Op-Ed Articles
American Hell for Yemen
By Margaret Kimberley
The U.S.-spawned whirlwind of carnage and destruction has wrecked the societies of Iraq, Libya, Syria, Somalia and Yemen, yet most Americans feel themselves blameless.
Why Iran Distrusts the US in Nuke Talks
By Ray McGovern
The real history of the West's dealings on Iran's nuclear program shows bad faith by the U.S. government.
Eight Urgent 'Musts' Needed for Palestinians to Defeat Apartheid:
By Ramzy Baroud
First, the most difficult obstacle to overcome is the stronghold of Mahmoud Abbas and his corrupt circle on Palestine's political discourse at home.
Noam Chomsky: Democracy Is a Threat to Any Power System
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"The race towards disaster is being carried out with almost euphoric intensity," said Chomsky.
Seeking Truth Together: Challenging the Silence Racism Creates
By David Ragland
Racism is part of American social ecology, often as unrecognized as the air we breathe.
Guilty of Being Poor
By Karen Dolan
One woman's story illustrates what's happening to more and more people as municipal revenues become the focus of police departments all over the country.
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Hard News
Iraq: 150 ISIS fighters killed in Tikrit:
The Iraqi Federal Police said more than 150 Islamic State fighters have been killed in the ongoing liberation of Tikrit and all of the militants' bases and facilities in the city have been captured.
27 killed in blasts and clashes with IS militants in Iraq:
A total of 27 people were killed on Thursday in separate bomb attacks and clashes with the Islamic State (IS) militants in Iraq's provinces of Salahudin and Anbar, security sources said, APA reports quoting Xinhua.
Rebels seize Syria-Jordan border as IS storms Damascus:
Rebels backed by Syria's Al-Qaeda affiliate seized control Wednesday of the last border crossing with Jordan that had been under regime control, dealing a major blow to President Bashar al-Assad.
UN report: More than 25,000 foreigners fight with terrorists:
The number of fighters leaving home to join al-Qaida and the Islamic State group in Iraq, Syria and other countries has spiked to more than 25,000 from over 100 nations, according to a new U.N. report.
Yemen: Foreign troops reportedly enter Aden, as first Saudi soldier killed in north:
The troop deployment comes after the Houthis manage to seize central district and presidential palace in Aden
Rebel forces push farther into key Yemeni port city of Aden:
Shiite rebel forces backed by tanks and heavy machine guns pushed deeper into Yemen's second-largest city on Wednesday in a bid to strengthen their hold even as Saudi-led airstrikes attempt to cut off their supply lines and cripple their capabilities
Al-Qaeda in Yemen frees prisoners in mass jailbreak:
Hundreds of inmates, including a senior al-Qaeda figure, freed during raid in southeastern Yemen, official says.
Al Qaeda-linked militants in Yemen say fire rocket toward U.S. embassy;
An al Qaeda splinter group said it launched a rocket toward the U.S. embassy in Sanaa on Saturday, wounding several guards, to retaliate for a purported U.S. drone strike in a northern province of Yemen the day before.
Russian consulate bombed and looted in Yemen:
Shiite rebels attacked and looted the Russian Consulate in Aden. They broke down the door of the Consulate building, and looted the consulate property and office equipment. The militants loaded the equipment and documents into cars and fled in an unknown direction. At the time of the attack there were no workers in the Russian Consulate.
Chinese military disembark in port of Aden, Yemen, to guard evacuation - official:
Dozens of unidentified foreign troops reported disembarking in the port of Aden turned out to be Chinese soldiers maintaining security as an unknown party opened fire on a vessel evacuating foreign citizens, a Yemeni official told Sputnik.
Americans in Yemen fear they have been left behind as bombing escalates:
Several countries have evacuated their civilians, including China, India, Pakistan and Somalia. The US has not followed suit
All options including military on the table for Iran: Israeli minister:
Threat of unilateral action from Israel comes as Iranian nuclear talks in Lausanne enter seventh day
Top UK MP Brands Netanyahu War Criminal as Palestine Joins ICC;
Senior British Member of Parliament Sir Bob Russell has branded Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a war criminal, on the day Palestine finally accedes to the International Criminal Court, paving the way for war crimes trials.
US raises prospect of Israel UN isolation:
Is Israel about to lose its American firewall at the United Nations in New York, or will it continue to be so flameproof? A year ago, these questions would have been near unthinkable.
Afghanistan suicide bomb blast kills 16 in Khost:
Another 40 were injured in the attack on a crowd of people protesting outside the office of the provincial governor.
Shocking video shows Afghan suicide attack that killed 17:
A suicide bomber blew himself up in the middle of a demonstration against corruption in Afghanistan's eastern province of Khost on 2 April, killing 17 people and injuring at least 50 more, government officials said.
$45 Billion in Tax Dollars Goes Missing in Afghanistan:
A new report from the office of John Sopko, the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR), revealed that there's virtually no way to know what happened to a large chunk of money the Defense Department spent in Afghanistan before 2010.
Suspected rebels kill 5 Indian security personnel:
Heavily armed insurgents ambushed an army convoy in Arunachal Pradesh state in the remote northeast, killing three soldiers and wounding four others, said Nabin Payeng, an inspector-general of state police. They escaped after the attack in Tirap district.
Soldiers from Chad and Niger claim to have killed hundreds as they drive armed group out of Malam Fatori town.:
Chad's army said its forces had killed hundreds of Boko Haram fighters and lost nine of its own troops in clashes in northern Nigeria.
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/
Egypt : 32 killed, including 15 soldiers, in attacks in Sinai:
At least 32 people, including 15 soldiers and two civilians, were killed Thursday in five simultaneous attacks against the army in the north of Egyptian Sinai, where the army is fighting a local branch of the self-proclaimed Islamic State organization (Daesh), said the police in a new toll.
Al Shabaab storms Kenyan university, 14 killed:
With scores of students wounded and hundreds unaccounted for, police and soldiers surrounded Garissa University College. They sealed off the compound and were trying to flush out the gunmen, Kenyan police chief Joseph Boinet said.
How the Pentagon Lost Track of $45 Billion:
Since 2002, Congress has set aside $104 billion specifically to rebuild Afghanistan. Of that, $66 billion went to the Pentagon.
Iceland looks at ending boom and bust with radical money plan:
Iceland's government is considering a revolutionary monetary proposal - removing the power of commercial banks to create money and handing it to the central bank.
World US Military to Launch Special Force for Latin America :
The new force will be deployed to the Palmerola base in Honduras and will include 250 troops.
New Jersey Senator Robert Menendez indicted on federal corruption charges:
Sen. Bob Menendez, the son of Cuban immigrants who rose to become one of the highest-ranking Hispanic members of Congress, was charged Wednesday with accepting nearly $1 million in gifts and campaign contributions from a longtime friend in exchange for a stream of political favors.
California governor orders mandatory water restrictions: :
California Gov. Jerry Brown ordered officials Wednesday to impose statewide mandatory water restrictions for the first time in history as surveyors found the lowest snow level in the Sierra Nevada snowpack in 65 years of record-keeping.
Atlanta teachers, principals convicted in cheating scandal:
Eleven Atlanta, Georgia teachers, principals, and administrators were found guilty of felony racketeering charges Wednesday in connection with a city-wide test cheating scandal.
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