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White House Says Israeli Occupation Of Palestinian Lands ‘Must End’

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Utah Brings Back The Firing Squad

Opponents of the measure say firing squads are barbaric, with the American Civil Liberties Union of Utah saying the bill makes the state “look backward and backwoods.”

Associated Press
بواسطة Associated Press

The firing squad execution chamber at the Utah State Prison in Draper, Utah. SALT LAKE CITY — Utah became the only state to allow firing squads for executions when Gov. Gary Herbert signed a law Monday approving the method for use when no lethal injection drugs are available, even though he has called it "a little bit gruesome." The

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Israel Spied On Iran Talks, Gave Intel To US Lawmakers To Kill Deal: Report

US officials angered, reports Wall Street Journal, that Israelis used captured information from high-level negotiations to thwart chances of nuclear agreement.

Jon Queally
بواسطة Jon Queally

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu walks with House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio on Capitol Hi.  Photo: Evan Vucci/AP The Israeli government secretly spied on high-level talks between the U.S., Iran, and other countries and attempted to sabotage the ongoing nuclear negotiations by serving captured information back to U.S. lawmakers

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Agent Orange Funding Opens Door To US Militarism And Covert Action In Vietnam

Is the United States finally accepting responsibility for the devastating ongoing effects of Agent Orange in Vietnam, or is this funding just a way to get USAID in the door to meddle in the country’s affairs as part of Obama’s “Asian Pivot” strategy? MintPress News investigates.

Kevin Zeese
Margaret Flowers
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Martin Dempsey

U.S. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Martin Dempsey, right, and Vietnamese Chief of General Staff of the Army, Lt. Gen. Do Ba Ty, left, during an honor guard review before their talks in Hanoi, Vietnam. The easing of an arms embargo against Vietnam and a military agreement with the Philippines show the Obama administration wants deeper

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One Pan-Arab Army To Rule Them All … Or Not

Proposals of a pan-Arab army are generating buzz as a potentially powerful means of containing the threat of ISIS, but history and conflicting agendas are major roadblocks on the path to a unified military force in the Gulf region.

Sean Nevins
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King Salman, Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi

Saudi King Salman, right, meets with Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi upon  his arrival to Riyadh Airbase, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Sunday, March 1, 2015.  El-Sissi visited Saudi Arabia on Sunday for his first policy meeting with the country's king BEIRUT --- News media has been lighting up with speculation about a pan-Arab army,

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NYC Installs Microphones On Streets For ‘Gun Crime’

“We are always concerned about secondary uses of technology that is sold to us for some unobjectionable purpose and is then used for other purposes. If [ShotSpotter] is recording voices out in public, it needs to be shut down.”

Jackson Marciana | Counter Current News
بواسطة Jackson Marciana | Counter Current News
NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 23: Police and private security personel monitor security cameras at the Lower Manhattan Security Initiative on April 23, 2013 in New York City. At the counter-terrorism center, police and private security personel monitor more than 4,000 surveillance cameras and license plate readers mounted around the Financial District and surrounding parts of Lower Manhattan. Designed to identify potential threats it is modeled after London's "Ring of Steel" system.

The New York Police Department has begun installing monitoring systems on city streets as part of what they describe as an effort to curb “gun crime.” One such example was reported back in 2007, in East Oakland. Fusion.net reports an anecdote about a gunshot victim, Tyrone Lyles, whose dying words helped convict his killer back in 2007. “Why

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From One Hawk to Another: McCain Defends Netanyahu’s Racist Rant

Politicians can’t be ‘held to everything they say during a campaign,’ argued McCain.

Sarah Lazare
بواسطة Sarah Lazare

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, shakes hands with U.S. Senator John McCain during a meeting with the Israeli and U.S. delegations at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem, Monday, Jan. 19, 2015. In an interview with CNN on Sunday, Arizona Senator John McCain (R) defended Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's racist

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