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Israeli Army Admits Aiding Al-Qaeda in Syria By Asa Winstanley, April 07 2015

An under-noticed news report last week confirmed previously-held suspicions and strong implications that Israeli troops are aiding the Nusra Front, al-Qaeda’s official Syrian affiliate.

Speaking to Israeli occupation troops last week, a Wall Street Journal reporter on the ground in …

Airbus 320 Germanwings Crash: German Regulator ‘unaware’ of Andreas Lubitz’s Severe Depression By RT, April 07 2015

Lufthansa’s medical staff failed to inform German aviation authorities the co-pilot of the crashed Germanwings plane, Andreas Lubitz, had severe depression, Welt am Sonntag reports.

The probe has shown that Lubitz regularly visited psychiatrists, and took antidepressants and tranquilizers to …

Sixty-Six Years of NATO.This is “Not a Peace Program, it is a War Program,” By Global Research and Global Research, April 07 2015

by Danielle Ryan

NATO was established 66 years ago on April 4, 1949.

About three and a half months later, on July 26, Senator Robert A. Taft, the son of President William Howard Taft, made a speech explaining why he …

Greeced Lightning! Will Greece Default? Will Athens Cut a Financial Deal with Moscow and Beijing? By Bill Holter, April 07 2015

We seem to have finally arrived at some sort of moment of truth regarding Greece and their inclusion in the EU.  The speculation is they will be out of money by April 9th, this Thursday, unable to make a less

President of Czech Republic Tells Washington, We are Not An American Protectorate By Dr. Paul Craig Roberts, April 07 2015

As readers know, I have emphasized for years that European governments are regarded by Washington as vassals who behave according to Washington’s wishes. It has been 70 years–two or three generations–since former world powers, such as Great Britain and Germany

Islam Saved Jewry. A Historical Truth By Global Research News, April 07 2015

by David J Wasserstein

Islam saved Jewry. This is an unpopular, discomforting claim in the modern world. But it is a historical truth. The argument for it is double. First, in 570 CE, when the Prophet Mohammad was born, the

Re-opening the Investigation: CIA Black Sites, “Rendition” and Washington’s Allies By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, April 07 2015

They certainly sought to please in those initial dark days when a position at the NATO table was at stake.  This was something of a new world order – the attacks after September 11, 2001 did certainly allow Washington to

150 Years After the American Civil War: The Struggle Continues. The Demise of Slavery Remains Unfulfilled in the 21st Century By Abayomi Azikiwe, April 07 2015

Revolutionary promise of the demise of slavery remains unfulfilled in the 21st century.

Confederate army forces retreated from Richmond, Virginia in early April 1865 in the face of advancing Union troops many of whom were Africans.

Soon the Union forces …

Syria
The International Criminal Court (ICC) in Palestine: Be Careful What You Wish For By Global Research News, April 07 2015

The following is the text of Kevin Jon Heller‘s presentation to a Justice in Conflict symposium on Palestine and the International Criminal Court (ICC). 

I want to start with a prediction, one I’ve made before and still subscribe to:

US Sponsored Kiev Regime Appoints Nazi Anti-Semite to Key Military Position By Stephen Lendman, April 07 2015

Overt Nazi Right Sector leader Dmytro Yarosh openly boasts about “fighting Jews and Russians till I die.” He’s a wanted man.

In July 2014, Interpol issued a warrant for his arrest for “public incitement to terrorist and extremist activities involving …

Saudi, GCC Imperialist Proxy War in Yemen Escalates By Abayomi Azikiwe, April 07 2015

Despite the daily airstrikes by Saudi Arabia since March 26, the Ansurallah fighters (Houthis) were able to seize the presidential palace in the southern city of Aden the following week.

Subsequent reports claim that the Houthis occupying the presidential palace …

Land Grab in Ukraine is Monsanto’s Backdoor to EU Agriculture. Spells Ruin for Europe’s Farmers By Oriental Review, April 07 2015

The quest for Ukraine’s legendary black earth is almost complete. To the dismay of French, Polish, German farmers, the multinational agricultural corporation Monsanto, as well as DuPont Pioneer and John Deere, have all lobbied for access to the largest agricultural

The Biggest Secret In History: False Flag Terror By Washington's Blog, April 07 2015

Presidents, Prime Ministers, Congressmen, Generals, Spooks, Soldiers and Police ADMIT to False Flag Terror

The age-old saying is true:

If we don’t learn history, we’re doomed to repeat it.

The single biggest historical secret which people haven’t yet learned is …

How America Became an Oligarchy By Ellen Brown, April 07 2015

The politicians are put there to give you the idea that you have freedom of choice. You don’t. . . . You have owners.  — George Carlin, The American Dream

According to a new study from Princeton University, American …

The Life and Death of Vietnam War Veteran Jack Wheeler: A Good Man in an Evil World By Joachim Hagopian, April 07 2015

As a West Point graduate raised in the home state of history-rich Massachusetts, I was steeped in the glorious tradition of the Long Gray Line heralding this nation’s greatest military leaders. Knowing that since 1802 the US Military Academy has

Good-bye Dubai? Bombing Iran’s Nuclear Facilities would leave the Entire Gulf States Region virtually Uninhabitable By Wade Stone, April 07 2015
Iran’s Bushehr reactor output is 1000 megawatts, compared to Fukushima Daiichi’s largest reactor with an output of 784 megawatts, along with several uranium enrichment plants, all bombed to dust within a matter of days.
The Alternative To Long-Term Austerity: Less Work, Higher Wages, No Mere Utopian Dream By Alan Nasser, April 07 2015

“A spectre is haunting the treasuries and central banks of the West – the spectre of secular stagnation. What if there is no sustainable recovery of the economic slump of 2008-2013? What if the sources of economic growth have dried

War with Russia Now Much Likelier: Ukraine’s Leading Nazi Dimitri Yarosh Gets American Weapons and Support By Eric Zuesse, April 07 2015

News report from German Economic News, translated and with closing commentary by Eric Zuesse 

http://deutsche-wirtschafts-nachrichten.de/2015/04/06/ukraine-rechtsextremist-jarosch-wird-berater-der-armee-fuehrung/ 

Ukraine: right-wing extremist Jarosch is consultant to the Army leadership

German Economic News  |  Published: 06/04/15 00:00 clock

The Ukrainian army

Israel: Fortress Racism By Reuven Kaminer, April 07 2015

Israel sinks deeper and deeper into an abyss of strident chauvinism and endemic racism. Among its Jewish population there is an almost complete consensus that since Israel lives in a dangerous neighborhood it must be always ready on the draw.

Saudi Stocks Are Plunging Following Rejection Of Russian UN Security Council Embargo Proposal; Death Toll Mounts By Zero Hedge, April 07 2015

RT reports that Saudi Arabia rejected Russia’s amendments to a Security Council draft resolution which would see an all-inclusive arms embargo on all parties in the Yemeni conflict. Saudi stocks did not like the news and began to tumble –

Media Blackouts: Ukrainian Protests Against U.S.; Political Prisoners in Israel; Truth about Rwanda By Global Research News, April 06 2015

Did you know that Kiev’s anti-Russian regime installed in a February 2014 coup by the U.S. does not permit protest? Or that there are currently six thousand Palestinian political detainees in Israeli prisons? And what really happened on April 6,

Iran Nuclear Deal: US Prepares for New Wars By Peter Symonds, April 06 2015

The framework nuclear agreement struck last Thursday by the US and its negotiating partners with Iran, while still facing obstacles, marks a significant strategic shift in American foreign policy.

For the entire period since the 1979 Iranian revolution overthrew the …

Mass Killings, Looting in Tikrit by US-Backed Shiite Militia By Patrick Martin, April 06 2015

According to media reports and public denunciations by Sunni Arab officials in Iraq, Shiite militias have engaged in mass executions and widespread looting and destruction of property in the city of Tikrit since it was recaptured last week from Islamic …

Israel-Palestine: When Occupation Becomes Apartheid By Gil Maguire, April 06 2015

Israel’s military occupation and control of the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and Gaza has gone on almost half a century, since it conquered those territories during the 1967 Six Day War. While many fear Israel will become an apartheid state …

As Saudi Dictator Continues US-Coordinated Bombardment, al Qaeda Gains Yemen Foothold By Robert Barsocchini, April 06 2015

Since Saudi dictator and multi-billionaire Salman bin Abdulaziz began coordinating with millionaire US strongman Barack Obama approximately two weeks ago to carry out terrorist attacks against Yemen, the poorest country in the region, over half a thousand people, mostly civilians, …

4 April 2015: A Landmark in the Search for the Truth About the Greek Debt By Eric Toussaint, April 06 2015

For the first time in Europe a committee for an audit of the debt (with citizens’ participation) was set up under the auspices of a parliament. On Saturday 4 April the president of the Hellenic parliament Zoe Konstantopoulou opened the

Israeli Occupier Orders Palestinian Lawmaker Khalida Jarrar Held 6 Months Without Charge or Trial By Ali Abunimah, April 06 2015

Palestinian lawmaker Khalida Jarrar, who was arrested on 2 April from her home near Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, seen on 27 August 2014 holding an Israeli order banishing her to Jericho, which she defied. (Oren Ziv / 

Colombian Report on US Military’s Child Rapes Not Newsworthy to US News Outlets By Adam Johnson, April 06 2015

An 800-page independent report commissioned by the US-friendly Colombian government and the radical left rebel group FARC found that US military soldiers and contractors had sexually abused at least 54 children in Colombia between 2003 and 2007 and, in all …

Who Supports Comcast/Time-Warner Merger? Follow the Money By Jon Queally, April 06 2015

Known for having one of the largest, most aggressive, and well-organized lobbying machines in Washington, DC, reporting from the New York Times on Monday indicates that in addition to direct influencing attempts, Comcast is relying on an army of outside

Thousands of Ukrainians Protest against the US Embassy. Media Blackout By Eric Zuesse, April 06 2015

The racist-fascist (or “nazi”) anti-Russian regime that the U.S. installed in a February 2014 coup does not permit protest (except from its small right: the few overt nazis demanding even more militancy); so, the only way that thousands of Ukrainians

May 9, 1945, The End of World War II: Contest of Absurdity and “Victory Day” By Yuriy Rubtsov, April 06 2015

On March 19, the Los Angeles Times published the article called Kiev, not Moscow, Should be the Choice for Marking V-E Day written by Steven Pifer, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, John Herbst, the director of the Dinu

Technology To Decommission Fukushima Needs To Be Invented: Tepco By Richard Wilcox, April 06 2015

Anyone with a brain could have told you back in 2011 at the time of the Fukushima nuclear triple meltdown that Tokyo Electric (Tepco) was lying about the true condition of the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant No. 1 (“Dai-ichi”). Four …

Airstrikes on an Impoverished Country: Saudi Arabia to Raze Around 100 Villages at Yemen Border By Press TV, April 06 2015

Saudi Arabia plans to raze to the ground around one hundred villages in areas near the border with Yemen, amid airstrikes on the impoverished country.

According to the Saudi-owned al-Hayat newspaper on Sunday, out of 96 border villages targeted …

Forget Congress! “The Deep State” is America’s “Real Bad Guy” in Ukraine By Andrew Korybko, April 06 2015

In his introduction to the US-Russia Expert Panel prompt about whether Congress can be lobbied away from arming Ukraine, Mr. Doctorow mentions previous American interventions abroad that were “well-intentioned and even noble” but ultimately “resulted in catastrophe”, such as “Iraq,

Monsanto Roundup Harms Human Endocrine System at Levels Allowed in Drinking Water, Study Shows By J. D. Heyes, April 06 2015

The blockbuster herbicide Roundup causes damage to the human endocrine system at levels that people could easily — and legally — be exposed to, according to a new study conducted by researchers from Flinders University in Australia. The researchers found …

70% of People on Antidepressants Don’t Have Depression: Study By Mike Barrett, April 06 2015

If sales for antidepressants such as Zoloft, Lexapro, or Prozac tell us anything, it’s that depression is sweeping the nation. But a new study questions the validity of most of these sales. The study has found that the majority of

Yemen – the Big Picture. US Sponsored Civil Wars By Peter Koenig, April 06 2015

As usual, western media are deliberately confusing in communicating on the latest Mid-East conflict which eventually led to the recent atrocious bombing of Yemen by the US-directed Saudi alliance, including Qatar and other Gulf monarchies. They are proxies, to be

Imagery and Empire: Understanding the Western Fear of Arab and Muslim Terrorists By Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya, April 06 2015
Arabs and Muslims are tacitly or openly portrayed as uncivilized subjects. Terrorism is deeply tied to images of Arabs and Muslims in the minds of many US citizens and this is why it is falsely believed that most terrorists are Arabs or Muslims.
Challenging Global Financial Power and the “Washington Consensus” By John Perkins, April 06 2015

Germany, France and Italy follow Britain’s lead in announcing plans to join a new, $50 billion China-led development institution that could rival the World Bank. Despite pressure from Washington, major U.S. allies have agreed to join the Asian Infrastructure Investment

Congress and Israel Aim to Sabotage Iran Nuclear Deal By Stephen Lendman, April 06 2015

Thursday’s nuclear framework deal changes nothing. It’s unclear what Washington will agree on during discussions toward trying to finalize agreement terms by June 30.

John Kerry runs US foreign policy. He’s committed to a special US/Israeli relationship. His Senate pro-Israel …

What Happened on April 6, 1994? Kagame behind “Rwanda Genocide”: The Neglected Account of Captain Amadou Deme By Phil Taylor, April 05 2015
There was not a single individual among us [UN military and observers] who doubted that this was an action by RPF… the shooting down of the President’s plane and the well-planned military assault of the RPF that began immediately after..."
Breaking Through Mainstream Media Lies By Global Research and Global Research, April 05 2015

Dear Readers, Friends and Fighters for Truth in Media,

Day in and day out, people are tuning in to Global Research to find out what is going on in the world. Often, the headlines leave little room for optimism. Threats …

ISIS Atrocities in Syria: “Situation in the al-Yarmouk Palestinian refugee camp is a heartbreaking catastrophe”. PLO By Global Research News, April 05 2015

PLO Executive Committee Member Dr. Hanan Ashrawi said:

“The current situation in the al-Yarmouk refugee camp is a heartbreaking catastrophe.  Since December 2012, tens of thousands of men, women and children, most of whom are Palestinian refugees, have been forced

The Crash of German Wings Flight 4U9525: What’s behind the Media’s Character Assassination Campaign? By Ernst Wolff, April 05 2015

On 24 March, a German Wings Airbus crashed over the French Alps. Only 48 hours later, French prosecutor-in-charge Brice Robin gave a press conference in Marseille, releasing first results of the ongoing investigation. Facing news teams from around the world,

Doing the Nuclear Dance: The Iran Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, April 05 2015

“We will have just enough centrifuges to make carrot juice.” – Alireza Mataji, Twitter, Apr 3, 2015

It did finally arrive, though any chat about “framework” is bound to require a closer look at the fillings, strength of timber and …

“Time has come for international efforts to eliminate the Israeli arsenal of WMD”. Syria Foreign Ministry By Mazen Eyon, April 05 2015

Deputy Foreign and Expatriates Minister Fayssal Mikdad said the only danger which poses a threat to the region is the Zionist entity, affirming that there is no justification to have doubt about this, except the Israeli acts, its allies in

Netanyahu Insists Iran Deal Includes His Demands By Stephen Lendman, April 05 2015

They want final say over any future agreement. Ideally, they want none at all. They want Iran isolated and weakened. They want its government ousted.

They want Israel’s main regional rival eliminated. They’re willing to wage war to achieve their

Ukraine Blockade: New Russian Pipelines Start Supplying Fresh Water to Crimea By Sputnik, April 05 2015

Russian geologists have tapped a fresh water supply in Crimea which will allow for the delivery of water throughout the peninsula via new pipelines; the Russian Defense Ministry has sought to provide Crimea with more water since Ukraine’s new authorities

2,500 Ukrainians Picket US Embassy in Kiev (Video) – Story Suppressed By Global Research News, April 05 2015

We initially missed the story ourselves since so few reported on it, but have been able to find two useful reports since:

About two and a half thousand Ukrainians surrounded

Washington’s Agenda: The Destabilization and Destruction of Syria. “Islamic State” Terrorists Deployed by the CIA By Larry Chin, April 05 2015
The empire has been foaming at the mouth to remove the Assad government for years. The ISIS war of deception was created specifically to hasten the demise of Syria, to break the resistance of Assad government.
U.S. to Train Nazi Troops in Ukraine, Starting on April 20th By Eric Zuesse, April 05 2015

It has just been announced that, starting on April 20th, U.S. troops will start training troops of Ukraine’s Azov Battalion. 

The Azov Battalion was founded and its members were selected by Andrei Biletsky, a Ukrainian nazi (that’s an ideological

Ukraine’s Proposed “Legal Regime of Martial Law” Threatens to Intern Russian Citizens Living in Ukraine By Sputnik, April 05 2015

Ukrainian President Poroshenko has submitted a bill to his country’s parliament allowing for the internment of Russian citizens living in Ukraine.

Russian citizens living in Ukraine can be interned in line with the bill on “The legal regime of martial …

The Iran Nuclear Agreement: A Step in The Right Direction By Dr. Chandra Muzaffar, April 05 2015

There is no guarantee that the preliminary agreement reached in Lausanne, Switzerland, on 2nd April 2015 between Iran, on the one hand, and the United States and five other world powers, namely, Britain, China, France, Germany and Russia, on the

Greece Debt Default: German Intransigence Raises Spectre for ‘Grexit’ By Nile Bowie, April 05 2015

Greece’s newly elected government, led by the leftist Syriza coalition that swept into power in January on an anti-austerity platform, finds itself in a highly unenviable position. Athens is burdened by colossal debt, imminent liquidity problems and a looming banking

The US- Saudi Military Deal And Global Military Expenditure By Dr. Chandra Muzaffar, April 05 2015

In 2010, the largest ever sale of US military equipment was carried out in favor of Washington’s indefectible Saudi ally.  The provision of the most advanced “offensive” weapons systems by the US to Saudi Arabia has contributed to the development

Of Strategic Interest To NATO: The Militarization of Saudi Arabia and the Persian Gulf By Rick Rozoff, April 05 2015

First Published in June 2012, this article confirms the nature of the Saudi-NATO relationship. Saudi Arabia is a NATO proxy force.

On June 18 Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen met with Saudi Arabia’s Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr. Nizar …

Massive EU Weapons Sales to Saudi Arabia Contribute to Fuelling International Aggression and Terrorism in the Middle East By Julie Lévesque, April 05 2015
A large quantity of the weapons sold to Saudi Arabia by EU member states has ended up in the hands of Libyan and Syrian “rebels" including terrorists, thus largely contributing to fuelling international aggression and regional instability.
On Hitler’s Birthday, U.S. Will Begin Training Ukraine’s Far-right National Guard By Adam Johnson, April 05 2015

On Tuesday, The Associated Press reported The United States plans to send soldiers to Ukraine later this month to train the country’s national guard, which includes groups expressly espousing support for far-right and Nazi ideology.

Ukraine’s Interior Minister Arsen Avakov

Russia to Ratify BRICS “Foreign Currency Reserve Pool” By ITAR-TASS, April 04 2015

Russia intends to become the first country among the BRICS group of the world’s five leading emerging economies to ratify an agreement on the group’s foreign currency reserve pool, Russian Foreign Ministry Ambassador-at-Large Vadim Lukov said on Friday.

“An agreement …

US-Israel Wage War on Iran in Syria By Tony Cartalucci, April 04 2015

The ongoing conflict in Syria has always been a proxy conflict aimed at  Iran, as well as nearby Russia, and more distant China. As far back as 2007, two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Seymour Hersh warned in his 9-page New Yorker

Undermining Independent Media: How to Beat the “Internet Trolls” By Washington's Blog, April 04 2015

In Order To Beat ‘Em, You Have to Know Their Game …

In order to beat Internet trolls, you have to know their strategies.

Below are 17 common games played by trolls to disrupt our power to learn, inform, and

Obama’s Dirty War on Yemen Murdering Civilians By Stephen Lendman, April 04 2015

Civilians suffer most in all wars. Yemen is no exception. Sanaa is becoming a ghost town.

One shopkeeper said “(t)here are very few people left here. Everyone has fled, and those who have stayed live alone without their families.”

“So

Maile Hampton’s ‘lynching’ charge sparks outrage — Take action! By ANSWER, April 04 2015
The Sacramento police have outrageously charged ANSWER Coalition activist Maile Hampton, a young Black woman, with felony “lynching.” After holding her initially on $100,000 bail, Maile is now out of jail but faces the threat of four years in prison
Rwanda: Critics ask Canada to protect them from Kagame’s assassins By Ann Garrison, April 04 2015

KPFA Evening News Anchor Anthony Fest: Rwandan exiles in Canada and their Canadian allies, all of whom are well-known critics of Rwandan President Paul Kagame, held a press conference earlier this week in Montreal to call on Canadian authorities to

In Yemen the “Axis of Kindness” shows the True Face of the Empire and proves Lenin right By The Saker, April 04 2015
Laos: China’s “Pivot State” in Mainland ASEAN By Andrew Korybko, April 04 2015

This tiny and impoverished Southeast Asian state is ever more becoming the geopolitical fulcrum for the entire mainland region. Combining close political relations to Vietnam with historical ties to Thailand, Laos is literally in the middle of ASEAN’s two strongest

US Sponsored Torture: Former Guantanamo Prison Chief Geoffrey Miller Faces French Court Inquiry By RT, April 04 2015

Guantanamo prison ex-chief Geoffrey Miller has been summoned by a French court over the use of torture in the detention facility a decade ago, following a lawsuit from two French citizens who were former inmates of the infamous military jail.

Compulsory Vaccination in Serbia: Help Support the Right to Informed Consent and Optional Vaccination By Mariah Davidovic, April 04 2015

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As concerned parents, we are publicly standing with the Citizens’ Initiative for Optional Vaccination in defence of the rights to life, liberty, and security of person, specifically as related to informed

BNSF Railway Engineer Who Manned Exploding North Dakota “Bomb Train” Sues Former Employer By Steve Horn, April 04 2015

Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF)employee who worked as a locomotive engineer on the company’s oil-by-railtrain that exploded in rural Casselton, North Dakota in December 2013 has sued his former employer

Filed in Cass County, the plaintiff …

Ukraine’s Economy Plunges: So, Who Should Pay for It? By Eric Zuesse, April 04 2015

According to Ukrainian news-accounts, Ukraine’s economy is rapidly falling. On April 2nd was reported that “Sales of new cars in Ukraine fell to the lowest in 15 years,” and that March’s sales-volume (number of cars sold) was 23% less than

Saudi Airstrikes against Yemen Use Weapons “Made in Israel” By Fars News Agency, April 04 2015
TEHRAN (FNA)- Senior Yemeni officials disclosed that the Riyadh government has used Israeli-made weapons in its airstrikes on Yemen.

“The Saudis are using Israeli weapons in their raids on Yemen,” Yemeni Army Commander Taher Rasoul Zadami told FNA on Thursday.

Yemen: Saudi Arabia’s Vietnam? By Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya, April 04 2015

An award-winning author and geopolitical analyst spoke to Sputnik about Saudi Arabia’s involvement in Yemen and its’ push to expand the war by involving troops from other Arab countries.

Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya an award-winning author and geopolitical analyst, who is …

Podemos and the Catalan Independence Process By Josep Maria Antentas and Richard Fidler, April 04 2015

The rise of Podemos (“We Can”) in the Spanish state – and of its counterpart Podem in Catalonia – has presented a new challenge to both the Catalan independence movement and to the traditional left in that subordinated national component

The West Recruits Terrorists: 25,000 ISIS Fighters from Foreign Countries since Mid-2014. UN Report By Joachim Hagopian, April 04 2015
Though most of the ISIS forces are from Arab countries, increasingly “radicalized” members from Western nations are entering Syria and Iraq through US ally-NATO member Turkey.
The EU Commission should impose Sanctions on Israel until it Dismantles Settlements and Ratifies the Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty By Anthony Bellchambers, April 03 2015

As Binyamin Netanyahu tries to impose his will upon the permanent members of the United Nations Security Council: the U.S., UK, Russia, China, France plus Germany – will no one rid us of the opinions of this meddlesome, Middle East

McCain Urges Preemptive Israeli Aggression against Iran By Stephen Lendman, April 03 2015

McCain is one of many neocon lunatics infesting Washington. He chairs the Senate Armed Services Committee. He has considerable influence over US defense policy.

He wants war on Iran. He opposes resolving issues over its well-known peaceful nuclear program responsibly.

Will Yemen Kick Off the “War of the Two Blocs?” By Sharmine Narwani, April 03 2015

There is media confusion about what is going on in Yemen and the broader Middle East. Pundits are pointing out that the US is looking schizophrenic with policies that back opposite sides of the fight against al-Qaeda-style extremism in Iraq

Ukraine Rejects Georgia’s Request for Extradition of Former President Mikheil Saakashvili By Global Research News, April 03 2015

Prosecutor General’s Office of Ukraine said on April 1 it declined Tbilisi’s request for extradition of Georgia’s former President Mikheil Saakashvili, who now serves as Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko’s adviser.

Saakashvili is wanted by the Georgian authorities on multiple criminal …

Mumia Abu-Jamal: Execution by Medical Neglect? By Dave Lindorff, April 03 2015

Mumia Abu-Jamal, the radical Philadelphia journalist convicted of killing a white Philadelphia police officer in a trial fraught with prosecutorial misconduct, witness coaching and judicial prejudice back in 1981, spent nearly three decades in solitary confinement in the deliberately designed

Iranian Nuclear Program Framework Deal: Agreement to Let Further Negotiations Continue By Stephen Lendman, April 03 2015

On Thursday, Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif and EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini announced all parties agreed on framework principles. 

Enough agreement to let further negotiations continue toward trying to reach final resolution by June 30.

Despite upbeat comments, …