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Smart and
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unlocks the sufferings served by the Iraq
war.
"I Am
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"We
live in a prisoner of war camp, that's why
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A
Pantomime World
By Adam Curtis
A fake
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in the west - and is now preventing us from
understanding what is really going on in the
world outside.
The
Power of Nightmares
By Adam Curtis
In the past our politicians offered us
dreams of a better world. Now they promise
to protect us from nightmares.
“How
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Miko
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Surviving Progress
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Let
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A brief and crucial history of the United
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The
Most Honest Three and a Half Minutes of
Television. Ever......?
Scene of the
new HBO series The Newsroom.
U.S. Helicopter Blasts Afghan Man to
Pieces...
As The Pilot Sings
'Bye, Bye Miss American Pie'
It is the horrific moment an Afghan man is
blown apart by a US missile.
The Power Principle
Simply brilliant. - This is
probably the best film ever made about
American foreign policy.
Managing
Public Perception - Psywar
The real battlefield is your mind.
The
Century of the Self
How
politicians and business learned to create
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Why
We Fight
What are the forces that shape and
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Norman Finkelstein: American Radical
Probing, definitive documentary about
Jewish-American political scientist Norman
Finkelstein
Stop
the Machine!!!!!:
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The
Secret Government: The Constitution in
Crisis
Bill Moyer's 1987 scathing critique
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the Executive Branch of the United States
Government
Lives
In The Balance : Jackson Browne
"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 "
American Drug
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Islamic State fighters
killed in Iraq's Kirkuk as
governor declares three-day
clash over:
Besides the militants, 46
people died in the attack,
which was seen as an attempt
by the Islamic State group
to distract Iraqi troops
from their operation to
capture Mosul from them.
Turkish artillery has killed
17 IS militants in Mosul
operation: Minister:
Turkish artillery fire has
killed 17 Islamic State
militants since the battle
to drive them from the Iraqi
city of Mosul began and four
Turkish F-16 fighter jets
are on standby to take part
Wave
of strikes as ISIS puts up
tough defense of Mosul:
Iraqi forces advancing on
Mosul faced stiff resistance
Monday from ISIS despite an
unprecedented wave of air
strikes by the US-led
coalition in support of the
week-old offensive.
Turkey-Iraq row over ISIL
operation:
Ongoing tensions between
Turkey and Iraq have
intensified after Turkey
said its troops fired
artillery rounds at ISIL
targets near the northern
Iraqi city of Mosul,
following a request by
Kurdish Peshmerga forces.
Russia accuses US-lead
coalition of 'war crimes' in
Iraq:
The Russian defence ministry
on Saturday accused the
US-led coalition fighting
jihadists in Iraq of
committing war cries, a day
after an air raid killed 15
women at a shrine near the
city of Kirkuk.
Nearly 100
civilians said killed in
Turkish Syria op:
Monitoring group says 22
children among casualties
from offensive by Ankara and
its rebel allies to oust IS,
Kurdish militants from
border region
NGO
says the raids were carried
out by either Syrian or
Russian aircraft.:
- Sixteen civilians,
including three children,
were killed on Monday in
heavy bombardment across
rebel-held Idlib province in
northwest Syria, a
monitoring group said.
Russia's Big Guns Go to War;
The two largest ships of the
Russian Navy, are steaming
toward the eastern
Mediterranean. Their mission
is to stop the planned
American war on Syria and to
prevent the US Navy from
launching airstrikes or
Tomahawk cruise missiles at
the Syrian Arab Army or the
Russian forces in Syria
Plans
to send heavier weapons to
CIA-backed rebels in Syria
stall amid White House
skepticism:
As rebel-held sections of
Aleppo crumbled under
Russian bombing this month,
the Obama administration was
secretly weighing plans to
rush more firepower to
CIA-backed units in Syria.
32
militants killed, Taliban
offensive foiled in
Afghanistan:
"Taliban attack on Faizabad
district which begun on
Saturday, has been thwarted
and the rebels, after
suffering huge casualties,
and leaving 32 dead bodies
behind, have run away,"
Xinhua news agency quoted
the official as saying.
24
Maoist fighters killed in a
clash with police in eastern
India:
Police acted on a tip-off
that about 30 fighters had
gathered close to the border
with Andhra Pradesh state.
Venezuela's Right Wing Wants
to Impeach President Maduro:
Venezuela's right-wing
opposition-led National
Assembly said Sunday they
will move on impeaching
President Nicolas Maduro for
purportedly 'violating
democracy,' in the wake of a
nixed recall referendum
against Maduro.
83
People Tear Gassed, Arrested
in Dakota Pipeline Protest:
Local police officers used
tear gas as hundreds of
protesters tried to halt the
construction of the Dakota
Access pipeline at Standing
Rock.
Hacked Emails Prove
Coordination Between Clinton
Campaign and Super PACs:
News analysis: The emails
show consistent, repeated
efforts by the Clinton
campaign to collaborate with
Super PACs on strategy,
research, attacks on
political adversaries and
fundraising
Farrakhan on Hillary
Clinton: "That's a Wicked
Woman"
- Video -
'The
System IS Rigged!' Pat
Buchanan Goes Off On CNN
Propagandist!;
Video - Pat Buchanan went
off on the Clinton News
Network host Michael
Smerconish for trying to
claim the system is not
"rigged" against Donald
Trump.
White
House Watch: Still
Neck-and-Neck:
The new national telephone
and online survey of Likely
U.S. Voters shows Trump with
43% support to Clinton’s
41%. Libertarian candidate
Gary Johnson gets five
percent (5%) of the vote,
while Green Party nominee
picks up three percent (3%).
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October 22, 2016
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An
Establishment in
Panic
By Patrick
Buchanan |
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Its ideology,
its political
religion, is
seen by growing
millions as a
golden calf, a
20th-century god
that has
failed. -
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Erdogan regime killed more
than 150 innocent civilians
in Aleppo northern
countryside:
General Command of the army
and armed forces said on
Thursday that warplanes of
Erdogan regime perpetrated
on Wednesday a massacre that
killed more than 150
innocent civilians
Syrian army says it
will 'bring down' any
Turkish war planes in its
air space:
"Any attempt to once again
breach Syrian airspace by
Turkish war planes will be
dealt with and they will be
brought down by all means
available," the Syrian army
general command said in a
statement.
Truce
holds in Aleppo but UN
delays evacuations:
The U.N. said Friday that
security concerns had forced
it to delay planned
evacuations from Syria's
Aleppo, despite a truce that
was largely holding for a
second day in the ravaged
city.
Al-Nusra
Front Open Fire at Civilians
Leaving Aleppo - Militia:
"Some 2,000 – 2,500
civilians who wanted to use
the corridors and flee
eastern Aleppo gathered in
Bustan al-Qasr. Al-Nusra
[Front] militants opened
fire and did not allow them
to leave. Several people
were wounded,"
UN
rights chief denounces
Aleppo raids as 'war crimes':
The siege and bombing of
eastern Aleppo in Syria
constitute "crimes of
historic proportions" that
have caused heavy civilian
casualties amounting to "war
crimes", according to the
top United Nations human
rights officia
UN Human Rights
Council votes to open probe
into Aleppo ‘war crimes’:
The UN Human Rights Council
has voted to start an
independent special inquiry
into the situation in the
war-ravaged Syrian city of
Aleppo, indicating that the
blame for most of the
civilian casualties lies
with Syria and Russia.
Moscow summons Belgian
ambassador, presents data on
F-16s bombing of Syrian
civilians:
Russia’s Foreign Ministry
said it has presented,
Belgium’s ambassador in
Moscow, with evidence
proving the involvement of
Belgian Air Force jets in a
recent airstrike on a Syrian
village that killed four
civilians.
Turkish military says it
killed 18 Kurdish militants
in Iraq and southeast:
The Turkish military said on
Friday it had killed 12
Kurdish militants in
southeast Turkey and another
six in air strikes in
northern Iraq, while also
targeting their allied
fighters in northern Syria.
15
women killed, dozens more
wounded in air raid on
shrine near Kirkuk – report:
“It was expected that ISIS
sleeper cells would make a
move one day in Kirkuk now
that the Mosul offensive has
started and they want to
boost their own morale this
way,” Kirkuk Governor
Daesh
puts up fierce resistance
near Mosul:
Daesh are continuing to hold
off advancing Peshmerga
fighters in the plains and
villages around Bashiqa, 15
kilometres northeast of
Mosul, inflicting heavy
casualties on the Kurdish
militias.
Turkey, Iraq reach agreement
'in principle' on Mosul,
U.S. says:
Turkey and Iraq have reached
an agreement in principle
that could eventually allow
a Turkish role in the
campaign to retake Mosul
from Islamic State, U.S.
Defense Secretary Ash Carter
said on Friday after talks
with President Tayyip
Erdogan.
Islamic State fighters kill
13 in assault on power plant
in northern Iraq's Kirkuk:
Islamic State militants
armed with assault rifles
and explosives attacked
targets in and around the
northern Iraqi city of
Kirkuk early Friday
U.S.
says it killed 8 alledged al
Qaeda-affiliated militants
in Yemen:
The U.S. military killed
eight al Qaeda-affiliated
militants in two strikes in
Yemen this month, U.S.
Central Command said in a
statement on Friday.
Israeli forces kill
Palestinian teen for alleged
rock-throwing:
The young Palestinian, later
identified as Khalid Bahr
Ahmad Bahr, 15, was
reportedly shot by Israeli
forces in the back, with the
bullet exiting through his
chest.
Rise
in torture of imprisoned
children;
The “overwhelming majority”
of Palestinian minors held
in Israel’s Megiddo and Ofer
prisons have been tortured
during their detention and
interrogation, the
Palestinian Committee of
Prisoners’ Affairs said
'Libyan coast guard' attacks
migrant boat leaving four
dead and at least 25 missing:
The assailants arrived on a
speedboat carrying the
Libyan coastgaurd insignia
before beating migrants with
clubs, sending many of them
into the water.
Israeli Weapons Fueling War
in South Sudan:
Israeli and Bulgarian arms
have been helping to fuel
war in the South Sudan,
according to a United
Nations panel, with a number
of U.N. leaders threatening
to put an arms embargo in an
attempt to end ongoing
fighting in the world's
newest nation.
South
Africa Wants to Leave the
Contentious ICC:
Since its inception, the
court has been plagued with
the criticism that it holds
a neo-colonial bias against
African states.
Seven
Pakistan troops killed in
Kashmir border fire: India:
Indian border security
forces on Friday said they
shot dead seven Pakistani
soldiers in retaliation to a
ceasefire violation on the
disputed Kashmir border,
with Pakistan refuting the
claims.
China, Philippines
Reportedly Set To Agree To
Joint Oil Exploration In
South China Sea:
According to the report,
Philippine officials said
they were in talks with
their Chinese counterparts
to finalize a deal that
could see both sides working
to find oil and natural gas
in the South China Sea.
Philippines: Anti-U.S.
protesters demand action
after violent police
response:
About 1,000 protesters,
carrying placards that read
“U.S. troops out now”
marched 1.8 mile to the
presidential palace in
Manila to condemn the
violent police action and
seek justice for those
injured.
Duterte gets highest
approval, trust ratings
among top nat’l officials –
Pulse Asia:
President Rodrigo Duterte
garnered the highest
performance and trust
ratings among the top five
national officials in
government, the latest Pulse
Asia survey results showed
Friday.
Hillary’s top assistant
admits to a $12 million
dollary pay-for-play from
Morocco!:
This leaked email from the
13th batch of John Podesta’s
hacked emails shows direct
confirmation that a meeting
was set up with Hillary
Clinton, and it was paid for
with that massive cash
payoff:
The 5
Most Repressive Voter Laws
in the United States:
As the 2016 U.S.
presidential election looms
near, voter suppression laws
in nearly every state are
curtailing voting access to
large segments of the
population—indeed,
curtailing democracy.
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October 20, 2016
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Turkey: Army kills up to 200
YPG fighters in Aleppo:
A Syrian-Kurdish forces
leader, however, said that
while Turkish jets and
artillery were attacking, no
more than 10 fighters had
been killed so far.
Radar
data proves Belgian F-16s
attacked village near
Aleppo, killing 6 - Russia:
Russia insists two Belgium
warplanes flying from an Air
Force base in Jordan
attacked a village in Syria,
citing radar data. Belgium
denies conducting any
airstrikes.
Hundreds of rebels leave
Syrian town of Mouadamiya:
witnesses:
Under an amnesty deal with
the government, 1,800 people
including 700 rebels left
Mouadamiya for Idlib, the
largest area under control
of the myriad insurgent
groups seeking to oust
President Bashar al-Assad
Aleppo humanitarian pause
extended by 24 hours –
Russian Defense Ministry
: The goal is
to allow people wishing to
leave the city to do so,
including both civilians and
militants, who were offered
separate corridors to leave
Aleppo with their arms.
Syrian government forces
prepare corridors out of
Aleppo:
Russia's military has
promised two corridors will
be opened for militants to
flee to the neighboring
rebel-held province of Idlib,
between 8 a.m. and 7 p.m,
while other corridors will
allow civilians to move to
government-held areas.
Reports: 3 Russian officers
wounded in Aleppo:
Russian state-run media say
three Russian officers are
reported to have been
wounded by gunfire along one
of the humanitarian
corridors leading out of the
besieged Syrian city of
Aleppo.
'Kill
all Isil fighters to stop
influx into Syria' - Russia:
"It's essential not to chase
the terrorists from one
country to another, but to
destroy them on the spot,"
Valery Gerasimov said.
‘Don’t chase terrorists to
other countries, kill them
on sight’ – Russia on Mosul
offensive:
The Russian military says it
hopes the US-led coalition
will not allow Islamic State
terrorists holding Mosul to
flee the city and go to
Syria. It warned the
operation is still being
monitored.
ISIS
reassures its fighters after
failed coup attempt against
Baghdadi:
“ISIS media began a campaign
to assure its fighters and
supporters that Baghdadi
would not leave Mosul, and
denied any news regarding
his escape to the Syrian
city of Raqqa,”
ISIS
forces Mosul residents to
donate money to support the
Caliphate:
Iraqi media outlets
announced on Thursday, that
ISIS launched a large
fundraising campaign to
support its “Caliphate
State” in the battles of
Mosul and forced Mosul
residents to donate their
money to support this cause.
Mosul
offensive going faster than
planned, Iraqi PM says;
Howitzer and mortar fire
started at dawn, hitting a
group of villages held by
ISIS about 10-20 km (6-12
miles) from Mosul, while
helicopters flew overhead,
according to Reuters
reporters at two frontline
locations north and east of
Mosul.
U.S.
service member killed in
northern Iraq:
A U.S. service member died
Thursday from wounds
sustained in an improvised
explosive device blast in
northern Iraq, the U.S.
military said.
Yemeni forces kill 30 Houthi
militants in Haja province:
Yemeni pro-government Armed
Forces declared the killing
of 30 militants from among
the Houthi fighters and
their allies, who are loyal
to the former president Ali
Abdullah Saleh.
Army
kills dozens enemy Saudi
soldiers, bombs military
sites in Jizan, Najran:
Among the dozens killed, two
Saudi soldiers were killed
by the army`s snipers in al-Karn
and al-Dawd military site in
Jizan.
Saudi Arabia borrows
$17.5B in first
international bond offering:
HSBC;
The world's largest oil
exporter, Saudi Arabia is
seeking financing as it
moves to diversify its
economy following the global
collapse in crude prices.
US Air Force Chief
Sees Decades of More War
Operations:
"We've been deploying now
for 15 years," Chief of
Staff Gen. David Goldfein
said. "We've probably got
15, 20 years to go."
UK
sends warships to watch
Russian ship in English
Channel:
Britain is sending warships
to monitor a Russian
aircraft carrier group and
other vessels as they sail
through the North Sea and
the English Channel.
Afghanistan: US Kills 8 in
drone strike:
At least eight alledged,
Taliban fighters including
one of their senior
commanders were killed in a
US drone strike in northern
Parwan province, local
officials said on Thursday.
Two
Americans Killed by Afghan
Service Member in Attack
Near Kabul:
An Afghan soldier killed a
U.S. military service member
and an American civilian in
an attack near a coalition
base close to Kabul on
Wednesday in which the
assailant was also killed
Afghan troops causing more
civilian casualties, U.N.
says;
Afghan civilians are paying
the price for increased
fighting in populated areas
around the country, the
United Nations reported on
Wednesday, with government
troops responsible for a
growing share of civilian
casualties.
Anti-U.S.
protest in Philippines turns
violent:
Protesters had gathered to
demand an end to the
presence of U.S. troops in
the country and to support a
call by President Rodrigo
Duterte for a foreign policy
not dependent on the U.S.,
the country’s longtime ally.
Secrecy over UK drone strike
deaths in Syria faces legal
challenge:
Human rights group appeals
against decision not to
publish information
following the deaths of UK
nationals
The
Debates Are Over, and No One
Asked About Climate Change:
. It threatens the economy,
national security and
health, exacerbates poverty
and racism, and threatens to
undermine or compound
virtually all other issues
discussed on the stage
tonight
'She
created this mess': Clinton
aide reveals concerns in
#PodestaEmails13:
An email from Clinton aide
Huma Abedin to Robby Mook
and Podesta from January
2015 discussed Morocco
donating to the Clinton
Foundation’s Clinton Global
Initiative (CGI) to get
access to Clinton.
Donna
Brazile's Russia Dodge!:
VIDEO
- TYT Politics Reporter
Jordan Chariton grilled
interim DNC chair and former
CNN contributor Donna
Brazile on the email,
recently released by
WikiLeaks, that shows her
providing the Clinton
campaign with a town hall
question beforehand.
Chris
Wallace GRILLS Hillary On
Clinton Foundation
Corruption [VIDEO]:
“Emails show that donors got
special access to you,” - ?
Why isn’t it what Mr. Trump
calls pay to play?”
Podesta Says It’s OK for
Illegals to Vote With
Driver’s License: Wikileaks:
In the latest Wikileaks
Podesta documents John
Podesta actually says it is
OK for illegals to vote if
they have a driver’s
license.
James
O'Keefe Releases Second
Video, VOTER FRAUD Uncovered:
Project Veritas' undercover
journalists uncovered
evidence that operatives
working for the Hillary
Clinton campaign and the
Democratic National
Committee are willing to
engage in massive voter
fraud.
Trump
says he'll accept 'clear'
election result, reserves
right to challenge:
Republican Donald Trump on
Thursday said he would
accept a "clear" election
result but reserved the
right to file a legal
challenge, clarifying his
stance a day after he
refused to promise he would
trust the outcome if he
loses on Nov. 8.
Donald Trump accused of
sexual misconduct by 10th
woman:
Karena Virginia appears
alongside lawyer Gloria
Allred to describe incident
involving Trump in 1998,
when she says he touched her
breast
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October 18/19, 2016
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Shia Muslim
militia convoy attacked in Baghdad,
11 killed:
: Eleven people were killed and
another 23 injured on Monday when a
convoy of Shia Muslim militiamen was
targeted by a suicide car-bomber in
Baghdad’s southern Al-Yousifiya
district, according to a local
police source.
Armed
uprising against ISIS begins in
Mosul:
“A popular uprising is expected to
occur in Mosul against ISIS which
has begun to lose control over the
city. Divisions have emerged between
its leaders and its fighters have
been fleeing since the start of
liberation battles which have been
waged across multiple fronts.”
Explosives,
booby traps slow down Mosul
offensive;
Iraqi officers say gains are made,
but Al Jazeera's reporter says the
advance is not as formidable as the
first day.
US Troops 'In
Harm's Way' as Battle for Mosul
Begins:
"It's fair to say there are
Americans on the outskirts of the
city," Cook said, but he was vague
on how many U.S. troops are embedded
with the advancing forces as
advisers and Joint Terminal Attack
Controllers to call in airstrikes.
Australian
forces help Iraq, Kurds in their
march on ISIS stronghold:
AUSTRALIAN Defence Force personnel
have joined the push to retake the
Islamic State’s self-declared
capital Mosul, in just over 24 hours
recapturing 200 square kilometres of
land and liberating nine small
villages.
Erdogan invokes document
that claims Mosul as Turkish soil:
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip
Erdogan invoked on Monday an early
20th-century irredentist document
that claimed the Iraqi city of Mosul
as Turkish soil.
Coalition
warplanes kill 20 Islamic State
militants in Syria:
United States-led coalition
warplanes killed 20 Islamic State
militants in Syria over the last 24
hours, the Turkish military said on
Tuesday,
Russian,
Syrian air forces cease airstrikes
in Aleppo at 0700 GMT Tuesday:
The Russian and Syrian air forces
halted strikes in Aleppo on Tuesday
for a 48-hour humanitarian pause,
Russia’s defense minister announced.
The ceasefire comes ahead of
schedule.
UN-Backed
Human Rights Council to Discuss
Aleppo;
The UN-backed council, following a
request by Britain on behalf of the
U.S., Saudi Arabia, Turkey, France,
Germany and others, will hold the
special session on Friday.
Yemen
conflict: Both sides accept 72-hour
ceasefire:
The agreement triggers a ceasefire
which would end the siege of the
city of Taiz. “We are here to call
for an immediate cessation of
hostilities, which will be declared
in the next few hours,” said UN
envoy Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed.
UNESCO adopts
anti-Israel resolution on al-Aqsa
Mosque;
UN agency passes resolution that
criticises Israeli policies around
al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied
East Jerusalem.
Somali troops
battle al-Shabab fighters in Afgoye:
At least least four police officers
killed as clashes between Somali
troops and al-Shabab fighters erupt
in Afgoye.
Taliban
Begins Secret Peace Talks With U.S.,
Afghan Officials: Sources:
At least one American official
participated in three rounds of
"informal meetings" held during the
second week of October in Doha,
Qatar, two of the Taliban commanders
said on condition of anonymity.
Russia 'will
retaliate' against British media
after RT's bank accounts closed:
Maria Zakharova, spokeswoman for
Russia’s foreign ministry, says
Britain ‘will get as good as they
give’ after NatWest closes channel’s
accounts
Australia
intentionally torturing refugees on
Nauru: Amnesty International report
: The Australian government is
responsible for the deliberate and
systematic torture of refugees on
Nauru and should be held accountable
under international law.
Euro 'house of cards' to
collapse, warns ECB prophet:
The European Central Bank is
becoming dangerously over-extended
and the whole euro project is
unworkable in its current form, the
founding architect of the monetary
union has warned.
Ecuador cut
off Assange’s internet at U.S.
request, WikiLeaks says:
Wikileaks said Tuesday that
Secretary of State John Kerry asked
Ecuador to stop WikiLeaks founder,
Julian Assange, from publishing
leaked emails that could disrupt
peace negotiations with a guerrilla
group in Colombia.
U.K.’s Mass
Surveillance Databases Were Unlawful
for 17 Years, Court Rules:
For nearly two decades, British
spies unlawfully maintained vast
troves of people’s private data
without adequate safeguards against
misuse, a tribunal of senior judges
has ruled.
Six people
found alive with severed hands in
Mexico:
The victims were mutilated by a
criminal group linked to drug
trafficking, which also left a dead
man on the road and two bags with
the severed hands in Tlaquepaque,
near Guadalajara, Mexico's second
biggest city, police said.
Despite
Ongoing Abuses, U.S. Seeks to
Restore Aid to Mexico’s Security
Forces:
U.S. diplomatic officials asserted
that while significant problems
persist, Mexican security forces are
making progress on human rights and
have called on the Obama
administration to release more than
$2 million in aid to Mexico’s
military and police.
The Lives of
Black Women In The USA: Video
- Fault Lines explores the
lesser-known stories of black women
who have fallen victim to police
violence in the US.
VIDEO: Cop
Beats, Tasers, Falsely Arrests
Innocent Man
: “You’re about to get your ass
tased,” warned Corder, as he forced
his way into Deric Baize’s home.
1 in 2
American Adults Already In Facial
Recognition Network:
DMV records, plus a cavalier
approach to mugshot databases, puts
half of the US in the system
Hillary
Clinton Liked Covert Action if It
Stayed Covert, Transcript Shows:
News Analysis -: Hillary Clinton
longs for the days when Americans
knew how to execute a covert action
abroad and not spill the details to
reporters.
The great
Clinton cover-up:
FBI's Hillary email files are
covered in redactions which leave
some pages unreadable
Undercover Footage Shows
Clinton Operatives Admit To Inciting
"Anarchy" At Trump Rallies;
The video documents violence at
Trump rallies that is traced to the
Clinton campaign and the DNC through
a process called "bird-dogging."
CBS, ABC
Horrified! WikiLeaks Bombshell Shows
Which Journalists Invited to
Off-the-Record:
This is how Team Hillary rigs an
election… The media is part of the
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Iran: The Real
Story Versus the Cover Story:
By
Mark H Gaffney
The American people need to know the
truth. This is a phony crisis
"Rebuilding
America's Defenses"
Blueprint of the PNAC Plan for U.S. Global Hegemony
Some people have compared it to Hitler's publication of
Mein Kampf, which was ignored until after the war was
over.
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