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Barack Obama
Obama Says:  U.S. At War With Terrorism, Not With Islam

Obama Says: U.S. At War With Terrorism, Not With Islam

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By RFE/ RL | – U.S. President Barack Obama has said the United States is not “at war” with Islam, but with people who distort the religion. Speaking on February 18 at the three-day White House Summit on Countering Violent Extremism, Obama said, “We are not at war with Islam. We are at war with […]

Iran
Iran Nuclear Talks: They said it Couldn't be Done

Iran Nuclear Talks: They said it Couldn’t be Done

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By Carlyn Meyer | (Informed Comment) – According to sources familiar with negotiations between the international P5+1 group and Iran, the Obama Administration is optimistic that a deal can be reached over Iran’s nuclear program. A recent article in Al-Monitor reports that the chances of a successful deal have increased considerably in the past week […]

Christianity
Holy War:  How Bill O'Reilly & Daesh/ ISIL Share The Same Goal

Holy War: How Bill O’Reilly & Daesh/ ISIL Share The Same Goal

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Cenk Uygur | (The Young Turks) “Bill O’Reilly stated definitively, multiple times tonight, that he believes the United States and the world are in a “holy war” against ISIS and the White House needs to accept that fact. He said, “This is now a so-called holy war between radical jihadists and everyone else, including peaceful […]

Islamophobia
Russell Brand:  Chapel Hill Vs Copenhagen - Which Is Terrorism?

Russell Brand: Chapel Hill Vs Copenhagen – Which Is Terrorism?

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Russell Brand | (The Trews) – “Reaction to the media coverage of the Chapel Hill killings last week and the shootings in Copenhagen.” Chapel Hill Vs Copenhagen – Which Is Terrorism? Russell Brand

Iraq
Just when you thought they Couldn't be Worse: ISIL trafficking Human Organs

Just when you thought they Couldn’t be Worse: ISIL trafficking Human Organs

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RT | – The Islamic State is harvesting human organs to finance its blood-driven caliphate, according to Iraq’s ambassador to the United Nations, urging its Security Council to investigate the issue. Envoy Mohamed Alhakim called on the 15-member body to look at allegations of organ removal by the Islamic State (formerly ISIS) as bodies with […]

Crime
NSA making all vulnerable online with Equation Viruses on your Computer

NSA making all vulnerable online with Equation Viruses on your Computer

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TheLipTV | – “Malware in hard drive firmware is the latest, and most sophisticated spying tool the NSA is suspected of using, with Kaspersky Labs of Russia suggesting that the “Equation Group” of hackers have infiltrated the innermost workings of computers dating back to 2001. The “Equation Group,” have long been suspected of being intimately […]

Energy
Elon Musk's Battery for Solar Homes may Change Electric Utilities forever

Elon Musk’s Battery for Solar Homes may Change Electric Utilities forever

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TomoNews | – “Tesla is developing a battery that can power homes with stored solar energy so that users do not need to draw power from electricity grid.” TomoNews: “Elon Musk: Tesla to launch batteries that can power homes”

Iraq
Iraq: Sunni Sheikh Killed trying to Mediate between Shiite, Sunni Extremists

Iraq: Sunni Sheikh Killed trying to Mediate between Shiite, Sunni Extremists

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By Erin Evers | (Human Rights Watch) In Latifiyya, a small town 20 miles south of Baghdad, fighting has been raging since long before the armed conflict that erupted when the Islamic State (also known as ISIS) took over Mosul. For at least two years state security forces and government-backed militias have been battling Sunni […]

al-Qaeda
2 1/2 yrs after US Consulate Attack, Libyan Nat'l Army advances in Benghazi against Radicals

2 1/2 yrs after US Consulate Attack, Libyan Nat’l Army advances in Benghazi against Radicals

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CCTV Africa | – “Footage from Benghazi showed troops, equipped with tanks, gun-mounted trucks and automatic weapons, advancing through farmland.” CCTV Africa: “Libya’s Army Makes Gains In Fighting Against Militias” The Algerian Times also reported last week: The Libyan army retook Benghazi’s largest military base … in the East, from fundamentalist fighters who held the […]

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