Israeli Military Chief: Iran Won’t Develop Nuclear Weapons
• http://news.antiwar.com, by Jason DitzWarns Against 'Hysteria' as Netanyahu Threatens Attack Again
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Annan to UN: Violence in Syria unacceptable, expedite observer deployment
• http://rt.com,Kofi Annan has said the situation in Syria is "bleak," expressing concern at reports the government was still conducting military operations. But experts say the West’s biased approach is to blame for that.
Pakistan tests nuclear-capable ballistic missile
• http://rt.comPakistan successfully tested a nuclear-capable ballistic missile on Wednesday. The launch comes less than a week after Islamabad’s main adversary India tested a long-range ballistic missile of its own.
Collateral Insanity in Afghanistan
• http://www.inthesetimes.org, BY Terry J. AllenAfter decades of military devastation, Afghans are traumatized.
Obama Unveils New Sanctions on Syria and Iran
• http://news.antiwar.com, by Jason DitzCites Holocaust in Sanctions Against Technology Development
U.S. Military Wages Battle Against Misconduct
• http://www.npr.org, by Tom BowmanThe latest scandal to hit U.S. troops fighting in Afghanistan surfaced last week when The Los Angeles Times published photographs showing smiling American soldiers holding up body parts of a Taliban suicide bomber.
Suspected cyber-attack hits Iran’s oil sector
• http://rt.comA virus has been discovered in computers running key parts of Iran's oil sector, forcing authorities to unplug its main oil export terminal from the Internet.
Israel punishes Palestinian hunger strikers by removing rights
• http://rt.comIsraeli authorities are trying new methods to end hunger strikes among Palestinian prisoners. The measures include canceling prisoners' rights to family visits and confiscating of their possessions.
The Iranian threat: Military or political?
• http://www.aljazeera.com, D. ParvazDespite hyperbolic talk over Iran's nuclear programme, it's unlikely the country would deploy potential nuclear weapons.
Egypt bars US-based civil society groups
• http://www.aljazeera.comEight requests for licences to operate rejected because "the groups' activities violated state sovereignty".
End Game For Islam
• arcleinThe internal difficulty that the West and the Rest face is a lack of understanding on how to conduct a war of confrontation which is more cold war than hot. War as a hot war is poor at effecting societal change. The best example of that has been the
Sudanese warplanes bomb town in South Sudan
• Washington PostSudanese warplanes bombed a South Sudanese town Monday morning, ignoring international calls to stop the attacks and ratcheting up the threat of a full-blown war between the two nations. According to the United Nations mission in South Sudan’s cap
Defusing the Middle East Would Lower Gas Prices
• http://www.fff.org, by Sheldon RichmanRepublicans see rising oil and gasoline prices as an opportunity to score political points on President Obama.
Thousands displaced by Sudan border clashes
• http://rt.comThe ongoing military standoff between Sudan and South Sudan has forced thousands from their homes, fearing for their lives.
Israeli Military Chief: Covert Operations on the Rise
• http://news.antiwar.com, by Jason DitzSomething Always Happening 'Somewhere in the World,' Gantz Insists
EU suspends sanctions on Myanmar
• http://www.aljazeera.comForeign ministers meeting in Luxembourg approve a one-year suspension of sanctions without removing arms embargo.
US-Afghan partnership deal 'agreed upon'
• http://www.aljazeera.comKabul and Washington initial strategic partnership draft that may define US presence after NATO withdrawal in 2014.
US-Afghan partnership deal 'agreed upon'
• http://www.aljazeera.comKabul and Washington initial strategic partnership draft that may define US presence after NATO withdrawal in 2014.
UN team tours Syria amid reports of violence
• http://www.aljazeera.com,Damascus suburb reportedly stormed by government forces, as envoy Kofi Annan urges both sides to "put down weapons".
Iran says it recovered data from captured US drone
• APSome data from the drone's memory device revealed it had flown over the Pakistani hideout of al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden two weeks before his death in May, according to Hajizadeh. "Had we not accessed the plane's softwares and hard discs, we w
ISRAELI POLITICAL INSANITY. THE SAMSON OPTION:
• http://www.globalresearch.ca, by Gil RonenWe bring to the attention of our readers the response of Israeli poet Itamar Yaoz-Kost to the message of Nobel Laureate Guenter Grass, who warns the World of the dangers of a US Israeli sponsored war on Iran.
Power solution: India opens world's largest solar park (PHOTOS)
• http://rt.comThe world’s largest solar power field has been switched on in India’s western state of Gujarat.
Iran starts cloning of American spy drone
• http://rt.comIran has completed reverse-engineering of the captured US spy drone and has started building its own copy.
Tempering Iron Dome: US may spend $680 million on Israeli missile shield
• http://rt.comThe US could fork out $680 million on strengthening the Israeli Iron Dome rocket shield.
SYRIA: UN Working With NATO to Provide Pretext for Intervention
• http://www.globalresearch.ca, by Tony CartalucciUN "aid" program to be used in establishing NATO "humanitarian corridors."
Afghanistan is not a US Colony!
• http://www.globalresearch.ca, by Dr. Ismail SalamiA country robbed of peace and bereft of aspirations, Afghanistan seems to be plunging more and more into a pitiful morass of grievances brought about by the military madness the US troops exhibit in the beleaguered land with brazen-faced contumely.
Contracting waste, fraud 'significant' in Afghanistan, IG says
• Jolie Lee, Federal News RadioThe Commission Wartime Contracting found that the United States lost between $31 billion and $60 billion to waste, fraud and abuse in wartime contracts during operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Taliban claim responsibility for downing Black Hawk helicopter in Afghanistan
• CNNThe Taliban claimed responsibility Friday for downing a Black Hawk helicopter in southern Afghanistan. "Yesterday (Thursday) evening Taliban fighters shot down a helicopter and killed all its passengers in Khanashen Dewalak area near Garmsir, sout
Iraq Carnage: 69 Killed, 176 Wounded
• http://original.antiwar.com, by Margaret GriffisIraq suffered significant bomb attacks in multiple cities today, leaving at least 69 dead and 176 more wounded.
Karzai Demands ‘Accelerated’ Withdrawal After LA Times Photos
• http://news.antiwar.com, by John GlaserThe fact that the war is lost is virtually accepted wisdom at this point.
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