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Monthly Archives: December 2013
Washington to Negotiate with Islamic Front in Syria
Abductions, torture, killing, sharia courts, secret prisons with “inhuman” conditions – that’s what an Al-Qaeda-linked jihadist group in Syria is accused of in the latest report by Amnesty International. Victims included children as young as eight. According to the Amnesty … Continue reading
Al-Qaeda Leader in Syria Speaks to Al Jazeera
The leader of al-Qaeda’s branch in Syria, one of the most powerful groups in the war-torn country, has told Al Jazeera that that the conflict is nearing an end and that his fighters hold the upper hand. In his first-ever … Continue reading
Posted in Religion & Philosophy, Videos & Documentaries, War & Terror
Tagged al-Nusra Front, al-Qaeda, Jabhat al-Nusra, Syria
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Al-Jaafari: Terrorists Supported by Saudi, Qatari Intelligence Committed Massacres in Adra
Syria’s Permanent Representative to the UN Dr. Bashar al-Jaafari called for pressuring the governing regimes of Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Turkey to cease funding, supporting and providing facilitations to the terrorist groups which are committing barbaric massacres against civilians in … Continue reading
Posted in Human Rights & Justice, Videos & Documentaries, War & Terror
Tagged Adra massacre, Bashar al-Jaafari, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, UN
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Patrick Cockburn: U.S. Turns Blind Eye as Saudis Fund Jihadists in Syrian Conflict
To discuss the role of foreign powers fueling the ongoing conflict in Syria, we are joined by Patrick Cockburn, Middle East correspondent for The Independent. “It is clearly a proxy war. This might have started off as a popular uprising … Continue reading
Posted in Media & Journalism, Videos & Documentaries, War & Terror
Tagged Iraq, Patrick Cockburn, Saudi Arabia, Syria, USA
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‘Anti-Semitic, It’s a Trick, We Always Use It’
Former Israeli Minister of Education, Communications, Science and Culture, Shulamit Aloni, with Amy Goodman on Democracy Now!, August 14, 2002: “Anti-Semitic, it’s a trick, we always use it.” Related: Surprise, Surprise: Roger Waters Deemed an anti-Semite by the ADL | … Continue reading
The Resources Israel Blockades from Gaza Will Shock You
Abby Martin speaks with Phyllis Bennis from the Institute for Policy Studies, about the flooding of Gaza, and the effects of the ongoing blockade that has come to characterize the Israeli occupation of Gaza and the West Bank. Related: Israel … Continue reading
Posted in Human Rights & Justice, Videos & Documentaries, War & Terror
Tagged Crimes against Humanity, Gaza, Israel, occupation, Palestine, Zionism
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Awards They Couldn’t Accept: The Tragic Irony of Greenwald, Poitras and Snowden
When I was honored as a top global thinker last week, 3 of my co-recipients didn’t come. The reason why is chilling. By Jesselyn Radack I was humbled to have dinner in Washington, D.C., last week with an incredible group … Continue reading
Edward Snowden’s ‘Open Letter to the Brazilian People’
“Six months ago, I stepped out from the shadows of the United States Government’s National Security Agency to stand in front of a journalist’s camera. I shared with the world evidence proving some governments are building a world-wide surveillance system … Continue reading
Posted in Espionage & Secret Agencies, Human Rights & Justice
Tagged Brazil, Edward Snowden, NSA, Russia, USA, whistleblower
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Israel Opens Dam, Flooding Gaza Strip with Rainwater
Two people have died and over 5,000 people have been evacuated from flood-damaged homes in northern Gaza in what the United Nations has called “a disaster area”. According to Israel’s Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper, the rainfall led to a lot of … Continue reading
Posted in Human Rights & Justice, Uncategorized, War & Terror
Tagged Crimes against Humanity, Gaza, Israel, Palestine, Zionism
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‘Slaughtered Like Sheep’: Eyewitnesses Recount Massacre in Adra, Syria
New details of atrocities carried out by Islamist rebel fighters in the town of Adra, 20 kilometers north of Damascus, continue to pour in from survivors of the massacre there, in which reportedly at least 80 people lost their lives. … Continue reading
Posted in Videos & Documentaries, War & Terror
Tagged Adra, al-Nusra Front, Army of Islam, civil war, Syria, Syrian Rebels
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Against the Grain 