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Funeral bombing, other attacks in Iraq kill 92:
Two
suicide bombers, one in an explosives-laden car and the other on foot,
hit a cluster of funeral tents packed with mourning families in Sadr
City in north-eastern Baghdad that killed at least 92 people on
Saturday.
Four suicide bombers storm Iraqi police station, kill six SWAT officers:
The
bombers shot dead the guards outside the compound in the town of
Baiji, 180 km (112 miles) from Baghdad. One of them was killed in the
ensuing fighting inside the base and the other three blew themselves up
when army reinforcements arrived.
Assad forces kill 15 in clashes: Activists say: :
The
Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said a woman and two children were
among those killed in the attack in the village of Sheikh Hadid by
soldiers and militia loyal to President Basr al-Assad.
More than 400 Syrian refugees reach Italy by sea, one dies:
More
than 400 refugees who said they were fleeing the Syrian civil war were
intercepted near Sicily in the past 14 hours, and one 22-year-old
woman died during the passage, Italy's coast guard said on Saturday.
Syrian rebels turn on each other as 'big tent' strategy collapses:
With rebel infighting on the rise, Western-backed Free Syrian Army will have to confront its al-Qaeda problem
Syria submits chemical weapons inventory, meeting Russia, US deadline:
Syria
has disclosed all the information on its chemical weapons that was
expected by an agreed Saturday deadline, the Organization for the
Prohibition of Chemical Weapons said on Saturday.
Propaganda alert:
Senior Israeli minister: Iran is on course to develop a nuclear bomb in 6 months:
White
House says US ready to engage in talks with Iran on its nuclear
program "on the basis of mutual respect" after Rouhani's overtures, but
Israeli minister says time has run out for further negotiations.
AIPAC Draws Red Lines on Talks With Iran:
Israel Lobby Suggests Tehran Must Do More Than Tweet
U.S. Seeks To Ease Israel's Fears Over Iran As Obama, Rouhani Could Meet At UN Next Week: -
Even
as it crafts a response to overtures from Iranian President Hassan
Rouhani, the Obama administration is working to reassure Israeli
officials there will be no easing of sanctions on Tehran unless it
first takes tangible steps to limit its nuclear program, U.S. and
diplomatic sources said.
IAEA Meeting Rejects Arab Resolution Criticizing Israel's Nukes:
An
Arab-sponsored measure criticizing Israel for its widely suspected
nuclear arsenal failed on Friday to secure enough votes to pass at the
International Atomic Energy Agency's yearly general membership meeting,
Russia Today reported. - The resolution lost by a vote of 43-51.
Let's Be Honest About Israel's Nukes: Op-Ed:
If
Washington wants negotiations over weapons of mass destruction in the
Middle East to work - or even just to avoid making America appear
ridiculous - Mr. Obama should begin by being candid. He cannot expect
the countries participating in a conference to take America seriously
if the White House continues to pretend that we don't know whether
Israel has nuclear weapons
Israel soldier abducted and killed in occupied West Bank:
An
Israeli soldier has been abducted and killed by a Palestinian man in
the northern West Bank, Israel's Shin Bet intelligence agency says. The
soldier was seized on Friday and his body found near the town of
Qalqiliya on Saturday, it said.
Israeli mayor wants to keep his city Jewish 'now and forever':
To
be more specific: "I would rather cut off my right arm than build an
Arab school," the mayor said in an interview . Ditto mosques. "No, no,
no. No mosques, ever," said Gafsou. Nor churches. Or Ramadan lanterns
or manger scenes. "And no Christmas trees," said the mayor of a town
that abuts the largest Arab city in Israel, celebrated as the childhood
home of Jesus.
Bahrain arrests opposition leader; U.S. shrugs:
The
charges against the former parliamentarian are perverse: They appear
to be based on a speech he delivered this month in which he was said to
have waved the flag of a militant youth group. Never mind that
Mr.?Marzooq told the militants in the speech that "the difference
between us is violence" and called on them to "persist with your
nonviolence."
30 killed in Kenya mall attack claimed by militants:
Terrified
shoppers huddled in back hallways and prayed the militant gunmen
lobbing grenades and firing assault rifles inside Nairobi's top mall
Saturday would not find them. When the coast was thought to be clear,
crying mothers clutching small children and blood-splattered men
sprinted out of the four-story mall.
In pictures: Kenya shootout in Nairobi mall -
US kills 4 People In Afghanistan:
According
to reports, at least four suspected militants including a senior
Taliban leader were killed following a US drone strike in eastern Kunar
province of Afghanistan.
Three US occupation force troops killed in Afghan 'insider attack':
"Three
International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) service members died
when an individual wearing an Afghan National Security Forces uniform
shot them in eastern Afghanistan today," a statement from the coalition
said.
Afghan troop deaths hit record
The
Afghan forces-including the army, national police and village
self-defense police-have been losing well over 100 men a week to
insurgent attacks, with close to 300 injured, through much of the
summer, according to numbers provided by coalition officials.
Afghanistan stores 40,000 tons of opiates
Russia's
drug watchdog: Some forty thousand tons of opiates are stockpiled in
Afghanistan, Russian authorities revealed, urging coalition forces to
focus on the elimination of drug laboratories in the Islamic Republic.
In case you missed it:
U.S. Marines Guard Afghanistan Poppy Fields For Heroin Production: - Video -
U.S.
Marines, sponsored by the U.S. taxpayer, stand vigilant watch over
poppy fields in Afghanistan ensuring that the world is supplied with
plenty of smack.
3 Islamic preachers killed in Pak mosque attack Eighteen injured, two serious:
Suspected
militants on a motorbike threw grenades at a mosque in the
northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar, killing at least three Islamic
preachers and wounding 18 others, officials said Friday.
Pakistan frees top Taliban leader Abdul Ghani Baradar:
The
Afghan government welcomed the move, as it sees him as one of the few
senior Taliban figures willing to negotiate a peace deal to end unrest.
Mullah Baradar is one of the four men who founded the Taliban movement
in Afghanistan in 1994.
Wounded Canadian veterans pressed to not criticize military on social media:
The
Canadian Armed Forces requires physically and mentally wounded service
members to sign a form agreeing to not criticize senior officers or
demoralize other troops on social media sites.
Wars set Britain back billions:
The
Libyan no-fly zone cost £234million, Kosovo £339million and the Iraq
war £8.4billion. By the time we leave Afghanistan next year that
13-year campaign will have cost £25billion. Has it really been worth
it?
It's time to end the injustice of Guantanamo and Bagram:
Twelve years after the 9/11 attacks, many prisoners of the "War on Terror" remain in legal limbo.
Ecuador protests denial of US visas for plaintiffs in Chevron oil damages case:
Ecuador's
foreign ministry announced on Friday that the US has seemingly denied
visas to a delegation that was set to travel to the UN General Assembly
in New York to present their case regarding an ongoing dispute against
Chevron-Texaco.
US denies Venezuela's Maduro airspace ban accusations:
The
US says a last-minute authorisation was issued late on Thursday for
the request lodged a day earlier, rather than the three days' notice
required.
Two Years After Troy Davis' Execution, Our Fight to End the Death Penalty Lives:
The
state of Georgia killed Troy Davis - but it could not kill our
movement to abolish capital punishment and its cruel injustices
New video exposes NYPD brutalizing students in protest against Petraeus' professorship - Video -
The
footage supports the claim of the activists from the City University
of New York (CUNY) that police were brutal in dispersing a rally on
Tuesday, when 75 people took part in a demonstration protesting former
CIA chief, David Petraeus, being given a teaching position at the
school.
Academics join CUNY David Petraeus protests as NYPD arrests six students:
YouTube video appears to show demonstrator against appointment of general and CIA chief being punched repeatedly
Report: IRS flagged groups using 'anti-Obama' rhetoric: Video -
Revelations from newly released docs
Senator asks if FBI can get iPhone 5S fingerprint data via Patriot Act:
"Passwords
are secret and dynamic; fingerprints are public and permanent," wrote
Sen. Franken. "If you don't tell anyone your password, no one will know
what it is. If someone hacks your password, you can change it-as many
times as you want. You can't change your fingerprints
'Inequality for All': Documentary tracks American income gap : Video -
Last
year the gap between the wealthiest one percent of Americans and the
rest of the country reached its widest point since the Gilded Age of
the 1920s, according to global economists. The so called "One
Percenters" earned 20 percent of American income last year
US Congress moves to cut billions in food aid:
The
US House of Representatives passed a bill Thursday that would slash
food stamp funding by nearly $40 billion over ten years, kicking four
million people off the program next year.
House approves bill to cut nearly $40 billion from SNAP:
"Has
our moral compass fallen so low?" said House Minority Whip Steny
Hoyer, D-Md. "We're the richest nation in the world. There is no reason
why Americans should go hungry."
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"Let us be peace and joy"
Tom Feeley
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