Op-Ed Articles
Ruin Is Our Future
By Paul Craig Roberts
Americans need to understand that the only thing exceptional about the US is the ignorance of the population and the stupidity of the government.
The Road To War With Russia
We're not only on it; we've already arrived
By Chris Martenson
The US has been waging economic, financial, trade, political and even kinetic war-by-proxy against Russia. The only question is why?
Partners in Terror
By Robert C. Koehler
Apparently it's only terrorism if the killer has an Arabic name.
Paris Is A Warning:
There Is No Insulation From Our Wars
By Seumas Milne
So long as we allow this war to continue indefinitely, the threats will grow.
The Funnies
By Shailja Patel
Rape cartoons are funny if it's inconceivable to you that you could ever be raped.
What Do They Believe? What Do They Want?
9/11 à la Française: Radical Islamists 2.0
By Andrew Levine
Three centuries ago, God died; enlightened materialist philosophers killed Him.
Lawsuit Says Caltech Provost And Others Ignored Israeli Spying
By Alison Weir
How U.S. taxpayer funded scientific technology is stolen by Israel.
FBI Claim of Disrupted Terror Plot Deserves Much Scrutiny and Skepticism
By Glenn Greenwald and Andrew Fishman
This is pre-emptory prosecution: targeting citizens not for their criminal behavior but for their political views.
CIA on Trial in Virginia for Planting Nuke Evidence in Iran
By David Swanson
Why give Iran flawed plans for a key part of a nuclear weapon?
An "American Psycho"
The Real American Sniper Was A Hate-filled Killer
By Lindy West
Why are simplistic patriots treating him as a hero?
Ocean Life Faces Mass Extinction, Broad Study Says
By Carl Zimmer
Humans are on the verge of causing unprecedented damage to the oceans and the animals living in them.
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Hard News
43 killed, 14 injured in airstrikes, explosions in Iraq;
At least 43 people, including 40 militants were killed across the country Friday, security forces said.
Attacks in Iraq kill 17, including 8 in village retaken from IS:
An explosion at a booby-trapped house in a village recently retaken from IS militants north of Baghdad, killed 17 people on Friday, officials said.
Once Again, American Weapons-Makers Are Making a Killing in Iraq:
Our battle with ISIS lacks goals and direction, but that doesn't mean there isn't a profit to be made.
ISIS kill 17 in Syria to avenge assassinations: activists:
Jihadis have executed 17 men in recent days in areas they control in eastern and northern Syria to avenge a string of assassinations targeting their fighters, activists said Friday.
ISIS Gaining Ground in Syria, Despite U.S. Strikes:
At least one-third of the country's territory is now under ISIS influence, with recent gains in rural areas that can serve as a conduit to major cities that the so-called Islamic State hopes to eventually claim as part of its caliphate.
Pentagon to deploy 400 troops to train Syrian mercenaries/rebels:
The U.S. military is planning to send more than 400 soldiers to train Syrian rebels to fight Islamic State along with hundreds of U.S. support personnel, a Pentagon spokesman said on Thursday.
Syrian rebel/mercenary training program could involve 1,000-plus U.S. troops:
The program to train moderate Syrian rebels could involve as many as 1,000 U.S. trainers and support personnel, the Pentagon said Friday. If all goes well, trained rebels could be back on the battlefield in Syria by the end of the year.
Obama promises to veto new sanctions on Iran;
Obama has sworn to veto any new sanctions imposed on Iran, stating that the likelihood of discussions collapsing will be very high if the US persists with their implementation.
US consulate to arm Palestinian guards in spite of Israeli law:
The plan is a breach of a 2011 agreement between the consulate and the Israeli government, which determined that only former IDF combat soldiers hired by the consulate would be allowed to carry weapons.
ICC opens preliminary examination into 'war crimes' in Palestinian territories;
That move is a first formal step that openes the door to an ICC investigation that could target possible crimes by both Israel, which is not a member of the court, and Palestinians.
Sweden FM: Israel irritated allies by overreacting to Palestine recognition:
'It is unacceptable how they have been talking about us and everybody else,' Margot Wallstrom said in an interview in daily Dagens Nyheter, adding that Israeli rhetoric had 'crossed all limits.'
Saudi Arabia postpones public flogging of Raif Badawi:
The blogger and activist, who founded the now-closed online forum Liberal Saudi Network, was due to receive 50 lashes in public after Friday prayers. Last May he was sentenced to 10 years in prison and 1,000 lashes for "insulting Islam" and disobedience.
US kills 12 people in North, South Waziristan:
At least five suspected militants were killed on Thursday in a US drone strike in South Waziristan, taking the death toll to 12.
Pakistan clashes over Charlie Hebdo cartoon:
The authorities used tear gas and water cannon to disperse the demonstration, near the French consulate in Karachi. The protest was part of a nationwide rally called by Jamaat-e-Islami, the country's largest Islamist party.
At least 11 killed as fierce fighting breaks out in east Ukraine, say officials:
A military spokesperson Andriy Lysenko reported six soldiers were killed and 18 were wounded in the past day, adding that a civilian was left dead in a rebel strike on a checkpoint near Fashchivka in the Lugansk region. City officials in Donetsk earlier said four civilians died after shelling sparked a fire at a warehouse there
Ukraine prepares to join NATO:
The Ukrainian armed forces are receiving funds, equipment and training in preparation for eventual NATO membership, Ukraine's ambassador to Turkey told The Anadolu Agency on Monday.
Propaganda alert:
Russia could soon run multiple Ukraine-sized operations: U.S. general:
Russia is working to develop within a few years the capability to threaten several neighbors at once on the scale of its present operation in Ukraine, a senior American general said.
Ukraine Faces Default Risk as Russia Puts Neighbor on Notice:
The economic pressure being applied by Russia is threatening to push Ukraine to the brink of default, putting the burden on the U.S. and its allies to keep the war-ravaged nation afloat.
US to Provide $2 Billion Loan Guarantee to Ukraine:
The United States plans to provide up to two billion dollars in loan guarantees to Ukraine this year. The U.S. Treasury Department announced the plan on Tuesday. The move is part of an international assistance package to support Ukraine.
Putin against Soros: Russia going after the EU Billions for Ukraine:
Russia could use the EU payments to call in a loan which falls due at the end of January, and which Kiev cannot serve out of its own resources: Moscow could demand prompt payment of a hard three billion dollar loan to Ukraine.
Gazprom to use Turkish route to substitute
Europe-bound supply of 63 bcm via Ukraine: Gazprom has notified its European partners about its Turkish Stream gas pipe plans and now their task is to create the necessary gas transport infrastructure from the border of Turkey and Greece, the Gazprom head said.
EU Energy Commissioner 'very surprised' at Russia's decision to cut EU gas supply via Ukraine:
EU Energy Commissioner Maros Sefcovic said he was 'very surprised' after Russia announced it would shift all its gas transit from Ukraine to Turkey, and that EU customers should buy this gas at the border with Greece.
German Energy is Secure as Russia Scraps Ukraine Gas Transit:
On Wednesday, the CEO of Russia's energy giant Gazprom Alexei Miller said that the company would send the 63 cubic meters of gas, currently delivered via Ukraine, to the European Union using its newly-mapped Turkish route.
No chance for Putin to be invited to G7 summit, Merkel says:
"The annexation of Crimea, which is a blatant violation of the principles of international law, and the events in eastern Ukraine are serious violations of these common values." That was why there was no chance "at this point" that Putin might be invited to the G7 summit in Bavaria in June,
24 ISIS Suspects Arrested Across Europe:
The Associated Press reported that beside the arrests in Belgium, another 14 people in total were detained in France and Germany, suspected to be members of ISIS.
Paris attacks: Twelve suspects held overnight:
They are being questioned about "possible logistical support", such as weapons or vehicles, they could have given the three gunmen, police say. Police conducted raids in five towns in the Paris region.
Greek Banks Request Emergency Liquidity as Outflows Grow:
Two Greek lenders asked to borrow from the nation's central bank emergency line as deposit outflows already exceed 4 billion euros ($4.6 billion) this month, according to two people with direct knowledge.
Muslims protest weekly's prophet cartoon; 4 killed in Niger; -
Muslim anger flared over a French satirical weekly's latest caricature of the Prophet Muhammad, with four people reported killed and dozens injured at a protest Friday in the West African country of Niger, and violent clashes between demonstrators and police in Pakistan, Jordan and Algeria.
Two soldiers killed in Mali militant attack:
"Several people from both sides" may have died in the clash between troops and Islamist fighters in the town 470 kilometres (292 miles) north of the capital Bamako, a UN military source told AFP.
Egyptian soldier killed in Sinai:
An Egyptian soldier was killed trying to defuse a roadside bomb in the restive Sinai Peninsula on Thursday, security officials said.
Boko Haram: Chad sends troops to help Cameroon;
Cameroon says Chad will send a large contingent of troops to help it fight incursions from the Nigeria-based militant Islamist group, Boko Haram. A French-led initiative has called for Nigeria, Niger, Cameroon and Chad to contribute 700 troops each to a multinational force against Boko Haram, but no country has taken steps to implement the plan.
Militias announce Libya truce after Geneva accord:
The militias have agreed to "a ceasefire on all fronts" in the North African country on condition that "the other parties respect the truce", Fajr Libya (Libya Dawn) said in a statement.
Maduro Assures Stability Against Opposition's 'Economic War':
The Venezuelan president warned of an "economic coup" waged by the country's right-wing opposition.
Morales Government Generates Massive Jobs Growth in Bolivia:
Bolivian Minister of Labor Daniel Santalla announced Wednesday that Bolivia has generated a half a million jobs in both the private and public sectors since 2006.
CIA Held Detainees at Lithuania Black Site, Investigators Claim:
A dossier and briefing submitted to the Lithuanian prosecutor cross references newly obtained flight records with extracts from the US Senate Intelligence Committee report on CIA detention and interrogation, which was declassified in December.
Did Gitmo "Suicides" Cover Up Murder?
U.S. Sgt. Speaks Out on Deaths & Prison's Secret CIA Site
How US Prison Officials Rubber-Stamped a CIA Torture Chamber:
The CIA's chief interrogator called it "the closest thing he has seen to a dungeon."
CIA Manager Testifies More Than 90 Knew About Covert Mission:
Prosecutors have charged ex-CIA case officer Jeffrey Sterling with being the source of leak. They say he told journalist James Risen about the program because he was bitter about his treatment at the agency.
John Brennan Exonerates Himself with Sham Investigation:
The outrageous whitewash issued yesterday by the CIA panel John Brennan hand-picked to lead the investigation into his agency's spying on Senate staffers is being taken seriously by the elite Washington media, which is solemnly reporting that officials have been "cleared" of any "wrongdoing".
Holder limits seized-asset sharing process that split billions with local, state police;
Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. on Friday barred local and state police from using federal law to seize cash, cars and other property without evidence that a crime occurred.
America's Dirtiest Cops: Cash, Cocaine and Corruption on the Texas Border:
How an elite anti-narcotics task force became the most brazen drug thieves on the Texas border
Good Cop Files Lawsuit Against Corrupt Department That Told Him 'If you snitch, your career is done':
Far from being "a few bad apples," Detective Joseph Crystal of the Baltimore Police Department says that he was targeted by other officers for trying to root out corruption.
Military police from Guantanamo get training in Worcester to become local police officers:
Having just started Monday, the 35 men - who each paid $2,500 to take the class - began training in the ways of community policing. The guardsmen had just returned from their latest deployment to Guantanamo Bay in Cuba overseeing high-profile prisoners at the detention camp there.
BofA Profit Drops 11% as Fixed-Income Trading Revenue Slumps:
Bank of America Corp. (BAC), the second-largest U.S. lender, said fourth-quarter profit fell 11 percent as revenue from fixed-income trading declined. The shares fell as much as 3.9 percent, leading bank stocks lower.
2014 warmest year on record:
For the third time in a decade, the globe sizzled to the hottest year on record, federal scientists announced Friday.
Scientists issue stark warning as Earth passes into 'danger zone':
Human activity over the past century and a half has pushed the Earth into critical mode, say scientists. New research published today finds four out of nine 'planetary boundaries' have now been crossed.
British Oil Giant BP to Pay Lesser Fine for Oil Spill:
British oil giant BP will pay significantly less then the US$16 billion to US$18 billion in penalties for the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill that the U.S. federal government was seeking will be decided upon a trial that will begin on Jan. 20.
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