Op-Ed Articles
Charlie Hebdo, A Free Press, And Social Security
By Paul Craig Roberts
America is now a closed-mind country. Minds are closed by ideological agendas, by narrow private interests, and by the view that only conspiracy kooks dissent from official explanations.
A Key Day In The Ukrainian Conflict?
By Alexander Mercouris
This may turn out to be a critical day in the evolution of the Ukrainian conflict.
The Murderous Folly of the New Cold War
By Chris Floyd
America's media and political elites are colluding to obscure the realities of the most volatile and dangerous situation in world politics today: Washington's insane drive to destroy the Russian economy and force "regime change" in the Kremlin.
US 'Democracy Promotion' In Ukraine Is About Dominating 'Greater Middle East'
By Nafeez Ahmed
The US has a long and sordid history of covertly interfering in Ukraine through ultra-nationalist, Nazi and neo-Nazi factions.
With Aleppo Encircled, West Seeks Wildcard to Save its Terror Hordes
By Tony Cartalucci
The West conspired to intentionally build up and unleash terrorist mercenaries affiliated with Al Qaeda across the Arab World to fight a proxy war against Iran and its growing arc of influence.
Greater Israel
Netanyahu Seeks to Turn US Congress Against Elected American President
By Anthony Bellchambers
Is this what PM Cameron, President Obama and and their combined electorates of 370 million really want - to renounce democratic government so as to be dictated to by the prime minister of a state of just eight million.
Occupier's Justice: Heads and Tails you Lose
By Jonathan Cook
Yesterday I had an idea for a short story to explain the unrelenting insanity of the occupation for ordinary Palestinians. Tell me what you think.
The Tsunami Facing Cuba
By Eric Margolis
Obama administration has finally figured out how to put an end to Cuba's Communist system.
Law Has Been Murdered
By Paul Craig Roberts
What Brown, Kelly, and Mahoney are in fact proving is that the US is lawless in the sense that law serves only the government and its agenda.
Escape from America
By Linh Dinh
In this permanent war, all-seeing, robo cop state, hundreds of thousands of citizens are already internal refugees shivering in tents, under bridges and on sidewalks.
The 12 Worst Ideas Religion Has Unleashed On The World
By Valerie Tarico
(1) The term "Chosen People" typically refers to the Hebrew Bible and the ugly idea that God has given certain tribes a Promised Land (even though it is already occupied by other people).
The Likely Cause of Addiction Has Been Discovered, and It Is Not What You Think
By Johann Hari
If we truly absorb this new story, we will have to change a lot more than the drug war. We will have to change ourselves.
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Hard News
Security forces retake areas from IS militants in Iraq, 49 killed:
Iraqi security forces on Saturday freed a town and seized new areas from the Islamic State (IS) militants in northern and eastern Iraq, leaving at least 49 IS militants killed, security sources and officials said.
Officials Say Bombings Kill 13 People in Iraq's Capital:
A series of bombings, mainly targeting Shiite neighborhoods
U.S. Won't Admit to Killing a Single Civilian in the ISIS War:
Civilian deaths, a keystone metric of the last war in Iraq, has now become the statistic no one wants to talk about.
Pentagon dispatches first batch of US forces to train Syrian mercenaries":
The US troops, mostly special operations forces from the US Special Operations Command (SOCOM), will begin arriving in countries outside Syria in the next few days, Admiral John Kirby, the Pentagon press secretary, said on Friday.
Islamic militants behead Japanese hostage, offer swap for remaining one - reports:
A video has reportedly appeared on the internet showing one of the Japanese hostages held by jihadists. He claimed his companion was executed and said the Islamic State want him swapped for a suspected, female suicide bomber.
Iran moves away from US dollar in foreign trade:
Iran is stopping mutual settlements in dollars with foreign countries and agreements on bilateral swap in new currencies will be signed in the near future, the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) has said.
Afghanistan: 21 militants killed in Kunduz:
District chief Amanuddin Quraishi said on Saturday that in the two-joint day operations five security personnel were also killed. He said that dead bodies of several militants still remained at the scene. "Three local policemen (ALP) and two Afghan National Army troops embraced martyrdom during the fierce clashes," he said, adding that five insurgents were also wounded.
Ukraine: Rebels say launched attack on Mariupol as 20 killed in east Ukraine city:
At least 20 people were killed by shelling in the east Ukrainian port city of Mariupol on Saturday, regional police said, as a rebel leader said separatists were launching an offensive on the city, the news agency RIA reported.
Watch: PM Zakharchenko handed over the bodies of the UAF KIAs:
POWs visited Donetsk streets to have a look on results of Ukrainian artillery strikes in Donetsk
Ukraine drops non-aligned status:
Ukraine's president has signed a bill dropping his country's non-aligned status but also signalled that a referendum will be held before seeking NATO membership.
'The bailout is over. Blackmail is over. Subservience is over':
Greece will make history, Syriza leader Alexis Tsipras tells final rally ahead of general election
Boko Haram attacks village, kills 15 people, ahead of president's visit:
"The terrorists attacked Kambari village which is less than five kilometres to Maiduguri around 5:00 am. They killed 15 people and set the entire hamlet ablaze," said a security source who requested anonymity.
UN security member killed by unknown gunmen in Libya's capital:
A security staff of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to Libya was shot dead by unknown gunmen in Libya's Tripoli on Saturday, said local security sources.
Libyan Militants Seize A Central Bank Branch With As Much As $100 Billion Inside:
Fighters loyal to a renegade general in Libya just seized a Central Bank facility in the coastal city of Benghazi according to The New York Times.
Haftar forces seize Libya central bank branch in Benghazi:
The UN yesterday condemned an attack on the office of the Libyan Central Bank in the city of Benghazi in the east of Libya. The attack appears to have been carried out by forces loyal to CIA-linked general Khalifa Haftar.
Pentagon agency wants drones to hunt in packs, like wolves:
"Just as wolves hunt in coordinated packs with minimal communication, multiple CODE-enabled unmanned aircraft would collaborate to find, track, identify and engage targets, all under the command of a single human mission supervisor," said Jean-Charles Ledé, the program's manager, in a statement.
Snowden: iPhones Have Secret Spyware That Lets Govt's Monitor Unsuspecting Users:
The NSA whistleblower's lawyer says the secret software can be remotely activated to watch the user.
How the CIA made Google: News Analysis -
Inside the secret network behind mass surveillance, endless war, and Skynet
Ex-FBI Official: 'We Left Our Most Important Prisoners To Amateurs':
Former FBI agent Ali Soufan was one of the first to interrogate terror suspects at Guantanamo. He later left the prison and criticized torture methods used by the CIA. He accuses the government of turning interrogations of inmates over to outsourced amateurs.
Argentine Officials: Rogue Intelligence Agents Killed Nisman:
Government officials said Friday that rogue agents from Argentina own intelligence services were behind the death of Alberto Nisman, a state prosecutor and lead investigator in the deadly 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center that killed 85 people and injured hundreds in Buenos Aires.
Brazil's most populous region facing worst drought in 80 years:
"Since records for Brazil's south-eastern region began 84 years ago, we have never seen such a delicate and worrying situation," said Ms Teixeira.
The oceans are warming so fast, they keep breaking scientists' charts:
Wow, was this a bad year for those who deny the reality and the significance of human-induced climate change.
A slap in the face reveals a lot about Mexico:
A governor slaps his aide, telling a great deal about race, class, and politics in the country.
Harper's Canada: What have we become?:
Does it ever feel like you've just woken up and found yourself living in a country you don't recognize? How did Canada get to where it is today
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