Nuland Lands in Kiev as US-backed Regime Tools Up for War
By Finian Cunningham
The long overdue visit to Kiev this week by Victoria Nuland - Washington's Ukraine hawk - carries the foreboding imprimatur of US-backed war escalation.
Washington Is Destroying The World
By Paul Craig Roberts
The aggressive and mindless stance that Washington's warmongers have taken toward Russia and China have shattered the accomplishment of Reagan and Gorbachev.
Isis on the Verge of Victory in Kobani as US Strategy Lies in Ruins:
By Patrick Cockburn
US air strikes turned out to be ineffective in preventing Isis winning an important victory.
Why Obama Must Bomb ISIS
By Steve Breyman
Americans leaders are always able to find enough money to wage war, but never able to find enough to alleviate misery.
Made In USA
'US-trained ISIS militants used to reorganize Middle East'
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They toppled Saddam Hussein, Hosni Mubarak in Egypt, they set off the wave of Arab Spring color revolutions throughout the Arab world to reorganize the entire structure of the region.
All Systems Go
The Elite View of the New Iraq-Syria War
By Chris Floyd
As our latest temporary manager, Obama, said the other day, it's how we roll. We exist solely to assert our dominance by violent force anywhere and anyhow we see fit. It is in blood and domination that we live and move and have our being.
Argentina Dares to Call a Spade a Spade
Naming Western Greed Economy As "Economic Terrorism"
By Peter Koenig
A terrorist is whoever does not conform to the western doctrine, whoever insists on national sovereignty - whoever defends their national interests over the voracious interference of Washington and its European puppets.
The United States Empire
By Bruce Fein
We bedeck the presidency with the trappings of a Roman emperor, including a bloated Pretorian Guard and a White House staff approaching 500. Roads are closed and traffic stops whenever the president travels.
ISIS in Washington
America's Soundtrack of Hysteria
By Tom Engelhardt
Terror as the preeminent danger to our American world now courses through the societal bloodstream, helped along by regular infusions of fear from the usual panic-meisters.
Postcard from the End of America: Jackson
By Linh Dinh
Older than bad luck, the men in the no-name bar remember only too well the day Medgar Evers was shot in Jackson, and how his fertilizer salesman killer wasn't convicted until three decades later.
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Hard News
'Hundreds killed' as militants battle for Syria town:
Kurdish militia backed by US-led air strikes fought fierce street battles on Tuesday (Oct 7) with advancing Islamic State militants whose three-week assault on key Syrian border town of Kobane has left at least 412 reported dead.
Black Flags Over Kobane as Islamic State Forces Move In:
IS forces backed moved into three neighbourhoods, raising their black flags in a number of places, according to reports from local activists.
VIDEO: Three killed, several injured in ISIL protests across Turkey:
Hakan Buksur, 25, was killed by live ammunition as police hit protesters with bullets, tear gas and water cannon in the eastern province of Mus's Varto district, state-run Anadolu Agency reported.
Turkey willing to put troops in Syria :Prime Minister :
"We want to have a no-fly zone. We want to have a safe haven on our border. Otherwise, all these burdens will continue to go on the shoulder of Turkey and other neighboring countries."
US: Syrian Government Forces Will Not Be Part of Islamic State Fight:
Syria and Russia say the international coalition against the Islamic State would be more effective if it included Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. But, the Obama administration is determined to keep its fight against Damascus separate from the battle against the Islamic State.
US air strike kills 18 civilians in Iraq: Report:
At least 18 civilians, mostly women and children, were killed in an airstrike on a town under siege by fighters from the extremist group Islamic State. the U.S.-led coalition conducted the attack that hit at least one building in Hit, a strategic Euphrates River Valley town in Iraq's Anbar province.
White House exempts Iraq airstrikes from tight standards on civilian deaths:
The White House has acknowledged for the first time that strict standards President Obama imposed last year to prevent civilian deaths from U.S. drone strikes will not apply to U.S. military operations in Syria and Iraq.
ISIS executes Iraqi soldiers captured northwest of Samarra:
"The elements of ISIS collected a number of shopkeepers and displaced persons in the area of Al Alam at gunpoint. They executed a number of Iraqi soldiers, who were captured during the clashes that took place in the area of the Wall Ochnas north west of Samarra last night, in front of them. "
US calls in gunships as fight for Baghdad intensifies:
AMERICAN forces have begun air strikes using helicopter gunships assigned to protect the US embassy in Baghdad, as they try to repel an offensive on the Iraqi capital by Isil militants.
The IS drown two villages north of Muqdadiyah in Diyala :
The IS organization controlling the irrigation Dam worked mainly deliberately to flood the villages of Pablan and Tawakul and 220 / acres of orchards and farmland in order to prevent the advance of the security forces towards the strongholds of the organization
8 killed as Hezbollah Repel Syrian Rebel Attack On Lebanon-Syria Border:
Al-Qaida's Syrian affiliate has attacked positions manned by Lebanon's Shiite Hezbollah along the Syrian border, killing eight of its fighters, officials and activists said Monday.
Lebanese soldier killed during attempt to defuse bomb;
One Lebanese soldier was killed on Tuesday during attempt to defuse an improvised bomb in Lebanese city of Tripoli, the military said.
Israel Launches Artillery Fire into Southern Lebanon:
Israel launched artillery fire into southern Lebanon after an explosion injured 2 Israeli soldiers near Mount Dov, a region near the border.
Israel Is Cautiously Arming Syria's Rebels - And Has A Fragile Unspoken Truce With An Al Qaeda Affiliate:
Israel was not invited to join that campaign, and its undeclared truce with JN remains in effect. Yet it may soon have to reconsider that course.
Biden adds Saudi Arabia to his apology list over Islamic State:
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden on Tuesday added Saudi Arabia to the list of Middle Eastern countries to which he "clarified" remarks he made last week suggesting they had supported Islamist militants in Syria.
Syria-to-Ukraine Wars Send U.S. Defense Stocks to Records:
Led by Lockheed Martin Corp. (LMT), the biggest U.S. defense companies are trading at record prices as shareholders reap rewards from escalating military conflicts around the world.
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Afghanistan : 19 Taliban militants killed, MoI says;
Taliban militants killedAt least 19 Taliban militants were killed and 3 others were injured following joint military operations led by Afghan national police, the Ministry of Interior (MoI) said Tuesday.
Afghan occupation turns 13, US military deaths grow 4-fold under Obama:
Tuesday this week commemorates 13 years since the start of the Afghan War - America's longest running campaign of its kind - yet an end to the operation is hardly on the horizon.
U.S. Watchdog: U.N. Misspent Hundreds of Millions of Dollars in Afghanistan:
The congressionally created watchdog responsible for monitoring U.S. reconstruction funds in Afghanistan blasted the United Nations' chief development agency for exercising a "baffling" lack of oversight of a fraud-tainted, multibillion-dollar program that funds the payroll of the Afghan police.
US Kills Thirteen People In Pakistan :
The first unmanned aircraft fired two missiles at a compound in the Shawal area of North Waziristan, near the Afghan border, killing eight militants on Monday.
'Eight killed in Boko Haram attack':
At least eight people were killed in Cameroon on Monday in a rocket attack blamed on the Islamist group Boko Haram in neighbouring Nigeria, security officials said.
UN Peacekeeper Killed in Rocket Attack at French Military Base in Mali:
At least one United Nations peacekeeper has died in a rocket explosion at a joint UN-French owned military base in Kidal, north Mali.
Anti-Islamist politician killed in eastern Libya:
A security official says gunmen in an eastern Libyan city have killed a local politician who was a prominent opponent of Islamic militants controlling the city.
Libyan jihadist group pledges allegiance to Islamic State: Op-Ed
The militant group Ansar al-Shariah, accused by the U.S. of being behind the 2012 attack on the US consulate in Benghazi that killed the US ambassador, declared an "Islamic emirate" in the eastern city of Derna, according to media reports from Libya.
Goldman Sachs ordered to pay Libyan fund's legal costs:
Goldman Sachs has been ordered to pay the Libyan Investment Authority (LIA) 200,000 pounds ($321,820) in legal costs as part of a lawsuit brought by the fund over $1 billion in trades that ended up worthless.
LIBYA: Goldman Took Us For 'A Complete Ride';
The LIA claims that Goldman took advantage of the LIA's (allegedly) financially illiterate staff in order to make money, and that Goldman seduced its staff with fancy gifts and - for lack of a more politically correct term - bribes.
London banker pleads guilty to fixing Libor, faces up to 10 yrs in jail;
A senior London banker has become the first person to be prosecuted for fixing the London interbank offered rate (Libor), a scandal that resulted in billions worth of losses for savers as banks fraudulently boosted their profits.
Gitmo jailers use force-feeding to punish detainees, lawyers argue:
Dhiab's counsel wants US District Court Judge Gladys Kessler to grant an injunction that will compel Gitmo officials to stop forcefully removing detainees from their cells in order to pump hunger-striking prisoners full of nutrients in lieu of letting them starve to death.
Volkswagen's New 300 MPG Car Not Allowed In America Because It Is Too Efficient:
You won't find the 300 MPG Volkswagen XL1 in an American showroom, in fact it has even been denied a tour of America because it is too efficient for the American public to be made widely aware of, and oil profits are too high in America with the status quo in place.
Video Surfaces Of Cop Beating Handcuffed Veteran Laying Face Down:
The Florida State Attorney's Office is investigating Orlando Police Officer William Escobar after body cam footage the department claimed didn't exist has mysteriously surfaced.
First hint of 'life after death' in biggest ever scientific study:
Southampton University scientists have found evidence that awareness can continue for at least several minutes after clinical death which was previously thought impossible
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