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US Removes Domestic Terror Groups From Counter-Extremism Program

The revised program omits funds for several groups focused on U.S.-based extremism, such as Life After Hate, which tries to steer young people away from far-right extremism.

Jason Ditz
Par Jason Ditz
Dylann Roof, responsible for a politically motivated killing rampage in a black church is rarely defined as a terrorist by most media.

The US Department of Homeland Security today announced that they are changing the focus of their counter-extremism grant program, shifting funding away from groups that focus on combating general domestic extremism in favor of groups specifically targeting Islamist extremism. This isn’t an unexpected move, as President Trump was said to have

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US Role In Saudi’s War On Yemen May Include Torture

It has been reported that U.S. forces have interrogated prisoners in secret prisons in Yemen, many of which are run by the United Arab Emirates, a member of the Saudi-led coalition that is waging war in the country. Acts of torture are said to have taken place in the prisons.

Whitney Webb
Par Whitney Webb
A former detainee shows how he was kept in handcuffs and leg shackles while held in a secret prison at Riyan airport in the Yemeni city of Mukalla in this May 11, 2017 photo. He covered his face for fear of being detained again. He and other former detainees say abuses are widespread in a network of secret prisons run by the United Arab Emirates and its Yemeni allies, into which hundreds detained in the hunt for al-Qaida militants have disappeared. (AP Photo/Maad El Zikry)

Since the Saudi-led war in Yemen began in 2015, the United States has consistently asserted that it is not directly involved in the conflict, a convenient loophole that has allowed the U.S. to be indirectly involved without an official declaration of war by Congress or executive order. Indeed, since the war began, the U.S. has been providing

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Pakistan: We Won’t Tolerate Drone Strikes On Our Soil

The announcement came after news that the Trump Administration is looking to take a “hard line” toward Pakistan, including launching a new drone campaign.

Jason Ditz
Par Jason Ditz
In this Dec. 29, 2010, file photo, Pakistani villagers carry the shrouded casket of a person reportedly killed by a US drone attack in Pakistani tribal area of Mir Ali along the Afghanistan border, during his funeral in Bannu, Pakistan. (AP Photo)

Pakistan’s Foreign Office has issued a statement today warning that they will not tolerate drone strikes inside their territory and that they view such attacks as a violation of their national sovereignty. This is not an unusual statement for Pakistan to make, but the timing is noteworthy. On the one hand, this comes just three days after

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Capitol Hill Police Drag Disabled Protesters Out Of Wheelchairs

« Our lives and liberty shouldn’t be stolen to give a tax break to the wealthy. That’s truly un-American. »

Common Dreams
Par Common Dreams
A Trumpcare opponent being carried from a sit-in outside of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's office on Thursday morning after the Republicans released their draft version of a healthcare overhaul bill. (Photo: Screenshot)

Soon after a draft version of the Republican's Senate version of their Trumpcare care bill was released Thursday morning, Capitol Hill Police were systematically arresting people who staged a dramatic sit-in outside of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's office. Amid chants of "Don't Touch Medicaid!" and signs suggesting the same, many of

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Finsbury Park: On Whitewashing The ‘White Crusade’

The puritan perception of white-supremacists acknowledges that to sustain Britishness, both Muslims and Islam must be « cleansed » from Britain to keep it « terror-free. »

Diana Alghoul
Par Diana Alghoul
A member of the English Defence League far right group has his tattoo displayed during a protest outside the Houses of Parliament in London, Oct. 27, 2012. (AP/Matt Dunham)

London was struck by another terrorist attack on Monday morning. A white supremacist murdered a man and injured at least eight other people, ramming a van into a group of Muslims leaving the Muslim Welfare House in Finsbury Park after Taraweeh prayers. Witnesses said the attacker was shouting that he wanted to “kill all Muslims”. The attack

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South Korea: US Was Only Supposed To Install One Missile Defense Launcher This Year

Shortly after his election, South Korea’s president announced that he’d learned the US had sent four additional un-approved launchers to the site.

Jason Ditz
Par Jason Ditz
South Korean protesters stage a rally to oppose the plan to deploy the advanced U.S. missile defense system called Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense, or THAAD, near the U.S. Embassy in Seoul, South Korea, April 29, 2017 (AP/Ahn Young-joon)

In an interview today, South Korean President Moon Jae-in offered more details on the ongoing dispute over the US THAAD missile defense installed in the south of his country, a controversial deployment that he’s been critical of. Moon today revealed that the original diplomatic deal on THAAD, reached before his election, was to deploy a single

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