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Kurdish Militia: All Syrian Kurds Must Resist Islamist Rebels -- News from Antiwar.com

Al-Qaeda Unleashed Against Syria and Iraq With Acceptance of the West Al-Qaeda Unleashed Against Syria and Iraq With Acceptance of the West By Pepe Escobar July 26, 2013 " Information Clearing House  -   The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant – the official denomination of al-Qaeda in Iraq – does not even pretend to be not responsible for the relentless bombing, political assassination and mostly sectarian horror unleashed across Iraq during Ramadan. But this is exactly what they’re doing, with relish; throwing arrays of crude bombs made with fertilizer enhanced with ball bearings, manipulating a small army of foreign suicide bombers. Most of these, by the way, crossed the desert from Syria.

Narrow Defeat: Amash Amendment to Block NSA Surveillance Fails -- News from Antiwar.com  The amendment failed, unfortunately, but the 205-217 vote showed that many in the House were willing to buck party leadership in favor of the American public’s demands to see the NSA powers curbed.

On the Death of Helen Thomas July 23, 2013 " Information Clearing House  -  Helen Thomas, the renowned journalist, died on 20 July 2013 at the age of 92. She was the first woman journalist to cover the White House and did so for an unprecedented 50 years. She lasted in that job despite always asking the tough questions. It was a glorious run besmirched only late in her career by opportunistic attacks by Zionist American ideologues. When that happened, as described below, I wrote a piece in her defense. It was originally put online on June 23, 2010, but is here represented in an updated form. 

There Will Never Be Another Helen Thomas » CounterPunch: Tells the Facts, Names the Names

"The Act of Killing": New Film Shows U.S.-Backed Indonesian Death Squad Leaders Re-enacting Massacres The film is set in Indonesia, where, beginning in 1965, military and paramilitary forces slaughtered up to a million Indonesians after overthrowing the democratically elected government. That military was backed by the United States and led by General Suharto, who would rule Indonesia for decades. 

A Rough Guide to Life in the United States of Zimmermanm, the US of Z In the US of Z the law allows people to hunt each other, and feel no remorse for killing someone. By William Boardman July 17, 2013 " Information Clearing House -   The most important thing about the Zimmerman verdict is that it's a clear demonstration of how the American legal system is only about law. It is not about justice. It is not even about the consequences of killing another person. The verdict demonstrates that, despite the protestations of the law that it is about justice, that's only a pretense to cover the reality: that when the law produces justice, it's a fluke, an accident, a surprise. The law is only about the law. And it's no wonder, when you stop to think about who makes laws and why. Justice is one of the last things on the legislative mind, if it ever gets there at all.