Wednesday, April 02, 2014

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The Pentagon’s Mystery Missions in Africa

U.S. Military Averaging More Than a Mission a Day in Africa Documents Reveal Blinding Pace of Ops in 2013, More of the Same for 2014 By Nick Turse The numbers tell the story: 10 exercises, 55 operations, 481 security cooperation activities. For years, the U.S. military has publicly insisted that its efforts in Africa are…
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EGYPT

Nasserist Candidate, Hamdeen Sabahi Discusses the Coming Elections and Egypt’s Present and Future Challenges

By Salma Shukrallah and Fouad Mansou Hamdeen Sabahi — the only candidate in the presidential race so far besides El-Sisi — sets out why he is running, the task of building a civil democratic state, and what role the army should have in Egypt’s national project Nasserist politician Hamdeen Sabahi talked to Ahram Online…

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The Muslim Brotherhood’s Networks of Terror in Egypt and Libya

By Ahmed Eleiba It takes only a quarter hour bus ride to reach Cairo from Arab Sharkas where a 14-member terrorist cell set up a workshop to manufacture bombs, explosive belts and other lethal devices. The workshop was originally a carpentry shop. That is what it still looks like from the outside, which helps explain…

USA

UN Committee Issues Scathing Report on US Government’s Human Rights Abuses

Concluding observations on the fourth report of the United States of America – pdf UN Human Rights Council Report on US Human Rights Abuses ADVANCED UNEDITED VERSION Human Rights Committee Concluding observations on the fourth report of the United States of America 1. The Committee considered the fourth periodic report of the United States of…

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‘Pravy Sektor’ and ‘White Al-Qaeda’: Two Sides of the Same Coin

By Anna Filmonova The situation in Ukraine is not changing by the day, but by the hour. The junta that has come to power as a result of the coup d’état organised from the outside is made up of fragmented, loosely-connected parts. Tymoshenko and Turchynov are fading into the background, not to mention Klitschko, while…

Roses and Rifles: Women from the FARC-EP

Peace Delegation FARC Published on 31 Mar 2014 Vilma Kahlo, director of Roses and Rifles: Colombia is a country that has been at war for more than 50 years, due to a social model that benefits the oligarchic minority and at the expense of the poor majorities, who suffer exclusion and violence. This excluding society…

MH 370: A Sinister Tragedy In the Fog of Coincidence

MH 370 – A Sinister Tragedy In the Fog of Coincidence? – By Matthias Chang (1/4/14) By Matthias Chang April 1, 2014 MH 370 – The $Trillion Question to the US and Its Intelligence Services – By Matthias Chang (29/3/14) MH 370 And The Insidious Propaganda Of Zionist Israel – By Matthias Chang (28/3/14) Flight…

April 2014: News From Occupied Libya

It is our duty as well as our right to fight back against the forces of colonization and to hold their nations morally and economically responsible for what their elected governments have destroyed and stolen from our land. It is ironic that the Libyans are to bear the full burden of this immense and ever-deepening…

NATO Suspends Civilian and Military Cooperation with Russia

NATO has announced that it is suspending all military and civilian cooperation with Russia over the Ukrainian crisis, the bloc said in a joint statement. “We have decided to suspend all practical civilian and military cooperation between NATO and Russia. Our political dialogue in the NATO-Russia Council can continue, as necessary, at the Ambassadorial level…

Total Lustration in Ukraine

Total Lustration in Ukraine: From the President to the Plumber By Alexander Gorokhov Ukrainian nationalists have been entertaining the idea of lustration since the first days of Ukraine’s independence. For some time it went no further than declarations, but after V. Yushchenko came to power they burst forth with two bills at once; their authors…

The Pathologization of Justice-Seeking Behavior

How Imperialism and Capitalism Erase Emotional Justice By Amal Saad I was watching “12 Years a Slave” with my almost 11 year old son yesterday, and within minutes of watching the movie he begged me to switch it off, specifically, during the scene where the lead character, Solomon Northup, wakes up to find himself shackled…

Erdogan Vows Purge of ‘Enemies’ After Election Victory

Turkey’s Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan greets his supporters in Ankara (AFP Photo) The leader of Turkey’s ruling AKP party, which won Sunday’s local elections, is threatening to settle scores with political opponents who tried to topple him by publishing damaging leaks. “They will pay the price,” PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan said. Speaking in the wee…

Several African States Boycott the EU Summit in Belgium

South Africa and Zimbabwe leaders say they will not attend until the continent’s peoples are treated equally By Abayomi Azikiwe Libya 360° A planned summit between the European Union (EU) and the African nation-states has been met with controversy and rejection. The Republics of Zimbabwe and South Africa, two very important states in Southern Africa…

Platinum Strike Takes Toll on South African Economy

Mine bosses threaten re-structuring, massive lay-offs amid capitalist crisis By Abayomi Azikiwe Libya 360° There is still no end in sight to the platinum mining strike led by Association of Mineworkers and Construction (AMCU) in South Africa. Efforts by the ANC-led government to initiate mediation talks between AMCU and the mine owners failed to materialize.…

Lavrov: If West Accepts a Coup-appointed Kiev Government, it Must Accept a Russian Crimea

Download video (71.22 MB) The West is inconsistent in not recognizing the Crimea referendum as legitimate, while recognizing the military coup in Kiev, Russian FM Sergey Lavrov said. He accused the EU and US of duplicity and described sanctions as a “dead-end track.” If the West accepts Kiev’s coup-appointed government then it must, in turn,…

Russia’s Military Begins Nuclear War Drill

Russia’s Military Begins Nuclear War Drill By Zachary Zeck While much Western attention has been bestowed on Russia’s military buildup near Ukraine, Moscow also began a massive nuclear offensive exercise on Thursday. According to the Russian daily Nezavisimaya Gazeta, on Thursday Russia’s Strategic Missile Forces began a massive three-day exercise involving 10,000 soldiers and 1,000 pieces of…