Wikileaks Publishes the 'Syrian Files'
• http://www.commondreams.org, staffEmail trove to shed light on the ongoing conflict in Syria including critical look at Assad regime, opposition forces, and western influence
Current News Headlines
These pages list the most recent news stories reported by the readers and editors of Freedom's Phoenix:
Who Killed Yasser Arafat?
• antiwar.com by Justin RaimondoYasser Arafat died on November 11, 2004, of a mysterious ailment. His enemies spread the rumor he had AIDS: David Frum, with typical classiness, claimed he had contracted AIDS as a consequence of having sex with his bodyguards.
Israeli police officer caught kicking Palestinian boy on video
• RawstoryA video showing an Israeli police officer kicking a nine-year-old Palestinian boy has prompted an official investigation. The footage, released by the Israeli human rights organisation B’Tselem, shows the child, Abd a-Rahman Burqan, on the ground
Ocean explorer Bob Ballard finds bodies of Turkish pilots shot down by Syria
• Washington Postelebrated ocean explorer and Titanic finder Bob Ballard, working for the Turkish government, has located the bodies of two Turkish pilots shot down by Syria over the eastern Mediterranean last month, the Turkish military said in a statement released
The faces of the dead in Syria’s unrest
• Washington PostDay by day, the death count in Syria climbs as headlines mark dozens of men, women and children shot and stabbed in Houla, or entire families killed in Qubeir. But beyond the numbers, scant attention is paid to the individuals who have lost their
Yasser Arafat killed by radiation poisoning?
• By Dan Murphy csmonitorAn Al Jazeera report argues that's likely, sparking a renewed flurry of speculation about how the Palestinian leader died.
Pakistan reopens supply routes into Afghanistan after Clinton says ‘sorry’
• The TicketSecretary of State Hillary Clinton announced that Pakistan was reopening ground supply lines into neighboring Afghanistan after she apologized for the death of 24 Pakistani soldiers in a NATO strike in November. "We are sorry for the losses suffer
Swiss institute finds polonium in Arafat's effects
• ReutersTraces of the poisonous element polonium have been found in the belongings of late Palestinian President Yasser Arafat, a Swiss institute said, and a television report said his widow had demanded his body be exhumed for further tests.
Iran says test-fires missiles over threats of attack
• http://www.reuters.com, By Marcus GeorgeIran said on Tuesday it had successfully tested medium-range missiles capable of hitting Israel in response to threats of military action against the country, Iranian media reported.
U.S. Adds Forces in Persian Gulf, a Signal to Iran
• www.nytimes.comThe United States has quietly moved significant military reinforcements into the Persian Gulf to deter the Iranian military from any possible attempt to shut the Strait of Hormuz and to increase the number of fighter jets capable of striking deep int
Romney, an Eye on Campaign, Plans a Trip to Israel
• www.nytimes.comMitt Romney, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, will visit Israel this summer to meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other leaders, a senior aide to the prime minister confirmed on Monday evening.
Saudi warns against travel to Lebanon
• AFPTensions in Lebanon are rising after deadly clashes linked to the conflict in neighboring Syria erupted on several occasions in the past few months. Syria and Lebanon share a complex web of political and sectarian ties and rivalries that often spill
Israel Attacks Southern Lebanon, Destroys Discovered Surveillance Device
• AntiWarAn Israeli warplane, or an unmanned drone by some accounts, attacked a site in southern Lebanon today, destroying what Hezbollah officials say was a surveillance device they had just uncovered attached to their communications network.
Iranian authorities acknowledge impact of sanctions
• Washington PostWith downgraded nuclear talks with world powers set to begin Tuesday, there are growing signs in Iran that Western sanctions are hurting the nation’s economy and alarming its decision-makers. Authorities remain defiant, but they increasingly are a
Her Majesty's BBC's Syria Coverage: "Sorry for the Lies"...
• http://www.globalresearch.ca, by Felicity ArbuthnoAs the sabre rattling towards Iran and the ongoing tragedy in Syria become increasingly hard to unravel, "media errors" or perhaps even "obfuscation" create their own navigational complexities.
US gone, Iraq starts to improve economically
• New York TimesOne has a designated prayer room. Another frisks patrons at the entrance, requiring them to check their pistols, like coats in a fancy restaurant. They are good places to escape the desert heat, and in a conservative Islamic culture, they are one of
Turkey scrambles F-16 jets on Syria border
• http://chrisinmaryville.net/Turkey has scrambled six F-16 fighter jets near its border with Syria after Syrian helicopters came close to the border, the country’s army says. Six jets were sent to the area in response to three such incidents on Saturday, the statement said, a
President Morsi hails 'new Egypt' but faces challenges to authority
• http://www.rt.comEgypt’s newly sworn-in President Mohammed Morsi reaffirmed his Islamist beliefs in his inauguration speech, but promised the country would not swerve from a moderate course in its international policies.
Libyan tribal clashes: 47 dead in three days
• http://www.rt.comTribal warfare continues for the fifth day straight in Libya, with 47 killed in the last three days alone and over 100 reportedly wounded.
Egypt's next leader vows to work to free sheik in N.Y. bomb plot
• New York TimesPresident-elect Mohammed Morsi's rousing tribute to Egyptian sovereignty included a promise to work for the release of the Egyptian-born Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman, jailed for plotting a series of New York City bombings.
U.S. exempts China, Singapore from Iran sanctions
• http://www.rawstory.com, By Agence France-PresseThe United States exempted China and Singapore from sanctions over purchases of oil from Iran hours before a deadline, saying that major economies were united in pressuring Tehran.
About that WAR... and that war and that one and.... the other one and the one we are about to...
• AntiWar.comHeadlines from Anti-War.com
U.S. exempts China, Singapore from Iran sanctions
• http://www.rawstory.com, Agence France-PresseThe United States exempted China and Singapore from sanctions over purchases of oil from Iran hours before a deadline, saying that major economies were united in pressuring Tehran.
Leaked: Shock footage allegedly shows Syrian family slain by rebels (GRAPHIC VIDEO)
• http://www.rt.comFootage showing the results of an alleged massacre in the Syrian city of Hama in April has been obtained by RT. Sources say that opposition rebels committed the atrocity.
This Gives Me Hope! (IRANIANS WE LOVE U: a message to Iran from Israel)
• www.dailypaul.comWow! I was so happy to see this video. I know many of my Iranian friends will be very happy to see this. I have watched so many damn NWO and WW3 videos of Iran, I saw this and it made my made day.
Egypt to Block Jewish Pilgrims from Holy Site
• Arutz Sheva - Israeli National NewsEgypt's post-Mubarak government has decided it would not be 'appropriate' for Israelis to visit the grave of a famed 19th century rabbi.
Stop Murdering Syria - by Ron Paul (video)
• youtube (h/t Lew Rockwell blog)Ron Paul takes to the floor to protest the coming war with Syria.
Stop Murdering Syria - by Ron Paul (video)
• youtube (h/t Lew Rockwell blog)Ron Paul takes to the floor to protest the coming war with Syria.
MSNBC's Toure Hints Military Might Have Wanted To Silence Tillman (& Wife's New Book)
• ww.realclearpolitics.comfor the Army to have the most high-profiled soldier come out of the Army and perhaps criticize the mission would have been devastating for the military. So it's not quite clear what happened, actually, in Afghanistan. I mean, just a very complicated
Assad says Syria at war as battle reaches capital
• Rueters via ca.news.yahoo.comSyrian President Bashar al-Assad declared on Tuesday that his country was at war and ordered his new government to spare no effort to achieve victory, as the worst fighting of the 16-month conflict reached the outskirts of the capital.
