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One Killed, Eight Arrested During Bid To End Militant Occupation In Oregon

Worries mount as affiliates of the group issue calls for sympathizers to head to the area

Jon Queally
بواسطة Jon Queally
Seeven people — (top, left to right) Ammon Bundy, Ryan Bundy, Brian Cavalier, (bottom, left to right) Shawna Cox, Ryan Payn, Joseph O'Shaughnessy, Peter Santilli — were arrested in Oregon.Seeven people — (top, left to right) Ammon Bundy, Ryan Bundy, Brian Cavalier, (bottom, left to right) Shawna Cox, Ryan Payn, Joseph O'Shaughnessy, Peter Santilli — were arrested in Oregon.

One member of the militant group that has been carrying out an armed occupation of the Malheur wildlife refuge in Oregon was shot and killed late Tuesday as other members, including leader Amon Bundy, were arrested on federal charges following a confrontation with law enforcement. In addition to Ammon Bundy, said officials, those arrested were:

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Hilary Clinton’s Israel, Iran, Iraq & Libya Record Indicates She’s A Proven Warmonger

Looking back over Mrs. Clinton’s foreign policy record, it’s clear that she is neither a progressive nor a liberal, but a proven warmonger whose record has contributed greatly to war, bloodshed and destruction in the Middle East and North Africa.

Muhammad Sahimi
بواسطة Muhammad Sahimi
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks at a rally at BR Miller Middle School in Marshalltown, Iowa, Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2016. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

LOS ANGELES --- (ANALYSIS) Ever since Hillary Clinton announced her candidacy for president, she has tried to present herself as a progressive whose “inevitable” election will be a historic moment for the United States, and perhaps even the world. After Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders entered the race and began talking about his relatively progressive

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How Did The US Go From A War On Terror To A War Of Terror?

Perhaps the notion of U.S. exceptionalism shouldn’t be derided as a myth. Indeed, the U.S. is exceptional in the violence it perpetrates upon innocent people around the world.

Robert Fantina
بواسطة Robert Fantina
Deputy chief minister of Pakistan's North West Frontier Province offers funeral prayers in front of dead bodies. At least 2,400 people have died in CIA drone strikes in the tribal region of north west Pakistan.

KITCHENER, Ontario --- (OPINION) On April 4, 1967, Martin Luther King Jr. gave a speech in which he discussed the violence he saw in the streets of the United States and the violence of the Vietnam War. He described meeting with “desperate, rejected, and angry young men,” encouraging them to seek non-violent change in their communities and the

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Airbnb Is Renting ‘Illegal’ And ‘Criminal’ Homes In Apartheid Israel’s Settlements

A professor of international law and expert on Palestinian human rights warned that using Airbnb ”facilitates the commission of the crime of establishing settlements” and suggested the company could face charges in European courts.

Kit O'Connell
بواسطة Kit O'Connell
Moshe Gordon sits outside his guest house advertised on Airbnb international home-sharing site in Nofei Prat settlement in the Palestinian West Bank, Sunday, Jan. 17, 2016. (Photo: Tsafrir Abayov/AP)

JERUSALEM --- Though the sharing economy may offer new avenues for income, it’s also contributing to an old problem: Israel’s ever-expanding, illegal occupation of Palestine. Human rights experts widely agree that apartheid Israel’s settlements in Occupied Palestinian Territories violate international law. This, it seems, is not a problem for

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Red Doors And Red Wristbands: Britain’s Secret Apartheid Systems

Branding refugees with the red door policy has been blamed for numerous attacks and abuse after refugees claimed they were targeted with dog excrement, eggs, stones, and had National Front symbols painted on their doors.

Michaela Whitton | AntiMedia
بواسطة Michaela Whitton | AntiMedia

United Kingdom — A private firm housing U.K. asylum seekers announced on Monday that it will stop making refugees wear red wristbands after their stigmatizing identification policy was met with a public outcry. Clearsprings Ready Homes in Cardiff has a contract with the Home Office to provide accommodation to those seeking asylum in the city.

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Ohio Police Chief Sentenced To Life In Prison For Raping Children

In 2010, Casey had also been convicted of the sexual abuse of yet another different child and was given probation.

M. David for Counter Current News
بواسطة M. David for Counter Current News
Former Wilmington police chief Larry Casey.

The former Wilmington police chief was just sentenced to life in prison last Thursday for the rape of a child, according to Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine. Larry Casey, 48, was found guilty by a Clinton County jury for the rape of a child under 13, as well as two counts of sexual battery, and one county of unlawful sexual conduct with a

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