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Mainstream Media Report: Video of James Foley ‘Beheading’ “May Have Been Staged”
Image: James Foley: May have been killed after the camera stopped. Photo: AP Stephen — Golden Age of Gaia: The…
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Iran State TV Airs Footage Of “Downed Israeli Drone”
(Zero Hedge) As Iran continues to negotiate with world powers over its controversial (but purely for peaceful purposes, of course) nuclear…
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Yemen on high alert as rebels push to overthrow government
OWoN: This is now becoming messy. If we lose Yemen, it leaves Oman and the entire Shipping lanes open to attack.…
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ISIL: Independent regional actor or CIA-Mossad proxy?
(Press TV) “If the United States thinks that they can fix things by bombing the area now, it is impossible.”…
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Iran government’s economic fight
(Press TV) The administration of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has sent a new economic policy package to the parliament to pull…
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Growing political crisis in Pakistan
(Press TV) The political crisis in Pakistan deepened after the country’s main opposition party decided to resign from the parliament as…
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US, West Pressure ICC Not to Probe Israel Crimes (Warning: Contains Graphic Image)
US, West pressure ICC not to probe Israel crimes: Report Top Daily Story … Press TV, Tehran We must not hold…
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Former Yemeni ruler says assassins are after him
(Press TV) Fmr. Yemeni ruler says assassins after himAn underground tunnel stretching nearly 90 meters has been discovered under the…
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‘Finish the job!’ Thousands of Israelis rally in support of Gaza offensive (PHOTOS)
People hold signs during a rally in Tel Aviv’s Rabin Square, to show solidarity with residents of Israel’s southern communities,…
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Iraq’s PM Maliki gives up his post, supports his successor Abadi – State TV
(RT) Iraq’s Prime Minister Nour al-Maliki (Reuters / Thaier Al-Sudani) Iraq’s Nouri al-Maliki has announced his resignation from the post…
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UK government to block arms exports to Israel if military action resumes
Announcement comes after lengthy dispute between leading Tories and Liberal Democrats over restriction of arms sales (The Guardian) The British…
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US Officials: Netanyahu “Reckless And Untrustworthy,” Halts Missile Shipment To Israel
(Ynet) The US administration has halted a shipment of Hellfire aerial anti-armor missiles to Israel, the Wall Street Journal reported on…
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Five Facts the Israeli Government Doesn’t Want You to Know
1. Binyamin Netanyahu claims to speak for the majority of world Jewry although, in fact, he represents only a minority…
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Kevin Barrett: Unislamic State (US): Satanic ‘caliphate’
(Kevin Barrett) They call themselves Islamic State (IS). They pretend to be a new caliphate. But their behavior is radically…
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UN names Gaza war-crimes panel
Smoke raises over Gaza City after an Israeli airstrike in Gaza city on August 10, 2014. (AFP Photo / Mahmud…
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The REAL Reason for New U.S. and French Military Involvement In Iraq
(Zero Hedge) Why is Obama now re-committing the U.S. military to Iraq? Why is France strongly backing military action? Obama says it’s to…
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US sends arms to Iraq – to solve problems Washington helped create
A member loyal to the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) waves an ISIL flag in Raqqa June…
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Is Anyone In Control? The Iraq Post Coup Confusion Deepens
(Zero Hedge) While the US is alternating between bombing the north of Iraq, and occasionally paradropping MREs and jugs of water…
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Coup In Iraq? Prime Minister Maliki Refuses To Step Down; Security Forces On Alert, Encircle Presidential Palace
(Zero Hedge) Just days after the US launched a campaign that implicitly aides the current regime headed by the supposedly outgoing…
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US might support Iraqi president in a coup against Maliki
(RT) There was no short-term liberation of Iraq, it was an occupation to control the strategic Persian Gulf, and not only…