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Backing MSF, Human Rights Watch Says US Must Consent To War Crimes Probe

Archives for December 2015

Assad Reveals Which Countries ‘Transformed Syria Into Hotbed Of Terrorism

“This is logical to come here. Syria has been transformed by Europe, Turkey, Qatar and Saudi Arabia into a hotbed of terrorism. The most important question is how these people emerge in Europe?” the Syrian President said.

Sputnik News
By Sputnik News
Bashar Assad

“We have fought against terrorism from the very outset,” the politician stated. “You know, the fight against terrorism should be a stable, sustainable principle. The Western policy towards terrorism is not objective, not realistic and currently not very productive,” he added. The US-led campaign has been targeting Daesh (Islamic State)

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Fact Checkers: Donald Trump Literally Hasn’t Made One True Statement

“The very concept of objective truth is fading out of the world. Lies will pass into history.”

Jake Anderson
By Jake Anderson
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump listens as he is introduced at Politics and Eggs in Manchester, N.H., Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2015. (AP Photo/Cheryl Senter)

UPDATE: Politifact amended their database to include ONE true statement made by Trump. The group also awarded him their annual Lie of the Year distinction! During the high winds of a political season, virtually every candidate is caught telling half-truths, misrepresentations of facts, distorted statistics, and even outright lies. That’s why

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Rights Group Says Disregard For Civilian Life By US And Saudi Arabia ‘Appalling’

Human Rights Watch blasts Saudi-led coalition for apparent war crimes and failure to investigate.

Sarah Lazare
By Sarah Lazare
A March 30 airstrike on a public bus in the Khormakser district of Aden, Yemen, left four dead, including one child. Photo: Iona Craig

The United States has been party to numerous apparent war crimes committed by the Saudi-led military coalition in Yemen, yet—along with all nations responsible—is violating international requirements to investigate bombings of homes, schools, and refugee camps, Human Rights Watch (HRW) declared on Monday. Coming just hours after peace talks

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On Both Sides of Atlantic, Muslims Organizing to ‘Reject Dehumanization’

‘For some of us, organizing and resisting against this system of anti-Muslim violence is survival’

Sarah Lazare
By Sarah Lazare
An American protester in Washington, D.C. holding a sign saying he's Islamophobic.

Amid rising anti-Muslim attacks across the United States, many from within targeted communities are calling on U.S. society to address the root causes of this violence by examining deep and "structural" Islamophobia, manifested in modern U.S. history—from the War on Terror to the 2016 presidential race. "For some of us, organizing and resisting

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UK Blames Saudi Arabia After Hackers Trace ISIS Accounts To UK Gov’t

A group of teen hackers traced terrorist accounts on Twitter to a group of IP addresses originally owned by the British government but later sold to Saudi Internet companies.

MintPress News Desk
By MintPress News Desk

MINNEAPOLIS --- A group of anonymous teen hackers traced a group of terrorists’ social media accounts to the British government, but further investigation revealed the accounts are actually tied to Saudi Arabia. Calling themselves VandaSec, the group communicates primarily through social media and targets child predators online in addition to

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Deaths From Terrorism Increased 4,500% Since Beginning Of War On Terror

Between 2007 and 2011, almost half the world’s terror attacks took place in Iraq and Afghanistan — two countries under active occupation by the United States.

Kit O'Connell
By Kit O'Connell
U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Timothy Dupuis, of Dover, New Hampshire, climbs the stairs at an outpost in Fallujah, 65 kilometers (40 miles) west of Baghdad, Iraq, May 2, 2006. Jacob Silberberg | AP

WASHINGTON --- An analysis of terror attacks since 2002 suggests U.S. efforts to combat terrorism -- i.e., the “war on terror” -- have led to a dramatic increase in death and suffering from terrorism. Published this year on Sept. 11, Paul Gottinger, a staff reporter for Reader Supported News, analyzed incidents of terrorism from George Bush

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