Op-Ed Articles
I am NOT Charlie
By The Saker
I am disgusted and nauseated by the sick display of collective hypocrisy about the murders in France. Here is why. Continue
Liberal Condemning of Charlie Hebdo Killings Offers Little Civilising Solace
By John Hilley
These killers are no more representative of Islam than the Ku Klux Klan is of Christianity.
We Must Turn Back Before It Is Too Late.
By George Galloway MP
The idea that God, the master of the worlds, the creator of the universes is in need of "revenge" against a small satirical publication in Paris is absurd and makes a mockery of Islam.
There Are None So Blind As Those Who Will Not See
By Philip Giraldi
Obama fancies himself the leader of the "free world" yet he heads a nation that until recently organized black site prisons for torturing suspects and which continues to use armed drones to kill innocent and guilty alike.
Will Netanyahu End Up At The Hague?
By Jonathan Cook
The first test will be whether Abbas' nerve holds. It will be 60 days before the application to join the ICC takes effect.
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Hard News
As many as 2, 000 people feared killed in Nigeria Attacks:
Bodies lay strewn on Baga's streets, amid fears that some 2,000 people had been killed in the raids. Boko Haram fighters burnt down almost the entire town on Wednesday, after over-running a military base on Saturday, Musa Alhaji Bukar said.
Somalia: al-Shabab kills 'CIA and Ethiopian spies':
Somalia's militant Islamist group al-Shabab has killed by firing squad four men accused of spying for the CIA and other intelligence agencies.
Turkey urges citizens to 'rapidly' leave Libya:
A Foreign Ministry statement on Wednesday said fighting and air strikes in recent weeks has created instability in the security situation. The travel warning came hours after the ministry's statement condemning a threat by the Libyan army to shoot down any civilian or military aircraft penetrating Libyan airspace.
Bush Blair Legacy Continues As
Mass Graves with 320 Bodies Discovered in Iraq:
Remains of at least 320 people believed to have been killed by the Islamic State (IS) terrorists were found in five mass graves in Iraq, media reported.
Suicide Attacks Kill 23 in Iraq:
Suicide attacks targeting security checkpoints and Shiite worshippers killed 23 people in Iraq on Thursday, officials said.
Six killed, five wounded in Iraq suicide attack:
A suicide attacker drove his car into an Iraqi army barricade in Yusufiyah in southern Baghdad. The explosion left six people dead including an officer, three soldiers, a civilian and the bomber.
IS launches assault on Iraqi city:
Islamic State militants have attacked Iraqi security forces in the central city of Samarra, killing two people and injuring 28 others, officials say.
Poll: Half of Republicans still believe WMDs found in Iraq:
More than half of Republicans - 51 percent - and half of those who watch Fox News - 52 percent - say that they believe it to be "definitely true" or "probably true" that American forces found an active weapons of mass destruction program in Iraq.
Zero killed in Syria combat for first time in 3 years:
Nobody was reported killed by fighting in Syria on Wednesday, the first day without casualties in three years, after a fierce winter storm quelled violence, a group that monitors the war said on Thursday.
Syria: over 4,500 killed in December, SOHR:
At least 4,538 people were killed in the ongoing conflict in Syria in December, reports the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR). The casualties included 1,052 civilians, 156 of whom were under age 18.
UN reveals Israeli links with Syrian rebels:
Reports by UN observers in the Golan submitted to 15 members of Security Council detail regular contact between IDF officers and armed Syrian opposition figures at the border.
US: Palestine not a state, does not qualify for ICC membership:
The US will oppose the Palestinian Authority's move to join the body, and several others at the United Nations, as technically flawed, State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said.
Leading Republican Proposes Stopping US Aid to Palestine:
U.S. Republican Senator Rand Paul introduced a bill Wednesday, which proposes to immediately cut Washington's aid to Palestinians, unless they halt their effort to join the International Criminal Court.
20 Militants Killed in Past 24 Hours in Afghanistan:
The defense ministry of Afghanistan said in a statement on Thursday that 20 militants were killed in past 24 hours and three soldiers have embraced Shahadat in enemy actions during the same period.
Pakistan: Al Qaeda commander among seven killed in Karachi raid:
The raid led to a crossfire between the militants and security forces. Seven terrorists were killed in the gunbattle. Police claimed that all of those killed were members of al Qaeda. The killed commander was identified as Pervaiz.
Policewoman killed in second Paris shooting -
while explosion near mosque is linked to Charlie Hebdo attack
Grenades thrown at a mosque in Le Mans, west of Paris - reports:
Several training grenades were thrown into the courtyard of a mosque in the French city of Le Mans. One of the grenades exploded, but no injuries were reported.
Charlie Hebdo attack: Suspects 'rob service station':
The manager of the service station that was robbed on the RN2 road, in the Aisne region, at about 10:30 (09:30 GMT) said the attackers fit the description of the two men, and were heavily armed with Kalashnikovs and rocket-propelled grenade launchers.
French police converge on small town after Paris attack suspects seen:
Amid French media reports the men had abandoned their car, Bruno Fortier, the mayor of neighboring Crépy-en-Valois, said helicopters were circling his town and police and anti-terrorism forces were deploying en masse.
Charlie Hebdo Suspect Surrenders to Police, Claims to Have Alibi:
The youngest of the three suspects in the Wednesday terror attack at Charlie Hebdo magazine office in Paris, 18-year-old Hamyd Mourad turned himself in to police claiming he is innocent, French iTele TV Channel said Thursday.
Paris attack suspect Chérif Kouachi had been jailed for terror offences:
Chérif Kouachi, 32, was named along with his older brother, 34-year-old Said, by French police on Wednesday night.
Paris Shooters Just Returned from NATO's Proxy War in Syria:
Analysis -Shooters were radicalized in Europe, sent to Syria, returned, have been previously arrested by Western security agencies for terrorism and long on the watch-list of French and other Western intelligence agencies. Yet "somehow" they still managed to execute a highly organized attack in the heart of Europe.
Paris shooting 'product of West's conflict with ISIS' - Foreign Sec Hammond:
The British Foreign Secretary has blamed the shooting at the Paris offices of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo on the West's intervention in the Middle East, according to a Russian news agency.
Ron Paul On Paris Attack: Bad Foreign Policy "Invites Retaliation":
"It's that overall policy which invites retaliation, and they see us as intruders."
The Latest Russian Fighter Jet Blows America's Away:
Built to be the deadliest hunter killer aircraft of all time, the F-35 has quite literally become the hunted. In every scenario that the F-35 has been wargamed against Su-30 Flankers, the Russian aircraft have emerged winners.
Beijing to host Latin America delegation in bid to flex muscles on doorstep of US:
Beijing forum expected to map road ahead with resource-rich region in traditional US backyard
Coke To Fire 1800, Caterpillar Laying Off 200:
Between the two of them, they would fire some 2,000 workers, which is great news for stocks if not for actual employees as there will be even more dry powder for another record quarter of stock buybacks.
Police in the US Kill Citizens at Over 70 Times the Rate of Other First-World Nations:
In case you've been under a rock lately, it is becoming quite clear that police in the US can and will kill people, even unarmed people, even on video, and do so with impunity.
The U.S. has more jails than colleges. :
In many parts of America, particularly the South, there are more people living in prisons than on college campuses
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