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Iraq PM Slams “Slowness” Of US Aid Against ISIS

The influx in « terrorist » attacks raises questions about the effectiveness of the US « War on Terror » launched by the Bush administration after the 9/11 attacks, which included the US invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan.

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Iraq's Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2014. Iraq's Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi criticized on Sunday the "slowness" of the US-led international coalition against Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) extremist group in providing military support to

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VIDEO: After Condemning Paris Attacks, Saudi Arabia Flogs Blogger For « Insulting Islam »

Even though US-ally Saudi Arabia just condemned the attacks on Charlie Hebdo, it is still quick to enforce its own draconian anti-freedom of speech laws.

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US-ally Saudi Arabia flogs liberal activist Raif Badawi in public Friday near a mosque in the Red Sea city of Jeddah, receiving 50 lashes for "insulting Islam," witnesses said. Badawi, 30, was arrested in June 2012 and charged with offenses ranging from cyber crime to disobeying his father and apostasy, or abandoning his faith. He was

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Turkey, US Set To Train “Moderate” Syria Rebels As SNC Rules Out Moscow Talks

Around 1,500 to 2,000 people are expected to be trained in Turkey (in the first year), a limited number » of US soldiers would come to Turkey to help carry out the training jointly with Turkish colleagues.

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Syria militants fire rockets and howitzers, made up by propane cylinder and named 'hell', around the Citadel of Aleppo in Aleppo, Syria, on December 30, 2014. Anadolu/Mustafa Sultan Turkey and the United States aim to finalize an agreement on equipping and training the so-called “moderate” Syrian rebels this month, as part of the US-led

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Immigration To Israeli-Occupied Territories Hit A 10-year High In 2014

Immigration hit a 10-year high, with the arrival of some 26,500 new settlers, according to a joint statement with the Jewish Agency, a quasi-governmental organization tasked with encouraging Jews to move to Israel.

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An Israeli Jewish settler shoots in the air as Palestinians protest against the Prawer Plan to resettle Israel’s Palestinian Bedouin minority from their villages in the Negev Desert, near the Israeli settlement of Bet El, north of the West Bank city of Ramallah, Saturday, Nov. 30, 2013. The number of immigrants moving to Israeli-occupied

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Israel Has Detained 1266 Palestinian Children In 2014

A report by Defense for Children International (DCI) published in May 2014 revealed that Israel jails 20 percent of Palestinian children it detains in solitary confinement.

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Tariq Abu Khdeir is hugged by his mother Suha after he was released from detention in Jerusalem on Sunday, July 6, 2014. Khdeir, a 15-year-old Palestinian American, was badly injured while detained by Israeli police. (AP/Mahmoud Illean) Israeli forces detained over 1,000 Palestinian children in the occupied West Bank and annexed Jerusalem in

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The EU Shifting Its Strategy On Syria, Iraq And Fighting ISIS

After the United States abandoned the idea of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad stepping down and enhanced security coordination with the Syrian army against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), it appears the Europeans began some time ago a series of meetings to change their policy on Syria.

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Civil defense members inspect the debris of a building collapsed after Syrian air forces' 'vacuum bomb' attack, killed six people, three of them children, and wounded 40 others, in Ain Tarma town of Damascus, Syria on December 26, 2014. Anadolu Agency/Ebu Muhammed Geneva – A European official told Al-Akhbar about the proceedings of an

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Bahrain Adopts Israel Strategy To Alter Demographics

The Bahraini ruling family have been naturalizing foreigners since 2012 in an attempt to change the demographics of the country.

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Riot police detain a Bahraini anti-government protester in Manama, Bahrain, Monday, Dec.17, 2012. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali) Prominent Bahraini human rights activist Nabeel Rajab accused Bahrain’s ruling family of seeking to change Bahrain’s demography by adopting a strategy similar to that used by the UK in the creation of Israel. Talking

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