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March 15, 2017
US judge in Hawaii grants motion for nationwide
temporary restraining order of Trump’s travel ban:
U.S. District Court Judge Derrick Watson decision prevents the executive
order from going into effect, at least for now.
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In Case You
Missed It
The
Zionist Plan for
the Middle East
Translated and
edited by Israel
Shahak
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To survive,
Israel must 1)
become an
imperial
regional power,
and 2) must
effect the
division of the
whole area into
small states by
the dissolution
of all existing
Arab states.
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25 killed in
Damascus suicide blast as
Syria civil war enters 7th
year
: The blast followed twin
attacks on Saturday that
killed at least 40 people in
Damascus, an attack claimed
by the Syria’s al-Qaida
branch, formerly known as
the Nusra Front.
U.S. military likely
to send as many as 1,000
more ground troops into
Syria;
The deployment, if approved
by Defense Secretary Jim
Mattis and President Trump,
would potentially double the
number of U.S. forces in
Syria and increase the
potential for direct U.S.
combat
Powerful Blast Kills
18 in Iraqi Capital:
A powerful blast hit Baghdad
Wednesday, leaving at least
18 people dead, 22 injured,
sources in the local law
enforcement authorities told
Sputnik Arabic. A car rigged
with explosives exploded in
the Northern part of
Baghdad.
George Galloway :
‘Western bombardment of
Mosul radicalizing Sunni
Muslims around the world’
– Nothing could more vividly
demonstrate the sickening
hypocrisy and double
standards of the Western
political class
Iraqi Forces
Tracking Down IS Leader
Al-Baghdadi in Mosul;
Iraqi forces are preparing
to attack the leader of the
so-called Islamic State (IS)
as soon as his exact
location is uncovered, the
Iraqi Joint Special
Operations Command said on
Wednesday.
Yemen: Saudi-led
raids kill 12 Houthi rebels
near Sanaa:
Coalition warplanes pounded
mountainous areas in Nihm
district, east of Sanaa
Trump Wins Saudi
Praise for ‘Turning Point’
After Meeting Prince:
“Relations had undergone a
period of difference of
opinion,” a senior adviser
to the crown prince said in
a statement after Tuesday’s
meeting. “However, today’s
meeting has put things on
the right track"
South Sudan gunmen
'kill 28' in Ethiopia:
South Sudanese gunmen killed
28 people and kidnapped 43
children in Ethiopia's
Gambella province, an
Ethiopian official says.
Libya: LNA lose 21
dead in retaking oil
terminals
: The bodies of 21 Libyan
National Army soldiers have
been brought to hospitals in
Benghazi and Ajdabiya, local
sources told the Libya
Herald. All were killed in
today’s fighting that saw
the LNA recapture the Sidra
and Ras Lanuf oil terminals.
Clashes erupt in
Libya's Tripoli with heavy
gunfire, blasts:
The fighting is between two
militias loyal to the two
rival governments in
Tripoli: the UN-backed
government of national
accord and the deposed
government of national
salvation that is attempting
to take over the city
Nigeria: Female
teenage suicide bombers kill
2, wound 16:
In a new tactic targeting an
individual home, four
teenage girls detonated
explosives outside
Maiduguri.
Dozens killed in
fresh clashes on Myanmar’s
China border:
Thousands of people have
since fled to China to
escape the ensuing gun
battles, artillery strikes
and fires, leaving Kokang’s
capital Laukkai deserted.
China Prepares to
Counter US THAAD Missile
Defense System in South
Korea:
China can disrupt the
functionality of the THAAD
system with the help of
electromagnetic
technologies.
Afghanistan: 11
suspected, rebels killed in
Ghazni clash, drone strike:
Nearly a dozen Taliban
militants were killed in a
ground and air operation in
central Ghazni province on
Tuesday, officials said.
Dutch
election: PM Mark Rutte's
party wins most seats in
election - exit poll;
Mark Rutte is said to have
beaten far-right leader
Geert Wilders whose party
reportedly came joint second
with two others.
Justice Department
charges alledged Russian
spies and criminal hackers
in Yahoo intrusion:
The indictments target two
members of the Russian
intelligence agency FSB, and
two hackers allegedly, hired
by the Russians.
Yahoo Hack: What US
Mainstream Media Don't Tell
You About Russian 'Spy':
None of today's US media
coverage mentioned that one
of the culprits is being
suspected of cooperating
with foreign intelligence
services including,
apparently, the CIA.
John McCain: Rand
Paul ‘Is Now Working for
Vladimir Putin’:
After the Kentucky senator
objected to a bill advancing
Montenegro’s push for NATO
membership, McCain lost his
cool and accused his
colleague of being a Putin
operative.
US senator wants to
probe RT as a ‘foreign
agent’...
“We have good reason to
believe that RT News is
coordinating with the
Russian government to spread
misinformation and undermine
our democratic process,”
Shaheen said in a statement.
NBC the real meddler
in election, not Russia :
Video
- NBC did more to meddle in
2016 election than Russia by
being behind the worst of
all leaks - the infamous
Access Hollywood Trump tape
to WaPo, which could have
swayed the elections more
than Russian hackers.
Google employs army
of censors “quality raters”
to combat horrid things on
the web:
The article in the Guardian
covering this new
development highlights its
use against the usual
suspect – “Holocaust
denial”, which is of course
the thinnest and most
entirely acceptable end of
the wedge
US Senate passes
resolution calling on Trump
to escalate regime-change in
Venezuela:
These moves are part of a
concerted effort by American
imperialism to oust the
ruling chavistas and replace
them with a right-wing
regime more aligned with
American interests.
Violence in Sinaloa
surges after El Chapo is
extradited:
The scene of a shooting in
Culiacan, Sinaloa, shows
what Mexico's 'war on drugs'
looks like at the ground
level.
FBI Caught
Manufacturing Terrorists to
Justify Budget
: Video
Trump Admin Ups
Drone Strikes, Tolerates
More Civilian Deaths: U.S.
Officials:
The Trump administration is
moving ahead with plans to
make it easier for the CIA
and the military to target
terrorists with drone
strikes, even if it means
tolerating more civilian
casualties
The Problem With the
CIA and Drones:
A CIA label is just an
excuse to not have to give
up any information. That is
all it has ever been."
The real shocker in
the WikiLeaks scoop:
The dark side of this world
exploded into view with
WikiLeaks’ publication of
the CIA toolkit
Snowden Has Some
Advice for Donald Trump
About Surveillance:
Snowden said that if Donald
Trump is concerned about the
government’s ability to
listen in on his private
communications, he should
fix the NSA mass
surveillance programs that
collect data on every
American.
Intelligence Sources
Reveal: Obama Used British
Agents For Trump Wire Tap
Surveillance:
Intelligence Sources Reveal:
“He Didn’t Use the NSA, CIA
or FBI”
Nunes: No Evidence
of Trump Tower Wiretapping:
"We don't have any evidence
that that took place," Rep.
Devin Nunes, R-Calif., said
in a press conference on
Capitol Hill. "I don't
believe there was an actual
tap of Trump Tower."
Former congressman
claims he was wiretapped
: Dennis Kucinich joins to
discuss the recording of his
congressional office
Trump ally Roger
Stone says US intelligence
tried to assassinate him:
Roger Stone — the
Watergate-era GOP “dirty
tricks” operative and
longtime friend and
confidant to Pres. Donald
Trump claims that forces
from the so-called “deep
state” tried to kill him in
a hit-and-run auto collision
on Wednesday.
Justice Department
Sued For Records About
Lynch’s Tarmac Meeting With
Clinton:
“The infamous tarmac meeting
between President Clinton
and AG Lynch is a vivid
example of why many
Americans believe the Obama
administration’s criminal
investigation into Hillary
Clinton was rigged,”
Grassley Accuses FBI
Of Withholding Information
On Russia Investigations:
Senate Judiciary Committee
Chairman Chuck Grassley
(R-IA) accused federal law
enforcement officers of
withholding key information
from lawmakers investigating
Russia’s alleged
interference into the 2016
election.
How Donald Trump's
Enemies Fell For A
Billion-Dollar Hoax
: An elaborate hoax based on
forged documents escalates
the phenomenon of “fake
news” and reveals an
audience on the left that
seems willing to believe
virtually any claim that
could damage Trump.
Businesswoman Who
Bought Trump Penthouse Is
Connected to Chinese
Intelligence Front Group:
The president's company
won't explain this $15.8
million deal.
Trump blasts release
of 2005 tax form, reporter's
account;
- President Donald Trump
earned $153 million and paid
$36.5 million in income
taxes in 2005, paying a
roughly 25 percent effective
tax rate, according to newly
disclosed tax documents.
MSNBC
publishes Trump's 2005 tax
returns
; Fox News
Video
Journalist who published
Donald Trump's 2005 tax
returns says he and his
family have received threats
: David Cay Johnston, who
runs a website called
DCReport.org and won a
Pulitzer Price for his work
exposing loopholes in the US
tax code
Donald Trump Budget
Slashes Funds for E.P.A. and
State Department;
President Trump’s budget
would slash the
Environmental Protection
Agency by 31 percent and cut
State Department spending by
a similar amount in a brash
upending of the government’s
priorities
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ISIS claims 29
Syrian Army soldiers killed
in latest east Aleppo
assault:
If this statement were true,
the alleged Syrian Army
soldiers would actually be
tribesmen from the Al-Baqir
Tribe that are protecting
this area and parts of the
Khanasser Plain.
Five Kurdish
militants killed fighting
ISIS in northern Syria:
All of the slain militants
are of Turkish origins
One killed in
Syria's Homs bus blast:
witness:
Analysts who follow Syria
have predicted that as
rebels fighting to oust
President Bashar al-Assad
suffer military reverses
they will increasingly turn
to guerrilla attacks in
territory controlled by the
governmen
Syria : Rebels agree
to leave last Homs enclave:
Opposition activists said
the rebels would be allowed
to depart with their
families for rebel-held
northern Syria.
IS
leader killed along with 7
of his aides in western
Mosul:
“The operation resulted in
the killing of the lslamic
State leader Abu Bakr
al-Iraqi, along with seven
of his aides,” Khaqani
added.
Coalition jets kill
9 militants in western Mosul,
IS continues to burn homes;
Fighter jets from the
U.S.-led military coalition
killed nine senior Islamic
State members in western
Mosul on Tuesday, while the
group continues to burn
civilians’ homes, according
to an Iraqi officer.
Russia warns against
planned Saudi attack in
Yemen;
The “plans to storm Yemen’s
biggest port of Hudaydah
give rise to serious
concerns,” Russian Foreign
Ministry spokeswoman Maria
Zakharova said in a
statement published on the
ministry’s official website
on Monday.
Pakistan in talks
with Saudi Arabia to send
combat troops to protect the
kingdom;
Plans are under way to
dispatch a brigade-sized
deployment following a
request from Riyadh, which
wants the troops as an
emergency response force. A
brigade is usually made up
of between 1,500 and 3,500
troops.
The
Trump administration’s
decision to keep arming the
Saudis is unconscionable:
Washington Post reports that
Secretary of State Rex
Tillerson has signed off on
the very weapons package
that the Obama
administration suspended.
Trump meets top
Saudi prince as Yemen war
rages:
US President Donald Trump
hosted Saudi Arabia's
powerful Deputy Crown Prince
Mohammed Bin Salman al-Saud
at the White House Tuesday,
for talks expected to focus
on the economy and rolling
back Iranian influence in
the Middle East.
It's Offical -
Israel On The Road To
Fascism:
Police detained prominent
left-wing activist Jeff
Halper last Wednesday at the
Ma’aleh Adumim settlement,
for suspected incitement,
saying they acted on a
complaint he had “materials
related to BDS” in his
possession.
Iran Counters US
Drones With Signal Jamming
Device:
Iran has developed a jamming
device that can severe the
electronic tie between the
drone and its pilot, which
could be used to counter US
intelligence efforts.
10 Haqqani militants
killed in Afghanistan;
"On Monday evening, a top
commander of the Haqqani
terrorist network along with
nine others were killed in a
targeted airstrike," the
ministry said in a
statement.
War
criminals;
US
Senators Step Up Fight in
Afghanistan:
If the US involvement in
Afghanistan is not
intensified the current
stalemate in the Afghan
government’s battle against
the Taliban and other terror
groups could “slide into
failure”, warned senators
John McCain
US to deploy
missile-capable drones
across border from North
Korea;
Deployment of Grey Eagle
drones, designed to carry
Hellfire missiles, in the
South represents significant
build-up of US military
muscle.
U.S. carrier joins
South Korea drills, North
Korea warns of 'merciless'
strikes;
As the USS Carl Vinson
plowed through seas off
South Korea on Tuesday,
rival North Korea warned the
United States of "merciless"
attacks if the carrier
infringes on its sovereignty
during U.S.-South Korean
drills.
China Sends Warning
to Japan Over Deployment of
Warship to the South China
Sea:
Tensions in the South China
Sea are continuing to rise
after China asked Japan to
reveal why they are planning
to send its largest warship
on a three month tour of the
ocean.
Russia appears to
deploy forces in Egypt, eyes
on Libya role - sources:
The US observed what
appeared to be Russian
special operations forces
and drones at Sidi Barrani,
about 60 miles (100 km) from
the Egypt-Libya border.
US general warns of
Kremlin interference in
Libya amid reports of
Russian mercenaries;
A new report has revealed
that a force of several
dozen armed private security
contractors from Russia had
operated in a part of Libya
controlled by regional
strongman Khalifa Haftar.
Russia hits out
after being accused of
sending forces to Egypt to
influence Libya conflict;
Russian government officials
denied the deployment,
claiming allegations were
aimed at stirring up
tensions. Intelligence
claimed Moscow had deployed
a 22-member unit and several
drones to Egypt.
Russia denies
deploying airbase in Egypt;
Russia has denied on Tuesday
media reports alleging that
Russian special forces have
been deployed at an airbase
in Egypt, near the Libyan
border, to support a
military commander loyal to
Libya’s eastern government,
Sputnik news agency
reported.
Fake news ;
US accuses Moscow of aiding
warlord in battle for Libya
oil ports;
Worried American officials
claim that Russia is trying
to “do a Syria” in the
country, supporting the
eastern strongman Khalifa
Haftar in an attempt to
control its main source of
wealth.
Libyan strongman
deployed Russian security
near Benghazi;
Oleg Krinitsyn, owner of
private Russian firm RSB-group,
said he sent the contractors
to eastern Libya last year
and they were pulled out in
February having completed
their mission
Libya Ready to
Implement Arms Contracts
With Russia Reached Under
Gaddafi:
The Libyan government in the
country’s east is ready to
implement the contracts with
Russia on arms supplies
reached under former Libyan
leader Muammar Gaddafi
Libya's eastern
parliament speaker says
Russia offered aid:
House of Representatives
President Agila Saleh told
Russia's state RIA Novosti
news agency that authorities
in the east have asked
Moscow to help train army
personnel and repair
military equipment.
'Go Hungry': Egypt
General:
An Egyptian general told the
Egyptian people to stop
complaining about poverty
because it is “rude,” urging
them to “sacrifice” for the
country’s future and
prosperity by going hungry,
Putin allows
breakaway Georgian region's
troops to join Russian army:
RIA;
President Vladimir Putin has
approved a decree allowing
some troops from Georgia's
breakaway region of South
Ossetia to be incorporated
into the Russian army, the
RIA news agency reported on
Tuesday.
Russia’s Largest
Bank Paid Podesta Group to
Lobby Against U.S. Sanctions
During 2016 Election:
Russia’s largest banking
institution, paid Tony
Podesta - brother of Hillary
Clinton’s campaign chair -
170,000 dollars from March
to September 2016 to lobby
against Obama-imposed
sanctions against Russia.
Turkey-Netherlands
row: Dutch warn citizens
after Erdogan threat;
The Dutch deputy prime
minister, said that "to be
called Nazis by a regime
which is walking backwards
in regards to human rights
is just disgusting".
Turkey suspends high level
contacts with the
Netherlands as dispute
escalates:
. Dutch prime minister Mark
Rutte told television talk
show RTL Late Night he
considered it bizarre that
Turkey is pressing ahead
with sanctions, despite
everything that has
happened.
Turkey turns to
Human Rights court in spat
with Netherlands:
Turkey and the Netherlands
are in the midst of a
political battle over the
Netherlands refusing two
Turkish Ministers access to
the country so that they can
campaign for a referendum
that would, among other
things, give Erdogan more
power.
Holland: Anti-Islam
candidate Geert Wilders,
racist rant against the
people of Turkey:
Video - Wilders has a strong
chance to come out on top,
cementing the influence of a
politician who wants to ban
the Koran and shut down
mosques
A History of Dutch
Populism, from the Murder of
Pim Fortuyn to the Rise of
Geert Wilders:
The famous Dutch tolerance
and progressiveness, if ever
it existed, has turned into
intolerance and a prolonged
and painstaking search for
Dutch identity.
EU
Court Rules Hijab Can Be
Banned from Workplaces:
The top court in Europe
issued a ruling Tuesday
allowing employers to ban
employees from wearing the
hijab if the company
implements such a policy
alongside a ban of all
political, philosophical or
religious signs.
US Citizen and
Elderly Parents Detained for
24 Hours;
The incident is a pointed
example of the brutal
crackdown targeting
immigrants in the Trump era.
‘You walk through
here, you feel like you’re
in a third world country’:
In the basement of ?the
?Rockefeller Center? Sixth
Avenue subway line?, a
makeshift shanty town popped
up inside one subway
entrance, with as many as 8
homeless people hunkered
down for the storm
Glenn Greenwald:
Rand Paul Is Right: NSA
Routinely Monitors
Americans’ Communications
Without Warrants:
News analysis - The way it
works is, the FISA court,
through Section 702,
wiretaps foreigners and then
[NSA] listens to Americans.
It is a backdoor search of
Americans.
The FBI’s Secret
Rules:
News analysis - How the FBI
views its authority to
assess terrorism suspects,
recruit informants, spy on
university organizations,
infiltrate online chat
rooms, peer through the
walls of private homes, and
more.
Fake Professor Calls
Free Beacon ‘Fake News’:
Fake professor, feminist,
and activist Melissa "Mish"
Zimdars has deemed the
Washington Free Beacon "fake
news" on a list that is now
being distributed as a media
guide by Harvard University.
Shannon Hurd Got a
Life Sentence for Stealing
$14. Then He Died in Prison
From Untreated Cancer.:
Despite his relatively minor
crime, at trial the state
cast Shannon as “the worst
kind of defendant. He’s a
predator.” In a 11-1 split,
the jury found him guilty.
He was given 30 years in
prison.
Rotten to the core:
Admiral, seven
others charged with
corruption in new ‘Fat
Leonard’ indictment:
The Justice Department
unsealed a fresh indictment
Tuesday charging eight
current and former Navy
officials — including an
admiral — with corruption
and other crimes in the “Fat
Leonard” bribery case
Trump gives CIA
authority to conduct drone
strikes: WSJ;
Critics, cite the spread of
jihadist organizations and
militant attacks throughout
the world as evidence that
targeted killings may be
exacerbating the problem.
Trumpcare breaks
every promise Trump made
about health care:
The bill would not preserve
coverage for millions nor
guarantee cheaper and better
health care.
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The
Democrats'
Dangerous
Diversion
By Nicolas J S
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The Democrats
won’t admit that
they lost to
Donald Trump
because they ran
a deeply flawed,
corporate-oriented
candidate, so
they blame
Russia instead.
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The
Dance of Death
By Chris Hedges |
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Those who rule
at the end of
empire are
psychopaths,
imbeciles,
narcissists and
deviants.
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Coalition airstrikes
kill 22 civilians in Syria’s
Raqqa;
At least 22 civilians were
killed and scores injured in
US-led coalition airstrikes
on the Islamic State group’s
Syrian stronghold of Raqqa.
One airstrike hit a school
housing displaced Syrians
south of Raqqa
Death
toll in Damascus suicide
bombings reaches 74:
Among the victims of
Saturday's blasts were 43
Iraqi pilgrims who had come
to the Syrian capital to
visit Shiite shrines in
Damascus's famed Old City
UNICEF: 2016 was the
worst year yet for Syrian
children:
"Verified instances of
killing, maiming and
recruitment of children
increased sharply last year
in a drastic escalation of
violence across the
country," the report said.
US Seeks "Trump
Cards" Behind Syria Marines
Deployment:
The US has deployed forces
to Syria to occupy part of
its soil and later sit on
the bargaining table for
political advantages
Iraq: 23 killed in
Mosul clashes:
A suspected U.S.-led
coalition airstrike kills 11
civilians in western Mosul
IS group fighters
trapped as Iraqi forces
retake third of west Mosul:
IS "is trapped. Just last
night, the 9th Iraqi army
division... cut off the last
road out of Mosul," said
Brett McGurk, the US envoy
to the anti-IS coalition.
Iraqi forces unearth
mass grave of Shiite inmates
killed by IS
: The remains of hundreds of
mainly Shiite inmates killed
by Islamic State militants
when they overran a prison
in northern Iraq more than
two years ago have been
unearthed by forces retaking
the area.
Pakistan sends
combat troops to Saudi
southern border:
The Pakistan army is sending
a brigade of combat troops
to shore up Saudi Arabia’s
vulnerable southern border
from reprisal attacks
mounted by the Houthis in
Yemen, according to senior
security sources.
Yemen: 28 Houthis
killed in shelling,
airstrikes:
Yemeni army, Saudi-led
coalition target Houthi
positions near Saudi border,
according to Yemen's
military
15 killed in
fighting near Yemen Red Sea
port;
Seven Yemeni soldiers and
eight rebels were killed in
heavy fighting over the past
24 hours near the Red Sea
coastal town of Mokha,
medical and security sources
said Saturday.
Palestinian man
'executed' at Israeli
checkpoint in east Jerusalem;
Witnesses reported a dispute
broke out between Israeli
forces and a Palestinian man
"who was carrying a stick",
according to Ma'an news
agency.
Donald Trump invites
Mahmoud Abbas to White House:
"We believe he is going to
let his son-in-law Jared
Kushner take the lead. It's
not clear how much the
Palestinians will trust him.
His family foundation has
given money to illegal
settlements in the West
Bank.
Palestinian marchers
seek Abbas resignation over
Israel ties:
Several hundred Palestinians
marched in an
anti-government protest
Monday, calling for the
resignation of President
Mahmoud Abbas. Critics have
said Abbas and his
government are becoming
increasingly intolerant of
dissent.
Trump envoy meets
Netanyahu in Jerusalem:
US President Donald Trump's
special envoy Jason
Greenblatt met Israel's
Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu on Monday in
Jerusalem, as the White
House put out feelers on
reviving Israeli-Palestinian
peace talks.
Israel’s PM
Falsifies Torah, History to
Sell Lies
; Benjamin Netanyahu not
only distorts the realities
of today, but also distorts
the past — including Jewish
scripture
Nearly 50 people
killed in garbage dump
landslide in Ethiopia:
Efforts are still under way
to find people still missing
since the landslide late on
Saturday which destroyed 49
dwellings, city spokesman
Amare Mekonen said.
Twenty-eight people were
being treated in hospital.
Car
bomb kills 13 in busy Somali
street;
'We have carried 13 dead
people and 14 others are
injured. The death toll may
rise further,' Abdikadir
Abdirahman, director of
aid-funded Aamin Ambulance
services, told Reuters.
Libya; Two killed in
air attacks on oil terminals:
Airstrikes conducted by the
warplanes of Khalifa Haftar-led
Dignity Operation killed two
of the Petroleum Facilities
Guard's (PFG) personnel
Sunday night, sources from
the PFG reported.
East Libyan forces
suffer losses:
Fierce clashes resumed on
Monday at a tower block
complex in southwest
Benghazi where forces loyal
to Libya's eastern
government have been
battling for weeks to
dislodge rival fighters, a
security official said.
Policeman killed in
southern Tunisia attack;
A Tunisian police officer
was killed and another was
injured in an overnight
ambush by four militants in
the city of Kebili, 500
kilometers south of the
country's capital.
Egypt's Hosni
Mubarak to walk free in
coming days;
Public prosecutor orders
release of former president
as early as tomorrow
following court acquittal.
IS militants set up
checkpoints in Egypt's north
Sinai:
IS erected checkpoints
across the city of Al-Arish
in a show of defiance
against the latest crackdown
by Egyptian army and police
Afghanistan: At
least 70 Taliban insurgents
killed in Laghman:
The Taliban's attempt to
capture Laghman province in
Afghanistan turned out to be
fatal as 70 insurgents were
gunned down by forces, local
Khaama Press reported.
Airstrikes kill 31
Taliban fighters
: At least thirty-one
Taliban militants were
killed in a series of
airstrikes carried out by
the Afghan and foreign air
forces in southern Helmand
province, officials said
Sunday.
Taliban claim
responsibility for strike on
base in southern Afghanistan.:
The Taliban claimed
responsibility for the
incident, which happened in
the Nawshar district of
southern Zabul province late
on Friday, as the militants
escalate a deadly winter
campaign
Trump Is Said to Be
Working to Loosen
Counterterrorism Rules:
The Trump administration is
exploring how to dismantle
or bypass Obama-era
constraints intended to
prevent civilian deaths from
drone attacks, commando
raids and other
counterterrorism missions
Must read:
Death in al Ghayil;
Women and Children in Yemeni
Village Recall Horror of
Trump’s “Highly Successful”
SEAL Raid
How to Remove a
President:
Mass Protests Force Out
South Korean Leader Amid
Corruption Scandal
US
deploys drones in South
Korea capable of striking
North Korean targets
: “The UAS adds significant
intelligence, surveillance
and reconnaissance
capability to U.S. Forces
Korea and our [Republic of
Korea] partners.”
Japan plans to send
largest warship to South
China Sea, sources say:
Japan plans to dispatch its
largest warship on a
three-month tour through the
South China Sea beginning in
May, three sources said, in
its biggest show of naval
force in the region since
World War Two.
U.S. Diplomats warn
of Russia hysteria:
“It’s a witch-hunt with
paranoia and hysteria at its
core.
Putin aide says
Russia is getting impatient
for improved dialogue with
US under Trump;
“For countries like Russia
and the United States, it’s
unpardonable not to be in
dialogue, especially against
this amount of regional and
global problems that we
have.”
NATO chief seeks to
reassure Trump on defense
budgets:
NATO's secretary-general on
Monday urged European allies
to spend more on their
military budgets as he seeks
to reassure President Donald
Trump that members will pay
their fair share.
Turkey lodges formal
complaint with Netherlands:
Turkey has summoned the
Dutch envoy to protest a
"disproportionate" use of
force against demonstrators
in Rotterdam. The
Netherlands has also warned
its citizens in Turkey to
"stay alert" in light of the
rising tensions.
Denmark warns
Turkish PM to postpone visit
as Germany mulls legal
options;
Denmark has joined a growing
list of countries to block
Turkey's attempts at
political campaigns in
Europe. Germany's interior
minister says there could be
legal avenues to bar entry
to referendum campaigners.
Erdogan accuses
Merkel of 'supporting
terrorists':
"Mrs Merkel, why are you
hiding terrorists in your
country? Why are you not
doing anything?" Erdogan
said, accusing Berlin of not
responding to 4,500 dossiers
sent by Ankara on terror
suspects.
German MPs call for
troop withdrawal from
Turkish airbase:
Some German MPs are calling
for the withdrawal of troops
deployed at Incirlik
airbase. Germany is flying
reconnaissance sorties from
the Turkish base as part of
the US-led anti-Islamic
State coalition.
Brexit: Nicola
Sturgeon plans new
independence vote;
Scotland's leader on Monday
said she would seek
authority for a new
independence referendum
because Britain is dragging
Scotland out of the European
Union against its will.
The Dutch far
right’s election donors are
almost exclusively American;
While Europe has been busy
fretting about Russian
meddling in its politics, a
few Americans have been
quietly doing their part to
boost the continent’s far
right.
Seven ways to keep
the CIA out of your home;
The "Vault 7" documents
published by WikiLeaks show
us how the "Internet of
Things" (IoT) has great
potential, yet is also
susceptible to remote
espionage. So how do I get
the internet out of the
devices?
Glenn Greenwald: CIA
and FBI probably intervened
in election;
"I also think the FBI
clearly sided with Donald
Trump and did a lot of
damaging leaks on purpose to
hurt Hillary Clinton,"
FBI undercover
stings foil terrorist plots
— but often plots of the
agency’s own making;
The most sensational plots
invoking the name of the
Islamic State or al-Qaida
here were largely the
invention of FBI agents
carrying out elaborate sting
operations
Kellyanne Conway
alludes to even wider
surveillance of Trump
campaign:
She says the “surveillance”
may be broader than even
Trump suggested.
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By Paul Craig
Roberts |
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After 17 years
of murdering
women, children,
and village
elders and
bombing
weddings,
Washington has
surpassed its
criminal record
in Vietnam.
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50 ISIS fighters
killed as Syrian Army sinks
seven boats in deadly Deir
Ezzor operation;
With all bridges destroyed
linking eastern Deir Ezzor
with its western
counterpart, ISIS depends
entirely on boats to haul in
supplies, ammunition and
reinforcements to the
frontier
US airstrike kills
23 civilians as Marines
deploy to Syria;
A US airstrike on the
northern Syrian village of
Al-Mataba near the Syrian
city of Raqqa claimed the
lives of at least 23
civilians Wednesday night.
Many of the victims were
from one family,
Turkish attack on
Syrian army positions in
Manbij:
A military source said on
Thursday that the Turkish
regime forces targeted
today, with rocket and
artillery fires, positions
for the Syrian Army and the
backing forces in Manbij
region in Aleppo
countryside.
Photos released of
Syrian Army soldiers injured
by Turkish military near
Manbij:
The Turkish Army and their
Free Syrian Army (FSA)
allies shelled the Syrian
Arab Army’s border guards in
west Manbij, allegedly
killing 8 soldiers and
wounding tens of military
personnel.
Putin and Erdogan
vow cooperation to help end
Syria war;
Russian leader cautiously
optimistic on Syria peace
deal, hails Ankara's
'exceptional cooperation' in
keeping truce.
Turkish army says 71
Kurd fighters killed in
Syria in last week:
Clashes between
Turkish-backed forces and
the YPG militia, both allies
of the United States in
fighting Islamic State,
threaten to hamper U.S.
efforts to forge a coalition
to seize the militants'
stronghold of Raqqa.
U.S. appears to root
for Kurdish support in Raqqa
push - Turkish sources:
The United States appears to
have decided to enlist the
help of Kurdish YPG militia
in a campaign to push
Islamic State out of its
stronghold in Raqqa, Syria,
thwarting Turkey's
ambitions, a senior Turkish
official said on Tuesday.
Longtime allies,
sworn enemies and temporary
bedfellows collide on Syria
battlefield:
Not only are Syrian
government and rebel forces
there, but also Turkish,
Russian, American and
Kurdish troops.
US troop increase
risks tangling in Syria's
war;
The latest deployment widens
America's footprint in a
highly toxic battlefield,
with U.S. credibility and
prestige on the line. It
also risks drawing troops
into a long and costly war
with unpredictable outcomes.
Trump administration
inviting more than 60
countries for strategy
session on countering
Islamic State;
The top U.S. commander in
the Middle East signaled
that there will be a larger
and longer American military
presence in Syria to
accelerate the fight against
IS
Iraqi Popular Forces
Create Brigade to Liberate
Golan Heights From Israel:
A coalition of Iraqi
militias incorporated into
the Iraqi Armed Fores] has
created a separate brigade
to liberate the Golan
Heights from Israel
Police: 25 IS
militants killed in central
Mosul offensive:
Police commandos and Rapd
Response forces members
launched attacks from three
axes on Bab al-Toub
district, killing 25
militants, including three
suicide bombers, and
destroyed nine booby-trapped
vehicles
Iraqi troops
recapture western Mosul
hotel, two districts:
Government forces recaptured
the Nabi Sheet and Okaidat
districts, both adjacent to
the Old City, a major target
for Iraqi troops leading the
offensive against IS in
western Mosul.
Yemen 20 civilians,
6 rebels killed in air
strikes;
An air strike by a Saudi-led
Arab coalition on a market
in Yemen killed 20 civilians
and six rebels on Friday,
medical and military sources
said.
New Evidence
Contradicts Pentagon’s
Account of Yemen Raid, But
General Closes the Case:
The White House has tried to
shame the raid’s critics
into silence.
Jihadist alliance
claims Mali attack that
killed 11 soldiers:
A jihadist alliance uniting
Malian insurgents loyal to
Al-Qaeda has claimed
responsibility for an attack
that killed 11 soldiers
close to Mali's border with
Burkina Faso, its first such
attack.
Egypt says 2
security officers killed, 4
wounded in Sinai;
Egypt's interior ministry
and security officials say
militants have detonated a
roadside bomb, killing two
officers and wounding four
in the north of the restive
Sinai Peninsula.
Pots and
black kettles:;
AFRICOM commander voices
concern over Russian
meddling in Libya
: “Senator, Russia is trying
to exert influence on the
ultimate decision of who
becomes, and what entity
becomes, in charge of the
government inside Libya,"
Waldhauser told South
Carolina Sen. Lindsey
Graham.
More U.S. Troops
Needed in Afghanistan: U.S.
General:
General John Nicholson, who
commands NATO forces in
Afghanistan, said last month
he needs thousands more
troops to break the
stalemate.
China: Building up
nuclear deterrence best
response to THAAD
: The US must pay the price
for the THAAD deployment.
The THAAD system is key for
the US' "rebalance to Asia"
strategy and its global
anti-missile system so as to
contain Russia and China's
military capabilities,
South Korean court
removes president over
scandal:
Park Geun-hye has become the
first democratically elected
South Korean president to be
forced from office, after
the country’s constitutional
court upheld a parliamentary
vote to impeach her over a
corruption and cronyism
scandal
Huge Protests in
South Korea After
Impeachment
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U.S. Army eyes new
bases in Europe as Pentagon
reviews force structure;
A team from U.S. Army Europe
recently visited two
military facilities in
northern Germany, the Army
said, a region without a
current U.S. military
presence.
May BLASTS back over
EU's demand for £52BILLION
Brexit bill:
The Prime Minister attacked
European leaders over the
unreasonable order, claiming
British people did not vote
for Brexit just to carry on
footing the bill in
Brussels.
Iceland Becomes
First Country To Require
Equal Pay For Men And Women:
It is the first country in
the world to require both
public and private firms
with 25 or more staff to
obtain a certificate
demonstrating that they pay
all employees equally,
“regardless of gender,
ethnicity, sexuality, or
nationality.”
Polish PM ridicules
François Hollande's 4% poll
rating in Tusk row;
The Polish prime minister
has mocked François
Hollande’s low poll ratings
on the second day of a
bitter row over the
re-election of Donald Tusk
as European council
president, which Poland
tried to block.
Native Americans
picket White House in #NoDAPL
protest (VIDEO):
Thousands of Native
Americans and environmental
activists marched through
downtown Washington, DC and
picketed the White House to
protest the construction of
the Dakota Access Pipeline
Federal: Bill
Introduced To End Federal
Marijuana Prohibition:
Representatives Tom Garrett
(R-VA) and Tulsi Gabbard
(D-HI) have introduced
bipartisan legislation, HR
1227, to exclude marijuana
from the Controlled
Substances Act, thus leaving
states the authority to
regulate the plant how best
they see fit.
White House: Trump
unaware of Flynn's foreign
agent work:
The comments came two days
after Flynn and his firm,
Flynn Intel Group Inc.,
filed paperwork with the
Justice Department formally
identifying him as a foreign
agent and acknowledging that
his work for a company owned
by a Turkish businessman
U.S. adds 235,000
jobs in first full month of
Trump White House:
The U.S. economy churned out
235,000 new jobs in February
in the first full month of
the Trump White House,
signaling steady growth
ahead and all but assuring
the Federal Reserve will
raise interest rates soon.
Americans Flood Back
Into The Labor Force Under
Trump:
The number of Americans no
longer in the labor force
plunged since December. The
combined two-month addition
of 912,000 was the biggest
drop in the "not in labor
force" series on record.
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February 08, 2017
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Free From The Matrix
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The
Future of
Freedom
By NSA
Whistleblower
William Binney |
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Binney voices
his call to
action for the
billions of
individuals
whose rights are
currently being
violated.
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Iraq: IS suicide
bombers kill 26 at Tikrit
wedding party:
So-called Islamic State said
two of its fighters had
carried out the attack in
the village of Hajaj on
Wednesday.
US coalition 'kills
hundreds' of Mosul civilians
in one week: Report:
Between 250 and 370
civilians killed by US-led
air strikes in seven days of
fighting, says monitor
Airwars
UN: Up to 450,000
IDPs expected in cramped
Mosul camps;
There may not be enough
space in camps to
accommodate the tens of
thousands of internally
displaced people (IDP)
currently fleeing their
homes in western Mosul amid
intense fighting in the city
Suspected U.S.
coalition raids 'kill 23
civilians' in Syria:
Fighter jets believed to
belong to the US-led
coalition killed dozens in
air raids on ISIL-held
village, monitor says.
US marines invade
Syria to help assault on
Isis' Raqqa stronghold:
Deployment threatens to draw
American personnel into
'proxy war' between
US-backed and Turkey-backed
rebels.
Watch: US armoured
convoy enter Manbij, Syria
; Video - US troops were
spotted in a convoy of
armoured vehicles in the
Syrian city of Manbij.
Military source:
Turkish aggression on Syrian
army positions in Manbij:
A military source said on
Thursday that the Turkish
regime forces targeted
today, with rocket and
artillery fires, positions
for the Syrian Army and the
backing forces in Manbij
region in Aleppo
countryside.
Syrian force a 'few
weeks' from Raqqa, US
Marines deploy;
: U.S.-backed Syrian forces
said on Thursday they were
closing in on ISIS-held
Raqqa and expected to reach
the city outskirts in a few
weeks, as a U.S. Marines
artillery unit deployed to
help the campaign.
NATO
White Helmets Denounced by
Swedish Doctors
:
Video: #WhiteHelmets
denounced by Swedish doctors
for medical malpractice and
misuse of children as props
for propaganda.
US considering
sending 1,000 troops to
Kuwait to expand ‘options’
in IS fight – report;
Move seen as part of broader
effort to give US military
leaders freer hand to deploy
in Syria, Iraq against
jihadist group
‘Yemen war is
genocide’:
No matter how many civilians
are killed by the Saudi-led
coalition in Yemen, the
international community only
condemns the crimes of the
resistance
‘US Navy SEALS in
Yemen shot everything that
moved, including women &
children’
: Why is the Western media
praising the US airstrikes,
but failing to cover the
alleged civilian casualties?
Death in al Ghayil;
Women and Children in Yemeni
Village Recall Horror of
Trump’s “Highly Successful”
SEAL Raid
Iran successfully
test-fires Hormuz-2
ballistic missile;
According to the agency’s
report, a floating target
was destroyed from a
distance of 250 kilometers.
However, this missile is
capable of engaging targets
at a distance of up to 300
kilometers.
War criminal:
Netanyahu in Moscow
leverages Putin Purim
greeting to slam Iran:
Today, Netanyahu said, Iran
– the continuation of
ancient Persia – has similar
designs: to wipe out the
state of the Jews.
Famine-hit South
Sudan hikes fees for work
permits:
Work permit fees increased
100-fold for foreign aid
workers to $10,000,
officials say, despite
ongoing famine.
20 alleged militants
killed in Afghanistan
airstrike;
The airstrike was conducted
amid ongoing operations by
the Afghan forces to clear
Nish district of militants,
(Khaama Press) reported
Thursday.
Death toll from
Afghan hospital attack rises
to 49:Gunmen
went through the 400-bed
hospital, shooting doctors,
patients and visitors and
battling security forces for
several hours in a
sophisticated operation
claimed by the Islamic State
in Iraq and Syria.
Security forces kill
15-year-old protester in
Kashmir:
A 15-year-old boy has been
shot dead by security forces
in Indian-administered
Kashmir during a protest
over a raid that left two
suspected rebels killed,
according to police and
eyewitnesses.
US rejects China’s
proposal to halt North Korea
nuclear weapons:
Washington has rejected
China’s proposal that North
Korea could halt its nuclear
weapons programme if the
United States and South
Korea suspended military
activities in the region.
Donald Trump could
send B-52 nuclear bombers to
Korea:
The US has a large fleet of
B-52 bombers (pictured),
some of which can carry
nuclear weapons
China Developing
Advanced Spaceship That Can
Land on the Moon:
The newspaper Science and
Technology Daily cited
spaceship engineer Zhang
Bainian as saying the new
craft would be recoverable
and have room for multiple
astronauts.
China slams US
election `farce` in annual
rights report:
Beijing on Thursday accused
American politicians of
corruption and hypocrisy in
its yearly rebuttal to US
criticisms of China`s human
rights record, saving an
extra heaping of invective
for the country`s divisive
presidential race.
Myanmar set to dodge
full U.N. probe on Rohingya
abuse:
; The European Union decided
not to seek one at the U.N.
Human Rights Council, a
draft resolution seen by
Reuters showed on Wednesday.
Trump Picks Hawkish
Critic of Russia as NATO
Ambassador,:
President Trump has
reportedly tapped as his
ambassador to the North
Atlantic Treaty Organization
(NATO) a hawkish critic of
Russia who wants the U.S. to
arm Ukraine.
Sberbank confirms
hiring Podesta Group for
lobbying its interests:
Sberbank confirmed the fact
of hiring the consultancy of
Tony Podesta, the elder
brother of John Podesta, who
chaired Hillary Clinton's
presidential campaign, for
lobbying its interests in
the United States,
WikiLeaks Holds
Presser Following
Groundbreaking Release of
'Vault 7' Archive;
Commenting on the release of
'Vault 7,' Assange said that
the scope of the CIA's
covert program is
unprecedented.
WikiLeaks will give
tech firms access to CIA
hacking tools: Assange:
WikiLeaks will allow tech
companies access to much
more detailed information
about CIA hacking techniques
so they can "develop fixes"
before the information is
widely published
Watch: Former
intelligence officials on
CIA and U.S. surveillance
tactics, leaks:
Lt. Col. Tony Shaffer and
William Binney weigh in on
'Hannity'
WikiLeaks Warns CIA
Trying to Hack Cars for
‘Undetectable
Assassinations’;
“WikiLeaks has warned that
the CIA, among a myriad of
other intrusive exploits,
has been investigating ways
to hack and manipulate the
control systems of cars and
trucks for use in covert
operations.
WikiLeaks
revelations raise new
questions about the death of
journalist Michael Hastings;
One of the 8,761 internal
CIA documents leaked by
WikiLeaks on Tuesday reveals
that the agency’s Center for
Cyber Intelligence has been
exploring methods to hack
into vehicle systems since
at least 2014.
Guatemala riot: at
least 22 girls dead as home
for abused teens catches
fire:
Fire broke out when
residents set mattresses
ablaze after an overnight
riot and attempt to escape
from the overcrowded
government-run center,
officials say
As Drug Trade
Continues, US Could Cut Aid
to Colombia:
Officials in the U.S. have
confirmed that under the
current Trump
administration, the US$450
million in aid to Colombia
promised by former President
Barack Obama could be cut.
Colombia is the biggest
producer of cocaine in the
world
Unions lead mass
protests in Buenos Aires:
Argentina's most powerful
unions have brought tens of
thousands of people to the
capital's streets to protest
against government job cuts,
the lifting of restrictions
on imports and other
policies of President
Mauricio Macri.
Lynne Stewart,
Lifelong Fighter and
People's Lawyer, Dies:
Stewart devoted her law
practice to defending the
poor, underprivileged,
unwanted and forgotten
In Southern
California, Inmates Pay for
Comfortable Jail Stays:
These facilities show that
Southern California operates
a two-tiered system of
jails, where those with more
cashflow can ride out their
time behind bars in relative
comfort while others are
subjected to degrading
living conditions.
ICE Arrests
Undocumented Immigrants in
Four Kentucky Towns:
Fifty-three undocumented
foreign nationals living in
Kentucky were recently
arrested by U.S. Immigration
and Customs Enforcement.
New York joins legal
challenge to President
Trump's revised travel ban;
Legal challenges against
President Donald Trump's
revised travel ban mounted
Thursday as Washington state
said it would renew its
request to block the
executive order.
Bill Clinton Has HAD
IT, Blasts Donald Trump In
FIERY Speech;
In a speech today, former
President Bill Clinton
warned against the rising
popularity of nationalism
across the world, such as
Trump’s “American First”
policy.
In case you missed it:
Clinton Is The
WorId's Leading Active War
Criminal:
Clinton's crimes, after just
seven years in office, are
competitive with Suharto's
Warren proposal
would leave poor Americans
to mercy of IRS:
If you believe the IRS
should be even more
expensive, inefficient and
bloated, Massachusetts Sen.
Elizabeth Warren has a plan
for you.
House OKs $578B
"Defense" Spending Bill for
Fiscal 2017;
The House voted 371-48
Wednesday to pass an
appropriations bill that
would provide the Defense
Department with $577.9
billion in fiscal 2017
funds.
Boeing, Lockheed
Martin Win in Half-Trillion
Dollar "Defense" Bill:
Boeing Co. would get the
money to build more Super
Hornet fighters than the
Pentagon requested while
Lockheed Martin Corp. would
receive a boost for the
Joint Strike Fighter
'World's Greatest Healthcare
Plan' Will Cut Off Millions;
Top U.S.
doctors' organization and
several hospital groups came
out strongly on Wednesday
against the plan, backed by
President Donald Trump, as
Democrats mounted a fierce
battle to thwart the bill.
The
American Health Care Act Is
a Wealth Grab, Not a Health
Plan;
The Republicans’ plan to
replace the Affordable Care
Act is a disaster for the
health of the American
people. But that may be
nothing more than a
byproduct of the bill’s main
impact: it will increase
inequality, and make the
rich even richer
G.O.P.
Health Bill Clears 2 House
Panels After Marathon
Sessions:
The Republican drive to
repeal the Affordable Care
Act advanced on Thursday as
two House committees
approved broad legislation
to undo the law and replace
it with a more modest system
of tax credits
Spicer: 'I Don't Know' If
Trump Knew Flynn May Have
Acted As A Foreign Agent;
White House press secretary
Sean Spicer said Thursday
that he did not know whether
President Donald Trump had
known that Mike Flynn worked
as a foreign agent in a
capacity that may have
benefitted the Turkish
government
EPA
chief Scott Pruitt
contradicts the EPA's own
information to reach ugly
level of science denial:
Scott Pruitt, the head of
the Environmental Protection
Agency, said on Thursday
that carbon dioxide was not
a primary contributor to
global warming, a statement
at odds with the global
scientific consensus
Spicer: Trump still
wants Glass-Steagall back;
Sean Spicer said during
today's White House press
briefing that President
Trump remains committed to
restoring Glass-Steagall,
which effectively prohibits
commercial banks from
engaging in investment
banking.
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Iraq: Twin bomb
blasts near Iraq's Tikrit
kill 23:
local government official:
Twin suicide bomb blasts at
a wedding party in a village
near the Iraqi city of
Tikrit on Wednesday killed
at least 23 people, a local
government official said.
US coalition 'kills
hundreds' of Mosul civilians
in one week: Report:
The US-led coalition
fighting the Islamic State
may have killed hundreds of
civilians in the first week
of March in support of Iraqi
forces storming western
Mosul, according to reports
by monitoring group Airwars.
ISIS
terror group boasts Saudi
nationals as its largest
group of fighters:
Saudi Arabia may be a key
U.S. ally in the Middle
East, but the oil-rich
kingdom is also the No. 1
supplier of fighters for the
Islamic State terror group
in Iraq, according to Iraqi
military sources.
The Iraqi army is on
the brink of defeating
Islamic State:
Iraq’s army has seized
control of most of western
Mosul, the last redoubt of
Islamic State (IS) in the
country. On March 7th, army
units took Mosul’s main
government complex, as well
as the city’s famous
antiquities museum
Fact or propaganda?
Islamic State leader
Baghdadi abandons Mosul
fight to field commanders:
U.S. and Iraqi officials
believe the leader of
Islamic State, Abu Bakr
al-Baghdadi, has left
operational commanders
behind with diehard
followers to fight the
battle of Mosul, and is now
hiding out in the desert
Secret iraq report
reveals the real reasons for
Australia's 2003 war with
Iraq":
"Exclusive: a newly
declassified report obtained
by Fairfax Media reveals
Australia's role in the 2003
invasion of Iraq was
undertaken solely to enhance
our alliance with the US. "
Iraq PM: Assad gave
'approval' to bomb Syria
targets:
"I respect the sovereignty
of states, and I have
secured the approval of
Syria to strike positions
(on its territory)," said
Abadi, who has previously
criticised Gulf states for
funding armed groups
fighting against the Syrian
government.
U.S. military
deploys forces in Syria's
Manbij in new effort:
Captain Jeff Davis told
reporters the forces were
stationed inside and to the
west of Manbij starting last
week to be a "visible sign
of deterrence and
reassurance."
Swedish Doctors for
Human Rights (SWEDHR)
Denounce White Helmets Video,
Macabre Manipulation of Dead
Children and Staged Chemical
Weapons Attack to Facilitate
a No-Fly Zone in Syria
U.S. Kills 2
Children in Yemen:
The children had been
tending a herd of goats on a
mountain outside the village
of Yakla, in Baida province,
when the strike hit
Shameless Coalition
Propaganda and the War on
Yemen:
News Analysis - The Wall
Street Journal gives the
UAE’s ambassador a platform
to recite the Saudi-led
coalition’s propaganda:
Apartheid: Israel's
Travel Ban:
Knesset Bars Entry to
Foreigners Who Call for
Boycott of Israel or
Settlements
Trump's Israel envoy
pick gave funds to settle
Jews in Muslim Quarter of
Jerusalem's Old City:
David Friedman, on whom a
Senate committee votes
Thursday, has donated money
to Ateret Cohanim, which has
raised close to $25 million
over the past 20 years.
Iranian commander
warns US of ‘irreversible
consequences’ over
‘unprofessional’ moves in
Gulf:
“In an unprofessional move
and in a maneuver
accompanied by warnings, it
approached our vessels at a
distance of 550 meters,”
Lieutenant Commander Mahdi
Hashemi said.
US effort to seize
Iran’s assets in Luxembourg
illegal: Official:
The Luxembourg court ordered
the freezing of the CBI
assets after a group of
terror attack victims, who
had won a default judgment
against Iran in the US,
filed a lawsuit at the
European court to try to
enforce it
People-smugglers kill 22
African migrants for
refusing to board a boat
from Libya in bad weather
; The migrants (pictured)
were buried by local people
on the beach. They were
later exhumed by the Libyan
Red Cross and will get a
proper burial at a cemetery
in the town of Sabratah
Forces allied to Libya’s
UN-backed government retake
oil ports:
The Tripoli-based
administration said late on
Tuesday that an allied force
called the Petroleum
Facilities Guard was now in
control of Es Sider and Ras
Lanuf ports.
Libya’s eastern parliament
quits UN peace deal with
Tripoli:
Libya’s eastern parliament
voted Tuesday to withdraw
its support for a United
Nations peace deal and
Government of National
Accord, an escalation in the
fractured country’s split
that stokes concerns recent
violence could intensify.
Afghanistan: IS gunmen
dressed as medics kill 30 at
Kabul military hospital:
Militants armed with guns
and grenades gained entry
after one detonated
explosives at a hospital
gate and then opened fire on
staff and patients.
US
warns 'all options on table'
to deal with N Korea:
US Ambassador to the United
Nations Nikki Haley calls
Kim Jong-un arrogant and not
'a rational person'.
China
Warns US, North Korea
Heading for Collision
; China’s
foreign minister has warned
that the United States and
North Korea are on a
collision course, citing
rising tensions on the
Korean peninsula. He’s also
urged both sides to take
steps to de-escalate the
situation.
Japan
lawmakers argue for first
strike options;
Japan has so far avoided
taking the controversial and
costly step of acquiring
bombers or weapons such as
cruise missiles with enough
range to strike other
countries, relying instead
on its U.S. ally to take the
fight to its enemies.
U.S.
general says Russia deploys
cruise missile, threatens
NATO:
Russia has deployed a
land-based cruise missile
that violates the "spirit
and intent" of an arms
control treaty and poses a
threat to NATO, Vice
Chairman of the U.S. Joint
Chiefs of Staff General Paul
Selva said on Wednesday.
WikiLeaks: Vault 7:
CIA Hacking Tools Revealed:
; The CIA lost control of
the majority of its hacking
arsenal including malware,
viruses, trojans, weaponized
"zero day" exploits, malware
remote control systems and
associated documentation.
WikiLeaks publishes
'entire hacking capacity of
the CIA'
: WikiLeaks has published
what it claims is the
largest ever batch of
confidential documents on
the CIA, revealing the
breadth of the agency’s
ability to hack smartphones
and popular social media
messaging apps such as
WhatsApp.
WikiLeaks CIA files:
The 6 biggest spying secrets
revealed by the release of
'Vault 7':
The agency explored hacking
into cars and crashing them,
allowing 'nearly
undetectable assassinations'
Hunt Begins for
Whistleblower in CIA
Wikileaks Drop:
On the heels of Tuesday’s
massive document drop by
WikiLeaks alleging
widespread hacking and
surveillance programs “cyber
weapons” by the CIA, a
federal criminal probe is
now being opened into the
leak, according to U.S.
officials.
Frankfurt used as
remote hacking base for the
CIA: WikiLeaks:
WikiLeaks documents reveal
CIA agents were given cover
identities and diplomatic
passports to enter the
country. The base was used
to develop hacking tools as
part of the CIA's massive
digital arsenal.
Comey: No absolute
privacy in USA
: FBI Director James Comey
warned Wednesday that
Americans should not have
expectations of "absolute
privacy," adding that he
planned to finish his term
leading the FBI.
Hungary to detain
all asylum seekers in
container camps:
Human rights groups have
heavily criticised a vote by
the Hungarian parliament to
force all asylum seekers
into detention camps as the
country’s prime minister,
Viktor Orbán, called
migration “a Trojan horse
for terrorism”.
BlackRock To Pay
Ex-Chancellor Osborne
$800,000 For Four Days Of
Work Per Month:
If there is anything Hillary
Clinton's presidential
campaign taught the world,
it is that financial firms
are extremely generous when
it comes to compensating
politicians who one day may
make a triumphal return to
leadership roles
International
Women's Day Sweeps the
World;
Women across the world are
mobilizing to mark
International Women's Day
highlighting the struggle
for working women's rights
with its almost 100 years of
history firmly planted in
the fight for social
justice, equality, labor
rights, socialism and
against war.
Crowds rally outside
White House for women's
rights;
Several hundred protesters,
mostly women wearing red
t-shirts or sweaters,
rallied Wednesday at a park
outside the White House to
protest President Donald
Trump's policies towards
women on International
Women's Day
Evo Morales Rejects
Imperialist Drug Policy with
New Law;
Morales heavily criticized
law 1008, a U.S. backed
anti-drug law which has
resulted in soaring prison
populations in the country,
where even low-level
trafficking attracts years
of prison time. “It's time
to bury the 1008 law in
Bolivia. It's a historic
day!” Morales declared.
Exclusive: Mexico
cancels sugar export permits
to U.S. in trade dispute:
The cancellations are the
latest dispute of a
years-long trade row between
Mexico - the United States'
top foreign supplier of
sugar - and its neighbor at
a time when cane refiners
are struggling with prices
and tight supplies
Samsung Plans U.S.
Expansion, Would Shift
Manufacturing From Mexico:
Initial capital investment
is expected to be around
$300 million
Trump's first full
month in office brings
massive employment boom
: U.S. companies added a
whopping 298,000 new jobs in
February, beating
economists' expectations by
more than 100,000.
US Consumers'
February Spending Highest
Since 2008:
Spending climbed to an
average of $101 in February.
This is the highest average
for the month of February
since 2008, when spending
averaged $106. The latest
monthly average is up $13
from January's figure
Trumpcare faces
these 5 obstacles;
Is affordable access to
health care a right or a
privilege? The nation
remains deeply divided on
this fundamental question,
which has been settled in
most other advanced nations
where health care is
universally available.
Donald Trump's New
Travel Ban Faces Fresh Legal
Challenges:
Shortly after the new order
was announced by the White
House, the American Civil
Liberties Union said it
expects continued legal
challenges over the
constitutionality of the
order, which the group
referred to as "Muslim Ban
2.0."
Hawaii to file first
court challenge to new
Donald Trump travel order
:In a court filing on
Tuesday, Hawaii said it
would seek a temporary
restraining order against
the new travel ban. Hawaii's
suit against the original
executive order was put on
hold.
ISIS
terror group boasts Saudi
nationals as its largest
group of fighters:
Saudi Arabia may be a key
U.S. ally in the Middle
East, but the oil-rich
kingdom is also the No. 1
supplier of fighters for the
Islamic State terror group
in Iraq, according to Iraqi
military sources.
Donald Trump met
Russian ambassador on
campaign trail:
Old reports have resurfaced
in which the U.S. President
met with Russia’s ambassador
to the U.S. last April in
the midst of his election
campaign.
Sen. Al Franken
Accuses Sessions Of Perjury:
Franken made the public
accusation on CNN’s “The
Lead” with Jake Tapper:
“It’s hard to come to any
other conclusion than he
just perjured himself.”
Former AG Loretta
Lynch Approved Trump
Wiretap, Faces Prosecution;
Obama petitioned the FISA
court twice during the
presidential election,
allowing him to tap Trump’s
telephone conversations,
under the guise of
conducting a non-existent
“national security
investigation.”
Rex Tillerson May
Have Held Millions In
ExxonMobil Stock As Trump
Promoted The Oil Giant:
Trump’s secretary of state
held almost $50 million
worth of ExxonMobil shares
at the time of his
nomination;
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US kills 33 ex-Iraqi
forces in Mosul;
A coalition warplane
mistakenly fired two
missiles into a train
station, where the captives
were held
Airstrikes kill 22
civilians west of Mosul,
IS execute 43 including
members: U.S.-led coalition
airstrikes killed 22
civilians in western Mosul
on Monday, while Islamic
State militants executed 43
including 8 of its members
there as security forces
push towards the city
center.
Terrified Mosul
residents forced to strip at
gunpoint;
Terror etched on his face,
this desperate civilian is
made to strip by a nervous
soldier to prove he is not a
terrorist suicide bomber.;
Twin IS suicide
attacks kill 15 in Syria:
Twin militant Islamic State
group suicide attacks killed
15 people in Syria’s
northern province of Aleppo,
where the jihadists have
faced simultaneous assaults
in recent weeks
SDF forces 'cut key
road' out of ISIL-held Raqqa;
US-backed Syrian fighters
have cut the last main road
out of Raqqa, the de-facto
capital of the Islamic State
of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)
group, according to Kurdish
military source
Syrian government
forces take over positions
from U.S.-backed militia in
northern Syria:"The
handover has taken place..,"
Sharfan Darwish, the
spokesman for the Manbij
Military Council, told
Reuters. Earlier on Monday,
he said around five villages
were included in the deal.
US
troops spotted in armored
convoy near Manbij, Syria
(VIDEO) ;
The US-led coalition in
Syria confirmed the presence
of American forces around
Manbij on Saturday, after
the MMC published one of the
first video accounts of US
forces in northern Syria on
social media.
Former Aleppo
militants now fighting with
the Syrian Army against
terrorist forces:
I joined their ranks not to
die of starvation,” said
another amnestied gunman,
Mohammad Ahmad Jasim.
Saudi
Arabia Embarks On A
Southeast Asia Terror Tour;
Saudi Arabia as a
protectorate of the United
States, the United Kingdom,
and other special interests
across Europe, grants these
nations a vector for power
and influence through the
use of Wahhabism
Moneyed Saudis, the
CIA and the arming of Syrian
rebels:
When President Barack Obama
secretly authorised the
Central Intelligence Agency
(CIA) to begin arming
Syria’s embattled rebels in
2013, the spy agency knew it
would have a willing partner
to help pay for the covert
operation
Downplaying US
Contribution to Potential
Yemen Famine;
For almost two years, the
United States has
backed—with weapons,
logistics and political
support—a Saudi-led war in
Yemen that has left over
10,000 dead, 40,000 wounded
and 2.2 million children
suffering from malnutrition
Palestinians protest
against Basil Araj's killing;
Protesters have marched in
Ramallah in the occupied
West Bank calling for
justice after Israeli
security forces killed a
31-year-old Palestinian
activist.
Lieberman Says
Washington Warned Tel Aviv
against Annexing West Bank;
Israeli Defense Minister
Avigdor Lieberman said on
Monday that the United
States has warned that
annexing the West Bank would
lead to an “immediate
crisis” with President
Donald Trump’s
administration.
Tweedledum and Tweedledee:
Trump, Netanyahu
talk Iran 'dangers':
"The two leaders spoke at
length about the dangers
arising from the nuclear
deal with Iran and Iranian
aggression in the (Middle
East) region and the need to
work together to deal with
those dangers," it said in a
statement.
Iran says S-300 air
defense system now
‘operational’;
Tehran announces it has
successfully tested advanced
Russian-made system
delivered last year, using
it to destroy airborne
targets
Armed groups prevent
Mali interim government's
installation in Timbuktu:
Armed groups surrounded
Timbuktu on Monday, the
defense ministry said,
preventing Malian interim
authorities from being
installed there under a
peace pact meant to end
years of lawlessness.
Refugee women and
children 'beaten, raped and
starved in Libyan hellholes':
Militia-run detention
centres in Libya are ‘no
more than forced labour
camps and makeshift
prisons’, Unicef says
Chinese troops
appear to be operating in
Afghanistan;
There is mounting evidence
that Chinese ground troops
are operating inside
Afghanistan, conducting
joint counter-terror patrols
with Afghan forces along a
50-mile stretch of their
shared border
China overtakes
eurozone as world’s biggest
bank system:
Chinese bank assets hit
$33tn at the end of 2016,
versus $31tn for the
eurozone, $16tn for the US
and $7tn for Japan.
What’s a ‘black
swan’ and when will it
strike next?
China’s not taking
any chances:
Yang’s warning came as China
has launched a sweeping
campaign to rein in risks
deemed to pose a threat to
the nation’s economy.
8,000 NATO troops
launch exercise near
Russian-Norwegian border
(PHOTOS, VIDEO): The British
and American troops took
part in preparatory
exercises to acclimatize
them to the harsh Norwegian
weather.
Far-right leader
Wilders urges ban on Turkish
officials campaigning in
Netherlands
; The Dutch government
called Turkish plans to
stage a referendum campaign
rally in Rotterdam
“undesirable,” but stopped
short of following several
German cities which banned
similar events.
The Tories
systematically cheat in
elections, says their own
campaign manager:
Michael Crick has uncovered
repeated electoral fraud by
the Conservative party in
the run-up to the 2015
general election. While the
rest of the broadcast media
largely ignores the story.
Venezuela calls
Peruvian leader 'coward' and
'dog':
Venezuela on Monday called
Peruvian President Pedro
Pablo Kuczynski a "coward"
and "dog" servile to the
United States for his
antagonism to socialism.
US Citizen Denied
College Aid over Mother’s
Immigration Status:
“I was shocked because I’m a
U.S. citizen. I was born and
raised in D.C., and I
shouldn’t be treated
different from anyone else,”
McCain Institute Tax File
from 2014 Showing $300,000
Given by Rothschild's and 1
Million by the Saudi's
Nancy Pelosi is a
booze hound, here's how she
racked up over $100,000 on
inflight beverages!;
Video Exposes Tent
City Crisis In California
: Citizen journalists have
captured stunning images of
homeless encampments that
are spiraling out of control
in the shadow of Disneyland
and Anaheim Stadium in
California.
What's Wrong About
Having Contacts At The
Russian Embassy?
: The whole brou-ha-ha over
contacts with Russian
diplomats has taken on all
the earmarks of a witch
hunt.
Trump signs new
travel ban which excludes
Iraq from list of barred
Muslim-majority countries
: The revised order
specifies that a 90-day ban
on people from Sudan, Syria,
Iran, Libya, Somalia and
Yemen does not apply to
those who already have valid
visas.
Hillary Was Tipped
Off On Trump Wiretap –
Tweeted About it One Week
Prior to Election;
TGP reported earlier that
the first FISA request came
right after AG Loretta Lynch
met with Bill Clinton on the
tarmac at Phoenix Sky Harbor
International Airport in
June of 2016.
NSA Targets World
Leaders for US Geopolitical
Interests:
WikiLeaks publishes highly
classified documents showing
that the US National
Security Agency bugged a
private meeting; between UN
Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon
and German Chancellor Angela
Merkel in Berlin
Obama Spy Chief
Claims Trump Wasn’t
Wiretapped – But He Has A
History Of Misleading
Statements.
Clapper previously lied to
Congress about NSA spying
programs while under oath:
Spokeswoman: 'I
don't think' Trump accepts
Comey's denial of wiretap
claims;
Trump "wants the truth to
come out to the American
people and he is asking that
it be done through the House
Intelligence Committee and
that that be the process
that we go through."
Former Bush AG:
‘Trump’s Probably Right’
About Being Wiretapped:Michael
Mukasey, former Attorney
General for George W. Bush,
says that President Trump is
probably right – that he was
wiretapped during the 2016
election
"He DOES have
evidence." ex-CIA agent, on
Obama wiretapping Trump;
Video - "All of this was
part of a coordinated
planned campaign by people
that are linked to Barrack
Obama."
FBI Director Comey
was board member of HSBC –
Clinton Foundation & Drug
Cartel ‘bank of choice’:
Many are unaware that
Comey’s served on the board
of banking giant HSBC
(‘international drug money
clearing house’) before
parachuting softly into the
head of the FBI
5
Trump Cabinet Members Who’ve
Made False Statements to
Congress:
The statements were all made
under oath, except those of
DeVos. It is a crime to
“knowingly” lie in testimony
to Congress, but it’s rarely
prosecuted.
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By Peter Koenig
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The President of
the United
States has
nothing to say.
Is he a mere
marionette of
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security faction
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Welfare's Last
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By Jennifer
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The welfare
state found a
haven in an
unlikely place –
the military,
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Daesh bombings kill
over dozen in Syria's Aleppo
province;
A Daesh assailant detonated
an explosive-laden car near
the town of Dayr Hafir,
located about 50 kilometers
east of the provincial
capital city of Aleppo, late
on Saturday, leaving eight
army soldiers and fighters
dead,
Twin IS suicide
attacks kill 15 in north
Syria:
IS claimed responsibility
for the attack, saying it
“was carried out by fighter
Abu Abdullah al-Shami with
an explosive-laden vehicle”.
Hundreds of
civilians killed in Turkish
capture of al-Bab, as Ankara
eyes Kurdish-held Manbij:
Considering al-Bab’s small
size, this high toll raises
concerns about further
Turkish-led actions in
northern Syria – where the
US has supported Kurdish
forces that Turkey now says
it will next target.
Syrian army takes
more villages from militants
in northwest Syria:
The army has made steady
progress in recent weeks in
eastern Aleppo countryside
towards the Euphrates River
where it now occupies more
villages, state-owned
Ikhbariyah quoted a military
source as saying.
Pentagon plan to
seize Raqqa calls for
significant increase in U.S.
participation:
Including increased Special
Operations forces, attack
helicopters and artillery,
and arms supplies to the
main Syrian Kurdish and Arab
fighting force on the
ground, according to U.S.
officials.
Syrian opposition
accepts U.N. principles at
end of peace talks:
The Syrian opposition has
provisionally accepted 12
principles given to
delegates by the United
Nations at the end of an
eight-day round of peace
talks, chief negotiator Nasr
al-Hariri said.
Surprise Surprise:
MSM Ignores What UN Report
on Syrian Gas Attack
Actually Said:
Charles Shoebridge,
explained that the OPCW-UN
investigation contained
findings which were very
different from what was
presented to the public in
the mainstream media.
Iraqi airstrike
kills 20 IS members near
Mosul:
“The aerial bombardment
resulted in the killing of
20 members of the Islamic
State group,” the source
added on condition of
anonymity.
Sixteen civilians
killed in security-IS
battles in western Mosul:
Sixteen civilians died in
fighting between Iraqi
government forces and
Islamic State militants at
one of western Mosul
districts, activist sources
said Sunday.
Iraq forces attack
four extremist-held areas in
west Mosul:
Iraqi forces attacked four
extremist-held areas in
Mosul on Sunday, the latest
push in a battle for the
city's west that has
displaced more than 45,000
people since it began.
11 soldiers killed
in separate attacks by al
Qaida militants in Yemen;
Attacks on Sunday killed six
troops at a security
checkpoint in the southern
coastal city of Shukra in
Abyan province, and another
five in the province of
Hadramawt.
US kills 2 "Al-Qaeda
suspects" in Yemen: Official;
A US drone strike killed two
suspected members of
Al-Qaeda in southern Yemen
today, a security official
said, as Washington steps up
a campaign against jihadists.
‘US
Navy SEALS in Yemen shot
everything that moved,
including women & children’:
Why is the Western media
praising the US airstrikes,
but failing to cover the
alleged civilian casualties?
Netanyahu to Meet
With Putin: I'll Demand
Iranian Forces Leave Syria ;
Netanyahu, plans on
demanding from Russian
President Vladimir Putin
that any agreement reached
to end the Syrian civil war
would ensure Iranian
military forces withdraw
from the country.
Netanyahu won’t
allow street to be named
after Arafat;
Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu vowed Sunday not
to allow a street in an Arab
Israeli town to be named
after late Palestinian
leader Yasser Arafat -
promising new legislation if
needed.
16 govt troops
killed near Libya’s Oil
Crescent: Source;
At least 16 soldiers aligned
with East Libya-based
government were killed in
clashes with a rival militia
near oil terminals in
eastern Libya, according to
a Libyan medical source.
US special ops step
up strikes on al-Qaeda and
ISIS, insiders say;
The Pentagon has quietly
ordered new commando
deployments to the Middle
East and North Africa amid
an unprecedented series of
American airstrikes in
Yemen, counterterrorism
officials tell ABC News.
In Somalia, a
drought killed 110 people in
just 48 hours;
Most of the hunger weakened
victims were women and
children, killed by
waterborne diseases
It was a heart
attack, not poison, says N.
Korea
: "We have information that
Kim Chol suffered from heart
disease and was not fit to
travel without his
medication," Ri Tong-il (pic)
told a press conference at
the North Korean embassy
here on Thursday.
25 killed in
Afghanistan violence;
In Afghanistan, 25 people
including seven security
personnel were killed in
latest spate of violence
across the country on
Sunday.
China
defence budget to rise 7%
this year:
China's defence budget this
year could mark the third
consecutive year of declines
in defence spending growth
rates. The budget grew by
7.6 per cent last year and
10.1 per cent in 2015.
China Expands Its
Strategic Airlift
Capability, Prepares To
Expand Its Sphere Of
Influence;
The maturity of this
industry in just the last
decade has impressed its
peers in both Russia and
various Western nations.
British drones ‘may
have killed 1,000’s of
civilians’;
The campaigners also
revealed that armed British
Reaper drones secretly
crossed into Syria just
weeks after a 2014
parliamentary vote limited
military action against Isis
to strictly within Iraq.
Russia, NATO in
First High-Level Military
Talks Since Freeze:
NATO headquarters in
Brussels confirmed the talks
and said "active military to
military lines of
communications are in the
mutual interest of NATO and
Russia and they remain
open."
Trump indicates he
might halt Russia deal amid
tension over alleged ties to
Moscow
: President Trump may shelve
a joint plan to combat ISIS
with the help of Russia as
he faces a new wave of
questions about his ties to
Moscow, according to
administration officials and
diplomats.
Lavrov slams US
‘witch hunt-like’ scrutiny
of Russian ambassador’s
contacts;
“I can refer to a quote
spread in the media today:
all of this looks very much
like a witch hunt or the
days of McCarthyism, which
we long thought have passed
in the US, a civilized
country," Lavrov said.
In a world
gone crazy:
Russia's meddling in US
election could be 'act of
aggression', says Nato
commander:
Nato’s most senior British
officer has claimed that
alleged Russian cyber
attacks could be deemed an
act of aggression and
trigger the military
alliance’s principle of
collective defence.
Suspects In Murder
Of Environmental Activist
Trained At Controversial
U.S. Facility:
Two military officers
charged in the assassination
of award-winning
environmental activist Berta
Cáceres attended the School
of the Americas, an infamous
U.S. institute
Ark. bill introduced
to ban Howard Zinn books
from public schools;
In 1980, Zinn released "A
People's History of the
United States," which looks
at the history of America
through the point of view of
"women, factory workers,
African-Americans, Native
Americans, working poor, and
immigrant laborers."
U.S. Airport
Pat-Downs Are About to Get
More Invasive:
The “more rigorous” searches
“will be more thorough and
may involve an officer
making more intimate contact
than before.”
Sikh man told, ‘Go
back to your own country’
before he was shot
: “We’re all kind of at a
loss in terms of what’s
going on right now, this is
just bringing it home. The
climate of hate that has
been created doesn’t
distinguish between anyone.”
Minutes after
deportation, Mexican man
commits suicide:A
45-year-old Mexican citizen
whom authorities said
committed suicide less than
an hour after being deported
from the U.S. to Tijuana is
drawing attention on both
sides of the border
Single father from
Mexico in US for 20 years
deported after Ice
'check-in';
Undocumented immigrants with
any type of criminal
charges, such as Juan Carlos
Fomperosa García, are now a
priority for deportation
under Trump’s order
A 13-Year-Old Girl
Sobbed While Recording Her
Immigrant Father Get
Arrested By ICE Agents;
Video - A sobbing
13-year-old girl recorded
the arrest of her
undocumented immigrant
father in Los Angeles
shortly after a school
drop-off, the latest
deportation-related
enforcement under the Trump
administration.
A United Nations
Observer Said The US Is
Still Mistreating Native
People;
The UN Special Rapporteur
said she was “deeply
concerned” by Trump’s
support of the Dakota Access
and Keystone XL pipelines.
Where Anti-Protest
Bills Have Been Introduced
in State Legislatures:
This map rounds up the bills
that have been introduced as
of March 1, 2017.
Jeff Bezos Is Doing
Huge Business with the CIA,
While Keeping His Washington
Post Readers in the Dark:
Amazon has a bad history of
currying favor with the U.S.
government’s “national
security” establishment.
FBI ‘Granted FISA
Warrant’ Covering Trump
Camp’s Ties To Russia;
The FBI sought, and was
granted, a FISA court
warrant in October, giving
counter-intelligence
permission to examine the
activities of ‘U.S. persons’
in Donald Trump’s campaign
with ties to Russia.
FBI Said to Have
‘Granted FISA Warrant’ To
Wiretap TRUMP Tower…
MSM Claims Trump “Provided
No Evidence”: If proven,
there is a good chance the
issuing judge and
corresponding FBI personnel
will soon face serious jail
time.
Top Obama adviser to
Trump: 'No president can
order a wiretap':
"No President can order a
wiretap. Those restrictions
were put in place to protect
citizens from people like
you," Ben Rhodes tweeted
Saturday morning.
White House calls on
Congress to investigate
Trump’s wiretap claims:
Spicer said Trump is
requesting that
congressional committees
determine whether “executive
branch investigative powers
were abused in 2016.”
Trump Wants NSA
Program Reauthorized But
Won’t Tell Congress How Many
Americans It Spies On;
“We will not simply take the
government’s word on the
size of the so-called
‘incidental collection."
Obama Administration
Rushed to Preserve
Intelligence of Russian
Election Hacking;
In the Obama
administration’s last days,
some White House officials
scrambled to spread
information about Russian
efforts to undermine the
presidential election
Eric Holder Set to
Make Millions From Leading
Congressional Redistricting
Effort:
The disgraced former
attorney general, now
serving as chair of the
National Democratic
Redistricting Committee, is
set to make millions in
legal fees from ensuing
gerrymandering lawsuits.
GOP wants to
eliminate shadowy DOJ slush
fund bankrolling leftist
groups:
Findings spearheaded by the
House Judiciary Committee
point to a process shrouded
in secrecy whereby monies
were distributed to a
labyrinth of nonprofit
organizations involved with
grass-roots activism.
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At least 50
terrorists killed, says
Turkish army;
Turkish military says 35
terrorists killed in Turkey,
15 others in northern Syria
as part of Operation
Euphrates Shield
Manbij villages will
be handed to Syria
government in coming days:
local official:
Villages controlled by the
Manbij Military Council will
be handed to the Syrian
government in the coming
days under a deal agreed
with Russia, an official
from the council said on
Thursday.
Peace talks produce
'clear agenda' for
war-scarred Syria:
The Syrian government and
opposition agreed a "clear
agenda" to seek peace for
the war-scarred country at
talks which ended on Friday,
the negotiations' U.N.
mediator said.
RT reports from
Palmyra, recaptured by
Syrian Army from ISIS
(EXCLUSIVE)
; Lizzie Phelan, has
captured exclusive images in
Syria after 'The Pearl of
the Desert' was retaken
after an offensive by
government troops.
Syria’s Water Cut
Off By Turkey Following
McCain, Erdogan Meeting:
Just a matter of days after
John McCain’s “unusual” trip
to Syria and Turkey, the
Turkish government has cut
off water supplies from the
Euphrates River into
northern Syria, violating
international conventions on
water rights.
Civilians, IS
fighters killed in west
Mosul mosque strike,
residents say;
A number of civilians and
Islamic State members were
killed in an attack that hit
a mosque run by the
militants and damaged
neighboring houses in the
west of the Iraqi city of
Mosul.
Turkey prepares for
military escalation in the
Middle East;
Amid signals by the Trump
administration that it plans
to step up military
involvement in the Middle
East, Ankara is preparing to
expand its intervention in
the wars in Syria and Iraq,
while also threatening Iran.
US strikes in Yemen
kill 8 alledged Al Qaeda
militants
; Yemeni officials said at
least 12 suspected militants
were killed in those
strikes, which came barely
one month after a botched US
commando raid against the
group left multiple
civilians and a Navy SEAL
dead.
6 people killed as
Saudi jets pound northern
Yemen with cluster bombs:
Five people were killed and
ten others injured when
Saudi military aircraft
struck the al-Barkah area of
the northwestern Yemeni
province of Sa'ada, on
Friday afternoon,
US attack on Yemen,
wounds civilians:
The overnight operation
included another assault in
the Wadi Yashbum village in
Shabwa province, some of the
strikes had hit civilian
homes and a number of
civilians were among the
wounded.
45,000 Yemenis
displaced by battles around
Mokha: UN:
Fighting around Yemen’s port
of Mokha has forced some
45,000 people from their
homes, a UN official said
Wednesday, with many facing
continued uncertainty and
the threat of further
displacement.
‘Killing and maiming
children’: Watchlist calls
UN to blacklist IDF;
Video - The global network
of humanitarian
organisations that defends
children's rights across the
world has called on the UN
to blacklist the Israeli
Defence Forces, for multiple
violations of children
rights.
Kenyan forces claim
to have killed 57 al-Shabaab
militants in Somalia;
Kenyan troops under the
African Union command used
artillery and helicopter
gunships against the
Islamists in Afmadow, a town
about 100 km inland from the
port of Kismayu
Egyptian police kill
four in shootout in Cairo
outskirts;
Egypt's interior ministry
said on Friday its forces
killed four people it said
were fugitive terrorists
plotting to carry out
hostile operations.
25 migrants believed
dead as Libya's coast guard
rescues 115;
The coast guard rescued 115
of the migrants, including
six women, from the sinking
boat. A total of 140
migrants were on board, he
said.
Libya's Biggest Oil
Port Seized in Blow to
Production Surge:
The Benghazi Defense
Brigades, a militia that’s
not allied to the United
Nations-backed government in
Tripoli, took control of the
Es Sider terminal on Friday
afternoon
Afghan Security
Forces Kill Over 140 Taliban
Militants Over Past 24 Hours;
According to the Pajhwok
news agency, 149 militants
were killed and 73 others
were injured during the
operations carried out in
eight provinces of the
country.
Trump Carries on
Obama's Legacy with First
Drone Deaths;
On Thursday, two men were
reportedly killed while
riding on a motorcycle in
northern Pakistan. Al-Qaida
also confirmed a drone
killed one of its senior
leaders in Syria.
Russia says US
infighting on Sessions
hampers mending ties;
As the drama over Attorney
General Jeff Sessions plays
out in Washington, the
Kremlin is watching with a
mixture of frustration and
regret how the uproar is
blocking progress on
pressing issues on the
U.S.-Russian agenda.
Lavrov slams US
‘witch hunt-like’ scrutiny
of Russian ambassador’s
contacts
; "All of this looks very
much like a witch hunt or
the days of McCarthyism,
which we long thought have
passed in the US, a
civilized country," Lavrov
said.
Citing a 'Russian
threat,' Swedish government
intends to impose military
conscription:
This will be the first time
that women in Sweden are
subject to conscription.
Trump torture
remarks "lay down gauntlet"
for other states: UN expert:
A U.N. human rights expert
voiced alarm on Friday that
U.S. President Donald Trump
might allow torture in
interrogations, warning that
it "lays down the gauntlet"
for other countries to
follow suit.
Turkey's Erdogan
accuses Germany of 'aiding
and harboring terror':
Turkish President Recep
Tayyip Erdogan on Friday
accused Germany of "aiding
and harboring terror" and
claimed a journalist who was
detained this week on
terror-related charges was a
German agent.
More than half of
Dutch voters now want to
LEAVE the European Union:
Brussels was facing a full
blown popularity crisis as
the dynamite survey showed
56 per cent of people in the
Netherlands want to quit the
political project and revert
back to simple commercial
ties.
France's Marine Le
Pen refuses to meet
magistrates: lawyers:
French far-right
presidential candidate
Marine Le Pen has refused to
comply with a summons to
meet investigating
magistrates over an expenses
scandal, her lawyer said
Friday.
Mass infant grave
found at former Catholic
home for unwed mothers in
Ireland
; The remains were found to
be those of babies ranging
from 35 foetal weeks to two
or three years old. The
Commission said it is
“shocked by the discovery”
and its investigation is
continuing
Europe Accepts Just
8% of the Refugees It
Pledged to Take:
Much of the delay comes from
four states — the U.K.,
Hungary, Poland and Austria,
refusing to participate.
The EU Just Voted To
End Visa Free Travel For
U.S. Citizns:
Despite a reciprocity
agreement, the U.S. has
never waived visas for
citizens of five EU member
states, Poland, Croatia,
Bulgaria, Romania, and
Cyprus.
The
Most Desirable Passports On
Earth Don’t Include
America’s;
: When it comes to passport
desirability, America finds
itself tied for 35th with
Slovenia, both having
visa-free travel to 174
nations.
Week in pictures:
From famine to fighting';
Starvation in South Sudan,
fleeing war in Mosul, and
attacks in Afghanistan -
here is the week in photos.
Venezuela’s Maduro
Warns of Trump 'Fascism,'
'White Supremacy':
Venezuelan President spoke
out against a resolution
calling on U.S. President
Donald Trump to heighten
sanctions on Venezuela for
alleged “human rights
abuses,” warning against
rising "fascism" in the
White House and Europe.
Activists Demand US
Stop Funding Abusive
Honduran State Forces;
Human rights activists argue
that Washington has blood on
its hands for its complicity
in abuses carried out by
Honduran state forces.
Bodycam Shows Cop
Shooting Unarmed Man
- ; Warrick was taken to
University Hospital, where
he had surgery and is still
hospitalized. Stumler has
been relieved of her police
powers, pending the outcome
of the investigation.
Suspect Arrested in
St. Louis in Bomb Threats
Against ADL, 7 Other Jewish
Centers:
A man allegedly waging an
intense campaign of
harassment against a former
lover was responsible for
bomb threats against the
Anti-Defamation League and
some Jewish centers around
the country
War criminal:
Barack Obama Named
Recipient of JFK Profile in
Courage Award:
Caroline Kennedy and her
son, Jack Schlossberg, will
present Obama with the award
May 7. Obama tweeted he is
"humbled" by the
recognition.
DHS report says
foreign-born extremists
typically radicalize
'several years' after coming
to USA:
A new report from the
Department of Homeland
Security finds foreign-born
extremists who plan violent
attacks in the United States
typically radicalize only
after they have lived in
U.S. for some time.
Statement on the
Arrest of Former Intercept
Reporter Juan Thompson;
We were horrified to learn
this morning that Juan
Thompson, a former employee
of The Intercept, has been
arrested in connection with
bomb threats against the ADL
and multiple Jewish
Community Centers
Caterpillar Goes
From White House Kudos to
Multi-Agency Raid;
Bloomberg News obtained
copies of three related
search warrants, signed Feb.
24 by U.S. Judge Harold
Baker, that authorized
seizure of a broad range of
documents and electronic
files related to
Caterpillar’s Swiss
affiliate, CSARL
Pay to play:
High-powered interests fund
McCain Institute
; Seventeen individuals,
companies and foundations —
some with business before
Congress — have contributed
at least $100,000 each to
help fund an institute tied
to Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz.
Pay toplay;
McCain-Linked
Nonprofit Received $1
Million From Saudi Arabia:
Though federal law strictly
bans foreign contributions
to electoral campaigns, the
restriction doesn’t apply to
nonprofits engaged in
policy, even those connected
to a sitting lawmaker.
Pence used private
email while Indiana
governor. The account was
hacked last summer:
During the 2016 presidential
campaign, Pence criticized
Democratic nominee Hillary
Clinton's use of a private
email server while she was
U.S. secretary of state,
saying it endangered
national security.
Top US diplomat
snubs launch of own rights
report:
Low-profile U.S. Secretary
of State Rex Tillerson came
under attack on Friday for
failing to appear in public
to launch his own
department's annual human
rights report.
Sessions Removes
Himself From 2016 Campaign
Investigations;
“I have decided now to
recuse myself from any
existing or future
investigations of any
matters related in any way
to the campaigns for
president of the United
States,” Sessions said
Thursday during a news
conference in Washington.
Trump promises to
increase US Naval fleet as
he trumpets military
build-up:
He said the Navy was
essential for taking the war
to America’s enemies and
that anyone who challenged
US power would be in “big,
big trouble”.
President Trump gets
high approval ratings for
speech to Congress:
A CBS News/YouGov poll found
82% of respondents said
Trump came across as very
‘presidential.’
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