U.S. mess in Iraq
STORY SUMMARY Responsibility for the mess that is Iraq today can easily be laid at the doorstep of the United States, since the Bush administration decided to proceed with the […]
Syria Uprising: Mossad, Blackwater And CIA ‘Led Operations In Homs’
MARCH 7, 2013 Source: Huffington Post UK / CIA, Mossad and Blackwater agents are involved in military violence in the Homs district, an Arab news agency exclusively reports. According to Al-Manar, which is affiliated with Hezbollah, the Lebanon-based militant group and political party, a coordination office with agents from the […]
US: Suburban poverty soars
Source: CNN Money By Tami Luhby Poverty is growing faster in the suburbs than anywhere else in the United States, soaring 64% over the past decade. That was more than twice the growth rate of the urban poor population, according to the Brookings Institution, which released a book Monday titled […]
Neither war nor peace: Battle begins against drones and killer robots
by Frédéric Burnand in Geneva, swissinfo.ch May 20, 2013 – 11:01 The intensive use of drones by the Obama administration is feeding a wave of protest and criticism which reaches […]
Former US drone pilot quits, regretting bombing innocents, including children
A former US assassination drone pilot says he quit the force after feeling “numb” about seeing a child and other civilians blown away in his remote bombing of targets in […]
Robert Fisk: ‘Syrian war could go on for two, three years’
President Bashar al-Assad’s troops in Syria are gaining ground. British Middle East reporter Robert Fisk met some of them when he visited the front lines earlier this month, and told […]
Washington blunders yet again in Syria
STORY SUMMARY Washington blunders yet again in Syria It is not reassuring that we know next to nothing about the details of the international conference on Syria that has been endorsed by the United States and Russia. For the Obama administration, a conference would help initiate negotiations between the Syrian […]
2 Minnesota women sentenced for funding Somali militants
(CNN) — A federal court has sentenced two Minnesota women to lengthy prison sentences for soliciting donations in the name of charity, then funneling the funds to Somali militants. Authorities said the two women went door-to-door in Somali neighborhoods in the U.S. and Canada, seeking contributions. Amina Farah Ali, 36, got […]
Obama, Erdoğan reaffirm Assad must go
16 May 2013 /TODAY’S ZAMAN WITH WIRES, ANKARA US President Barack Obama said Syrian President Bashar al-Assad needs to leave power for a political solution in Syria after meeting with […]
German Christian Home-Schooling Romeike Family Loses U.S. Asylum Bid
By Krista Kapralos Religion News Service (RNS) A German family seeking asylum in the U.S. so they can home-school their children lost their appeal in federal court on Tuesday (May […]
Apartment construction slows sharply
A sharp pullback in apartment and condominium construction led to a big decline in overall home building in April, even as single-family home construction remained strong, according to government data released Thursday. The Census Bureau reported that housing starts fell 17% in the month to an annual pace of 853,000. […]
Florida Business Forced Scientology on Employees, Feds Assert
By ALAN FARNHAM ABC NEWS May 14, 2013 The federal government is accusing a Miami business of having forced employees to practice Scientology. Dynamic Medical Services, which provides medical and […]
Import prices fall; lower oil prices to help households
(Reuters) – Import prices fell in April due to a drop in oil costs, a positive sign for household finances that also pointed to benign inflation pressures. Import prices slipped 0.5 percent last month, the biggest decline since December, the Labor Department said on Tuesday. March’s data was revised to […]
The Secret History of the Vietnam War
by Daniel Denvir If you thought you knew all there was to know about the Vietnam War, you were wrong. For example: ever heard of the “Mere Gook Rule,” a […]
Local View: Boston bombing was terrorism, not jihad
Source: www.duluthnewstribune.com While the investigation continues, political analysts and U.S. officials portray Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the Boston Marathon bombing suspects, as “aspiring jihadists.” Vice President Joe Biden described them as […]
Reader’s view: Boston bombings were barbaric, un-Muslim
Source: www.duluthnewstribune.com Two Muslim brothers from Chechnya devastated the Boston Marathon on April 15, resulting in three deaths and many injuries. Apparently the brothers sought to justify this brutal act of violence by calling it a jihad in protest of American troops in Afghanistan. They were completely wrong. Islam clearly forbids […]
Mother’s Day parade shooting in New Orleans is the fourth in a year
Washington: The Mothers’ Day parade shooting in New Orleans, coming less than a month after the April 15 Boston bombing, is the fourth major incident of mass shooting in the […]
The Iraq war was planned years in advance.
This year marks the tenth anniversary of the US-led invasion of Iraq. The war itself had been planned years earlier. by S. Taalay Ahmed In 1999, the London Institute of Petroleum invited Dick Cheney to address their Autumn lunch. Cheney had previously served as President George H. W. Bush’s secretary […]
Malcolm Shabazz, grandson of Malcolm X, killed in Mexico
WASHINGTON—U.S. officials say Malcolm Shabazz, grandson of political activist Malcolm X, has died in Mexico. Two U.S. officials say Shabazz was killed Thursday morning in Mexico City. They spoke anonymously because they were not authorized to speak publicly about the case. Shabazz family publicist Terrie Williams confirms the death and […]
Ahmadiyya Muslim leaders Calls for Separation of Religion, State
Source: www.dailybulletin.com BEVERLY HILLS — On the same day that Pakistan parliamentary elections were taking place, the leader of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community delivered a message of peace, unity and separation […]