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Killing People, Breaking Things, and America's Winless Wars

09-28-2016 • Nick Turse and Tom Engelhardt

It's the timing that should amaze us (were anyone to think about it for 30 seconds). Let's start with the conflict in Afghanistan, now regularly described as the longest war in American history.

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Shimon Peres: Israeli war criminal whose victims the West ignored

09-28-2016 • https://www.middleeastmonitor.com, Ben White

Shimon Peres, who passed away Wednesday aged 93 after suffering a stroke on 13 September, epitomised the disparity between Israel's image in the West and the reality of its bloody, colonial policies in Palestine and the wider region.

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Syrian Troops Invade Nusra Front-Held Aleppo, Seize Key District

09-28-2016 • http://news.antiwar.com, by Jason Ditz

Farafra District, Near City's Center, Said Captured in Latest Push