Fighting between M23 rebels and government forces has intensified near Goma, the capital of the eastern province of Nord-Kivu, since 20 May. As well as causing new civilian casualties, the clashes and the actions of some rebels are endangering many journalists and the availability of diverse, freely-reported news and information. Reporters Without Borders has conducted a series of interviews with Nord-Kivu journalists and has spoken by phone with two M23 officials, Bertrand Bisimwa, the (…) … Read More
Suicide bomb in Kabul targets foreign convoy
The news was reported to Reuters by Kabul Police Chief Ayoub Salanghi on Thursday.The police head expressed his fears of possible casualties from the attack, which happened in the industrial zone of the capital.MORE DETAILS TO FOLLOW … Read More
‘Iraqi scenario repeating in Libya’
A car bomb has exploded in a crowded area outside a hospital in Libya’s second largest city, Benghazi, with the blast claiming at least 15 lives. Henningsen, from the 21st Century Wire website, believes that US strategy for the Middle East region is the main reason behind the disintegration of the countries there. When asked about Syria, he says one only has to look at Libya and Iraq to picture what would happen in the event of Bashar Assad’s fall.RT: There have been a string of attacks in Libya over the past month – Is there anything the government there can do to improve the security situation?Patrick Henningsen: It looks very similar to the situation we’ve grown used to seeing in Iraq what we’re seeing now in Libya. Just by the nature of this car bombing where there’s a crowded hospital area designed to create the most casualties and also attacks on police stations. There’s a sort of strategy of instability that we’ve seen in Iraq over the years. So, looking at Iraq how long the stability took to achieve there and it’s not safe there a decade onwards. I think we’re looking at the same situation here in Libya. RT: Armed mobs recently surrounded government ministries in Tripoli. Is there a danger that radical groups could seize power by force?PH: Yes, this is always a danger in Libya. And one of the reasons this is the case is because there’s been a heavy amount of activity by Western intelligence agencies during the battle for Libya and after. And, of course, that culminated with what we saw in Benghazi last fall. The US had tried to eliminate some of the potential leaderships in the anti-temporary Libyan government, which are pro-Gaddafi militias, basically. And that radicalized some of those groups over the last two years. It’s a recipe for chaos in Libya. It’s really sad because Libya has got a huge challenge in order to have some semblance of law, order and government in that country right now. RT: The attack on the French embassy in Tripoli last month was seen as a reprisal for the French intervention in Mali. Do you think that operation has contributed to instability in Libya?PH: Yes, that’s also possible. The whole North African region is awash with various Islamist radical groups. And I’m sorry to say that this is a US administration that has allied itself with the Islamists and now they’re having trouble taming the monster that they’ve created. They used the Islamist groups in order to archive victory in Libya. And also they’re doing the exact same strategy in Syria. So, looking into Syria, if you want to have any indication what it might look like if NATO and Washington and London and Paris are successful in toppling the [Bashar] Assad regime – we’ll get what’s happening in Lydia now. Look at the destabilization, Islamist groups splintering, running amok, basically, it’s a terrorist playground right now in Libya. And you’ll see the exact same thing if they topple the Assad government in Syria. … Read More
‘Only 2 would’ve survived’: Masked gunmen ‘open fire’ at Oregon teachers
The staff members of the Pine Eagle Charter School in Halfway recently received training from the Union County Sheriff’s Office on active shooter scenarios, reports The Oregonian. Principle Cammie DeCastro wanted to test if her workers were prepared for an emergency and had two of them interrupt the session with a volley of blank shots. No students were present at the school last Friday, when the surprise drill happened.”I’ll tell you, the whole situation was horrible,” Elementary teacher Morgan Gover told the newspaper.The 31-year-old said she was scared and admitted she would have been among the casualties if the attack were real. Of the 15 teachers in the room, only two would have survived, she believes.DeCastro has heard some criticisms of the drill from townsfolk, but insists it was valuable. ”For us not to know how we were going to respond is leaving us open,” she said.Local authorities are considering several options on how to provide better security at the school, DeCastro said. Arming the teachers or having armed volunteer guards from the community at the school are among them. Making schools not gun-free zones is a way some US states are already going.A school in Texas staged similar surprise drill in May last year, although in that case the students were present at the premises. Parents complained that the exercise was too realistic and scared the children, but the Socorro Independent School District, which ordered the drill, insisted it was necessary.A debate in the US over protecting school student was spurred by the deadly shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Connecticut last year. Twenty-eight people, including 20 children, were gunned down in the one-man shooting spree. … Read More
February 4, 1899 – The Philippine uprising against U.S….
February 4, 1899 – The Philippine uprising against U.S. imperialism begins. This is how the “democratic” U.S. responded to the people’s just demands.
“The Philippine-American War of 1899-1913 (also known as the Philippine Insurrection) was the bloodiest colonial war ever fought by a white power in Asia. Also during the sixties the Philippine-American War was referred to as “the first Vietnam,” the death of 1.4 million Filipinos has been usually accounted for as either collateral damage or victims of insurrection against the imperial authority of the United States.”Photo: Filipino casualties on the first day of war.
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West’s WMD Lies Fray as Syrian Army Overruns Terrorist Proxies
According to the White House itself, there is no evidence that the Syrian government has used chemical weapons of any kind during the two year conflict the West itself has created and continues to perpetuate. … Read More
Israel hits Palestinian militant targets in response to reported Gaza rocket fire
There were no casualties from the strike, according to the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine.A ceasefire between Israel and Gaza was reached in early November last year after an eight-day conflict.However, the truce was broken at the beginning of April when the latest Israeli airstrike on Gaza took place.DETAILS TO FOLLOW … Read More
