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U.N. says three Libya prisoners likely tortured to death
• ReutersSeveral prisoners likely were tortured to death at a detention center in Libya under government control, the United Nations said on Thursday as it urged the country to make stamping out such practices a top priority. Libya's Justice Ministry has c
U.S. Military Taught Officers: Use ‘Hiroshima’ Tactics for ‘Total War’ on Islam
• wired.com, By Noah Shachtman and Spencer AckermanThe U.S. military taught its future leaders that a “total war” against the world’s 1.4 billion Muslims would be necessary to protect America from Islamic terrorists, according to documents obtained by Danger Room.
The Salman Rushdie of music? Iran calls for killing of ‘apostate’ rap artist
• Al ArabiyaAyatollah Safi Golpayegani, a Shi’ite cleric based in the holy Iranian city of Qom, has issued a death sentence against rap artist Shahin Najafi for apostasy, the Persian-language Al Arabiya website reported on Wednesday.
'It will lead to war' - Ron Paul fights to end military aid for Israel
• http://rt.comPresidential hopeful Ron Paul has condemned a plan being considered in the United States House of Representatives that would allow for the US to continue aiding in the defense of Israel by equipping the Jewish state’s military with added weaponry.
Anonymous shuts down Kremlin’s websites
• http://rt.comA hacker group calling itself the Russian branch of Anonymous has claimed responsibility for shutting down the websites of the Kremlin and the Russian President.
Family pleads for U.S. prisoner at heart of Afghan peace push
• ReutersThe family of Bowe Bergdahl, a US. soldier held prisoner by the Taliban since 2009, says it is frustrated more than a year of covert diplomacy has been unable to free their son and is urging President Obama to push harder for his release.
US Pressuring India To Cut Crude Imports From Iran
• Press TV(Iran)The US is mounting pressure on India to scale back its oil imports from Iran as part of Washington's campaign to force Tehran into abandoning its nuclear energy program. "There is adequate supply in the market for India to find adequate sources,"
US reportedly abandons plans for Afghan consulate after already spending $80M
• http://www.foxnews.com, MAZAR-E SHARIFUS officials abandoned plans to open a consulate in northern Afghanistan over security concerns -- despite spending more than $80 million on the site, The Washington Post reported Sunday.
Syria's Muslim Brotherhood rise from the ashes
• http://www.reuters.com, By Khaled Yacoub OweisAt a meeting of Syria's opposition, Muslim Brotherhood officials gather round Marxists colleagues, nudging them to produce policy statements for the Syrian National Council, the main political group challenging President Bashar al-Assad.
Afghan Soldier Kills US Marine, Wounds Another
• http://news.antiwar.com, by Jason DitzReport: Dispute Between US, Afghan Forces Before Attack
Foreign Policy Theater of the Absurd
• http://original.antiwar.com, by Justin RaimondoA Russian general has threatened military action if the US and its NATO allies go ahead and build a “missile shield” in Eastern Europe
Iran slams Google for leaving Gulf nameless
• AFP"Google fabricating lies... will not have any outcome but for its users to lose trust in the data the company provides," a deputy in Culture and Islamic Guidance Ministry, Bahman Dorri, told the official IRNA news agency. Iran insists on calling t
Lessons of Iraq Help U.S. Fight a Drug War in Honduras
• New York TimesThe United States military has brought lessons from the past decade of conflict to the drug war being fought in the wilderness of Miskito Indian country, constructing this remote base camp with little public notice but with the support of the Hondura
UN warns of changing nature of global terrorism
• http://rt.comThe UN Security Council has warned of “the changing nature and character” of international terrorism, with terror groups forging close ties with organized crime and using the Internet to incite and recruit sympathizers, and to prepare their attacks.
Russia's military threatens preemptive strike if NATO goes ahead with missile plan
• APRussia's top military officer has threatened to carry out a pre-emptive strike on U.S.-led NATO missile defense facilities in Eastern Europe if Washington goes ahead with its controversial plan to build a missile shield.
A Decade of War – for What?
• http://original.antiwar.com, by Patrick J. Buchana"My fellow Americans, we have traveled through more than a decade under the dark cloud of war," said Barack Obama from Bagram Air Base.
Treasure Hunter Fears Assassination Over Search For Bin Laden’s Body
• http://www.prisonplanet.com, Paul Joseph WatsonShipwreck expert doesn’t believe official narrative
Map: US bases encircle Iran
• http://www.aljazeera.com,Ben PivenDozens of US and allied forces' military installations dot the region, from Oman, UAE and Kuwait to Turkey and Israel.
Saudi Arabia warns Iran over Gulf islands, Bahrain
• ReutersSaudi Arabia repeated it would not tolerate threats to the Gulf Arab states' sovereignty, the latest warning to Iran after President Ahmadinejad's visit to an island claimed by both Tehran and the United Arab Emirates.
Israel mobilizes the reserves
• Times of IsraelThe IDF has issued emergency call up orders to 6 reserve battalions in light of new dangers on the Egyptian and Syrian borders. And the Knesset has given the IDF permission to summon a further 16 reserve battalions
Osama bin Laden documents released: Trove from al-Qaida leader’s compound declassified
• The TicketThe center released a group of 17 documents totaling 175 pages, which had been uncovered by U.S. forces in bin Laden's Abbottabad compound on its website both the Arabic originals and translated in English.
Russia’s military threaten with preemptive strike if NATO goes ahead with missile plan
• http://www.washingtonpost.com, By Associated PressRussia’s top military officer has threatened to deal a pre-emptive strike on U.S.-led NATO missile defense facilities in Eastern Europe if Washington goes ahead with its controversial missile defense plan.
Media Freedom in Iraq Continues to Worsen
• http://news.antiwar.com, by Jason DitzMore Arbitrary Arrests, Security Forces Attacking Media Workers
Israeli DM: Early Elections Won’t Stall Iran War
• http://news.antiwar.com, by Jason DitzNetanyahu Moves to Dissolve Knesset
US-Afghan Pact Won’t End War or Night Raids
• http://original.antiwar.com, by Gareth PorterThe optics surrounding the Barack Obama administration’s “Enduring Strategic Partnership” [.pdf] agreement with Afghanistan and the memorandums of understanding (MOU) accompanying it emphasize transition to Afghan responsibility and an end to U.S. wa
Al Qaeda attack plans found hidden in porn movie
• New York Daily NewsGerman investigators discovered more than 100 Al Qaeda documents revealing brainstorming of new targets and methods of attack imbedded in a pornographic video that was confiscated from a suspected Al Qaeda operative.
UK aid helps to fund forced sterilisation of India’s poor
• http://www.prisonplanet.com, Gethin ChamberlainTens of millions of pounds of UK aid money have been spent on a programme that has forcibly sterilised Indian women and men, theObserver has learned.
Is US in a perpetual state of war?
• Philip Fernando , Asian TribuneIn the last 20 years, there have only been three or four in which the U.S. military wasn’t at war. Now it seemed easier to take the plunge as technology has made it cheaper and easier to project conventional military force, and therefore presidents d
Obama Signs Pact in Kabul, Turning Page in Afghan War
• New York TimesPresident Obama, speaking from Bagram Air Base, declared that he had traveled here to herald a new era in the relationship between the United States and Afghanistan, “a future in which war ends, and a new chapter begins.”
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