VICE News | – “In early March, while the world was watching Iraqi government forces advance on the Islamic State (IS) in Tikrit, IS was launching a series of assaults on what little remains of the Government-held parts of the provincial capital, Ramadi, which has been under siege for over a year. On the morning […]
Climate War on Planet Protested at U of Michigan 50 Yrs after 1st anti-Vietnam War Teach-in
Science for the People | – “This event marks the 50th anniversary of the nation’s first teach-in on the war in Vietnam, held at the University of Michigan on March 24-25, 1965. Our new teach-in is focused on one of the most pressing issues of our time: the escalating war against the planet represented by […]
US Air Strikes Split Iraq Coalition aiming to Take Tikrit
By Paul Rogers | (The Conversation) – So it has begun – the US is bombing Tikrit, once a stronghold of Saddam Hussein’s regime and now held by Islamic State militants. Strategically and symbolically important, Tikrit has been a fierce battleground for weeks, as Iraqi government troops and Shia militias have fought fierce street battles […]
Palestinians fear their land will be taken by rising Israeli right
BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Palestinians are increasingly anxious for the future and are hesitant on a return to negotiations with Israel in the wake of the success of right-wing parties in Israel’s recent elections, a public opinion survey released Tuesday showed. Around 47 percent of respondents across the West Bank and Gaza said that in the […]
Yemen: Saudi-Led Airstrikes Take Civilian Toll
Human Rights Watch | – (Beirut) – The Saudi Arabia-led coalition of Arab countries that conducted airstrikes in Yemen on March 26 and 27, 2015, killed at least 11 and possibly as many as 34 civilians during the first day of bombings in Sanaa, the capital, Human Rights Watch said today. The 11 dead included […]
ISIL, Yemen, Syria: Drought, Climate Change and new Wars
By David Reed | (Foreign Policy in Focus) – Natural resource scarcity poses a far broader challenge to prosperity and national security than traditional military threats. The U.S. intelligence and security communities grapple on a daily basis with the pressing reality that natural resource scarcity and global climate change pose direct threats to U.S. prosperity […]
French Firm Pulls Out of Jerusalem Cable Car Project
by IMEMC News | – France-based utility giant Suez Environnement said Wednesday that, because of political sensitivities, it has decided not to take part in a cable car project linking West Jerusalem to the annexed Eastern sector. The project, run by the Jerusalem city council, has stoked controversy over the Israeli cable car’s planned route, […]
Antarctic Ice Melting Faster than Ever in “Unstoppable Decline”
By Laurence Padman, Fernando Paolo and Helen Amanda Fricker | (The Conversation) Ask people what they know about Antarctica and they usually mention cold, snow and ice. In fact, there’s so much ice on Antarctica that if it all melted into the ocean, average sea level around the entire world would rise about 200 feet, […]
Who Has A Stake In Yemen Fight?
By Michael Scollon | (RFE/RL) – Yemen is at the center of a proxy war between regional heavyweights Iran and Saudi Arabia. It's the source of fears of a broader Sunni-Shi'ite conflict. And it has implications far beyond its borders. Here is a look at the stakeholders in the fight. The Playing Field […]
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