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Poll says Assad popularity high (New-Power.org) A recent report prepared for NATO exposes the misinformation campaign in the Western media. According to a recent NATO report, the majority in Syria support Assad over his opponents: "After two years of civil war, support for the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad was said to have sharply... Continue Reading →
[The United States preparing an escalation of its role in Syria. At the same time, the United States is preparing legislation to send aid to a number of dictatorships in the region, including Bahrain, which has been killing protesters in the streets. Once again, we see the hypocrisy of US foreign policy. It is not... Continue Reading →
[Turkey has been supporting the rebellion in Syria yet uses violence against its own people. Where is the outrage over use of violence against the Turkish people? The outrage against the use of violence against the people of Bahrain? --NP] For a third day, police, protesters clash in Turkey Istanbul, Turkey (CNN) -- Protesters hurled... Continue Reading →
[The West says next to nothing about the suppression of protests in Turkey and Bahrain, both allies of the United States. Once again, the double standard is seen. The West is about its own interests, not human rights or democracy as it claims. The West is fine with the suppression of dissent when it serves... Continue Reading →
[Israel is making provocative moves against Lebanon and Hezbollah to put pressure on Hezbollah to remove its forces from the Syrian civil war. The West makes statements threatening Hezbollah for its involvement in Syria yet they say little about the Sunni Islamists who have come from all over the Arab world to fight against the... Continue Reading →
[Zionist terrorists not only target Muslim Palestinians, but Christians also. Where is the outrage from Christians in the United States? -- NP] Palestinian cars damaged in suspected settler attack JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Fourteen Palestinian vehicles were vandalized on Wednesday in the occupied West Bank and Arab East Jerusalem in what appeared to be attacks by... Continue Reading →
[The Zionists continue their genocide against the Palestinians. So brazen is their attack against the Palestinians that even John Kerry has had to speak up, albeit softly. Israel is a racist Apartheid state with no interest in allowing a Palestinian homeland to exist. Israel's policy is "yap, yap; fight, fight." They yap about the possibilities... Continue Reading →
Syria, Israel exchange fire over border DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria said Tuesday it destroyed an Israeli vehicle that crossed the ceasefire line in the Golan Heights overnight, while the Israeli military said gunfire from Syria had hit an Israeli patrol, damaging a vehicle and prompting its troops to fire back. The two sides appeared... Continue Reading →
[Support those who refuse to participate in crimes against humanity. --NP] Young objector challenges Israeli army JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military has jailed a young man for six months for refusing to serve because of his opposition to Israel's occupation of the West Bank, focusing attention on the longstanding conflict between the country's universal... Continue Reading →
[The Guardian Council has come out against Mahmoud Ahmadinejad by barring his top aid from the elections. This shows the affect that Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has had on the Iranian system. Even though he professes deep Islamic faith and seems as though he is always in line with the ruling clerics, the reality is that he... Continue Reading →
[The United States backs the dictatorship in Bahrain even as it tramples civil rights. The United States is only about advancing its own interests. --NP] Bahrain demonstrator jailed for flag 'insult' MANAMA, Bahrain (AP) — A Bahrain demonstrator was sentenced to three months in prison Thursday for hanging a Bahrain flag from his truck during... Continue Reading →
[The US-backed genocide against the Palestinian people continues. -- NP] Palestinians mark their 1948 displacement By MOHAMMED DARAGHMEH RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Tens of thousands of Palestinians marked the 65th anniversary of their mass displacement during the war over Israel's 1948 creation, marching in the streets and in some parts of the West Bank... Continue Reading →
