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Are the U.S. and Allies Getting Too Cozy With Al Qaeda’s Affiliate in Syria? By Zaigham Kabir, July 29 2015

For 14 years the US has waged a global war on terror with a stated goal of denying al Qaeda a safe haven anywhere in the world. Now several of our regional partners in the Middle East, hell-bent on removing

The World Order and Revolution By Robert J. Burrowes, July 29 2015

There is much that is revolting about the current world and Andre Vltchek, Christopher Black and Peter Koenig are well placed to document it, which they have done in their new book ‘The World Order and Revolution! Essays from the

The Anti-Imperalist News Networks in Latin America, Russia and China By Andre Vltchek, July 29 2015

It is a breathtaking, truly beautiful battle, and those of us who are at the front line of it, by making films, writing for or speaking on the airwaves of the anti-imperialist networks, are thoroughly determined to give our very

“Terrorism” from Damascus’ Perspective. Bashar al Assad By Bashar al Assad, July 29 2015

Image: Photo by Fabio Rodrigues Pozzebom / ABr

Below are excerpts from a July 26, 2015 speech Syrian president Bashar al-Assad delivered in Damascus.

On the West’s double standards on terrorism

[Western powers] call it terrorism when it hits them,

Top ICC Official Bowing to Israeli, US pressure: Lead Counsel for Victims of Israeli Attack on the Mavi Marmara By Ali Abunimah, July 29 2015

A woman holds an image of Cevdet Kiliçlar, one of the 10 people killed by Israel’s attack on the Mavi Marmara, Istanbul, 6 November 2012. (Ozan Köse/Flickr)

The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) is …

“You Can Legally Bribe a Government Official” By Janine Jackson and Lee Fang, July 29 2015

Janine Jackson interviewed investigative reporter Lee Fang about Washington’s revolving door for the July 24 CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript.

Janine Jackson: When Eric Holder first joined law firm Covington & Burling in 2001, he was coming …

Obamacare: Health Insurers Seek Huge Price Increases By J. D. Heyes, July 29 2015

President Obama’s supporters are quick to tout his record as one of tremendous success, especially his “reform” of health care, but that is largely because they like him personally – not because Obamacare has been a rousing success.

By any …

Making Sense of the Iran Nuclear Deal: Geopolitical Implications By Prof. Ismael Hossein-Zadeh, July 29 2015

In a meeting with government officials on July 18th, four days after the conclusion of the nuclear agreement, President Rouhani of Iran praised the work of his negotiating team and called the deal a triumph. Is the President

UK Police Want to Secretly Arrest Journalists Who Report on Snowden’s NSA Leaks By Michaela Whitton, July 29 2015

London — Metropolitan Police claim an investigation into the possibility of prosecuting journalists for their role in publishing secrets leaked by Edward Snowden will be kept secret.  The revelation thatinformation won’t be disclosed due to a “possibility of increased threat

Hezbollah’s Nasrallah Urges Resistance Against Israeli Lawlessness By Stephen Lendman, July 29 2015

Hezbollah is a legitimate part of Lebanon’s government. It’s not a terrorist organization as Washington and Israel claim.

It was born out of the IDF’s 1982 Lebanon invasion – devastating naked aggression, slaughtering around 18,000 people (mostly civilians – including

Global Financial Instability: Why Is The EU Forcing European Nations To Adopt ‘Bail-In’ Legislation By The End Of The Summer? By Michael Snyder, July 29 2015

Are they expecting something to happen?  As you will read about below, the European Union says that any nation within the EU that does not enact “bail-in” legislation within the next two months will face legal action.  The countries

Chemtrails: Aerosol and Electromagnetic Weapons in the Age of Nuclear War By Amy Worthington, July 29 2015

This carefully researched article by Amy Worthington first published by GR in July 2004 sheds light on the unspoken and forbidden truth: geoengineering and environmental modification (ENMOD) techniques for  military use.

It is worth noting that geo-engineering is casually dismissed

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Towards a Russia China Iran Axis? Iran to become Full Member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) By Press TV, July 29 2015

Image: File photo shows Secretary General of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Dmitry Mezentsev.

Secretary general of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) says recent conclusion of Iran’s nuclear talks with the six world powers will pave the way for Tehran’s full

Greece and the European Union: First as Tragedy, Second as Farce, Thirdly as Vassal State By Prof. James Petras, July 28 2015

The Greek people’s efforts to end the economic depression, recover their sovereignty and reverse the regressive socio-economic policies, which have drastically reduced living standards, have been thrice denied.

First, the denial came as tragedy: When the Greek majority elected Syriza …

Conflicts Erupt Over Syriza’s Contingency Planning for Greek Euro Exit By Robert Stevens, July 28 2015

On Sunday, the right-wing Greek daily Kathimerini released a partial transcript of a teleconference of hedge fund managers that former Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis took part in earlier this month. The teleconference call was attended by 84 people.

Varoufakis …

Chinese Stock Market Suffers Biggest One-day Sell-off Since 2007 By Andre Damon, July 28 2015

China’s stock market suffered its biggest one-day sell-off since 2007 on Monday, with share values plunging by more than 8.5 percent.

Panic selling triggered the automatic suspension of trading for over 1,000 companies, leading Chinese financial authorities to announce a …

Vandana Shiva: ‘We Must End Monsanto’s Colonization, Its Enslavement of Farmers’ By Dr. Vandana Shiva, July 28 2015

Citizens of the U.S. are being denied the right to know what they are feeding their families. Despite the fact that 90 percent of American citizens want GMO labeling on their food, big business is doing everything it can to

Israeli Soldiers Shot Hundreds of Palestinian Children with Live Ammunition: The Devastating Impact of Life After an Injury By Ali Abunimah, July 28 2015

“Before I was shot I did not bother anyone or get angry with anybody,” says Basel Kamal Safi from Deir Ammar refugee camp, near Ramallah in the occupied West Bank.

He was just 17 when an Israeli soldier shot him …

America’s Transition from a Democracy to the National Security State. The Derogation of Civil Rights in the Homeland By Prof. Robert Abele, July 28 2015

Part One of this analysis set out the main parts of the shift in U.S. government from democracy to National Security State. In this part, we will complete and analyze this development.

5) Do not count (foreign or domestic) civilians

Behind the Obama Visit to East Africa. Imperialism with a “Human Face”, Outright Militarization of the African Continent By Abayomi Azikiwe, July 28 2015

Washington’s foreign policy towards Africa was highlighted recently through the visit of President Barack Obama to Kenya and Ethiopia.

Also the president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari, came to the United States the previous week and held …

California Attorney and Assemblyman Challenges Mandatory Vaccination Law as Unconstitutional By J. D. Heyes, July 28 2015

The Constitution – or, rather, limitations that the Constitution places on government – doesn’t matter much these days to many of our elected officials. Indeed, many have often speculated that if our founding fathers were somehow able to step into …

Why I Support the BDS Movement Against Israel By Chris Hedges, July 28 2015

Smoke and fire from an Israeli strike rise over Gaza City in July 2014. (Hatem Moussa / AP )

The Palestinians are poor. They are powerless. They have no voice or influence in the halls of power. They are demonized. …

Greece: The “Third Memorandum” will Result in a Further Process of Economic and Financial Devastation By Stephen Lendman, July 28 2015

Economist Joseph Stiglitz says Troika demands for more bailout funds “make no sense either for Greece or its creditors.” The so-called “third memorandum” will devastate economic and financial conditions more than already.

The entire scheme is misguided, Stiglitz explains. Structural …

Full Transcripts of Sandra Bland Arrest Prove Cops Broke The Law and Made False Arrest By Jackson Marciana, Shante Wooten, Reagan Ali, and M. David, July 28 2015

Since the newly released video of Texas State Trooper Brian Encinia detaining then arresting Sandra Bland, it has become clear that the entire arrest was itself illegal. But watching and listening to the video is one thing. When you see

Kenneth Kabaka Reynolds President of the Metro Detroit Cab Drivers Association at rally on July 21, 2015.
“Detroit Has Been Revitalized”: Privatization, Foreclosures, Bankruptcies and Forced Removals of African Americans By Abayomi Azikiwe, July 28 2015

Image: Kenneth Kabaka Reynolds President of the Metro Detroit Cab Drivers Association at rally on July 21, 2015.

Shop owners, taxi drivers protest against real estate magnates, unlicensed drivers

A rally and march in Hart Plaza and at the Coleman

Unprecedented Human Suffering in Yemen. Evidence of US-Saudi War Crimes Confirmed by ICRC By Stephen Lendman, July 28 2015

Yemen is Obama’s war – planned months before conflict began, using Saudi and other regional rogue state partners as proxies, wanting Yemen returned to US client state status at the expense of thousands of mostly civilian deaths so far (many

Poll Driven Spin Doctors in the Age of Big Money Elections By John Atcheson, July 28 2015

For too long, candidates from both parties have been conducting a cynical game of asking us what we want to hear, then feeding it back to us in carefully managed sound bites, while they dance to the tune of corporations

The March to War: Fighting ISIL is a Smokescreen for US Mobilization against Syria, Iran By Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya, July 28 2015

This incisive article by Mahdi Nazemroaya was first published by GR in August 2014 at the outset of the US led bombing campaign

The ISIL or IS threat is a smokescreen. The strength of the ISIL has deliberately been inflated

Turkey’s Call For “Safe Zones” In Syria Are Based On Problem Turkey Helped Create By Brandon Turbeville, July 28 2015

As Turkey continues to bomb inside Syria and Iraq against alleged ISIS targets and PKK Iraqi Kurds, and as the NATO Article 4 meeting looms over the Middle East, Turkey has clearly taken yet another step toward its goal of …

Economic Warfare: Troika “Bandits” Want More from Greece By Stephen Lendman, July 28 2015

The devil in Brussels, Frankfurt and Washington wants its due. Everything gotten so far from Greece isn’t enough.

On Monday, talks began in Athens to clear remaining hurdles before Troika officials release any bailout funds. They demand more.

On Friday, …

U.S. Government Agents Raid Research Facility to Seize Breakthrough Cancer Treatment GcMAF, Doctor Found Dead 3 Days Later By Mike Adams, July 28 2015

The history of the suppression of medical science in America is a long one, filled with true accounts of pioneering doctors and clinicians being threatened, intimidated and even assassinated in order to bury emerging cures and keep the “sick care”

Who Was Really Paid to Bury GMO Labeling via the DARK Act? By Christina Sarich, July 28 2015

Want to know where the dirty money is which is helping to make GMO labeling illegal?

Shockingly, or perhaps not to the individuals who have been observing the biotech charade, house members who voted to keep the public from …

Chinese Stocks Crash Overnight; Will We See Another “Glitch” in New York By Pam Martens and Russ Martens, July 28 2015

Shanghai’s Bull Statue on Its Bund Waterfront (left); Bull Statue in Lower Manhattan (right)

Despite unprecedented efforts by the Chinese government to stem the rout in the Chinese stock market that had shaved as much as $4 trillion from share …

USAID Funded Group Supporting Haitian President in 2010 By Center for Economic and Policy Research, July 28 2015

CEPR Research Associate, Jake Johnston, reports in Al Jazeera America on US government funding to Mouvement Tét Kale, a political organization with close ties to President Michel Martelly, during the 2010-11 elections:

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — The U.S. Agency for International

Supply and Demand in the Gold and Silver Futures Markets By Dr. Paul Craig Roberts and Dave Kranzler, July 27 2015

This article establishes that the price of gold and silver in the futures markets in which cash is the predominant means of settlement is inconsistent with the conditions of supply and demand in the actual physical or current market where

“Swiftboating” J Street to Smear Iran Deal as ‘Anti-Israel’ By Robert Naiman, July 27 2015

Opponents of the Iran deal hope to do to the Jewish peace group J Street…

On July 23, the New York Times published an op-ed by Shmuel Rosner, political editor at the Jewish Journal and a senior fellow at the …

People Living Near Fracking Sites Suffer Severe Health Problems: Study By Julie Fidler, July 27 2015

Research shows that people who live near hydraulic fracturing (fracking) sites have more severe health problems than those who don’t, and wind up in the hospital more often.

Researchers from the University of Columbia and the University of Pennsylvania wrote …

3-Year-Old London Child Deemed “Extremist” and Placed in Government Reeducation Program By Michael Krieger, July 27 2015

The United Kingdom has gone completely crazy. There’s simply no other way to put it. I warned about Britain’s “war on toddler terrorists” earlier this year in the post: The War on Toddler Terrorists – Britain Wants to Force Nursery

Cleveland Police Attack Black Activists By Stephen Lendman, July 27 2015

Black people know Jim Crow remains virulent in America – 1960s civil rights laws did nothing to curb police brutality largely against Black and Brown people.

On Friday through Sunday, hundreds of Black Lives Matter activists from around the country …

Newest Remote Car Hacking Raises More Questions About Reporter Michael Hastings’ Death By Russ Baker, July 27 2015

Image: Michael Hastings Facebook Photo

Originally published by WhoWhatWhy.

As readers of WhoWhatWhy know, our site has been one of the very few continuing to explore the fiery death two years ago of investigative journalist Michael Hastings, whose car left

Israeli General Likens Israel’s Attack on Gaza Towers to 9/11 Attack: The Significance of Destroying a ‘Symbol’ By Dan Cohen, July 27 2015

Image: Italian complex, following the attack last August

An Israeli general likened Israel’s bombing of three landmark towers in the Gaza Strip last year to the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. Speaking at the Future Forces for

Risk Experts Who Predicted 2008 Financial Crash Believe GMOs To Be Riskier Than 2008 Crash By Washington's Blog, July 27 2015

Image: Painting by Anthony Freda: www.AnthonyFreda.com

Risk analyst Nassim Nicholas Taleb predicted the 2008 financial crisis, by pointing out that commonly-used risk models were wrong.  Taleb – a distinguished professor of risk engineering at New York University, and author of

German Economics Minister Rushes to Exploit Business Opportunities in Iran By Johannes Stern, July 27 2015

Rarely in recent years have the foreign travels of a leading German politician caused such a stir as the visit earlier this month to Iran by the German Vice Chancellor and Minister for Economic Affairs Sigmar Gabriel (Social Democratic Party,

The Assassination of Sandra Bland and the Struggle against State Repression By Ajamu Baraka, July 27 2015

The Black Lives Matter movement has another martyr, as it prepares for a national conference in Cleveland, this weekend. Sandra Bland’s murder in Texas shows, once again, that “defending one’s dignity in an encounter with the police is a crime

Revelations in the Maidan Massacre Trial in Ukraine Go Unreported in the West By Ivan Katchanovski, July 27 2015

A delayed trial of two Berkut police members in the Maidan Massacre case [1] have produced striking new revelations providing further confirmations of major findings of my Maidan “snipers’ massacre” study about Maidan snipers killing both police and protesters and

Israel Sees Nazism in Mirror it Mistakes for Window By David Swanson, July 27 2015

Israel is trying to expel the population of a village for the crime of not being Jewish, the same crime for which Israel bombs the people of Gaza for a month or so every few years and blockades them in

US-backed Saudi Airstrikes in Yemen Kill 120 Civilians in One Night By Thomas Gaist, July 27 2015

Saudi war planes killed at least 120 civilians in a series of airstrikes in the city of Taiz late Friday night. The strikes destroyed buildings that were serving as workers’ quarters as well as a nearby agricultural facility.

The attack …

Obama Blocks Investigator’s Access to Files Related to Department of Justice Scandals By Joe Wolverton, July 27 2015

President Obama has ordered that if the official tasked with investigating corruption in the Department of Justice wants access to sensitive files, he’ll have to get permission from — the Department of Justice.

That directive was part of a 58-page …

Fracking Goes on Trial By Julie Wassmer, July 27 2015

Image: Green MEPs protested against Shale Gas outside the European Parliament 2012. greensefa under a Creative Commons Licence 

News was announced today (23 July) that a coalition of human rights lawyers and academics will put fracking on trial at hearings

Cuba Celebrates July 26 Attack that Ignited the Revolution By Telesur, July 27 2015

Image: Cubans celebrate the dawn of the Cuban Revolution | Photo: teleSUR

Fidel Castro led the attack along with small group of rebels that sparked the events that ousted the dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista.

Cubans celebrated on Sunday the 62nd …

Israel Affirms Palestinian Ownership Of Susiya Village, But Continues With Demolition Plan By IMEMC, July 27 2015

Image: Susiya Protest – Image By Bassam Shweiki / Hebron Defense Committee

The Israeli daily Haaretz has reported that a document released by the Civil Administration Office of the Defense Ministry affirms that Susiya village, in the southern West Bank

After Shocking Failures, F-35 Could be Long Gone by New Defense Chief By Sputnik, July 27 2015

The world’s most advanced and expensive multi-role fighter program could come short of the US Department of Defense (DOD) and Pentagon hopes, as years of weak development saw cost overruns and perpetual delays.

Problems with design and computer systems made …

Proposed US Legislation Mandating Child Vaccinations By Stephen Lendman, July 27 2015

Vaccines work as intended for drug company profits – at the expense of human health. They’re inherently unsafe. More on this below.

Others will have to decide if Rep. Frederica Wilson (D. FL) means well or not. She calls herself …

Tsipras and Varoufakis Approve of Home Evictions and Expropriation of Depositors By Ernst Wolff, July 27 2015

During their election campaign, the Syriza movement promised the people of Greece an end to the inhumane politics of austerity and the dictatorship of the Troika.

After being elected in January, Prime Minister Tsipras and his Finance Minister Varoufakis negotiated …

Assad: Any Political Presentation Not Relying on Terrorism Combat ‘Ineffective’ By Global Research News, July 27 2015

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said Sunday that the West still deals with terrorism in a hypocritical way, adding that any political presentation that does not essentially rely on combating terrorism and ending it is practically ‘ineffective’.

In a speech before …

Criminal Negligence and Arguably the Most Manipulated Congress in U.S. History By Anthony Bellchambers, July 27 2015

It is probable that the current U.S. House of Representatives will be judged by history as the most supine, inept and easily manipulated legislative assembly [by a foreign power], ever to have been given control of the lives of the

Greek Austerity and Its Resemblance to African Debt Peonage By Nizar Visram, July 26 2015

Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras looks on during a session at the Greek parliament prior to the vote in Athens on Wednesday, July 22. (Photo: Louisa Gouliamaki/AFP/Getty Images)

On July 16 this year protests erupted outside Greek parliament as lawmakers

FIFA Passes Resolution Assuring ‘Full Support’ for 2018 Soccer World Cup In Russia – Blatter By RT, July 26 2015

Image: FIFA’s President Sepp Blatter shakes hands with Russia’s President Vladimir Putin. © Stringer / Reuters

FIFA has passed a resolution assuring full support for holding the 2018 World Cup in Russia, Sepp Blatter, the president of the world football’s

Syria: America’s “Inherent Resolve” to Destroy Another Sovereign Nation. By Felicity Arbuthnot, July 26 2015

“We should expect conflicts in which adversaries, because of cultural affinities different from our own, will resort to forms and levels of violence shocking to our sensibilities.” (Department of Defense, 1999, with thanks to William Blum.)

One quote has reverberated …

GMO Labeling Laws Ditched: The Passage of the DARK Act Shows the Arrogance of US Politicians By Scott C. Tips, July 26 2015

 On July 23, 2015, the United States House of Representatives voted upon and passed (by a 275-150 majority) H.R. 1599, the so-called “Safe and Accurate Food Labeling Act of 2015,” otherwise known as the DARK Act. 

The DARK Act is

British Arms Sales to Israel in Support of Attacks on Gaza By Ryvka Barnard, July 26 2015

Until the UK government applies its own criteria to the arms trade, we need to keep up our own public review process to hold our government to its word 

Last week, the UK government announced the outcome of a review

Israeli Attack on Al-Aqsa Mosque, 10 Wounded By PNN, July 26 2015

At least 10 Palestinian worshipers on Sunday morning were injured during clashes with Israeli police private units, after they broke into and severely assaulted Al-Aqsa mosque. The clashes are still ongoing. 

Private units in the morning broke into the mosque, …

Threats to the Medical Pharmaceutical Regulatory Complex? Seven Doctors have Died under Suspicious Circumstances By James F. Tracy, July 26 2015
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James Jeffrey Bradstreet, whose body was found floating in a North Carolina river on June 19, had successfully treated over 1,700 autistic children with GcMAF. On June 16 the FDA obtained a search and seizure order targeting his Buford Georgia

Falsifying History on Behalf Of Agendas. “US Civil War was about Money not Slavery” By Dr. Paul Craig Roberts, July 26 2015

In an article on April 13, I used the so-called Civil War and the myths with which court historians have encumbered that war to show how history is falsified in order to serve agendas. I pointed out that it

Israel Attacks Islam’s Third Holiest Site By Stephen Lendman, July 26 2015

Israel gives Judaism a bad name. More proof came Sunday morning. soldiers stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque, firing tear gas and rubber-coated steel bullets at nonviolent worshipers to clear way for extremist Jews to access Islam’s third holiest site where they …

Cuba Pre-1959: The Rise and Fall of a U.S. Backed Dictator with Links to the Mob By Timothy Alexander Guzman, July 26 2015

Latin America’s relationship with the U.S. government has been difficult to say the least. The U.S. has been intervening in Latin America since President James Monroe established the Monroe Doctrine, a foreign policy that prevented European powers from colonizing any

Greece: Varoufakis Claims He Had Approval To Plan A “Parallel Banking System” By Xenia Kounalaki, July 26 2015

Former Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis has claimed that he was authorized by Alexis Tsipras last December to look into a parallel payment system that would operate using wiretapped tax registration numbers (AFMs) and could eventually work as a parallel banking

The Eroding Character of the American People By Dr. Paul Craig Roberts, July 26 2015

How can the life of such a man
Be in the palm of some fool’s hand?
To see him obviously framed
Couldn’t help but make me feel ashamed to live in a land
Where justice is a game.—Bob Dylan, “Hurricane”

Deny, Deny Until They Die: Vietnam Veterans Affected by Agent Orange. The US Government’s Response By Diane Dimond, July 26 2015

So, the U.S. government has finally decided to help some 2,000 Air Force personnel exposed to Agent Orange residue left over in airplanes used during the Vietnam War. They are now eligible for disability, medical and survivor benefits.

“Opening up …

“Islamic State” Terrorists and Syria’s Humanitarian Crisis. The City of Aleppo By Vanessa Beeley, July 26 2015

25/07/2015 ~ Report from an Aleppo resident.

Travelling to the other part of the city

A friendly taxi driver we know wanted to visit his house on the other side of Aleppo.  An area where the terrorists and the so-called

Picked Out a Coffin Yet? Take Ibuprofen and Die By Mike Whitney, July 26 2015

Today we know that the risk of heart attack and stroke may occur early in treatment, even in the first weeks … “There is no period of use shown to be without risk,” says Judy Racoosin, M.D., M.P.H., deputy director

UN Remains Barred From Visiting US Prisons Amid Abuse Charges By Thalif Deen, July 26 2015

Image: Matt York/AP

A recent visit to a federal penitentiary by President Obama has prompted the United Nations to give another shot at seeking permission to visit the U.S. prison system.

When U.S. President Barack Obama visited the El Reno …

US To Sell Saudis 355 Missiles to be Used in the War on Yemen By Press TV, July 26 2015

Image: A US-made AGM-154 air-to-ground missile being brought to the flight deck of an aircraft carrier

The US Defense Department has awarded major weapons maker Raytheon to provide the Persian Gulf Kingdom of Saudi Arabia with 355 air-to-ground missiles amid

US Archive Reveals White House’s Immediate Reaction to 9/11 Attacks (UNSEEN PHOTOS) By RT, July 26 2015

The US National Archives has finally released pictures showing the tense atmosphere which gripped the White House on September 11, 2001, following the attacks on New York City’s World Trade Center.

A Freedom of Information Act request filed by coordinating …

US Air Force HAARP Weather Modification Facility Under New Ownership of University of Alaska By Michael Janitch, July 26 2015

After over a year of FALSE reports that the HAARP IRI antenna array in Gakona Alaska was going to be “torn down”, after two years of reports that it was going to be “closed down”, we now have word that

Why Are So Many People Dying in Police Custody in the UK? By Michaela Whitton, July 26 2015

A charity campaigning on behalf of the families of those who have died in police custody in the U.K. are warningthat the latest independent investigation could be just another PR exercise.

The probe was announced hours after statistics from …

Saudia Arabian Airstrike Kills 120 Civilians as War in Yemen Rages By Jon Queally, July 26 2015

Humanitarian crisis continues with no end in sight as forces armed and supported by the United States continue to terrorize the people of Yemen

Houthi followers demonstrate against Saudi-led air strikes in Yemen’s capital Sanaa July 24, 2015. A Saudi-led

Are Psychotric Drugs Involved in the Latest Lafayette, Louisiana Shootings? By Robert Harrington, July 26 2015

Here we go again. A drifter and lone wolf is somehow off his meds. His anger boils over while he has access to guns. He then goes on a shooting spree killing innocents who just happen to be in the …

Spying on America “Out of Love for Israel”: Jonathan Pollard’s Release Imminent? By Stephen Lendman, July 26 2015

Reports indicate Washington intends releasing Pollard as a sop to Israel – perhaps a teaspoon of sugar to help the Iran nuclear deal go down, something Israeli hardliners running things won’t accept and are going all-out to undermine.

In 1985, …

Iran: War or Privatization: All Out War or “Economic Conquest”? By Prof Michel Chossudovsky, July 26 2015
At first sight it appears that Tehran is caving into Washington's demands so as to avoid an all war. But there is more than meets the eye.