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Syrian Rebels Execute Captured Soldiers in Aleppo -- News from Antiwar.com

Syrian Rebels Execute Captured Soldiers in Aleppo -- News from Antiwar.com Syrian rebels have executed at least 20 Syrian soldiers, according to a new video released by the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a pro-rebel outlet. The video showed blindfolded soldiers with their hands tied behind their backs executed over the weekend in eastern Aleppo.

Sleeping With the Devil: How U.S. and Saudi Backing of Al Qaeda Led to 9/11:       Information Clearing House: ICH

Sleeping With the Devil: How U.S. and Saudi Backing of Al Qaeda Led to 9/11:       Information Clearing House: ICH Preface:   The director of the National Security Agency under Ronald Reagan – Lt. General William Odom - noted: Because the United States itself has a long record of supporting terrorists and using terrorist tactics, the slogans of today’s war on terrorism merely makes the United States look hypocritical to the rest of the world. Odom also said: By any measure the US has long used terrorism. In ‘78-79 the Senate was trying to pass a law against international terrorism – in every version they produced, the lawyers said the US would be in violation.

5 Countries the U.S. Is Royally Screwing Over      Information Clearing House: ICH

5 Countries the U.S. Is Royally Screwing Over      Information Clearing House: ICH 5 Countries the U.S. Is Royally Screwing Over From the drug war to the war on terror, the United States is wreaking havoc around the globe. By Alex Kane September 08, 2012 "Information Clearing House" - American history is littered with examples of military intervention and political meddling in the affairs of foreign countries. There was the US-backed overthrow of Iran’s democratically elected leader in 1953; the 1954 coup in Guatemala engineered by the Central Intelligence Agency; US funding of brutal “dirty wars” against leftists throughout Latin America in the 1970s; and much more. The post-9/11 era is no different, though the methods of warfare have changed. US military intervention in countries like Yemen have destabilized nations and killed innocent civilians in the name of the “war on terror.” The current crop of undeclared wars the US is waging is having a delete...

Information Clearing House: ICH

Information Clearing House: ICH September 09, 2012 "Information Clearing House" - -  Canada is more colony than sovereign state. Canadians perhaps wonder when it'll grow up, act like an adult, and regain its rightful independence.  They're also worried about a country junior partnering with imperial America, Israel, and other rogue NATO allies.  A previous article said the following: On September 7, Foreign Minister John Baird said Canada closed its Tehran embassy. It expelled Iranian diplomats in Ottawa. They have five days to leave. He claimed a nonexistent Iranian threat. He took a page from AIPAC's playbook. He bogusly called Tehran the gravest threat to global security. He accused Iran of "providing increasing military assistance to the Assad regime." He ignored Washington's war Syria. He said nothing about Canada's role. 

Report on US Torture and Rendition to Libya Details New Waterboarding Claims

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has released a major new report detailing how the Bush Administration and other allied governments tortured and imprisoned opponents of former Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi. The prisoners were then rendered to Gaddafi’s own prisons where many of them were tortured. According to a HRW press release, the 154-page report, “Delivered into Enemy Hands: US-Led Abuse and Rendition of Opponents to Gaddafi’s Libya,” is based on documents discovered by Human Rights Watch on September 3, 2011 in the offices of Libya’s former intelligence chief, Musa Kusa, after Tripoli fell to rebel forces last year.

"You want to kill him but he’s crying": More Israeli soldiers' confessions of crimes against children

"You want to kill him but he’s crying": More Israeli soldiers' confessions of crimes against children In 2007, Israeli soldiers arrested 13-year-old Majid Jaradat for throwing stones during a demonstration in Sair village, near Hebron. Majed spoke about the violence of his arrest and detention in a  video produced by Israeli rights organization B’tselem.