World - Part 29
Which country America will fight in its next ill-advised war. Iran? Or, assuming President Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un don’t hit it off at their summit, North Korea? Maybe even Venezuela or Russia?
It’s easier to say what one of the major causes of t ...[Read more]
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As a counterpoint to the 24/7 Russophobia oozing out of the US and the UK, Vladimir Putin is all but guaranteed to be re-elected for a fourth presidential term this Sunday.
Beyond the foregone conclusion, what’s really hanging in the balance is the 7 ...[Read more]
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Ex-CIA Director James Woolsey said it himself. Yes, the U.S. meddles in other countries elections. But when we do it, it’s for the right reasons.
“Only for a very good cause,” he says, because our government is ensuring foreign elections result in � ...[Read more]
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WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - A group of US lawmakers led by Senator Bob Menendez told the State Department in a letter that any sale of Russian S-400 air defense system should lead to new punitive measures as stipulated in the Countering America’s Adversaries ...[Read more]
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And so we now wait for that flashing, red headline saying that US ships in the Mediterranean have launched a missile attack on Syria, just like a year ago. Only this time Russia - which is allied with the Assad regime - is not planning to be on the defens ...[Read more]
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Much forced outrage and posturing – among the Tories and a few adventurist Labour backbenchers, as well as in the ‘MSM’ – has followed Jeremy Corbyn’s call for the government to behave in accordance with international law, to take evidence-based ...[Read more]
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The epicenter of global power shifting East is ruffling feathers in some US political circles – with a proliferation of parochial analyses ranging from Chinese “imperial overstretch” to Xi Jinping’s Chinese Dream provoking “nightmares.” ...[Read more]
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Masri was seized in Macedonia in December 2003 and handed over to a CIA "rendition team" at Skopje airport and secretly flown to Afghanistan.
It is the first time the court has described CIA treatment meted out to terror suspects as torture.
"The grand ch ...[Read more]
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His wallet was found in his house. His mobile phone was also there, with calls coming in but not going out. Even his pooch was home waiting for him to turn up. But he never did. ...[Read more]
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An estimated 77 million Americans have a debt that has been transferred to a private collection agency. Thousands end up in jails. African Americans and Hispanics are most affected, due to acknowledged gaps in poverty and wealth. ...[Read more]
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A key piece of data, one which was just revealed by the WSJ and which many had suspected has come to light regarding Israel and ISIS. According to the Journal, Israel and Saudi Arabia have been aligned from the onset of the Syrian conflict, “with Israel ...[Read more]
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