From day one, the Obama administration was aware that the September 11 assault on the US consulate in Benghazi was a pre-planned terrorist attack, despite offering up conflicting explanations in the weeks since. Unnamed officials confirm to Fox News that… Read More ›
Unable to win US support for a figurative ‘red line’ on Iran’s nuclear program, Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu drew a literal one during a speech to the UN General Assembly, and offered an apocalyptic vision of a nuclear bombing of… Read More ›
WASHINGTON (JTA) — The U.S. State Department reportedly removed the terrorist designation from the Mujahedin-e Khalq, an Iranian anti-regime group. Numerous media reported MEK’s removal last Friday, although the State Department has yet to make a formal announcement. MEK in… Read More ›
Doctors and residents blame US weapons for catastrophic levels of birth defects in Fallujah’s newborns. Dahr Jamail Fallujah, Iraq – While the US military has formally withdrawn from Iraq, doctors and residents of Fallujah are blaming weapons like depleted uranium… Read More ›
BY DAN MIHALOPOULOS They were handcuffed, hauled out of Grant Park and stuck in jail for up to 24 hours — even though the maximum penalty for a curfew violation includes no jail time. But now, a judge said the… Read More ›
Taiwan recently entered a mounting dispute over islands in the East China Sea by sending dozens of fishing boats to the region. Analysts fear these tiny, uninhabited islands could become the flashpoint for a full-fledged international conflict. The islands at… Read More ›
From New York, US President Barack Obama told the United Nations General Assembly that he advocates a diplomatic resolution to the Iranian nuclear conflict and condemns the anti-Islamic film that has sparked violent protests overseas. Tuesday morning’s speech before the… Read More ›
US Discussing Unspecified Role in Future War by Jason Ditz Which comes first, the dubious election to select a government, or a foreign military invasion to prop that government up? If you’re talking Mali, the Western world is pretty clear… Read More ›
Much remains unanswered about the US-made film that sparked riots across the Arab World, but more is unraveling by the day regarding the movie’s producer. Now it’s reported that the man behind ‘Innocence of Muslims’ was once a federal informant…. Read More ›
An Egyptian-American activist was arrested by the NYPD on Tuesday and charged with criminal mischief and graffiti for spray-painting an advertisement in a New York subway station that had been viewed as hateful to Muslims. Mona Eltahawy, 45, was detained… Read More ›
By Arthur Delaney Cindy Nerger of Warner Robins, Ga., said she and her husband aren’t proud when they use their food stamp debit card to buy groceries. “I felt shy when I used them and my husband does, too,” Nerger,… Read More ›
Two of the Marines alleged to have urinated on the corpses of Taliban fighters are now facing criminal charges and will be forced to face a court-martial over the incident. Marine Staff Sgt. Joseph W. Chamblin and Staff Sgt. Edward… Read More ›
LONDON, (SANA)- The British newspaper The Times revealed that a largest shipment of weapons has arrived in Turkey to be delivered to the armed groups in Syria. “A Libyan ship carrying the largest consignment of weapons for Syria…has docked in… Read More ›
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