by Michael Dickinson EUROPE, 2 February 2015 Fear-Monger, War Criminal, Racist 28 Jan 2015 – This week Britain is commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of the death of Winston Churchill. Millions of people worldwide watched his state funeral on television in 1965, and thousands of people lined the streets of London to pay their last…
By Marwan Bishara Netanyahu calls Schumer The saga continues; the plot thickens 02 Feb 2015 05:39 GMT Netanyahu questioning the Democrats’ support of Israel [Reuters] Increasingly isolated, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu turns to US Senator Chuck Schumer, Israel’s leading friend, to enlist his support against President Barack Obama. It’s likely…
Libya: Ten Things About Gaddafi They Don’t Want You to Know November 16, 2014 Ruling the country for for 41 years until his demise in October 2011, Muammar Gaddafi did some truly amazing things for his country and repeatedly tried to unite and empower the whole of Africa. So despite what you’ve heard on the…
By Ramzy Baroud The stunting of critical Arab media will have a negative impact for years to come, to save themselves, some Arab regimes have chosen to sacrifice the intellect of their societies As I was finalising my research for this article, I found myself browsing through a heap of hilarious videos mostly by…
Berne/New Delhi, Nov 2, 2014 (PTI): As probe into suspected black money stashed abroad by Indians gathers steam, banks in Switzerland are running from pillar to post to safeguard their interest while some are also considering financial provisions in their books for possible penal actions and legal costs. At the same time, banks…
By Noam Chomsky “It’s official: The U.S. is the world’s leading terrorist state, and proud of it.” That should have been the headline for the lead story in The New York Times on Oct. 15, which was more politely titled “CIA Study of Covert Aid Fueled Skepticism About Helping Syrian Rebels.” The article reports on…
by Chris Hedges Detail from the film, “Kill the Messenger,” about journalist Gary Webb. (File) There is more truth about American journalism in the film “Kill the Messenger,” which chronicles the mainstream media’s discrediting of the work of the investigative journalist Gary Webb, than there is in the movie “All the President’s Men,”…
By Daily Mail An Iraq War veteran serving five life terms for raping and killing a 14-year-old Iraqi girl and killing her parents and sister says he didn’t think of Iraqi civilians as humans after being exposed to extreme warzone violence. Steven Green, a former 101st Airborne soldier, in his first interview since the 2006 killings, claimed…
By Patrick Cockburn October 15, 2014 “ICH” – “The Independent” – Iraq is descending into savage sectarian warfare as government-backed Shia militias kill, torture and hold for ransom any Sunni whom they detain. Isis is notorious for its mass killings of Shia, but retaliation by Shia militiamen means that Iraq is returning to the levels…
By Sharif Nashashibi Asking Muslims to apologise for al-Qaeda and IS is like asking a Brit to apologise for the English Defence League There was no shortage of “here we go again” moments in US President Barack Obama’sspeech at the UN last week. One of them was his statement that “it is time for…