The announcement last week by the United
States of the largest military aid
package in its history – to Israel – was
a win for both sides.
Israeli prime
minister Benjamin Netanyahu could boast
that his lobbying had boosted aid from
$3.1 billion a year to $3.8bn – a 22 per
cent increase – for a decade starting in
2019.
Mr Netanyahu has presented this as a
rebuff to those who accuse him of
jeopardising Israeli security interests
with his government’s repeated affronts
to the White House.
In the past weeks alone, defence
minister Avigdor Lieberman has compared
last year’s nuclear deal between
Washington and Iran with the 1938 Munich
pact, which bolstered Hitler; and Mr
Netanyahu has implied that US opposition
to settlement expansion is the same as
support for the “ethnic cleansing” of
Jews.
American president Barack Obama,
meanwhile, hopes to stifle his own
critics who insinuate that he is
anti-Israel. The deal should serve as a
fillip too for Hillary Clinton, the
Democratic party’s candidate to succeed
Mr Obama in November’s election.
In reality, however, the Obama
administration has quietly punished Mr
Netanyahu for his misbehaviour. Israeli
expectations of a $4.5bn-a-year deal
were whittled down after Mr Netanyahu
stalled negotiations last year as he
sought to recruit Congress to his battle
against the Iran deal.
In fact, Israel already receives
roughly $3.8bn – if Congress’s
assistance on developing missile defence
programmes is factored in. Notably,
Israel has been forced to promise not to
approach Congress for extra funds.
The deal takes into account neither
inflation nor the dollar’s depreciation
against the shekel.
A bigger blow still is the White
House’s demand to phase out a special
exemption that allowed Israel to spend
nearly 40 per cent of aid locally on
weapon and fuel purchases. Israel will
soon have to buy all its armaments from
the US, ending what amounted to a
subsidy to its own arms industry.
Nonetheless, Washington’s renewed
military largesse – in the face of
almost continual insults – inevitably
fuels claims that the Israeli tail is
wagging the US dog. Even The New York
Times has described the aid package as
“too big”.
Since the 1973 war, Israel has
received at least $100bn in military
aid, with more assistance hidden from
view. Back in the 1970s, Washington paid
half of Israel’s military budget. Today
it still foots a fifth of the bill,
despite Israel’s economic success.
But the US expects a return on its
massive investment. As the late Israeli
politician-general Ariel Sharon once
observed, Israel has been a US
“aircraft carrier” in the Middle East,
acting as the regional bully and
carrying out operations that benefit
Washington.
Almost no one blames the US for
Israeli attacks that wiped out Iraq’s
and Syria’s nuclear programmes. A
nuclear-armed Iraq or Syria would have
deterred later US-backed moves at regime
overthrow, as well as countering the
strategic advantage Israel derives from
its own nuclear arsenal.
In addition, Israel’s US-sponsored
military prowess is a triple boon to the
US weapons industry, the country’s most
powerful lobby. Public funds are
siphoned off to let Israel buy goodies
from American arms makers. That, in
turn, serves as a shop window for other
customers and spurs an endless and
lucrative game of catch-up in the rest
of the Middle East.
The first F-35 fighter jets to arrive
in Israel in December – their various
components produced in 46 US states –
will increase the clamour for the
cutting-edge warplane.
Israel is also a “front-line
laboratory”, as former Israeli army
negotiator Eival Gilady admitted at the
weekend, that develops and field-tests
new technology Washington can later use
itself.
The US is planning to buy back the
missile interception system Iron Dome –
which neutralises battlefield threats of
retaliation – it largely paid for.
Israel works closely too with the US in
developing cyberwarfare, such as the
Stuxnet worm that damaged Iran’s
civilian nuclear programme.
But the clearest message from
Israel’s new aid package is one
delivered to the Palestinians:
Washington sees no pressing strategic
interest in ending the occupation. It
stood up to Mr Netanyahu over the Iran
deal but will not risk a damaging clash
over Palestinian statehood.
Some believe that Mr Obama signed the
aid package to win the credibility
necessary to overcome his domestic
Israel lobby and pull a rabbit from the
hat: an initiative, unveiled shortly
before he leaves office, that corners Mr
Netanyahu into making peace.
Hopes have been raised by an expected
meeting at the United Nations in New
York on Wednesday. But their first talks
in 10 months are planned only to
demonstrate unity to confound critics of
the aid deal.
If Mr Obama really wanted to pressure
Mr Netanyahu, he would have used the aid
agreement as leverage. Now Mr Netanyahu
need not fear US financial retaliation,
even as he intensifies effective
annexation of the West Bank.
Mr Netanyahu has drawn the right
lesson from the aid deal – he can act
against the Palestinians with continuing
US impunity.
- See more at: http://www.jonathan-cook.net/2016-09-19/palestinians-lose-in-us-military-aid-deal-with-israel/#sthash.fL4Eq28N.dpuf
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Turkey-Backed Syrian Rebels Killed
in Fighting With IS:
Fighting in northern Syria between
Turkey-backed Syrian rebels and
Islamic State militants killed at
least 15 rebels as the opposition
tried to push toward a town of
symbolic importance for the
extremists, an activist group and
Turkish officials said Monday.
Syrian army
offers safe passage and supplies,
calls on rebels to leave Aleppo:
The Syrian Army, in a statement
published by the Syrian Arab News
Agency (SANA), said: “The army’s
general command calls all armed
fighters in eastern Aleppo to leave
these neighborhoods and let civilian
residents live their normal lives.”
UN to discuss
urging end to all military flights
over Syria's Aleppo:
The United Nations Security Council
will begin negotiations Monday on a
draft resolution that urges Russia
and the United States to ensure an
immediate truce in Syria's Aleppo
and to "put an end to all military
flights over the city."
Inside the
Shadowy PR Firm That’s Lobbying for
Regime Change in Syria:
Posing as a non-political solidarity
organization, the Syria Campaign
leverages local partners and media
contacts to push the U.S. into
toppling another Middle Eastern
government.
Coalition
airstrike kills 30 ISIS members
north of Ramadi:
“The international coalition air
force, Iraqi Air Force and forces
from the army’s 10th brigade
bombarded the ISIS sites in Albu Ali
Jassim area in the island of Ramadi,
north of the city of Ramadi, killing
30 members of the group.”
Suicide
bombings kill at least 10 in
Baghdad: officials:
In the deadliest attack, a bomber
targeted a market in the Amil
neighbourhood of southern Baghdad,
killing at least six people and
wounding 16 or more.
Ethiopia :
100 killed as Oromo Protest
Dispersed:
“Around 100 people died and some
people are saying there are also a
lot of people buried under water,”
the doctor, Fedesa Mengesha, said on
Sunday from Bishoftu. “We are
expecting more.”
VIDEO: ISIS
Claims 65 Libyan Forces Killed,
Injured in Surprise Attack;
Islamic State of Iraq and Al-Sham or
Levant (ISIS, ISIL, IS and Daesh)
reportedly launched a powerful
assault in Sirte's eastern
countryside, targeting the small
village of Al Sawawah, which is
under the control of the Mistrada
Brigades.
Sirte battle
kills 19 as IS militants flee Libyan
forces;
Eight pro-government fighters, 10
militants and Dutch journalist
killed in fierce fighting
At least six
killed, 35 wounded in Afghanistan
market blast:
The bomb, hidden on a bicycle,
exploded as farmers gathered in
Darzab district of the province of
Jawzjan on market day, but there was
no immediate word on who was
responsible.
Taliban
claims to raise flag over Kunduz
main square as officials reportedly
flee city
; Islamists are boasting that they
have entered the central district of
the key Afghan city of Kunduz. Local
news media report that government
and police forces are still
resisting the massive Taliban
assault as civilians flee the city.
Taliban
advance on Afghan city of Tarin Kot
exposes weak defenses, deep
divisions:
Afghan authorities are investigating
why Taliban militants were able to
push past checkpoints in the central
city of Tarin Kot with such ease
during a recent attack that exposed
the fragile defenses of many remote
regions.
Border guard
killed in attack on Indian army camp
in Kashmir:
Militants escape after raid on camp
in Baramulla, two weeks after 19
Indian soldiers were killed in
similar assault
Indian and
Pakistani troops exchange fire in
Kashmir
; Indian and Pakistani troops fired
at each other in disputed Kashmir on
Monday, as Indian troops searched an
army camp elsewhere in the region
where suspected militants killed an
Indian paramilitary soldier.
Russia
suspends plutonium cleanup accord
with U.S. because of 'unfriendly'
acts;
Putin had signed a decree suspending
the 2010 agreement under which each
side committed to destroy tonnes of
weapons-grade material because
Washington had not been implementing
it and because of current tensions
in relations.
Russia
demands U.S. end sanctions, pay
compensation if plutonium accord to
be resumed: draft law:
Russia wants the United States to
cancel all sanctions and pay
compensation for the damage they
have caused if Moscow is to resume
an agreement on the disposal of
weapons-grade plutonium
Austrian FM
says EU should drop plan to share
out refugees;
"The target is totally unrealistic,"
he said, warning that countries'
disagreements over the plan could
threaten "the cohesion of the entire
European Union".
Emboldened by
Hungary, Serbia's president floats
tougher border controls:
Serbia should be prepared to further
tighten border security, President
Tomislav Nikolic. Serbia should act
even if it risks incurring the wrath
of the European Union, which it is
seeking to join, Nikolic said.
Estonia
chooses EU accountant as first
female president:
After two failed votes and weeks of
heated debate, lawmakers on Monday
unanimously elected European Union
accountant Kersti Kaljulaid in an
81-0 vote, with 20 members absent or
abstaining.
Colombia:
Voters reject Farc peace deal:
Voters in Colombia have rejected a
landmark peace deal with Farc rebels
in a shock referendum result, with
50.2% voting against it.
WikiLeaks
Cancels Major Clinton Revelation
Amid ‘Security Concerns’:
The organization’s founder, Julian
Assange, was scheduled to make the
mysterious announcement from the
balcony of the Ecuadorian embassy in
London, where he is currently holed
up to avoid extradition over rape
allegations. |
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Syrian planes 'kill 20,
injure 24' in Idlib raids:
A civil defense official in Idlib,
Leys el-Faris, told Anadolu Agency
that Syrian jets killed seven people
in the city, eight in Carcanaz town
and five civilians in the Han Seyhun
district.
13 civilians
killed, 43 others injured due to
terrorist rocket attacks on Aleppo:
A source at Aleppo Governorate said
that 9 persons were killed and 28
others were injured, including
children and women, when terrorists
targeted al-Sulimaniah and al-Furqan
neighborhoods as worshipers were
leaving mosques after Friday
prayers.
Kremlin says
will press on with Syria operation,
slams U.S.:
The Kremlin said on Thursday that
Russia's air force would press ahead
with its operations in Syria and
dismissed a U.S. statement on the
conflict there as unhelpful and
clumsy.
Russia sends
more bombers to Hmeimim base:
Izvestia daily quoted the source as
saying that an extra number of Su-24
and Su-34 bombers has been sent to
Hmeimim base, used by the Russian
Air Force in the fight against
terrorism in Syria.
US arming
Nusra in Syria: Lavrov: (TASS)
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey
Lavrov told U.S. Secretary of State
John Kerry by telephone on Wednesday
that the Jebhat al-Nusra’s field
commanders had confirmed the receipt
of weapons from the United States.
US ‘spare
Nusra for plan B’ to change regime
in Syria – Lavrov:
Lavrov said that Washington has
still not delivered on its promise
to persuade US-backed rebels to
separate from Jabhat al-Nusra
jihadists. The Foreign Minister also
said that the reason for this could
be Washington’s desire to “change
the regime” in the country.
Obama
Administration Considers Weaponry
for Syrian Rebels?:
The Obama administration has renewed
an internal debate over giving
rebels more firepower to fend off a
stepped-up Russian and Syrian
assault on their Aleppo stronghold,
U.S. officials said.
US
contemplates military options in
Syria
: These include allowing Gulf allies
to supply rebels with more
sophisticated weaponry, something
considered more likely despite
Washington’s opposition to this
until now. Another is a US airstrike
on a Syrian air base
'Aleppo must
not fall': US allies to flood city
with anti-aircraft missiles:
US reportedly reverses policy to
allow shipments of man-portable
systems to Syria, in response to
intense bombardment of city
Saudi raids
kill 8 Yemeni civilians: govt
official;
The Saudi-led coalition killed eight
civilians in two separate air
strikes on rebel-controlled areas of
northern Yemen on Thursday, a
government official said.
Shame on them:
UN fails to
launch independent probe into Yemen
war crimes
: An EU-backed
resolution demanding an independent
inquiry into human rights violations
during the Yemeni war has been
withdrawn at the UN Human Rights
Council.
Unknown
gunmen kill intelligence colonel in
Yemen's Aden:
Unidentified gunmen killed an
intelligence colonel in Yemen's port
city Aden on Friday, a day after the
Islamic State (IS) group claimed
responsibility for assassinating a
police officer in the country's
temporary capital.
Saudi soldier
killed, 3 civilians hurt by Yemeni
shells:
Shelling from Yemeni rebels killed a
Saudi border guard and wounded three
civilians including a Bangladeshi,
the interior ministry said on
Friday. Two Saudis and a Bangladeshi
national were wounded by Huthi rebel
shelling of Tuwal the same day
Saudi Arabia
condemns passage of US 9/11 law
: In a statement on Thursday, the
Saudi government said the enactment
of the law was a matter "of great
concern" and called on the US
Congress "to avoid the serious
unintended consequences that may
ensue"
‘Buyer’s
remorse’ as Congress now frets over
9/11 bill
: House Speaker Paul Ryan said
Congress might have to “fix” the
legislation to protect U.S. service
members in particular.
9/11 lawsuits
bill causes Saudi Arabia 'great
concern':
Leaders of the Republican party in
Congress have said they want to
reconsider the law. The Senate
majority leader Mitch McConnell
admitted that lawmakers had not
understood the possible consequences
of the legislation.
Passage of
9/11 Lawsuit Bill Marks New Blow to
U.S.-Saudi Relations
: “The general message it sends is
that the Congress of the United
States has pronounced Saudi Arabia
guilty of involvement in the attacks
of 9/11—and that is a direct insult
to the royal family,”
Experts:
Saudi Arabia May Still Fight Back
against 9/11 lawsuit bill:
They include curtailing official
contacts, pulling billions of
dollars from the U.S. economy, and
persuading its close allies in the
six-member Gulf Cooperation Council
it dominates to scale back
investments and U.S. access to
important regional air bases,
foreign policy experts said.
Saudis could
pull billions from US economy,
hinder access to Mideast bases
:
There have been reports that Riyadh
threatened to pull billions of
dollars from the US economy if the
bill became law, however al-Jubeir
has only officially said investor
confidence in the US could decline.
Abbas &
Netanyahu exchange historic
handshake at Peres funeral (VIDEO)
;
Netanyahu, leader of the Likud
party, had not met Abbas
face-to-face in six years and
acknowledged the significance of his
attendance, saying: "It's something
that I appreciate very much on
behalf of our people and on behalf
of us."
Palestinians
Criticize Abbas for Attending Peres’
Funeral, Shaking Netanyahu’s Hand:
The Palestinians 'despise Peres more
than they despise [former Israeli
Prime Minister Ariel] Sharon,' says
one former adviser to Hamas.
Israel sends
$20 million to Turkey for families
of Mavi Marmara victims:
Funds are part of a reconciliation
deal signed 3 months ago to restore
ties with Ankara following a
six-year rift
Turkey closes
20 TV and radio stations in
post-coup clampdown:
Critics accuse government of abusing
emergency powers and targeting media
for reporting on Kurdish issues
Libya: More
than 100 families at risk of
starvation in Benghazi;
Children have been reduced to "skin
and bones" as no food or water
reaches the district of Ganfouda, in
Benghazi. All entry roads are
blocked by fighting or by the Libyan
National Army militia,
Kremlin did
not refute reports that it had
received request to begin military
operations in Libya;
"I can neither confirm nor deny,"
the Kremlin spokesman said,
responding to a question whether
there was an appeal to Russia to
launch a military operation in
Libya, TASS reports.
U.S. Military
Is Building a $100 Million Drone
Base in Africa:
U.S. special operations forces
regularly train with Niger’s army
and the U.S. has transferred
millions of dollars’ worth of
planes, trucks, and other gear to
that impoverished nation
U.S. Hedge
Fund Fined $400 Million Over Bribery
Claims in Five African States:
Och-Ziff was said to have bribed
officials in Libya, Chad, Niger,
Guinea and DRC.
UNAMA
condemns U.S. for killing at least
15 civilians in Afghan airstrike:
In a press release issued on 28
September, United States
Force-Afghanistan acknowledged
conducting the airstrike
Kashmir Death
Toll Climbs As Soldiers On Both
Sides Killed In Border Clash:
Several Indian soldiers were
reportedly killed in a shootout and
one soldier was captured by the
Pakistan army. Meanwhile, Pakistan's
military claimed two Pakistani
soldiers were killed
Indian forces
invade Pakistan-administered Kashmir
to carry out multiple 'surgical
strikes':
Indian authorities say the
terrorists suffered "significant"
casualties even as specifics of the
operation are yet to emerge.
Kashmir:
Pakistan calls emergency meeting
amid 'deteriorating situation':
Pakistan's Prime Minister, Muhammad
Nawaz Sharif will convene an
emergency cabinet meeting Friday
about the "deteriorating situation"
in Kashmir, he said in a statement.
India
evacuates 10,000 from border with
Pakistan:
Evacuations in the Indian states of
Punjab and Jammu & Kashmir came as
Delhi, the capital, and other major
cities were placed under a state of
high alert.
Defense
secretary: US will sharpen 'military
edge' in Asia:
Defense Secretary Ash Carter said
Thursday the U.S. will "sharpen our
military edge" in Asia and the
Pacific in order to remain a
dominant power in a region feeling
the effects of China's rising
military might.
US legalizes
lethal weapon deliveries to Ukraine:
Last week, the US Congress approved
the Stability and Democracy for
Ukraine Act. The bill’s list of
means for supporting democracy in
Ukraine includes the supply of
lethal defensive weapons systems.
Greece
approves plan to transfer state
utilities to new asset fund:
State assets, including water and
electricity utilities, are to be
transferred to a new asset fund
created by international creditors.
The plans have sparked
demonstrations and public sector
strikes across the country.
Hedge funds
pull business from Deutsche Bank:
Pressure on German bank weighs on
its shares and the wider US market
Four Mexican
soldiers killed as military convoy
ambushed in Sinaloa:
It was the worst attack on military
personnel since 2015, when cartel
gunmen in the state of Jalisco shot
down an army helicopter with a
rocket launcher, killing 10 people.
Venezuela's
Foreign Minister Says 70 US Bases in
Region Must Go:
The foreign minister of Venezuela,
Delcy Rodriguez denounced the
existence of U.S. military bases in
Latin American Thursday and called
for the governments in the region to
unite and demand their closing
Fact or fiction?
Argentina
discloses poverty data after
three-year gap;
Argentina's government has released
poverty figures for the first time
in three years, revealing that
nearly one-third of the population
is living below the breadline.
600k U.S.
veterans uninsured in 2017 - health
researchers
: "If Medicaid
expansion decisions do not change
between now and 2017, we project
that approximately 604,000 veterans
will be uninsured in 2017 and that
54 percent will be living in states
that have yet to expand Medicaid,"
the report said.
USA TODAY's
Editorial Board: Trump is 'unfit for
the presidency'"
: Trump has demonstrated repeatedly
that he lacks the temperament,
knowledge, steadiness and honesty
that America needs from its
presidents.
U.N news
agency scrubs tweet calling on
Americans abroad to 'end Trump':
The United Nations News Centre — the
official U.N. news service —
tweeted, then quickly pulled, a post
that called for "8 million Americans
abroad" to "stop Trump." |
September 29, 2016
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The killing must
stop!Aleppo
Bombings Leave Over 90 Kids
Dead, UN Chief Says City Worse
Than ‘Slaughterhouse’;
At least 96 children have been
killed and 223 injured in the
continuous bombing of Syria’s
Aleppo city since Friday, the
United Nations Children’s Fund
said Wednesday.
At least
nine civilians killed in Turkish
attack on YPG-held Syrian town:
Local sources reported that the
shelling occurred in Kahila, a
town near the Syrian border city
of Tel Abyad.
Fact or fiction?
Two
Aleppo hospitals bombed out of
service in 'catastrophic'
airstrikes:
Airstrikes by the Syrian
government have bombed the two
largest hospitals in besieged
eastern Aleppo, which serve a
quarter of a million civilians,
in what doctors have described
as a catastrophic campaign that
is testing the conscience of the
world.
Russia
says it would support 48-hour
truce in Syria's Aleppo:
Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei
Ryabkov on Thursday rejected
Washington's calls for a
seven-day pause in hostilities,
but said Russia is willing to
support a 48-hour truce for
humanitarian purposes.
U.S. will
end cooperation with Russia in
Syria unless Aleppo attacks stop:
The State Department says Kerry
issued the ultimatum in a
Wednesday telephone call to
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey
Lavrov.
Russia
says U.S. Syria statement shows
Washington supports terrorism:
Russia is outraged by the
threatening tone of the latest
U.S. statement on Syria, viewing
it as tantamount to supporting
terrorism, Russian Deputy
Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov
said Thursday
Moscow
says US failed to separate
rebels from terrorists in
response to US ultimatum over
Syria
; The Russian
foreign minister pointed out
that a number of anti-government
groups described by Washington
as “moderates” refused to follow
the ceasefire arranged by Russia
A Bomb
Shatters an Aleppo Building, and
Videos Capture the Rescue Minute
by Minute:
When Modar Shekho heard the
strike, he and others rushed
toward the sound. Mr. Shekho, a
nurse and activist, recorded
video while others began to
search for survivors.
U.S.
killing more civilians in Iraq,
Syria than it acknowledges:
"There is no need to lie about
this. I don’t support any of the
groups fighting this war. The
only thing that matters to me is
my family’s security.”
Iraqi
forces kill 33 ISIS members:
“Iraqi security forces managed
to liberate the areas of al-Taliha
and al-Safaqiya in Heet Island,
and raised the Iraqi flag over
their buildings.”
16 ISIS
rebels killed due to explosive
belt malfunction near Kirkuk:
Iraqi media outlets reported on
Wednesday that a malfunction
caused an explosive belt to
explode and killed 16 members of
the Islamic State (ISIS),
including senior leaders
IED kills
5 soldiers in northern Baghdad:
The ministry said in a
statement, “This morning, an
improvised explosive device
exploded targeting an army
patrol while passing in al-Moshahda
area, in northern Baghdad.”
New ISIS
Massacre Video in Iraq: ISIS
Execute 50 People;
The horrific footage, which is
believed to have been released
by the terror group shows masked
terrrorists methodically firing
into the back of their victims'
heads as they kneel in the sand.
US to
deploy 600 more troops to Iraq
for Mosul push;
US Army General Joseph Votel,
who oversees US forces in the
Middle East, told Reuters in
July the US military expected to
seek additional troops in Iraq
Iraqi
minister's downfall hurts
prospect for financial bailout;
Last week's dismissal of Iraqi
Finance Minister Hoshiyar Zebari,
risks delaying billions of
dollars in badly needed budget
support from international
lenders and investors.
Yemen: US
kills 4 alledged Al-Qaeda
members:
The two drone strikes had been
reported by Yemeni security
officials but this was the first
time the United States claimed
them.
U.S.-Saudi warplanes launch 38
airstrikes on Yemen:
U.S.-Saudi aggression warplanes
launched 38 air strikes across
Yemen over the past 24 hours,
officials told Saba on Thursday.
Turkey
denies protection to returning
Syrians:
A migrant swap deal with Ankara
is progressing well despite
returning Syrians being denied
guaranteed protection status in
Turkey, says the EU commission.
Turkey's
Erdogan says to extend state of
emergency:
Erdogan said the measure sped up
Ankara's fight against
terrorism, adding he believed
Turks would support it.
U.S.
kills 22 in misdirected Somalia
air strike:
An air strike in northern
Somalia left as many as 22
soldiers dead overnight, local
officials said on Wednesday, and
one region said the United
States had been duped into
attacking its troops.
Sudan
accused of chemical weapons
attacks in Darfur:
Sudan's government has been
accused of killing scores of
civilians this year in at least
30 suspected chemical weapons
attacks in a remote area of the
country's Darfur region.
UN-backed
Libyan government bows to Gen.
Haftar’s pro-Egypt forces
; Libya has been forced to grant
Gen. Khalifa Haftar’s faction
prominent representation in the
new government, the country’s
UN-backed prime
minister-designate said.
U.S.
Kills 13 Civilians In
Afghanistan:
At least 13 civilians have been
killed in a US air strike
targeting ISIL that hit a
residential house in eastern
Nangarhar province, an Afghan
official says.
Twelve
Afghan Soldiers Killed by Their
Colleagues While They Slept;
The two soldiers, who were
suspected of having links to the
Taliban, fled and joined the
militants
India
kills two Pakistani soldiers in
Kashmir
: The multiple
nighttime strikes across the
line of control (LOC) that
divides the Himalayan region
marked a major escalation of a
deepening crisis between the
nuclear armed rivals.
India
claims striking suspected rebels
in Pakistan:
India says it conducted
"surgical strikes" along de
facto border, but Pakistan calls
incident "cross-border fire".
Rodrigo
Duterte to end joint US and
Philippine military drills
: Duterte said he wants
establish new trade and
commercial alliances with China
and Russia, and the war games
were something Beijing does not
want.
Russia
says US inviting terrorists to
attack its cities:
Russia has denounced a US
projection of possible attacks
on Russian cities by terrorists
fighting in Syria, saying the
statement amounts to an
invitation to terrorism.
Demonizing
Russia?
Flight
MH17: Footage shows Russian-made
missile that downed plane being
trucked into eastern Ukraine
: An investigation that
implicated Russia in the downing
of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17
was able to track the movements
of a missile launcher thanks to
photos and video clips from
witnesses.
Data
shows no aerial objects
approached MH17 from the east -
Russian MoD
: There are new
details on the fate of the MH17
passenger jet accident, after
Russia's Defence Ministry
released radar data from the day
of 2014 tragedy in Eastern
Ukraine. According to the
military
Moscow
denounces 'biased' investigation
as prosecutors say missile came
from Russia
: The finding
raises questions about the
involvement of the Russian armed
forces, the Kremlin, and
Vladimir Putin himself in the
disaster that say 298 civilians
killed.
5 flaws
that raise doubt over int’l MH17
criminal probe
; The main evidence on the path
of the low-loader with the Buk
was hence presented not with
real images, but merely a
computer reconstruction.
Snowden
fails to win no-extradition
pledge from Norway:
The Oslo appeals court said it
was not competent to offer such
a pre-emptive guarantee since
Snowden had not set foot in
Norway and Washington had not
submitted a formal request for
his extradition.
Oil
rallies after Opec ministers
announce output cut:
Output will fall by about
700,000 barrels a day, although
the cuts will not be distributed
evenly across the cartel, with
Iran being allowed to increase
production. Brent crude rose
almost 6% to nearly $49 a barrel
on the news.
Obama:
Congress made mistake with veto
of Saudi 9/11 lawsuits bill;
CIA Director John Brennan agreed
that the bill carried "grave
implications" for national
security. : He added: "The
downside is potentially huge."
US Sept
11 law exasperates Saudis, govt
silent:
The law was "the last chance
(for the U.S.) to bleed out the
resources of our good nation,"
wrote Abdullah Medallah on
Twitter.
Bahrain
says Congress vote on Saudi 9/11
bill will harm US
: Bahrain warned Thursday that
the United States would be the
loser from Congress's vote to
override President Barack
Obama's veto of a bill allowing
9/11 victims to sue Saudi
Arabia.
U.S.:
Ugandan Man Killed By Police
After His Sister Called Them for
Help:
Video - You can view it here.
Please exercise self-care—if you
decide to watch, the video is
emotionally disturbing and
contains profanity.
Video of
Louisiana police killing
6-year-old boy released:
The tape shows two deputy city
marshals opening fire on a car,
killing the boy and critically
wounding his father in the city
of Marksville.
U.S. owes
black people reparations for a
history of ‘racial terrorism,’
says U.N. panel:
This conclusion was part of a
study by the United Nations'
Working Group of Experts on
People of African Descent, a
body that reports to the
international organization's
High Commissioner on Human
Rights.
‘Military-style’ armed police
arrest 20+ Dakota Access
protesters:
“ND authorities deploy armed
personnel with shotguns and
assault rifles, military
vehicles, and aerial spray on
peaceful Water Protectors
gathered in prayer,” the camp
members wrote.
Police
surveillance: The US city that
beat Big Brother:
Mass surveillance of citizens
without their knowledge is on
the rise in America. This is the
story of how one city fought
back - and is teaching others
how to do the same.
Shame on him:
Bernie
Sanders stumps for Clinton;
Former Democratic presidential
candidate Bernie Sanders joined
party nominee Hillary Clinton in
New Hampshire on Wednesday to
stump for voters in what's
expected to be a potentially
critical battleground state in
November's election.
Panic,
Anxiety Spark Rush to Build
Luxury Bunkers for L.A.'s
Superrich:
Oscar winners, sports stars and
Bill Gates are building lavish
bunkers — with amenities ranging
from a swimming pool to a
bowling alley — as global
anxiety fuels sales and owners
"could be the next Adam and
Eve."
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23 killed in Aleppo, UN
meets over Syria;
At least 23 civilians have been
killed in renewed government
airstrikes on the contested city of
Aleppo, Syrian activists say
US accuses Russia of
'barbarism' over Aleppo bombardment:
"What Russia is sponsoring and doing
is not counter-terrorism. It is
barbarism," US Ambassador Samantha
Power said at the Sunday session.
British
ambassador accuses Russia of war
crimes, walks out on UN Security
Council meeting;
Matthew Rycroft, alongside the
French and US ambassadors, walked
out of the sesson when Syria's
ambassador was called to speak at an
emergency meeting demanding a halt
to the violence in Aleppo.
'Missiles
targeting UK jets' over Iraq:
British warplanes attacking the
Islamic State group in Iraq and
Syria have reported coming under
attack from surface-to-air missiles,
a senior commander says.
Ahrar Al-Sham
plans to launch chemical attack on
civilians, blame it on Syria govt:
“I have information that Ahrar
Al-Sham terrorists intend to mount
attacks on civilian population using
white phosphorus for the sake of
fabricating accusations against the
Syrian state and its army,” the
diplomat said at the meeting as
cited by TASS.
West still
arming Al-Nusra in Syria, peace
almost impossible – Russia’s UN
envoy:
The Al-Nusra Front in Aleppo keeps
receiving tanks and heavy weapons
shipped by their Western backers as
the US turns a blind eye, Russia’s
envoy to the UN, Vitaly Churkin,
told the Security Council.
US Deploying
Forces in 7 Bases in Northern Syria:
"The US has deployed tens of its
marines in Mabrouka village in the
Western parts of Hasaka province
under the pretext of demining Ra's
al-Ain city which is now under the
control of Kurdish forces," sources
told FNA.
Syrian FM at
UN: Bombing of Syrian troops no
mistake, US is ISIS accomplice:
"The Syrian government puts all the
responsibility for aggression on the
US, as the facts show, that it was a
deliberate attack, but not a mistake
– even if America says the
opposite,”
Russia,
Turkey Reach a 'Gentleman’s
Agreement' on Syrian Airspace:
Turkey and Russia are currently in
talks over a protocol to coordinate
combat flights in the Syrian
airspace to prevent incidents, a
Turkish military source told
Hurriyet Daily News.
Iraq:
Security forces repulse ISIS attack
in Heet, 40 militants killed;
“ISIS attacked Heet from Hayy al-Bakr
area in Heet Island, north of the
city. The outfit attacked the area
with rockets, missiles and different
weapons.”
Mysterious
explosion at ISIS workshop
suffocates 11 children in Mosul;
“Today, Mosul Hospital received 11
children, who known as the cubs of
caliphate, and they were suffering
from severe dyspnea due to inhaling
poisonous gas,”
Suicide
bomber kills seven, wounds 28 in
Baghdad, police say:
The explosion happened in Iskan, a
mostly Shi'ite district in the west
of the Iraqi capital
Arab
coalition attacks kill nine in
central Yemen - medical official,
residents:
Residents said the nine dead in the
attack on several areas of the city
and its outskirts included three
children and their parents.
At least 28
killed in Congo clashes;
Among the dead were eight security
officers, 14 militia members and six
civilians, including three school
children, Interior Minister Evariste
Boshab said. Dozens of others were
injured.
4 Chadian
troops killed in Boko Haram attack;
“Around 8:00 pm (1900 GMT) on
Saturday night, Boko Haram members
attacked the Djoroye border post
near the Niger border in the Lake
Chad region killing four of our
soldiers,” the source said.
Zuma's
brother makes dramatic plea:
Quit now or risk being killed:
President Jacob Zuma's brother is so
anxious about growing public anger
against the president that he
believes the ANC leader should quit
politics - or risk being killed‚ the
newspaper reported.
Baltimore
Police: 3 gunmen shoot, wound 8 in
attack;
: Authorities have said one of the
attackers had a shotgun and the
other two had handguns.
Charlotte
police release videos of shooting of
Keith Lamont Scott
: The
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police
Department released body and
dash-cam videos of the fatal police
shooting of Keith Lamont Scott on
Saturday after days of mounting
public pressure.
Trump’s
Pentagon Plan Could Cost Almost $1
Trillion; : Op-Ed:
Donald Trump’s campaign has been
short on specifics, but that changed
earlier this month when he gave a
speech that provided some examples
of what his proposed defense buildup
would entail.
Trump pledges
to recognise Jerusalem as Israeli
capital:
Republican candidate acknowledges he
will accept the divided city as
Israel's capital if elected
president.
Hillary
Clinton to use larger podium than
Donald Trump at first debate:
The Democratic nominee, who is
5-foot-4, has apparently enlisted
the help of a raised podium for the
first presidential debate against
Donald Trump, who is 6-foot-3,
Monday night, photos of the two
podiums show. |
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Putin lacked the
decisiveness of a Napoleon or a
Stalin and let his victory slip
away. -
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More than 150
Killed in Aleppo Over the Past Three
Days:
A large-scale aerial bombardment
campaign has intensified in the past
three days over eastern Aleppo City
and rural areas of the governorate,
killing 158 civilians, including
infants, women, and children
Syrian
government makes Aleppo advance in
major attack:
Saturday's advance captured the camp
for Palestinian refugees on elevated
ground overlooking one of the main
roads into Aleppo. Handarat had been
in rebel hands for years.
Two million
people without water in Syria's
Aleppo: UN:
"Intense attacks last night have
damaged the Bab al-Nayrab water
pumping station, which supplies
water to some 250,000 people in the
eastern parts of Aleppo," the U.N.
children's agency UNICEF said.
Mysterious
death squads strike AGAIN as ISIS HQ
burned;
ISIS are running scared after
mystery gunmen hunting them down
struck again – torching one of their
bases with evil jihadis inside.
US-led
coalition must prove it really wants
to separate Al-Nusra Front from
rebels – Lavrov
; Russia will “no longer take
seriously" requests that its own or
Syrian forces make unilateral
concessions regarding the ceasefire,
without the Western coalition
providing proof it's trying to
separate moderates from terrorists,
the foreign minister said.
'Syrian Army
forces pour into area near Israel
border, prepare operation':
"A large contingent of the fourth
mechanized divisions, comprised of
recent graduates from the Syrian
Arab Army's Special Forces school in
Deir Attiyah, have joined the 90th
Brigade's headquarters in Golan
Heights, where they will await
orders to launch a large-scale
offensive."
Turkey's
Erdogan says U.S. sent weapons to
Kurdish fighters in Syria:
"Three days ago America dropped two
plane loads of weapons in Kobani for
these terror groups," he said,
adding he had raised the issue on
Wednesday with U.S. Vice President
Joe Biden who he said had no
knowledge of this.
Clash kills
soldier, Kurdish militant in
southeast Turkey;
The clash with the Kurdistan Workers
Party (PKK) broke out during
military operations in Diyarbakir
province after the authorities
imposed round-the-clock curfews on
18 villages, the sources said.
Moody's
downgrades Turkey to junk:
S&P Global Ratings downgraded Turkey
in July, following a failed coup
attempt in the country. Losing its
investment grade will make it more
expensive for Turkey to raise
capital on global markets.
Militant
attack kills 12 in Iraq's Tikrit -
security sources:
Twelve people were killed on
Saturday when militants attacked a
police checkpoint north of Tikrit
and then detonated a car bomb at the
entrance to the city, Iraqi police
and military sources said.
US troops use
white phosphorus in Iraq to
‘obscure’ Kurdish forces – newspaper:
Images posted on a Pentagon-run
public affairs website Dvids show a
US Army artillery unit firing white
phosphorus munitions in Iraq,
identified by the Washington Post as
M825A1 155mm shells.
U.S. Killed
Five alledged Al Qaeda militants in
Yemen:
A drone strike in Marib Province on
Friday evening, east of Yemen's
capital Sanaa, killed alledged,
local commander Abu Khaled al-Sanaani
and four guards while they were
travelling in a vehicle.
Five days,
four children shot dead:
Israeli forces shot dead four
Palestinian children in Hebron,
during the most concentrated period
of deadly violence in the West Bank
since June.
Netanyahu
Calls UN 'Moral Farce,' Says Israel
Will Not Accept Any Dictates:
Thanks Obama for vetoing past
Security Council resolution critical
of Israel.
EU court
recommends removing Hamas from
terror lists:
Judges of the General Court ruled
that EU leaders relied too heavily
on media reports rather than their
own investigations when they imposed
asset freezes and travel bans on
Hamas members.
New attack on
free speech: Pro-Israel groups wage
war on campus freedom:
Attacks on pro-Palestinian activists
have grown increasingly vicious, but
free-speech supporters are fighting
back
Kashmir:
Protests erupt after man killed by
army:
Young man killed by Indian army
ignites fresh protests in northern
Kashmir as uprising in valley
continues.
Labour
leadership: Jeremy Corbyn defeats
Owen Smith;
Mr Corbyn won 61.8% of the total
vote, a larger margin of victory
than last year. He vowed to bring
the party back together and "make
Labour the engine of progress for
our country", insisting the party
could win the next election.
Washington
State mall shooting: Four killed as
police look for gunman:
A manhunt is underway after four
people were shot dead and two
wounded, one seriously, at a
shopping mall in Washington State.
AP: Trump
campaign plans $140 million ad buy:
The total, if executed, would
include $100 million in television
airtime and $40 million in digital
ads, according to senior
communications adviser Jason Miller.
U.S. intel
officials probe ties between Trump
adviser and Kremlin:
Some of those briefed were “taken
aback” when they learned about
Page’s contacts in Moscow, viewing
them as a possible back channel to
the Russians that could undercut
U.S. foreign policy
I Was RFK’s
Speechwriter. Now I’m Voting for
Trump. Here’s Why.:
The Democratic Party has become
something both JFK and RFK would
deplore—the party of war.
Ted Cruz
backs Trump:
The Texas
senator says on Facebook that he
made the decision for two reasons.
First, his promise to support the
Republican nominee. And second, his
belief that Democrat Hillary Clinton
is “wholly unacceptable.”
FBI Releases
More Hillary Clinton Investigation
Records;
The FBI has released 189 pages of
records from its Hillary Clinton
email investigation.
Most of
Clinton’s Recovered Emails Will Be
Released After Election Day:
Group seeking Clinton emails calls
process ‘absolutely corrupt’
Most
Dangerous Person On the Planet
Today: Hillary Clinton:
The most surefire way to make a
terrorist out of a non-terrorist is
to kill an innocent child or bomb an
innocent person’s home. Doing so is
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33 IS
militants killed in Iraqi operation:
At least 33 Islamic State (IS)
militants were killed on Thursday in
an operation by Iraqi security
forces in Salahudin province's
Shirqat town, officials said.
Iraqi army
says it recaptured key town south of
Mosul:
Iraqi forces backed by air strikes
from the U.S.-led coalition gained
complete control of the northern
district of Shirqat on Thursday,
bringing the military a step closer
to a main push on Mosul later this
year.
Security
forces liberate 2 areas near Ramadi,
4 ISIS members killed;
“This morning, the security forces,
backed by tribal fighters, liberated
al-Jard and al-Taysa that are
located between Heet and Baghdadi.
Four ISIS members were also killed
in the operation.”
Iraq; Isil in
suspected first chemical attack on
US troops
: The rocket, filled with mustard
agent, landed at the Qayara air base
in Iraq on Tuesday, where US and
Iraqi troops are based, CNN reported
officials saying.
Abadi:
Presence of Turkish troops hinders
ISIS elimination:
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi
confirmed that the presence of
Turkish troops on the Iraqi
territories is hindering the
elimination of ISIS group.
Opposition
'minister' among 12 dead in Syria
bombing: rebels;
A "minister" in Syria's opposition
government was among at least 12
people killed in a car bomb attack
in the south of the country on
Thursday, the body's spokesman said.
Russia:
Mossad, other foreign agents killed
in Aleppo strike:
Citing ‘battlefield sources,’ state
media says its warships bombed 30
officers from Israel, Qatar and
Western countries
Warplanes set
rebel-held Aleppo ablaze:
Rebel-held areas of the northern
Syrian city of Aleppo saw the
heaviest air strikes in months
overnight, activists say, as a
week-old truce collapsed.
Lavrov: No
More Unilateral Pauses in Syria
(Video):
Russia’s Foreign Minister, has said
during the United Nations Security
Council meeting on Syria that there
will be no more unilateral
‘ceasefire’ pauses in Syria.
According to Lavrov it can’t even be
discussed because all pauses have
been used by militants, incluinng
Jabhat al-Nusra, to regroup and get
reinforcements.
Dozens of
rebels quit Syria's Homs under deal
with govt:
Homs governor Talal Barazi told
reporters that "123 armed men and
157 civilians from the families of
the armed men left to northern Homs
province". The evacuees were headed
to Dar al-Kubra, which is under
rebel control.
US airstrikes
on Syrian troops were ‘intentional,’
lasted nearly 1 hour – Assad to AP
: “It was not an accident by one
airplane; it was four airplanes
which kept attacking the position of
the Syrian troops for nearly one
hour or maybe a little bit more than
one hour,”
In propaganda war -
US demands
Russia and Syria ground all aircraft:
John Kerry, the US Secretary of
State told a session of the United
Nations Security Council on
Wednesday that only a grounding of
all aircraft could protect civilians
from Bashar al-Assad’s regime and
said Vladimir Putin must face a
“moment of truth” over the bombing
of a UN aid convoy last Monday.
Russian
Defense Ministry spotted 'Predator'
drone in area where UN convoy was
attacked:
According to the Russian Defense
Ministry, the drone had taken off
from Turkey’s Incirlik air base
Military
Sources Warn of High Likelihood of
Direct US-Syria Military
Confrontation:
"After the US-led warplanes attacked
the Syrian army's military base in
Deir Ezzur, the Syrian army has
become more resolved not only to
fight the terrorists, but also to
directly confront the US,"
Russia to
send aircraft carrier to
Mediterranean:
Russian aircraft carrier the Admiral
Kuznetsov will join the country’s
naval group operating in the eastern
Mediterranean, the Defense Ministry
has announced. Officials say the
carrier could be used to aid the
anti-terrorist mission in Syria.
Russia does
not rule out strikes against Jaysh
al-Islam and Ahrar Al-Sham;
"We are witnesses to the continuing
merger of these groups [Jaysh
al-Islam and Ahrar Al-Sham - TASS]
with the organizations that have
been universally recognized as
terrorist
More talks at
UN as Syria's future 'hangs by a
thread'
: The United States
and Russia on Thursday are chairing
a meeting that will bring together
the 23-nation International Syria
Support Group (ISSG), set up to push
for a ceasefire
UK Government
has no strategy, no plan and only
‘phantom’ allies in Syria, scathing
Commons report reveals:
Analysis - As ceasefire sits on the
brink of collapse, MPs’ report
paints a damning picture of
Britain’s bombing campaign
Has Turkey
Occupied Northern Syria?
: Turkish President Erdogan recently
commented that “operations against
terrorist organizations will
continue until the end” and has
shown no inclination to pull his
military back across the border.
Turkey in
Syria: A replay of Israel in
Lebanon?;
President Erdogan also announced
that as part of “Operation Euphrates
Shield,” Turkey may expand the area
it occupies in Syria from the
present 900 km2 to an area of some
5000 km2
25 residents
killed, 73 injured in Saudi
airstrikes Yemen;
Warplanes struck their residential
quarter in the Red Sea port city of
al-Hodayda, medical officials said
on Thursday.
17 killed in
Yemen in battle for strategic
heights
Heavy fighting
between Yemeni government forces and
Shia rebels for control of the
heights overlooking the strategic
Bab al-Mandab strait has left 17
combatants dead, the loyalist
commander said on Wednesday.
US kills 3
Qaeda suspects in Yemen: officials:
An apparent US drone strike killed
three suspected Al-Qaeda members
Thursday in Yemen, including a
mid-ranking commander, security
officials said.
Yemen's
exiled government return to Aden:
Prime Minister Ahmed bin Dagher flew
from Riyadh to the port city of Aden
as rebels continue to rule Sanaa
Senators
Struggle With Geography to Support
Saudi Arabia’s Yemen Intervention:
The Strait of Hormuz would be
threatened if Houthi rebels had
taken over all of Yemen before Saudi
Arabia launched a military
intervention last year, they agreed
before leading colleagues to shoot
down a bid to block the arms sale.
27 U.S.
Senators Rebel Against Arming Saudi
Arabia:
In addition to providing Saudi
Arabia with intelligence and flying
refueling missions for its air
force, the United States has enabled
the bombing campaign by supplying
$20 billion in weapons over the past
18 months.
Abbas,
Netanyahu clash over settlements at
UN;
"What the Israeli government is
doing in pursuit of its expansionist
settlement plans will destroy
whatever possibility is left for the
two-state solution along the 1967
borders," Abbas warned.
Abbas to UN:
Great Britain must apologize for
Balfour Declaration
: "This Paved the way for the Nakba
of the Palestinian people; their
dispossession, their displacement
from their land."
Boeing Wins
U.S. Permit for First Iran Jet Sales
Since Shah Era
: Boeing is still
finalizing terms to provide as many
as 109 jets to Iran Air, the
Chicago-based planemaker said in an
e-mailed statement.
'Nineteen
dead' in clashes with ISIS in
Libya's Sirte:
Ten extremists and nine
pro-government fighters died in
clashes Thursday around the last
positions of ISIS in the Libyan
coastal city of Sirte, medical and
military sources said.
DRC: 7
civilians killed in an attack:
The attack which occurred between
Wednesday and Thursday night was
carried out by the Ugandan rebels of
the Allied Democratic Forces, ADF
Afghanistan
inks peace deal with warlord
'butcher of Kabul':
Afghanistan Thursday signed a peace
agreement with notorious warlord
Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, paving the way
for him to make a political comeback
despite a history of war crimes and
after years in hiding.
South Korea
confirms it has military plan to
remove Kim Jong Un;
South Korea's defense ministry is
planning a special force that could
remove Kim Jong Un from power.
Poll suggests
war tops Russians’ fears while
economic worries wane:
International tension still tops the
list of Russians’ fears for a second
month in a row, while concerns over
the economic situation are fading,
Biden warns
Ukraine on reforms, says EU
sanctions on Russia at risk:
U.S. Biden warned that Ukraine needs
to live up to its promises on
economic and political reforms or
risk seeing the European Union walk
away from its sanctions on Russia.
German vice
chancellor says Ukraine has to
fulfill its obligations, too:
Germany should undertake efforts to
make the Ukrainian authorities start
fulfilling their obligations to the
Minsk agreements (‘Minsk-2’) on
settling the country’s conflict
Ukraine,
rebels agree troop pullbacks in
three areas: OSCE:
Ukrainian negotiator says that
Ukraine and the rebels pledge to
withdraw troops and weapons by one
kilometre on each side in three
"security areas": Stanytsya Luganska
and Zolote in Lugansk region and
Petrovske in Donetsk region
Trump Leaves
Ukraine Hanging at the UN General
Assembly:
In fact, Trump’s office didn’t even
respond to Poroshenko’s RSVP,
according to Politico—but the
Ukraine leader did sit down with
Hillary Clinton.
MI6 chief
warns Isil terror threat will last a
lifetime as agency hires 1,000 more
spies
: Britain’s top spy
has warned that terrorist groups
like so-called Islamic State pose a
“persistent threat” that is set to
last a “professional lifetime”.
Prospect of
President Trump is causing the
Mexican currency to crash, says
Mexican president:
Enrique Pena Nieto, struggling with
low approval ratings, partly blamed
Mr Trump for the peso's fall to 20
pesos to the dollar.
Heroin,
Nazis, and Agent Orange: Inside the
$66 Billion Merger of the Year:
These companies used to sell heroin
and Agent Orange. Now, they want to
form the world’s largest supplier of
seeds and pesticides.
OECD Warns
Fed, BOJ, ECB of Asset Bubbles,
“Risks to Financial Stability,”
Pinpoints US Stocks & Real Estate;
But the Fed is steadfastly blind to
bubbles & their consequences.
Most Small
Businesses Are Barely Saving Any
Money, New Study Shows:
According to the Small Business and
Entrepreneurship Council, they
account for roughly 50 percent of
gross domestic product and more than
50 percent of new job creation
Report
highlights rising poverty:
Among the troubling statistics in a
new report released Tuesday was the
rising concentration of poverty in
city neighborhoods, and expanding
number of census tracts where the
poverty rate stood at 40 percent or
higher....
Charlotte,
N.C. in state of emergency after
second night of violence:
One person was on life support after
being shot by a civilian late
Wednesday as riot police used tear
gas, rubber bullets and flash-bang
grenades to try to disperse
demonstrators who looted stores and
threw rocks, bottles and fireworks.
Trump calls
for nationwide 'stop-and-frisk'
policy;
“I would do stop-and-frisk. I think
you have to. We did it in New York,
it worked incredibly well and you
have to be proactive and, you know,
you really help people sort of
change their mind automatically,”
Poll: Most US
voters 'disgusted' with presidential
race:
Poll shows that many US voters will
support a candidate in the
presidential election because they
dislike the other. |
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