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Bill of Rights
Snowden on Torture Report:  "When the CIA destroys s.th., it's never a Mistake"

Snowden on Torture Report: “When the CIA destroys s.th., it’s never a Mistake”

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TeleSur | — After the CIA inspector general admitted it destroyed a 6,700 page report on torture, the famed whistleblower said the CIA does not destroy by “accident.” Edward Snowden commented this week on the CIA inspector general office’s “mistaken” destruction of its only copy of a top secret torture report: ““When the CIA destroys […]

Iraq
Baghdad Locals Fear Shiite-On-Shiite Violence As Alliance Fractures

Baghdad Locals Fear Shiite-On-Shiite Violence As Alliance Fractures

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By Mustafa Habib | Baghdad | (Niqash.org) | – – Protests and suicide bombings have caused tension within the Shiite Muslim alliance that’s been fighting extremists. As neighbourhoods are taken over by militias, locals fear intra-sectarian fighting. Abu Fatima al-Budairi is a member of the powerful Badr Organization, one of the largest Shiite Muslim militias […]

Egypt
Is it ISIL?  US Official Says Likely Explosion Happened on EgyptAir Plane

Is it ISIL? US Official Says Likely Explosion Happened on EgyptAir Plane

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TeleSur | – – EgyptAir said the plane’s emergency devices sent a distress signal at 4.26 a.m. local time, about two hours after the previously stated radar contact. A senior U.S. Intelligence official familiar with the U.S.’s capabilities in the region told NBC News that infrared and multi-spectral imagers strongly suggest there was an explosion […]

Bill of Rights
The late great Fourth Amendment: Feds, Police and Intrusive Technologies

The late great Fourth Amendment: Feds, Police and Intrusive Technologies

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By Matthew Harwood and Jay Stanley | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | – – Can’t you see the writing on the touchscreen? A techno-utopia is upon us. We’ve gone from smartphones at the turn of the twenty-first century to smart fridges and smart cars. The revolutionary changes to our everyday life will no doubt keep barreling […]

Displaced and Refugees
Saudi bombing, Rebel Shelling leave 7 Million in Yemen Food Insecure

Saudi bombing, Rebel Shelling leave 7 Million in Yemen Food Insecure

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By Tharanga Yakupitiyage | (Inter Press Service) | – – John Ging, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs briefs journalists on his recent trip to Yemen. UN Photo/Rick Bajornas John Ging, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs briefs journalists on his recent trip to Yemen. UN Photo/Rick Bajornas UNITED NATIONS, May […]

Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
Marketing & Terrorism:  Is ISIL's vaunted 'brand' actually weak and vulnerable?

Marketing & Terrorism: Is ISIL’s vaunted ‘brand’ actually weak and vulnerable?

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By Brendan Canavan | (The Conversation) | – – [The so-called] Islamic State (IS) is the most notorious terror group in the world. Its name and values are known and feared globally, and it provokes, inspires and incenses to an extent most terrorist groups can only dream about. It owes a lot of that power […]

Islam-hatred
This is America!  Man Facing Jail For Ripping Veil Off Muslim Woman

This is America! Man Facing Jail For Ripping Veil Off Muslim Woman

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Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian | (The Young Turks Video Report) | – – “A man in North Carolina has pleaded guilty to ripping a hijab off of a woman’s head as they were on a flight. Gill Parker Payne faces one year in prison and a possible fine for religious obstruction. Cenk Uygur and […]

Displaced and Refugees
Give Syria’s Survivors a Voice

Give Syria’s Survivors a Voice

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By Hadeel al-Shalchi | ( Human Rights Watch ) | – – Twelve days ago Fatema Qaitani, a 35-year-old mother of four, was sitting in a tent teaching her daughter how to read when her life was changed forever. Fatema’s tent, one of many that sprang up in a camp for displaced Syrians on the […]

Entertainment
Why does Iran fear Kim Kardashian is a 007 Targeting Tehran?

Why does Iran fear Kim Kardashian is a 007 Targeting Tehran?

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Joya Mia Italiano and Elliot Hill | (TheLipTV2 Video Report) | – – “Iranian officials have reportedly accused Kim Kardashian West of working for Instagram as a secret agent. The Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corp accused Kardashian West, during a news program Sunday night, of working with the social network’s CEO as part of a secret […]

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