The Forgotten Coup
How America and Britain Crushed the Government of Their 'Ally', Australia
By John Pilger
Australian politics never recovered, nor did the nation regain its true independence.
Canada to Speed Up Plans to Toughen Security Laws: PM Harper
By Reuters
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper said on Thursday the government will expedite plans to give more powers of detention and surveillance to security agencies in the wake of an attack on Parliament.
In Defense of Extremism
By Ted Rall
No one calls themselves a terrorist; no group calls itself extreme. When you see those words in print or spoken by a broadcaster, therefore, you know you are looking at a smear, an insult, lazy shorthand masquerading as argument.
IS, Kobane and the Gains on the Euphrates River Front
By Bill Law
Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi, the self-proclaimed caliph of the Islamic State (IS) is showing himself to be a shrewd and effective military strategist.
Phantoms of the Past
Britain's Vote on Palestine is a Nonstarter
By Ramzy Baroud
The British government, despite strong protestation of its people, still behaves towards Israel as if the latter were a law-abiding state with a flawless human rights records.
Occupy the Synagogue
By Michael Lesher
How can religious Jews escape the sin of complicity if we allow their abuse of our shared religion to pass without protest?
One My Lai a Month
By Robert Koehler
A bad war is nothing but trouble for those who want to wage the next one. It took a generation of retooling before the military-industrial economy was able to launch the war on terror, which itself no longer has massive public support.
'Cleansing The Stock'
And Other Ways Governments Talk About Human Beings
By George Monbiot
Those in power don't speak of 'people' or 'killing'
The Entry of Ebola into the US Has Hallmarks of a Planned Happening
By Paul Craig Roberts
The U.S. government has long known this outbreak was coming but did nothing to warn the public.
Chilling Free Speech
By Andrew P. Napolitano
We never before have seen in modern times a president like the present one. He has descended into a totalitarian darkness.
Hollow Justice and Courts of Order in an Age of Government-Sanctioned Tyranny
By John Whitehead
Justice in America makes less sense with each passing day.
Happy Black Thursday
Do Tumbling Buybacks Signal Another Market Crash?
By Mike Whitney
The same thing happened in the run-up to the Crash of 1929.
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Hard News
US-led Syria strikes kill 521 fighters and 32 civilians:
US-led air strikes against Islamic State (IS) militants in Syria have killed 553 people since September, UK-based activists say. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says 464 IS fighters, 57 other militants and 32 civilians have died.
Turkey: 200 Peshmerga being sent to Kobane:
The Turkish president has said he is expecting 200 Kurdish Peshmerga fighters will head from Iraq to the besieged Syrian town of Kobane through Turkey after authorities agreed their passage.
Syrians to be trained to defend territory, not take ground from jihadists, officials say:
Although moderate Syrian fighters are deemed essential to defeating the Islamic State under the Obama administration's strategy, officials do not believe the newly assembled units will be capable of capturing key towns from militants without the help of forward-deployed U.S. combat teams.
32 IS militants killed in attacks on two towns in Iraq's Anbar:
Iraqi security forces and allied tribal fighters repelled attacks by Islamic State (IS) militants on two towns in the western province of Anbar, leaving more than 32 militants
6 ISIS militants killed in eastern Fallujah by Iraqi Special Forces:
"An army troop from the special rapid intervention units killed 6 ISIS militants and destroyed an armored vehicle that belonged to them in eastern Fallujah."
US weighs 'Iraqi request for more advisers':
Senior US officials have said they are considering an Iraqi request for more American military advisers to help Iraqi security forces in their campaign against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group.
Iraqi officials call for U.S. to step up airstrikes, military aid:
The Iraqi complaints signal growing tension between Baghdad and Washington over the pace of the U.S. military operation, which has concentrated airstrikes in neighboring Syria even as car bombs and suicide attacks, many in Baghdad, have killed more than 200 Iraqis in the last week alone.
Iraq loses control of chemical weapons depot to ISIS militants:
The Iraqi government has informed the United Nations that it has lost control of a former chemical weapons depot to Islamist insurgents affiliated with ISIS, or IS, and cannot carry out its obligations
Qaeda claims to kill 18 Houthis in central Yemen:
An Al-Qaeda-linked group on Thursday claimed to have killed 18 Shiite Houthi militants in Yemen's central Rada'a city.
3 killed as army arrests terror suspect in n.Lebanon raid:
The Lebanese Army killed three gunmen during a raid in north Lebanon Thursday and arrested a local "terror" suspect accused of recruiting young Lebanese to join ISIS - including a relative involved in the beheading of a soldier held captive by Islamists, the military said.
Palestinian child killed by unexploded Israeli ordnance in Gaza:
A Palestinian child died on Wednesday after he touched an unexploded Israeli ordnance left over from the most recent offensive over the summer, causing it to explode.
Tension grows in Jerusalem after baby killed in alleged terrorist attack:
Israel launches fresh wave of arrests in West Bank after clashes as Palestinian accused of Jerusalem 'terror attack' killed
Palestinian attack suspect suffered mental health issues:
A lawyer representing the family said al-Shaludi's body has been taken for an autopsy against the family's will, while the suspect's mother has accused the Israeli police of murdering her son in "cold blood."
Israeli Defense Minister Predicts The End Of Artificial ME States:
Which country in the Middle East is the most artificial? Which one was created as the result of a World War and is solely a "western" idea?
Boeing sells parts to Iran Air for first time since 1979:
The sale is part of the wider easing of sanctions by the West, in the wake of last year's nuclear deal.
Saudi produces more, supplies less oil in Sept:
The dip in supply comes when some in OPEC have called on its biggest producer to cut back output to support oil prices, but the kingdom has been quietly telling market participants it is comfortable with oil prices below $90.
Gunmen kill at least 30 in new C Africa attacks: UN:
Several dozen people were also wounded in the attacks on the central village of Yamale on Tuesday and yesterday, with the gunmen pillaging and burning down houses, UN force MINUSCA said.
5 killed as Nigeria's Boko Haram 'abducts more women and girls':
Dozens of women and girls from two villages in Nigeria's north-eastern Adamawa state have been abducted by suspected militants, residents say. In a separate incident, at least five people were killed in a bomb blast at a bus station in a town in the northern state of Bauchi.
2 killed as Police battle fighters in Tunisian town:
At least one member of the security forces killed in shootout between officers and fighters in town near the capital. The ministry said police traded gunfire with armed "terrorists" who had taken refuge in a house in the town of Oued Ellil, close to Tunis.
France moving troops toward Libyan border:
A top French military official says the country is moving troops toward the Libyan border within weeks and, along with U.S. intelligence, is monitoring al-Qaida arms shipments to Africa's Sahel region.
http://dailystar.com.lb/News/
Thirteen killed, 50 injured in Pakistan terror attacks:
Out of the 13, eight people were killed when gunmen opened fire on a bus carrying passengers from the minority Shia-Hazara community in Quetta city
Ukraine: girl narrowly escapes falling glass as Donetsk arena shelled - video:
A large part of the glass facade comes away after intense shelling on Monday. Shelling is continuing in the rebel-held city despite a ceasefire agreement between rebels and Ukrainian military
Russia is de-dollarizing:
The dollar is headed to ruin, but that doesn't mean that any other paper currency can replace it.
George Soros: 'Europe is facing a challenge from Russia to its very existence':
"Now Russia is presenting an alternative that poses a fundamental challenge to the values and principles on which the European Union was originally founded," Soros writes. "It is based on the use of force that manifests itself in repression at home and aggression abroad, as opposed to the rule of law."
Ebola death toll rises to almost 4,900:
Red Cross says epidemic can be contained in West Africa within four months if all necessary steps are taken. The number of people with Ebola is almost to hit 10,000 in West Africa, the World Health Organization said, as the scramble to find a cure gathered pace.
Cuba leads way on Ebola effort:
Cuba sends a second group of medical staff to West Africa to help fight the Ebola outbreak, becoming the biggest single provider of healthcare workers.
Ebola Czar Called Overpopulation Top Leadership Issue:
"I think the top leadership challenge issue in our world today is how to deal with the continuing, growing population in the world and all the resource demands it places on the world and burgeoning populations in Africa and Asia that lack the resources to have a healthy, happy life," Klain said.
Harper's pro-US agenda has turned Canada into a target: Op-Ed:
The safest country in the world is no longer a safe place and many Canadians will be asking today whether this is because the Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper pushed Canada into joining the US-led war in the Middle East.
Ottawa gunman 'identified' as recent Muslim convert, high-risk traveler:
AP sources also identified the man to be Zehaf-Bibeau. A Twitter account associated with Islamic State militants tweeted a photo they identified as the Ottawa shooter. The Globe and Mail reports that the shooter was designated a "high-risk traveler" by the Canadian authorities with his passport seized.
From his office in cloud cuckoo land:
PM vows to 'fight terror' after Ottawa attack:
Canada's prime minister has condemned the "brutal and violent" shooting of a Canadian soldier in Ottawa and a hit-and-run that killed another soldier earlier this week, saying the incidents are grim reminders that Canada is not immune to terrorism.
Man arrested near Canada's prime minister in sign of tensions:
Police arrested a man at gunpoint just steps from Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper Thursday, underscoring tensions in the capital Ottawa a day after a gunmen killed a soldier and rampaged through parliament.
Canadian Terror Wave a Modern-Day Gladio?: Analysis -
Western security agencies should be among the first suspects considered as potential collaborators.
White House locks down over latest fence jump:
Man apprehended after scaling perimeter of presidential residence, a month after previous intruder entered complex.
Will Obama Follow Bush Down the Made-Up Torture Loophole?:
The Obama administration is considering reaffirming the Bush-era position that the ban on cruel treatment doesn't apply when the United States is operating abroad.
CIA Apparently 'Impersonated' Senate Staffers To Gain Access To Documents On Shared Drives:
The CIA is still fighting for creative control of its most anticipated 21st century work: the Torture Report. Long before it got involved in the ongoing redaction battle, it was spying on those putting the report together, namely Senators and Senate staffers.
Whistleblowers: IRS officials behind 'fraudulent' multi-billion dollar corporate tax giveaways:
A 10-year veteran Internal Revenue Service (IRS) attorney has demanded a Congressional audit of the IRS to investigate the agency's alleged role in allowing American corporations to illegally avoid paying billions of dollars in taxes at the same time the agency is cracking down on individuals and small businesses.
US seniors face student loan debt:
According to the GAO study, the number of individuals whose Social Security benefits were offset to pay student loan debt increased from about 31,000 to 155,000 between 2002-13. Jeszeck tells the BBC that this situation can cause considerable problems for older adults who, like Dupree, may have to extend their working life well beyond retirement age.
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