Anatomy of a Fake Terror Threat To Justify Bombing Syria
By Glenn Greenwald and Murtaza Hussain
As always with these government/media propaganda campaigns, the truth emerges only when it's impotent.
Legal Basis for U.S. War in Iraq and Syria Is Thin
By Ivan Eland
The United States needs to find some self-defense rationale to attack Syria. Yet no one is alleging that IS is about ready to attack the United States.
Why Don't We Negotiate With Isis
By Robert Fisk
Why don't we do it and save some lives?
Becoming Hezbollah's Air Force
By Chris Hedges
War, like much of modern bureaucracy, has become an impersonal and unquestioned mechanism to perpetuate American power.
Terror Trap: ISIS Insanity
By William A. Cohn
Perpetual war can never bring peace or security, only insanity.
The Threat of War and the Russian Response
How to Lead a Coalition and Avoid a Global Conflict
By Sergey Glazyev
The U.S. is essentially provoking an international conflict to salvage its geopolitical, financial, and economic authority.
Interview with Deputy Defense Minister of Russia - Dmitry Rogozin
Video
This interview is important because it shows what Russia is really doing while keeping up the pretense of "partnership" with the AngloZionist Empire.
US Global Power in the 21st Century
Military or Economic Imperialism?
By By James Petras
Despite costly and failed imperial wars in the Middle East, despite a decade of military retreat in Latin America, economic imperialism is advancing via the electoral route.
Stunning Op-Ed in NYT
How Israel Silences Dissent
By Dartagnan
I suspect this article will spawn pushback, because it's not what the Israeli government or its proxies and representatives want the American public to see.
Christian Evangelicals Increasingly Support Palestinian Human Rights
By Alison Weir
Many Americans who are finally learning such facts are beginning to suspect that Israel is not morally equivalent to Hamas. It is inferior.
88 Senators Urge Kerry to Shield Israel from Any Accountability at the UN
By LEFT
With 88 signers, that just leaves 12 who did not attach their name to the letter.
Palestinian Authority Has No Legitimacy to Govern in Gaza
Video
Electronic Intifada co-founder Ali Abunimah says Palestinians need to be able to rebuild independently of the neoliberal government in Ramallah.
Is Dissolving the Palestinian Authority an Essential Next Step?
By Alan Hart
The Obama administration or those who write its scripts must think that all of us who support the Palestinian claim for justice are stupid.
( Bad ) Karma Amerikana
By Philip Farruggio
My fellow suckers, saps and lollipops, keep focusing on those sneaky Mexicans who are here to bleed us dry. Keep focusing on the gays who are subverting our morality or the minorities who are getting over on us all with those entitlements.
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Hard News
143 people killed in fight against IS in Iraq:
A total of 143 people were killed on Sunday in the ongoing clashes between the Iraqi security forces and insurgent militants, including the Islamic State (IS), an al- Qaida offshoot, in Iraq, security sources said.
Isis 'just one mile from Baghdad' :
Isis fighters are reportedly just one mile away from Baghdad as reports emerge of al-Qaeda militants bolstering their ranks in Syria.
Lines blur for US troops in fight against ISIS:
Obama plans to send more than 1,600 troops to Iraq as "advisers" to the military, and all of them could find themselves in harm's way.
Poll: 70% of US troops say no boots on ground in Iraq:
Seven out of 10, active-duty respondents to this year's Military Times Poll oppose the idea of sending substantial U.S. ground forces back into Iraq to battle the Islamic State militants and their allies
Australian cabinet to sign off on military action in Iraq within days, Julie Bishop says:
Foreign minister also says Australia would be prepared to consider a separate request for military engagement in Syria
US-led jets bomb grain silos in Syria, 'civilians killed':
US-led coalition airstrikes destroyed grain silos and other targets in parts of northern and eastern Syria dominated by Islamic State, killing civilians while only wounding ISIS fighters, according to an organization monitoring war in Syria.
US/Syria: Investigate Possible Unlawful US Strikes: HRW: -
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.
Manufacturing Consent For US Intervention
Barack Obama says Syria is 'ground zero for jihadists around the world':
President Barack Obama has said that US intelligence agencies underestimated Islamic State (Isis) activity inside Syria, which has become "ground zero" for jihadist terrorists worldwide, while overestimating the ability of the Iraqi army to fight such militant groups.
A Turkish land operation in Iraq and Syria?;
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu is having a Cabinet meeting today, Sept. 30, to discuss the latest situation on the borders with Iraq and Syria: The chief of the Turkish General Staff, is expected to give a detailed briefing to ministers. Turkish tanks and artillery have started to take upgraded positions, especially along the Syrian border
Syrian Minister: Iran, Russia Could Join US-led Coalition;
In an exclusive interview with Rudaw, he added that his government welcomed the air raids by US and allied jets. "We support any international effort to destroy terrorist groups such as the IS and (al-Qaeda's) al-Nusrah Front," he said.
Fact or fiction?
Russia threatens to retaliate against U.S. military:
Warns airspace over Syria under protection of Moscow. Russia has delivered a behind-the-scenes threat to retaliate if airstrikes carried out by the U.S. or its allies target the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, Middle Eastern security officials told WND.
How John McCain Wound Up Canoodling With Terrorists: Analysis -
Did Senator John McCain, a leading advocate of arming Syria's Islamist revolutionaries, meet with members or allies of the Islamic State in al-Sham [the Levant] (ISIS) during his trip to Syria on May 27 of last year?
Militants kill 20 in two separate Yemen attacks :
A suicide bomber linked to al Qaeda drove a car laden with explosives into a hospital used as a base by Yemen's Shi'ite Muslim Houthi movement on Sunday, killing at least 15 people, and five more died in an ambush in the south of the country.
Moscow Recommends Russian Citizens to Leave Yemen Due to Security Reasons:
Russian Foreign Ministry on Monday recommended the country's citizens to immediately leave Yemen and avoid travelling there amid security concerns.
US condemns Abbas's UN speech as 'provocative':
Netanyahu aides also denounce allegations by PA leader, term statements as 'speech of incitement filled with lies', after Abbas called recent bout of fighting in Gaza 'a series of absolute war crimes'.
Pro-Palestine protesters again thwart Israeli cargo ship in Oakland:
New picketing effort at Port of Oakland prevents Israeli-owned cargo ship from unloading after similar incident last month
40 Boko Haram insurgents, 11 soldiers killed in fierce encounters:
Shedding light on the latest confrontations, a military source said splinter cells of the sect resorted to carrying out snap attacks on communities in the state.
Clashes in southern Libya killed at least two people on Sunday:
"Violent clashes are under way in Sabha between the Awlad Suleiman tribe and the Gaddadfa" tribe of dictator Moamer Kadhafi who was toppled and killed in 2011, Sheikh Mohammed Issa al-Mubasher said.
70 Egyptian lorry drivers held hostage in Libya:
The militants are demanding the release of Mohammed Salama, held in Egypt for smuggling arms and ammunition across the Libyan border
Libya's parliament holds crisis talks with rival assembly: -
Libya's elected parliament held U.N.-brokered talks with foes tied to a rival assembly on Monday calling for a ceasefire by armed factions and more dialogue to end a confrontation driving the OPEC member state close to civil war.
Pakistan: 23 militants, 7 civilians killed:
At least 23 militants and seven civilians have been killed in northwest Pakistan in attacks on rebel hideouts, a checkpoint clash and a motorcycle bombing, officials said on Sunday.
US kills four people in South Waziristan:
At least four suspected militants, including two foreigners, were killed in a US predator strike in South Waziristan Agency, while in neighbouring North Waziristan, where Operation Zarb-e-Azb has been ongoing since mid-June, over two dozen suspected terrorists were killed in fresh air strikes on Sunday.
15 killed and dozens injured as Taliban carry out two suicide bomb attacks:
Within minutes of Ghani taking the presidential oath, two bomb attacks left 15 people dead - the first at Kabul airport killing seven, before a second attack in Paktia province killed eight.
The occupation continues:
U.S. to keep 10,000 troops in Afghanistan:
A top aide to President Obama said Monday that the United States and Afghanistan will sign an agreement Tuesday allowing some 10,000 U.S. troops to stay in Afghanistan after combat operations end at the close of this year.
Hong Kong democracy protesters defy calls to disperse: Video report:
Pro-democracy protesters expanded their rallies throughout Hong Kong on Monday, defying calls to disperse in a major pushback against Beijing's decision to limit democratic reforms in the Asian financial hub.
Stunning Drone Clip Reveals Massive Size Of Hong Kong Protest:
"far from a small protest by a limited number of outspoken citizens, the video shows just how large the movement to preserve Hong Kong's democratic elections has become.
China censors images of Hong Kong protests in TV broadcasts to mainland:
While television sets in Hong Kong blaze with images of the pro-democracy protests that have paralysed the central business district since Sunday, citizens in mainland China have been getting a very different story: that a few thousand people gathered in a local park to celebrate the Chinese government.
Hong Kong: The Umbrella Revolution:
Through tear gas and the sweltering sun, umbrellas have been an indispensable tool for Occupy Central protesters in the streets -- becoming a new symbol of protest for a more democratic Hong Kong.
13 Killed in Ukraine Fighting:
National Security and Defence Council spokesman Andriy Lysenko said rebels had killed nine soldiers over the last 24 hours, including paratroopers travelling in an armoured vehicle. Three civilians were killed in the main rebel stronghold of Donetsk, and another local person died in Makiyivka, a city just northwest of Donetsk, when a shell hit a residential house,
Russia's Lavrov says time has come to upgrade nuclear, conventional arms:
"I don't think we are on the verge of a new arms race. At least, Russia definitely won't be part of it. In our case, it's just that the time has come for us to modernize our nuclear and conventional arsenals," Lavrov said, according to a transcript of an interview with Russia Today television published on its website.
East Mississippi prison called 'barbaric':
East Mississippi Correctional Facility, which houses many suffering from mental illness, is a "barbaric" private prison where inmates are beaten, exploited and mistreated by gangs and others, according to litigation filed Thursday.
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US Government employees and politicians get special status from TSA:
Government employees and politicians get preferential treatment from the Transportation Security Administration simply for being government employees and politicians.
Pittsburgh cops Tased man while he was praying for his dead son in ER: lawsuit:
"Watch the video," his attorney, Joel Sassone, was quoted as saying. "Not only was the child not being treated, the child was dead."
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