Anti-Shia propaganda threatens a sectarian civil war which will engulf the entire Muslim world By Patrick Cockburn There is now a pool of jihadis willing to fight and die anywhere December 30, 2013 “Information Clearing House – “The Independent” – Anti-Shia hate propaganda spread by Sunni religious figures sponsored by, or based in, Saudi Arabia and the…
A Molotov cocktail is seen mid-air during clashes between riot police and students of Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Dec. 27, 2013. (photo by REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh) The sight of blood and charred debris, the screams of loss and pain and the rising death toll often leave people speechless, unable to comprehend a thought. The state of shock swiftly…
Hezbollah Secretary General Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah has been named Lebanon’s person of the year 2013 by a poll conducted by the country’s leading media corporation. The poll conducted by the Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation shows Nasrallah has gained more than 60 percent of the votes. The 53-year-old has been leading the Lebanese resistance movement in its…
People flee after what activists said was the return of government jet planes in Aleppo’s al-Marja district, Dec. 23, 2013. More than 350 people have been killed in a week of air raids on the northern Syrian city of Aleppo and nearby towns by President Bashar al-Assad’s forces, a monitoring group said. (photo by REUTERS/Saad…
“News is what someone, somewhere is trying to suppress; the rest is just advertising.” – Press Magnate Alfred Harmsworth, later Britain’s Lord Northcliffe There is a total stand down on prosecuting Israeli espionage networks here. Such a situation could never have happened unless all of our counter-intelligence, judicial and political institutions had been compromised as primary…
Several protesters killed and hundreds arrested as police disperse rallies in support of deposed president. At least five people have been killed and 265 others arrested as Egyptian riot police deployed water cannon and tear gas against hundreds of rock-throwing supporters of former president Mohamed Morsi, government officials said. The clashes on Friday followed an…
Turkey has been shaken by the most extensive and sensational corruption investigations of its recent history that have led to dozens of detentions – from renowned business people to senior bureaucrats and sons of ministers. There is a consensus in Turkey that the graft crackdown is linked to the recent tensions between the United States-based…
By Peter Koenig December 21, 2013 “Information Clearing House – The Pitchfork movement started in December 2012 in the South of Italy by farmers protesting against higher taxes, higher fuel and fertilizer prices due to Mario Monti’s (then PM), imposed austerity program – which is in turn imposed by Monti’s countryman, Mr. Draghi, President of the…
By Jed S. Rakoff Five years have passed since the onset of what is sometimes called the Great Recession. While the economy has slowly improved, there are still millions of Americans leading lives of quiet desperation: without jobs, without resources, without hope. Who was to blame? Was it simply a result of negligence, of the kind…
Dahr Jamail* – The Nation How will climate change affect the future of the planet? Scientists predict it will be nothing short of a nightmare. I haven’t returned to Mount Rainier to see just how much further that glacier has receded in the last few years, but recently I went on a search to…