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Good & Bad War Criminals

corinna barnard — Tue, 24 Dec 2024 19:00:34 +0000

Tony Blair sent special forces to hunt down suspected Bosnian war criminals in the 1990s who were accused of lesser abuses than Netanyahu and Gallant, writes Mark Curtis. By Mark Curtis Declassified UK Very little is known about Operation Tango,…

‘Cop City’ Leads US Buildup in Police-Training Bases

corinna barnard — Mon, 23 Dec 2024 22:00:35 +0000

Elizabeth Vos reports on a vast law enforcement training facility in Atlanta that defies the defund-police movement and sets the stage for Israel-linked militarized policing across the U.S. By Elizabeth Vos Special to Consortium News After years of intense opposition…

JOHN KIRIAKOU: Cellphone Seizures & the Courts

corinna barnard — Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:27:47 +0000

We cannot trust that federal agents will just be looking for child pornographers or international drug traffickers when they demand access to our electronics at the border. By John Kiriakou Special to Consortium News After years of conflicting decisions by…

JOHN KIRIAKOU: The FBI Deserves Kash Patel

corinna barnard — Fri, 20 Dec 2024 06:05:29 +0000

After all the bureau’s crimes, Americans need somebody who is willing to tear this organization down to its bare studs. By John Kiriakou Special to Consortium News On the surface of things, Kash Patel is the kind of person most…

Shoot the Drones!

corinna barnard — Thu, 19 Dec 2024 22:00:48 +0000

Congress has made us helpless before whoever is terrifying the populace in New Jersey, writes Andrew P. Napolitano. This is contrary to the reason for which we have government. By Andrew P. Napolitano The skies over New Jersey have been…

UK Prison Abuse of Palestine Activists

corinna barnard — Thu, 19 Dec 2024 19:00:40 +0000

Young protesters face more than a year in prison before going on trial over a break-in at an Israeli arms factory near Bristol, Daniel Tester reports. By Daniel Tester Declassified UK Clare Rogers found out that her 21-year-old daughter Zoe…

Israel Makes Death Feel Like Mercy in Northern Gaza

corinna barnard — Wed, 18 Dec 2024 06:43:09 +0000

Israel’s choking siege has entered its third month, writes Shahd Abusalama, whose family in northern Gaza is getting shot at by Israeli drones and facing starvation. By Shahd Abusalama Declassified UK In a theatrical move at the height of the…

UnitedHealthcare & Corporate Rule

corinna barnard — Mon, 16 Dec 2024 19:00:19 +0000

Derek Seidman says the violence of for-profit health care’s megastructure can only be overcome through collective resistance campaigns. By Derek Seidman Truthout The killing of UnitedHealthcare’s Brian Thompson — a brazen assassination of a wealthy CEO in the streets of…

Craig Murray: The End of Pluralism in the Middle East

Consortiumnews.com — Wed, 11 Dec 2024 08:35:51 +0000

What this potentially amounts to is the end of pluralism in the Levant and its replacement by supremacism: An ethno-supremacist Greater Israel and a religio-supremacist Salafist Greater Syria. By Craig Murray in Beirut CraigMurray.org.uk A truly seismic change in the…

Chorus Calling it Genocide Grows

corinna barnard — Fri, 06 Dec 2024 22:20:57 +0000

More than a year into Israel’a assault on Gaza, Amnesty International joined those who have been calling it the crime of genocide against the Palestinian population. By Jake Johnson Common Dreams The leading human rights group Amnesty International has said…