Muslims 'warned in Fatwa not to live on Mars'
• http://www.telegraph.co.uk, By Barney HendersonFatwa reportedly issued warning Muslims not to make 'hazardous trip' to live on Mars
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US wars in Afghanistan, Iraq to cost $6 trillion
• .The decade-long American wars in Afghanistan and Iraq would end up costing as much as $6 trillion, the equivalent of $75,000 for every American household, calculates the prestigious Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government.
Ex-Soldier Convicted of Killing Iraqi Family Dies
• APA former soldier convicted in 2009 of raping and killing a teenage Iraqi girl and using a shotgun to gun down her family died in an Arizona prison over the weekend in what officials suspect was a suicide.
Sri Lankan apartment block to be world's tallest vertical garden
• gizmag.comClearpoint Residencies, based in Kotte just outside Colombo, will be the first sustainable high-rise apartment complex in the country, with solar panels for electricity generation, a waste water recycling system and planted facades.
Stuck on Death Row in Iran? Memorize the Quran and Earn Your Freedom
• http://www.vocativ.com, Eric EygesIran just let 15 death row prisoners go free because they were able to memorize the Quran
Canaanites Deny Being Forebears Of Palestinians
• Pre-Occupied TerritoryAfter several prominent Palestinians asserted that they were descended from the ancient Canaanites, leaders of the Canaanite city-states emphatically ruled out the notion that their descendants were modern-day Palestinians.
A Tale of Two Cities: Fallujah and Aleppo
• Lew Rockwell blogIraqi army forces intensified their shelling of Fallujah over the past couple of days in attempt to dislodge control from an al-Qaeda affiliate that last month overran the city and most of the Anbar region in which it lies.
Is Syrian ‘Peace’ Conference Laying the Foundation for War?
• antiwar.com, Kevin Zeese and Margaret FlowersThose opposed to war in Syria better get ready to prevent war again
NATO chief doesn't see Karzai signing security pact
• http://www.reuters.com, By Adrian CroftPresident Hamid Karzai is unlikely to sign a pact for U.S. and NATO forces to stay in Afghanistan after 2014 and will probably leave the choice for his successor, NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen said on Saturday.
Iraqi army prepares to storm militant-held Falluja
• http://news.yahoo.com, Suadad al-SalhyIraqi security forces are preparing to storm Falluja and break a month-long standoff with militants who are in control of the city, senior security officials and troops told Reuters on Saturday.
State Dept Assures Israel: War Likely if Iran Talks Fail
• http://news.antiwar.com, Jason DitzAttacking Iran Is 'Alternative' to Diplomacy
Thousands of anti-Putin protesters march in Moscow
• http://news.yahoo.com, Associated PressSeveral thousand protesters marched through central Moscow on Sunday to call for the release of 20 people who were arrested after clashes between police and demonstrators in May 2012.
Ron Paul: The Continuing Al-Qaeda Threat
• Ron Paul's Texas Straight TalkAppearing last week before the Senate Intelligence Committee, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper testified that he could not say the threat from al-Qaeda is any less today than it was ten years ago. It was a shocking admission.
Carnage in Anbar and Baghdad: 93 Killed, 101 Wounded
• http://original.antiwar.com, by Margaret GriffisThe toll numbers were high today as scores of militants were killed in Anbar province.
Filling the Punch Bowl With Iraqi Oil
• http://www.thedailybell.com, By Staff ReportIraq is poised to flood the oil market by tripling its capacity to pump crude by 2020 and is collaborating with Iran on strategy in a move that will challenge Saudi Arabia's grip on the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries.
Turkish Lira EXPLODES Higher After Stunning Central Bank Move
• http://www.businessinsider.com, Joe WeisenthalBOOM.
Afghan president Hamid Karzai suspects U.S. secretly behind Kabul restaurant bombing
• AFPAfghan President Hamid Karzai suspects the United States may have backed insurgent-style attacks to undermine his government but has no evidence to support his theory, the Washington Post reported Tuesday. Karzai, whose relations with Washington h
The Secret War in Libya
• http://www.unz.com, By Eric DraitserThe Truth of the Green Resistance
Iraq Pounds Fallujah With Air Strikes, Artillery, Killing Seven
• antiwar.com'No Deadline,' But Growing Fears of Military Invasion
Muslim woman will not testify after being told she must remove face veil
• http://www.theguardian.com, Press AssociationDefendant Rebekah Dawson's lawyer tells court she will not give evidence in witness intimidation trial
Shelling and Bombings for Iraq: 45 Killed and 82 Wounded
• antiwar.comAt least 45 people were killed across Iraq, and another 82 were wounded.
Kabul suicide bomb kills Afghan defence staff
• aljazeera.comAt least four people killed and others wounded in bombing of Ministry of Defence vehicle claimed by Taliban.
Tunisia adopts new liberal Constitution!
• http://www.dailypaul.com, by ss119This was the first country that went 'Arab Spring' a few years ago, sparked by a fruit vendor setting himself on fire in protest. Three years later, and they seem to have done it:
Important Reuters Article on the Middle East
• thedailybell.comSeven reasons why the Arab uprisings are eclipsing western values ...
69 Killed, 84 Wounded in Fresh Iraq Attacks
• antiwar.comAt least 69 people were killed across Iraq, and another 84 were wounded.
Kiev Truce Falls Apart, and Unrest Resurges
• nytimes.com, By DAVID M. HERSZENHORNJANWith President Viktor F. Yanukovych and antigovernment demonstrators at an impasse here, a cease-fire disintegrated on Friday night as the Ukrainian capital convulsed in renewed violence and fire bombs lit up the night sky.
A New Year Just Like the Old Year
• unz.comJennifer Rubin Wants More War
Afghan president says U.S. should start talks with Taliban or leave
• ReutersPresident Hamid Karzai appeared to stiffen his resolve on Saturday not to sign a security pact with Washington, saying the United States should leave Afghanistan unless it could restart peace talks with the Taliban.
Photos Show U.S. Marines Burning Bodies of Iraqi Insurgents
• .Two pictures show a Marine pouring gasoline on the enemy remains, another two images show the Iraqi soldiers going up in flames while a fifth picture captures the charred bodies.
New analysis of rocket used in Syria chemical attack undercuts U.S. claims
• McClatchy NewsA series of revelations about the rocket that delivered poison sarin gas to a Damascus suburb last summer are challenging American intelligence assumptions about that attack and suggest the case US officials made for retaliatory action
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