Rand Paul Is Wrong. Leave Iraq Alone!
By Jacob G. Hornberger
Forget declaring war on the Islamic State. The U.S. government has done enough damage in Iraq.
http://www.Hagel's Departure Should Open Debate on Obama's Wars
By Medea Benjamin
The ISIL crises has also been used as a justification for not cutting the Pentagon budget, as required by sequestration.
http://www.Hagel Didn't Start the Fire
By Patrick J. Buchanan
U.S. foreign policy is in a shambles. But what were the "decisions" that produced the "incredible debacle"? Who made them? Who supported them?
http://www.Gilad Atzmon on Ed Miliband, The Labour and the Jewish Lobby
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Gilad Atzmon elaborates on the dominance of Jewish lobby in the UK and America.
http://www.Swiss Gold Referendum: What It Really Means
By Paul Craig Roberts
The greed and stupidity of the rich are creating ideal conditions for violent revolution. Karl Marx might yet triumph.
http://www.Trotsky at the IMF Does the Name "Strauss-Kahn" Ring a Bell?
By Mike Whitney
Do you know why the bigwig plutocrats hated DSK?
http://www.Why I Stopped Spending My Time on Politics... And Why I Think You Should Too
By Paul Rosenberg
If there's one area of life in which humans have failed to evolve, it's politics.
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Hard News
100 killed in fresh 'Congo massacre':
The carnage took place on Thursday near Beni in North Kivu province, where mainly Muslim Ugandan rebels have been blamed for killing more than 200 civilians in gruesome machete attacks since October, and where the UN wants "negative forces" to be neutralised.
Nigeria : Female Suicide Bombers Kill 45 in Maiduguri Market Blasts: Two female suicide bombers have detonated devices in a crowded market in the northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri, according to witnesses and police. A local health worker told AFP news agency that at least 45 people were killed in the explosions
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/
Second airstrike hits airport in Libya's capital: An airstrike hit the last functioning commercial airport in Libya's capital Tripoli for a second day running on Tuesday, residents said, as a power struggle in the oil-rich nation intensified.
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/
33 IS Militants Killed in Iraq's Mosul, Two Towns Retaken: At least 33 militants of the Islamic State (IS) died Monday in the Iraqi city of Mosul and the surrounding area, including a leader who was responsible for the sale of kidnapped Yazidi women
http://www.newindianexpress.
10 dead, 31 hurt in Baghdad car bombing: A car bomb exploded in a crowded Shiite-majority area of the Iraqi capital on Monday (early Tuesday in Manila), killing at least 10 people and wounding at least 31, security and medical officials said.
http://www.manilatimes.net/10-
Turkey trains 230 Iraqi Kurdish fighters in N Iraq: - Turkish Armed Forces has trained 230 Iraqi Kurdish fighters of autonomous administration in northern Iraq and will continue the training as long as needed, local Hurriyet Daily News reported on Tuesday.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/
Rand Paul to introduce resolution declaring war on ISIS: Sen. Rand Paul, R-Kentucky, says he will introduce a bill to declare war on Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) once Congress comes back into session in December. He'll also use the same bill to terminate the authority granted by the 2002 Iraq Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) and set a date for expiration of the 2001 AUMF.
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/
Another Iraq Failure by Petraeus: Graft-Ridden Military: It turns out that while he was gaining accolades for training Iraqi troops, Petraeus was in reality creating a system in which Iraqi officers were able to siphon off the billions of dollars the US wasted on the whole training operation:
https://www.emptywheel.net/
Yemeni forces kill 7 kidnappers, free 8 hostages: Yemeni security forces freed seven Yemeni hostages and one foreigner in a special operation in which seven al Qaeda kidnappers were also killed, the country's supreme security committee said.
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/
AIPAC urges Congress to pass new Iran sanctions:
http://www.haaretz.com/news/The American Israel Public Affairs Committee said it was "essential" for Congress to pass new Iran sanctions now that a deadline for nuclear talks has been extended.
Egyptian president says his regime is ready to protect Israel: Egyptian President Abdul-Fattah Al-Sisi told an Italian newspaper that his country is ready to send troops to Palestine in order to guarantee Israel's security and work jointly against terrorism.
https://www.middleeastmonitor.
Possible presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren meets Netanyahu: While there are two full years before the 2016 US presidential race, the parade of possible candidates to Israel began Monday afternoon in Jerusalem with a meeting between Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Massachusetts) and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
http://www.jpost.com/Israel-
U.S. to leave more troops than first planned in Afghanistan: sources: The United States is preparing to increase the number of troops it keeps in Afghanistan in 2015 to fill a gap left in the NATO mission by other contributing nations, according to three sources with direct knowledge of the situation.
http://www.orlandosentinel.
It takes 28 civilian lives to kill a single terrorist leader - UK human rights group: The statistics are the most striking in 10 years: attempts to kill 41 terrorist leaders resulted in the deaths of an estimated 1,147 people, the vast majority - civilians and families.
http://rt.com/news/208527-
Drone Strikes Never Kill 'Humans': News organizations should stop reporting that "militants" were killed when they can confirm no such thing. The Obama administration's lethal drone strikes are at their most morally objectionable when the CIA doesn't even know the identities of the people it is killing-a fact it obscures by dubbing all military-age males who are killed "militants."
http://www.theatlantic.com/
Chuck Hagel forced to step down as US defense secretary: The US defense secretary has been fired after less than two years in office as the White House reorders a national security strategy upended by the Islamic State (Isis).
http://www.theguardian.com/us-
Media Goes Wild Over Hagel Firing But Not Obama's Secret Afghanistan Reversal: Obama, for good or bad, has decided to extend the war he said he was ending. This report did not produce a cable news frenzy or a storm of tweets.
http://www.motherjones.com/
Man detained by US for 10 years can sue Britain for damages, says High Court: A Pakistani man who was detained by US forces in Afghanistan for a decade has won a legal challenge which will allow him to sue Britain for damages.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/
India's BJP seeks gains in Kashmir elections:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/Voters are going to the polls in India's Jammu and Kashmir state where Prime Minister Narendra Modi's BJP is trying to win power for the first time.
Collective defense partnership: Russia, Abkhazia sign alliance: The new agreement supersedes an older document adopted back in 2008, when Russia recognized Abkhazia as an independent state after an ill-fated attempt by Georgia to seize control of the region along with South Ossetia.
http://rt.com/news/208327-
NATO, EU Criticize Accord Between Russia and Breakaway Abkhazia Region: NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said in a statement that the "so-called treaty," signed Monday, did not contribute to a peaceful and lasting settlement of the situation in Georgia and the Western alliance would not recognize it.
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/
France postpones Mistral delivery to Russia over Ukraine 'until further notice': President Francois Hollande has decided to suspend delivery of the first Mistral-class ship to Russia "until further notice," citing the situation in Ukraine as the reason, media reported an Elysee Palace statement.
http://rt.com/news/208655-
Russia puts losses from sanctions, cheaper oil at up to $140 billion per year: "We're losing around $40 billion a year because of geopolitical sanctions, and about $90 billion to $100 billion from oil prices falling by 30 percent," he told a news conference, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said on Monday.
http://www.reuters.com/
'Regin' malware comes from western intelligence agency, say experts : If China and Russia are ruled out, that would leave the US, UK or Israel as the most likely candidates.
http://www.theguardian.com/
Live coverage: Riots in Ferguson after grand jury decision: - A white police officer will not face charges for fatally shooting an unarmed black teenager in a case that set off violent protests and racial unrest throughout the nation.
http://www.argusleader.com/
Buildings in Ferguson, Mo. burn as riots follow grand jury decision: Fires continue to destroy multiple buildings in Ferguson, Missouri - fires started by rioters. People also continue to loot and vandalize businesses, though protest crowds had dwindled significantly in some parts,
http://www.wxyz.com/news/
Outrage across US over Ferguson ruling:
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/Decision not to charge police officer over death of unarmed black teenager Michael Brown prompts protests across the US.
Michael Brown family statement on Ferguson grand jury decision: Michael Brown's family released the following statement in response to the grand jury's decision not to indict officer Darren Wilson:
http://www.ksdk.com/story/
Michael Brown shooting: What Darren Wilson told the Ferguson grand jury: In an unusual step after a grand jury deliberation, transcripts of testimony that jurors heard considering Michael Brown's death have been released to the public.
http://edition.cnn.com/2014/
How Darren Wilson avoided criminal charges for killing Michael Brown: The Ferguson police officer was entitled to use deadly force for two reasons, but both contradict eyewitness accounts. So how might have a grand jury decided?
http://www.theguardian.com/us-
Killings by Utah police outpacing gang, drug, child-abuse homicides: In the past five years, more Utahns have been killed by police than by gang members. Or drug dealers. Or from child abuse.
http://www.sltrib.com/news/
Canada moving toward American-style inequality: Robert Reich: The U.S. and Canadian economies are growing too slowly, he says. And many wealthy people or corporations, he said, are putting their money in places where they can get the highest return - but that kind of investment isn't what creates jobs.
http://www.ctvnews.ca/ |
