Op-Ed Articles
The Final Push
Splitting Up Iraq
By Mike Whitney
Can you see what a sham this is? Iraq's fate is sealed.
Who Created Jihadi John?
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Who are we defending from whom and which values are we attempting to defend?
How Russia Stopped the EU From Violating Human Rights and the Rule of Law
By Alexander Mercouris
Russia blocks UN Resolution that would have allowed EU to violate Libyan sovereignty by sinking without any court order ships in Libyan ports.
Kerry in Riyadh: A Meeting of War Criminals
By Bill Van Auken
Washington's role in the Yemeni war is based not on humanitarian concern, support for democracy or hostility to terrorism.
Amnesty Whitewashes Another Massacre
By Paul de Rooij
Palestinians should be wary of Mother Teresas peddling human rights snake oil.
Iran's Nuclear Threat is a Myth
By Musa al-Gharbi
Even if Iran wanted a nuclear weapon and managed to obtain one, it would not be able to carry out a successful nuclear strike against Israel or the United States.
The Horrific Normalisation of War.
By Interventions Watch
The reason that Ed Miliband, supporter of mass murder, can be considered a 'decent man' by even 'left wing' commentators is because war has become so normalised within our political culture.
UK: Election 2015: The Horror
By Matt Carr
I feel ashamed of my country and disgusted with it.
We Have a Dysfunctional Government
By Joe Clifford
Perhaps Americans are finally waking up to the realization that neither party will really do anything substantial to help the masses.
Climate Change a 'Hoax', Claims Adviser to Australia's PM
By The Australian, AFP
The head of the Abbott government's Business Advisory Council claims climate science is a new world order conspiracy involving the United Nations, democracy-hating environmentalists and Chinese communists.
Economic Disinformation Keeps Financial Markets Up
By Paul Craig Roberts
The government's economic statistical agencies are under pressure not to roil the financial markets.
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34 killed in IS assault on east Syria city - Four government soldiers beheaded :
Fierce battles between Syrian government forces and the Islamic State jihadist group in eastern Syria have left 34 fighters dead in 24 hours, a monitor said yesterday.
New suspected chemical attacks reported in Syria, dozens injured:
Three chlorine attacks reported in Idlib province with nearly 80 people said to have been affected
US idea to lay blame in Syria chlorine attacks gets support:
A "large majority" of U.N. Security Council members support a U.S. effort to create a way to attribute blame for chlorine attacks in Syria and are ready to move quickly in the next few days, the council president said Thursday. Russia worries whether it will be objective, with the Russian ambassador saying, "They've done their attribution of blame already."
Turkey Officials Confirm Pact With Saudi Arabia To Help Rebels Fighting Syria's Assad:
The Obama administration worries that the revived rebel alliance could potentially put a more dangerous radical Islamist regime in Assad's place, just as the U.S. is focused on bringing down the Islamic State group. The US administration is concerned that the new alliance is helping Nusra gain territory in Syria.
22 killed as bomb attacks hit two Shia mosques in Iraq:
Nearly two dozen people have been killed and scores of others injured in a fresh wave of bomb attacks targeting two Shia mosques in Iraq, security sources say.
U.S. Government Designated Prominent Al Jazeera Journalist as "Member of Al Qaeda":
The U.S. government labeled a prominent journalist as a member of Al Qaeda and placed him on a watch list of suspected terrorists, according to a top-secret document that details U.S. intelligence efforts to track Al Qaeda couriers by analyzing metadata.
Saudi-led warplanes pound Yemen rebel stronghold: -
Warplanes from a Saudi-led coalition have struck Yemeni rebels in their northern stronghold as Riyadh vowed "harsh" punishment for deadly cross-border retaliatory, bombardments, shortly after proposing a humanitarian ceasefire.
Saudi authorities ordered civilians to leave Yemen's Saada province ahead of attack:
Saudi authorities warned all civilians to leave Yemen's northwestern Saada region, which borders the kingdom, by sunset Friday as it threatened a harsh response to the Houthi rebel retaliatory, shelling of Saudi frontier towns earlier this week.
UN officials unhappy with Saudi Arabia's plans for Yemen aid:
The United Nations and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia are locked in a bitter dispute over Riyadh's insistence that humanitarian aid for Yemen be coordinated through Saudi authorities.
Yemen's children at immediate risk of severe malnutrition:
More children in Yemen are at risk of dying from hunger and lack of health services than from bombs and bullets, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) warned today amid ongoing fighting across the Gulf country.
ISIS supporters claim attack on Hamas in Gaza:
In a statement posted online, the group calling itself Supporters of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in Jerusalem said it fired mortar rounds at a base used by Hamas's armed wing, the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, in Khan Yunis in southern Gaza.
PLO takes aim at Netanyahu's 'government of war': -
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's new right-wing religious "government of war" is a blow to an already stagnating peace process, PLO officials said Thursday, vowing to fight it on the international stage.
Israeli defense minister promises to kill more civilians and threatens to nuke Iran:
Israeli defense minister Moshe Yaalon on Tuesday said Israel would attack entire civilian neighborhoods during any future assault on Gaza or Lebanon.
Israeli soldier: We bombed civilian targets in Gaza for entertainment:
"We used shells excessively, when I saw anything moving, if an open window, I would shell it. If I saw a moving car, I would fire a rocket.
US may sell Saudis bombs once only offered to Israel - report:
Possible bunker buster sale, along with offering F-35s to UAE, reportedly being weighed as part of American effort to allay regional fears of Iran deal
Saudi Arabia Beheads Five Foreigners, Hangs their Corpses from Helicopter:
After their beheading, which took place in Jeddah, Saudi officials hung the bodies from a helicopter so as to deter others from committing such crimes.
Nigeria: One killed, seven injured in Yobe School suicide attack:
A suicide bomber suspected to be a member of the dreaded Boko Haram sect, armed with Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) and AK47 rifle on Friday launched an attack on the College of Administrative and Business Studies (CABS) Potiskum in Yobe state.
800 bodies found in sunken migrant ship:
The bodies of some 800 migrants may be recovered from the wreck of ship that sank on 18 April off the Libyan coast, Italian prosecutors said on Friday.
Libya rejects EU migrant plan, says not asked:
Council diplomats say Libya's blessing is needed, especially for any EU ground forces in Libya. The council expects a request from Libyan authorities to allow that to happen, Lithuanian Ambassador Raimonda Murmokaite, the current council president, said Thursday.
Two envoys killed as Pakistan Taliban claim they brought down air force chopper:
Pakistan's Taliban on Friday claimed they had shot down a military helicopter packed with foreign diplomats on a leisure trip, killing seven people, including two ambassadors and wives of two other Islamabad-based envoys.
Fact or fiction?
ISIL, Taliban pairing up in northern Afghanistan: Official:
Foreign fighters allied with the Islamic State of Iraq (ISIL) and the Levant are training Taliban insurgents in a restive Afghan province, an official said May 8, the first such claim as the government raises the alarm over an emerging ISIL threat.
Putin: Russia & China worst affected by WW2:
Russia and China suffered the worst casualties during World War II and thus have the greatest reasons to oppose attempts to rehabilitate Nazism and militarism, Russian President Vladimir Putin said after meeting China's President Xi Jinping.
Latin American Presidents to Take Part in Russia's WWII Memorial
Venezuelan and Cuban leaders will help Russia celebrate the end of the war that killed millions and left most of Europe in shambles.
Russia's Armata T-14 Tank Sends Shivers Down Washington's Spine:
Russia, is to rejuvenate the defense industry and take advantage of growing demand-in a more unipolar, G-zero world-for sophistical armament systems."
Europeans Beginning to Wake Up to Mainstream Media Bias on Ukraine Conflict:
An average of 54 percent of residents in the United Kingdom, France, Germany and Greece place little or no trust in how their respective mainstream media cover the Ukrainian conflict
David Cameron's Conservative Party wins overall majority:
Addressing the nation on Friday afternoon, Cameron confirmed the Tories would form a Conservative majority government.
Ed Miliband resigns as Labour leader;
Miliband steps down after admitting scale of election defeat had taken him and his staff by surprise
Nick Clegg resigns as Lib Dem leader:
In farewell speech to party members, Clegg describes election result as 'the most crushing blow to the Liberal Democrats since our party was founded'
Nigel Farage resigns as Ukip leader after election failure:
After failing to win the South Thanet seat, Ukip leader Nigel Farage admits to disappointment on a professional level but says that on a personal level he has "never felt happier".
Merkel Puts Brakes on NSA Co-operation:
German intelligence sources told Reuters this week that the BND's Bad Aibling station has ceased sending the US spy agency information culled from online surveillance efforts.
DEA Global Surveillance Dragnet Exposed; Access to Data Likely Continues:
USA Today reported that for more than two decades, dating back to 1992, the DEA and the Justice Department "amassed logs of virtually all telephone calls from the USA to as many as 116 countries linked to drug trafficking."
How To Keep NSA Computers From Turning Your Phone Conversations Into Searchable Text:
Signal for iPhone and RedPhone for Android, both made by Open Whisper Systems, are the best current software for end-to-end encryption of calls.
Mexican Authorities Implicated in Violence, But U.S. Security Aid Still Flows:
U.S. government documents obtained by the National Security Archive through Freedom of Information Act requests demonstrate that the United States is well aware that its support is going to Mexican authorities connected to abuses. And yet, with few exceptions, the money keeps flowing.
Pentagon Raises Security Level at All US Military Bases Due to ISIL Threat:
While maintaining that the concerns are not tied to any "specific threat," the Pentagon has raised the security status of military bases across the country due to general unease about the self-proclaimed Islamic State terrorist group.
Americans Living Abroad Set Record for Giving Up Citizenship:
More Americans living outside the U.S. gave up their citizenship in the first quarter of 2015 than ever before, according to data released Thursday by the IRS.
LAPD chief questions police killing of homeless man:
The man, who friends identified as "Dizzle," was shot and killed by police officers outside a bar near the neighborhood's boardwalk. Police officers had responded to a call saying a homeless individual with a dog was harassing customers. Dizzle, a black man in his early 20s, was fatally shot as officers attempted to detain him.
LAPD Cop Shoots Man to Death After Man Reached into Pocket to Provide Requested ID, Witness Says: Video -
A Los Angeles police officer demanded identification from a homeless man named Brandon Glenn Tuesday night, then shot him twice when the man reached into his pocket to provide that identification, according to a witness.
Delaware Cop Indicted for Kicking Suspect in Face in Incident Caught on Dash Cam Video
New Police Radars Are Being Used To 'See' Inside Homes:
New technology is allowing officers to detect movement even through solid walls. The most disturbing thing about this technology is that it requires no warrant for officers to spy on you in the privacy of your own home.
US: Citizens rise up against corrupt media:
Standing on the streets of Baltimore to cover what his employer Fox News was calling a "riot," Geraldo Rivera found himself at the receiving end of a passionate and articulate lecture from Kwame Rose on skewed, sensationalist and racist media coverage
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