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Syria: Religious Police Patrol Aleppo’s Countryside
By: Basel Dayoub Published Wednesday, December 19, 2012 The Syrian opposition groups that have taken control of Aleppo’s countryside are deploying a religious police force to enforce new laws, such as barring women from driving and making prayer compulsory. Aleppo – The battle… Read More ›
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FSA Field Commander Tells Israeli TV in Syria that Sharon is his Friend if he’s against Bashar
Israeli Channel 2 snuck into Syria from Turkey with the aid of some Syrians. The channel’s reporter, Itay Engel, got to interview some field leaders in the “Free Syrian Army” (FSA). One field leader told Engel that anyone against Bashar… Read More ›
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This DEA Agent Was Told Not To Enforce Drug Laws In White Areas. Yes, Really.
Don’t believe there’s a racial element to the War on Drugs? As a former U.S. marshal and special agent for the Drug Enforcement Agency, Matthew Fog witnessed the astonishing inequity of the War on Drugs firsthand. This is his story…. Read More ›
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A projected 13.1 percent of workers will be unemployed at some point in 2013
New data show that 14.9 percent of the workforce was unemployed at some point in 2011, much higher than the official 2011 unemployment rate of 8.9 percent. How can this be? Each month, the official unemployment rate provides the share… Read More ›
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Exxon Deal Brings Iraq, Kurdistan to Brink of Civil War
Aide: Maliki Willing to Start War Over Oil Drilling War over oil in Iraq is a rather old issue, but as Iraq seems to be drawn ever near to an open civil war setting the central government against the Kurdistan… Read More ›
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Court Rules Antiwar Activists Can Sue Government Spies
The legal action is against a US military agent used by Homeland Security to spy on peace activists. A federal appeals court involving antiwar activists who were secretly infiltrated by US military spies has ruled in favor of the activists, marking the… Read More ›
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International Conference of Marxist-Leninist Parties and Organizations: Resolution on the Situation in Syria
The plenary of the ICMLPO, held for the first time in Africa, reaffirms its support for the right of the Syrian people to live under a democratic regime: a regime that guarantees freedom, equality, social justice and dignity, as well… Read More ›
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Vatican official daily slams gay marriage as communist ‘utopia’
The Vatican’s newspaper slammed laws on gay marriage as an attempt at a communist-like “utopia”, a day after tens of thousands of demonstrators turned out in France to support homosexual unions. In a scathing front-page editorial yesterday, the official Osservatore… Read More ›
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Unexploded Ordnance Kills 10 Afghan Children
Ten Afghan girls between the ages of 9 and 13 were killed, and two others wounded in critical condition Ten Afghan girls, aged from nine to 13, were killed on Monday when an unexploded bomb or landmine detonated as they were out… Read More ›
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Secretary Clinton won’t testify before Senate on Benghazi attack
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will not have to testify before a Senate hearing concerning the deadly attack on the US consulate in Benghazi after she fainted and sustained a concussion last week. Clinton, 65, is currently recovering at… Read More ›
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Tunisia’s ‘unfinished revolution’ — interview with Workers’ Party militant
By Peter Boyle November 16, 2012 — Green Left Weekly — Abdel Jabbar Madouri (pictured above) has been a militant in Tunisia since his early secondary school days. He was jailed three times (in 1987,1993 and 2002) because of his political activism. After every arrest,… Read More ›
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Israel’s Ethiopians suffer different ‘planned’ parenthood
The revelation that Israel is sterilizing Ethiopian women adds to a shameful history of abuse of powerless women and communities. It’s hard to believe, but in Israel, in 2012, Ethiopian women are forced to receive injections of the Depo-Provera contraceptive…. Read More ›
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U.S. defense chief orders Patriot missiles to Turkey
By Phil Stewart INCIRLIK AIR BASE, Turkey (Reuters) – U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta signed an order on Friday to send two Patriot missile batteries to Turkey with 400 American personnel to operate them, in a move by NATO members to… Read More ›
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Bryan Fischer: ‘Clamp down’ on ‘socialist’ Hispanics who voted for Obama
By David Edwards While many Republicans are calling on their party to be more inclusive after stinging losses in the 2012 election, the director of issues analysis of a conservative fundamentalist Christian organization says that it’s time to “clamp down”… Read More ›
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Massacres Under the Looking Glass
The ICC and Colombia by DANIEL KOVALIK The International Criminal Court (ICC) just published its Interim Report on Colombia (1). It is an interesting read, revealing as much about the ICC itself as it does about Colombia. In the Report,… Read More ›
The Red Phoenix 