A Basket of Snakes
By Patrick J. Buchanan
Had it not been for Assad, Hezbollah, Iran, and Russia, the network of death Obama, rightly excoriated from that U.N. podium, might by now be establishing its caliphate, not in Raqqa but Damascus.
International Committee of the Red Cross:
U.S. Airstrikes Making a Bad Humanitarian Situation Worse
By Matt Carr
It's only going to get more brutal from here on in.
This Useless War
As Bad As A Crime, A Blunder
By Eric Margolis
Iran's president put it perfectly when he called America's new Syria-Iraq a "blunder," adding "certain intelligence agencies have put blades in the hands of madmen, who now spare no one."
The AngloZionist Empire is at War with Russia
By The Saker
Russia is now officially in the crosshairs of the AngloZionist Empire which includes not only 3 nuclear countries (US, UK, FR) but also the most powerful military force (US+NATO) and the world's biggest economies (US+EU).
Washington's Secret Agendas
By Paul Craig Roberts
Secret agendas have prevailed for so long that the American people themselves are now corrupted. As the saying goes, "a fish rots from the head."
Q&A with Journalist John Pilger
'What the US Did to Cambodia Was an Epic Crime'
By Daniel Pye
John Pilger spoke about covering the aftermath of the Khmer Rouge, Henry Kissinger's recent comments downplaying the US bombing of Cambodia and new plans to send Australian refugees to the Kingdom.
Watchlists and the Fourth Amendment
Ray McGovern Triumphs Over State Department
By Peter Van Buren
Ray McGovern is not the kind of guy to be stopped and frisked based State Department retaliation for exercising his First Amendment rights in Post-Constitution America. He sued, and won.
Cradle to Grave
Student Debt Now Bankrupting Seniors
By Sarita Gupta
At the end of the day, it's becoming increasingly impossible to age securely in America without incredible wealth.
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Hard News
Taliban attack Afghanistan's Dur Baba, 50 killed:
Taliban insurgents Sunday attacked Dur Baba district of eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan clashing with Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF), local officials said
32 Pakistani And Afghan' Militants Killed By Afghan Army Commando Forces:
According to another report, in a similar operation launched by commando forces in relevant areas of Aab Band district of the province, five insurgents including three Pakistani nationals lost their lives.
14 killed before Afghan inauguration:
A policeman working with the Taliban killed five of his colleagues in an outpost in the western province of Farah, police said.
Investigate Possible Unlawful US Strikes: Human Rights Watch :
Apparent US missile strikes on Idlib in Syria that killed at least seven civilians should be investigated for possible violations of the laws of war.
Syrian Foreign Minister: US to Conduct Airstrikes Against IS for 3 Years:
"They [the United States and its allies] said they will strike for three years. They informed us but this doesn't mean they have our acceptance,'' Muallem said.
CIA-vetted Syrian rebels battling Islamic State say airstrikes haven't helped:
Rebel commanders are deeply upset that the coalition bombing runs targeted the Islamic State and positions of the Nusra Front, an al Qaida affiliate that is considered a rebel ally, but not the government of President Bashar Assad, which they accuse of collaborating with the Islamic State.
Is Credible Vetting of the Syrian Opposition for Human Rights Abuses Possible? : Analysis -
Federal statute prohibits the Pentagon and State Department from providing assistance, including training, to units of foreign security forces if there is credible information that the unit has committed a gross violation of human rights.
New recruits join Islamic State in Syria's Aleppo: monitor:
More than 200 fighters have joined Islamic State in Syria's northern Aleppo province since U.S. President Barack Obama said the United States would strike the militant group in Syria, a monitoring group said on Friday.
US-led air strikes on militant group's makeshift oil refineries 'not a real target', monitoring group says:
"These so-called refineries are not a real target and they do not weaken the Islamic State as they do not have any financial value for them," Rami Abdelrahman of the Observatory told Reuters. "They are composed of trucks with equipment to separate diesel and petrol used by civilians."
Is ISIS Using Alibaba To Buy Mobile Refineries From Turkey?:
It all started with a Pentagon tweet showing a before and after picture of a "modular oil refinery" used by ISIS
Turkey changes posture after hostage release, calls for Syria no fly zone:
"A no-fly zone must be declared and this no fly-zone must be secured," Erdogan said, adding that he had discussed the issue with President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden.
Erdogan says Turkish troops could be used in Syria: -
Turkish troops could be used to help set up a secure zone in Syria, if there was an international agreement to establish such a haven for refugees fleeing Islamic State fighters, President Tayyip Erdogan said in comments published on Saturday.
Manipulating Public Opinion:
Boehner: US May Have 'No Choice' But To Send Troops To Defeat ISIL:
"If the goal is to destroy ISIS, as the president says it is, I don't believe the strategy that he outlined will accomplish that," the Speaker said on ABC's "This Week." "At the end of the day, I think it's gonna take more than air strikes to drive them outta there. At some point somebody's boots have to be on the ground."
Poll: 72% Believe U.S. Will Use American Combat Troops Against ISIS:
More than seven in 10 Americans say the United States will end up using its own combat troops against ISIS militants in Iraq and Syria, despite President Barack Obama's assertion that U.S. combat troops won't be on the ground there.
British jets deployed on 1st Iraq anti-ISIS mission:
Armed British RAF jets have been deployed on their first mission in Iraq since UK lawmakers voted to authorize military strikes against so-called Islamic State (IS) targets in the country.
Al-Qaeda vows retaliation against West for IS strikes:
The al-Nusra Front, al-Qaeda's Syrian franchise, has threatened reprisals against nations participating in air strikes against the Islamic State group, denouncing them as "a war against Islam."
Iraq: 25 militants killed in Dhuluiya in an air strike :
A source in Samarra Operations Command confirmed in a press statement that "Samarra Operations Command, in coordination with the air force, was able to destroy two houses harboring more / 25 / terrorists in the Dhuluiya region"
Dozens killed in Iraqi air force's friendly fire:
An Iraqi warplane pounded a military position by mistake near the town of Ouja, just 10 km south of the provincial capital city of Tikrit, leaving eight Shiite militiamen killed and 13 others wounded, a provincial security source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.
Iraq: 21 refugees, mostly women and children, killed :
21 people were killed due to bombing a mosque in the district of Baiji, north of Tikrit, harboring displaced families.
Islamic State executes six police, north of Tikrit :
A source told the reporter of the National Iraqi News Agency / NINA / that terrorist organization (IS) executed / 6 / police recruits, including two officers, in the district of Shirqat north of Tikrit.
Iran says it will strike if Islamic State nears border:
Military commander warns of attacks 'deep into Iraqi territory' unless militants keep their distance, as coalition strikes Syria
Yemen car bomb targets Houthi base, dozens of casualties - sources:
A car bomb exploded at a hospital used as a base by Yemen's Shi'ite Muslim Houthi movement on Sunday, killing or wounding dozens of people, tribal and local sources said.
US kills 2 people in Yemen:
Sources also claimed that three young children, said to be brothers, have been injured as a result of the strike. The brothers were reportedly wounded while in the vicinity of their homes, close to the location of the strike.
Al Qaeda-linked militants in Yemen say fire rocket towards U.S. embassy:
An al Qaeda splinter group said it launched a rocket towards the U.S. embassy in Sanaa on Saturday, wounding several guards, to retaliate for a purported U.S. drone strike in a northern province of Yemen the day before.
Egypt says killed 26 Sinai militants over last week:
The crackdown targeted suspected militant hideouts in the northeastern provinces of North Sinai, Ismailia and Port Said as well as the Nile Delta province of Daqahliya, military spokesman Mohamed Samir said in a Facebook statement.
Fresh violence rocks Libya as al-Thinni's government sworn in:
At least one person was killed and two others were injured in clashes between Islamist militiamen and gunmen in Libyan capital Tripoli on Sunday, a medical source said.
Hong Kong: Tear gas and clashes at democracy protest;'
Hong Kong police have used tear gas to disperse thousands of pro-democracy protesters near the government complex, after a week of escalating tensions.
3 killed as Kurdish militants claim deadly ambush in Turkey's southeast:
Three Turkish police were killed after an ambush in Turkey's overwhelmingly Kurdish southeast, in an attack claimed Saturday by armed Kurdish militants despite a one-and-a-half-year ceasefire.
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Lavrov: Washington rejects UN principle that all states are equal:
According to the minister the "policy of ultimatums, the philosophy of superiority and domination" run counter to the needs of the 21st century, including the formation of a "polycentric and democratic world order".
Canada Warns its Citizens Not to Take Cash to USA:
The Canadian government has had to warn its citizens not to carry cash to the USA because the USA does not presume innocence but guilt when it comes to money. Over $2.5 billion has been confiscated from Canadians traveling to the USA funding the police who grab it.
Inside the New York Fed: Secret Recordings and a Culture Clash:
A confidential report and a fired examiner's hidden recorder penetrate the cloistered world of Wall Street's top regulator-and its history of deference to banks.
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