Damaging Our Country from Wars of Choice
By Ralph Nader
The Republican Party, led by war-at-any-cost Senators Lindsay Graham and John McCain, wants a bigger military buildup which can only mean U.S. soldiers on the ground.
Blocking a 'Realist' Strategy on the Mideast
By Robert Parry
Just last month President Barack Obama dismissed the idea of arming "moderate" rebels in Syria as a "fantasy" that was "never in the cards"
Another Western War Won't End Terror in Iraq or Syria.
By Seumas Milne
Calculated acts of gruesome cyberterror softened up the US public for the renewed bout of western warmaking in the Middle East planet.
NATO v. ISIS?
By Eric Margolis
There's nothing like bombing Arabs to sell military hardware, as Israel has long shown.
IS Releases Full Video Documentary
"Flames of War: Fighting Has Just Begun"
Full Video
The video provides viewers with the Islamist group's perspective on its history and objectives.
Gruesome Buddies
ISIS Beheadings And the American Death Penalty
By Pierre Tristam
When it comes to capital punishment, not much separates us from the butchers of the Islamic State. That we do it in English, with more recognizable uniforms and behind closed doors doesn't make it any less backward, any less barbaric, any less repulsive.
Ending Israeli Occupation Starts With Removing The Palestinian Authority
By Ahmad Moussa
Since the death of former Palestinian Authority President, Yasser Arafat, Fatah and the Palestinian Authority has, and continues to be a detriment to the Palestinian struggle for self-determination. http://www.
Is this Fairness? Is this Justice?
Post-9/11 Muslim Charity Prosecution
By Katherine Hughes
If he does not get relief soon, he will almost certainly die in prison.
Julian Assange: Google Has Revolving Doors with State Dept
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The interview also reveals 'an extremely alarming phenomenon': how more and more security-cleared Americans are joining the ranks of the 'state within a state' - 6 million to date.
5 Things the People's Climate March Is Doing Right, and Why You Should Be There
By Justin Haaheim
Beyond the political battles and rhetoric is one of the most significant justice issues the world has ever faced.
Business as Usual in Manhattan
How the People's Climate March Became a Corporate PR Campaign
By Arun Gupta
I've never been to a protest march that advertised in the New York City subway. That spent $220,000 on posters inviting Wall Street bankers to join a march to save the planet.
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Hard News
Bush- Blair Legacy Continues As -
71 Killed, 86 Wounded Across Iraq As Bombers Hit Baghdad Again:
At least 71 people were killed and 86 more were wounded across Iraq. More than half of the fatalities were civilians. Baghdad suffered a bombing spree for the second day in a row.
Fact or fiction:
Dozens of "IS fighters" killed in airstrikes by French:
FOUR French airstrikes have killed dozens of fighters from the Islamic State group in a contested area of northern Iraq. French president Francois Hollande said Rafale fighter jets struck a logistics depot in north-eastern Iraq and the target was "entirely destroyed".
Army chief: More ground troops needed in Iraq:
Gen. Ray Odierno, the Army chi ef of staff, said he would not rule out the need to send small numbers of U.S. ground troops into combat
Top Iraqi Shi'ite Cleric 'Ayatollah Sistani' Warns of Western Interference:
The sermon went on to caution that cooperation with the ISIS war must not be used as a "pretext to impose foreign decisions on events in Iraq, especially military events."
I despised Saddam's police state, but the Islamic State would not exist under his rule: Op-Ed:
Since moving to Los Angeles in 2009, I've realized that most Americans don't understand that Iraq used to be a modern, Westernized and secular country.
IS jihadists capture 60 Kurdish villages in Syria:
Islamic State jihadists have seized 60 Kurdish villages near the Turkish border in a lightning two-day campaign, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Friday.
Putin says Obama must get permission from Assad to attack ISIS: Video:
Interview with Russian ambassador
Video shows militants executing another Lebanese soldier: Video -
Mohammad Hamiyeh was among over two dozen Lebanese soldiers that have been held by the al-Nusra Front and ISIL for more than a month now.
More than 60,000 Kurds flee Syria, cross into Turkey in 24 hours :
More than 60,000 mainly-Syrian Kurds have crossed into Turkey in the past 24 hours, as Islamic State (IS) militants seized dozens of Syrian villages close to the border.
Kurdish fighters pour into Syria to fight Islamic State:
Hundreds of Kurdish fighters entered Syria from Turkey and Iraq Saturday to defend Syrian Kurds from attack by Islamic State of Iraq and Syria forces.
Turkish hostages held by Isis have been freed and returned home, PM says:
Dozens of Turkish hostages who were seized by Islamic militants in Iraq have been freed and safely returned to Turkey, the prime minister, Ahmet Davutoglu, said on Saturday.
71 killed in army, rebels clashes in Yemen:
Shiite Houthi rebels on Friday clashed with the army and Sunni militia in northwest of Yemen's capital Sanaa for the second day, which left 71 people killed, including 30 solders and eight civilians, and drove hundreds to flee their homes in an escalation of violence after weeks of hostility in the city's outskirts.
Yemen's Houthi rebels advance into Sanaa:
On Saturday, heavy fighting broke out at the state television building and explosions were heard earlier in the day near the Interior Ministry in the northern part of Sanaa. The Shia fighters shelled the state television building on Friday as they advanced into the city.
Yemen: Night-Time Curfew Imposed, Fierce Fighting Hits Across The Capital:
The fighting between the Houthi militants, army troops and pro-Islah gunmen continues for five days now in the north and south of the capital Sana'a, as both sides have been using medium and heavy artilleries.
Yemen's airport closed for a second day:
Flights to the Yemeni capital were suspended for a second straight day Saturday as the toll mounted from clashes between pro-government forces and rebels despite UN efforts to reach a ceasefire.
Yemen agrees truce with Shia Houthi fighters - UN envoy:
The deal to end the crisis was struck "after intense consultations with all the political parties", UN envoy Jamal Benomar said.
US pays 1/4 of Israel's defense budget.
Half of US military aid worldwide goes to Israel. Leverage if US wanted.
36 killed as Boko Haram attacks Nigerian Town :
Fighters from Nigerian Islamist militant group Boko Haram stormed the northeastern town of Mainok on Friday, sparking a gun battle that killed at least 36 people and continued into Saturday, two security sources said.
10 activists, officers killed in Libya:
Targeted killings in Libya over two days left 10 rights activists, journalists, and members of the security forces dead in the country's east, local security officials said Saturday.
Libya: Spate of assassinations shocks Benghazi on a day dubbed 'Black Friday':
Murder of two teenage activists in Benghazi has seen an outpouring of grief and anger at their 'shameful' killing by unidentified gunmen
Rival prime ministers address Libyans, highlighting divisions:
Libya's rival prime ministers both addressed the nation, with each claiming legitimacy and denouncing the other side, highlighting deep divisions in the oil producing country.
Four killed in cross-border Boko Haram attack in northern Cameroon:
Four civilians were killed in the remote north of Cameroon in a cross-border attack by Boko Haram militants, according to state radio.
The Conscience of a Benghazi Whistleblower:
Raymond Maxwell claims he witnessed top Hillary Clinton aides purge State Department files. Here's why you should believe him.
35 "Taliban militants" killed in Afghanistan:
At least 35 militants were killed Friday by Afghan security forces during armed operations against Taliban militants across the country, according to the Afghan Interior Ministry.
Power-Sharing Deal Struck in Afghan Election:
Ashraf Ghani will become the country's president and Abdullah Abdullah, or someone he appoints, will become the CEO - a role similar to prime minister - and power will be divided equally, according to a sources from both camps involved in the talks. The agreement could be signed as soon as Sunday.
Pakistan: 15 Militants, One Soldier Killed in North Waziristan:
At least 15 militants were killed today in airstrikes by Pakistani military in the restive North Waziristan tribal region, where the security forces have launched a major offensive to wipe out the Taliban.
Shells hits Donetsk chemical plant - district council :
The first explosion was caused by a shell that had hit the plant and the second was caused by the detonation of the remaining explosives, he said.
War over? Both sides in Ukraine conflict sign treaty banning military action:
Kiev and self-defense forces signed a memorandum aimed at effectively halting all fighting in eastern Ukraine after talks in Minsk. It creates a buffer zone, demands a pullback of troops and mercenaries, and bans military aviation flybys over the area.
NATO members, Poland and Lithuania form joint military unit with Ukraine:
Poland and Lithuania launched a joint military force on Friday that Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski said could start its first exercises next year. Polish defense officials said the new joint unit could take part in peacekeeping operations, or form the basis of a NATO battle group if one was needed in the future.
Fact or fiction?
CIA stops spying on friendly nations in W. Europe:
The pause in decades of espionage was designed to give CIA officers time to examine whether they were being careful enough and to evaluate whether spying on allies is worth running the risk of discovery, said a U.S. official who has been briefed on the situation.
Dem Rep. says FBI watching 40 Islamic State fighters back from Middle East:
Rep. Tim Bishop (D., N.Y.) warned during a recent speech that up to 40 radicalized U.S. citizens who have fought alongside the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL or ISIS) have already returned to the United States, where they could pose a terrorist threat.
US police kill 104 people in August:
These killings are part of a general pattern of abuse carried out by an increasingly militarized police force.
Ferguson officer Darren Wilson testifies before grand jury:
Darren Wilson, the Ferguson, Missouri police officer who killed 18-year-old Michael Brown, testified for four hours in secret this past week. All indications are that the St. Louis County prosecutor, Robert McCulloch, a Democrat, is intent on using the grand jury as political cover for a decision he has already made not to prosecute Wilson.
Withheld Evidence Will Cost Los Angeles Cops:
Two Los Angeles police officers who deliberately withheld evidence of a man's innocence, causing him to spend 27 months in jail, must pay $106,000, the 9th Circuit ruled Wednesday.
Meet the neighborhood watch that's policing the police:
Eric Garner's chokehold death put a spotlight on efforts to reform the NYPD from inside and outside the department
'There Are No Human Rights on a Dead Planet'
Why On Earth Is Amnesty International Joining the People's Climate March?
9/21 * NYC - Join the Largest Climate March In History:
With our future on the line and the whole world watching, we'll take a stand to bend the course of history. We'll take to the streets to demand the world we know is within our reach: a world with an economy that works for people and the planet; a world safe from the ravages of climate change; a world with good jobs, clean air and water, and healthy communities.
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