Venezuela's UN Security Council bid gains backing Posted: Friday, September 12, 2014
Venezuela's UN Security Council bid gains backing
US threatened Yahoo with $250,000 daily fine over NSA data refusal Company releases 1,500 documents from failed suit against NSA over user data requests and cooperation with Prism compliance
How the West Created the Islamic State ... With a Little Help From Our Friends
Six Steps Short of War to Beat ISIS
Frustration drives Arsal's FSA into ISIS ranks
'Vetted Moderate' Free Syrian Army Commander Admits Alliance with ISIS, Confirms PJ Media Reporting As President Obama laid out his "strategy" last night for dealing with the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), and as bipartisan leadership in Congress pushes to approve as much as $4 billion to arm Syrian "rebels," it should be noted that the keystone to his anti-Assad policy – the "vetted moderate" Free Syrian Army (FSA) – is now admitting that they, too, are working with the Islamic State.
TURKEY NOT TO ALLOW US TO USE BASES Turkey will refuse to allow a US-led coalition to attack ISIS militants in neighbouring Iraq and Syria from its air bases, nor will it take part in combat operations against militants, a government official told AFP Thursday.
Syria warns against foreign intervention after Obama speech
Obama's Breathtaking Expansion of a President's Power To Make War
Reporter in Iraq: 'I Know There Are Already Boots on the Ground Where I Am'
Ex-Bush official rips Obama's 'breathtaking' expansion of war powers
Russia warns US against strikes on Islamic State in Syria
Germany, Britain say won't take part in anti-ISIS airstrikes in Syria
Russia's Lavrov: West may use ISIS as pretext to bomb Syrian government forces If the West bombs Islamic State militants in Syria without consulting Damascus, the anti-ISIS alliance may use the occasion to launch airstrikes against President Bashar Assad's forces, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said.
CIA: ISIS has 20,000 to 31,500 fighters
Syria and Iraq: Why US Policy Is Fraught with Danger The United States is reluctantly but decisively becoming engaged in the civil wars in Iraq and Syria as it seeks to combat Isis, which calls itself Islamic State.
Iraq War III: Obama's 'Operation Doubletalk'
Israel 'Concerned' US War on ISIS Will Temper Hostility Toward Iran
Obama: US to Step up Economic Penalties on Russia
Russia committed to Ukraine peace plan despite EU sanctions
A Powerful NATO Flotilla Has Entered the Black Sea to Reassure Ukraine Sea Breeze training exercise brings together 13 ships from six countries
Citing Failed War on Drugs, World Leaders Call for Widespread Decriminalization Global commission condemns "harsh measures grounded in repressive ideologies"
Noam Chomsky: The Real Reason Israel "Mows the Lawn" in Gaza Like other states, Israel pleads "security" as justification for its aggressive and violent actions. But knowledgeable Israelis know better.
Human Rights Watch accuses Israel of war crimes in Gaza
Ceasefires in Which Violations Never Cease: What's Next for Israel, Hamas, and Gaza?
Breaking The Last Taboo - Gaza and the Threat of World War
Missouri execution contested over drug secrecy and racism claims Earl Ringo, convicted by an all-white jury for a double murder, set to be executed Wednesday night with untested drug cocktail
Philadelphia set to decriminalize marijuana possession
Guyana authorities seize submersible used to transport drugs
US bans Europol from releasing its own documents to European officials The United States has instructed Europol, the European Union's police agency, to withhold its own annual internal data-protection review from EU lawmakers because the report was written without the US Treasury Department's permission.
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