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Tom Feeley
Bush- Blair Legacy Continues As : 33 people killed in Iraq :
Militants
attacked local government and police buildings in northern Iraq with
suicide bombings and mortar fire on Wednesday, sparking clashes that
killed 14 people, among 33 deaths nationwide, officials said.
Car bomb explosion kills army officer in SE Yemen:
A
senior army officer was killed and three others were wounded in a car
bomb blast in Yemen' s southeastern province of Shabwa on Wednesday, a
provincial security official told Xinhua.
Syria rebel killed by Lebanese forces:
The
Lebanese military said Wednesday a member of the Syrian rebel group
al-Nusra Front was killed after crossing a checkpoint in the east of
the country.
Largest Syrian rebel groups form Islamic alliance, in possible blow to U.S. influence:
American
hopes of winning more influence over Syria's fractious rebel movement
faded Wednesday after 11 of the biggest armed factions repudiated the
Western-backed opposition coalition and announced the formation of a
new alliance dedicated to creating an Islamic state.
Syrian Islamist rebels slam Western-backed opposition:
In
a joint statement, 13 rebel groups including a powerful
al-Qaeda-linked faction but also more mainstream forces slammed the
Turkey-based Syrian National Coalition, saying it no longer represents
their interests.
Cracks Widen Among Syrian Rebels:
Many
FSA fighters IPS spoke to in the Aleppo and Idlib regions in recent
days said that their plan was that after the Assad regime fell, the
more fundamentalist groups would be dealt with. A few even said they
expected a full-blown war against them afterwards.
US Refuse Visa To Syrian Foreign Minister To Attend UN General Assembly:
According
to the law governing the relationship between the UN and the US as the
host country of the UN headquarters, US authorities have no right to
deny a visa to any official from a UN member state, if the visa is
requested for the purpose of participating in a UN event.
Dozens of nuns, orphans trapped in Syria's Maalula, church says:
Nearly
40 nuns and orphans are trapped inside a convent in the Syrian
Christian town of Maalula, where regime troops are battling rebel
forces, the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate said Tuesday.
Car bomb explosion kills army officer in SE Yemen:
A
senior army officer was killed and three others were wounded in a car
bomb blast in Yemen' s southeastern province of Shabwa on Wednesday, a
provincial security official told Xinhua.
Iran's Rouhani tells UN: we pose no threat to the world:
In
his speech, Rouhani said he had "listened carefully" to Obama address
earlier in the day. He concluded that if Washington did not give in to
the influence of "warmongers", then the US and Iran "can arrive at a
framework to manage our differences".
Skeptical Netanyahu knows he's 'spoiling the party' on Iran:
Jerusalem's
refusal to consider giving the Iranians a chance to prove their
sincerity, as underlined by the Israeli delegation solo boycott of
President Hasan Rouhani's UN speech on Tuesday - threatens to isolate
Israel rather than the Islamist foe it so mistrusts.
Rouhani's charm offensive worryingly effective, admits top Israeli minister:
"I'm
more than worried. I'm distraught," said Home Front Defense and
Communications Minister Gilad Erdan (Likud), a member of Israel's key
decision-making security cabinet. "Rouhani's language is having its
effect."
President Rouhani: Crimes against Jews should not justify occupation : Video -
President
Rouhani has condemned any crimes against humanity saying Nazi crimes
against Jewish people should not be used as justification to usurp and
occupy the land of other people.
Hamas slams Egypt's foreign minister for threatening to attack Gaza: -
The
Hamas Movement strongly denounced Nabil Fahmi, the Egyptian minister
of foreign affairs, for threatening to take military and security
action against the Palestinian resistance in Gaza.
Egyptian police shut down Muslim Brotherhood's newspaper:
Egyptian
authorities have shut down the headquarters of the Muslim
Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice newspaper in Cairo, the latest move
aimed at crushing the Islamist movement, the Brotherhood said on
Wednesday
Six killed in Sudan clashes after fuel subsidies cut:
Six
Sudanese protesters were killed on Wednesday in clashes with security
forces on a third day of protests against a cut in fuel subsidies,
medics and relatives said.
Gunmen kidnap son of Libyan Defense Minister:
The
"United Press International" confirmed that Mohammed Abdullah who is
26 years old was abducted by gunmen while driving his in Siraj
neighborhood in Tripoli.
Terror-linked Libyans steal 100s of US weapons:
The
recent theft of massive amounts of highly sensitive U.S. military
equipment from Libya is far worse than previously thought, Fox News has
learned, with raiders swiping hundreds of weapons that are now in the
hands of militia groups aligned with terror organizations
Libyans Are Living On the Absolute Cusp of All-Out Anarchy:
"What
we need are public executions," says Majdi, looking at me intently.
"We're living in a time where men steal cars and kill people every day
with no repercussions. We need to send a message to these people."
Southern Libya Awaits Another Spring:
"The
government doesn't care about us because we are from the south,"
Mohamed Salah Lichekh, head of the Oubari local council in southern
Libya, told IPS, expressing the majority sentiment in this part of the
country. The feeling of being forgotten by Tripoli, is bringing the
three ethnic groups - the Arabs, Toubous and Tuaregs - together against
the Libyan state.
Was an American security team inside Kenya massacre mall?
Harvard graduate claims she was rescued by 'Americans' after she saw man sat next to her shot dead
Pakistan: Militants attack dam in Mohmand, three killed:
According
to the Inter Service Public Relations (ISPR), around a dozen militants
attacked the dam site at 1:30 pm and also kidnapped four civilians,
including two engineers working on the project.
18 members of Bolton vicar's family killed in Pakistan bomb blast:
Two Islamist militant groups with Taliban links said they ordered the attack to hit back at US drone strikes.
Pakistani drone victims' lawyer accuses US of blocking his visit to Congress:
Shahzad Akbar says visa hold-up means he cannot take his clients to Capitol Hill to testify on CIA drone strikes in Pakistan
8 militants killed in Kandahar joint forces' operation:
Eight
anti-government fighters were killed and an amount of ammunition
seized in southern province of Kandahar, an official said Tuesday.
Breaking U.N. Protocol, Brazil Lambastes U.S. Spying: -
Throwing
diplomatic protocol to the winds, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff
launched a blistering attack on the United States for illegally
infiltrating its communications network, surreptitiously intercepting
phone calls, and breaking into the Brazilian Mission to the United
Nations.
EU threatens to suspend deal with US on tracking terrorists' funding:
EU commissioner dealing with fallout from NSA and GCHQ snooping scandal says US needs to provide more information
Maduro to skip UN after request that US respect guaranteed?:
The
Venezuelan president has skipped his planned speech at Wednesday's UN
General Assembly in New York and seems to have returned home to Caracas
instead. The change of schedule follows his requests that his
entourage be respected by US authorities.
French interior minister defends call to kick out Roma people:
"The
majority (of Romas) should be delivered back to the borders," said
Valls adding, "We are not here to welcome these people. I'd remind you
of (former Socialist premier) Michel Rocard's statement: 'It's not
France's job to deal with the misery of the whole world'."
Guantánamo: Forced feeding continues with 19 prisoners still on hunger strike :
With all but one of the captives sufficiently malnourished to require a forced feeding.
U.S. Military To Stop Updates On Hunger Strike at Guantanamo Bay:
After
initially denying that the strike even existed, officials soon
launched an effort to quash it. They put the striking prisoners in
solitary confinement and started force-feeding them (a practice that,
it bears mentioning, is considered torture by the United Nations
Commission on Human Rights and banned by the World Medical
Association).
FBI Releases Footage of Navy Yard Shooter:
"Video
footage from closed-circuit video cameras shows Aaron Alexis, now
deceased, at the Washington Navy Yard on September 16, 2013," reads the
FBI's description of the 30-second clip.
David Suzuki blasts environmental 'barbarians':
In
a hard-hitting speech at UNSW, Canadian environmentalist Dr David
Suzuki has criticised the Australian government's policy on climate
change and exhorted Australians to embrace renewable energy.
Top banks have $155 billion capital shortfall, most in Europe:
The
world's biggest banks would need to boost their capital by 115 billion
euros ($155 billion) to comply with tougher rules and more than 60
percent of that shortfall is in Europe, where lenders have been slower
to strengthen.
JPMorgan offers $3 bn to (Bribe)settle Justice probes: report:
The
Justice Department argued JPMorgan would need to pay billions above
the $3 billion offer to settle the cases, according to the person.
'Massive fraud' at center of trial against BofA over U.S. mortgages: -
Bank
of America Corp's Countrywide unit placed profits over quality in a
"massive fraud" selling shoddy mortgages to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac,
a U.S. government lawyer said on Tuesday.
Wells Fargo fails to end U.S. mortgage fraud lawsuit:
A
federal judge has rejected Wells Fargo & Co's bid to dismiss a
U.S. government lawsuit accusing the nation's largest mortgage lender
of fraud, a victory for federal investigators pursuing cases tied to
the recent housing and financial crises.
Treasury Puts a Date on When Cash May Run Out: Oct. 17:
The
Treasury will only have $30 billion of cash on hand by mid-October,
putting the United States on the precipice of an unprecedented default,
the department said on Wednesday.
