Thousands of Iraqis stage anti-government protest
• aljazeera.comFor the third week, Iraqis gather in Baghdad's streets to protest corruption and call for an independent cabinet.
Current News Headlines
These pages list the most recent news stories reported by the readers and editors of Freedom's Phoenix:
The U.S. Middle East Killing Racket
• fff.orgConsider the following two headlines during the past three weeks:
Forget Amazon, Redline Is A Drone Delivery Concept For All Of Africa
• popsci.com(And maybe the Amazon, too)
US Admits: Iran Missile Tests Not Violation of Nuclear Deal
• AntiWar.comClinton Still Demands More Sanctions on Iran for Tests
Israeli Holocaust survivor named world's oldest man
• yahoo.comYisrael Kristal survived two world wars and the Holocaust but doesn't consider himself particularly remarkable, despite being named the world's oldest living man Friday at age 112.
Israeli textbook 'bad for Arabs, bad for Jews'
• http://www.jonathan-cook.net,Arab schools in Israel prepare for break over syllabus after revised civics textbook depicts Palestinian citizens as 'immigrants in our own land'
North Korea Nuclear Hoax Heightens Alternative Media Skepticism
• http://www.thedailybell.comKim Jong-un orders North Korea's nuclear arsenal on standby Kim Jong-un's bombastic statement came after the UN security council's adoption of tough new sanctions on Pyongyang. -"UK Telegraph
Obama Says Libya Is a 'Mess' Due to Europe, Gulf Failure to Help
• http://www.bloomberg.comPresident Barack Obama said five years after the U.S. intervened in Libya to topple then-dictator Moammar Qaddafi and prevent a bloody civil war that the plan pushed by advisers including Hillary Clinton "didn't work" and Libya is now "a mess
Nobody Knows the Identities of the 150 People Killed by U.S. in Somalia-
• theintercept.com-, but Most Are Certain They Deserved It
Iran insists its missile tests do not violate nuclear deal
• http://hosted.ap.orgTEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iran's foreign ministry insisted on Thursday that the missile tests carried out by the country's Revolutionary Guard this week do not violate Tehran's nuclear deal with world powers or a U.N. Security Council resolution.
Rand Paul to Force a Vote Blocking Sale of More F-16s to Pakistan
• thenewamerican.comA resolution filed by Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky.) will likely come up for a vote this week. The measure would block the planned sale of upgraded F-16 fighter planes to the government of Pakistan.
Hillary Haunted by Libya
• unz.comI went to Libya in 1987 to interview its strongman, Muammar Khadaffi.
Turkey's Largest Paper Intends to Continue, in Exile
• http://news.antiwar.com, Jason DitzGovernment Seized Zaman on Friday, But German Office Remains Independent
Turkish Shelling, Syrian Airstrikes Raise Concerns About Ceasefire
• http://news.antiwar.com, Jason Ditz10 Days Into Truce, Calm Generally Prevails
Libya: How Hillary Clinton Destroyed a Country
• https://www.lewrockwell.com"We came, we saw, he died," exclaimed an ebullient Hillary Clinton, as she exulted over the horrific death of Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi, who was sodomized with a bayonet before being brutally murdered by rampaging militiamen.
Iran conducts new missile tests defying US sanctions
• http://news.yahoo.comTehran (AFP) - Iran conducted multiple ballistic missile tests Tuesday in what it said was a display of "deterrent power," defying US sanctions imposed earlier this year aimed at disrupting its missile programme.
Netanyahu says declined to meet Obama due to U.S. election campaign
• https://ca.news.yahoo.comJERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's cancellation of a proposed meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama put more strain on their troubled ties on Tuesday just before a visit to Israel by Vice President Joe Biden.
Hillary's Libya: Arab Spring Or Dark Winter?
• http://www.ronpaulinstitute.orgAccording to a recent New York Times series of articles, then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was the key Obama Administration figure arguing for a US attack on Libya back in 2011.
Turkish Military Is Regularly Shooting At Refugees Stranded At The Border
• http://www.trueactivist.comIt was recently revealed by Amnesty International that Turkish troops are regularly shooting at Syrian refugees who are stranded along their border.
The Battle for Syria, Part II
• LewRockwellcontinue with Hilaire Belloc and his book The Crusades: The World's Debate. Recall from my previous post on this topic:
Experts: US Planning War in Libya Based on 'Faulty Intelligence'
• http://news.antiwar.com, by Jason DitzMany See US Assessment as 'Overblown'
Kurdish Report: US Building Two Air Bases in Northeast Syria
• http://news.antiwar.com, by Jason DitzRmelian Airfield Nearly Completed, Second Started Near Kobani
ISIS Truck Bombing Kills 60 South of Baghdad
• http://news.antiwar.com, by Jason DitzScores Wounded in Attack on Checkpoint
Israel and American Politics: The Big Breakthrough
• http://original.antiwar.com, by Justin RaimondoAnd guess who's responsible?
Pentagon: Drone Strike in Somalia Kills Over 150 Militants
• http://news.antiwar.com, by Jason DitzSays Militants Were 'Imminent Threat to US Forces'
The Total Collapse of Saudi Arabia is Fast Approaching
• thedailysheeple.comTo the casual observer, Saudi Arabia might seem like an emboldened nation that is asserting itself.
Turkish opposition newspaper turns pro-government after state takeover
• globalpost.comday after Turkey's top-selling newspaper Zaman was taken over by the state, it dropped its criticisms of the government on Sunday and published flattering stories on President Tayyip Erdogan.
Turkey Seizes Most Popular Newspaper, Claiming 'Terror Ties'
• http://news.antiwar.com, Jason DitzCourt Approves Govt 'Trustees' to Run Paper
UN: 'Staggering' Destruction in Iraq's Ramadi
• http://news.antiwar.com, Jason DitzDestruction Worse Than Anywhere Else in Iraq
Israel Demolishes Homes and School in Palestinian Village
• http://news.antiwar.com, by Jason DitzBuildings Leveled for Being in Military 'Firing Zone'
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