Syrian Army Leaders 'Slaughtered' as Isis and Nusra Front Militants Storm Idlib
By Robert Fisk
Hundreds of fighters stormed into the provincial capital, Idlib, captured the newly installed governor's office and began beheading Syrian army officers.
http://www.Terrorism and 'The True Believer'
By Patrick J. Buchanan
Why do young men and women travel from a free prosperous West to fight in Syria and perhaps die in a suicide bombing? What do they seek?
http://www.Islamic State Video Shows British Hostage John Cantlie in Kobani
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"The mujahedeen are just mopping up now, street to street, and building to building."
http://www.How Israel Is Turning Gaza Into A Super-max Prison
By Jonathan Cook
Where else in the world apart from the Palestinian territories would the international community stand by idly as so many people suffer.
http://www.The Special Interest Problem
By Lawrence Davidson
Like those with a strong addiction, these politicians seem unable to free themselves from the monkey on their back.
http://www.How Will The Stock Market React To The End Of Quantitative Easing?
By Michael Snyder
Most people do not realize how vulnerable our financial system truly is. It is essentially a pyramid of debt and credit that could fall apart at any time.
http://www.Peak Empire, Take Two
By Gary
Based on the lessons of history, all empires collapse eventually; thus, the probability that the US empire will collapse can be set at 100% with a great deal of confidence.
http://www.The Adult War On Children.
By Robert J. Burrowes
Perpetrators of violence learn their craft in childhood. If you inflict violence on a child, it learns to inflict violence on others.
http://www.The Challenges of Defending Your Child's Mind from Propaganda
By Daniel Ameduri
I truly believe that most Americans suffer from Stockholm Syndrome.
http://www.US Child Poverty Remains At Highest Rate In 20 Years
By Andre Damon
"It shouldn't be this hard for kids to grow and thrive in the world's richest, most powerful nation,"
http://www.Law Lets I.R.S. Seize Accounts on Suspicion, No Crime Required
By SHAILA DEWAN
Using a law designed to catch drug traffickers, racketeers and terrorists by tracking their cash, the government has gone after run-of-the-mill business owners and wage earners without so much as an allegation that they have committed serious crimes.
http://www."This Is Not A Police State"
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Innocent Man Refuses to Submit to Lie Down Even With Guns Pointed at Him.
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Hard News
Syrian rebels clash with government troops, 35 killed: Members of the al-Qaida-linked Nusra Front and other Syrian rebel factions launched simultaneous attacks on army checkpoints, police headquarters, and the governor's office in northwestern Syria on Monday, triggering hours-long clashes that left 35 troops and rebels dead.
Only Syrian opposition and peshmerga can save Kobani - Turkish PM: Turkey cannot be expected to send troops to defend the besieged Syrian border town of Kobani and only Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga fighters and Syria's own moderate opposition can save it, Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said.
http://uk.reuters.com/article/
Turkish official says Iraqi Kurdish fighters free to cross to Kobani: A Turkish official said on Monday Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga fighters were free to move through Turkey to Syria "as soon as they are ready" after a Syrian Kurdish leader accused Ankara of stalling on an agreement to allow them passage to the besieged Syrian border town of Kobani.
http://news.yahoo.com/syrian-
U.S. recuited "Syrian" rebels won't fight Government forces: The United States does not expect Syrian rebels it plans to train to fight Islamic State militants to also take on President Bashar al-Assad's forces,
http://www.reuters.com/
Syria providing military support to Kurds in battle against ISIS, local media says: Move means Assad and his western opponents are backing the same forces against the Islamist militants. Kurds deny cooperation with Assad government.
http://in.reuters.com/article/
Car bombings kill at least 31 people in Iraq: A suicide car bomber killed at least 21 Shia militia members and injured 37 others in a town 50km from Baghdad, a day fighters from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) were pushed out of the strategic area.
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/
Dozens killed in Lebanon as Army clashes with Sunni supporters of Islamic State : The thump of heavy machine gun fire echoed from tower blocks as thick black smoke billowed from the impoverished neighborhood of Bab al-Tebbaneh, a scene all too familiar for residents of this northern Lebanese city.
http://www.csmonitor.com/
Lebanon army back in control of Tripoli: Troops take over rebel bastion after three days of fierce fighting with al-Qaeda inspired Sunni rebels.
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/
Clash in Yemen Town Kills 250 in 3 Days: Fighting in central Yemen between Shiite Houthi rebels and an influential tribe in the town of Radda killed at least 250 people over three days of clashes, security officials said Monday.
http://abcnews.go.com/
US Kills As Many As 20 People In Yemen: According to tribal sources, all those killed were militants, but there has been no official confirmation from the government or the Houthi side. Some tribal sources have put the death toll at about 20.
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/
Official: Unilateral Israeli actions will lead to 'explosion': Palestinian officials strongly condemned Israel on Monday after it announced plans for 1,000 new settler homes in East Jerusalem. Jibril Rajoub, a senior member of Fatah, warned of violent consequences likely to follow the latest settlement plans.
http://www.maannews.net/eng/
US questions Netanyahu's commitment to peace:
http://www.ynetnews.com/The US State Department said Monday that recent Israeli actions are not reflective of an administration pursuing peace. During the daily press briefing, spokesperson Jen Psaki stressed that Israel must lower tensions and take the proper steps towards living in peace.
U.S. will continue to ostracize Ya'alon until he apologizes: One cannot humiliate and insult senior officials of the U.S. administration and expect the red carpet to be rolled out at the Department of State, or the door to the Oval Office to be opened.
http://www.haaretz.com/news/
Kuwait boycotts international companies working with Israel in the occupied territories: The Kuwaiti Ministry of Commerce has recently ended its cooperation with 50 European companies because of their activities in the settlements built on the occupied territories of 1967
https://www.middleeastmonitor.
Senate report outlines plan to keep tens of billions of dollars flowing to Afghanistan: The report, compiled by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee's Democratic majority staff, is designed to be a road map for Afghan leaders eager to keep billions of dollars in U.S. assistance flowing into the country.
http://tinyurl.com/kdl52n6
Islamists close to seizing Libya's oil, Egypt says: Egypt has warned that militant groups are poised to seize control of Libya's oilfields, as the country's foreign minister appealed for an expansion of the Western-led campaign against Daesh to tackle extremism threatening North Africa.
http://gulfnews.com/news/
Taliban attack on Afghan court kills 7 people: Four attackers wearing army uniforms attacked the provincial appeals court, setting off a four-hour gun battle with Afghan security forces, Sayed Sarwar Hussaini, provincial police spokesman, told AFP news agency.
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/
68 percent of Brits say Afghan war was futile - poll: As Britain's last remaining troops depart from Afghanistan, a poll indicates 68 percent of Britons think the UK's military campaign there was not "worthwhile." A further 42 percent of those surveyed believe Britain is "less safe" as a result of the war
http://rt.com/uk/199715-uk-
Egypt's Sisi expands military power in new decree: It places state infrastructure including electricity towers, major thoroughfares and bridges under military protection for two years, allowing the army to try anyone suspected of attacking the public facilities.
http://english.al-akhbar.com/
MH17 might have been shot down from air - chief Dutch investigator: The chief investigator with the Dutch National Prosecutors' Office Fred Westerbeke said in an interview with the German magazine Der Spiegel published on Monday that his team is open to the theory that another plane shot down the Malaysian airliner.
http://rt.com/news/199891-
11 U.S. soldiers returning from Liberia monitored for Ebola in Italy. If the policy remains in effect, everyone returning from Liberia - several hundred - will be placed in isolation for 21 days. Thirty are expected in today, Martin reports.
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/
Ebola can survive on surfaces for almost TWO MONTHS:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/Tests reveal certain strains survive for weeks when stored at low temperatures: Centres for Disease Control and Prevention claims Ebola typically lives on a 'dry' surface for hours - including doorknobs and tables
Nobel Peace Prize laureates call on Obama to release CIA torture report: Twelve winners of the Nobel Peace Prize have urged fellow laureate, US President Barack Obama, to release a Senate report on the Central Intelligence Agency's post-9/11 Rendition, Detention, and Interrogation Program, also known as the torture report.
http://rt.com/usa/199843-
Swedish prosecutors keep up arrest warrant against Assange: The chances that WikiLeaks' co-founder Julian Assange might have had his legal battle with Sweden ended on Monday appear to have faded away, as the court is unwilling to drop the arrest warrant over sexual assault allegations.
http://rt.com/news/199951-
Feds identify suspected 'second leaker' for Snowden reporters: The FBI has identified an employee of a federal contracting firm suspected of being the so-called "second leaker" who turned over sensitive documents about the U.S. government's terrorist watch list to a journalist closely associated with ex-NSA contractor Edward Snowden
http://news.yahoo.com/feds-
Edward Snowden: A 'Nation' Interview: In a wide-ranging conversation, he discusses the surveillance state, the American political system and the price he's paid for his understanding of patriotism.
http://www.thenation.com/
Former CBS reporter accuses government agency of bugging her computer: A journalist formerly with CBS News claims in her new memoir that a United States "government-related entity" hacked into her computer to conduct surveillance and set her up for possible criminal charges.
http://rt.com/usa/199875-
US Used 1000 Nazis Spies During Cold War: "U.S. agencies directly or indirectly hired numerous ex-Nazi police officials and East European collaborators who were manifestly guilty of war crimes," said Norman Goda, who worked on the investigation team that examined the declassified documents.
http://www.telesurtv.net/
US Voters are angry: Nearly 7 in 10 Americans are angry at the direction the country is headed and 53% of Americans disapprove of President Barack Obama's job performance
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