The Silence of the Israelis on ISIS
By Stephen J. Sniegoski
Has anyone seen a hint that our vital regional ally could be of any assistance at all in the supposedly civilizational battle against ISIS?"
http://www.105 Israel Ex-generals, Urge Netanyahu to Make Peace With Palestinians
By AFP
"We fought bravely for the country in the hope that our children would live here in peace, but we got a sharp reality check, and here we are again sending our children out onto the battlefield," it said.
http://www.In Assad's Syria, Death Notices Litter The Walls - and Life Goes On
By Robert Fisk
In the eyes of the world, these are the army of war criminals, the enemies of the West, of America.
http://www.The U.S. Has Ignited A Vicious Politico-religious Sunni-Shi'ite Civil War in Iraq And Syria
By Rodrigue Tremblay
When one sows terrorism, one should expect to reap terrorism.
http://www.America's Moribund Democracy a Harbinger of More War
By Finian Cunningham
The carnival of American money-politics and the bellicose arrogance of those sitting on top of Capitol Hill, is something to view with deep dread.
http://www.The FBI: America's Secret Police
By John W. Whitehead
The law is little more than a tool for the government to browbeat the people into compliance.
http://www.Has Washington Just Shot Itself in the Oily Foot?
By William Engdahl
The end of the shale oil bubble would deal a devastating blow to the US oil geopolitics.
http://www.Debt on Wheels Subprime Loans and Auto Sales
By Mike Whitney
Can you believe that this kind of chicanery is going on in broad daylight without the regulators stepping in?
http://www. |
Hard News
Mortar strikes Damascus school; at least 13 children killed: Mortar rounds slammed into a school Wednesday in a rebel-held suburb east of Damascus, killing at least 13 children whose limp, bloodied bodies were later laid out on the floor of a crowded field hospital awaiting burial, activists said.
United States Launches New Airstrikes Against Khorasan Group: A U.S. official confirmed to ABC News that airstrikes were launched Wednesday night at targets in northwestern Syria where the Khorasan Group has been operating. The group is made up of approximately 50 al Qaeda veterans
http://abcnewsradioonline.com/
Obama to seek new war powers from Congress:
http://news.yahoo.com/obama-Obama spoke at a news conference the day after his party was thrashed by Republicans in midterm elections, leaving the GOP soon to be in charge of both the House and the Senate.
Republican triumph could force Obama's hand on Islamic State: John McCain is expected to take the top spot on the Senate Armed Services Committee, elevating pre-election criticism of Obama's handling of the fight against Islamic State fighters in Iraq and Syria to governance.
http://tinyurl.com/mav4zod
Syrian FM Says Russia to Deliver Advanced S300 Missiles: According to defense officials, the Russian-made S-300s can engage 12 targets simultaneously at distances of 200 kilometers and heights of up to 27 kilometers.
http://www.israelnationalnews.
Attacks in Iraq, mainly targeting troops, kill 11: Police officials say that in one of Wednesday's attacks, a suicide bomber drove his explosives-laden car into an army checkpoint near the town of al-Baghdadi, killing five soldiers and wounding 12.
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/
US kills another two people in Yemen: A suspected US drone strike killed two alleged Al Qaeda militants in southern Yemen on Thursday, tribal sources said, the latest in a series of deadly raids against the militant network.
http://tribune.com.pk/story/
Palestinian vehicle smashes into IDF soldiers in occupied West Bank: Suspect flees scene, police suspect incident was second terror attack of day following earlier incident in Jerusalem
http://www.timesofisrael.com/
Jordan recalls envoy to Israel over Jerusalem 'violations': Jordan recalled its ambassador to Israel on Wednesday in protest at an increase in Israeli "violations", including in Jerusalem and its holy sites, the first time it has done so since the countries made peace in 1994, government officials said.
http://news.yahoo.com/jordan-
ICC won't investigate Israeli war crimes: Despite a "reasonable basis" to believe that Israeli forces committed war crimes in a deadly raid on Turkish humanitarian flotilla bound for Gaza in 2010, the ICC decided such crimes are "not of sufficient gravity" to fall under the court's jurisdiction.
http://rt.com/news/202643-icc-
Tortured By Israel: : Forty years ago, the Israeli army tortured and imprisoned her. Now she's being forced to relive the nightmare in a US court.
http://www.thenation.com/
Israeli minister threatens to 'raze' Lebanon and 'bury' Nasrallah: "If such a scenario does materialise, we will raze Lebanon to the ground! We will return it to the Stone Age and bury Nasrallah under the rocks," Katz added.
http://english.ahram.org.eg/
Saudi blames Qaeda for anti-Shiite attack, sacks minister for shutting Sunni TV: Masked gunmen in Saudi Arabia's east late on Monday killed at least six Shiites, including children, as they celebrated Ashura, one of the holiest festivals of their faith.
http://english.ahram.org.eg/
Saudis Determined to Keep Market Share Against Upstart U.S. Shale Drillers: Saudi Arabian Oil Co. lowered the cost of its crude to the U.S., where production is the highest in three decades, deepening a selloff that sent prices to the lowest in three years.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/
Taliban militants execute 10 civilians in Paktia province: At least ten civilians were executed by Taliban militants in southeastern Paktia province late on Wednesday night, local officials said Thursday.
http://www.khaama.com/taliban-
Five killed in Egypt train station bomb: A bomb killed at least five people in a train station Wednesday in the town of Menouf in Egypt's Nile Delta governorate of Menoufiya, medical sources told Al-Ahram
http://www.albawaba.com/news/
Ministry: 3 Tunisian Soldiers Killed in Bus Shooting: Three Tunisian soldiers were killed when suspected militants opened fire on a minibus carrying troops and their families, the defense ministry said.
http://english.farsnews.com/
Libya's El Sharara oilfield shut after armed group seizure -sources: Libya's major El Sharara oilfield has ceased production after being seized by an armed group, oil ministry sources said on Wednesday.
http://www.trust.org/item/
Libya supreme court 'invalidates' elected parliament: The court said the parliament was unconstitutional, dealing a blow to Libya's elected government, which is operating in the country's east. The ruling was celebrated by militias occupying the capital Tripoli, who have set up an alternative parliament.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/
The occupation will continue:
http://triblive.com/usworld/Casualty rates for Afghan forces unsustainable, U.S. general says: Army Lt. Gen. Joseph Anderson said more than 8,900 Afghan security forces were killed in action during the past two years as Afghan forces have taken the lead in combat operations.
US could delay troop withdrawal from Afghanistan: officials:
http://news.asiaone.com/news/The new head of the NATO-led force in Afghanistan, General John Campbell, and other senior officers are reviewing whether a larger force needs to stay in place longer than initially planned, officials said.
2 teens killed, 4 injured in shelling nr Donetsk school, E. Ukraine: Two schoolchildren were killed and four injured as an artillery shell hit a stadium in front of a school in the Eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk, local self-defense forces said.
http://rt.com/news/202555-
Putin regrets Ukraine ceasefire is not working: -
http://www.reuters.com/Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed concern on Wednesday that a two-month old ceasefire had failed to end what he called civil war in eastern Ukraine.
Vladimir Putin effigies burned at Lewes Bonfire Night as the 'new cold war' starts to heat up: One depiction of the Russian President showed him topless, carrying a rifle and standing on top of the crashed Malaysian Airlines jet MH17, which was shot down over eastern Ukraine earlier this year.
http://www.independent.co.uk/
Ukraine to Freeze Payments in Separatist Areas: Ukraine's prime minister said Wednesday that the government would freeze payments it had been sending to parts of eastern Ukraine even after the areas had fallen under the control of pro-Russian separatists.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/
Russia may ban circulation of US dollar: The State Duma has already been submitted a relevant bill banning and terminating the circulation of USD in Russia, APA's Moscow correspondent reports. If the bill is approved, Russian citizens will have to close their dollar accounts in Russian banks within a year
http://en.apa.az/xeber_russia_
Hong Kong democracy protesters in fresh clashes with police: - Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters clashed with police in the densely populated district of Mong Kok early on Thursday as tensions escalated at one of three remaining demonstration sites for the first time in more than two weeks.
http://news.yahoo.com/hong-
Dominique Strauss Khan's Investment Banking Venture Just Went Bust: Last week, Strauss-Kahn's business partner Thierry Leyne fell from a building to his death in Israel in an apparent suicide. Today, The Wall Street Journal reports that Leyne Strauss-Kahn & Partners (LSK Partners) has declared itself insolvent.
http://uk.businessinsider.com/
Report to UN condemns US government's "international criminal program of torture": A recent report to the UN Committee Against Torture concludes that the US presidential administrations of George W. Bush and Barack Obama are responsible for far-reaching violations of international law
http://www.wsws.org/en/
British spies can go through Americans' telephone calls and emails without a warrant: The agreement between the NSA and its British equivalent, (GCHQ) means that American citizen's data can be seen and stored by the United States' closest ally without a warrant when that is 'not technically feasible'.
http://tinyurl.com/ppwzjap
David Kelly post mortem to be kept secret for 70 years: Doctors accuse Lord Hutton of concealing vital information. In a draconian - and highly unusual - order, Lord Hutton, the peer who chaired the controversial inquiry into the Dr Kelly scandal, has secretly barred the release of all medical records, including the results of the post mortem, and unpublished evidence.
http://tinyurl.com/yaes2ta
Privacy advocates seek DC's help to restrain FBI: It recently surfaced that the FBI in 2007 wrote a fake news story and planted it on a bogus Seattle Times website in order to infiltrate a suspect's computer and plant tracking software.
http://thehill.com/policy/
Court Says By Agreeing To AOL's Terms Of Service, You've 'Consented' To Search By Law Enforcement: The ACLU's Jameel Jaffer alerts us to a district court ruling in NY that effectively says that by merely agreeing to AOL's terms of service, you've waived your 4th Amendment rights.
https://www.techdirt.com/
Americans Killed by Cops Now Outnumber Americans Killed in Iraq War: The increase in police brutality in this country is a frightening reality. In the last decade alone the number of people murdered by police has reached 5,000. The number of soldiers killed since the inception of the Iraq war, 4489.
http://thefreethoughtproject.
Anonymous faces off with FBI Police in D.C: Video - Coverage from mask march in Washington DC
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
90 year old arrested for feeding US homeless faces 2 months jail : A 90-year-old war veteran says he will continue breaking the law by feeding homeless in public places in the city of Fort Lauderdale, Florida. He was arrested earlier for defying a city ordinance that restricts such charity to protect local businesses.
http://www.youtube.com/watch? |
