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[Where is the due process? -- NP] Guantanamo hunger strike at 100 prisoners MIAMI (AP) — A U.S. military spokesman says the number of prisoners on hunger strike at Guantanamo Bay has held steady for nearly a week. Army Lt. Col. Samuel House says 100 of the 166 men held at the U.S. base in... Continue Reading →
As US drone strikes rise in Yemen, so does anger By AHMED AL-HAJ and AYA BATRAWY SANAA, Yemen (AP) — The cleric preached in his tiny Yemeni village about the evils of al-Qaida, warning residents to stay away from the group's fighters and their hard-line ideology. The talk worried residents, who feared it would bring... Continue Reading →
[The Assad regime has recently been winning ground against the opposition. Syria is being torn apart by imperialists and their regional proxies. The war in Syria is a proxy war between the Gulf states, Turkey, Israel, and the West against Iran, Hezbollah, and to a lesser extent Russia. Recently, the West has been accusing the... Continue Reading →
[Where is due process for the political prisoners in Guantanamo prison? -- NP] Guantanamo prison hunger strike notches up to 94 MIAMI (AP) — The U.S. military says a couple more prisoners have been designated as hunger strikers at Guantanamo Bay. Lt. Col. Samuel House says 94 men are on the hunger strike, up two... Continue Reading →
Kerry pushes Turkey-Israel rapprochementBy MATTHEW LEE (AP) ISTANBUL — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Sunday urged Turkey to speed up and cement an American-brokered rapprochement with Israel, and he explored with Palestinian officials new ways to relaunch Mideast peace efforts. Kerry tried to advance those second-term foreign policy priorities for President Barack Obama... Continue Reading →
[On the bright side, no more crappy Top Gun movies? --NP] Israeli official says drones could replace planes By DANIEL ESTRIN (AP) TEL AVIV, Israel — Israel's air force is on track to developing drones that within four to five decades would carry out nearly every battlefield operation executed today by piloted aircraft, a high-ranking... Continue Reading →
[Typical imperialist double standards. -- NP] Pentagon chief stresses Israel's right to hit Iran By ROBERT BURNS (AP) JERUSALEM — U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel held out hope Sunday for a nonmilitary way to ending the threat of a nuclear-armed Iran, but he also emphasized Washington's willingness to let Israel decide whether and when it... Continue Reading →
Qatar Orders 500 U.S. Javelin Anti-Tank Missiles By Rich Smith (Source) Last week, just before America broke for the long weekend, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency announced (link opens a PDF) that it has notified Congress of plans to make a "foreign military sale" to Qatar of 500 FGM-148 Javelin Guided Missiles. Including the cost... Continue Reading →
[The United States is coordinating the arming of Syrian opposition groups behind the scenes while making sure to be able to deny their role if things spiral into total chaos in a post-Assad Syria. If sectarian violence turns to state-sponsored genocide or if Al Queda-types come to power, the United States wants to be able... Continue Reading →
[First Worldist feminism advances or seeks to advance the position of First World women (Whites, Blacks, Gay, Straight, Transgendered, etc.) at the expense of Third World peoples. Below is a good example. Once a "boy's club," offices like the CIA's National Clandestine Service, can be hailed as oh-so-progressive because it is now headed by a... Continue Reading →
Iran vows to level Tel Aviv if Israel attacks (AP) TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran says if it's attacked by Israel, it will annihilate Tel Aviv and Haifa. Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who has final say on all key decisions in Iran, says Israel is too small to be called an enemy, and... Continue Reading →
[The imperialists are financing and supporting the sectarian conflict in Syria. --NP] Syria: Bombing kills top pro-Assad Sunni preacher By ZEINA KARAM (AP) BEIRUT (AP) — A suicide bomb ripped through a mosque in the heart of the Syrian capital Thursday, killing a top Sunni Muslim preacher and outspoken supporter of President Bashar Assad in... Continue Reading →
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