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WikiLeaks Reveals the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) and Canada Post May Be Sold Under TPP Agreement By Obert Madondo, August 03 2015

The CBC Ottawa Broadcast Centre and head office of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation on Sparks Street in Ottawa. A confidential letter published by WikiLeaks on Wednesday reveal that the Crown Corporation could be sold under the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement.

Puerto Rico: Troubled Commonwealth or Debt Colony? By Eric Draitser, August 03 2015

The crisis in Puerto Rico raises a deeper political question that for years has lurked just beneath the surface of the US territory, namely Puerto Rico’s true status: dependent US commonwealth or neocolonial possession?

It may not dominate international headlines

US-NATO War Games on Russia’s Doorstep, Russia’s Military Drills and Deployments By South Front, August 03 2015

The “Russian Military Map” series describes the ongoing military developments in Russia, shows the approximate locations of Russian military groups and drills.

This year NATO has increased the number of military exercises near Russian borders from 90-95 to 150 and …

Jimmy Carter Is Correct: The U.S. Is No Longer a Democracy By Eric Zuesse, August 03 2015

On July 28th, Thom Hartmann interviewed former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, and, at the very end of his show (as if this massive question were merely an aftethought), asked him his opinion of the 2010 Citizens United decision and the

Stalling the Trans-Pacific Partnership: The Failure of the Hawaii Talks By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, August 03 2015

Anti-TPP activists and a bevy of other groups would have had reason to cheer the delays that afflicted the Trans-Pacific Partnership talks in Hawaii last week. The obstacles seemed to loom so large that they, in the end, were irreconcilable

US-NATO’s “Terrorist Foot Soldiers”: Obama Orders Airstrikes to Defend ISIS in Syria By Stephen Lendman, August 03 2015

ISIS or ISIL or IS are US recruited, trained, armed, funded and directed Pentagon proxy foot soldiers doing Obama’s dirty work – to destabilize and/or topple governments where they’re deployed.

Using them is part of Washington’s imperial strategy for unchallenged …

The Fake War on ISIS: US and Turkey Escalate in Syria By Eric Draitser, August 03 2015

It is late July 2015, and the media is abuzz with the news that Turkey will allow US jets to use its bases to bomb Islamic State (ISIS) targets in Syria. There is much talk about how this development is

The ISIL is in Ukraine: America’s “Agents of Chaos” Unleashed in Eurasia By Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya, August 02 2015
Who Was Behind the 1994 Rwanda Genocide? Inside Story of Former Prime Minister Kambanda’s Court Case By Claire Umurungi, August 02 2015
"The infiltrators of the RPF were responsible for the killings. We succeeded in capturing their plans, the names of their agents, and their arms caches in Kigali",
Understanding “Oil Qaeda”. Using “Terrorism” as a Pretext to Wage War on Oil Rich Countries By Kevin Ryan, August 02 2015

In The Al Qaeda Network: A New Framework For DefiningThe Enemy, Katherine Zimmerman of the American Enterprise Institute describes the terrorist groups affiliated with Al Qaeda. Zimmerman is seen as a leading expert on the Al Qaeda network, having

Just Listen to What Western Officials Are Saying About Russia By Conn Hallinan, August 02 2015

If you want a sleepless night – or month – just listen to what Western security officials are saying these days about a possible confrontation with Russia.

“If you want to talk about a nation that could pose an existential …

Turkey Expands Military Campaign in Syria and Iraq By South Front, August 02 2015

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Turkey has agreed to let the so-called “U.S.-led anti-ISIS” coalition to openly use Turkish airbases at Incirlik, Diyarbakir, Batman and Malatya for coalition aircraft conducting sorties against ISIS.  At the same time, Turkey began launching airstrikes

Agent Orange May Raise Risk Of Several Skin Conditions and Cancers By Marie Benz MD FAAD, August 02 2015

The Ohio State University College of Medicine, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio

Medical Research: What is the background for this study? What are the main findings?

Dr. Patterson: The utilization of Agent Orange (AO) and other …

TPP Ministerial Deadlock.”Good News for People on the Planet”. Worldwide Opposition to Trade Deal By Stephen Lendman, August 02 2015

Friday’s fourth/dubbed “final” ministerial attempt to reach agreement failed. Global Trade Watch Director Lori Wallach called it a “Maui (Hawaii) meltdown.”

Congress went on five-week summer recess with lots of unfinished business awaiting members in September – notably the Iran …

U.S. Tries to Stir Ethnic Division in Crimea By Eric Zuesse, August 02 2015

On Saturday, August 1st, Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko (who now acknowledges that his government is illegitimate and that his predecessor Viktor Yanukovych was overthrown in a February 2014 coup), sent greetings to an international conference of supporters of Tatars

America’s Wars: The Day We Refused To Fight. “War is just Terrorism with a Bigger Budget” By CJ Hinke, August 02 2015

Excerpted from Free Radicals: War Resisters in Prison by  CJ Hinke, forthcoming from Trine-Day in 2016.

The lines of resistance to war take many forms as these stories of resisters in prison in World Wars I (“the Great War”, “the …

Social Democracy or Revolutionary Democracy: Syriza and Us By Prof. Michael A. Lebowitz, August 02 2015

All eyes on the Left are upon Greece. Not because of a general interest in the contradictions of capitalism in the midst of this particular crisis but because of Syriza. Unfortunately, what we are observing is not unique to

The US Hand in the Syrian Mess By Jonathan Marshall, August 02 2015

Neocons and the mainstream U.S. media place all the blame for the Syrian civil war on President Bashar al-Assad and Iran, but there is another side of the story in which Syria’s olive branches to the U.S. and Israel were

ISIL and its So-Called Caliphate: Israeli-US Tools to Divide Iraq By Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya, August 02 2015

First produced in July 2014, the following GRTV documentary looks at the crisis in Iraq, prior to the launching of the US bombing campaign 

This short documentary examines the support that the US and Israel are providing to the so-called

Russian Brokered High Level Syria-Saudi Arabia Discussions: Al Assad’s Security Adviser meets Saudi Deputy Crown Prince By Ghassan Kadi, August 01 2015

“The miracle meeting” has happened. The Syrian chief of the office of home security general Ali Mamlouk has visited Riyadh and met with the Saudi deputy Crown Prince Mohamed bin Salman [son of current king] as a result of a

Erodoğan and Netanyahu Declare War By Prof. James Petras, August 01 2015
The rulers of the two most powerful authoritarian regimes in the Middle East are launching major wars to reconfigure the Middle East. Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu has declared war by proxy on Iran, Turkish President Erodoğan has launched a major war against the Kurdish people and their aspirations for a Kurdish state.
What Happened? Israeli Settlers Burned Palestinian Infant to Death By Stephen Lendman, August 01 2015

On July 31, extremist Israeli settlers attacked at least two Palestinian homes in Duma village near Nablus. They arrived late at night.

They spray-painted anti-Palestinian racist hate slogans on the Dawabsha family home. They smashed a window, threw firebombs inside, …

The MH17 Crash: Washington Wants a “Tribunal” Without an Independent Investigation By Alexander Chopov, August 01 2015

A prior Russia-drafted UN MH17 resolution already calls for an independent international investigation – yet it is Ukraine and the US which are withholding possibly useful data. So who’s actually an obstacle to clearing up the issue?

Russia bashing season

Armed American Soldiers to be Deployed in Ukraine: Arrested in Vienna Airport By Sputnik, August 01 2015

The soldiers carried assault rifles in their luggage, but had no approval, Kurier reported.

A few days ago, a group of American soldiers caused a security alert at Vienna’s Schwechat airport. The men were stopped while trying to travel with 

Top Wall Street Journal Editor Plots with Pro-Israel Group to Thwart Iran Deal By Telesur, August 01 2015

In a leaked conversation with a U.S. pro-Israeli group, the right-wing pro-war journalist said he favored war with Iran over the diplomatic Iran deal

A U.S.-based organization called Christians United for Israel and the Wall Street Journal’s longtime foreign affairs …

The EU’s Greek Austerity Plan Rejected By The IMF By Dr. Paul Craig Roberts, August 01 2015

I have maintained since the so-called Greek Debt “crisis” began back in 2010, I believe it was that the imposition of austerity on Greece could not possibly work and that the only solution was to write down the debt to

Kos, Bodrum: The Mediterranean’s Desperate Refugees and a Dying Child By Andre Vltchek, August 01 2015

Para gliders are flying over the stunning emerald sea. Summer hordes are descending on a Greek island of Kos from all corners of increasingly aggressive European Union. On the faces of visitors, there seems to be no regret, no shame,

The Hunt for Red October. Russia-Sweden Relations and a Missing Submarine By Israel Shamir, August 01 2015

These days, Sweden is all agog. In the midst of the coldest summer in living history that deprived the Swedes of their normal sun-accumulating July routine, the country plunged into an exciting search for a Russian submarine in the Stockholm

Hollow Israeli Sorrow Over Palestinian Baby Immolation by Jewish Settlers By Stephen Lendman, August 01 2015

Israeli officials throughout its history consistently showed contempt for Palestinian rights – from Ben-Gurion to Allon to Meir to Begin to Rabin to Peres to Sharon to Netanyahu and others, an array of rogue leaders, not a democrat in the

Hackers Claim John McCain Knew ISIS Execution Videos Were Staged By Zero Hedge, August 01 2015

GR editorial note. We have been unable to fully verify and corroborate the report presented in this article by Cyber Berkut. There are howver several media reports which suggest that the ISIS executions are staged.

In a rather stunning note,

The US-China Standoff in the Indo-Asia-Pacific Region By South Front, August 01 2015
With help of its Asian allies the US are going to seal off the PLA Navy in the South China Sea and prevent its moving in operations space. Its eventual objective is aimed on establishing a ground coalition against China.
Iraq: Widespread Use of Torture and Ill-Treatment By Hans von Sponeck, August 01 2015

Hans von Sponeck: We appeal, first and foremost,  to the conscience of governments and  civil society but also to their legal-mindedness not to accept  impunity any longer.

Geneva International Centre for Justice (GICJ) is participating in the review of Iraq …

Asylum Seekers and Migrants to the EU are the Victims of US-NATO-EU Wars By Geneva International Centre for Justice, August 01 2015

Geneva International Centre for Justice released on 27 July 2015 its report ‘Swimming Against the Tides: Examining the EU Response to Irregular Migration through the Mediterranean Sea.’ GICJ has been following closely the recent developments at the European Commission with

Shell Oil Rig to begin Fossil Fuel Extraction in the Arctic? By Robert Barsocchini, July 31 2015

US forces cleared kayakers out of the way and cut the cables connecting suspended climbers, making space for the government-escorted Shell oil rig to move through and continue on to the Arctic to begin the fossil fuel extraction process.

As …

Questioning The Left: Current Leftist Theory and the Collapse of the Left. How to Rebuild Leftist Policies By Devon Douglas-Bowers, July 31 2015

Below is a transcript of an email interview I did with writers Gregory Smulewicz-Zucker and Michael J. Thompson who co-authored the article “The Treason of Intellectual Radicalism and the Collapse of Leftist Politics” which appeared in the Winter 2015 edition

Russia Shoots Down “US Stealth Coup”: Tough Times for America’s “Color Revolution” industry. By Tony Cartalucci, July 31 2015

Times are tough for America’s “color revolution” industry. Perfected in Eastern Europe after the fall of the Soviet Union, and honed during the so-called “Arab Spring,” the process of backing subversion in a targeted country and overthrowing a sitting government

Obama’s “Safe Zone” in Syria Will Inflame the War Zone By Shamus Cooke, July 31 2015

The road to war is paved with a thousand lies. A fresh fib was tossed on the lie-cluttered warpath to Syria, when it was announced that the U.S. and Turkey would create a “safe zone” inside of Syria — supposedly

Turkey Supports ISIS. … Now Declares “War Against ISIS”, But Instead Bombs Its Political Rival, Which Is the Most Effective Force Fighting ISIS By Washington's Blog, July 31 2015

NATO member Turkey has been busted supporting ISIS.

The Guardian reported this week:

US special forces raided the compound of an Islamic State leader in eastern Syria in May, they made sure not to tell the neighbours.

The target of

The TPP Trade Agreement, Sovereignty, and Secrecy. Economic Dislocation, Environmental Degradation By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, July 31 2015

“National security secrecy may be appropriate to protect us from our enemies; it should not be used to protect our politicians from us.” Margot E. Kaminski, NYT, April 14, 2015.

It’s coming to you, roughly packaged, crudely thought out, and, …

US Forces Succeed in Clearing Peaceful Environmental Activists, Escorting Shell Rig Through and Sending on to Arctic By Robert Barsocchini, July 31 2015

Reporting from the scene:

US forces cleared kayakers out of the way and cut the cables connecting suspended climbers, making space for the government-escorted Shell oil rig to move through and continue on to the Arctic to begin the fossil …

Assange: The Untold Story of an Epic Struggle for Justice By John Pilger, July 31 2015

This is an updated version of John Pilger’s 2014 investigation which tells the unreported story of an unrelenting campaign, in Sweden and the US, to deny Julian Assange justice and silence WikiLeaks: a campaign now reaching a dangerous stage.

The …

Greece – The Refugee Crisis and the Horror of Europe By Peter Koenig, July 31 2015

A voice from Hellas, Greece. According to UNHCR about 50 million refugees are on the move every day on our globe. This is most likely an understatement, as this figure doesn’t take into account what takes place in the

More Illegal US Sanctions against Russia By Stephen Lendman, July 31 2015

Unilateral or jointly imposed sanctions by one or more countries against others are illegal. Authority rests solely with Security Council members.

They must first “determine the existence of any threat to the peace, breach of the peace, or act of

Why Russia Shut Down National Endowment for Democracy (NED) Fronts By Robert Parry, July 31 2015

The Washington Post’s descent into the depths of neoconservative propaganda – willfully misleading its readers on matters of grave importance – apparently knows no bounds as was demonstrated with two deceptive articles regarding Russian President Vladimir Putin and why his

64 Nations Say No to GMO, Yet US Government Nears Illegal GMO Labeling By Christina Sarich, July 31 2015

The WHO has already declared that five of the major chemical herbicides used to grow GMO crops are either likely or definitely cancerous, yet the USA still makes secret trade deals that would allow biotech to push their genetically modified

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Kicked out of Russia: Moscow Challenges Washington’s Orwellian “National Endowment for Democracy” By Stephen Lendman, July 31 2015

NED’s duplicitous mission statement indicates a “dedicat(ion) to the growth and strengthening of democratic institutions around the world.”

Its practices are polar opposite – a State Department-funded agency created to undermine democracy wherever it exists.

It’s a global mischief-maker –

For the New York Times, US Labor Abuses Abroad Are a Thing of Decades Past By Dean Baker, July 31 2015

Does foreign investment make the US economy more vulnerable?

Apparently the New York Times believes it does. A lengthy article on the growth of Chinese foreign investment told readers:

But the show of financial strength [foreign investment by China] also

The Politics of Betrayal: Obama Backstabs Kurds to Appease Turkey By Mike Whitney, July 31 2015

The Kurdish militias (YPG, PKK) have been Washington’s most effective weapon in the Fight against ISIS in Iraq and Syria. But the Obama administration has sold out the Kurds in order to strengthen ties with Turkey and gain access to

Hillary Clinton and Secret Swiss Bank Accounts By Patrick Martin, July 31 2015

A lengthy report in the Wall Street Journal Thursday details Hillary Clinton’s actions while US secretary of state,on behalf of the Swiss banking giant UBS. The bank reciprocated by means of large contributions to the Clinton Foundation and a fat

Right-wing Israeli Fanatic Stabs Six at Gay Rights Parade By Bill Van Auken, July 31 2015

A right-wing Orthodox Jewish zealot carried out an attack Thursday against a gay pride march in occupied East Jerusalem, stabbing at least six marchers. Two of them—a 17-year-old girl and a female border guard—were reported in critical condition.

The assailant …

War in Donbass: Ukraine Forces’ New Fortified Area around the Port City of Mariupol By South Front, July 31 2015

Donetsk and Aleksandrovka were hard shelled from positions of Ukrainian forces at Mariinka-Krasnogorovka last night. There were fires in residential areas of the DPR capital. DPR Armed Forces destroyed a Kiev’s raiding force at Donskoe detaining 4 militants.

A movement …

U.S. Government Begins Human Trials of Genetically Modified Ebola Vaccine By Ethan A. Huff, July 31 2015

Just as predicted, vaccine companies are soon planning to unveil an Ebola vaccine in response to the manufactured Ebola outbreak that’s allegedly still spreading throughout West Africa. A genetically-modified (GM) Ebola vaccine that’s currently undergoing human clinical trials will be

Ukraine Faces Mass Starvation and the Exodus of Millions, Says Bishop By Jonathan Luxmoore CNS, July 31 2015

Bishop Sobilo says his country faces its worst crisis since the Second World War

The Russian-backed separatist rebellion has plunged Ukraine into its worst humanitarian crisis since the Second World War and “millions of refugees” could soon head for Europe

Russia’s UN Security Council Veto on MH17 Resolution to Establish and Ad Hoc Tribunal: Next Step the ICC? By Dr. Christof Lehmann, July 31 2015

Russia used its veto right at the UN Security Council to stop a Malaysian drafted resolution that called for the establishment of an ad-hoc tribunal to investigate the downing of Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine on July 17

Yemen, Map of War: Saudi Offensive, Resistance and Counter-Attacks by Yemeni Forces By South Front, July 31 2015

The big Saudi success in Aden has turned out to be a failure. Saudi proxies with the support of Operation Golden Arrow have been expanding areas of control north of Aden, showing local gains rather than total victory.

The Al

Pentagon Employing Top Scientists to Improve US Propaganda Machine By Cassius Methyl, July 31 2015

Throughout human history, governments have been interested in “mastering the human domain”—in fully understanding how to control the minds of their populations. In 2015, DARPA’s Narrative Networks” ( or N2) program is in full swing.

The project is …

Libya: Protests against Death Sentences for Saif and other Qaddafi Government Officials By Dr. Christof Lehmann, July 31 2015

Tuesday, a Tripoli court under the not officially recognized government of Libya in Tripoli sentenced Saif al-Islam Qaddafi, Abdulah Senussi and seven other officials of the government that was ousted in 2011 to death. Numerous others received harsh sentences. The

Puerto Rico in the Hurricane of America’s Economic Crisis By Ariel Noyola Rodríguez, July 31 2015

By all possible means, the political leaders of the United States attempt to make invisible the economic crisis they face. While a few weeks ago the President of the Federal Reserve System (Fed), Janet Yellen, insisted that the federal funds

The New Silk Road, A Chinese-style “New Deal”. The Economic and Geopolitical Consequences By Global Europe Anticipation Bulletin (GEAB), July 31 2015

Historians will remember that the Chinese President Xi Jinping officially launched the new “Silk Road” with a 30 minute speech at the Boao Economic Conference on Hainan Island the 28 March 2015, in front of 16 heads of State or

Canadian Elections: Crashing the Parties – Possibilities for Radical Election Organizing By Yves Engler and Dru Oja Jay, July 31 2015

Election season can be the worst time to be a radical. Which is to say, it’s tough to be someone who believes that fundamental systemic change is needed when the parties that have our democratic imagination in a sleeper hold …

The Greek Coup: Liquidity as a Weapon of Coercion By Ellen Brown, July 31 2015

My father made him an offer he couldn’t refuse. Luca Brasi held a gun to his head and my father assured him that either his brains, or his signature, would be on the contract.”    — The Godfather (1972)

In the

Sounds of War: Navy Warplanes Producing Deadly Noise Around US Bases By Dahr Jamail, July 31 2015

A Navy e-18 “Growler” jet refuels while in midair, June 15, 2010. The noise produced by Growlers averages at 81 decibels inside a home, which is louder than the noise level averaged by heavy truck traffic. (Photo: US Navy)

Malaysian Airlines MH370 and MH17. A Criminologist Questions: What are the Probabilities? Is it a Mere Coincidence? By Prof Jason Kissner, July 31 2015
If 5 months ago (before the vanishing of MH 370) you had contemplated the likelihood that the next 2 major airline disasters to receive massive global coverage would each involve Malaysia Airlines, you would have been justified in concluding that the likelihood was very low indeed.
US Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Scientist: ‘We Scheduled Meeting to Destroy Vaccine-Autism Study Documents’ By Sharyl Attkisson, July 31 2015

A current Centers for Disease Control (CDC) senior scientist has made an unprecedented admission: he and his colleagues–he says– committed scientific misconduct to cover up a meaningful link between vaccines and autism in black boys.

Just as startling, the CDC …

UK Government Whips Up Anti-immigrant Hysteria over Eurotunnel Security at Calais By Chris Marsden, July 30 2015

Britain’s Conservative government and the media have responded with undisguised xenophobia to attempts by migrants at the French port of Calais to enter the UK via the Channel Tunnel.

The desperate efforts of migrants to enter Britain led to the …

White House Rejects Petition for Snowden Pardon Signed by 168,000 By Josh Varlin, July 30 2015

The Obama White House has rebuffed a petition signed by almost 168,000 people demanding “a full, free, and absolute pardon” for NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden.

The petition on whitehouse.gov had surpassed the 100,000 signatures required by the White House for …

“Normalizing” Nuclear Catastrophe: Japan’s Abe Government Risks Fukushima Victims’ Lives with “Forced Return” to Contaminated Areas By Kendra Ulrich, July 30 2015

A massive decontamination exercise is under way in Iitate Village near Fukushima, writes Kendra Ulrich: step one in a plan to force 6,000 residents back into the evacuated zone in 2017. But as radiation levels remain stubbornly high, it looks

US Official Confirms Discovered Debris Matches MH370 Type of Jet By Sputnik, July 30 2015

Image: Photo by Russavia

According to a US official, newly discovered debris shown in a photograph belongs to the same type of aircraft as missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.

New wreckage, which appears to be the wing flap of a …

A US-Turkey Sponsored “Islamic State Free Zone” within Syria By Devon Douglas-Bowers, July 30 2015

An article in the New York Times was published recently discussing that the US and Turkey had agreed to create a ‘safe zone’ in Syria. Specifically the article stated that the plan was to have “an Islamic State-free zone controlled

A “No-Fly Zone” by Any Other Name – The “ISIL-Free Zone” in Syria By Brandon Turbeville, July 30 2015

As the NATO Article 4 meeting concludes with little or no fanfare and no major decisions made regarding a “no-fly zone” over Syria, many onlookers may take the opportunity to sit back in satisfaction that the meeting was concluded without …

Irresponsibly Bashing Russia Veto Against Establishing Kangaroo MH17 Tribunal By Stephen Lendman, July 30 2015

Neither Russia nor Donbass freedom fighters had anything to do with downing MH17. Not a shred of evidence suggests it. 

Plenty points to Washington and Ukraine culpability. They had clear means, motive and opportunity – the key determinants for initiating

A Single Currency Challenges National Sovereignty. The Defeat of Europe By Yanis Varoufakis, July 30 2015

The Eurogroup — which has no legal standing — is anti-democratic, disdainful of the European Commission, which it now commands, and internally fractured. This is what it did to Greece.

In 2010 the Greek state lost the capacity to service …

The Official 9/11 Cover-Up. Then NSA Director General Hayden Told a Lie, and It’s a Whopper By William A. Blunden, July 30 2015

All tricksters, other than magicians, depend to a great extent upon the fact that they are not known to be, or even suspected of being, tricksters. Therein lies their great advantage.

— John Mulholland (H. Keith Melton and Robert Wallace,The

Monsanto’s Looting of India’s Agriculture: Political Backing of GMO. Hypnotic Trance in Delhi By Colin Todhunter, July 30 2015

We are about to enter August. And that’s a special month in India. Each year, on the 15th, the country commemorates the anniversary of independence from Britain.

To mark the occasion, official public celebrations take place in Delhi with flag

Obama’s Africa Hypocrisy By Margaret Kimberley, July 30 2015

The president’s visit to East Africa has been the occasion for the same kind of hypocritical finger pointing Barack Obama usually reserves for his frequent hectoring of Black America, this time using “gay rights” as the standard. It’s a standard

Multi-Deaths Again, Al Qaeda Leaders “Have Nine Lives”. “Taliban Leader Mullah Omar, the Man of Many Lives and Many Changes” By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, July 30 2015

What is it about these figures?  Death becomes them, and obituaries are fairly useless, less they suggest finality.  The point about such fantasy producing tropes such as the “war on terror” is that they cannot allow their subjects, their targets,

Washington’s Worldwide Spying: Incongruities in the News By Dr. Paul Craig Roberts, July 30 2015

Jonathan Pollard, a paid spy for Israel described by Michael D. Shear as “one of the country’s most notorious spies,” has been pardoned from his life sentence. It strikes me as hypocritical for the US government to sentence anyone to

Both Indian and Now British Farmers Commit Suicide: Bankruptcy Triggered by Prices of Seeds, Pesticides. By Political Concern, July 30 2015

Ms Truss, the Secretary of State for Environment Food and Rural Affairs, says British farming is one of the Government’s key successes – though farmers are taking their own lives at a rate of one a week, according to

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
Before they Vote in Congress, US Lawmakers to Meet Netanyahu in Israel over Iran Agreement By Press TV, July 30 2015

Image: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the US Capitol, March 3, 2015, in Washington, DC.

More than 40 US lawmakers are scheduled to travel to Israel next month to meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu before they vote in

Israel Intentionally Killed Civilians After Soldier’s Capture in Gaza — Amnesty By Rania Khalek, July 30 2015

A man injured by Israel’s bombs is taken to al-Najjar Hospital in Rafah, a city in southern Gaza, at the beginning of August last year. (Eyad Al Baba/APA images)

A joint investigation by Amnesty International and Forensic Architecture found “strong …