Iran may step away from petrodollars: - Tehran can escape international sanctions pressure by moving away from a budget dependent on petrodollars, the Iranian president said.
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By Design: French Mali Invasion Spills into Algeria
By Tony Cartalucci
These very same terrorist forces continue to receive funding, arms, covert military support, and diplomatic recognition in Syria, by NATO, and specifically the US and France. Continue
By Tony Cartalucci
These very same terrorist forces continue to receive funding, arms, covert military support, and diplomatic recognition in Syria, by NATO, and specifically the US and France. Continue
2013 and the new Scramble for Africa
By Chris Marsden
The governments and corporations based in Washington, Paris, London and Beijing rely upon the myriad corrupt local regimes and movements to man their predatory wars and to police the brutal exploitation of the workers and poor peasants. Continue
By Chris Marsden
The governments and corporations based in Washington, Paris, London and Beijing rely upon the myriad corrupt local regimes and movements to man their predatory wars and to police the brutal exploitation of the workers and poor peasants. Continue
What's Happening in Syria?
By Zhao Jinglun
A dozen Russian warships from the Northern, Baltic and Black Sea fleets are converging on the Mediterranean and the Gulf of Aden, as part of a large-scale strategic exercise. Russian intentions are obvious. Continue
By Zhao Jinglun
A dozen Russian warships from the Northern, Baltic and Black Sea fleets are converging on the Mediterranean and the Gulf of Aden, as part of a large-scale strategic exercise. Russian intentions are obvious. Continue
Attack On Sovereignty
By Paul Craig Roberts
Those concerned about “The New World Order” speak as if the United States is coming under the control of an outside conspiratorial force. Continue
By Paul Craig Roberts
Those concerned about “The New World Order” speak as if the United States is coming under the control of an outside conspiratorial force. Continue
Pope Thanks CIA War Criminal
By Jay Janson
Panetta said the Pope said to him, “Thank you for helping to protect the world.” said he replied, “Pray for me.” Continue
By Jay Janson
Panetta said the Pope said to him, “Thank you for helping to protect the world.” said he replied, “Pray for me.” Continue
Prisoners' Intifada Shames Palestine's Leaders
By Ramzy Baroud
Few Palestinians are left with hope that their "leadership" has their best interests in mind. Continue
By Ramzy Baroud
Few Palestinians are left with hope that their "leadership" has their best interests in mind. Continue
Israel Named "World Humanitarian Leader" in EU Propaganda Exercise
By David Cronin
I wasn’t sure whether to laugh or scream when tipped off about the latest propaganda blitz planned by European Friends of Israel, a key lobby group in Brussels. Continue
By David Cronin
I wasn’t sure whether to laugh or scream when tipped off about the latest propaganda blitz planned by European Friends of Israel, a key lobby group in Brussels. Continue
The Incredible Debt Spider:
It's Time to End the Private Fed
By Rand Clifford
$454,393,280,417.03...for the year 2011, that’s how much Americans paid a consortium of twelve private banks for creating dollars out of nothing, and loaning them to the government at interest.Continue
It's Time to End the Private Fed
By Rand Clifford
$454,393,280,417.03...for the year 2011, that’s how much Americans paid a consortium of twelve private banks for creating dollars out of nothing, and loaning them to the government at interest.Continue
Corporate Profits Have Grown By 171 Percent Under ‘Anti-Business’ Obama
By Pat Garofalo
U.S. corporations’ after-tax profits have grown by 171 percent under Obama, more than under any president since World War II, and are now at their highest level relative to the size of the economy since the government began keeping records in 1947. Continue
By Pat Garofalo
U.S. corporations’ after-tax profits have grown by 171 percent under Obama, more than under any president since World War II, and are now at their highest level relative to the size of the economy since the government began keeping records in 1947. Continue
U.S. CEOs Push Plan to Raise Full Retirement Age To 70
By Saul Loeb
The plan unveiled Wednesday would result in smaller annual benefit increases for all Social Security recipients. Continue
By Saul Loeb
The plan unveiled Wednesday would result in smaller annual benefit increases for all Social Security recipients. Continue
Message To The 'Left' From A Former Democrat
By Brandon Smith
We are not the dumb redneck racist hillbilly gun nuts you see in every primetime TV show. Continue
By Brandon Smith
We are not the dumb redneck racist hillbilly gun nuts you see in every primetime TV show. Continue
49 killed as helicopters 'attack', Mali Islamists militants in Algeria: At least 20 Islamist gunmen calling themselves the ‘Battalion of Blood’ raided a compound near an Algerian gas field on Wednesday, taking dozens of hostages. They also killed a British citizen and an Algerian in an assault on a bus.
France increases troop deployment to Mali: Soldiers on the ground doubled to 1,400, as Chad sends combat troops and EU agrees to provide military training mission.
French agent 'executed' by al-Shabab: Somali armed group says it will release video of execution "any time it decides" after announcing death of the hostage.
African Union troops killed 7 civilian: African Union troops mistakenly opened fire on a religious school while pursuing militants, killing five children and two adults, a Somali legislator said Thursday.
US to officially recognise Somalia government: "When the secretary meets with Hassan Sheikh tomorrow, she will exchange diplomatic notes with him and recognise the Somali government in Mogadishu for the first time in 20 years," Assistant Secretary of State Johnnie Carson told reporters.
Libya mulls curfew for violence-hit Benghazi: Libya is considering imposing a curfew on the violence-wracked eastern city of Benghazi, its prime minister said on Wednesday, a day after a car bomb killed a police officer there.
Six bombers killed, many civilians injured in Kabul blast: At least six suicide attackers were killed and some 30 civilians wounded as a Townace-type car full of explosives was blown up close to the NDS compound here in Kabul, an official and a statement from the ministry of interior compound said Wednesday.
Insider Attack: Afghan police kill commander in Kandahar: Afghan local policeAccording to local authorities in southern Kandahar province of Afghanistan, a local police officer opened fire on his commander and killed him.
NATO occupation force solider killed in Afghanistan: A NATO solider was killed in the south of the country yesterday evening. BNA quoting from NATO press statement, the soldier was killed in attack of armed Taliban.
Marine who urinated on Afghan to be demoted: Edward W Deptola, a US sergeant, to be demoted one rank in plea deal after urinating on the corpse of a Taliban fighter.
3 Pakistani Taliban killed in uprising of people in Kunar: The clash took place between the residents of the three villages and Pakistani Taliban when 4 residents of the area arrested by Taliban on charges of spying.
Government in talks with Tahirul Qadri: Earlier, Qadri had given the government a ‘last deadline’ of until 3 pm to meet his demands which he had later extended to 3:45 pm. At the time, he had also stated that talks could only be held with President Asif Ali Zardari. However, the government had constituted a committee to hold talks with the TMQ chief.
More than 100 killed in Syrian village near Homs, according to activists: Dead were 'burnt inside of homes while others were killed with knives'
Syria sets conditions for talks with opposition; “…We are even ready to negotiate with armed groups that tend to lay down their weapons because they are the children of the Syria who have been misled by the plots of the enemies, and our aim is to return them to our national society,” said al-Halqi in a Wednesday farewell meeting with Iran's First Vice President Mohammad Reza Rahimi .
17 killed in third day of deadly Iraq attacks: A spate of bombings targeting Shiite Muslims across Iraq killed 17 people on Thursday, the latest in a spike in unrest amid weeks of anti-government protests and a political crisis engulfing the country.
Qaeda suspects kill top Yemen security official: Suspected Al-Qaeda gunmen on a motorbike have shot dead a high-ranking security official in Yemen's Dhammar province, south of Sanaa, the official Saba news agency reported on Thursday.
US ex-commander: We can't stop Iran's nuclear program: Admiral William Fallon, former head of U.S. Central Command, warns that an attack on Iran's nuclear facilities would take weeks, and would only set Tehran back a few years • IAEA inspectors in talks with Iran for second day over disputed nuclear program.
Iran may step away from petrodollars: - Tehran can escape international sanctions pressure by moving away from a budget dependent on petrodollars, the Iranian president said.
Israeli army 'provoked Palestinian teenager and then shot him': A Palestinian schoolboy killed by Israeli gunfire near the West Bank separation barrier had been reacting to insults shouted by soldiers with loudhailers before he was shot, eyewitnesses have said.
Obama, Netanyahu seem headed for US-Israel clash: Israel's premier on Wednesday dismissed President Barack Obama's reported displeasure with his hard-line policies toward the Palestinians, a sisgn that the two could be headed for a showdown.
Chuck Hagel nomination hearing set for Jan. 31: Hagel faces strong opposition from some Republican senators, who are critical of his past statements on Israel and Iran. But the former Nebraska senator got a significant boost Tuesday when Sen. Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.), the No. 3 Democrat and most senior Jewish senator, announced his support for the nomination.
Russia Says World Is Nearing Currency War ; The world is on the brink of a fresh “currency war,” Russia warned, as European policy makers joined Japan in bemoaning the economic cost of rising exchange rates. “Japan is weakening the yen and other countries may follow,” Alexei Ulyukayev, first deputy chairman of Russia’s central bank, said
IMF approves next tranche of bailout money to Greece: The IMF executive board announced its decision late on Wednesday after a long delay drawn out by Greece's political crisis that arose from the economic recession. The next tranche scheduled to be disbursed is worth 3.24 billion euros ($4.31 billion).
World Bank Slashes Global Growth Forecasts for 2013: Economies around the world are still facing a struggle towards recovery, despite improved conditions in financial markets, the World Bank said Wednesday, as it sharply cut its global growth outlook for 2013.
BofA sees recession threat from ‘few weeks’ at debt ceiling: The U.S. economy could slip into recession even if the Treasury pays some of its obligations in the event Congress doesn’t raise the debt ceiling, Bank of America Merrill Lynch economists wrote Wednesday.
Campaign To Overturn Citizens United: The LA City Council voted Wednesday to draft ballot language for voters to weigh in on whether they believe there should be limits on campaign spending and whether corporations should have the same rights as people.
Good news: Florida Senate panel votes to ban spying with drones: A Florida Senate panel says police should be banned from using drones to spy on citizens. A bill (SB 92) that would prohibit law enforcement agencies from gathering evidence or other information flew through the Criminal Justice Committee with a unanimous vote Tuesday.
Can the DEA Hide a Surveillance Camera on Your Land? : A US district court judge ruled in the case last fall that it was okay for the DEA to enter the rural property without a warrant and install surveillance cameras that were used to help convict five members of a family on charges they were growing marijuana.
January 16, 2013
Preplanned Mali invasion reveals France's neo-colonialistic agendaBy Finian Cunningham
The precise nature of this “Islamist threat” from Mali is never spelled out or evidenced. . We are expected to accept the word of Paris, London and Washington - the rogue states that have and are conducting illegal wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya and Syria.Continue
Who is Islamic cleric Dr. Tahir ul-Qadri? And why should Pakistan care?
By Syed Hamad Ali
He only arrived from Canada last month and already he's sparking protests and making headlines with his demands for a radical overhaul of the current political system. Continue
By Syed Hamad Ali
He only arrived from Canada last month and already he's sparking protests and making headlines with his demands for a radical overhaul of the current political system. Continue
Accountability for Prosecutorial Abuse
By Glenn Greenwald
Imposing real consequences on these federal prosecutors in the Aaron Swartz case is vital for both justice and reform. Continue
By Glenn Greenwald
Imposing real consequences on these federal prosecutors in the Aaron Swartz case is vital for both justice and reform. Continue
"Kill Anything That Moves":
Hidden Crimes of the War Kerry, Hagel Fought in Vietnam
By Democracy Now
U.S. atrocities in Vietnam were not just isolated incidents, but "the inevitable outcome of deliberate policies, dictated at the highest levels of the military." Continue
Hidden Crimes of the War Kerry, Hagel Fought in Vietnam
By Democracy Now
U.S. atrocities in Vietnam were not just isolated incidents, but "the inevitable outcome of deliberate policies, dictated at the highest levels of the military." Continue
King: I Have a Dream. Obama: I Have a Drone.
By Norman Solomon
Crowing about the moral virtues of making war while accepting a peace prize might seem a bit odd, but Obama's rhetoric was in sync with a key dictum from Orwell: "Who controls the past controls the future; who controls the present controls the past." Continue
By Norman Solomon
Crowing about the moral virtues of making war while accepting a peace prize might seem a bit odd, but Obama's rhetoric was in sync with a key dictum from Orwell: "Who controls the past controls the future; who controls the present controls the past." Continue
Welcome To The Shammies
The Media Awards That Recognize Truly Unsung Talent
By John Pilger
The Shammies celebrate the finest sham media. Continue
The Media Awards That Recognize Truly Unsung Talent
By John Pilger
The Shammies celebrate the finest sham media. Continue
Obama Announced The Most Aggressive National Gun Control Agenda In Decades
By Grace Wyler
"This is the land of the free and always will be. But with freedom comes responsibility," Obama added. "We don't live in isolation. We live in a society...we are responsible for each other." Continue
By Grace Wyler
"This is the land of the free and always will be. But with freedom comes responsibility," Obama added. "We don't live in isolation. We live in a society...we are responsible for each other." Continue
America’s War for Reality
By Robert Parry
The real struggle confronting the United States is not between the Right and the Left in any traditional sense, but between those who believe in reality and those who are entranced by unreality. Continue
By Robert Parry
The real struggle confronting the United States is not between the Right and the Left in any traditional sense, but between those who believe in reality and those who are entranced by unreality. Continue
What is wrong with America?
By Dave Lindorff
We Americans have completely lost any sense of why a country, a society, and a government exist. Continue
By Dave Lindorff
We Americans have completely lost any sense of why a country, a society, and a government exist. Continue
Exploding the Lincoln Myth
By Rocket Kirchner
What would you say if you heard that a ruler of a country suspended its entire constitution, its entire bill of rights, forced a draft, and jailed every major writer and editor who disagreed with him? Continue
By Rocket Kirchner
What would you say if you heard that a ruler of a country suspended its entire constitution, its entire bill of rights, forced a draft, and jailed every major writer and editor who disagreed with him? Continue
Does the Internet Spell Doom For Organized Religion?
By Valerie Tarico
Here's one theory why religion is in decline in many places around the world. Continue
By Valerie Tarico
Here's one theory why religion is in decline in many places around the world. Continue
Campus blasts kill 87 in Syria’s Aleppo: Twin blasts ripped through university buildings in Syria’s second city Aleppo, killing at least 87people and wounding scores more, on the first day of exams for students. Regime forces and rebels blamed each other for the carnage, in a government-controlled area of the battleground northern city.
Triple car bombing in Syria kills at least 22: Suicide bombers driving vehicles packed with explosives blew themselves up near security targets in northern Syria on Wednesday, killing at least 22 people, state-run media and activists said.
Syria allows U.N. to step up food aid: Syria's government has authorised the World Food Programme (WFP) to extend its reach in the war-torn country where 2.5 million people are suffering from hunger, the United Nations agency's chief said on Wednesday.
New Push in U.S. for Tougher Sanctions, War Threats Against Iran: The report, “U.S. Nonproliferation Strategy for the Changing Middle East,” also said Washington should “increase Iranian isolation, including through regime change in Syria” and “undertake…overt preparations for the use of warplanes and/or missiles to destroy Iran’s nuclear capabilities with high explosives”.
Wave of Iraq attacks leave 33 dead: - Attacks in Baghdad and northern Iraq killed 33 people on Wednesday as hundreds attended the funeral of a Sunni MP who died in a suicide attack a day earlier, amid a political crisis engulfing Iraq.
Iraq anti-Maliki protests continue unabated: Sunni Arab tribesmen have taken over centre of Samarra for weeks to protest against government’s ‘injustices’.
Turkish jets pound over 50 Kurd rebel targets in Iraq: "Sixteen F-16 fighter jets took off from their base in Diyarbakir in the southeast at around 2000 GMT Tuesday and bombed the (rebel) targets in Qandil mountain in northern Iraq, 90 kilometres from the border," a military source said.
Obama: ‘Israel Doesn’t Know What Its Best Interests Are’: Op-Ed: Obama said privately and repeatedly, “Israel doesn’t know what its own best interests are.” With each new settlement announcement, in Obama’s view, Netanyahu is moving his country down a path toward near-total isolation.
Gunmen kill security official south of Yemen's Sanaa: Gunmen killed the deputy security chief of Dhamar province, south of the Yemeni capital Sanaa, an interior ministry official said, less than a month after an adviser to the minister of defence was shot dead in Sanaa.
Mali conflict: French 'fighting Islamists in Diabaly': French troops have been fighting Mali's Islamist rebels in street battles in the town of Diabaly, Malian and French sources say.
Mali's Islamist groups united by war threat: A powerful southern offensive by Islamists in Mali last week, halted only by French air strikes, showed that a loose alliance of rebels from al Qaeda's North African wing and local groups has been united by the threat of foreign intervention.
U.S. weighs military support for France’s campaign against Mali militants: The Obama administration is considering significant military backing for France’s drive against al-Qaeda-linked militants in Mali, but its support for a major ally could test U.S. legal boundaries and stretch counterterrorism resources in a murky new conflict.
Mali: Italy to offer France logistical support: Giampaolo Di Paola, the defence minister, told the Italian Senate that the logistical support would be confined to air operations, not ground operations.
Germany to send transport planes to Mali: Germany has said it is sending two transport planes to Mali to help shore up an initial battle against Islamist insurgents. French ground troops already in Mali were set to engage directly with the rebels Wednesday.
Somalia: Al-Shabab sentence French agent to death: Somali armed group says hostage held for three years will be executed in response to failed French rescue bid.
Algeria: French National Killed and Five Japanese BP Workers Abducted by Al-Qaida Islamists: Islamists have stepped up retaliation against French military intervention in Mali by abducting six BP workers, five Japanese and one Irishman, and killing their French colleague at an oil facility in southern Algeria.
Briton reported killed in kidnap raid in Algeria: David Cameron holds crisis Cobra meeting after claims that militant group is holding 41 hostages
Car bomb kills policeman in Benghazi as Libya violence escalates: A car bomb killed a police officer in Benghazi early on Wednesday, a police source said, the second attack on the eastern city's security forces in two days.
Libya paid Mauritania $200 million to extradite ex-spy chief: lawyer: Libya authorized payment of almost $200 million to Mauritania months after it extradited the Libyan ex-spy chief to face trial at home in defiance of an International Criminal Court warrant for his arrest, Libyan government documents show.
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