In August, 2014, the US-led “coalition” began bombing Iraq and Syria to, in the words of President Obama, “degrade and ultimately destroy the terrorist group … Milestone: We’ve Just Dropped Our 50,000th Bomb on ISISRead more
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U.S. Gov’t Pays Family of Italian Aid Worker Killed by Drone Strike
U.S. government has reached an agreement with the family of Giovanni Lo Porto, an Italian aid worker killed in a CIA drone strike in Pakistan … U.S. Gov’t Pays Family of Italian Aid Worker Killed by Drone StrikeRead more
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America’s Democratic Terrorists
Making headlines recently has been Al Qaeda’s temporary seizure of the city of Idlib, in Idlib province, northern Syria. The embattled city lies just miles … America’s Democratic TerroristsRead more
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Media Stoke Our Terrorism Mindset
For more than 30 years, media and pop culture have used scare tactics and racial profiling to overwhelm Americans with fear of the dark-skinned terrorist. … Media Stoke Our Terrorism MindsetRead more
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Bending the arc of history in the right way
Noam Chomsky talking: Syria is spiraling into real disaster, a virtual suicide. And the only sensible approach, the only slim hope, for Syria is efforts … Bending the arc of history in the right wayRead more
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Saudi officials were ‘supporting’ 9/11 hijackers, commission member says
A former Republican member of the 9/11 commission, breaking dramatically with the commission’s leaders, said Wednesday he believes there was clear evidence that Saudi government … Saudi officials were ‘supporting’ 9/11 hijackers, commission member saysRead more
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The Fall of Ramadi and the Criminality of US Imperialism
Nearly a year after the debacle suffered by US imperialism and the regime it imposed during more than eight bloody years of war and occupation … The Fall of Ramadi and the Criminality of US ImperialismRead more
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Christians in Iraq baffled at how U.S. can find water on mars but not ISIS in the desert
A Chaldean priest who oversees hundreds of Iraqi Christian refugees displaced by the Islamic State says Iraqi Christians blame the United States government for not … Christians in Iraq baffled at how U.S. can find water on mars but not ISIS in the desertRead more
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The judge, jury and executioner of people across the globe
Jeremy Scahill talking: the covert drone program, for the majority of its lifespan, has been shrouded in secrecy, and it was sort of a kind … The judge, jury and executioner of people across the globeRead more