A fake
bubble of certainty that has imprisoned us
in the west - and is now preventing us from
understanding what is really going on in the
world outside.
"You might ask what it takes
to remember
When you know that you've seen it before
Where a government lies to a people
And a country is drifting to war "
Three young
British Muslims tell the story of how they
came to be in US custody at Guantánamo for
over two years, and discuss the Kafkaesque
horrors that awaited them there
The CIA
supplied weapons, lots of
TOWs but allegedly also
including anti-air MANPADs,
are now, like on earlier
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However
reprehensible Trump’s
dalliance with the far right
may be, we’re still a
significant way from the
birth of a true national
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On Saturday,
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Huge car bomb
kills 34 in Ankara:
State broadcaster TRT
said the car had exploded at a major
transport hub, hitting a bus carrying
some 20 people near the central Guven
Park and Kizilay Square.
ISIS executes 35
fighters for refusing to join combat
axes:
“ISIS executed 35 of its fighters, after
refusing to join the combat axes on the
outskirts of the city of Mosul.” “ISIS
carried out the execution by firing
squad in the forest.”
ISIS jihadists
pull out of several Iraq towns: Officers:
Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
fighters retreated from several western
Iraqi towns and towards the Syrian
border on Sunday (March 13) as security
forces worked their way up the Euphrates
Valley, officers said.
More than 80% of
Syria children harmed by war: UNICEF:
"Let's stop the suffering now, let's
ensure that they (Syria's children) have
a future, and they see that they have a
future," Salama told The Associated
Press. "We have an opportunity still to
save this generation."
Yemen:
Helicopters kill 18 in Aden as Yemen
govt targets militants:
Saudi-led helicopters attacked Al-Qaeda
militants in Aden overnight in an effort
to dislodge them from a stronghold in
the southern port city, killing at least
18, medics and a official said Sunday.
Three
Palestinians killed in West Bank attack:
Israeli occupation forces shot and
killed three Palestinians during alleged
attacks at the entrance of an illegal,
Israeli settlement as deadly violence in
the occupied territories continues
unabated.
Israeli attack in
Gaza Kills 6-Year-Old Girl and Her
10-Year-Old Brother:
A 6-year old Palestinian girl and her
10-year old brother were killed on
Saturday when they were struck by debris
after a missile launched by an Israeli
aircraft hit near their home in Gaza,
medical officials said.
Iran says US
court order on 9/11 compensation
'ridiculous':
A New York court last week ordered
Tehran to pay $7.5 billion to victims of
the September 11, 2001 attacks on the
World Trade Center and the Pentagon --
and $3 billion to insurers over related
claims -- after ruling that Iran had
failed to prove that it did not help the
bombers.
Al Qaeda gunmen
kill 16 in Ivory Coast beach attack:
Gunmen from al Qaeda's North African
branch killed 16 people, including four
Europeans, at a beach resort town in
Ivory Coast on Sunday, the latest in a
string of deadly attacks that have
confirmed the Islamists' growing reach
in West Africa.
Russia says Libya
military intervention needs UN approval
"We
know about the plans of military
involvement, including in the situation
in Libya. Our common view is that it
could be done only with the permission
of the UN Security Council," Lavrov said
after talks with his Tunisian
counterpart in Moscow.
12 IS militants
killed in premature blast in Afghanistan:
- About 12 militants of the Islamic
State (IS) group had been killed and 21
others wounded in an explosion in
Afghanistan's eastern province of
Nangarhar, said a military statement on
Monday.
Irish ex-bank
chief extradited from US to face 33
charges:
A former top bank chief returned to
Ireland on Monday after being extradited
from the United States to face 33
charges over a financial collapse that
cost the Irish state 30 billion euros
($33 billion).
Combat Missiles
Heading to US Found in Passenger
Aircraft in Serbia;
Serbian media reported two combat
missiles, each 1.5m long were discovered
aboard the aircraft in Belgrade Nikola
Tesla airport. The missiles were
reportedly packaged in a wooden case and
provided with documents that listed
Portland, Oregon as its destination.
The Next Front in
the New Crypto Wars: WhatsApp:
The government is frustrated by its lack
of real-time access to messages
protected by the company’s end-to-end
encryption. The story may represent a
disturbing preview of the next front in
the FBI’s war against encryption.
Trump looks set
for big U.S. campaign wins on Tuesday:
He is trailed by Ted Cruz, a U.S.
senator from Texas, and could seize
control of the race with big wins in
Tuesday's voting in Ohio, Florida,
Illinois, Missouri and North Carolina.
Moveon.Org
raising funds from Trump protests, warns
more disruptions to come:
The group detailed its efforts in recent
months, highlighting ads it has run
against the real estate mogul and the
advocacy its done on behalf of refugees,
who it said are “under attack” from the
GOP, and the support it gave to Trump
protesters in Chicago.
All U.N.
member states should end the
criminalization and
incarceration of drug users.
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Clashes in
Yemen's Besieged City of Taiz Kill More
Than 50:
Clashes intensified on Friday between
Shiite rebels and local fighters in the
besieged city of Taiz, killing at least
45 fighters on both sides and six
civilians over the past 24 hours.
Kremlin: Syria’s
territorial integrity is vital for
Russia:
Syria’s territorial integrity is “a
cornerstone” for the majority of
countries and mainly for Russia, saying
this matter is of critical importance
for the entire region. Peskov made it
clear that no one else other than the
Syrians can legitimately decide about
Syria’s future.
Iraqi girl killed
in ISIS chemical attack:
"She died of respiratory complications
and kidney failure ... caused by the
mustard agent used by Daesh (ISIS) in
Taza," said Masrour Aswad, of the Iraqi
Commission for Human Rights.
Sadr supporters
rally in Baghdad, press Abadi to form
new cabinet:
Tens of thousands of people rallied on
Friday in Baghdad, heeding a call from
Shi’ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr to put
pressure on Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi
to proceed with his plan to form a
cabinet of independent, professional
ministers.
Hezbollah,
Lebanese Army hit militants on northeast
border:
Hezbollah and the Lebanese Army Friday
targeted militant positions on the
outskirts of a northeastern border town
with heavy artillery, one day after
fierce clashes left at least six people
dead in the same region.
Saudi kills six
wanted for shooting soldier dead:
Saudi authorities on Friday killed six
men who shot dead their relative, a
Saudi soldier, in a video they posted
online after they pledged allegiance to
the leader of ISIS.
U.S. Secretary of
State Kerry meets King Salman in Saudi
Arabia:
After talks with the king, Kerry went
into a meeting with Saudi Crown Prince
Mohammed Bin Nayef, Defence Minister
Mohammed bin Salman and Foreign Minister
Adel al-Jubeir, saying "I think we have
to talk about Syria" before journalists
were asked to leave the venue.
Saudis quit Arab
League meeting over pro-Hezbollah
remarks:
The Saudi delegation at the Arab League
walk out of a meeting of the body after
Iraqi Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari
defended the country's volunteer forces
and Lebanon's Hezbollah resistance
movement, a report says.
Report: Abbas
Rejected New U.S. "Peace Initiative"
Presented by Biden:
The plan includes designating East
Jerusalem as the capital of a future
Palestinian state and halting settlement
construction for the recognition of
Israel as a Jewish state and giving up
the right of return.
Algeria army
recovers Stinger missiles from slain
extremists:
Algerian troops recovered six Stinger
shoulder-fired ground-to-air missiles in
an operation near the Tunisian border in
which three suspected extremists were
killed, the defense ministry said
Friday.
Scores of Taliban
killed in infighting in western
Afghanistan:
Infighting between Taliban rival groups
in the western Herat province has
claimed scores of lives over the past
couple of days. According to the source,
some 80 fighters have been killed from
warring sides.
UK Furious After
Obama Trashes Closest Ally:
Britain's 'special relationship' with
the United States came under threat
today as a former Cabinet minister hit
back at Barack Obama after he savaged
David Cameron for leaving Libya a 's***
show' after intervening to oust Colonel
Gadaffi in 2011.
Tymoshenko:
Ukraine a ‘corruption conglomerate’:
Ukraine's vehement former prime
minister, Yulia Tymoshenko, says the
leaders who came to power following
2014's bloody upheavals are stifling the
country by tolerating corruption.
FBI bugged
binders to spy on Russians in New York:
The FBI eavesdropped on the activities
of Russian spies in New York for months
with the help of tiny recorders planted
in binders purportedly containing trade
secrets, US court documents show.
Almost 200 Zika
Cases Reported in the U.S.:
Health officials released the numbers
Thursday, and pleaded for Congress to
provide $1.9 billion to fight the virus
in Latin America and help prevent it
from spreading to the continental U.S.
Republican pres
candidates: Ground war with ISIS now!:
The four remaining Republican
presidential candidates clamored during
their latest debate to be considered
most likely to begin another massive
ground war in the Middle East, this time
in pursuit of an end to jihadist group
Islamic State.
Rubio's campaign
tells Ohio supporters to vote for Kasich:
“If you are a Republican primary voter
in Ohio and you want to defeat Donald
Trump, your best chance in Ohio is John
Kasich,” Alex Conant, Rubio’s
communications director, told CNN.
Ben Carson
endorses Donald Trump: Ben Carson threw his
support behind Donald Trump Friday
morning, saying the two men had "buried
the hatche" and praising the Republican
Party's front-runner as a "the voice of
the people to be heard."
A NEW Republican
Candidate To Enter Presidential Race!?!:
It’s been confirmed that a major group
of Republican donors and insiders are
working hard to convince former
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (a
Republican) to run for President!
Citizens in
Europe and the USA must
speak out and join hands in
unity with refugees against
the tides of intolerance,
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“We may not
be seeing isolated bolts
from the blue but the signs
of a gathering storm that
has been building for a long
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70 Nusra
Militants Killed in Syria:
Syrian troops on Thursday killed over 70
militants from the Al-Qaeda-linked Nusra
Front in the country's central province
of Hama, state-run SANA news agency
reported.
11 IS militants
killed in US-led coalition air strikes
in Iraq:
In a separate air strike, the
international warplanes late on
Wednesday night bombarded an IS
headquarters in Heet, leaving an IS
leader and four of his aides killed and
destroying large part of the building,
the source said.
Thousands
evacuated in Iraq as forces advance
against IS:
- Iraqi forces retook a town from the
Islamic State jihadist group in Anbar
province Thursday and evacuated 10,000
civilians as they advanced up the
Euphrates valley, a security spokesman
said.
Islamic State
defector brings 'goldmine' of details on
22,000 supporters:
A disillusioned former member of Islamic
State has passed a stolen memory stick
of documents identifying 22,000
supporters in over 50 countries to a
British journalist, a leak that could
help the West target Islamist fighters
planning attacks.
Iran executions
hit 20-year high in 2015, U.N.
investigator says:
Ahmed Shaheed, U.N. special rapporteur
on human rights in Iran, voiced
particular concern about executions for
crimes committed by children under 18.
This was "strictly and unequivocally
prohibited under international law".
Suspected IS
fighters kill 3 guards at Libya
checkpoint:
Libyan officials say suspected Islamic
State militants have killed three guards
in an attack on a checkpoint outside an
"operations room" set up last month to
fight IS.
Missing Clinton
E-Mail Claims Saudis Financed Benghazi
Attacks:
In March of 2013, a Romanian hacker
calling himself Guccifer hacked into the
AOL account of Sidney Blumenthal and
leaked to Russia Today four e-mails
containing intelligence on Libya that
Blumenthal sent to Hillary Clinton.
South African
peacekeeper killed in Darfur:
A South African peacekeeper has been
killed and another wounded in an ambush
on a military convoy in Sudan. The
convoy was escorting food aid trucks in
the western region of Darfur, South
Africa’s army spokesman has said.
N. Korea fires
missiles, plans to 'liquidate' S. Korean
assets:
North Korea fired two short-range
ballistic missiles into the sea on
Thursday in defiance of UN Security
Council resolutions, as South Korean and
US forces conducted massive war games.
Ai Weiwei: Europe
not giving refugees dignity or love:
Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei
has decried Europe's treatment of
refugees, as he continues to document
the crisis faced by millions of people
fleeing war and persecution.
IMF issues new
warning on global economy:
In a major speech to the National
Association for Business Economics in
Washington on Tuesday, the first deputy
managing director of the IMF, David
Lipton, said that it was “most
disconcerting” that the rise in “risk
aversion” was leading to a “sharp
retrenchment in global capital and trade
flows.”
China blasts U.S.
'rape and murder' at U.N. Human Rights
Council:
"The U.S. is notorious for prison abuse
at Guantanamo prison, its gun violence
is rampant, racism is its deep-rooted
malaise," Chinese diplomat Fu Cong told
the Council, using unusually blunt
language.
Cruz, Rubio want
to send more prisoners to Guantanamo:
White House hopefuls Ted Cruz and Marco
Rubio and 13 other Republican U.S.
senators on Thursday demanded that
Islamic State fighters be sent to the
Guantanamo Bay detention center, which
would boost its population as President
Barack Obama moves to close it.
Video: Black Man
Punched In Face At Trump Rally:
Jones, who says he and a group of
friends went to the rally as a “social
experiment,” told the Washington Post
that while he was handcuffed and
detained, the man who attacked him was
allowed to stay. “It’s happening at all
these rallies now and they’re letting it
ride,” he said. “The police jumped on me
like I was the one swinging.”
I was wrong about
Donald Trump:
Yes, he remains thin-skinned and easily
riled. But his fearlessness and brash
energy also seem necessary and rare
This is all
about a white coup – in the
form of a Rousseff
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U.S.-Led
Coalition Kills over 1,000 Civilians in
Iraq and Syria: The
U.S.-led air campaign against the
Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria
has likely killed more than 1,000
civilians over the last 18 months,
according to figures released Wednesday
by a monitoring group.
Iraqi Security
Forces Kill 30 Daesh Militants in Anbar,
Diyala Provinces:
According to the ministry, 22 Daesh
militants have been killed in the city
of Haditha in the province of Anbar. The
Iraqi security forces have also managed
to capture a communication station of
Daesh militants in an area between
Ramadi and Samarra.
Daesh terrorists
kill six women in Iraq’s Nineveh:
Four Izadi women, who were held as
slaves by Daesh, were killed while
trying to escape from al-Hadar district
of the northern city of Mosul on
Tuesday.
Top ISIS leader
likely killed by US airstrike:
Red-bearded Al-Shishani, a senior aide
to ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, was
likely killed in a bombing last Friday
near the southern town of al-Shaddadi,
which American-backed forces from the
Syrian Arab Coalition seized from the
Islamic State last month, reports the
New York Post.
Top U.S. general
recommends more troops for Iraq and
Syria:
Gen. Lloyd Austin, commander of U.S.
Central Command, pointed to the need for
"additional capability" to retake the
ISIS stronghold of Mosul in Iraq, as
well as Raqqa, Syria, the de facto
capital of ISIS's self-declared
caliphate.
Iraqi officials:
US captured top ISIS chemical arms
engineer:
U.S. special forces captured the head of
ISIS's unit trying to develop chemical
weapons in a raid last month in northern
Iraq, two senior Iraqi intelligence
officials told the Associated Press
Oil revenue
collapse means Isis reliant on Gulf
funds, inquiry hears:
Experts have told the committee the UK
government may be vastly over-estimating
the importance of oil revenue, and
underestimating the extent to which Isis
is reliant on foreign donors in the Gulf
or its manipulation of the Iraqi banking
system.
Military Review –
Syria:
Video - The Syrian Army supported
by the Russian warplanes continued an
advance against Al-Nusra and its allies
in the province of Latakia liberating
Jabal Zuwayqat. The nearby village of
Zuwayqat was also liberated.
Yemen rebels and
Saudis agree border 'calm', swap
prisoners:
Yemen's Iran-backed rebels have freed a
Saudi soldier in return for seven
detained Yemenis as part of a
tribal-mediated border truce agreed by
both sides, the Riyadh-led coalition
said today.
US criticizes
Saudi halt to Lebanon arms:
The oil-rich Gulf kingdom, until
recently Beirut's main source of funding
for arms, has cut off supplies in
protest at Hezbollah's influence there.
GOP Calls for New
Sanctions After Iran Missile Tests:
The U.S. should “up our game and impose
real, tough sanctions on Iran on their
ballistic missile program,” Ayotte said
during a Senate Armed Services Committee
hearing.
2 Palestinians
shot dead during firefight, bystander
wounded:
Israeli police shot dead two
Palestinians outside Jerusalem's Old
City on Wednesday morning after they
opened fire in the area -- continuing a
string of deadly encounters that shook
Israel and the occupied Palestinian
territories a day earlier.
US special forces
kill 10 Islamic extremists in Somalia:
U.S. forces were serving in an advisory
role and provided the helicopter
transportation for the mission, said
Navy Capt. Jeff Davis, a Pentagon
spokesman. The U.S. forces accompanied
the Somali troops on the mission, but
did not "go all the way to the
objective," he said.
Propaganda alert:
Pentagon Has Plan
to Cripple ISIS in Libya With Air
Barrage:
Airstrikes against as many as 30 to 40
targets in four areas of the country
would aim to deal a crippling blow to
the Islamic State’s most dangerous
affiliate outside of Iraq and Syria
Libya military
intervention may worsen situation-Italy
minister:
Italy warned on Wednesday that Western
military intervention in Libya could
worsen an already volatile situation in
which some 5,000 Islamic State (IS)
militants in the country are seeking
allies from local forces.
North Korea's Kim
says country has miniaturized nuclear
warheads:
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said the
country has miniaturized nuclear
warheads to mount on ballistic missiles
and ordered improvements in the power
and precision of its arsenal, state
media reported on Wednesday.
'EU Ready to
Betray Greece as it Did Czechoslovakia
in 1938':
News analysis -
Brussels' scheme
to close the 'Balkan route' for illegal
immigration through Greece puts the
country in a difficult and humiliating
situation, comparable to the betrayal of
Czechoslovakia by Western powers in 1938
Don't Hold Your
Breath If Betting Brazil Impeachment Is
Near: Investors
betting that Brazil’s corruption scandal
will hasten President Dilma Rousseff’s
downfall and usher in a stronger leader
to pull Latin America’s largest economy
from recession may want to think again.
F-35: Trillion
Dollar Warplane’s Radar Doesn’t Work:
The financial sink hole known as the
F-35 continues to fail the most basic
flight and sensor tests. The warplane,
estimated to have a total cost around
$1.5 trillion, has already come up short
in simulated dogfights with the F-16.
Nearly one-third
of US food stamp recipients rely on food
pantries:Nearly one-third of
US households on the Supplemental
Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) rely
on food pantries to supplement their
food budget, according to data
highlighted this week by the US
Department of Agriculture (USDA), which
administers SNAP.
Documents Reveal
US Army Indoctrinated Soldiers on
Dangers of ‘White Privilege’:
The 67th Signal Battalion at Fort
Gordon, Georgia, were subjected to a
“white privilege” briefing, including a
PowerPoint presentation instructing the
attendees: “Our society attaches
privilege to being white and male and
heterosexual …”
Noam Chomsky:
2016 Election Puts US at Risk of "Utter
Disaster": It cannot
be overlooked that we have arrived to a
unique moment in human history. For the
first time, decisions have to be made
right now that will literally determine
the prospects for decent human survival,
and not in the distant future.
Big Tech Bosses
Meet in Secret on Private Island to Stop
Donald Trump:
According to the Huffington Post, the
tech elite in attendance includes Apple
CEO Tim Cook, Google co-founder Larry
Page, the creator of Napster and
Facebook investor Sean Parker, as well
as billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk of
Tesla Motors.
The conflict emanates from Washington and is
perpetuated by Washington. Why? To justify
what would otherwise be seen as simply
outrageous US militarism in the Asia
Pacific.
The wars on Afghanistan
and Iraq are part of a broader military agenda,
which was launched at the end of the Cold War. The
ongoing war agenda is a continuation of the 1991
Gulf War and the NATO led wars on Yugoslavia
(1991-2001).
The overt theme is
unilateralism, but it is ultimately a story of
domination. It calls for the United States to
maintain its overwhelming military superiority and
prevent new rivals from rising up to challenge it on
the world stage.
A SECRET blueprint for
US global domination reveals that President Bush and
his cabinet were planning a premeditated attack on
Iraq to secure 'regime change' even before he took
power in January 2001.
02/25/03 - The Project
for the New American Century, or PNAC, is a
Washington-based think tank created in 1997. Above
all else, PNAC desires and demands one thing: The
establishment of a global American empire to bend
the will of all nations.
A highly classified
British memo, leaked in the midst of Britain's
just-concluded election campaign, indicates that
President Bush decided to overthrow Iraqi President
Saddam Hussein by summer 2002 and was determined to
ensure that U.S. intelligence data supported his
policy.
MINISTERS were warned
in July 2002 that Britain was committed to taking
part in an American-led invasion of Iraq and they
had no choice but to find a way of making it legal.
Those who have hoped
that a U.S. military victory in Iraq would somehow
bring about a more peaceful world are in for a rude
awakening. The final resolution of this war and the
U.S. occupation of Iraq will likely not be the end,
rather, only the prelude to a succession of future
crises: in Kashmir, Syria, North Korea, and Iran.
