Op-Ed Articles
The US Government's Not-So-Secret Support for Al Qaeda and ISIS
By Dan Sanchez
Why hasn't Fox News been blasting alerts like "Obama Backs Muslim Terrorists, Helping to Create the Islamic State"
The Dark Saudi-Israeli Plot to Tip the Scales in Syria
By Conn Hallinan
The Saudis and the Turks are scaling up their support for Syrian jihadists while the Israelis contemplate a new war with Hezbollah.
Rumsfeld Admits Bush Was Wrong About Iraq
RT and NYT
Rumsfeld said that the West's airstrikes in Libya had served to further destabilize the region.
Washington's Death Squads
By Bill Van Auken
The United States government has become ever more dependent upon the murderous operations of secret death squads.
Archbishop Romero, Assassinated by US-Backed Terrorists During Mass, Beatified
By Robert Barsocchini
"Why did they kill him? Salvadorans called Romero the "Voice of the Voiceless".
A View From the Other 96%
By David Swanson
We live in a society of selfish inaction, of self-indulgence, of self-centeredness, of criminally negligent cruelty toward the majority of people on earth.
Putin: "Publish A World Map And Mark All The U.S. Military Bases On It. You Will See The Difference Between Russia And The US"
By Corriere della Sera
Vladimir Putin pulls no punches in an interview with Corriere della Sera.
If You Were Lavrov or Putin - Whom Would You Chose To Talk To In The West?
By The Saker
As for the EU, the Russians now see it as a voiceless colony of the USA not even capable of formulating an independent opinion or stand up for its national interests.
Cold War II to McCarthyism II
By Robert Parry
Anyone who doesn't get in line with U.S. propaganda must be working for Moscow.
Remembering USS Liberty: When Israel attacked America
Video
Survivors of an Israeli attack on a US naval ship during the Arab-Israeli Six-Day War in 1967 have marked the anniversary of the incident that killed 34.
Ten Minutes Past Midnight
Greece Has Fired A Warning Shot Across The Bows Of The IMF
By Michael Roberts
The late night decision of the Syriza leaders shows that they have reached the end of their tether.
Let's Not Be Fooled
By Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras
We will defend, as best we can, the right of all of our people to live with dignity.
Slave or Rebel?
Ten Principles for Escaping the Matrix and Standing Up to Tyranny
By John W. Whitehead
Some Americans are beginning to realize that they are slaves and that if they don't act soon, they will find themselves imprisoned in the electronic concentration camp indefinitely.
War Criminal: George W. Bush on the Stump:
Suckers Really Are Born Every Minute
By Charles P. Pierce
Fools and their money continue to be parted on Bush's talk circuit.
Anticipatory Bribery
Campaign Contributions: A Major Source of Corruption
By Robert B. Reich
Big corporations and giant Wall Street banks have sunk fortunes into rigging the game to their advantage.
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22 ISIS elements killed in Fallujah area:
The Iraqi Military Intelligence Directorate announced on Tuesday, that it has launched offensive strikes on ISIS in Fallujah city affiliated to Anbar province.
20 killed in bombings in and around Baghdad:
The deadliest attack took place on Tuesday night, when a car bomb went off near restaurants and shop in Palestine Street in eastern Baghdad, killing 10 people, including three women.
Syrian Rebels Behead Captured Islamic State Fighters:
A coalition of fighters in Syria fought off an assault by the Islamic State (IS) Thursday, then celebrated by displaying the heads of IS militants, according to opposition supporters.
Syrian rebels capture army base in south: rebels, monitor:
"We announce the liberation of Liwa 52," Issam al-Rayyes, spokesman for the "Southern Front" alliance of rebel groups, told Reuters. Liwa 52, or the 52nd Brigade, is one of the biggest Syrian army bases in the area.
Terror trial collapses after fears of deep embarrassment to security services:
Swedish national Bherlin Gildo's lawyers argued British intelligence agencies were supporting the same Syrian opposition groups as he was
U.S. lacks 'complete strategy' to help Iraq fight IS: Obama:
Obama and Abadi both said at their meeting they were confident that Islamic State's success in Ramadi would be just a short-term tactical gain.
Iran Issues Warning Over Yemen Air Strikes:
Iran has told the UN Security Council that Saudi-led air strikes have twice hit close to its embassy in Yemen and warned of "serious consequences" if more such bombings occur.
UN's Ban Ki-moon caves in, takes Israel off list of serious child abusers:
Ban's act is particularly egregious since the report found that the number of children killed in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip in 2014, at 557, was the third highest only after Iraq and Afghanistan and ahead of Syria.
12 Maoist militants killed in eastern India, police say:
At least 12 Maoist rebels were killed in a clash with the police in India's eastern state of Jharkhand on Tuesday, officials said. Police said they ambushed the rebels in Palamu district in Jharkhand after a tip-off.
12 militants killed in air strikes near Pak-Afghan border:
In air strikes conducted this morning, 12 terrorists were killed, while initial reports revealed that some militants hideouts were also destroyed
Afghanistan: Five people killed after bomb exploded at a police officer's home in Faryab:
Those killed in the explosion are two men and three females all members of the same family.
Five "militants" killed by Egyptian forces in North Sinai:
The source said four of the killed suspected militants were plotting a "terrorist operation" against security forces in the Sheikh Zuweid region.The fifth was gunned down while attempting to plant an explosive device east of al-Arish, the source added.
IS claims control of Libya's Sirte:
The Islamic State group claimed Tuesday to have seized full control of the Libyan city of Sirte from the Fajr Libya militia, including a power plant, according to a US monitor.
Islamic State seizes power plant near Libyan city of Sirte: -
Islamic State militants have seized a power plant west of the Libyan city of Sirte which supplies central and western parts of the country with electricity, the group and a military source said on Tuesday.
Libya's elected parliament rejects UN unity govt proposal:
The decision will be a blow to efforts by United Nations Special Envoy Bernardino Leon, who had only on Monday presented a new proposal to form a unity government after hosting negotiations between the factions for months.
US accuses Russia of missile violations to cover Europe deployment plans - Moscow:
The US is ramping up the controversy over alleged violations of a key missile ban treaty to cover up its own plans to deploy missiles in Europe, a top Russian military official said.
Opposition Protests in Ecuador Countered with Popular Support :
New taxes on Ecuador's wealthy provoked protests Monday in front of Ecuador's governing PAIS Alliance party headquarters in the capital Quito. These demonstrations became increasingly more significant as large numbers turned out in support of the government.
Venezuela Recognized by FAO for Halving Malnutrition:
Venezuela has over the last decade invested $142 billion in food programs that have distributed over 25 million tons of food items to 65% of the population. Today, 95.4% of Venezuelans eat three meals a day.
Canada Was Killing Indians, Not Cultures:
In Canada's residential schools, many Indigenous children were beaten, tortured, raped, medically experimented on, and killed.
Obama lawyers asked secret court to ignore public court's decision on spying:
Justice Department's national security chief cites six-month transition period in the USA Freedom Act as a reason to turn the bulk surveillance spigot back on
The Computers Are Listening:
NSA Won't Say If It Automatically Transcribes American Phone Calls in Bulk.
New video shows killing of Boston "terror suspect": -
Surveillance video released Monday of the fatal shooting of a Boston man suspected of plotting to kill police officers shows six plainclothes officers surrounding him before opening fire in a parking lot.
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TPP, designed to make medicine more expensive, reforms more difficult;
The US Congress is poised to give President Obama broad authority to conclude a binding international trade agreement known as the TransPacific Partnership (TPP).
On talk circuit, George W. Bush makes millions but few waves:
Toward the end of his presidency, George W. Bush told Robert Draper, reporting for a book called Dead Certain, that he intended after vacating the Oval Office to "replenish the ol' coffers." He said he could make "ridiculous" money on the lecture circuit.
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