A US Marine has had his rank reduced and been fined $500 fine for urinating on corpses of Taliban fighters in Afghanistan after pleading guilty at a special court martial in Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. Staff Sgt Joseph W. Chamblin… Read More ›
International
Translations, Party Statements, and News from Around the World.
Syrian rebels demand $700,000 for Russian, Italian hostages
by RIA Novosti at 20/12/2012 11:28 Syrian abductors of two Russian citizens and an Italian national demanded a ransom of over $700,000 for their release, Kommersant daily said on Thursday. Two Russians and an Italian national were abducted on December 17 near the western… Read More ›
Army Seeking Death Penalty in Massacre of 16 Afghans
By KIRK JOHNSON SEATTLE — The United States Army will seek the death penalty against Staff Sgt. Robert Bales, who is accused of killing 16 civilians in Afghanistan, officials said on Wednesday. Sergeant Bales’s court-martial will consider 16 counts of premeditated murder, six… Read More ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
EU to consider ‘all options’ to aid rebels as Syria asks for humanitarian help
EU leaders have called on their foreign ministers to consider all options to support the Syrian opposition and put pressure on the Syrian leadership. It comes as the Syrian FM blames sanctions for the country’s humanitarian crisis, asking for UN… Read More ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
Dark Secret of the US Military — Neo-Nazis and Criminals Are Filling Its Ranks
How the armed services have become a sanctuary for racists and the mentally unfit. The following is an excerpt from “Irregular Army: How The US Military Recruited Neo-Nazis, Gang Members, And Criminals To Fight The War On Terror,” by Matt… Read More ›
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 