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Chemical substances of a Saudi source left behind by the Syrian rebels in the Old City of Aleppo. (Photo: SANA)

Syrian Soldiers Allegedly Find Saudi Chemical Weapons In East Aleppo

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Police At Dakota Access Pipeline Protest Fire On Prayer Circle With Rubber Bullets

Morton County Sheriff’s Department officers together with the National Guard began firing less-than-lethal projectiles, pepper spray, and, reportedly, mace on a group of water protectors at Standing Rock during what was supposed to be a prayerful, peaceful walk to the drill pad where work is rumored to continue on the Dakota Access Pipeline.

Claire Bernish
بواسطة Claire Bernish
A law enforcement officer speaks to a protester against the Dakota Access Pipeline through a wall of razor wire on the Backwater Bridge over Cantapeta Creek on Thursday afternoon, Dec. 8, 2016. (Tom Stromme/The Bismarck Tribune via AP)

(REPORT) --- Morton County Sheriff’s Department officers together with the National Guard began firing less-than-lethal projectiles, pepper spray, and, reportedly, mace on a group of water protectors at Standing Rock during what was supposed to be a prayerful, peaceful walk to the drill pad where work is rumored to continue on the Dakota Access

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In Last Days Of Presidency, Obama Authorizes Drones Strikes In Libya

The strikes were carried out overnight and were authorized by President Barack Obama, marking perhaps the final use of military force by a wartime president.

Associated Press
بواسطة Associated Press
This Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2013 photo shows a general view of buildings destroyed by NATO bombing of the Bab Al-Aziziya compound and an occupied intact building in Tripoli, Libya. (AP/Manu Brabo)

WASHINGTON (REPORT) — U.S. Air Force B-2 bombers and drones attacked a pair of ISIS military camps in Libya, seeking to eliminate extremists who had escaped the former IS stronghold of Sirte, a defense official said Thursday. The official said the camps were located about 45 kilometers, or 28 miles, southwest of the central coastal city of

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Former Intelligence Official: Trump Conflict With Spy Agencies Creates ‘Dangerous Moment’

Matthew Olsen, a senior national security official in both Democratic and Republican administrations, says the ongoing conflict between President-elect Trump and the U.S. intelligence community poses grave risks.

Sebastian Rotella
بواسطة Sebastian Rotella
National Counterterrorism Center Dir. Matthew Olsen testifies before the Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014. (AP/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

(ANALYSIS) --- The conflict between President-elect Donald Trump and the U.S. intelligence community could have profound repercussions. We spoke recently about the issue to Matthew Olsen, who spent two decades working in senior posts in intelligence and national security for Democrat and Republican administrations. Olsen, 54, served most

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Wikileaks Founder Agrees To Extradition To US Under Certain Conditions

Assange is conditioning his willingness to go to the United States on having his rights under U.S. law guaranteed in any potential legal trial,

Jason Ditz
بواسطة Jason Ditz
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange appears at the window before speaking on the balcony of the Ecuadorean Embassy in London, Friday, Feb. 5, 2016.

(REPORT) --- WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange last week offered to submit himself to extradition to the United States in return for clemency for whistleblower Chelsea Manning. After President Obama commuted Manning’s sentence yesterday, Assange’s status became the next obvious question. Assange, however, is also conditioning his willingness to

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Trump’s Inauguration Weekend Could See Biggest Nationwide Mobilization In US History

Thousands of protesters will participate in demonstrations planned for all 50 states and dozens of foreign countries.

Joe Catron
بواسطة Joe Catron
Demonstrators holds banners and signs as they protest during a march in downtown Washington in opposition of President-elect Donald Trump, Sunday, Jan. 15, 2017. (AP/Jose Luis Magana)

NEW YORK --- As thousands of protesters begin pouring into Washington to protest the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump on Friday, others have planned simultaneous demonstrations across the United States. “There have been a wave of protests and walkouts across the country since Trump was announced as president-elect, mostly by students

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As Obama Moves To Free Manning & Rivera, Others Still Hope For Clemency

President Obama commuted the sentences of Chelsea Manning and Oscar López Rivera on Tuesday as other political prisoners — many held for decades on charges related to black and Native American movements — make their final pushes for clemency under Obama.

Joe Catron
بواسطة Joe Catron
Marchers carry a large painting of American Indian Leonard Peltier during a "National Day of Mourning," Thursday, Nov. 22, 2001, in Plymouth, Mass. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

NEW YORK --- As supporters celebrated the White House’s announcement on Tuesday that President Barack Obama had commuted the sentence of Puerto Rican icon Oscar López Rivera, convicted of seditious conspiracy in 1981 for his role in the pro-independence Fuerzas Armadas de Liberación Nacional, others sentenced on political charges decades ago are

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