Libya Warns of Oil Shutdown as Attacks Escalate
HSBC Bank: Secret Origins To Laundering The World’s Drug Money
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 02/16/2015 – 10:28
Contrary to popular opinion, it is not “demand” from the world’s population which creates the mind destroying drug trade. Rather, it is the world financial oligarchy, looking for massive profits and the destruction of the minds of the population it is determined to dominate, which organized the drug trade. The case of HSBC underscores that point. Serving as the central bank of this global apparatus, is HSBC.
Where is the outrage ?
A World Losing Faith In Politics As Usual
-OpEd-SAO PAULO — Dilma Rousseff’s troubles grow by the day. Even talk of impeachment has begun to spread amid ongoing revelations of …
New Lessons For Women Teachers In Pakistan: How To Shoot Terrorists
PESHAWAR — Schools in Peshawar now look like police stations, equipped with barbed wire, surveillance cameras and snipers after the Taliban…
Meet The Vigilantes On The Front Line Fighting Boko Haram
YOLA — A few hours after the electoral commission decided to postpone the presidential elections scheduled for Feb. 14, the air here in t…
Arctic Icebreaker: How Russia Is Clearing The Northern Sea Route
MOSCOW — When, in the 1990s, the Northern Sea Route administration left its headquarters in central Moscow for good, polar explorer Artur Chilin…
From Nazis To ISIS, Facing Our Own Thirst For Vengeance
-Essay- BERLIN — The transformation into a monster did not take place overnight. Just as Kafka’s Gregor Samsa had hoped, we too…
How ISIS And Iran Are Keeping Israel’s Borders Quiet
TEL AVIV — Things may become quieter on the Israeli border for some time to come, as the Syrian conflict has sapped and redirected the money, tr…
A German Dose Of Skepticism On Tsipras And Friends
-OpEd- MUNICH — Some like it hot, or so it seems. Among them is the new Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis. Hot-headed, clad in motorcycle…
Why A Syrian School Teacher Joined ISIS
ALEPPO — Poverty can push people to make difficult choices in any normal situation — even more so in times of war, when the basic mea…
Why The Third Jailed Al Jazeera Journalist Is Being Singled Out
CAIRO — Convicted Al Jazeera journalist Peter Greste is back in Australia, and reports suggest that fellow journalist Mohamed Fahmy will so…
TERROR IN DENMARK
AFP/Getty Images1 Dead, 3 Cops Wounded After Gunmen Open Fire At Free Speech Event… Hosted By Artist Who Caricatured Muhammad… Had Been Targeted Before… Dozens Of Shots… Suspect Sought…
FIGHTING RAGES
Pierre Crom via Getty Images… As Ukraine’s Cease-Fire Deadline Nears
UKRAINE CEASE-FIRE DEAL REACHED
Greece Just Blew Up the Empire’s Death Star of Debt (February 11, 2015)The Greek Elites and kleptocrats are terrified of the discipline that leaving the euro will impose, but the general public should welcome the transition to an economy and society that has been freed from the shackles of Imperial debt and the kleptocracy that has bled the nation dry.Although the financial media is blathering about negotiations and gamesmanship, the truth is Greece just blew up the Empire’s Death Star of debt. There’s nothing left to negotiate except the official admission that the Imperial Death Star of debt, the most fearsome threat in the galaxy, has been blown to smithereens. |
Argentina bombing investigation crisis deepens
Tracing key events from the bomb blast that killed 85 people in 1994 to the mysterious death of prosecutor Nisman
US, China to discuss repatriation of Chinese fugitives
China wants return of officials accused of fleeing to the US with billions of dollars of stolen assets
Merkel Is Best To Solve The Crisis With Putin, Says Former Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt
SANCTIONS ON HOLD
EU Puts Off Fresh Russia Sanctions Ahead Of Minsk.. World Leaders Aim To Hold Ukraine Peace Talks Wednesday.. Obama’s Ukraine Policy At Crossroads
‘THE BAILOUT FAILED’
ARIS MESSINIS via Getty ImagesGreek PM Rejects Bailout.. Sets Up Coming Clash With EU Over Austerity.. Defiant Tsirpas Lays Out Policy In Major Speech.. Brings Up WWII Reparations.. Pledges An End To ‘Cruel’ Austerity
Why The Third Jailed Al Jazeera Journalist Is Being Singled Out
CAIRO — Convicted Al Jazeera journalist Peter Greste is back in Australia, and reports suggest that fellow journalist Mohamed Fahmy will so…
Watch Two Continents Fall Into China’s Imperial Trap
-OpEd- SANTIAGO — Chinese loans and investments in Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean represent a new brand of colonialism, a gradual econ…
In Jordan, Thirst For ISIS Revenge Unites People And King
AYY-ALKAREK — The revenge of the king will rain down from the heavens. King Abdullah has left no doubt about Jordan’s immediate respo…
Pakistani Response To Peshawar School Massacre: Deport Afghan Refugees
PESHAWAR — It’s been nearly two months since more than 130 children were murdered in a school attack in Peshawar, Pakistan. The g…
Nigerians Fleeing Boko Haram Tell Of Horrors
BAGA SOLA — Idriss Déby is a living miracle. To be clear, this is another Idriss Déby, not the Chadian President, who share…
French Nobel Laureate: Paris Terrorists Were “Not Barbarians”
BOGOTA — I had a hard time tracking down France’s Jean-Marie Gustave le Clézio, winner of the 2008 Nobel literature prize. He r…
Brazil: Marina Silva Pulls Vanishing Act After Election Loss
BRASILIA — Not so many months ago, pollsters were saying she’d be Brazil’s next president. But now, three months after failing to make…
Has ISIS Really Arrived In Libya?
TRIPOLI — Last week’s terrorist attack on Tripoli’s luxury Corinthia hotel was a brazen operation, killing nine people, incl…
Darling Of West, Indonesia’s Jokowi OKs Executions For Drug Crimes
JAKARTA — Indonesia is sending 11 people to the firing squad in its next round of executions, including two Australians for drug trafficking cha…
Is Dirty Money Fueling Israel’s Natural Gas Boom?
TEL AVIV — The 2009 discovery of the Tamar gas field off the coast of Israel sparked a classic rush in which money poured in from all sides, sto…
Mother Of Al Jazeera Journalist Appeals To Al-Sisi
Editor’s Note: Al Jazeera journalist Peter Greste, who was imprisoned in Cairo for 400 days with two of his colleagues, has been releas…
KHOURI: JORDAN’S STRENGTHS ARE ALSO ITS WEAKNESSES
Thousands Gather In Amman Friday To Denounce ISIS For Brutal Killing Of Pilot..‘We Are Here Against Terrorism. We Are Here To Support Jordan.’
The Key That Is the Saudi Kingdom
Was the United States compelled to attack Afghanistan and Iraq by the events of September 11, 2001?
A key to answering that rather enormous question may lie in the secrets that the U.S. government is keeping about Saudi Arabia.
Some have long claimed that what looked like a crime on 9/11 was actually an act of war necessitating the response that has brought violence to an entire region and to this day has U.S. troops killing and dying in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Greece Exposes The Global Economy’s Achilles Heel
The new Greek political party, known as Syriza, the Coalition of the Radical Left, has done the unthinkable: they’ve dared to speak the truth.
In this case, the truth is perfectly captured by the blunt assessment by the new Greek finance minister, Yanis Varoufakis, who recently declared “I’m the finance minister of a bankrupt country.”
Such honest assessments are not supposed to be uttered in politics, no matter how true they may be. And so, as you can imagine, the machinery of the defenders of the status quo is in quite a lather over the whole affair. And it’s doing everything it can to minimize and marginalize the new Greek government.
PEACE PUSH
HEALTH HACK: CHINA SUSPECTED
Has ISIS Really Arrived In Libya?
TRIPOLI — Last week’s terrorist attack on Tripoli’s luxury Corinthia hotel was a brazen operation, killing nine people, incl…
Darling Of West, Indonesia’s Jokowi OKs Executions For Drug Crimes
JAKARTA — Indonesia is sending 11 people to the firing squad in its next round of executions, including two Australians for drug trafficking cha…
Is Dirty Money Fueling Israel’s Natural Gas Boom?
TEL AVIV — The 2009 discovery of the Tamar gas field off the coast of Israel sparked a classic rush in which money poured in from all sides, sto…
Mother Of Al Jazeera Journalist Appeals To Al-Sisi
Editor’s Note: Al Jazeera journalist Peter Greste, who was imprisoned in Cairo for 400 days with two of his colleagues, has been releas…
Don’t Cry For Her Argentina: Kirchner Plays Victim One Too Many Times
-Analysis- Cristina Fernández de Kirchner is and always has been a polarizing figure in Argentina. She’s also made quite a name for herse…
Married To Jihad: What Drove The Terrorists’ Wives Of Paris
PARIS — What first attracted Linda B. to her partner was his bad-boy side. He was, like her, from the French West Indies and was serving a priso…
And If Europe Were Still The Last, Best Hope On Earth?
-OpEd- PARIS — The European Central Bank is “firing up the printing press” to fight the risks of deflation. Greece, now with a radical left gov…
Uber, Revolution Of The Always Informed Consumer
BOGOTA — The significance of Uber goes well beyond its specific function, which is to connect willing drivers with people who need to move …
Russian And Ukrainian Armies: Former Brothers In Arms
MOSCOW — There’s a book being published exclusively in the United States entitled, Brothers Armed: Military Aspects of the Crisis in U…
The Anger Of Alexis Tsipras Could Tear Europe Apart
-OpEd- MUNICH — It’s understandable that Alexis Tsipras wants to savor the revolutionary frenzy a little while longer after his impre…
Can France ‘Cure’ Its Aspiring Jihadists?
PARIS — One winter afternoon, Ahmed left to run an errand. The 26-year-old who hails from Hauts-de-Seine, on the outskirts of Paris, was suppose…
Putin’s Nemesis Speaks: The Alexei Navalny Interview
Alexei Navalny, a lawyer and blogger in the fight against corruption, is Russian President Vladimir Putin’s principal opponent. On Dec. 30, 20
HONG KONG MARCHES
Thousands March For Democracy.. The First Major Protests Of The Year.. Democracy Demonstrators Fill The Streets.. At Least 8,000 People
‘KOBANI IS NOT AN ACHIEVEMENT’
BULENT KILIC via Getty ImagesDespite City’s Liberation From ISIS, Many Syrians See Little To Celebrate..Striking Photos From Kobani After Kurdish Forces Claim Victory Over ISIS
Germans Are In Shock Over The New Greece
Japan’s Dilemma: Those Who Live By the Sword
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling In Nagoya the Atsuta Shrinecontains a legendary sword, the Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi. Considered one of threeImperial Regalia of Japan, it was discovered in the fourth tail of an evil serpent killed by the god Susanoo. Using his own sword, Worochi no Ara-masa, Susanoo beheaded the eight-headed monster that…
Intervention in civil wars ‘far more likely in oil-rich nations’
Conspiracy theorists have long insisted that modern wars revolve around oil. Now research suggests hydrocarbons play an even bigger role in conflicts than they had suspected. According to academics from the Universities of Portsmouth, Warwickand Essex, foreign intervention in a civil war is 100 times more likely when the afflicted country has high…
GREECE GEARS UP FOR BATTLE
A Little Help For Sunday’s Greek Election
Greece will vote in national legislative elections Sunday to choose its 300 members of parliament, after the ruling conservative coalition failed to ……
As NATO Leaves Afghanistan, Will China Be New ‘Godfather’?
KABUL — A new geopolitical map is insidiously emerging around Afghanistan. With the withdrawal of most of the NATO troops in late December,…
Boko Haram Ignored By The World? Blame African Leaders
-OpEd- ISTANBUL — With few exceptions, the horrific terrorist tragedies in Africa haven’t lit a fire under the conscience of humanity…
Frightening Similarities Between Pegida And Radical Islam
-OpEd- BERLIN — At the beginning, many people in journalistic circles reacted with dismissive grins, if at all, to the handful of so-called ?…
Hungary And Immigration, A Troubling Two-Way Street
Animosity towards immigrants is strong in Hungary. Controversial Prime Minister Viktor Orban was particularly blunt during a recent television intervi…
France And The Multiculturalism Paradox
-OpEd- PARIS — Although the time for emotion and indignation about the recent terrorism in France is barely over, the moment for deeper re…
Could Iran Have Assisted Argentine Prosecutor’s “Suicide”?
-OpEd- BUENOS AIRES — Shortly after the 1994 Buenos Aires bomb attack on the AMIA Jewish center, U.S. intelligence agencies said the …
In Turkey, Prayers For Muslim Killers Not Muslim Victims
–OpEd- ISTANBUL — The Turkish authorities all condemned the daily newspaper Cumhuriyet for publishing selections from Charlie Hebdo. Fro…
With Survivors And Victims, A Month After Pakistani School Massacre
PESHAWAR — Shahana Khan had to wake her son up on the morning of December 16. He was late for school and she had to push him out the door.&nbs…
The European Dream Is Dying
Rio De Janeiro Is Breaking One Big Promise That Helped It Land The 2016 Olympics
Saudi Arabia’s new King
Israel’s Airstrike Sends A Message To Obama
Rogue agents killed Argentine prosecutor, secret service says
KING ABDULLAH DEAD
Spies, lies and death: plot thickens in Argentine scandal
BUENOS AIRES
Shackles of wealth and entitlement that trap Davos elites from doing proper for the planet
In Davos, the elite will not put up with anything other than perfect ski slopes – even if the climate change they are helping to create is stopping nature from doing the task herself. It is a powerful metaphor that the World Economic Forum gets under way surrounded by mountain slopes that owe some of their beautiful whiteness to 380 massive snow canons that have spent months pumping out hundreds of millions of litres of cold water mixed with air.
UNCERTAINTY IN YEMEN
Russia, Turkey And The Isolationist Trap
-OpEd- PARIS — Have Russia and Turkey become the two sick men on Europe’s outskirts? For centuries, the Russian Empire’s territo…
In India, A New Movie Brings Religion v. Satire Debate To Hindus
NEW DELHI — Outside a jam-packed cinema hall in New Delhi, dozens of activists from the Hindu nationalist group Bajrang Dal are protesting …
France’s Shame: Our Sons Killed Our Brothers
We are high school teachers in Seine-Saint-Denis. Intellectuals, adults, defenders of liberty, we have learned to live without God and to detest power…
That Slippery Euphemism We Call ‘Cultural Differences’
-Essay- PARIS — It had been fabulous, but it had been long, and we were very tired, thirsty and hungry. Essaouira, the magical Morocc…
The Strange Tale Of A Chinese Interview With A Charlie Hebdo Witness
BEIJING — I received an unexpected email from a Chinese witness to last week’s terror attack on the Paris offices of satirical magazine Cha…
Winners And Losers In Russia’s Currency Crisis
MOSCOW — If you happen to produce widgets in Russia and sell them in foreign currency, your time has come. Konstantin Babkin, president of a c…
Meanwhile, In Nigeria … Reports Of Underreported Terrorism
PARIS — As the world watched France taken down by an Islamic terrorist attack last week, and followed live coverage of the nation getting back u…
Why Malaysia’s Palm Oil Boom May Be Bad News For Orangutans
KUCHING — For eight years now, Irwan and his buffalo have worked through the neat rows of palm trees at the United Plantation in&…
Why Israel’s Tax-Freeze Threat Against Palestinians Is Different This Time
TEL AVIV — After Israel announced plans to freeze the transfer of $126 million in taxes it collected for the Palestinian Authority, Palestinian …
From Rat To Bear To Rabbit: How Russians See Putin In The Animal Kingdom
MOSCOW — The impressive popularity of Russian President Vladimir Putin in his home country seems to be taking on a new, um, face. A recent …
The Islamist Attack On Enlightenment
-OpEd- BERLIN — As these words are being written, editorial offices in Paris are under siege. Venerable debating societies for the freedom of o…
Argentina’s Sham Democracy, Serving Only Political Insiders
-OpEd- BUENOS AIRES — The representative democracy we have in Argentina is in reality an electoral ritual organized around a two-headed en…
The AKP does not aspire to be a model for the Islamic world; it aspires to be its leader — a duty which includes safeguarding the interests of the nearly 20 million Muslims living in Europe. In Erdo?an’s view, it is the EU which must accommodate itself to Turkey, not vice versa. Erdo?an is saying to the West: If you want my help in the Middle East, then we’ll play by my rules.
The Greek Bank Runs Have Begun: Two Greek Banks Request Emergency Liquidity Assistance
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 01/15/2015 – 16:57
The bad news is that as we also speculated, and as Greek officials tried to cover up as usual, the Greeks have resumed doing what they do best any time their country is facing a grand crisis: walking to the bank and withdrawing what little deposits they have left. Or rather running to the bank. Which brings us back to the topic of the Emergency Liquidity Assistnace, which as Kathimerini reported moments ago, at least two Greek systemic banks have reportedly resorted to, indicating that the liquidity situation in Greece is once again as dire as it was in the depth of the European collapse.
British Government Wants To Outlaw Secure Communication (To Keep You Safe)
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 01/15/2015 – 17:45
Well at least someone finally had the candor to just come out and say it. In the wake of recent terror attacks in Europe, British Prime Minister David Cameron has called for an end to secure communications technology. In other words, he wants to ensure that you will never again be able to use encryption technology to maintain privacy. Nothing should be safe from government’s prying eyes. Nothing. This is the same sad cycle repeating itself yet again: something terrible happens, and government reacts by awarding themselves even more power and taking away even more freedom.
Al Qaeda Attacked Charlie Hebdo
OBSCURED
Far-Right Blame Game Distracts From France’s Underlying Divisions.. ‘Through Denial, France Has Created Its Own Monsters’.. A Specter Is Haunting Europe..
China
Hong Kong tycoon targeted by firebombs
The EU Is Realizing That Russia Is Winning The Propaganda War
The countries of Britain, Denmark, Estonia, and Lithuania have called on the European Union to create information alternatives to Russian propaganda.
In a letter to EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini, foreign ministers from the four countries said Moscow was suppressing independent media and increasing “disinformation” to counter Western criticism over the war in Ukraine.
The letter added that Kremlin propaganda aims to undermine EU and Western unity, and called on the EU to create alternative sources of information to counter Russian propaganda by 2016.
TERROR-STRICKEN FRANCE MOBILIZES 10,000 TROOPS
LARGEST RALLY IN FRENCH HISTORY
3.7 Million Protest In France… World Leaders Join Demonstrators In Mourning And Defiance… French PM: ‘Today, Paris Is The Capital Of The World’…
FEARLESS
Million Set To Rally As France Unites In Mourning And Defiance… Leaders From Around The Globe To Join… Mass Demonstration Presents Daunting Security Challenge… French PM: ‘A Cry For Freedom’… We Are Not At War With A Religion, But With Terrorism…
IN FRANCE
‘There Is Not A Muslim Community, But A Muslim Population’
ATTACK SUSPECTS TAKE HOSTAGE IN FRANCE
MANHUNT IN FRANCE
PARIS TERROR: DOZEN DEAD AT PAPER
Masked Gunmen Storm Offices… Armed With Kalashnikovs… Newspaper Was Targeted In Past For Muhammad Cartoons… Witness: Gunmen Asked For People By Name… 4 Cartoonists Shot Dead… ‘We Have Avenged The Prophet’… Massive Manhunt Underway….
Internationalising the conflict
In withholding $127 million in Palestinian Authority (PA) customs revenues from the authority, as retaliation for its application to join the International Criminal Court (ICC), the Israeli government has once again dangerously escalated tensions.Israel, which collects the duties for the PA, has withheld them six times before as punishment, but…
Bitcoin Is Getting Smoked To Start 2015
OFFENSIVE IN PAKISTAN
Pakistan’s Army Presses Into Tribal Regions.. 31 Militants Reported Killed.. Drone Strikes Kill At Least 7.. Massive Offensive Continues After School Atttack
AIRASIA SEARCH BREAKTHROUGH
Search Officials Believe 4 Massive Objects Found On Sea Floor Are Missing Jet
Indonesia: AirAsia Was Not Authorized To Fly Route On Day Of Crash
The biggest threats to Europe’s future
Putin Accuses West Of Terrorism & Declares Russia Will Prevail
- For centuries, Matera, Italy’s rock crypts and maze of grottoes have been home to “troglodyte” outcasts living in inhuman conditions
- Now many of the caves have been converted into upscale “spiritual hotels”
- Matera is a UNESCO World Heritage site, and picked as the 2019 European Capital of Culture
The Coolest New Year’s Eve Spectacle
Lighting illuminates the Burj Khalifa tower in the colors of the Emirati flag early on New Year’s Day in downtown Dubai.
Dubai, a city already known for its extravagance, upped the ante on New Year’s Eve celebrations.
Instead of just wowing the world with a spectacular fireworks show, it wrapped the Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest skyscraper, with 70,000 panels of LED bulbs.
New Year’s Eve, Babylon Style
The World Begins To Welcome 2015
New Zealand was one of the first nations to celebrate the start of 2015. A huge firework display from the top of Auckland’s Sky Tower could be seen across the country’s biggest city.
Australia was the next country to ring in the new year, with crowds gathering around Sydney Harbour for the annual firework display.
Fireworks lit up the sky above iconic landmarks like the Sydney Opera House and Harbour Bridge.
The display used more than 10,000 aerial fireworks, 25,000 shooting comets, and 100,000 pyrotechnic effects.
Local media estimated that 1.6 million people crowded along the Harbour foreshore to watch the display.
We will be updating this article as midnight strikes in more countries.
BODIES AND WRECKAGE FOUND
Debris Seen Floating In Waters Near Where AirAsia Plane Was Last Seen… 40 Dead Recovered… ‘We’ve Confirmed The Wreckage Was From The Body Of The Plane’… No Word On Possible Survivors… Airline CEO: ‘My Heart Is Filled With Sadness’…
SEARCH RESUMES
STILL NO SIGN!… Airbus Vanishes… 162 On Board…
The afeat the Taliban all they gotta do is rise together , don’t mess with the rage of a mother .
A People’s and Universal History of Jesus of Nazareth
RUBLE TROUBLE
Anadolu Agency via Getty Images
The crisis in Iraq: Was the rise of ISIL a surprise?
The fall of Mosul and the quick territorial expansion of ISIL in Iraq took some by surprise. What contributed to ISIL’s quick success was cooperation from localSunni tribes and members of the traditionally secular and nationalist Baath party. This seemingly counterintuitive alliance has its rationale and deep roots in history. The successful…
CAUTIOUS OPTIMISM
Tunisia Has A Democracy, If It Can Keep It.. Kerry: ‘A Shining Example To The Region And The World’.. Clashes Rock The Country After Essebi Claims Victory
North Korea Websites Restored Following Outage
VOA News North Korea has regained partial Internet access, following a widespread outage that occurred days after the U.S. vowed to respond to a cyberattack on Sony that was blamed on Pyongyang. The isolated Communist country‘s already limited Internet, including state-run news websites, went completely dark late Monday, in what experts say…
North Korea’s Internet Is Down
Pope in blistering critique of Vatican bureaucrats
Pope Francis delivers his message during a meeting with Cardinals and Bishops of the Vatican Curia on the occasion of the exchange of Christmas greetings in the Clementine hall at Vatican, Monday, Dec. 22, 2014
Author’s journey inside ISIS: They’re ‘more dangerous than people realize’
- German journalist and author Juergen Todenhoefer journeyed deep into ISIS territory
- He interviewed ISIS fighters, prisoners, and members of the public caught up in the battle for Iraq and Syria
- One ISIS spokesman told Todenhofer: “slavery and beheadings [are] part of our religion”
- ISIS “preparing the largest religious cleansing campaign the world has ever seen,” says Todenhoefer
President Obama Touts Partnership With Egypt’s Military Regime: Yet Repression Continues Unabated
The Best Space Flight Photos of the Year
From the launch pad to a distant asteroid, these are the images that defined the year in space.
Peshawar school attack aftermath: First ‘terrorists’ hung as Pakistan resumes executions
Pakistan hanged two convicted “terrorists” last night after lifting a moratorium on the death penalty in the wake of the deadly Taliban attack on a school. More than 130 children were killed by gunmen wearing suicide vests at the Army Public School in Peshawar, sparking international outrage and demands in Pakistan for a tougher response to the…
What the ruble crisis means for Putin:
OBAMA LIBRE
‘GOOD TALIBAN,BAD TALIBAN’
Why Pakistan Must Discard Its Narrative
By Beena Sarwar
PAKISTAN IN SHOCK
At Least 141 Murdered.. ‘I Will Never Forget The Black Boots Approaching Me’..Pakistani Taliban Claims Revenge Attack.. Afghan Taliban Condemns.. What Is The Pakistani Taliban’s Strategy?.. This Is The Group Behind The Brutal Attack.. 12 Numbers That Show Larger Tragedy.. PHOTOS: Hundreds Held Hostage.. Former Pakistani Ambassador To U.S.: Pakistan’s Tolerance Of Jihadis Backfires Badly
TALIBAN MASSACRES 100+ STUDENTS
Most Dead Between 12 And 16… Taliban Claims Revenge Attack…Student: ‘I Saw Death So Close’… ‘My Son Was My Dream. My Dream Has Been Killed’… Worst Terrorist Attack In Pakistan In Years… PM: ‘These Are My Children And It Is My Loss’…. LATEST…
This Woman Blew The Lid Off The CIA Torture Program
Ms. Rice’s persona as an innocent…..Bull—-
It’s still one of my favorite photos from the Bush Administration. This ran in a NYTarticle in the Music section dated April 9, 2006, and it read, as we posted at the time, like “fiddling while Iraq burns.” In light of the Senate C.I.A. torture report summary released yesterday, however, it strikes a different chord. April 2006, according to the account published in the NYT, also marked the first time the C.I.A. director briefed Bush about the torture program that had been going on for the past few years. That said, the report only hints at how much Bush, and particularly Rice and Cheney, knew about the systematic abuse but played it off.
‘THE AURA AROUND ME IS ENOUGH ALREADY’
Chinese Nobel Laureate Urges Support For Dissidents In Rare Prison Message
‘For Sudan to find peace we must end the myth of Arab supremacy’
Khartoum’s successive regimes have upheld the privilege of Sudanese Arabs for generations, especially those from the centre – like me. Amir Nasr reports …
America And Russia Are Preparing For ‘Many Years Of Confrontation’
‘WE MAY NOT SURVIVE THROUGH THESE YEARS’
THE ARCHITECTS DIG IN
Cheney: Torture Report ‘Full Of Crap’… Bush Not Kept In The Dark… Hayden On Rectal Rehydration: ‘Medical Procedure’… Yoo: Report Cannot Deny ‘Record Of Success’… Psychologist Defends Program… UDALL GOES OFF: Accuses CIA, White House Of Engaging In ‘Cover-Up’… ‘The CIA Is Lying’… ‘Not A Problem Of The Past’… CIA’s Claims Of Torture Legitimacy Destroyed… Led To Fabricated Info…Didn’t Help Find Bin Laden… The Most Egregious Lies… Obama Won’t Take Sides…
FULL REPORT: Horrific Details… White House Presses Court To Keep Docs Secret…Report May Open Door To War Crime Charges… U.N. Official Demands Prosecution…Afghan President Denounces U.S. Torture… Feinstein: ‘Torture Goes Against The Very Soul Of Our Country’… Sullivan: ‘From Now On, The U.S. Is A Human Rights Violator Of The First Order U nder International Law, A Rogue State That Has Explicitly Tortured Innocent People And Never Held Anyone Legally Responsible’…
The CIA Lied About How We Got Bin Laden
Senate Report Destroys CIA’s Claims Of Torture’s Legitimacy… Led To Fabricated Info… Didn’t Help Find Bin Laden… The Most Egregious Lies…‘Tip Of The Iceberg’… Staggering Incompetence: Lost Detainees… CIA STRIKES BACK: Ex-Chief: I Did No Wrong… ‘Saved Lives’…
FULL REPORT: Horrific Details Of CIA’s Torture… FEINSTEIN: Tactics ‘Far More Brutal’ Than Represented… Forced Rectal Feeding… Detainee Waterboarded 83 Times… Another Died Of Hypothermia… Innocent People Brutalized… Torture Used Before Seeking Cooperation… Dozens Wrongfully Held… Interrogators Admitted To Sexual Assault… Threatened To Rape Detainee’s Mother… CIA Paid Torture Experts $81 Million… Misled Media To Shape Coverage… Quarter Of The World Helped Run Program… GOP: Torture Helped America!…
Obama: CIA’s ‘Harsh Methods’ Inconsistent With Values
Report: CIA Misled Senate, White House On Interrogation Program
CIA Torture Report, Observer Status For Palestine, Lakes On Mars
Tuesday, December 9, 2014 CIA TORTURE REPORT TO BE RELEASED Security has been tightened at U.S. embassies around the world and intelligence agencies …
Egypt, A Pragmatic Manifesto For Human Rights Now
-Commentary- CAIRO — At gatherings of family or friends, politics tend to dominate the talk, as has become customary in Egypt. One of the …
Snapshots: Cocaine In Panama City, Outrage In America, Sheep In Paris
News in images…
Child Soldiers In Syria: Assad Army Forces Minors To Fight, And Die
AL-HALBOUNI — Adel, a teenager, worked with his father at their small shop near al-Halbouni, not far from Damascus. By age 17, he had dropp…
A Dubious Chinese Link To The Grand Nicaragua Canal
MANAGUA — If it actually gets built, the Interoceanic Grand Canal — which would stretch for 278 kilometers between Venado on Nicaragu…
Finding Meaning In The Senseless Death Of Tugce Albayrak
BERLIN — On the evening of her 23rd birthday, as all the devices were turned off, her heart stopped beating in her brain-dead body. Turning…
In Israel, Argentine Jews Explain Why They Stay
EIN HASHLOSHA — “I don’t even expect peace anymore. The most I can hope for is for the fighting to quiet,” says Danny Cohen. The …
Inside Geneva’s Secret “Guerrilla Convention”
GENEVA — Kurdish, Syrian, Burmese, Somali and Sudanese rebels were among 70 delegates from 35 guerrilla groups from around the world who met in …
Fossil Fuels Must Go The Way Of The Dinosaurs, Now
-Commentary- BERLIN — The oil industry doesn’t get reflective about much, but it does about low oil prices. For whatever reason, the ..
Maidan, A Year Of Living Dangerously
KIEV — “Whenever it’s not clear what’s going on, gather at Maidan…” That was a joke that started circulating last year, after …
ISIS Plunders, Jihad And The Illicit Antiquities Market
PARIS — Antiquities are being pillaged at an “alarming” rate in Iraq and Syria, a part of the world where Western civilization effectively …
Twice Victims In Guinea, Where Ebola Survivors Are Ostracized
MACENTA — Just a few months ago, people would queue outside the shop of Jean Segbé Bavogui, 41, a tailor in Banizé, a neighbo…
“Riddles” Surround 36th Dead Banker Of The Year
Submitted on 12/07/2014 – 22:05
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Egypt Court Drops Murder Charges Against Mubarak
Around a thousand people at outskirts of Tahrir
ACQUITTED
Egypt Court Drops Murder Charges Against Former President Hosni Mubarak
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Erdogan slams American ” impertinence ” over Kobane
Turkish leader criticizes Washington for pushing for help over Kobane when US earlier stood by amid Assad “massacres”.
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Recep Tayyip Erdogan has slammed US “rudeness” over the Syrian conflict, exposing the extent of strains between Washington and Ankara just days after the Turkish president met with US Vice President Joe Biden.
Ties have soured in recent months over the reluctance of Turkish leaders to intervene militarily in the US-led campaign against the Islamic State In Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) fighters, who have taken control of large swathes of Iraq and Syria.
| They remained silent in the face of Assad’s barbarism and now they are now staging a ‘conscience show’ through Kobane. |
Erdogan accused the US of being “rude” for pressuring it to help save the ISIL-besieged Syrian town of Kobane, which is within sight of the Turkish border.
“Why is somebody coming to this region from 12,000km away?” Erdogan said during an address to a group of businessmen in Ankara, in a clear reference to the US.
“I want you to know that we are against impertinence, recklessness and endless demands,” he said.
Biden offended Erdogan last month by suggesting his policies in Syria had helped encourage the rise of the ISIL, a slight that prompted the Turkish president to warn his relationship with the US vice president could be “history”.
Washington is pressing Ankara for the use of the Incirlik air base in southern Turkey so US fighter jets can launch assaults on ISIL.
But Turkey has refused to bow to the pressure, setting several conditions for playing a greater role in the coalition.
“They looked on as the tyrant [President Bashar] al-Assad massacred 300,000 people. They remained silent in the face of Assad’s barbarism and now they are now staging a ‘conscience show’ through Kobane,” Erdogan said.
“We will resolve our problems not with the help of a ‘superior mind’ but with the help of our people.”
Biden wrapped up a three-day visit to Turkey on Sunday without a breakthrough on military co-operation over the Syrian crisis.
But Erdogan’s comments contrasted with the relatively upbeat assessment of US officials who said that the meeting with Biden had brought the two sides’ positions closer.
Earlier this week, Erdogan accused the West of coming to the region for “oil”.
“I’m always meeting with them but it does not go any further than what I say. They don’t have any sensitivities. They have only one sensitivity: oil, oil, oil…,” he said on Monday.
So far, Turkey’s sole contribution to the coalition has been allowing a contingent of Iraqi peshmerga Kurdish fighters to transit Turkish soil to fight against ISIL in Kobane.
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TUNISIA VOTES
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David Cameron warns of looming second global crash
PM says ‘red warning lights are flashing’ against a backdrop of instability and uncertainty, as G20 summit draws to a close
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Russia To Dispatch Long-Range Bomber Patrols Over Gulf Of Mexico, Caribbean
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 11/13/2014 – 
While the west is seemingly eager to once again restart the military escalation, if only in rhetoric for now, surrounding the east-Ukraine conflict, leading to a reportthat the “European Union and the U.S. will weigh further sanctions against Russia’s economy and Ukrainian separatists, after the reported movement of tanks, artillery and combat troops into eastern Ukraine”, Russia has chosen to change track completely and give the US a dose of its own cooking, by bringing the military threat next to the borders of the US itself. “In this situation, we have to maintain a military presence in the western part of the Atlantic and the eastern part of the Arctic Ocean, in the Caribbean and in the Gulf of Mexico” Russian Defense Minister Shoigu said.
UKRAINE: SECURITY SITUATION WORSENING
Former Goldman Banker Reveals The Path To The Next Depression And Stock Market Collapse
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 11/11/2014 – 15:34
Our political-financial system has gone from the dysfunctional to the failed to the surreal. Speculation, once left to individuals and investors, is now federally sponsored, subsidized and institutionalized. When this sham finally buckles and the next shoe falls and rates do eventually rise, the stock market will tank, liquidity will die, and the broader economy will plunge into a worse Depression than before. We are not there yet because of these coordinated moves and the political force behind them. But we are on a precarious path to that inevitability.
‘IF THE WORLD’S TWO TOP POWERS CANNOT MANAGE TO GET A HANDLE ON UNFOLDING EVENTS’
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Obama And Willie Nelson Sing ‘On The Road Again’
It’s been a wild week in Washington. So why not?
President Obama joined Willie Nelson and John Fogerty to sing Nelson’s iconic “On The Road Again,” in an event to recognize U.S. troops ahead of Veterans Day.
Nelson and Fogerty performed Thursday before a live audience that included hundreds of service members, as part of the program “A Salute to the Troops: In Performance at the White House.” PBS aired a recording of the event on Friday night, and featured performances by Mary J. Blige, Common, Romeo Santos, and active duty military members. Oh yeah. Willie, John and Obama too.
The full event can be viewed from PBS here. Obama joins in at the 50 minute mark. And then you can rewind it, and watch it again, and again, and again.
Explosions hit Fatah officials in Gaza Strip |
Series of co-ordinated blasts target homes of leaders of President Mahmud Abbas’ Fatah party in Hamas-ruled territory.Last updated: 07 Nov 2014 08:11
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No one was hurt in the near-simultaneous attacks on three Fatah leaders’ homes [Reuters]
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| A series of co-ordinated explosions have targeted the homes of several leaders of President Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah Party in the Gaza Strip, a party official has said. |
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‘GLOBAL TERRORIST’ KILLED
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DEM DOOMSDAY?
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Election day Scarier than Halloween
This Tuesday, a bunch of vampires and would-be superheroes will knock on our doors and ask us to reward them. Let’s instead remember a time when there were at least one or two good apples in the bucket.
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Ramped-Up Strikes Stall IS Militants in Kobani
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Ancient Indonesian Cave Paintings Rewrite History of Human Art
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‘TO KNOW THAT NOW IN THE WHOLE COUNTRY NO DISTRICT IS SAFE, IS HEARTRENDING’
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Photographers John Moore and Mohammed Elshamy have been working on the front lines of the fight against the disease, documenting its brutal effects on patients and their loved ones in West Africa. Their gut-wrenching pictures from the Liberian capital Monrovia reveal the devastating impact of the disease.
A woman throws a handful of soil towards the body of her sister as Ebola burial team members take her Mekie Nagbe, 28, for cremation on October 10, 2014 in Monrovia, Liberia. Nagbe, a market vendor, collapsed and died outside her home earlier in the morning while leaving to walk to a treatment center, according to her relatives. The burial of loved ones is important in Liberian culture, making the removal of infected bodies for cremation all the more traumatic for surviving family members. (John Moore/Getty Images)
Captured by ISIS, these teenagers went through hell.
Then they ran
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Pentagon says global warming increases terrorism threat
Full ArticleThe Dallas Morning News
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FIERCE FIGHTING RESUMES IN KOBANI
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Ebola Death Toll Surpasses 4,000
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Russia: The cost of sanctions
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Hong Kong protests: Students blamed for cancelled talks
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Where In The World Is Kim Jong Un?
EU steps up screening as Ebola fear spreads
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Civilians become worst casualties of Kashmir clashes
At least 16 people have been killed and dozens injured as Indian and Pakistanitroops continue to exchange fire in some of the worst violence in the disputed region of Kashmir in a decade. Hundreds of villagers have fled their homes. Although a 2003 ceasefire remains in place, both sides have accused each other of starting the hostilities. The…
Total Lunar Eclipse Spawns ‘Blood Moon’ Early Wednesday: Watch Online
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‘KOBANI IS ABOUT TO FALL’
Turkish President Warns Key Town May Fall In ISIS Hands.. Jihadis Raise Black Flag.. More Than 400 Dead In Fighting Between Kurds And Extremists.. 160,000 Syrians Forced to Flee.. U.S.-Led Airstrikes Target Militants
“There Has Never Been A Crazier Moment In History”
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 10/06/2014 – 14:13
Who can feel confident about the tending of things just now? The diminishing returns of the Information Age are about to bite our collective asses. The sum of all that digital magic is a nation completely incapable of telling itself the truth or acting honorably. Unemployment is down without employment being up. Candy Crush is making the world safe for democracy. We have the finest health care system in the world. ISIS is trying to compete with our homegrown videogame industry for supremacy in porno-violence (actually, I thought we already won that) but now we will obliterate all the bad guys in the world by remote control from the drone bunkers of Las Vegas, and that will show them. Thank goodness the long holiday season is almost upon us to juice the so-called economy ever-higher. There has never been a crazier moment in history.
BATTLE FOR KOBANI
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CATASTROPHE THE WORLD SLEPT THROUGH
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A “staggering array” of human rights abuses has been committed by Islamic State(IS) militants and associated armed groups over a nine-week period in Iraq, the UN says. It says that abuses committed between 6 July to 10 September may amount to war crimes or crimes against humanity. Iraqi leaders must unite to restore control over IS…
Can Ukraine Defeat Russian Winter?
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STUDENTS OWN THE STREETS OF HONG KONG
HISTORIC TRANSFER OF POWER
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HONG KONG CHAOS
Islamic State crisis: UN aims to stop jihadist recruits
The UN Security Council has adopted a binding resolution compelling states to prevent their nationals joining jihadists in Iraq and Syria. US President Barack Obama chaired the session and said nations must prevent the recruitment and financing of foreign fighters. He was speaking as US planes stepped up strikes onIslamic State (IS) militants in…
U.S., ARAB ALLIES BEGIN AIRSTRIKES AGAINST ISIS IN SYRIA
YESTERDAY: NO IMMINENT THREAT
