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Syrian rebels use kidnappings to raise funds
Common criminals also getting in on the game, with wealthy families being targeted An epidemic of kidnapping has broken out in Syria, with rebels using ransoms to fund their military operations and common criminals taking the opportunity to cash in…. Read More ›
UN outlaws praising Nazis (Baltic states disagree)
The United Nations General Assembly has passed a Russia-sponsored draft resolution against the glorification of Nazism and attempts to rewrite WWII history. The document states that any attempts to revise the history for war, the Nuremberg decisions and to whitewash… Read More ›
Why I Won’t Vote (1956) by W.E.B. Dubois
On October 20, 1956, W. E. B. Du Bois delivered this eloquent indictment of US politics and why he won’t vote in the upcoming Presidential election. Du Bois condemns both Democrats and Republicans for their indifferent positions on the influence… Read More ›
Turkish troops kill 26 PKK rebels in major offensive
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) – Turkish soldiers have killed 26 Kurdish rebels in two days in an offensive involving over 2,000 troops, as well as F-16 fighter planes operating on both sides of the Turkey-Iraq border, security sources said on Friday…. Read More ›
FARC chooses Ricardo Palmera for peace negotiator
The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia-People’s Army (FARC-EP) have chosen Ricardo Palmera as one of their negotiators for Colombian peace talks. Professor Palmer is a political prisoner held in solitary confinement by the U.S. government in the Florence, Colorado Supermax… Read More ›
Watching Syria, remembering Nicaragua
By Richard Becker History shows U.S. viciously attacks—not supports—real revolutions Sandinistas enter Managua, July 19, 1979 On July 18, a huge bomb blast killed or critically wounded several top Syrian security officials. While the “Free Syrian Army,” claimed credit, the… Read More ›
Pirate Bay Founder Svartholm Warg arrested in Cambodia
Gottfrid Svartholm Warg, co-founder of the popular ‘Pirate Bay’ file-sharing website, has been arrested in Cambodia. Warg was wanted by Sweden on copyright infringement charges after failing to report for a yearlong prison sentence. Authorities arrested Warg in Phnom Penh,… Read More ›
Swedish rape warrant for Wikileaks’ Assange cancelled
Sweden has cancelled an arrest warrant for Wikileaks founder Julian Assange on accusations of rape and molestation. The Swedish Prosecution Authority website said the chief prosecutor had come to the decision that Mr Assange was not suspected of rape but… Read More ›
US stops training Afghan forces due to rise in ‘insider attacks’
The United States has stopped training Afghan forces due to rising incidents of the so-called insider attacks in Afghanistan The Washington Post reports that the commander of the US Special Forces has suspended training for all new Afghan recruits until… Read More ›
The Dictator You Didn’t Know About
He’s a virtual dictator who presides over a virtual one-party state controlled by his own ethnic minority. True, he has been elected multiple times, but he relies on violence and intimidation to win “mind-bogglingly one-sided elections.” (1) In the last… Read More ›
Archbishop Desmond Tutu: Bush, Blair should face trial at the Hague
By DAVID STRINGER LONDON (AP) — Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Desmond Tutu called Sunday for Tony Blair and George Bush to face prosecution at the International Criminal Court for their role in the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq Tutu, the… Read More ›
The Red Phoenix 