By Sebastian Rotella | ( ProPublica PARIS — Ten days after the Paris terror attacks, Europe remains on edge. Police in Belgium, anticipating a similar assault, are on highest alert as they press the hunt for the surviving attacker with the help of law enforcement in neighboring nations. In France, the massive investigation continues. Spain […]
Pushing back against ISIL/ Daesh: How the Kurds Reclaimed Sinjar
VICE News | (Video report) | – – “Islamic State (IS) fighters swept into the Iraqi city of Sinjar in August 2014, forcing Kurdish peshmerga forces to retreat. The city, primarily made up of Yazidis, a religious minority with roots going back thousands of years in the region, was soon overran with IS militants. They […]
Muslims Respond To Trump Muslim ID Card Idea With #MuslimID
AJ+ | (Video Report) | – – “Donald Trump suggested Muslim ID cards, resulting in backlash which has yet to deter the 2016 Republican Presidential candidate. Some folks concocted an interesting hashtag in response.” Meet Tayyib Rashid, the @MuslimMarine whose viral tweet launched #MuslimID. My interview: https://t.co/1JypeBZQQk pic.twitter.com/yy9GznolUI — Ismat Sarah Mangla (@ismat) November 21, […]
Israeli protesters demand separate roads for Palestinians, Israelis
Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Dozens of Israelis protested in front of an Israeli government building in Jerusalem on Sunday, demanding Palestinians be barred from using the same roads as Israelis in the occupied West Bank, Hebrew media reported. The protesters also called for increased violence against Palestinians in the occupied […]
Dragon v. Eagle: China & the US compete for Eurasia
By Pepe Escobar | ( Tomdispatch.com ) – – The U.S. is transfixed by its multibillion-dollar electoral circus. The European Union is paralyzed by austerity, fear of refugees, and now all-out jihad in the streets of Paris. So the West might be excused if it’s barely caught the echoes of a Chinese version of Roy […]
“A Profile in Cowardice” (Political Cartoon)
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Bernie Sanders: “Turning our backs on refugees destroys the idea of America”
Gwen Ifill/ Bernie Sanders | (PBS News Hour Video) | – – “Sanders: Turning away refugees destroys the idea of America Blurb: How would Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders handle terror threats at home and abroad, in light of the Paris attacks and the shifting threat of the Islamic State? Sanders joins Gwen Ifill […]
Paris Attackers: What radicalized one Brussels Neighborhood?
By Martin Conway | (The Conversation) | – – Just as during the German invasions of 1914 and 1940, war, it seems, is coming to France through Belgium. If one follows the logic of the statements of various French political leaders since the bloody attacks in Paris on November 13, Belgium has become the base […]
In Bipartisan display of Bigotry, 47 Democrats Join with House GOP to Refuse Syrian Refugees
By Jon Queally, staff writer | (Commondreams.org) | – – “Not much is bipartisan these days, but apparently bigotry is something both sides of the aisle can come together on.” “Speaker Ryan and this un-American bill’s supporters falsely claim it will simply pause U.S. resettlement of refugees,” said Karin Johanson of the ACLU. “In fact, […]
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