Archives for يوليو 2017

UN: War, Corporate Profiteering Pushing Over 2 Billion To Lack Safe Drinking Water 

A new UN report has found that two billion people around the world do not have access to clean drinking water. However, the report covers just a small part of the global population and fails to address the impact that war and corporate profiteering have had on drinking water access.

بواسطة Whitney Webb
In this Saturday, April 16, 2016 photo, A Palestinian boy uses a homemade wagon made from a plastic crate to wheel bottles full of drinking water in front of a water supply station in Khan Younis refugee camp, southern Gaza Strip. Poor sewage treatment is a feature of life in Gaza, a result of infrastructure damaged during Israel's bombing campaigns and ongoing blockade.

According to a new report issued by the UN World Health Organization, approximately two billion people around the world lack access to safe, clean drinking water. The report, titled “Progress on Drinking Water, Sanitation and Hygiene,” found that while some countries have made significant progress in providing access to drinking water for their

Civil Asset Forfeiture: Jeff Sessions Thinly Veiled Plot To Rob Us Blind

Under the guise of “fighting crime,” Jeff Sessions has given police the green light to rob, pilfer, steal, thieve, swipe, purloin, filch and liberate American taxpayers of even more of their hard-earned valuables

بواسطة John Whitehead
Confiscated cash on display as New York Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly speaks to reporters during a news conference at New York City Police Department. (AP/Mary Altaffer)

“Laws are no longer made by a rational process of public discussion; they are made by a process of blackmail and intimidation, and they are executed in the same manner. The typical lawmaker of today is a man wholly devoid of principle — a mere counter in a grotesque and knavish game. If the right pressure could be applied to him, he would be

Intelligence Agency Veterans Challenge The ‘Russia Hack’ Evidence

In a memo to President Trump, a group of former U.S. intelligence officers, including NSA specialists, cite new forensic studies to challenge the claim of the key Jan. 6 “assessment” that Russia “hacked” Democratic emails last year. 

Former FBI Director James Comey is sworn in during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, Thursday, June 8, 2017, in Washington. (AP/Alex Brandon)

MEMORANDUM FOR: The President FROM: Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS) SUBJECT: Was the “Russian Hack” an Inside Job?   Executive Summary Forensic studies of “Russian hacking” into Democratic National Committee computers last year reveal that on July 5, 2016, data was leaked (not hacked) by a person with physical

Blackstone Group To Buy Stake In Israeli Firm Behind Gov Surveillance Software

The Israeli company has become a world leader in cyber infiltration and has been used against activists and dissidents the world over.

بواسطة teleSUR
Omri Lavie, co-founder of NSO Group, which is behind the recently discovered exploitation of iPhones with its Pegasus malware.

The Blackstone Group, a multinational investment firm based in New York City, is in advanced negotiations to buy a 40 percent share in NSO Group, an Israeli cyber firm specializing in the development of programs that can gather personal details from cell phones, according to Israel's Calcalist business newspaper. The sale reportedly may go

As UK Effectively Bans Onshore Wind Power, Study Shows It’s True Promise

Despite the dramatic cost gains made in recent years, onshore wind is no longer in the running for subsidies following a decision made after the UK’s Conservatives won the 2015 general election.

The about 2,000 wind power stations in Sweden provided 7.1 TWh of electricity in 2012. Photo: Trons/Scanpix

The government has come under fire over its ‘short-sighted decision’ to effectively ban new onshore windfarms after the release of a report that shows they could actually produce the cheapest electricity in the country — even cheaper than gas. A new study from engineering firm ARUP – commissioned by ScottishPower – has calculated that new

Free Speech Or Terror TV? Al Jazeera’s Support For ISIS And Al Qaeda

The western media has been pumping “support free speech” in its defense of Al Jazeera English but almost completely blind when it comes to its promotion of “Terror TV”.

بواسطة Thomas Mountain
The newsroom bustles at Al-Jazeera English's headquarters in Doha, Qatar. (Photo/Paul Keller via Flickr)

Al Jazeera’s Arabic TV channel has been promoting both ISIS and Al Qaeda/Al Nusra for years now. ISIS and Al Nusra representatives appearing on the channel are greeted with “welcome back brother” and when finished are told to “go with God”. Rayan Mishaal founding Director of ISIS-Aamaq news agency was a regular guest and when he was killed in