Pakistani Taliban Pledges Support To ISIL
By Al Jazeera
Pakistani Taliban says it will provide fighters "and every possible support" to help ISIL defeat its enemies.
What If IS Didn't Exist?
By Ramzy Baroud
US-Western and Arab motives in the war against IS might differ. But both sides have keen interest in partaking in the war and an even keener interest in refusing to accept that such violence is not created in a vacuum.
Did America Fake Imminent Terror Threats To Justify Bombing Syria?
By Ted Snider
As outlandish as the creation of a terrorist group and its imminent attacks on the U.S. may seem, it is not insane.
Inside The Islamic State
Video
Reporter Medyan Dairieh spent three weeks embedded with the Islamic State, gaining unprecedented access to the group in Iraq and Syria as the first and only journalist to document its inner workings.
Hong Kong Boiling - But Gently, So Far
By Eric Margolis
A number of US-financed non-government organizations (NGO's) operate in Hong Kong. Similar groups, notably the US National Endowment for Democracy, were involved in attempts to overthrow the governments of Georgia, Ukraine, Iran and Russia.
Entire "Occupy Central" Protest Scripted in Washington?
By Tony Cartalucci
The leaders of "Occupy Central" are verified to be directly backed, funded, and directed by the US State Department.
Bought Journalism:
How Politicians, Intelligence and High Finance Control Mass Media
Must Watch Video
Dr Udo Ulfkotte, German journalist speaks out.
NYT's Belated Admission on Contra-Cocaine
By Robert Parry
The CIA was knowingly protecting a proxy force that was smuggling cocaine to criminal networks that were producing crack.
Rwanda's Untold Story
Evidence challenges the accepted story of one of the most horrifying events of the late 20th century
Must Watch - Video Documentary
"What the world believes and what actually happened are quiet different"
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Hard News
Approximately 268 people killed in Syria: Saturday:
Those killed: 12 civilians, 52 rebels, 20 Non-Syrian Islamic fighters, 36 NDF, 47 Regular forces, 3 unknown rebels, 53 ISIS,12 YPG, 6 non-Syrian fighters allied to regime forces.
Islamic State reportedly on Baghdad's outskirts after week of victories:
Islamic State militants have taken control of key cities in Iraq's western province of Anbar and have begun to besiege one of the country's largest military bases in a weeklong offensive that's brought them within artillery range of Baghdad.
Islamic State militants take over town in Iraq's Anbar province:
Islamic State fighters stormed a town in Iraq's western Anbar province on Saturday, its latest conquest in the desert region where it has chalked up a string of victories, a military official and people fleeing the scene said.
Manipulating Public Opinion:
Even if we defeat the Islamic State, we'll still lose the bigger war: Analysis -
Suppress the symptoms, and the disease simply manifests itself in other ways. There is always another Islamic State waiting in the wings.
Manufacturing Consent For Further US Intervention
Sen. Lindsey Graham: Need U.S. boots on the ground to defeat Islamic State:
Sen. Lindsey Graham, South Carolina Republican, said Sunday that U.S. service members need to go to Syria and Iraq because air strikes will not be enough to defeat the Islamic State.
McCarthy: Don't rule out US ground troops in fight against ISIS:
House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said on Sunday U.S. troops should be considered in the fight against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS).
Air strikes against Isis are not working, say Syrian Kurds:
Isis fighters have pushed to the edge of Kobani, undeterred by western strikes, says city official
US Now Using Apache Helicopters to Attack ISIS in Iraq:
The U.S. has begun using Apache AH-64 attack helicopters to strike at ISIS targets inside Iraq, the first time the aircraft have been used for offensive strikes since arriving in Baghdad in early July.
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Kurds clash with Turkish security forces on Syria border:
Troops used tear gas and water cannon to disperse protesters angry at the situation in Syria, where IS militants are closing in on the town of Kobane.
Kurdish female fighter blows herself up on ISIS:
A female Kurdish fighter carried out a suicide bomb attack against jihadists from the Islamic State group outside the embattled Syrian border town of Kobane on Sunday, a monitor said.
Turkish president lashes out at Joe Biden over ISIS comments:
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed he would wash his hands of Joe Biden if reports that the US vice president blamed Turkey in part for the rise of the so-called Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS) were true.
UAE 'amazed' by Joe Biden's Syria remarks:
The UAE has expressed surprise after the US vice president suggested that the Gulf state had armed and financed rebels in Syria, along with other regional powers.
How do people in Saudi Arabia, outside the ruling elite, view Isis? Analysis -
Twitter provides one of the few forums in which Saudis can discuss what they really feel.
Massive demonstration in London against bombing Islamic State in Iraq:
Thousands of anti-war protesters marched through London to oppose Britain's 'insane' bombing missions against Islamic State positions in Iraq.:
Fierce fighting kills 15 in east Lebanon:
At least 13 Syrian-based militants and two Hezbollah fighters were killed in fierce fighting in a border area in east Lebanon Sunday after jihadists attacked positions of the Lebanese group in the area, security sources said.
Lebanese soldier wounded by Israeli gunfire near Shebaa:
Israeli soldiers fired at a Lebanese Army post in the Shebaa Farms area near the border Sunday, wounding one soldier, the Army announced in a statement.
Israel criticizes Swedish plan to recognize state of Palestine:
Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas said the Swedish announcement was "great and honorable" and he hoped other countries would follow suit, according to the official Palestinian news agency WAFA.
U.S. says Sweden premature to recognize Palestine:
"We believe international recognition of a Palestinian state is premature," State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki told reporters when asked about Sweden's decision.
'US won't decide our policies' - Sweden on Palestinian state recognition:
Washington will not be the one to decide Sweden's policies, Swedish Foreign Minister Margot Wallström said after the US criticized Stockholm's plans to officially recognize Palestine as a sovereign state.
Libya: 40 insurgents killed by General Haftar's forces:
At least 40 Islamist militants from the Shura Council of Benghazi Revolutionaries were killed on Saturday night during clashes with Libyan armed forces loyal to discharged General Khalifa Haftar
Ransom for freed British hostage paid through 'unofficial channels':
There are unconfirmed reports a ransom was paid through "unofficial channels" in exchange for the release of a British teacher held hostage in Libya.
Tripoli is so dangerous that even Libya's parliament has moved out:
The eastern town of Tobruk - with its well-protected natural port, close-knit tribal society and the absence of militias - has become one of the safest places to seek refuge. The city has become the unlikely center for a broad range of politicians, activists and military figures hoping to take back the Libyan state.
Somali troops capture key port town:
Somali government troops backed by African Union forces have captured a major stronghold of al-Shabab Islamists.
Ukraine says 12 rebels killed in Donetsk:
Fresh fighting in the rebel stronghold of Donetsk has killed at least 12 rebels, as pro-Russian separatists suffered their worst losses since a ceasefire with Ukraine officially began on September 5.
At least 5 police killed in suicide blast outside concert hall in Chechnya:
At least five police officers have been killed and another three sustained injuries in the Republic of Chechnya as they attempted to detain a suspected suicide bomber. The young man detonated improvised explosive when police attempted to search him.
Spain's Christian history challenged by discovery of 4th-century glass plate:
The history of Christianity in Spain may have to be rewritten after the discovery of a glass plate depicting Christ that dates to the fourth century AD.
Hong Kong protesters regroup at main protest :
Demonstrators in Hong Kong appear to be withdrawing from some protest sites and regrouping at the main site outside government buildings. But student protesters said they were not blocking the entrance to government headquarters and insisted that civil servants could return to work.
Umbrella Revolution Live Broadcast -
Live video stream from Hong Kong
N Korea 'agrees to restart talks with South':
Seoul says Pyongyang has expressed "willingness" to restart dialogue between late October and early November.
Mass grave found in Mexico:
A mass grave has been found on the outskirts of the Mexican town of Iguala, where 43 students went missing on 27 September, officials say.
Former Haiti president Duvalier dies:
Duvalier was just 19 when in 1971 he inherited the title of "president-for-life" from his father, the notorious Francois "Papa Doc" Duvalier.
National Nurse Survey Shows Hospitals Still Not Prepared for U.S. Ebola Patients:
Several weeks ago, National Nurses United began surveying registered nurses across the U.S. about emergency preparedness. Most of the nurses are telling NNU that their hospital is not prepared for the Ebola virus.
Global Inequality Reaches Levels Not Seen In Nearly 200 Years:
Global income inequality has returned to levels recorded in the 1820s-when the Industrial Revolution produced sizable wealth gaps between the rich and poor-according to a new report released Thursday by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).
Obama's Economic "Recovery" In Pictures:
If the economy were truly beginning to recover, we should be witnessing an increasing number of full-time employees. Unfortunately, that has not been the case as this measure, as shown by the chart below, is only slightly off the lows witnessed during the financial crisis.
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