Kangaroo Court Show Trials Huffington Post reports: A judge expressed frustration on Monday that an unknown U.S. government entity censored his courtroom audiovisual feed, cutting public access to pretrial hearings for five accused Sept….
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If Chuck Hagel was expecting a warm and congenial welcome from his former Senate colleagues today, he was badly mistaken. Hagel, the former Republican senator from … www.businessinsider.com The first few hours of Chuck…
Wednesday’s bombing of a Syrian military site by Israeli warplanes has ratcheted up the danger that the Western-backed civil war in Syria will spill over into a broader regional conflagration. Unnamed US officials…
Israel targeted multiple targets in recent attack on Syria, U.S. intelligence official tells Time Reports surrounding Wednesday’s Israeli attack on Syria were full of conflicting stories about what was hit, and it turns out…
In her farewell speech, outgoing US secretary of state Hillary Clinton accused Russia and Iran of “stepping up” military support for Syria and thereby adding fuel to possible regional conflict. Her words displayed breath-taking myopia…
Summary executions and mass human rights abuses targeting innocent civilians in Mali are being perpetrated by soldiers loyal to the dubious Malian regime in a campaign supported by the United Nations, the new socialist French government, and the Obama administration. According to human rights groups and witnesses on the ground, the atrocities are increasing as the number of murdered victims continues to rise — eerily reminiscent of similar tragic interventions in Libya, Syria, and the Ivory Coast. The regime ruling southern Mali out of the capital city of Bamako, which seized power in a military coup last year led by a U.S. government-trained officer, is currently attempting to recapture the northern regions of the country. The vast swath of territory in the north was declared independent last year by a group of historically oppressed nomadic Tuareg rebels armed with weapons obtained from the recent Western-backed war on Libya.
Mursi, Marching Masses, El-Sissi and the X-Factor The mass protests in Egypts major cities continue in spite of emergency laws, curfews and crackdowns. The Egyptian opposition parties have turned down President Mursi´s invitation to national…
Ecuador and US Fake Peacefulness I decided not to waste time and watched a few YouTube video clips devoted to the activities of US embassy in Ecuador. According to diplomats, Washington’s «anger» with the Ecuador’s…
BMW, Vatican, Big Banks Enjoy Ill-Gotten Gains While you might not see them on Forbes’ list of wealthy people, criminals and their beneficiaries are some of the richest people on the planet. For…
I personally found the president’s inaugural speech not just insipid, but disgusting. It reached its gut-churning nadir near the end where he said: “We, the people, still believe that enduring security and lasting peace do…