Op-Ed Articles
Civilians Killed As Saudi-led Forces Attack Yemen
By Al Jazeera and Agencies
100 Saudi war planes were involved in the operation, The United Arab Emirates is participating with 30 jets, Bahrain with 15, Qatar with 10, Morocco and Jordan both with six, while Sudan offered three planes, officials said.
Yemen Beware as it Threatens US-backed Order
By Finian Cunningham
The crisis in Yemen is the latest manifestation of the old order desperately trying to cling on to a dwindling power base.
Saudi Attack on Yemen - The New Normal?
By Tony Cartalucci
This is naked military aggression by every count.
US-Created Violence and Chaos in Yemen
By Stephen Lendman
"Our elder sister, the Saudi kingdom, doesn't respect the Yemenis and wants to impose here in Yemen the sequence of events and divisions that happened in Libya."
How Will the Yemeni Civil War End?
By Ron Paul
This idea that we can run an Empire with military threats, missiles, and economic sanctions is a fallacy.
Assad: West Follows Same Scenario in Syria, Ukraine to Weaken Russia
By Sputnik
There is a goal in both cases to weaken Russia and create puppet states," Assad told Russian reporters.
Vladimir Putin Not Responsible for Ukrainian Civil War, Expert Says
Video
Through a careful review of recent history, Russia and Soviet scholar Paul Robinson debunks the claim that Russian President Vladimir Putin is directing the rebels fighting in Ukraine's eastern region.
Lithuanians Under Police State Attack
and the world under Washington's attack
By Paul Craig Roberts
Americans are the worst informed people on the planet.
The Roots of Netanyahu's Electoral Victory: Colonial Expansion and Fascist Ideology
By James Petras
Jewish-centered racism is an integral and accepted part of Israel's political culture.
Traitor Senators Used Israeli Spies Against Their Own Country
Video
"Cenk Uygur and John Iadaola host of The Young Turks discuss a recent report on Israeli spying activities used to aide traitor senators against Iran/U.S. nuclear talks.
Congress Totally Cool With Israel Spying on U.S.
By Tim Mak
If anything, lawmakers said they were perturbed that the Israelis were being accused of spying.
The State Is Spying on You Right Now. Where's the Outrage?
By Andrew Napolitano
What's going on here is government's fixation on spying and lying.
Naomi Klein: Let's Kick Oil While the Price is Down
Video
Let's not blow what could be our best chance to prevent catastrophic global warming.
Magna Carta Messed Up the World, Here's How to Fix It
By Noam Chomsky
The "logic" of capitalist development has left a nightmare of environmental destruction in its wake.
Your Money, Your Life
By Gerald Celente
There has been nothing like this in the History of the World.
|
Hard News
At least 71 killed as rebels advance on Syria's Idlib: Pro-rebel monitor:
"The government and its supporting forces have lost 17 checkpoints and regime locations to the Al-Nusra Front and other Islamist groups in and around Idlib" in the country's northwest, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
Syrian Islamist insurgents advance around Idlib city: monitor: -
An alliance of Syrian Islamist rebels including al Qaeda's Nusra Front have overrun 17 defense posts around Idlib in an offensive to take the city from the army and allied militia, a monitoring group said on Thursday.
US general: No decision to shield US-trained rebels in Syria:
The top U.S. commander in the Middle East says he'd like his forces to protect the Syrian rebels the U.S. is training to fight the Islamic State group. But, Gen. Lloyd Austin told Congress Thursday, he's waiting for the White House to respond to his recommendation.
Syria's US Supported Rebels,Won't Attend Peace Talks:
Syria's main Western-backed opposition group says it will not attend the next round of peace talks in Moscow on the Syrian conflict.
Iraq: 35, including 28 Daesh militants killed in Saladin:
The 28 Daesh militants were killed in Iraqi air force and U.S.-led international coalition airstrikes on Tikrit, an Iraqi army officer said. Separately, seven people were killed in an improvised explosives device blast at a home in Is-haki town south of Tikrit, the officer added.
Iraqi Shiite militias 'pulled back' from Tikrit:
US: Iraq's Shiite militias have withdrawn from the forefront of an offensive to recapture Tikrit from Islamic State jihadists, allowing Baghdad government troops to take the lead, a top US general said Thursday.
US air strikes trigger final push on Iraq's Tikrit:
Iraqi forces buoyed by the first US-led coalition air strikes on Tikrit made a final push Thursday to flush diehard jihadists out of Saddam Hussein's hometown.
Top General Says 'There's No Exit Strategy' For War Against ISIS:
Eight months after the initial bombing campaign began in Iraq, Allen told members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee that there is no exit plan for what increasingly seems to be an intractable conflict.
Saudi-led strikes kill 25 civilians in Sana'a:
Mohammad Al-Qubati, head of the Monitoring Department in the Ministry of Health, confirmed that 25 had died and 40 were injured. He could not verify in what parts of the city the victims came from.
Saudi-led military airstrikes renewed in Yemen:
Saudi forces and their allies renewed airstrikes against the Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen, Sky News Arabiya reported Thursday afternoon, adding that the airstrikes targeted Houthi sites and the Delmi airbase in the Capital of Sanaa and Saada Governorate.
Ground operation planned in Yemen: Egyptian officials:
Egyptian security and military officials say Saudi Arabia and Egypt will lead a ground operation in Yemen against Shiite rebels and their allies after a campaign of airstrikes to weaken them.
Obama Authorizes Support for Saudi Airstrikes in Yemen:
President Obama has authorized U.S. logistical and intelligence support for Saudi Arabia as it launches airstrikes on Houthi rebels in Yemen.
US Warships in Red Sea Ready to Respond in Yemen - :
Two United States warships stationed in the Red Sea are ready to respond to the situation in Yemen as the US Department of Defense closely monitors the Houthi uprising in the country, US Central Command said on Thursday.
Pakistan delegation heads to Saudi Arabia after Yemen request:
Pakistan's government said Thursday it will dispatch a top civil-military delegation to Saudi Arabia following Riyadh's request that it join a coalition to defend Yemen's president, promising a "strong response" to any threat to the Gulf kingdom.
Iran Warns: Saudi Arabia Will Get Finger Burnt in Yemen:
Al Arabiya News Channel reported on Thursday that Saudi Arabia has deployed "100 fighter jets, 150,000 soldiers and other navy units" for the military campaign against Yemen.
Hezbollah Calls on Saudi Arabia to Immediately Halt Its Aggression on Yemen :
Hezbollah denounced the participation of some Arab and non-Arab states in the aggression, noting that they provided the hostile campaign with a political cover.
Russian expert: Saudi Arabia may suffer defeat in Yemen:
A military intervention by Saudi Arabia and its allies in Yemen will trigger a large-scale conflict in the region and most probably end with Riyadh's defeat, said expert on Oriental studies, Higher School of Economic pedagogue Leonid Isayev, who returned from a trip to Yemen on Wednesday.
UN: Israel Has Killed Highest Number of PalestiniansSince 1967 :
Annual report says Palestine civilians "continue to be subject to threats to their life, physical safety and liberty."
Propaganda?
US Declassifies Document Revealing Israel's Nuclear Program:
Obama revenge for Netanyahu's Congress talk? 1987 report on Israel's top secret nuclear program released in unprecedented move.
21 Taliban killed in Afghan province:
A total of 21 Taliban militants including their key commander Mullah Nurullah have been killed and eight others injured in Ghazni province with Ghazni city as its capital 125 km south of Kabul on Wednesday, deputy to provincial police chief Assadullah Insafi said.
Five killed, 10 hurt in missiles attack on Khost:
Spokesman to the provincial governor Mobarez Zadran said that 15 rockets were fired from other side of the Durand Line.. Five civilian including three women and two children were killed and 10 others including women, men and children were wounded.
Agent Orange Funding Opens Door To US Militarism And Covert Action In Vietnam:
The use of Agent Orange constitutes a war crime with devastating effects on the people in Vietnam not only during the war but even today.
Chinese company creates 3D-printed car for just $1,770
(VIDEO)
Putin says Western spies plot against Russia before polls:
"The attempts by Western security services to use public, non-governmental organizations and non-political groups for their own benefit, mostly to discredit the authorities and destabilize the situation in Russia, have not stopped," Putin was quoted as saying by Interfax news agency
Putin says Russia will stand firm in standoff with West:
Putin said "the situation around our country will change for the better, but not because we will make concessions, bend down or trifle with someone." "It will change for the better only if we become stronger," he said
Pentagon Sending Troops Into Ukraine In April:
According to a Department of Defense press release, the Pentagon is sending 290 US service members into Ukraine to train Ukrainian military units in April. The training will reportedly occur in the Ukrainian city of Yavoriv near the Ukraine-Poland border.
UK: 'involved in mass murder on British soil, colluded with loyalist paramilitaries in 80 deaths between 1972 and 1978'
Ireland: Survivors outraged at plan to seal institutional abuse reports for 75 years:
These ranged from rapes, beatings and the starvation of children, to youngsters being hired out as cheap labour. The abuse was described as "endemic" and was said to be "the most shameful episode in the history of the Irish State".
Alone at controls, co-pilot sought to 'destroy' the plane:
The co-pilot of the doomed Germanwings jet barricaded himself in the cockpit and "intentionally" sent the plane full speed into a mountain in the French Alps, ignoring the pilot's frantic pounding on the door and the screams of terror from passengers, a prosecutor said Thursday.
Prosecutor: Co-Pilot Crashed Deliberately, But Not a Terrorist :
Is the prosecutor arguing that the Germanwings co-pilot isn't a terrorist because he is German?
US Wars in Last Decade Killed Estimated 2 Million:
Through its campaigns in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, the US may be responsible for the deaths of millions.
Rand Paul Proposes Boosting "Defense" Spending:
In an olive branch to defense hawks hell-bent on curtailing his White House ambitions, the libertarian Senator introduced a budget amendment late Wednesday calling for a nearly $190 billion infusion to the defense budget over the next two years-a roughly 16 percent increase.
Bowe Bergdahl Charged: :
Yesterday, the Army announced its intention to charge Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl with desertion and misbehavior before the enemy and has served him with those two charges.
Unarmed black man beaten by Michigan cops in arrest video: Video -
While in a chokehold, Dent was punched 16 times in the head by one officer. Another one tried to handcuff him, and a third officer arrived and Tasered him three times.
Police Implement New Policy to Treat Everyone as Criminals:
Drivers as well as their passengers in Topeka Kansas will soon be subject to a new policy requiring everyone to put their hands up during police stops.
FBI Ordered to Disclose its Surveillance Tactics on Communities: .
Judge Richard Seeborg disallowed the FBI's attempt to use a "law enforcement exemption" in the Freedom of Information Act to shield from public disclosure details of the agency's surveillance programs.
Government Report Finds DEA Agents Had "Sex Parties" With Prostitutes Hired By Drug Cartels:
Although some of the DEA agents participating in these parties denied it, the information in the case file suggested they should have known the prostitutes in attendance were paid with cartel funds.
Americans Don't Care That Much About the Environment, Poll Shows:
Americans care less about environmental issues now than they have in the past-and they're no more worried about global warming than they were decades ago, a new poll shows.
|
