US Torture Report Summary Released
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Senate Torture Report Finds the CIA Was More Brutal Than Anyone Knew
By Jason Leopold
"under any common meaning of the term, CIA detainees were tortured." - Dianne Feinstein
Details from the CIA Torture Report Summary
Hypothermia, Broken Limbs, and Rectal Feeding
By CJ Ciaramella
One prisoner at a CIA black site froze to death. Others were forced to stand on broken feet, threatened sexually with broomsticks, or subjected to "rectal feeding"
A Russophobic Rant From Congress
By Patrick J. Buchanan
This is the sort of ultimatum that led to Pearl Harbor.
Washington's Frozen War Against Russia
By Diana Johnstone
The neocons who manipulate America's clueless politicians have not got us into a new Cold War. It is much worse.
Racism and War in America and Beyond
By Ramzy Baroud
America's ruling elites are blatant in their intentions of maintaining "white privilege" at home and economic dominance by military means abroad.
Wimpy Cops and Scared Soldiers: Why Are Americans Such Cowards?
By Ted Rall
America has a problem that afflicts both her foreign policy and domestic affairs: cowardice. A nation of wusses. That's us.
It's America In Black and White.
Cops Get Away With Murder Because They Know They Can
By Pierre Tristam
In a country so enamored of force that police agencies, including our own, use SWAT teams to serve warrants for marijuana possession-a substance less lethal than cigarettes-and no one bats an eye.
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Hard News
Syria: 30 dead in Aleppo clashes:
At least 30 people were killed in clashes between Syrian troops and armed opposition groups in Syria's Aleppo, according to an eyewitness.
In Kobane, 23 militants killed in two coordinated attacks:
Fifteen Islamic State (ISIS) fighters were killed in a coordinated Kurdish shock attack in Kobane early Monday, a day after eight other militants were killed in clashes, Kurdish forces said.
US funding may 'open the floodgates' of arms to undesirable Iraqi & Syrian groups - Amnesty:
"In its rush to 'degrade and destroy' the Islamic State armed group, the Obama administration must not trample its international human rights obligations," said Sunjeev Bery of Amnesty International USA.
Report: Islamic State Claims 'Radioactive Device' Now in Europe:
The claim by Al-Britani comes just days after reports emerged that IS could have in its possession a dirty bomb, the elements of which were obtained via earlier IS raids on a university research facility in Mosul that contained uranium.
Three Lebanese killed by Syrian raid on border town:
Local residents said a house was among the targets of the raids, the three killed and two injured were all from the same family
Lebanon issues arrest warrant for IS chief's wife:
The officials say Saja al-Dulaimi is being held at the Defense Ministry on suspicion of "terrorism crimes," and that all military staff dealing with her will be women.
2 Car Bombs Kill 7 Soldiers in Yemen:
Al-Qaida militants killed seven soldiers Tuesday in two suicide car bomb attacks at a military encampment in the southern Yemeni city of Sayoun, military officials said.
Two bomb attacks rock Bahrain:
Two killed in Bahrain in separate attacks in less than two days as Manama blames Lebanon's Hezbollah, other 'terrorists' for bombings
Three Turkish soldiers 'killed by gunfire' on Syria border:
It was unclear who the attackers were and whether the firing came from across the border, the agencies say.
Israel committed war crimes in Gaza: Amnesty:
Israeli air strikes on four high-rise buildings in the final days of this summer's conflict in Gaza amounted to war crimes, Amnesty International says.
White House: No sanctions on Israel:
The White House is flatly denying that it is weighing economic sanctions against Israel over its (illegal) settlement expansions into the West Bank. Press secretary Josh Earnest on Monday said reports the administration was considering such economic penalties were "completely unfounded and without merit."
Why are London's Police travelling to Israel?:
"Your Police are being trained by the Israeli Army to defeat and control their enemy, and when your police come back, you become their enemy"?-?Eran Efrati?-?Israeli Army Whistleblower warns the American public in March 2014.
16 killed in new massacre in eastern DRC: -
Suspected Ugandan rebels have killed at least 16 people in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, an official said on Tuesday.
Last French hostage Lazarevic freed in Mali:
The last French hostage to be held by Islamist militants has been freed after three years, French President Francois Hollande has announced.
Suspected Bomb Kills 9 on Philippine Passenger Bus:
A suspected bomb explosion Tuesday in a bus in front of a university in the southern Philippines killed at least nine people and wounded more than 20 others, officials said.
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Ukraine peace talks delayed but ceasefire largely holds:
The Ukrainian foreign ministry said negotiations with the insurgents involving Russian and European envoys in the Belarussian capital Minsk had been delayed and would probably not be held until Friday.
Lavrov: Russia Will 'Adequately' Respond to US Anti-Missile System in Europe:
"We warn that we will have to take adequate measures at a certain stage of the creation of the US missile defense system," RIA Novosti quoted Sergey Lavrov as saying. "Russia has no intention to drift into a costly arms race, however we will surely maintain the defense capacity of our country."
Risks of nuclear war rising because of global tensions and insecure stockpiles, warn experts :
Urgent action is needed to minimise the risk of a nuclear war, more than 120 senior military, political and diplomatic figures from across the world have warned.
Russia's National Payment System to Test Operations in December:
Russia's National System of Payment Cards (NSPC) starts operations in mid-December; eight Russian banks sanctioned by the West will be the first to make use of the new electronic funds transfer service.
CIA torture report:
The CIA is bracing for what could be one of the most damaging moments in its history: a public airing of its post-9/11 embrace of torture.
U.S. Tortured and Killed Innocent People for the Specific Purpose of Producing False Propaganda:
It has long been known by interrogation experts that torture creates false confessions. For example:
2,000 Marines on Alert Ahead of CIA Torture Report:
The personnel, who are based in and around the Persian Gulf and Mediterranean Sea, were put on alert to deal with potential threats following the release of the report by the Senate Intelligence Committee.
Guantanamo six 'will enjoy complete freedom' in Uruguay:
Eleuterio Huidobro told Reuters news agency that Uruguay had not imposed or accepted any conditions when it agreed to receive the former inmates. Mr Huidobro told Reuters: "They will not be restricted in any way. Their status is that of refugees and immigrants."
U.S. Senate approves Venezuela sanctions:
In a statement, Florida Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) applauded the measure and asked her House colleagues to take up the Senate version so "Venezuela's oppressors will be denied visas to enter the United States and their properties along with their assets will be frozen."
Mexico: Relatives of Missing 43 Say Student Remains Were Planted:
The Argentine forensic team said that the remains may not have come from where they were told, raising suspicions over the government investigation.
Inside the Twisted Police Department That Kills Unarmed Citizens at the Highest Rate in the Country:
Hyper-militarized cops here have killed residents with shocking impunity.
Cops killed my son, arrested my daughter, made me choose police car or ambulance: :
After police shot a 12-year-old black boy in Cleveland, they arrested his sister and refused to allow his mother to ride in the ambulance with him.
Ten Facts You Should Know About The Police State:
The yearly cost of the War on Drugs to the American taxpayer is about $40 billion. The estimated cost to end hunger worldwide is $30 billion yearly.
Arizona Cop Caught on Cam Brutally Attacking Teen Girl :
The young girl, who was reportedly a runaway, was screaming that she couldn't breathe as her mother attempted to explain to the officers that she has mental problems as well as asthma.
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