Obama: Military 'Limitations' Reason America Can't Intervene in Syria
• weeklystandard.comIn an interview with the New Republic, President Barack Obama explained that military "limitations" are a reason America can't intervene in Syria.
Current News Headlines
These pages list the most recent news stories reported by the readers and editors of Freedom's Phoenix:
Iran sees growing interest in P5+1 talks
• upi.comThere's growing interest from the international community for a resumption of multilateral nuclear talks with Iran, said Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi.
Syria's chemical weapons concern Israel
• upi.comAmid growing fears that Syria's stockpile of unconventional weapons may fall into terrorists' hands, Hezbollah set up bases in Syria, an Israeli news site said.
Iran denies blast at Fordow site
• upi.comIran Monday denied western reports of an explosion that damaged the Fordow uranium enrichment installation last week, calling them "sheer lies."
Mystery over 'explosion' at Iran's Fordow nuclear site
• telegraph.co.ukIsraeli and Iranian officials have both failed to explain the mystery of a reported explosion said to have rocked the notoriously impregnable Fordow nuclear site in Iran.
Egypt clashes continue after Morsi’s ‘emergency’ announcement
• RT.comPolice tear-gassed protesters Cairo on Monday as clashes still gripped Egypt despite a state of emergency being declared. Some 50 people have died in five days of unrest, and there are reports of yet another death near Tahrir Square
Israel uses deadly weapons on unarmed Palestinian protesters - watchdog
• RT.comIsrael is using lethal force on unarmed Palestinian protesters in the West Bank, according to the latest report by the Israeli human rights group B’Tselem. It says 56 people were killed in the clashes, with an average age of 18.
Iran responds to EU oil and gas sanctions with… oil and gas sanctions
• RT.comIran has slapped a ban on oil and gas exports to the European Union, even though the EU has already forbidden Iranian petrochemicals from entering its territory.
Seven Years Later: Gaza’s Reality Under Hamas
• Hamas Terrorism 101 - idfblog.com[link fixed] Seven years have passed since Hamas won the elections for the Palestinian Legislative Council. They made a lot of big commitments, and promised the people of Gaza a better life. Today, seven years after Hamas proudly presented its platfo
Egypt declares emergency, curfew in 3 provinces after more than 50 die in weekend riots
• Washington PostEgypt’s president declared a state of emergency and curfew in 3 provinces hit hardest by a wave of unrest that left more than 50 dead, using tactics of the ousted regime to get a grip on discontent over his Islamist policies and the slow pace of chan
Kissinger: The Iran Nuclear Situation Will Come To A Head In The 'Very Foreseeable Future'
• Business InsiderHenry Kissinger recently gave an ominous forecast on the future of Iran's nuclear program: that it will be taken care of one way or another very soon.
Drones, Beware: United Nations Investigates Obama’s Targeted Killings
• Spencer Ackerman, WiredAfter years of warning that President Obama’s targeted killing program flirted with lawlessness, the United Nations has announced it’s investigating the centerpiece of the U.S.’s shadow wars worldwide. The focus will be on an “applicable legal framew
Russia's Vladimir Putin says West is fomenting jihadi 'blowback'
• http://www.csmonitor.com, By Fred WeirMoscow is criticized for weak support of the Arab Spring, and for actively backing Bashir al-Assad in Syria. But the Kremlin says its policies are consistent and the West is exporting revolt.
Mali is not another Afghanistan
• blogs.spectator.co.ukWhy should we worry if jihadists control a poor, landlocked country thousands of miles away?
NATO says 1st missile defense battery deployed to Turkey is operational
• washingtonpost.comThe first of six Patriot missile batteries being deployed to Turkey to protect against attack from Syria was declared operational and placed under NATO command, the international organization said Saturday.
U.S. expands aid to French mission in Mali
• washingtonpost.comThe United States is significantly expanding its assistance to a French assault on Islamist militants in Mali by offering aerial refueling and planes to transport soldiers from other African nations, the Pentagon announced Saturday night.
Iraq Parliament Votes to Keep Maliki From Seeking New Term
• nytimes.comIn the bloody aftermath of street protests that turned violent on Friday in Falluja, Iraq’s Parliament passed a law on Saturday intended to prevent Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki from seeking a third term.
Plans afoot for Dubai's first underwater hotel
• independent.co.ukDubai is no stranger to breaking records.
Plans afoot for Dubai's first underwater hotel
• independent.co.ukDubai is no stranger to breaking records.
Shock: Politician Tells Unadulterated Truth!
• http://chrisinmaryville.net/(Video) Belgian MP LAURENT LOUIS stands against war in Mali and exposes the international neo-colonial plot at the Belgian Parliament. On January the 17th, 32 years old Belgiam MP Laurent Louis, the most controversial and demonized national politi
Six Egyptians killed in clashes with security forces: correspondent
• english.alarabiya.netSix protesters were killed after heavy clashes between protesters and security forces in Egypt, Al Arabiya correspondent reported on Friday.
Iran wants a nuclear deal, not war
• guardian.co.ukNuclear negotiations with Iran, in the right spirit, will work. US-led trade embargos and military threats will bring only disaster
India, Pakistan peer into the abyss
• atimes.comWas it a military confrontation - the week long India-Pakistan acrimony over bloody incidents on the Line of Control (LOC) in Kashmir, which resulted in the killing of four soldiers?
Militarized politics at their worst: Mali
• wagingnonviolence.orgWhen fundamentalist rebel forces overran the central Malian city of Konna on January 11, they sent shockwaves not only through Mali itself but through the international community as well.
Julian Assange says WikiLeaks movie 'anti-Iran propaganda'
• theaustralian.com.auThe Fifth Estate, starring Benedict Cumberbatch, is due to be released in November.
Russia, China grapple with Mali's future
• http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/OA25Ad02.htmlThere is a saying, "Once bitten, twice shy".
Rand Paul: An attack on Israel is an attack on the United States
• Daily Paul.comKentucky Republican Sen. Rand Paul took what very well could be considered his most pro-Israel stance yet, saying in an interview that an attack on Israel should be treated as an attack on the United States.
China Successfully Tests 'Carrier Killer' Missile In The Gobi Desert
• Business InsiderChina's PLA "sunk" a U.S. aircraft carrier during a war game in remote China using its DF-21D "Carrier Killer" missile, reports Taiwan paper Want China Times.
Kerry: US Will ‘Do What We Must’ to Stop Iran
• Antiwar.comConfirmation Hearings Seen as Formality, Approval Could Come Tuesday
NATO to activate Turkey missile defenses this week
• APNATO's Patriot anti-missile defense batteries along Turkey's border with Syria will become operational this week, a senior official said. Patriot batteries sent by the United States, Germany and the Netherlands have reached Turkey
Watch Streaming Broadcast Live:
