Venezuela’s UN Security Council bid gains
Venezuela’s UN Security Council bid gains backing
US threatened Yahoo with $250,000 daily fine over NSA data refusal
Company releases 1,500 documents from failed suit against NSA over user data requests and cooperation with Prism compliance
How the West Created the Islamic State
… With a Little Help From Our Friends
Six Steps Short of War to Beat ISIS
Frustration drives Arsal’s FSA into ISIS ranks
‘Vetted Moderate’ Free Syrian Army Commander Admits Alliance with ISIS, Confirms PJ Media Reporting
As President Obama laid out his “strategy” last night for dealing with the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), and as bipartisan leadership in Congress pushes to approve as much as $4 billion to arm Syrian “rebels,” it should be noted that the keystone to his anti-Assad policy – the “vetted moderate” Free Syrian Army (FSA) – is now admitting that they, too, are working with the Islamic State.
TURKEY NOT TO ALLOW US TO USE BASES
Turkey will refuse to allow a US-led coalition to attack ISIS militants in neighbouring Iraq and Syria from its air bases, nor will it take part in combat operations against militants, a government official told AFP Thursday.
Syria warns against foreign intervention after Obama speech
Obama’s Breathtaking Expansion of a President’s Power To Make War
Reporter in Iraq: ‘I Know There Are Already Boots on the Ground Where I Am’
Ex-Bush official rips Obama’s ‘breathtaking’ expansion of war powers
Russia warns US against strikes on Islamic State in Syria
Germany, Britain say won’t take part in anti-ISIS airstrikes in Syria
Russia’s Lavrov: West may use ISIS as pretext to bomb Syrian government forces
If the West bombs Islamic State militants in Syria without consulting Damascus, the anti-ISIS alliance may use the occasion to launch airstrikes against President Bashar Assad’s forces, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said.
CIA: ISIS has 20,000 to 31,500 fighters
Syria and Iraq: Why US Policy Is Fraught with Danger
The United States is reluctantly but decisively becoming engaged in the civil wars in Iraq and Syria as it seeks to combat Isis, which calls itself Islamic State.
Iraq War III: Obama’s ‘Operation Doubletalk’
Israel ‘Concerned’ US War on ISIS Will Temper Hostility Toward Iran
Obama: US to Step up Economic Penalties on Russia
Russia committed to Ukraine peace plan despite EU sanctions
A Powerful NATO Flotilla Has Entered the Black Sea to Reassure Ukraine
Sea Breeze training exercise brings together 13 ships from six countries
Citing Failed War on Drugs, World Leaders Call for Widespread Decriminalization
Global commission condemns “harsh measures grounded in repressive ideologies”
Noam Chomsky: The Real Reason Israel “Mows the Lawn” in Gaza
Like other states, Israel pleads “security” as justification for its aggressive and violent actions. But knowledgeable Israelis know better.
Human Rights Watch accuses Israel of war crimes in Gaza
Ceasefires in Which Violations Never Cease: What’s Next for Israel, Hamas, and Gaza?
Breaking The Last Taboo – Gaza and the Threat of World War
Missouri execution contested over drug secrecy and racism claims
Earl Ringo, convicted by an all-white jury for a double murder, set to be executed Wednesday night with untested drug cocktail
Philadelphia set to decriminalize marijuana possession
Guyana authorities seize submersible used to transport drugs
US bans Europol from releasing its own documents to European officials
The United States has instructed Europol, the European Union’s police agency, to withhold its own annual internal data-protection review from EU lawmakers because the report was written without the US Treasury Department’s permission.
Ebola Spreading ‘Exponentially’
Ebola Spreading ‘Exponentially’ as Patients Seek Beds in Liberia
The Ebola virus is spreading exponentially across Liberia as patients fill taxis in a fruitless search for medical care, the World Health Organization said Monday.
How Washington Helped Create Israel’s Secret Nuclear Arsenal
In the 1960s the US was far from blindly supporting Israeli interests in the Middle East
Why America Needs a Major War in Europe?
Losing Credibility – The IMF’s New Cold War Loan to Ukraine
Sidestepping Ukraine’s ‘N-Word’ for Nazi
The mainstream U.S. media is hazing German Chancellor Merkel and President Obama for sidestepping the “I-word” – invasion – in reference to Russia and Ukraine. But the MSM goes mute on Ukraine’s “N-word” for “Nazi” so as not to disrupt the pro-Kiev “group think,” says Robert Parry.
EU delays entry into force of Russia sanctions to assess ceasefire
Ukraine ceasefire breached in Donetsk and Mariupol
Shelling is audible in port of Mariupol and explosions reported in Donetsk days after ceasefire deal
Von der Leyen dubious about NATO’s two-percent rule
Germany’s defense minister has said she does not see the need to raise military spending to two percent of GDP. Only four of NATO’s 28 members currently meet the alliance’s longstanding target for defense spending.
On savagery and war
The Islamic State group and the wholesale violence in Iraq and Syria.
Americans Now Fear ISIS Sleeper Cells Are Living in the U.S.
Overwhelmingly Support Military Action
NATO’s new missions won’t solve Ukraine, Iraq crises
Hagel: US Must Weigh Results of Broader Iraq Fight
U.S. moves to reassure Georgia as Ukraine crisis stokes unease
Made in the USA: Report Shows ISIS Using US Arms from ‘Syria Rebels’
ISIS Anti-Tank Rockets Were Given to FSA Last Year
Syria’s ‘So-Called Moderate Rebels’ Sold Sotloff to ISIS
A spokesman for the family of murdered journalist Steven Sotloff claimed Monday night that Sotloff was sold to the terrorist group the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) by Syria’s “so-called moderate rebels.”
Destroying ISIS May Take Years, U.S. Officials Say
In place of ‘boots on the ground,’ US seeks contractors for Iraq
Iraq crisis: Obama to set out ‘US offensive against IS’
U.S. military expands airstrikes in western Iraq
Russia, China agree to settle more trade in yuan and rouble
BBC playing dirty tricks against Iran by spreading disinformation
Role of Pentagon, CIA in Somalia
A reported car-bomb rammed into a convoy of troops from the African Union Mission to Somalia (AMISOM) on Sept. 8 killing at least twelve people including four from the United States.
Noam Chomsky, The Fate of the Gaza Ceasefire
Hagel: US Needs to Maintain Military Superiority
Lord’s Prayer to Hugo Chávez angers Catholic church in Venezuela
Socialist party congress directs prayer to ‘Our Chávez who art in heaven’, drawing church retort that text is ‘untouchable’
Hagel: US Needs to Maintain Military Superiority
The U.S. military’s technological superiority is being challenged by other nations, including China and Russia, and in order to maintain its dominance America must be more innovative in how it develops and buys new technologies, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel told industry leaders here
Let’s Have Candor from the NATO Summit
Don’t hold your breath, but it would be refreshing if NATO leaders meeting in Wales this week spoke candidly for once about Ukraine.
Western Doublethink on Blind Path to War
Up to 1,000 NATO Servicemen to Take Part in Military Drills in Ukraine This Month
France Folds; Suspends Shipment Of Russian Warship – NATO Allies Pleased
Ukraine, pro-Russian rebels support peace plan, Friday cease-fire
Breakthrough comes a week after Kremlin-backed separatists scored major victories in contested eastern region.
Ukraine signs cease-fire with pro-Russian rebels
Rebel leader demands ‘proper guarantees’ in Ukraine ceasefire
House Leader: Congress Could Force War on ISIS to Escalate
Rep. McCarthy: If Obama Won’t Escalate, We Will
Obama and Cameron Call on NATO to Confront ISIS
President Obama and Prime Minister David Cameron of Britain have called on NATO to reject “isolationist” impulses and confront the rising terrorist threat posed by Sunni militants in the Middle East, saying the United States and Britain “will not be cowed by barbaric killers.”
‘No New Wars, No to NATO’: Demonstrators Challenge Role of Western Military Alliance
From Afghanistan to Syria to Ukraine, U.S. and European nations criticized for being destabilizing force
Four arrests at anti-Nato protest in Cardiff
Warning to the World: Washington and its NATO & EU Vassals are Insane
Raqqa: ISIL’s shining example of life under the Islamic ‘caliphate’
In the cities and towns across north-east Syria, the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant has insinuated itself into nearly every aspect of daily life. The group known for its beheadings, crucifixions and mass executions provides electricity and water, pays salaries, controls traffic, and runs nearly everything from bakeries and banks to schools, courts and mosques.
False images used to ‘prove’ slavery, genital mutilation under ISIS
The savagery of ISIS jihadists rampaging through Syria and Iraq is well known. But dozens of photos circulating on social media networks and the media claiming to show the barbaric acts of the Islamist group are, in fact, fake.
Jihadism and how to isolate, contain and defeat it
I must start by saying that jihadismis my necessary headline shorthand for violent Islamic fundamentalism in all of its manifestations. In this article I’m going to ask and offer answers to two main questions.
Jittery Israel Gears up for War Crimes Battle
“Goodbye, Palestine” Israel’s ‘Land for Lives’ is Theft. Pure and Simple
World View: Israel takes land, Palestine loses land; that’s the way it works
Iran receives $1 billion under extended nuclear deal-IRNA
Belgium ordered to pay accused bomb plotter extradited to U.S.
US Plans Major Border Security Program in Nigeria
Afghan candidates’ unity pledge eases NATO’s worries
Afghanistan’s rival presidential candidates pledged to NATO leaders on Thursday that they would form a government of national unity and sign legal agreements allowing foreign troops to stay on next year.
$1 Trillion Trove of Rare Minerals Revealed Under Afghanistan
Despite being one of the poorest nations in the world, Afghanistan may be sitting on one of the richest troves of minerals in the world, valued at nearly $1 trillion, according to U.S. scientists.
After 41 Years in Solitary, ‘Angola Three’ Prisoner Renews Fight for Justice
Albert Woodfox, last remaining prisoner of the Angola Three, seeks to sue prison authorities for constitutional rights violations