Israel Presses US for Another $700 Million in Military Aid
• http://news.antiwar.com, by Jason DitzFunding Needed for Missile Defense Israeli Military Felt Wasn't Worth Paying For
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US Belligerency Threatens Global War
Stephen LendmanRisk of global war is real
Gunter Grass Addresses Israel's Nuclear Threat
Stephen LendmanIsrael is nuclear armed and dangerous
ICC Absolves Israeli Lawlessness
Stephen LendmanICC Absolves Israel's mass murder
Damascus: Syrian troops start withdrawal
• http://rt.comSyrian troops have begun withdrawing from some cities and returning to their bases
America’s dangerous game in Yemen
• http://rt.comWashington has ramped up its efforts against Al-Qaeda in Yemen, launching dozens of air attacks targeting the terror group.
Israel Plans Theft of 10% More West Bank Land
Stephen LendmanIsraeli state terror
Palestinian Hunger Strikers for Justice
Stephen LendmanIsraeli state terror
Fed watchdog finds no Watergate, Iraq weapons link
• ReutersThe Federal Reserve did not help the Watergate burglars get cash, stonewall congressional inquiries in the 1970s political scandal or help Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein get a $5.5 billion loan to purchase weapons in the 1980s, the agency's inspector ge
Deal Close on Night Raids, U.S. and Afghan Officials Say
• New York TimesAfter years of insisting that American forces end covert nighttime raids on Afghan homes, President Karzai’s government was close to completing a deal that would give the Afghan authorities legal oversight of the raids, while allowing American forces
South Sudan: Sudan’s bombing of South Sudan scares away US, Chinese oil investors
• http://www.washingtonpost.com, By Associated PressSudan is bombing oil-rich regions of South Sudan in order to scare away American and Chinese investors, a South Sudan official said Monday, as U.S. President Barack Obama expressed concern about the growing tensions between the two countries.
Libya: What the Intervention Has Wrought
• http://www.huffingtonpost.comLibya's current politics offer two lessons -- ones we really shouldn't have to learn yet again.
Free Syrian Army Foot-Soldiers of Western Military Alliance
• http://tv.globalresearch.ca, by grtvThe international envoy to Syria tells the UN Security Council there's no progress in implementing a ceasefire
A Palestinian Mandela
• http://original.antiwar.com, by Uri AvneryMarwan Barghouti has spoken up. After a long silence, he has sent a message from prison.
Friends of Syria Declare War on Assad
Stephen LendmanObama plans regime change by any means, including war
Al-Qaeda’s online forums go dark for days
• Washington PostThe administrator of a second-tier al-Qaeda site recently posted a message on an online forum saying that “the media arena is witnessing a vicious attack by the cross and its helpers on the jihadi media castles.”
Clinton: Assad ‘Must Go’
• http://news.antiwar.com, by Jason DitzWhile Warning of Peace 'Deadline,' Is US Position Already Set?
Hana Shalabi: Not Quite Free at Last
Stephen LendmanHana's deportation to Gaza continues her punishment
Ron Paul: Most Americans agree with him on Afghanistan pullout
• http://www.csmonitor.com, By Brad KnickerbockerRon Paul has yet to win a primary or caucus election, but on one thing he has the support of most Americans: The withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan sooner rather than later.
THEY SHOOT CHILDREN, DON'T THEY? Confined Cruelty: Israeli Treatment of Palestinian Minors
• www.globalresearch.ca, by Graham PeeblesFor many Palestinian children their childhood is lived under a cloak of fear and the threat of violence and abuse at the hands of an armed force that stalks the streets of their homeland.
AFGHANISTAN: A Tale of "Three Tragedies"
• www.globalresearch.ca, by Felicity ArbuthnotMarch was another month of tragic, needless lives lost, the searing grief of mother’s and father’s for lost son’s and daughters.
150 dead in Libyan tribal clashes reveal vacuum in authority
• http://rt.comLibya's interim government says a ceasefire has been reached in a six-day conflict between two tribes that has claimed some 150 lives in the southern city of Sabha.
Friends of Syria recognize SNC as 'legitimate representative'
• http://rt.comThe 70-nation Friends of Syria has recognized the Syrian National Council as the "legitimate representative" of all Syrians, the conference's final statement says.
The View from Istanbul
Stephen LendmanObama plans regime change by any means, including war
Obama's War on Iran
Stephen LendmanObama plans regime change by any means, including war
Arab states agree to provide millions to pay Syrian opposition fighters
• Washington PostArab states in the Persian Gulf have agreed to provide a monthly stipend of several million dollars to pay a “salary” to opposition fighters in Syria and encourage more defections from President al-Assad’s army, participants at an international confe
Arab states agree to provide millions to pay Syrian opposition fighters
• Washington PostArab states in the Persian Gulf have agreed to provide a monthly stipend of several million dollars to pay a “salary” to opposition fighters in Syria and encourage more defections from President al-Assad’s army, participants at an international confe
Militants Attack Checkpoint in Yemen, Up to 41 Dead
• http://news.antiwar.com, by John GlaserThe US-supported Yemeni military called in airstrikes to bomb the area
All Sides Agree to UN Peace Plan for Syria, But None Act
• http://news.antiwar.com, by John GlaserThe Assad regime, the insurgents, and foreign intervening powers continue to prolong the conflict
Clinton: Time Running Out for Diplomacy With Iran
• http://news.antiwar.com, by John GlaserRhetoric about Iranian intentions to build nuclear weapons still sputter despite intelligence consensus to the contrary
