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Report: Targeting Of Homes An ‘Appalling Hallmark’ Of Israel’s Summer Attack On Gaza

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Governor Jesse Ventura Won’t See American Sniper Says Kyle Is No Hero

Ventura also dismissed American Sniper as propaganda because it conveys the false idea that Iraq had something to do with the 9/11 attacks.

Associated Press
Par Associated Press
Chris Kyle Ventura

American Sniper is tops at the box office but don't expect to see former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura lining up at a theater for it. Ventura, a former Navy SEAL, won $1.8 million in a defamation lawsuit last year against the estate of the late Chris Kyle, the SEAL protagonist of the movie, which has sparked debate over whether snipers should be

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Israel Kills A Spanish UN Peacekeeper In Lebanon

Israeli army spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Peter Lerner said Wednesday’s attack was the « most severe » Israel had faced since 2006, when its war with Hezbollah killed more than 1,200 people in Lebanon, mostly civilians, and some 160 Israelis, mostly soldiers.

Al Akhbar
Par Al Akhbar
Lebanon Israel

Spanish U.N. peacekeepers patrol the Lebanese Israeli border in the southern village of Abbasiyeh, Lebanon, Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015. U.N. peacekeepers were seen in southern Lebanon on Thursday, inspecting damage at the Spanish contingent's base in Abbasiyeh village, where a Spanish U.N. peacekeeper was killed.  Photo: Mohammed

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Ushered By US Intervention, Chaos In Yemen Threatens Wider War

Yemen in danger of splitting into two – again.

Thalif Deen
Par Thalif Deen
Shia rebels, known as Houthis, carry their weapons as they march to protest against Saudi-led airstrikes, during a rally in Sanaa, Yemen. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed, File)

A Hawthi Shiite rebel holds his weapon while standing guard near a protest site in Sanaa, Yemen, Sept. 19, 2014. UNITED NATIONS - When North and South Yemen merged into a single country under the banner Yemen Arab Republic back in May 1990, a British newspaper remarked with a tinge of sarcasm: “Two poor countries have now become one poor

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U.S. Set To Spend $95 Million A Day for 10 Years To Update Nuclear Arsenal

A A mockup of a Minuteman 3 nuclear missile used for training by missile maintenance crews at F. E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyo.  Photo: Robert Burns/AP (ANTIMEDIA) Last week, millions of Americans were busy ‘flagsturbating’ to the latest American war porn, American Sniper. While they were distracted, the federal government was busy bolstering the war […]

Carey Wedler
Par Carey Wedler

A A mockup of a Minuteman 3 nuclear missile used for training by missile maintenance crews at F. E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyo.  Photo: Robert Burns/AP (ANTIMEDIA) Last week, millions of Americans were busy ‘flagsturbating’ to the latest American war porn, American Sniper. While they were distracted, the federal government was busy

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Proposed Bill Would Ban Police From Receiving Military Weapons And Vehicles

The law, if passed, would effect existing inventories of military surplus gear which would have to be sold or disposed of by law enforcement agencies in possession of them.

Jackson Marciana | Counter Current News
Par Jackson Marciana | Counter Current News

(COUNTERCURRENT) The militarized police response to Ferguson protests sparked a national debate about surplus military equipment being given to local law enforcement agencies. Now, Tennessee State Sen. Brian Kelsey, R-Germantown, has filed legislation that would prohibit both state and local agencies from receiving, owning or using “certain

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Revealed: Canadian Spy Program Illustrates « Giant X-Ray Machine Over All Our Digital Lives »

Latest revelation from Snowden archive shows CSE has been monitoring, analyzing, and tracking millions of people who utilize popular file-sharing websites

Jon Queally
Par Jon Queally

Photo: Vahid Salemi/AP Newly released documents contained in the archive of materials leaked to journalists by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden reveals that Canada's spy agency, the Communications Security Establishment, has been operating a covert, mass surveillance program designed to monitor the downloads of millions of Internet users

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