Archives for mai 2015

Drug War Fail: Doctors Now Creating More Heroin Addicts than Drug Dealers

The number of people reporting heroin use nearly doubled, from 161,000 in 2007 to 289,000 in 2013. The number of arrests for heroin doubled from 2007 to 2014.

OxyContin pills are arranged for a photo at a pharmacy in Montpelier, Vt. on Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013. (ANTIMEDIA) A recently released Drug Enforcement Administration report reveals not only that heroin use has exploded, but that 4 out of 5 new users have previously abused prescription drugs. The details of the analysis, titled the “National

Saudi Arabia Breaks Record For Number Of Beheadings In Only 5 Months

Saudi Arabia’s state-ordered death count by beheading now sits at 88 for 2015. Even scarier, it only took five months to surpass the 12-month record set only last year.

A beheading in Saudi Arabia.

A beheading in Saudi Arabia. (ANTIMEDIA) Last year, Saudi Arabia broke its own record for executions in the modern era by beheading 87 people. As horrific as that statistic is, the American ally is currently on track to more than double that number in 2015. In fact, 2014’s number of beheadings in Saudi Arabia has now been surpassed with

Threat Of ‘Inevitable’ War Looms Between US And China Over Pacific Island Row

Chinese military white paper accuses US of ‘meddling’ in South China Sea.

Chinese People's Liberation Army navy personnel salute in front of a new Type 052C guided missile destroyer Zhengzhou during its commission ceremony in Zhoushan, in eastern China's Zhejiang province. (AP Photo) Tensions between China and United States continue to rise over the South China Sea as a Chinese government newspaper warns that war

Family Of American Drone Victims Vow To Fight German Court Ruling

Faisal bin Ali Jaber, whose relatives were killed in 2012 strike, says he ‘will not give up… it is—quite simply—a matter of life and death for us.’

An MQ 9 Reaper drone.  A new poll shows most Americans support U.S. drone strikes on American citizens. (Photo: USAF) Three years after a U.S. drone strike in Yemen killed two civilians attending a wedding, a German court on Wednesday ruled against a member of the victims' family in a case that challenges international support for the

New Explosions Possible At Fukushima As UN Issues Final Disaster Report

The U.N.-based International Atomic Energy Agency also criticized TEPCO, the operators of the plant, for their lack of preparedness for the devastating tsunami that hit Japan’s coast in 2011.

This aerial view shows the tsunami-ravaged Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, Monday, March 11, 2013. (AP Photo/Kyodo News)  MINNEAPOLIS --- Four years after disaster struck at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, a United Nations watchdog organization has highlighted remaining dangers

Department Of Justice Flying Secret Airplane Fleet Over American Cities

An independent journalist discovered a fleet of at least 100 secret Department of Justice airplanes after his friend saw one perform what appeared to be a surveillance flight over Minneapolis.

A Cessna airplane similar the ones being used by the dept. of justice perform surveillance missions across U.S. cities.  MINNEAPOLIS --- When a friend happened to spot a surveillance flight over his neighborhood, it led Sam Richards, an independent journalist, to uncover a fleet of secret airplanes registered to fake corporations apparently