A legendary Russian military helicopter which has been in service for decades is coming back to the frontline in Afghanistan. The US has bought over a dozen Mil Mi-17s from Russia for the Afghan security forces. [ -what- ? ] [youtube]Vjcp2oCM_zY[/youtube]
South West Asia
As a late-July heat wave rolls up Israel from the Sinai desert, the country has been seized by a different kind of Egyptian fever: massive and unrelenting social protests taking over almost every last inch of public space. What started as two unrelated social actions over a month ago — […]
Ossur Skarphedinsson, Icelandic Minister for Foreign Affairs, and his entourage had their trip to Gaza interrupted yesterday when Israeli soldiers obstructed the path of their cars with large rocks. The Icelandic FM’s visit to Palestine has now drawn to a close with one of the biggest headlines being Skarphedinsson’s declaration […]
Global B.D.S. (Boycott, Divestment & Sanctions) has been Flash Mobbing in stores and streets around the world, teaching shoppers how the purchase of things made in Israel supports Apartheid and the Oppression of the Palestinian People. Here are a few videos of BDS Flash Mobs in U.S. Cities: Portand, St. Louis, Emerville, […]
It is clear that the United States and its Western European allies were caught completely unprepared for the revolutions in Tunisia, Egypt, Yemen, and Bahrain, as well as the upheavals throughout the Arab world. On the other hand, many of us in the region have been repeatedly and explicitly […]
Iran has arrested 30 people it says were engaged in “complex espionage and sabotage network” run by the United States, state media reported. Another 42 CIA operatives officers were supposedly identified. Spying in Iran can carry the death penalty. The spy network worked under the cover of labour recruitment agencies. […]
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At least 80 people were killed in U.S. drone strikes launched Thursday morning in different parts of Pakistan’s northwest tribal area of North Waziristan, reported local state-run Urdu TV channel PTV, but the report failed to give details other than saying 12 missiles were fired at different targets in the […]
[ It’s always good clean fun watching inhuman shits like Rumsfeld getting their night ruined ] [youtube]BDmRdfyAUio[/youtube]
Media & the Israel-Palestine Conflict provides a striking comparison of U.S. and international media coverage of the crisis in Palestine, zeroing in on how structural distortions in U.S. coverage have reinforced false perceptions of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. [youtube]ycgi0hUihCs[/youtube] This pivotal documentary exposes how the foreign policy interests of American political […]