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Archives for novembre 2016

US, Saudi Ammunition Bound For Syrian ‘Moderate’ Rebels Ends Up In ISIS Hands

Ammunition supplied by the United States and Saudi Arabia to moderate Syrian opposition groups has been found in the possession of ISIS, representatives of a UK-based organization monitoring weapons movement said.

Sputnik News
Par Sputnik News
Free Syrian Army fighters clean their weapons and check ammunition at their base on the outskirts of Aleppo, Syria. (Khalil Hamra/AP)

The Conflict Armament Research (CAR) investigators work in the areas recently liberated from Daesh and its research shows that ammunition boxes left by the jihadists can be traced back to factories in Eastern Europe, the BBC reported Monday, citing CAR team leader James Bevan. Inquiries by Bevan's team indicated that the factory orders could be

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Riot Police Fire Water Cannon, Rubber Bullets At Unarmed Water Protectors

Police have once again used violent tactics on water protectors as the fight against the Dakota Access Pipeline continues into late November.

Derrick Broze
Par Derrick Broze
In this image provided by Morton County Sheriff’s Department, law enforcement and protesters clash near the site of the Dakota Access pipeline on Sunday, Nov. 20, 2016, in Cannon Ball, N.D. (Morton County Sheriff’s Department via AP)

Since August, North Dakota police have employed many violent tactics against the Standing Rock Sioux and allied “water protectors” who are fighting the Dakota Access Pipeline. On Sunday November 20, we witnessed an increase in totalitarian tactics as the Morton County Sheriff’s office used rubber bullets, tear gas, and for the first time since

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10 Civilians Dead Following US Airstrike On Syrian Cotton Mill

The attack came as US officials were railing against the Syrian military for targeting civilians at the UN.

Jason Ditz
Par Jason Ditz
A US Air Force plane takes off as a Turkish Air Force fighter jet taxis at the Incirlik airbase, southern Turkey, Sunday, Sept. 1, 2013. (Photo: AP/Vadim Ghirda)

In an embarrassing bit of timing, as US officials were railing against the Syrian military for targeting civilians at the UN, US warplanes were attacking a cotton mill in northeastern Syria, an attack which killed at least 10 civilians. It is unclear why the cotton mill, in the village of Salhiyeh, was targeted in the first place, but it is

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BDS Activists Plan Black Friday Protests Against HP’s Support For Israeli Apartheid

‘People of conscience today should boycott HP companies for providing imaging and technology for Israeli apartheid,’ declared an activist who helped target South Africa’s apartheid policies in the 1970s.

Kit O'Connell
Par Kit O'Connell
An Israeli border police officer stands as Palestinian women wait to cross the Qalandia checkpoint between the West Bank city of Ramallah and Jerusalem, June 17, 2015. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

AUSTIN, Texas --- Though best known for their computers and computer peripherals like printers, companies under the Hewlett-Packard umbrella are engaged in another profitable, and far more nefarious business: enabling apartheid Israel to track the movement of occupied Palestinians. Activists from the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS)

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The Hate Spiral Of 2016: 701 Acts Of ‘Hateful Harassment’ Since Election Day

Southern Poverty Law Center has documented 701 incidents targeting Muslims, immigrants, LGBT people, women, blacks, and other minorities since Election Day.

MintPress News Desk
Par MintPress News Desk
islamophobia

MINNEAPOLIS --- There have been at least 361 incidents of anti-Muslim violence and harassment in 2016, an average of more than one incident per day. Even before the election of President-elect Donald Trump, a wave of Islamophobic hate crimes and anti-Muslim incidents throughout the year drew comparisons to the aftermath of 9/11, when many

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Chelsea Manning Supporters Launch Last-Ditch Call for Clemency

Friend and attorney Chase Strangio tells Obama, ‘Her life is in your hands.’

Lauren McCauley
Par Lauren McCauley
chelsea manning

With mere weeks left under an Obama presidency, advocates have launched what they describe as a last ditch effort to save national security whistleblower Chelsea Manningbefore Donald Trump and his team of pro-torture, anti-LGBTQ war hawks ascend to power. With a protest outside the White House on Saturday and a vigil outside Fort Leavenworth

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