By Anshuman Behera “The ghost who bombs” has been captured. Mohammad Ahmed Zarar Siddibappa @ Yasin Bhatkal @ Saharukh @ Imran, the kingpin of the Indian Mujahideen (IM) was arrested along with Asadullah Akhtar @ Haddi (accused in helping Yasin Bhatkal in carrying out terror strikes in Dilsukhnagar, Hyderabad in February 2013), from the India-Nepal […]
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By N Manoharan When Yasin Bhatkal, cofounder of Indian Mujahideen (IM) was arrested on 29 August 2013 at India-Nepal border, there was more of disbelief than relief. The incredulity was because he operated with different aliases – Ahmed Siddibappa, Imran, Asif, and Shahrukh – at different places across India. He was also careful not to […]
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By C. Raja Mohan As the U.S. President Barack Obama seeks domestic and international support for the planned bombing campaign against Syria, the Arab League has held the Bashar al Assad regime responsible for the use of chemical weapons and called for international action against Damascus. At an urgently convened meeting of its foreign ministers […]
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An extensive interview was conducted with the Head of USAK’s Academic Council, Prof. İhsan Bal, about plans to stage an intervention in Syria as a result of the use of chemical weapons. Prof. Bal stated that any operation in Syria would be limited. How would you evaluate the current condition of the civil war in […]
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Egyptian state media reports say ousted president Mohamed Morsi will be put on trial on charges of inciting violence and murder. The public prosecutor is quoted as saying Morsi will be tried with 14 other suspects. No date has been announced. The charges stem from fighting between Morsi supporters and opponents outside the presidential palace […]
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For at least six years, US anti-drug agents have used subpoenas to routinely gain access to an enormous AT&T database. It’s an intrusion greater in scale and longevity than the NSA’s collection of phone calls, revealed by Edward Snowden’s leaks. As part of the secret Hemisphere Project the government has been paying AT&T to place […]
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The analysis of samples collected by the UN chemical weapons investigation team in Syria will begin “within hours,” a UN spokesman said Monday. “The samples were shipped this afternoon from The Hague and will reach their destination within hours,” the spokesman said. “The designated laboratories are prepared to begin the analyses immediately after receipt of […]
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Despite not being a traditional armed conflict, sexual violence has been rampant in the global war on terror. The prevalence of sexual violence in these “wars” was also in pursuit of a policy of dominance, but to serve a different end: that of making detainees and interrogated people “confess” to having links to terror outfits. By […]
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Since the August 21 chemical attack in Syria the international community has refocused its attention on the Syrian quagmire, with the three key western protagonists, the US, UK, and France, preparing to take it upon themselves to react regardless of UN Security Council sanctioning. Their justifications, intentions, and scope of action however are becoming increasingly […]
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By Deepak Tripathi The defeat of British Prime Minister David Cameron in Parliament over his plan for “humanitarian intervention” in Syria to “protect civilians from President Assad’s chemical attacks” is one of the most significant parliamentary votes in recent years. It means that Cameron, one of the most aggressive advocates for military intervention, has been […]
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By Phyllis Bennis If I were very optimistic, I’d say that President Obama is hoping that Congress will follow the example of the British parliament, and vote against his proposed military strike on Syria. It would let him off the hook – he could avoid an illegal, dangerous, immoral military assault and say it’s Congress’ […]
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By Suzanne Presto U.S. endurance swimmer Diana Nyad has become the first person to swim from Cuba to Key West, Florida without the protection of a shark cage. Diana Nyad swam for about 53 hours, covering a distance of 177 kilometers from Hemingway Marina in Havana, Cuba to Smathers Beach in Key West, Florida. Onlookers […]
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At least three chemical attacks were staged in Syria between April and August, a declassified French intelligence report claims, while President Bashar Assad said it was “illogical” for the government to launch a chemical weapons strike. The declassified nine-page French intelligence report, issued by the country’s external and military services, suggests government forces loyal to […]
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Medicaid paid for nearly half of the 3.8 million births in the United States in 2010 — an amount that has been rising over time, according to a report out today. The study, published in the September 2013 issue of the peer-reviewed journal Women’s Health Issues, offers the most comprehensive information to date on Medicaid […]
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(CORDIS) — Blue-green in colour, slimy and present in seas and fresh water worldwide – the presence of microalgae is not generally met with great excitement. But this may be about to change. A team of European scientists is on a mission to prove that microalgae can be used to produce bioethanol as a biofuel […]
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(CORDIS) — The highly inefficient incandescent light bulb is now a thing of the past, banned from European supermarket shelves in favour of more efficient lighting. The ban is part of the EU’s strategy to reduce overall energy consumption and become more environmentally friendly. Now, other types of lighting, such as the halogen lamp, are […]
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As the 40th Annual Telluride Film Festival winds down, The Weinstein Company has kept a relatively low profile for most of the fest. But TWC caused a stir in offering up the World Premiere and first public screening ever of Salinger, writer/director/producer Shane Salerno‘s riveting and stunning portrait of reclusive author J.D. Salinger. The documentary […]
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Unbelievable! John Boehner, the Republican Leader of the United States House of Representatives supports Obama’s military intervention in Syria. The world views Obama as a naive and weak amateur, yet perma-tan John comes to his rescue! It’s the old canard. Trump up some false catastrophe — then lie, obfuscate, intimidate, and malign. All the while […]
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By Charles Ponnuthurai Sarvan Though some diaries are written with publication in mind, the tendency is to think of them as being private. Ben Bavinck wrote his Sri Lanka diary in Dutch: see, Sarvan, online edition of the Sunday Leader, Colombo, 6 November 2011. It is a dialogue with oneself; privately putting down thoughts or […]
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By Dr. Subhash Kapila Greater South West Asia has yet to recover from two American military intervention wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and it seems that the United States stands impatiently poised to militarily intervene in Syria. Syria stands engulfed in a civil war contrived, financed and manipulated by the United States and goaded by […]
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