Op-Ed Articles
Ukrainian Government: "No Russian Troops Are Fighting Against Us"
By Eric Zuesse
If what General Muzhenko says is true, then he is a hero for having risked his entire career by having gone public with this courageous statement.
March To Folly In Ukraine
By Eric Margolis
The United States has just made an exceptionally dangerous, even reckless decision over Ukraine.
Russian Aggression And The BBC's Drums Of Nuclear War
By Oliver Tickell
Naked propaganda about fictitious 'Russian aggression' intended to soften us up for a war that could wipe out life on Earth.
'Group-Thinking' the World into a New War
By Robert Parry
The armchair warriors of Official Washington are eager for a new war, this time with Russia over Ukraine, and they are operating from the same sort of mindless "group think" and hostility to dissent that proved so disastrous in Iraq.
Syria? Yes, We are Responsible
By Joshua Virasami
We have held no regard for the ambitions of freedom died for by ordinary Syrians, instead we have crushed them.
Who's the "Low Life Scum:" Kissinger or CODEPINK?
By Medea Benjamin
McCain called us disgraceful, what is really disgraceful is the Senate calling in a tired old war criminal to testify about "Global Challenges and the U.S. National Security Strategy."
The Greek Earthquake
By Conn Hallinan
The troika's austerity model has been quite efficient at smashing trade unions, selling off public resources at fire sale prices, lowering wages and starving social services.
Greece's New Finance Minister Newsnight Interview
Video
"As a fan of the BBC, I must say I was appalled by the depths of inaccuracy in the reporting underpinning this interview (not to mention the presenter's considerable rudeness).
Income Inequality Soars In Every US State
By Andre Damon
Income inequality in New York State was even higher in 2007 than it was in 1928, during the "roaring 20s" that gave rise to the Great Depression.
Capitalism Killing the Earth and its People
By Finian Cunningham
Killing people at home and around the world, and all for the making of tacky bits of paper called dollars.
The Police State Is Upon Us
By Paul Craig Roberts
9/11 has been used to create a police/warfare state.
Syrian troops kill 50 rebels in Idlib:
At least 50 rebels were killed and 150 wounded Saturday in fresh clashes with the government troops in the northwestern province of Idlib, the pan-Arab al-Mayadeen TV reported.
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At least 50 rebels were killed and 150 wounded Saturday in fresh clashes with the government troops in the northwestern province of Idlib, the pan-Arab al-Mayadeen TV reported.
Kurds battle ISIS around Kobani: activists:
Kurdish forces engaged in sporadic battles with ISIS around the Syrian town of Kobani on Saturday, seeking to expand their control in the area, an activist group said.
ISIS fighters acknowledge defeat in Kobani:
In a video released by the pro-ISIS Aamaq News Agency late Friday, two fighters said airstrikes by the U.S.-led coalition were the main reason why they were forced to withdraw from Kobani
Officials say bombings kill 14 people around Iraq's capital:
A series of bombings in and around the Iraqi capital killed 14 people Saturday and a senior Kurdish commander died in clashes with Islamic State militants in northern Iraq.
At least 21 killed as Iraqi cities rocked by deadly attacks:
Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) fighters struck at Kurdish forces southwest of the Iraqi city of Kirkuk on Friday, while bombs in Baghdad killed at least 21 people, security and medical sources said.
Kurdish commander killed in Islamic State attack on Kirkuk:
Brigadier General Shirko Rauf and five other peshmerga soldiers killed during clashes in northern Iraqi city
Islamic State Group Snatches Iraqi Oil Facility:
The oil station - called Khabbaz - is a relatively small producer south west of the city of Kirkuk. Before it assault, it was reportedly producing around 10,000 barrels a day.
US Troops 'May' Be Needed in Iraq, Says Hagel:
U.S. ground forces may again be deployed to Iraq, outgoing Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel hinted on Friday. "I think it may require a forward deployment of some of our troops," he told CNN.
Negotiations with Isis over Japanese and Jordanian hostages 'deadlocked':
Tokyo says there has been no progress in trying to secure release of Japanese journalist Kenji Goto and Jordanian pilot Muadh al-Kassasbeh
Robert Fisk: Isis hostage crisis:
The prisoner swap has only one purpose for the militants : Op-Ed Recognition that the Islamic State exists and that foreign nations acknowledge its power.
American shot and injured in Saudi Arabia:
The official Saudi Press Agency says an American citizen was injured when his car came under fire in Saudi Arabia's eastern al-Ihsaa province.
Jordan 'says it will hang its ISIS captives' if airman hostage is dead:
The government has apparently warned that Sajida al-Rishawi and other jailed ISIS commanders would be 'quickly judged and sentenced' in revenge for Muath al-Kaseasbeh's death.
Nasrallah: Hezbollah to respond to Israeli attacks:
Hezbollah leader says the group does not want war with Israel, but is ready for it.. Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah has warned that his group was ready to respond to any attack by Israel at any time and in any place, insisting that rules of engagement no longer applied between the Lebanese movement and Israel.
CIA and Mossad killed Hezbollah's commander in 2008: Special report:
On Feb. 12, 2008, Imad Mughniyah, Hezbollah's international operations chief, walked on a quiet nighttime street in Damascus after dinner at a nearby restaurant. Not far away, a team of CIA spotters in the Syrian capital was tracking his movements.
Video shows Israeli shelling of UN compound:
A video posted online on Friday shows an Israeli strike that killed a Spanish UN peacekeeper in Lebanon
Spanish Peacekeeper Is the Latest Example of Israel Killing United Nations Personnel:
Imagine the response if Hamas or Hezbollah had repeatedly and unrepentantly killed United Nations officials in the course of their conflict with Israel.
Israeli soldiers shoot dead Palestinian near Nablus:
Israeli soldiers shot dead a Palestinian late on Saturday near Nablus in the north of the occupied West Bank, Palestinian security officials said. They said Ahmad al-Najjar, 19, was killed and another man was wounded by live fire during a clash with Israeli forces.
Britons loathe Israel more than Iran, survey finds:
Britons feel more "unfavorable" to Israel than any other country worldwide except North Korea, a survey found.
US kills four people in Yemen:
Yemeni tribal and security officials said on Saturday a US drone strike had hit a car in the Shabwa province, killing four suspected al-Qaida operatives.
U.S. drone strategy in trouble as Yemeni al Qaeda gathers support:
Schoolboy Mohammed Taeiman died this week on a remote Yemeni road, a casualty of a U.S. drone campaign against the local branch of al Qaeda that seems to be sliding into disarray.
US lacks intelligence to continue waging indiscriminate drone warfare in Yemen:
US intelligence has been forced to rely on spy satellite imagery, surveillance drones and electronic eavesdropping rather than on "human intelligence" on the ground, an official with direct knowledge of the operations told Reuters anonymously.
Yemeni Al-Qaeda says France replaced US as 'main enemy of Islam':
The announcement was made by Ibrahim al-Rubaish in an audio message that was published on YouTube. It claimed that with the "weakening" of the United States over the past few years, France has surpassed the US in the "war on Islam," AFP reported.
Yemen's Houthis attack protesters in Sanaa:
Fighters break up anti-Houthi rally in capital, as 'Southern Movement' pulls out of talks to form a new government.
Pakistan mosque bombing kills 59 people:
Thousands of Shiites across Pakistan mourned and protested Saturday after a bombing at a Shiite mosque in the country killed at least 59 people.
Pakistan: Two policemen killed by militants in a rocket attack:
Two policemen were killed on Saturday in a rocket attack by militants targeting a convoy of a senior police official who survived the assault in the Gwadar district of Pakistan's restive Balochistan province
3 US mercenaries killed in shooting at Kabul airport:
Three U.S. mercenaries were killed and a fourth wounded Thursday in a shooting in Kabul, a U.S. defense official said. Two media outlets reported that the shooter was an Afghan in an Army uniform.
Taliban says agent infiltrated Afghan's security forces for attack that killed 3 Americans:
The Afghan-based organization on Friday took credit for an attack that killed three American contractors and said it was carried out by a fighter who had infiltrated Afghanistan's security forces.
Two killed as Muslim protesters clash with police in Afghan capital: witnesses:
Around 500 protesters streamed into an eastern part of the city, chanting "Death to France" and "Death to Infidels", putting residents of nearby international compounds on a state of alert.
40 Egyptian soldiers killed:
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi cut short a visit to Ethiopia for an African Union summit on Friday after Islamic State's Egyptian wing claimed the killing of at least 40 soldiers and police officers in the Sinai Peninsula.
Egypt: Interior ministry employee killed in Sinai: officials :
An Egyptian interior ministry employee was killed in North Sinai, security officials said Saturday, two days after jihadis aligned with ISIS killed 30 people in the peninsula.
Africa agrees to send 7,500 troops to fight Boko Haram:
The move came after the council urged heads of state to endorse the deployment of troops from five West African countries to fight the terror group, said the head of the African Union's Peace and Security Council, Samil Chergui.
Ukraine : 40 people killed in 24 hours of fighting :
A new round of peace talks have started between the Ukrainian government and pro-Russian rebels after being stalled by the deaths of at least 40 people in 24 hours of fierce fighting.
Artillery fire kills at least 12 civilians in war-torn Donetsk:
Five people were killed as they were waiting for humanitarian aid outside a community centre and two people were killed in the same neighbourhood when a mortar shell landed near a bus stop. Two rebel representatives went to Minsk for peace talks on Friday, but went back to eastern Ukraine a few hours later after the Ukrainian representative failed to turn up.
http://www.ctvnews.ca/world/
Ukraine's Aidar battalion fighters besiege military HQ in Kiev (PHOTOS, VIDEO):
Ukraine's most infamous volunteer squad, the Aidar battalion - condemned by Amnesty International for its unmatched brutality in eastern Ukraine - allegedly came under Grad and Smerch rocket fire by the regular military near the town of Schastya in Lugansk region.
NATO to Surround Russia with "Command Centers":
NATO will establish command centers in six of its eastern countries in coming months, Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Friday, in part of a beefed-up response to Russian aggressiveness.
Military dominance over Russia impossible, nuclear deterrent top priority - Defense Minister:
Russia aims to maintain its military advantage, prioritize the rearmament of its nuclear deterrence forces and refit up to 100 percent of its military hardware by 2020. In 2015 Russia will start testing its successor to the "Satan" heavy nuclear missile.
Greece sell out?
EU wins Greek backing to extend Russia sanctions, delays decision on new steps:
According to Italy's foreign minister, Kotzias announced to the meeting: "I am not a Russian puppet." He signed up to a sharply worded statement that declared Moscow responsible for the violence in eastern Ukraine and demanded it halt its backing for the separatists.
Greece delays EU agreement on Russia sanctions :
Nikos Kotzias, the new Greek foreign minister, said : "We are not against every sanction. We are in the mainstream, we are not the bad boys."
Russia might bailout Greece - finance minister:
Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said Moscow wouldn't rule it out. His statement comes days after Greece openly opposed further economic sanctions against Russia.
Greece economy: Merkel rules out more debt relief:
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has ruled out cancelling any of Greece's debt, saying banks and creditors have already made substantial cuts. But Mrs Merkel told the Die Welt newspaper she still wanted Greece to stay in the eurozone.
Mass rally in Madrid for anti-austerity Podemos party:
Tens of thousands marched in the Spanish capital Madrid Saturday in a major show of support for fledgling leftist anti-austerity party Podemos, whose surging popularity and policies have drawn comparisons with Greece's new Syriza rulers.
http://www.france24.com/en/
British army creates team of Facebook warriors:
The British army is creating a special force of Facebook warriors, skilled in psychological operations and use of social media to engage in unconventional warfare in the information age.
Argentina Prosecutor Who Accused Kirchner Had Steady Contact With US Embassy, Leaked Cables Show:
Nisman gave US officials advanced notice on his procedural moves and was apparently coached by the embassy in "improving" his requests for arrest warrants for Iranians
Argentina Calls out US Republican Meddling in Nisman Case:
Argentine Chief of Cabinet Jorge Capitanich accused U.S. Republican senator Marco Rubio of "imperialist behavior," after the right-wing politician expressed doubts about the Argentine government's ability to conduct the investigation into the death of the prosecutor Alberto Nisman.
Maduro Says Obama Knows about Plans against Venezuela:
Venezuela's President said U.S. officials have urged Venezuela's isolation to regional leaders, saying that the government will soon fall.
Glimmer of Hope for Assange:
There is a window of hope, thanks to a U.N. human rights body, for a solution to the diplomatic asylum of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, holed up in the embassy of Ecuador in London for the past two and a half years.
Canada to criminalize public terror threats:
Canada will introduce new anti-terror laws that will make it a crime to promote terrorism against Canadians online or elsewhere, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Friday.
NSA Still Collects Bulk Domestic Data, Still Lacks Way to Assess Value:
The Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board called attention to the obvious fact that one full year after it concluded that the government's bulk collection of metadata on domestic telephone calls is illegal and unproductive, the program continues apace.
New regs say passengers cannot fly without biometric ID card:
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Inside the FBI's disturbing quest for domestic terrorists :
"They can do whatever the f*** they want":
When Is It OK for Cops to Shoot a Moving Car?:
Around 200 protesters gathered outside the Denver Police Department's district two station Wednesday night, some pounding on the windows of the building while the now-familiar chant of "No Justice, no peace!" rang out from the crowd. A video projector was hooked up to a car battery, beaming the image of 17-year-old Jessie Hernandez onto the wall of the station.
Oil surges 8 percent as U.S. rig count plunges, shorts scramble:
Oil prices roared back from six-year lows on Friday, rocketing more than 8 percent as a record weekly decline in U.S. oil drilling fueled a frenzy of short-covering.
US Economy grows, incomes shrink : Americans continue to lose money
: The first data on 2013 incomes show continuing bad news for Americans, my analysis of a new Internal Revenue Service report shows. Average income fell 2.6 percent in 2013, even though the economy grew 3.2 percent in real terms over 2012.
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