Egypt and UAE Have Conducted Secret Air Strikes on Libya - Report
By RT
The UAE was the source of pilots, warplanes and aerial refueling planes while Egyptian bases were used to strike Tripoli in both attacks.
ISIS: Made in Washington, Riyadh - and Tel Aviv
By Justin Raimondo
If we step back from the hysteria generated by the beheading of US journalist James Foley, what's clear is that this new bogeyman is the creation of the United States and its allies in the region.
How the Brutalized Become Brutal
By Chris Hedges
These killings will stop only when we accept that the killers who should terrify us most are ourselves.
The Difference Between Children
Palestinian children in Israel are considered like insects.
By Gideon Levy
An iron wall of denial and inhumanness protects the Israelis from the shameful work of their hands in Gaza.
What Is The Dahiya Doctrine?
Evidence of Israel's Intentional Mass Slaughter in Gaza
Video
A recent release by WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange shows brutal depths of Israeli policy towards Gaza.
On Course for Holocaust II.....?
By Alan Hart
This is the most controversial article the gentile me has ever written or is ever likely to write, but I believe that what I am going to say needs to be said and should be widely debated.
America Frightens Us
Political Europe Suppressed Under Washington's Thumb Is Waking Up
By Roman Baudzus
The U.S. police state is not just on the rise, but is already in place!
Lost in the Fear Factory
By Matt Carr
What is striking about this new world of fear is the way that it has now become an instrument of governance that is used to discipline the population and mobilize popular support.
The Surveillance Engine
How the NSA Built Its Own Secret Google
By Ryan Gallagher
The search tool was designed to be the largest system for internally sharing secret surveillance records in the United States, capable of handling two to five billion new records every day.
Growing National Unrest Has Many Worried, Even Capitalists
By Jeffrey Cavanaugh
"You show me a highly unequal society, and I will show you a police state. Or an uprising. There are no counterexamples. None. It's not if, it's when."
Cornel West: "He Posed As A Progressive And Turned Out To Be Counterfeit."
By Thomas Frank
"We ended up with a Wall Street presidency, a drone presidency"
America's Continuing Border Crisis
The Real Story Behind the "Invasion" of the Children
By Aviva Chomsky
U.S. policies directly led to today's crises in Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras.
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Hard News
More than 500 killed as Islamic State seizes Syrian air base - monitor:
Islamic State militants stormed an air base in northeast Syria on Sunday, capturing it from government forces after days of fighting that cost more than 500 lives, a monitoring group said. At least 346 Islamic State fighters were killed and more than 170 members of government forces had died since Tuesday.
Islamic State might have taken advanced MANPADS from Syrian airfield:
The seizure of Tabqa air base, while not the first installation of its type to fall to militants, highlights the Islamic State's gains in the region and the group's continued pilfering of advanced military equipment, particularly the surface-to-air missile systems known as MANPADS, short for Man Portable Air Defense Systems.
Obama Backs Surveillance Over Syria:
President Barack Obama has authorized surveillance flights over Syria, two U.S. officials said late Monday, a move that could pave the way for U.S. airstrikes against Islamic State militant targets.
US 'set to launch air strikes' on senior Isis leaders in Syria:
White House will 'take action' against threats as Turkey comes under pressure to halt flow of jihadists across its border
Syrian foreign minister warns against airstrikes:
Syria's foreign minister warned the US yesterday not to conduct air strikes inside Syria against the Islamic State group without Damascus' consent. Syrian foreign minister Walid Muallem said any such attack would be considered an act of aggression.
West poised to join forces with President Assad in face of Islamic State?:
The US has already covertly assisted the Assad government by passing on intelligence about the exact location of jihadi leaders through the BND, the German intelligence service, a source has told The Independent.
Syrian government offers to help West fight 'Islamic State':
The Syrian government has said it's prepared to cooperate with the West in the fight against the "Islamic State." But Germany has said that it has no intention to work with Damascus.
Myth #1: ISIS is crazy and irrational: Analysis:
If you want to understand the Islamic State, better known as ISIS, the first thing you have to know about them is that they are not crazy. Murderous adherents to a violent medieval ideology, sure. But not insane.
American Journalist Peter Theo Curtis Released by Captors in Syria:
Curtis was handed over to United Nations peacekeepers in Al Rafid village in the Golan Heights Sunday evening, local time, according to the U.N. Curtis received a medical check-up before he was handed over to U.S. officials.
Foley murder video 'may have been staged':
Analysts believe the British jihadi in the video may not have been James Foley's killer, although it is accepted that the journalist was murdered
Has British expert worked out where James Foley was killed?
Analysis of video leads to claims it was filmed south of Syrian city of Raqqa
ISIS an 'Incredible' Fighting Force, US Special Ops Sources Say:
"These guys aren't just bugging out, they're tactically withdrawing. Very professional, well trained, motivated and equipped. They operate like a state with a military," said one official who tracks ISIS closely.
Bush- Blair Legacy Continues As -
At least 43 people killed in wave of attacks in Iraq:
The deadliest of Monday's bombings was carried out by a suicide bomber who blew up himself among Shiite worshippers who were leaving a mosque after noon prayers in the capital's eastern New Baghdad area, killing at least 15 people and wounding 32 others.
ISIL beheads 3 Iraqi police near Mosul:
According to a local source in Nineveh province, the organization of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant beheaded three Iraqi police officers in the south of Mosul on Monday.
Details emerge of IS killing of 670 Shiite prisoners in Mosul:
Islamic State fighters reportedly killed up to 670 prisoners in Mosul and committed other horrific abuses in Iraq that amount to crimes against humanity, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay said Monday.
British special forces land in Iraq to fight ISIS:
Troops from the Royal British Army's elite SAS unit and Special Reconnaissance Regiment have landed in Iraq and are pursuing Islamic State fighters, particularly the U.K. citizen known as "Jihadi John" who beheaded the American journalist James Foley on camera last week.
12 Palestinians killed as Israel continues attack on Gaza:
Palestinian foreign minister says will go to ICC if newest Egypt proposal fails as 12 Palestinians killed in Gaza.
Gaza high-rise destroyed by Israeli strikes:
Seventy families lived in the building, which also housed offices and a shopping complex.
Iran 'will arm Palestinians' after downing Israeli drone:
Tehran will "accelerate" arming Palestinians in retaliation for Israel's deploying a spy drone over Iran, which was shot down, a military commander said Monday.
Mubarak resisted US pressure to give up the Sinai:
The Secret Files: Towards the end of his tenure, ousted Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak resisted pressures from Washington to cede Egyptian territory in the Sinai Peninsula to help create a Palestinian state, former senior members of Mubarak's ruling party told Asharq Al-Awsat.
35 Taliban militants killed, 32 others injured in Afghan operations:
At least 35 Taliban militants were killed during joint military operations conducted by Afghan national security forces in the past 24 hours.
Nigerian town seized by Boko Haram 'part of Islamic caliphate': leader:
Boko Haram's leader said a northeast town seized by the insurgents earlier this month has been placed under an Islamic caliphate, in a video obtained by AFP on Sunday.
UAE aircraft bombed Islamists in Libya, says US:
The United Arab Emirates has secretly sent warplanes on bombing raids against Islamist militias in Libya over the past week, using bases in Egypt, US officials have said.
Libyan capital under Islamist control after Tripoli airport seized:
Libya has lurched ever closer to fragmentation and civil war this weekend after Islamist-led militias seized the airport in the capital, Tripoli, proclaimed their own government, and presented the world with yet another crisis.
Rival second Libyan assembly chooses own PM as chaos spreads:
The Libyan parliament that was replaced in an election in June reconvened on Monday and chose an Islamist-backed deputy as its prime minister, leaving the chaotic country with two rival leaders and assemblies each backed by armed factions.
Bodies of 170 African migrants found from Libya shipwreck:
Libyan rescuers have recovered the bodies of around 170 people after a boat carrying illegal migrants from sub-Saharan Africa sank at sea last week, a coast guard official said today.
Russia's Foreign Ministry: Creation of democratic state in Libya is in dead end:
The chaos in Libya is a direct result of irresponsible interference by the U.S. and its NATO allies, the Russian diplomatic service added.
Propaganda alert:
Kiev accuses Russia of military incursion before leaders meet:
Ukraine has accused Russia of sending military vehicles over the border ahead of today's planned meeting between the countries' leaders, as fighting spread in eastern Ukraine and Moscow announced plans to send a second controversial aid convoy to the region.
Inside the Besieged Ukrainian City of Luhansk: Report:
Outside Luhansk city morgue the cloying smell of death forces a reflex gag. Swarms of black flies buzz angrily in the heat.
Ukraine President Dissolves Parliament, Calls for Early Elections in October:
Despite a multi-billion euro lifeline provided by the International Monetary Fund, reforms failed to take shape. Poroshenko also met persistent pushback from the parliament, which had been populated with supporters of former president Viktor Yanukovych.
Russia will do whatever necessary to protect its legitimate interests - Lavrov:
Russia doesn't want to escalate tit-for-tat sanctions with the West, but is ready to do whatever is necessary to protect its legitimate interests, including those of national security in all its dimensions, Russia's FM told The Daily Telegraph.
Tony Blair gives Kazakhstan's autocratic president tips on how to defend a massacre:
Tony Blair gave Kazakhstan's autocratic president advice on how to manage his image after the slaughter of unarmed civilians protesting against his regime.
France thrown into political turmoil after government dissolved:
PM Manuel Valls told to form new government after minister's call to end austerity policies imposed by Germany triggers crisis
This is why you can't trust the NSA. Ever.:
New documents show the agency missing a massive number of violations. And that's before it set up a new program with virtually no oversight.
'We lost our jobs for reporting being raped':
Haunting photo essay depicts the suffering of women who were victims of sexual violence in the U.S. military.
Mourners urge black Americans to take action:
"Show up at the voting booths. Let your voices be heard, and let everyone know that we have had enough of all of this," said Eric Davis, one of Brown's cousins.
Michael Brown funeral: Reverend Al Sharpton demands action on policing - video:
Joined by Brown's friends and family, Sharpton said it was hard to understand how the US could afford to give military equipment to its police force while education and healthcare lagged behind.
US survey highlights mistrust of police:
The USA Today/Pew Research Center Poll found that 65 percent of respondents said police did "only a fair" or a poor job in holding police officers accountable when misconduct occurs, compared with 30 percent who say they do an excellent or good job.
How Serious Is The California Drought?:
A picture paints a thousand words... but these 3 before-and-after images in California (over a period of just 3 years) suggest only 3 words - "What a Disaster"
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