatment of the coup
suspects has alarmed its allies
especially after the suspects were
paraded before the media and shown
being subjected to rough treatment.
Turkey bans
religious funerals for coup
supporters:
Imams prohibited from leading
service for soldiers killed
supporting Friday's coup attempt
White House
won’t criticize Turkish president
for crackdown:
Asked if the administration was
concerned about Turkish President
Recep Tayyip Erdogan jailing more
than 6,000 military personnel, Mr.
Earnest replied, “I’m not prepared
to pass judgment on the actions
undertaken by the Erdogan government
just in the last 24 to 48 hours.”
Turkey blocks
access to WikiLeaks after Erdogan
party emails go online:
Nearly 300,000 emails from ruling
party posted online ‘in response to
government’s post-coup purges’
28 ISIS
loyalists killed during operations
in East of Afghanistan:
ISIS in AfghanistanAt least 28
loyalists of the Islamic State of
Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist
group were killed during the latest
operations conducted in East of
Afghanistan.
Armed group
kills 17 soldiers at Mali base:
Seventeen soldiers were killed and
35 wounded in central Mali Tuesday
in an assault on their base that
authorities called a "coordinated
terrorist attack".
France
confirms three soldiers killed in
Libya:
French President Francois Hollande
confirms three officers killed while
on an intelligence mission in Libya.
Seven
Ukrainian servicemen killed, 14
injured in Donbas in past 24 hours:
The news of the highest daily death
toll since Ukraine reported seven of
its soldiers dying on May 24 follows
a flurry of talks between world
leaders and Moscow on stopping the
26-month conflict.
Journalist
Pavel Sheremet killed by Ukraine car
bomb:
Belarusian-born award-winning
journalist Pavel Sheremet was killed
in a car bomb explosion in central
Kiev.
Trump Guts
GOP's Anti-Russia Stance on Ukraine:
Trump has made it clear he won't be
fanning the flames of Ukraine's
civil war by sending more arms.
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US-led air
strikes kill 56 civilians in Syrian
town:
Fatalities include 11 children,
killed in coalition air strikes on
ISIL-held northern Syrian town.
Syria: Rebels
'filmed beheading boy' in Aleppo:
One video shows five men posing with
the frightened child, who could be
as young as 10, in the back of a
truck. One of the men grips him by
the hair. The same man is later
filmed apparently cutting the boy's
head off.
U.S.-backed
Syrian rebels committing war crimes,
torture, abductions; imposing harsh
Sharia law: Report:
Syrian rebel groups backed by the
U.S. and its allies “have committed
serious violations of international
humanitarian law, including
abductions, torture and summary
killings,” according to Amnesty
International.
Turkish intel
informed top generals hours before
coup attempt, says army:
Turkey’s National Intelligence
Organization (MIT) informed the
country’s top generals hours before
the coup attempt was initiated by a
group of soldiers within the army on
July 15, according to a statement
published on the General Staff’s
official website
Turkey coup
attempt: General Akin Ozturk denies
role in plot:
Gen Akin Ozturk and 26 senior
officers were charged with treason
and remanded in custody by a court
on Monday, the state-run Anadolu
news agency said. But in a statement
to prosecutors, the general
insisted: "I am not the person who
planned or led the coup."
What to Know
About the General Blamed for the
Failed Coup in Turkey:
Images of Oztürk in custody, wearing
handcuffs and bearing physical
injuries, surfaced on Sunday. He
reportedly went to court on Monday,
along with 26 other generals and
admirals.
Turkey says
US given evidence of Gulen's role in
coup:
Prime Minister Binali Yildirim says
proof sent to US for arrest of
exiled cleric, as detentions and
dismissals continue.
U.S. charter
schools tied to powerful Turkish
imam Fethullah Gulen
:
Followers of the mysterious Turkish
cleric Fethullah Gulen have opened
scores of charter schools in the
U.S., inspired by a man who is as
powerful as he is reclusive.
Criticism of
Turkey's prosecution of plotters
amounts to backing coup: FM:
Criticism from other nations about
Turkey's treatment of suspected coup
plotters amounts to support for the
failed attempt to topple the
government, Turkish Foreign Minister
Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Monday.
Erdogan
Unleashes Unprecedented Crackdown:
Fires All University Deans; Suspends
21,000 Private School Teachers
Saudi
airstrikes leave 21 civilians dead
across Yemen:
The developments came
only a day after 20 people were
killed and 16 others injured in a
Saudi airstrike against the Jabal
al-Naar mountainous area in Mukha
district.
Make it illegal to send
American police to Israel for
training.:
Having our police trained by an
illegal brutal occupation force that
has a history of crimes against
humanity is a contributing factor in
police reacting to law abiding
people as if they are an enemy
combatant. Needs 99,931 signatures
by August 8, 2016 to get a response
from the White House
AU to probe
alleged killing of 14 civilians in
Somalia:
The African Union force in Somalia
said it is investigating the alleged
killing of 14 civilians by Ethiopian
soldiers, with witnesses saying they
opened unprovoked firing on a prayer
meeting.
UN: 49K kids
dying of malnutrition linked to Boko
Haram:
Some 49,000 children will die of
malnutrition in areas once cut off
by northeastern Nigeria’s Islamic
extremist uprising if they don’t get
treatment, the U.N. children’s
agency warned Tuesday.
Indian forces
open fire on Kashmiri protesters,
kill 3:
At least three people have been
killed as Indian forces opened fire
on the protesters who were out on
the streets in defiance of a curfew
in the Indian-controlled Kashmir
region.
Pakistani
court orders seizure of ex-president
Pervez Musharraf's assets:
A special court hearing treason
charges against former Pakistani
president and army chief Pervez
Musharraf ordered the seizure of his
assets on Tuesday after he failed to
appear for a hearing in the capital
Islamabad, media reported.
Chinese
Military Vice Chairman Urges Troops
to Get Ready For Combat: Xinhua:
The warning comes days after China
officially warned the US that its
patrols in the South China Sea -
which despite last week's decision
by the Hague tribunal - deems as its
own, could end in "disaster."
North Korea
launches three ballistic missiles in
response to US defence system
North Korea fired three ballistic
missiles into the Sea of Japan early
on Tuesday morning, the latest
riposte against the decision by
Washington to deploy a missile
defence system in South Korea.
Afghan teen
attacks train passengers with axe in
Germany:
German police shot dead a
17-year-old Afghan refugee Monday
near the southern city of Wuerzburg
after he attacked train passengers
with an axe and a knife, seriously
wounding four in what one official
said was a "probable" Islamist
attack.
German train
attacker left 'suicide note', wanted
revenge for killings in Muslim
countries:
Pages from a notebook found at the
home of an Afghan teen who attacked
passengers on a German train with an
axe may be regarded as a suicide
note, police and investigating
officials said during a
press-briefing on Tuesday.
Family detail
Nice attacker's mental health
issues:
His brother Jaber Bouhlel told the
Daily Mail that the family received
240,000 Tunisian dinar (almost
$110,000) from Mohamed in the past
few weeks – a surprisingly large sum
for a low-paid deliveryman.
Italy says
2,500 boat migrants rescued, one
body recovered:
More than 2,500 migrants were
plucked from overcrowded boats off
the coast of Libya on Tuesday and
one dead body was recovered, Italy's
coast guard said, as people
smugglers operating in Libya took
advantage of calm seas and warm
weather.
UK: MPs vote
to renew Trident:
Jeremy Corbyn
suffers biggest rebellion of his
leadership as Britain's nuclear
deterrent backed by 472 to 117.
Jeremy Corbyn has been heckled and
accused of lying by his own MPs and
told he was “defending the
countries’ enemies” as he announced
he would vote against renewing
Trident.
Theresa May
does not hesitate to say she would
kill '100,000 men, women and
children' with a nuclear bomb:
Previous prime ministers have
avoided answering the hypothetical
question of whether they would ever
press the nuclear button
The families
of British troops killed in Iraq are
crowdfunding a legal case against
Tony Blair:
A group representing the families of
British troops killed during the
Iraq War has launched a crowdfunding
campaign to help bring a civil case
against government officials for
their role in the conflict.
WhatsApp
banned indefinitely in Brazil – the
third block in eight months:
Judge ordered mobile phone companies
to block access after messaging app
owner Facebook stood by refusal to
intercept texts for police
investigation
Which
Countries Have The Most Immigrants?:
While the United States (14.5%) and
United Kingdom (13.2%) rank 5th and
6th respectively, Australia, Canada,
and Germany all rank above them.
Fewer than
half of those nabbed at the border
are from Mexico:
In the first six months of the year,
264,165 people were apprehended
somewhere along the Southwest
border, and 49.6 percent of them
were from Mexico, according to data
from the U.S. Border Patrol.
Report: Fox
CEO Ailes Has Until August 1 To
Resign Or Be Fired:
Parent company 21st Century Fox has
given Fox News CEO Roger Ailes a
deadline of August 1 to resign or be
fired in light of its investigation
into his alleged sexual harassment,
New York magazine’s Gabriel Sherman
reports.
California
Targets, Indebts Poor People of
Color for Big Profit:
Not everyone who goes through
traffic court is there for drunk
driving or other dangerous behavior.
Many are there for simply being too
poor.
Poll: Clinton
and Trump Now Tied as GOP Convention
Kicks Off:
Clinton now just barely edges out
Trump in a direct head-to-head
match-up, 46 percent to 45 percent.
This is slightly down from the
3-point lead she held in last week's
tracking poll numbers.
Night 1 of
the RNC: When Plagiarism Isn’t Your
Worst Problem:
Trump’s opening night featured
racism, xenophobia, and crude
attacks on his enemies. Maybe he’s
lucky we’re focusing on his wife’s
speech. |
July
18, 2016
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Iraq: Al-Doulab
liberated, 73 ISIS fighters killed:
“The troops of the Seventh Army
Division along with the tribal
fighters and International Coalition
Aviation liberated al-Doulab today.
al-Doulab is 70 km west of Ramadi.”
10 ISIS
fighters killed in airstrike
southwest of Kirkuk:
“The Iraqi Air Force warplanes and
the international coalition aviation
today targeted an ISIS gathering in
al-Halawat village and the
headquarters of Shariah Court in
Hawija district- 55 km southwest of
Kirkuk. The strike killed ten
members of the organization.”
Iraqi Shi'ite
cleric tells followers to target
U.S. troops fighting Islamic State:
Moqtada al-Sadr instructed his
followers on Sunday to target U.S.
troops deploying to Iraq as part of
the military campaign against
Islamic State.
US-led
coalition raids kill 21 civilians in
Syria:
At least 15 civilians were killed in
raids in a northern district of
Manbij while six others were killed
in a village near the city, said the
Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
Suicide
bombers attack Yemeni army
checkpoints, killing 10:
Two suicide bombers tried to ram
vehicles laden with explosives
through two Yemeni military
checkpoints near the government-held
port city of Mukalla on Monday,
killing at least 10 people, the army
and medics said.
38 killed in
violence across Yemen on Sunday:
Battles broke out between government
forces and Houthi militants in Yam
Mount, east of Yemeni capital Sanaa,
local commander Abdullah al-Shandaki
told Anadolu Agency.
Syria, Russia
seek rebel surrender with Aleppo
seige:
Government says Aleppo surrender
would change dynamics of the war
‘and bring it to a close’
Turkey ex-air
chief Akin Ozturk 'admits' coup plot:
A former Turkish air force commander
has confessed to planning last
week's attempted military coup, the
state-run Anadolu news agency
reports. Gen Akin Ozturk was quoted
as having told interrogators that he
"acted with intention to stage a
coup".
Turkey failed
coup: 8,000 police removed from
posts:
Police taken off jobs as government
continues to pursue suspected coup
plotters who aimed to topple Erdogan.
Turkey Seemed
to Have List of Arrests Prepared: EU
Official:
The notion that there was a list of
arrests already prepared is sure to
fuel speculation that President
Erdogan himself staged the coup.
Turkey
government seemed to have list of
arrests prepared: EU's Hahn:
The swift rounding up of judges and
others after a failed coup in Turkey
indicated the government had
prepared a list beforehand, the EU
commissioner dealing with Turkey's
membership bid, Johannes Hahn, said
on Monday.
US rejects
asylum to Incirlik base commander
detained for complicity in failed
coup attempt:
The suspects are
being charged with "membership in an
armed terrorist organization" and
"attempting to overthrow the
government of the Republic of Turkey
using force and violence or
attempting to completely or
partially hinder its function."
After the
coup, Turkey turns against America:
Turkish media and even government
officials accuse America of being in
on the plot
John Kerry
Threatens Turkey With NATO
Expulsion:
“NATO also has a requirement with
respect to democracy and NATO will
indeed measure very carefully what
is happening,” Kerry tells reporters
Deputy mayor
in Istanbul shot in head, in
critical state
- Turkish broadcaster NTV: It was
not immediately clear whether the
incident was linked to Friday's
abortive military coup in which more
than 200 people were killed. Turkey
remains in a state of high tension,
though the government says it has
the situation fully under control.
Tehran gets
first batch of missiles for S-300
complex:
The long-range S-300 air defense
systems supplied to Iran by Russia
have finally been deployed at Iran’s
Khatam al-Anbia Air Defense Base,
the Tasnim news agency cited
Brigadier General Hossein Dehqan as
saying in mid-May.
Netanyahu
Corruption Scandal Envelops Wealthy
U.S. Haredi Family:
Among other favors were all-expenses
paid gambling junkets to Las Vegas
on a private jet. Another part of
the entertainment provided was a
prostitute dressed as a flight
attendant whose “services” included
far more than providing drinks and
snacks.
11 killed in
clashes between al-Shabaab, Somali
army:
The clashes took place on Sunday
night when al-Shabaab militants
attacked a village which was under
the control of Somali government
troops in the Bay region, Mahmoud
Moussa, a village dignitary said.
16 Taliban
militants killed in Afghanistan:
At least 16 Taliban militants were
killed and six others injured in
separate air strikes in Sangin and
Marja districts of Afghanistan's
Helmand province, an official said
on Monday.
Beijing
announces S. China Sea drills, warns
foreign navy patrols could end in
‘disaster’:
Hainan’s maritime administration
said an area southeast of the island
province would be closed from Monday
to Thursday, but failed to give any
details about the nature of the
exercises, AP reported.
5 killed, 7
injured in Almaty terrorist attack
on police station (GRAPHIC)
: At least five people were killed
and seven injured in a suspected
Islamist attack on a police station
in Almaty, Kazakhstan’s largest
city. President Nursultan Nazarbaev
has announced that it was a terror
act.
Six richest
nations 'host just 9 percent of
refugees':
Aid agency says "shameful" that
richest countries are turning their
backs on the most vulnerable people
in the world.
New report
calls for ‘justice for millennials’:
The Millennial generation, or those
aged between 16 and 35, are earning
less than previous generations - the
first time this have ever happened -
and are less likely to own a home,
according to a new report.
79% of
Americans say nation is headed in
wrong direction:
Nearly 80 percent of Americans say
they are not hopeful about the
current state and direction of the
United States, according to a new
Associated Press-GfK poll. That is
up 15 points from when the same poll
measured Americans’ feeling about US
affairs last year.
Former Fox
News commentator sentenced to prison
for faking CIA ties:
A man who has appeared on Fox News
as a guest "terrorism analyst" was
sentenced to 33 months in prison on
Friday on charges that he
fraudulently claimed to have been a
CIA agent for decades, U.S.
prosecutors said.
Iraq veteran,
kills 3 police officers in Baton
Rouge:
The 29-year-old black man served in
the Marines from 2005 to 2010,
reaching the rank of sergeant. He
deployed to Iraq from June 2008 to
January 2009, according to military
records.
Sheriff David
Clarke's TENSE Chat About Cop
Killings & Black Lives Matter
:
Video - Don Lemon had Sheriff David
Clarke on his show to discuss police
killings and Black Lives Matter. As
you can see, it got pretty intense. |
July
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Syria
conflict: Air strikes 'kill at least
28' in Aleppo:
In one neighbourhood, a hospital was
hit in the bombing, wounding some
staff and patients.
Syrian troops
'cut off rebel-held parts of
Aleppo':
Government forces reach the only
main road into the rebel-held
Aleppo, raising fears of a
humanitarian disaster.
Probe exposes
fraud, bribery in Syrian aid effort:
The most common fraud involved
collusion between firms selling aid
supplies and staff of USAID’s local
partners who accepted bribes or
kickbacks in exchange for help in
winning a contract, the
investigations found.
Iraq: Anbar
Operations: Airstrikes kill ten ISIS
figthers:
The commander of Anbar Operations
Maj. Gen. Ismail Mahlawi announced
on Sunday that ten (10) ISIS
fighters were killed in aerial raid
carried out by international
coalition aircrafts at the northern
city of Ramadi.
Did Erdogan
STAGE the coup?
: US-based Turkish
cleric facing extradition over
botched rebellion claims president
orchestrated plot to justify a
clampdown on civil rights
Syrian state
paper says failed Turkey coup
fabricated:
The daily Al-Thawra said Sunday that
the attempted coup was a plot by
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to
“avenge the military and strip it of
its remaining popular support.”
Turkey coup:
Disturbing picture shows soldiers
'bound naked' as Turkish President
is warned over 'purges'
: This
disturbing picture shows dozens of
Turkish soldiers bound together
after being stripped of their
uniforms following their arrest.
Turkey coup
plotters resist arrest, clashes
erupt:
Reports on Sunday said clashes
erupted between officers and
security forces in the central city
of Konya as putschists resisted
arrest during an operation in an air
base in the city.
Turkey
detains 'coup plotters' at base used
by US: Reports:
Turkish authorities have reportedly
detained a senior air force general
and other officers accused of
backing the failed coup aimed at
ousting President Recep Tayyip
Erdogan at a key air base used by US
forces for raids in Syria.
U.S. Troops
at Turkish Air Base on Highest Force
Protection Level:
U.S. troops at Turkey’s Incirlik air
base were at the highest force
protection level, known as
"condition Delta," after power was
cut off at the base and the Turkish
government closed the airspace
around the site in the hours
following a foiled military coup
attempt, a U.S. official told ABC
News today.
Turkey widens
crackdown on military, judiciary
after failed coup:
Turkey widened a
crackdown on suspected supporters of
a failed military coup Sunday,
taking the number of people rounded
up in the armed forces and judiciary
to 6,000, and the government said it
was in full control of the country
and economy.
Putin calls
Erdogan, hopes for speedy return to
stability:
Russian President Vladimir Putin
called his Turkish counterpart Recep
Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday, describing
the attempted coup as unacceptable
and voicing hope for a speedy return
to stability.
Alleged coup
leader was once military attaché to
Israel:
Former Turkish Air Force chief Akin
Ozturk maintained army ties with
Jewish state in the 1990s
Fact or propaganda?
Over 170
Saudi-Led Troops Killed in Yemen’s
Missile Attack:
Yemen’s Army fired a ballistic
missile at a Saudi military base,
killing at least 179 Saudi-led
coalition forces, in retaliation for
continued ceasefire violations and
massacre of civilians by the
coalition in the Arabian Peninsula
country.
U.S. House
passes Iran sanctions, financial
services measures:
The U.S. House of Representatives
passed two pieces of legislation
linked to the international nuclear
agreement with Iran on Thursday, one
year after the landmark pact was
announced, defying President Barack
Obama's veto threat.
Iran decries
US failure to fulfill JCPOA
obligations:
A senior advisor to Leader of the
Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed
Ali Khamenei has slammed the United
States for its failure to remain
committed to last year’s nuclear
agreement between Iran and the P5+1
group of countries.
'Terrorists'
seize police HQ in Armenia's
capital, kill 1, take hostages:
One person was killed and least
three wounded as an armed group
seized a police station in Armenia's
capital Yerevan. At least six
hostages are still being held by the
attackers, TASS reports citing
police.
Haunting text
message found on phone of ISIS
terrorist who massacred 84 people in
Nice:
The latest revelation backs up a
theory from French detectives that a
secret ISIS-linked terror network
may have planned the attacks that
massacred 84 people.
'Bring more
weapons… It's good. I have the
equipment':
Terrifying final text messages of
Bastille Day killer sent MINUTES
before he murdered 84 people
Family of
Bastille Day killer reveal he
suffered a nervous breakdown
:
Sister said he had suffered
'psychological problems' and had
received medical treatment for
'several years'
Malaysia
Airlines settles damages with MH17
victims – report:
Malaysia Airlines has struck a deal
to settle damages claims for most
victims of its MH17 flight that was
shot down over eastern Ukraine two
years ago on Sunday, Dutch national
broadcaster NOS reported.
3 officers
dead after shooting: BATON ROUGE:
Two Baton Rouge Police officers and
one East Baton Rouge Sheriff's
Office deputy are dead following the
shooting. A witness told WBRZ News
2, a man was dressed in black with
his face covered shooting
indiscriminately
Baton Rouge
Police Sued Over Arrest of Peaceful
Protesters:
The Baton Rouge Police Department
and state law enforcement officials
were sued in federal court on
Wednesday for violating the First
Amendment rights of dozens of
protesters detained at
demonstrations in the city last
weekend.
New Black
Panther Party forms Baton Rouge
chapter :
: The New Black
Panthers arrived in Baton Rouge last
Saturday to protest the
officer-involved shooting death of
37-year-old Alton Sterling. Two
videos of the shooting sparked
national outcry and protests across
Baton Rouge.
Full Speech:
Mike Pence Speaks After Being
Announced Trump VP:
Full Speech: Mike Pence Speaks After
Being Announced Trump VP
Cleveland
braces for protests ahead of GOP
convention:
Security tightens as open-carry gun
advocates and rival groups expected
to rally outside the Republic
convention.
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265 killed,
1,440 injured in Turkish coup
attempt
: Turkish Prime
Minister said that 2,839 soldiers
and officers implicated in an
overnight coup attempt have been
arrested. At least 265 people have
been killed, including 104 pro-coup
participants, while 1,440 people
were injured in military action in
Istanbul and Ankara.
Turkey coup:
2,700 judges removed from duty
following failed overthrow attempt:
Turkey’s highest judiciary council
suspends judges and members of its
own board for links to reformist
Muslim leader Fethullah Gülen
Turkey coup:
How events unfolded:
How Turkey's military launched coup
against President Erdogan and
government
Turkey
Suspends All US Operations Against
ISIS:
U.S. military operations out of
Turkey’s giant Incirlik Air Base -
critical in the ongoing campaign
against ISIS - came to a halt
Saturday afternoon as the Turkish
military closed the airspace around
the base and suspended all US-led
operations, mostly targeting the
Islamic State.
Turkey
implies US is not its friend due for
harboring cleric accused of staging
coup
: The Turkish government has
indirectly criticized its NATO ally,
the US, for harboring Fethullah
Gülen, whom Ankara blames for
masterminding Friday’s military coup
attempt. The cleric is currently
living in self-imposed exile in the
States.
US would
consider extradition request for
exiled cleric:
The Obama administration would
entertain an extradition request for
the U.S.-based cleric that Turkey's
president is blaming for a failed
coup attempt, U.S. Secretary of
State John Kerry said Saturday.
Military
Officer Fired for Gulenist Ties
Named as Leader of Turkey's Coup:
Colonel Muharrem Kose, a former
officer in the Turkish Armed Forces
was named by state-run Anadolu News
Agency as the leader of the coup
attempt against President Recep
Tayyip Erdogan's government.
Turkish
helicopter lands in Greece, 8 crew
members nabbed:
A Turkish military helicopter
carrying eight men has landed in
northeastern Greece, with its crew
seeking political asylum after a
putsch attempt in Turkey, Greek
officials say.
Does Erdogan
want his own Islamic state?:
Parliament Speaker Ismail Kahraman
unexpectedly sparked controversy in
Turkey when on April 25 he declared
that Turkey’s new constitution
should forgo mention of “secularism”
and instead be a “religious
constitution” referencing God.
Air raids
kill 25 civilians in Syria's Aleppo:
activists:
Air raids on rebel-held districts of
Syria's battleground second city of
Aleppo killed at least 25 civilians
including children on Saturday.
"Eleven civilians, including four
children, were killed by air raids
after midnight in the Bab al-Nasr
area of Old Aleppo, and seven others
were killed in Fardous neighborhood"
IS group
claims it downed Syrian warplane in
country's east:
The Islamic State group says it has
shot down a Syrian government plane
in the eastern province of Deir el-Zour
and that its pilot has been killed.
Syrian troops
recapture major town in coastal
province:
Syrian government troops regained
control of Kinsabba on Saturday
after an offensive under the cover
of Russian airstrikes. Government
forces now control of Kinsabba and
its hills. He wrote on his Facebook
page that the battle lasted 12
hours.
U.S., Russia
Agree on Steps Designed to End War
in Syria, but Details Sketchy:
U.S. and Russian officials said
Friday they have reached an
agreement on steps designed to pave
the way for an end to the civil war
in Syria, but top officials declined
to detail the specific measures
involved.
US-led
coalition aerial bombing kills 29
ISIS members west of Ramadi:
“At noon today the international
coalition aircraft carried out air
strikes on gatherings of ISIS at
Heet, al-Dolab and north of Haditha
Dam west of Ramadi. In the bombing
29 ISIS fighters were and five
booby-trapped vehicles of the ISIS
were also destroyed.”
Bomb blast
kills senior Iraqi militia leader:
“An improvised explosive device
exploded at noon today. The blast
was carried out targeting the
vehicle of Sami al-Hassan- a leader
of al-Hashd al-Ashaeri- while it was
passing through al-Jazeera in
northern Muqdadiyah, 35 km northeast
of Baqubah. Hassan was killed on the
spot.”
U.S. military
likely to seek additional troops in
Iraq: U.S. army general:
The U.S. military expects to seek
additional troops in Iraq, even
beyond the hundreds announced this
week, as the campaign against the
Islamic State advances, the head of
the U.S. military's Central Command
told Reuters.
Blair to Bush
on Day After 9/11: “Co-opt” Sympathy
for the U.S. to Support Military
Action:
Declassified communications from the
U.K. to the U.S. show the depth of
Blair’s commitment to toppling
Saddam Hussein.
20 loyalist
troops killed fighting in Libya’s
Sirte:
Twenty Libyan unity government
fighters were killed and more than
100 wounded Friday in clashes with
ISIS militants in their coastal
stronghold of Sirte, pro-government
forces said.
Somalia: 8
Soldiers Killed in Army Base Attack:
Militant group Al-Shabaab later
claimed responsibility for the
attack, saying it had killed 30
soldiers in the process. The raid
started with a car bomb explosion,
which allowed gunmen to infiltrate
the Lanta Buro base in Lower
Shabelle region.
Islamic State
says its 'soldier' behind Nice truck
attack:
The Aamaq news agency on Saturday
cited a "security source" as saying
the attacker "carried out the
operation in response to calls to
target the citizens of coalition
countries fighting the Islamic
State."
Rescuers save
366 migrants from boats in
Mediterranean, 20 reported dead:
Rescuers saved 366 migrants from
rickety boats trying to cross the
Mediterranean to Italy but at least
20 people were reported to have
drowned, Italian police said on
Saturday.
Over 2
million migrated to Germany in 2015:
Figures released by the government’s
statistics agency (Destatis) on
Thursday show that more than 2.1
million people migrated to Germany
in 2015, an increase of 672,000 or
46 percent on the previous year.
US Government
Releases Redacted "28 Pages" Missing
From 9/11:
Read it here.
War Is Coming
And The Global Financial Situation
Is A Lot Worse Than You May Think:
The conditions for a “perfect storm”
are coming together very rapidly,
and the rest of 2016 promises to be
much more chaotic than what we have
seen so far.
Donald Trump:
Mike Pence was "my first choice" for
VP:
On Saturday morning, just days
before the presumptive nominee heads
to the Republican National
Convention in Cleveland, Donald
Trump announced that Indiana Gov.
Mike Pence was his vice presidential
pick.
The Donald
Endorses The Donald:
Rumsfeld Says Not ‘Even a Tough Call
for Me,’ ‘I Support Trump’ for
President
Trump Foreign
Policy Advisor: 'Americans Are Fed
Up With the Bullshit':
Donald Trump advisor Mike Flynn
explains why the presumptive
Republican Party presidential
candidate admires authoritarian
leaders and considers the US foreign
policy of recent years to be a
disaster. |
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