On Media Outlets That Continue to Describe Unknown Drone Victims As "Militants"
By Glenn Greenwald
There is a very compelling case to make that continual, sustained drone warfare in places such as Pakistan and Yemen meet the U.S.'s formal definition of "terrorism"
http://www.Russia invades Ukraine. Again. And again. And yet again ... using Saddam's WMD
By William Blum
"The United States has photographs that show the Russian artillery moved into Ukraine, American officials say.
http://www.Putin: 'US Wants To Subdue Russia"
By RT
"Throughout history no one has ever managed to do so toward Russia - and no one ever will," Putin said.
http://www.US and Europe Conceal Their Bankruptcy with Hostility to Russia
By Finian Cunningham
This desperate clinging to waning American hegemony, supported by European vassals, is serving to drive the world economy into deeper malaise and poverty.
http://www.Living with Insanity Harper, Abbott, and Cameron at the Brisbane G-20
By John Chuckman
Harper only pretends America is a great and non-threatening friend.
http://www.Lemmings Race For War The collective psychopathy of modern America
By Butler Shaffer
I asked myself how seemingly loving parents could encourage their children to partake in such destructiveness.
http://www.The Green Fields Of France
Video
The Fureys and Davey Arthur. Written By Eric Bogle
I see by your gravestone you were only 19
http://www.When you joined the glorious fallen in 1916, Well, I hope you died quick and I hope you died clean Or, Willie McBride, was it slow and obscene? Millions Of People Feel The Need To Escape, But From What?
By E.F Nicholson
What drives any compulsive form of escapism is temporary relief from pain - be it physical, emotional, mental or spiritual.
http://www.The "USA Freedom Act"? The Irrelevance of the U.S. Congress in Stopping NSA Mass Surveillance:
By Glenn Greenwald
There is a real question about whether the defeat of this bill is good, bad, or irrelevant.
http://www.Happy Talk About the Climate
By Dmitry Orlov
This deal does nothing to forestall a complete, total, unmitigated disaster.
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Hard News
Dozens of ISIL Fighters Killed in Iraq's Babil: Report:
Iraqi troops launched a major ground offensive against the ISIL Takfiri group in Babil province, killing and injuring dozens of terrorists.
Iraq Violence Spills Into Kurdish Capital as Car Bomb Kills Five: At least five people were killed when a car bomb exploded outside the governor's office in Erbil, capital of Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdish region, according to Iraqi media.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/
Iraqi Kurds: West not providing enough arms to defeat ISIS: The president of Iraqi Kurdistan, Massoud Barzani, accused Western countries Wednesday of not providing enough heavy weapons to help his 'peshmerga' forces deliver a "decisive blow" against ISIS militants.
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/
Patrick Cockburn: Baghdad hails the retaking of the Baiji oil refinery: Analysis - Iraqi security forces have re-entered the country's biggest oil refinery at Baiji, the recapture of which would be the Baghdad government's most important military success since Isis seized most of northern and western Iraq during the summer.
http://tinyurl.com/lkcvvu9
Isis has enough weapons to carry on fighting for two years, UN warns: Even if the US-led bombing campaign continues to destroy the group's vehicles and heavier weapons, the UN report states, it "cannot mitigate the effect of the significant volume of light weapons" Isis possesses.
http://www.theguardian.com/
Iraq says Islamic State stole 1 million tonnes of grain, took it to Syria: Iraq believes Islamic State militants have stolen more than one million tonnes of grain from the country's north and taken it to two cities they control in neighboring Syria, the agriculture minister has said.
http://www.reuters.com/
War criminal:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/Blair 'has seen Chilcot findings': Letters detailing conclusions of public inquiry into Iraq war are sent to main participants
Riyadh fears Islamic State wants sectarian war in Saudi Arabia: - Tighter security in Saudi Arabia has made it hard for Islamic State to target the government so the militants are instead trying to incite a sectarian conflict via attacks on the Shi'ite Muslim minority, the Saudi Interior Ministry said.
http://news.yahoo.com/riyadh-
9/11 terrorist Zacarias Moussaoui claims Saudi involvement: The 46-year old French national is claiming that Saudi Embassy officials were involved in a plot to shoot down Air Force One to assassinate Bill Clinton and/or Hillary Clinton during a trip to the United Kingdom.
http://edition.cnn.com/2014/
Clashes near Egypt's border with Gaza kill 10 civilians: sources: Ten civilians were killed overnight during fighting between the army and Islamist militants near Egypt's border with Gaza, where the military has launched a crackdown in recent weeks, security and medical sources said Wednesday.
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/
'Collective punishment': Israel demolishes East Jerusalem home after synagogue attack:
http://www.maannews.net/eng/Human rights groups have criticised the policy. Amnesty International said on Tuesday: "Punishing the families of suspects by destroying their homes is collective punishment and is prohibited by international law."
Israeli forces destroy home of East Jerusalem car attack suspect: Israeli occupation forces entered the area after midnight, surrounded the five-story building where the al-Shaludi family lives, and forced residents out of the building without allowing them to bring any of their possessions with them, witnesses said.
http://www.maannews.net/eng/
Shin Bet chief: Abbas is not inciting to terror: While Netanyahu points accusing finger at Palestinian president, Yoram Cohen says MKs going on Temple Mount, vengeance killing of Palestinian teen Abu Khdeir main factors behind Jerusalem violence.
http://www.ynetnews.com/
Police chief: Lone wolves apparently carried out deadly attack at Jerusalem synagogue: National Police Commissioner Yochanan Danino said Tuesday's terror attack at a synagogue in Jerusalem appeared to be a grassroots, independent attack carried out by lone wolves, though he added that the investigation is not yet complete.
http://www.jpost.com/Israel-
Spanish parliament easily passes measure recognizing Palestinian state:
http://www.jpost.com/The symbolic motion, which echoes similar votes last month in Britain and Ireland, received the backing of all the political groups of the lower house.
US kills 18 people in E Afghanistan:
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/Twelve people were killed after a vehicle was attacked in the Bati Kot district on Tuesday. Local police authorities said six people were also killed in another US-led drone strike in the Haska Mina district.
Germany and Italy to keep up to 1,350 soldiers in Afghanistan: Germany aims to retain up to 850 soldiers in Afghanistan, a German defense ministry spokesman said, while Italy will go with an average of about 500, according to the defense minister.
http://www.reuters.com/
UN announces 12-hour ceasefire in Libya's Benghazi: U.N. Special Representative Bernardino Leon says the ceasefire started on Wednesday morning and could be extended by the parties. The Red Crescent will evacuate civilians from affected areas as well as retrieve bodies of those killed in the fighting.
http://newsok.com/un-
Black Flag of Isis Raised Over Libya's Derna Just 200 Miles From EU Coast: Fighters loyal to the jihadist group are now in control of the city of Derna, which has a population of about 100,000, is close to the Egyptian border, and about 200 miles from the shores of the European Union.
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/
Seventh Sierra Leone doctor killed by Ebola - source: A Sierra Leonean doctor died of Ebola on Tuesday, a medical source said, bringing to seven the number of doctors killed by the virus savaging the nation's healthcare system
https://in.news.yahoo.com/
Cuban doctor contracts Ebola in Sierra Leone: Felix Baez is the first to contract virus, out of 165-member medical team deployed by island nation to Sierra Leone.
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/
Tour the Destruction of a Ukrainian Battlefield Through the Eyes of a Drone: Bombed-out fields dotted with what appear to be fox holes and artillery explosions litter the grim landscape. The flatness of the Ukrainian plains brings to mind images of WWI, especially how the leafless trees and the dying grass mimic trench scenes from Belgium or France.
http://motherboard.vice.com/
Propaganda alert:
http://www.rferl.org/content/NATO Sees Military Buildup In Ukraine, Urges Russia To Pull Back: NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg says there has been a "serious military buildup" both in conflict-torn eastern Ukraine and on the Russian side of the border, and he has urged Moscow to pull back its forces.
Ukraine: Russia wants guarantees from Nato: Dmitry Peskov said that Russia would like to receive a guarantee that Ukraine will not join Nato, as they are fearful of the Nato-affiliated countries on their borders.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/
Putin says relations with US must be based on equality: Russia is ready for cooperation with the United States, provided it is based on respect for each others' interests and non-interference in domestic affairs, President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday.
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/
PUTIN: Ukraine Is Great, But It's Missing One Thing ...: "It lacks, it seems to me, the understanding that to be successful, stable, prosperous, it's necessary that all people who live in that territory, regardless of which language they speak - whether Hungarian, Russian, Ukrainian, or even Polish - have a feeling that the territory is their Motherland," Putin said.
http://uk.businessinsider.com/
Ukraine Admits Its Gold Is Gone: "There Is Almost No Gold Left In The Central Bank Vault": In an interview on Ukraine TV, none other than the head of the Ukraine Central Bank made the stunning admission that "in the vaults of the central bank there is almost no gold left.
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/
"Don't sanitize the war" 'My God, people should see this': Video - War critic Donahue on Tomas Young's life after Iraq
http://rt.com/usa/206723-
Senate Republicans block landmark NSA surveillance reform bill: The USA Freedom Act, a bill introduced last year that sought to end the NSA's ongoing daily collection of practically all US phone data, failed to reach a 60-vote threshold to cut off debate and move to passage.
http://www.theguardian.com/us-
Senate defeats Keystone XL pipeline:" The U.S. Senate defeated a bill to authorize construction of the Keystone XL oil pipeline. The bill failed to overcome a 60-vote threshold for passage by a narrow 59-41 decision. All 45 Republican senators voted for it, but Landrieu could not clinch the necessary last Democratic vote.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/
FBI Warns Ferguson Decision 'Will Likely' Lead to Violence : The FBI is warning law enforcement agencies across the country that the decision "will likely" lead some extremist protesters to threaten and even attack police officers or federal agents.
http://abcnews.go.com/
California Tells Court It Can't Release Inmates Early Because It Would Lose Cheap Prison Labor: By employing prison inmates who are paid less than $2 per day, the state saves some $1 billion, according to a recent BuzzFeed feature of the practice.
http://thinkprogress.org/
More Federal Agencies Are Using Undercover Operations:
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/The federal government has significantly expanded undercover operations in recent years, with officers from at least 40 agencies posing as business people, welfare recipients, political protesters and even doctors or ministers to ferret out wrongdoing, records and interviews show.
Canadian woman hit with $950K medical bill after unexpectedly giving birth in US hospital: She and her husband can't afford to pay the $950,000 the insurance carrier has billed them, and they said if they begin paying they'll be stuck paying the rest of their lives.
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/ |
