In the run up to the UK House of Commons vote on air strikes against ISIS in Syria, there has been much hype in the media about ‘precision strikes’. In particular a new British missile, the Brimstone, has been lauded by the press and politicians with Defence Secretary Michael Fallon going so far as to suggest that it “eliminates civilian casualties.”
On Sunday, the NSA was forced to shut down its bulk collection of the phone records of Americans. While that program may have ended — and there is evidence that it may not have — the world now knows the spy agency’s capabilities, and that is changing the behavior of people everywhere.
The polls show it and commentators of all political stripes often cite the figures: Killer drone attacks by the U.S. military and the CIA in the Greater Middle East and Africa have strong U.S. public support.
Multiple reports claim that Israel is the top purchaser of smuggled ISIS oil. ISIS oil is transported to Israel via Turkey.
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