Human Rights Watch | – – (New York) – Hossam Bahgat, a journalist and one of Egypt’s most prominent human rights figures, could be charged in military court after being detained on November 9, 2015, on military prosecutors’ orders. The prosecutors ordered Bahgat held for investigation on charges of publishing false news related to an […]
Archives for November 2015
How a Web of Lies hoodwinked the American Public and delivered Iraq to ISIL
By Bryan Glyn Williams | (Informed Comment) | – – Last week one of the major architects in the construction of the Iraqi WMD myth, Iraqi politician Ahmad Chalabi, died of heart failure at 71 in Baghdad. His death brought to an end a sordid chapter in U.S. history that saw Central Command launch an […]
400,000 Syrian Refugee Children Can’t Go To School In Turkey
AJ+ | (Video Report) | – – “Even though Syrian refugee children can legally go to school in Turkey, language barriers and economic struggles make it hard for them to actually attend.” AJ+: “400,000 Syrian Refugee Children Can’t Go To School In Turkey”
Israel Approves Plan to ‘Legalize’ Colonial Outposts and Construct 1000s More Units
By Saed Bannoura | (IMEMC News) | – – In yet another decision that violates International Law and the Fourth Geneva Convention, the Higher Construction and Planning Committee of the Israeli ‘Civil Administration Office’ has approved a construction plan to ‘legalize’ two colonial outposts in Ramallah, in addition to building 2200 more units. Israeli settlement […]
Can Ben Carson be Commander in Chief if he Lied about West Point?
New York Daily News | (Video News Report) | – – “Ben Carson claims he was a troubled child and violent teenager who once tried to hit his mother with a hammer and attempted to stab a close friend to death — but no one can vouch for his dangerous reputation. The 2016 GOP candidate […]
What Obama should tell Netanyahu this Week (But won’t)
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Far right Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is arriving in Washington, D.C., Monday, and will apparently ask the US to almost double its $3 bn. a year in aid to $5 bn. Netanyahu has been a constant thorn in the US side and has done absolutely […]
GOP Candidates’ Clown Car hides Deadly intent to Enrich the Rich
By Karen Dolan | (Otherwords.org) | – – The GOP race may be a circus, but the candidates are dead serious about padding the pockets of the rich. Is it me or are the GOP presidential debates getting more circus-like each time? The CNBC “Your Money, Your Vote” debate began with this beauty pageant question: […]
No, Neocons: US isn’t facing ‘Flood’ of Syrian Refugees
By Bridge Initiative Team | – – In the wake of the Syrian refugee crisis, which has forced more than four million people to flee that country’s civil war, fears over the geopolitical fallout have gripped some quarters of the American public. Amid intense conversations about how to deal with the throngs of stranded people […]
Israel Requesting Over $5 Billion in US Military Aid
By IMEMC News | – – The Israeli government has made an initial request for its annual U.S. defense package to increase by as much as $5 billion when its current aid package, worth an average $3 billion a year, expires in 2017, U.S. congressional sources said, this last Wednesday. PNN reports that, according to […]
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