By John Feffer | ( Tomdispatch.com —– Related video added by Juan Cole: North Korea Threatens ‘Merciless Retaliation’ Over U.S.-South Korean Drills, Threatens Guam | TIME
Trump’s Afghanistan Surge will Fail without Diplomacy, Anti-Corruption
By Solaiman Fazel | (Informed Comment) | – – Despite the campaign promise to distance himself from Afghanistan, President Trump has now publically taken ownership of America’s Longest War, 2001-Present. Trump’s decision not to completely withdraw the armed forces or subcontract the warfare to Blackwater (a private military company) are clever choices for the wider […]
International Community must Halt Yemen Bloodbath
Hannah Porter | (Informed Comment) | – – A concerted effort by the international community to resolve Yemen’s war would see considerable benefits at a small cost, yet profits, alliances, and egos are getting in the way. On midnight, March 26, 2015, Saudi fighter jets took to the skies of Yemen, marking the beginning of […]
Israel argues confiscation of occupied land benefits Palestinians
Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — The Israeli government defended the legality of the outpost “Regularization law” at the Israeli Supreme Court on Monday, and said that the expropriation of Palestinian-owned land would benefit Palestinians because they would receive financial compensation for it, reportedly describing Palestinian laws prohibiting the sale of land […]
It’s Not About ‘White Culture’
By Jill Richardson | (Otherwords.org) | – – There’s no way to march with KKK members and Nazi flags in a non-hateful way. “I came to this march for the message that white European culture has a right to be here just like every other culture,” a white nationalist protester in Charlottesville told Newsweek. But, […]
Can Iraq save Tal Afar from ISIL without Destroying the City?
By Mustafa Habib | (Niqash.org) | – – [N.B. The offensive against ISIL (Daesh) in Tal Afar began on Sunday. – JC] Intensive air raids, secret political talks and military forces gathering on the outskirts of the city: Everything points to the battle of Tal Afar – almost the extremists’ last stand in Iraq . […]
ISIL in Afghanistan Resilient despite Kabul Offensive
By Frud Bezhan. | ( RFE/RL) | – – A relentless air-and-ground campaign against the [so-called] Islamic State [group] (IS) affiliate in Afghanistan does not appear to have radically diminished that militant group’s ability to inflict deadly attacks or prevented it from expanding its geographical reach in the war-torn country, analysts asked to assess progress […]
Green Norway: Will it be the World’s First post-Carbon Society?
By Sam Morgan | EurActiv.com | – – Norway has the renewable resources and political will to become the world’s first country to use entirely clean electricity for its power demands, according to a new report by Energi Norge, a non-profit industry group representing Norwegian electricity companies. “Our target is for Norway, based on hydro […]
Racist Israeli Youth attack Israeli Soldiers, shouting “You are Arabs!”
Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) –Two Israeli soldiers were attacked on Friday night in a public park in the town of Pardes Hanna-Karkur, south of Haifa in northern Israel, by a group of young Israelis who allegedly thought the soldiers were Palestinians, according to Israeli media. Ynet news reported on Sunday that […]
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