Cenk Uygur, John Iadarola, and Jimmy Dore | (The Young Turks) | – – “Mitt Romney may be the only major Republican not running for President right now, but that’s not going to stop him from getting involved. He recently started a catfight with Ted Cruz, attacking him for his claims that President Obama is […]
After ISIL? Shiite Militias begin Entering Iraqi Politics
By Mustafa Habib | Baghdad | (Niqash.org) | – – Once they were focused on fighting extremists. Now Iraq’s controversial volunteer Shiite militias seem to be preparing the ground for their political debut. It’s been extremely hot in Iraq over the past few weeks – summer temperatures have gone as high as 51 degrees Celsius […]
Autopsy confirms Palestinian infant was ‘burned alive’ by Israeli Squatters
Ma`an News Agency | – – RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — The Palestinian Justice Ministry autopsy confirmed that the 18-month-old Palestinian who was killed in an arson attack on Friday was burned alive. Minister of Justice Salim al-Saqqa said there was soot inside of the baby’s body, which indicates he was alive when his body caught fire. […]
Revealed: The private firms tracking terror targets at heart of US drone wars
By Abigail Fielding-Smith and Crofton Black | (The Bureau of Investigative Journalism) | – – The overstretched US military has hired hundreds of private sector contractors in the heart of its drone operations to analyse top secret video feeds and help track high value terror targets, an investigation has found. Contracts unearthed by the Bureau […]
Is our Fossil Fuel addiction setting even our wettest Rainforests Ablaze?
Subhankar Banerjee | (Tomdispatch.com) | – – The wettest rainforest in the continental United States had gone up in flames and the smoke was so thick, so blanketing, that you could see it miles away. Deep in Washington’s Olympic National Park, the aptly named Paradise Fire, undaunted by the dampness of it all, was eating […]
Israeli squatter-terrorists kill Palestinian toddler, injure 4 after setting their Home Ablaze
Ma’an News Agency | – – NABLUS (Ma’an ) — Israeli settlers killed a Palestinian toddler and injured four others early Friday morning after settling their home ablaze in the village of Doma near Nablus in the occupied West Bank, local sources said. Ali Saad Dawabsha, one-and-a-half years old, died shortly after sustaining serious burns, […]
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish Man Allegedly Stabs 6 At Jerusalem Gay Pride Parade
By IMEMC | – – An ultra-Orthodox Jew stabbed six Gay Pride marchers in occupied East Jerusalem on Thursday, in a repeat of a 2005 attack for which he served 10 years behind bars, police and medics said. Yishai Shlissel was released from jail three weeks ago after having served his sentence for the attack […]
Turkey opens up old wounds with a new campaign against the PKK
By Cengiz Gunes | (The Conversation) | – – The recent surge of violence in Turkey following the massacre of socialist activists in Suruc has brought Turkey perilously close to an all-out conflict with the Kurds. Turkey has begun regular air strikes targeting the bases of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) guerrillas as part of […]
Amnesty Visualizes Israeli War Crimes on anniversary of Gaza Black Friday
AJ+ | (Video Report) | – “A joint study by Amnesty International and Forensic Architecture reconstructs Israel’s four-day bombardment of the city of Rafah in Gaza.” AJ+ “Amnesty Report Visualizes Israel’s War Crimes”