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Jordan, US, France Intensify Anti-ISIS Operations Following Murder Of Pilot

A statement from the Jordanian armed forces said tens of jets were deployed in the attacks on Thursday morning, « hitting training camps of the terrorist groups as well as weapons and ammunition warehouses. »

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An This image grab taken from the Jordanian TV on February 5, 2015 shows flames erupting from a building hit by an airstrike against ISIS by warplanes of the Jordanian Air forces eagles at an undisclosed location. AFP/JORDANIAN TV Updated at 2:20 pm (GMT+2): Jordan said its warplanes launched dozens of new strikes Thursday against the

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9/11 Plotter Says Saudi Royal Family Directly Involved In 9/11 Attacks

Lawyers for victims of the Sept. 11 attacks say they have new evidence that agents of Saudi Arabia « directly and knowingly » helped the hijackers, including sworn testimony from the so-called 20th hijacker and from three principals of the U.S. government’s two primary probes of the attacks.

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Tony Blair, Bandar bin Sultan

Prince Bandar bin Sultan, right receives Mideast envoy Tony Blair, the ex-prime minister of Britain after his arrival in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia.  Bandar bin Sultan, was accused of direct support for al-Qaeda before the 9//1 attacks. The only al-Qaeda plotter convicted over the September 11, 2001 attacks has told American lawyers that members

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230 Egyptian Activists, Including Ahmed Douma, Get Life Sentences

Douma becomes the latest leader from the Tahrir Square uprising to face charges. All were charged with staging « riots. »

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An Egyptian court sentenced prominent activist Ahmed Douma along with 229 other anti-Mubarak activists to life in prison on Wednesday after the court held hearings for 269 people connected to “the cabinet headquarters events” of December 2011, judicial sources said. Douma and 268 others were accused of staging “riots” outside central Cairo's

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Saudi Arabia In The Twitter Trap: Classified Security Documents Leaked

The Mufti of Saudi Arabia was right on the mark when he recently said that Twitter was a source of “evil” and a “scourge” for his kingdom. Secret Saudi documents from the interior and defense ministries were leaked on Twitter on Tuesday.

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President Barack Obama meets new Saudi Arabian King Salman bin Abdul Aziz in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015. The president and first lady have come to expresses their condolences on the death of the late Saudi Arabian King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz al-Saud. Photo: Carolyn Kaster/AP New documents reveal much about the Saudi

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HRW: West’s Double Standards Fueled Rise Of Islamist Groups

Kenneth Roth, executive director of HRW, said that Wahhabism and western « double standards » were behind the meteoric rise of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and other militant groups in the region in 2014.

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Governments increasingly view human rights as "a luxury" they can ill afford, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Thursday, warning that abuses fuel crises in world trouble spots like Syria and Ukraine. Kenneth Roth, executive director of HRW, said that Wahhabism and western "double standards" were behind the meteoric rise of the Islamic State of Iraq

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Israel Kills A Spanish UN Peacekeeper In Lebanon

Israeli army spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Peter Lerner said Wednesday’s attack was the « most severe » Israel had faced since 2006, when its war with Hezbollah killed more than 1,200 people in Lebanon, mostly civilians, and some 160 Israelis, mostly soldiers.

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Lebanon Israel

Spanish U.N. peacekeepers patrol the Lebanese Israeli border in the southern village of Abbasiyeh, Lebanon, Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015. U.N. peacekeepers were seen in southern Lebanon on Thursday, inspecting damage at the Spanish contingent's base in Abbasiyeh village, where a Spanish U.N. peacekeeper was killed.  Photo: Mohammed

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US Drone Strike Kills Yemeni Boy

Will the death of another innocent civilian in a drone strike further destabilize an already unstable situation in Yemen?

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MQ-9 Reaper drone Feature photo

A Yemeni rights group said on Tuesday a sixth grade student was killed in a US drone strike east of the capital Sanaa, an assertion that could raise fresh concern over Washington's campaign against suspected militants. The National Organization for Drone Victims (NODV) said Mohammed Saleh Qayed Taeiman, said to be between 11 and 13 years old,

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