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Month: March 2017

FBI pictures reveal fiery aftermath and appalling destruction at the Pentagon on 9/11

5 years ago
By Daniel Bates For Dailymail.com -- Smouldering with flames after being stuck by a hijacked  passenger plane, these newly released images show the Pentagon right after the 9/11 attacks. The photos, which were made public by the FBI, were taken in the hours and days after al Qaeda terrorists unleashed hell on September 11 2001. They […]
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China confirms Trump-Xi summit at Mar-a-Lago next week

5 years ago
Chinese president Xi Jinping will travel to Florida next week for his first face-to-face meeting with Donald Trump, China’s foreign ministry has confirmed. A foreign ministry spokesman on Thursday said Mr Xi would meet the US president at his resort in Mar-a-Lago on April 6 and 7 after a three-day visit to Finland. Reports of […]
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How do we recognize the Arab Identity

5 years ago
By Sadek Jawad Sulaiman -- The Arabs are defined by their culture, not by race; and their culture is defined by its essential twin constituents of Arabism and Islam. To most of the Arabs, Islam is their indigenous religion; to all of the Arabs, Islam is their indigenous civilization. The Arab identity, as such, is […]
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Israeli intelligence report: Thousands of Chinese jihadists are fighting in Syria

5 years ago
According to an Israeli intelligence report, 3,000 members of the Uyghur Muslim minority joined al-Qaeda and ISIS in the war in Syria. China fears their return, which led them to cozy up to Assad to ensure their elimination. A report by the Israeli Foreign Ministry found that thousands of Chinese Muslims are fighting in the […]
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Saudi Arabia to build Chinese UAVs

5 years ago
Jeremy Binnie, London - IHS Jane's Defence Weekly --Saudi Arabia's King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) announced on 16 March that its president and the chairman of the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) had signed a partnership agreement covering the manufacture of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). The KACST did not provide […]
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Against Our Better Judgment: The hidden history of how the U.S. was used to create Israel

5 years ago
By Alison Weir -- Alison Weir, Vancouver WA, IF Americans Knew. Org. 2014 ISBN-13: 978-1495910920, 241 pages, US$9.93 Reviewed by Ziad Hafez -- Many ask about the role of the United States in the creation of Israel. The book under review provides an unequivocal answer: the United States was instrumental in the creation of a […]
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Trump may back dangerous 'wall in the sky' plan to fight climate change

5 years ago
By Ian Johnston for The Independent --Experts at Harvard University say it may take too long for the world to switch to renewable energy so 'solar geoengineering' should be investigated A controversial plan to create a “wall in the sky” to reflect sunlight could win support from the Trump administration because it appears to offer […]
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Is their crossroads cuisine ‘the next big thing’? Uyghurs hope so.

5 years ago
By Maura Judkis for The Washington Post Yimamu Maimaiti and Patiguli Baikeli at Queen Amannisa in Crystal City: “Uyghur food is going to be the next big thing in the United States.” (Dixie D. Vereen/For The Washington Post) Uyghur people are “really hospitable,” said Erkinay Abliz. So that’s why, when a recent visitor to her brother-in-law’s […]
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Iran says Russia can use its military bases 'on case by case basis'

5 years ago
The Levant News - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif told Reuters on Tuesday that Russia could use Iranian military bases to launch air strikes against militants in Syria on a "case by case basis." Russia and Iran are both key allies of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and have played decisive roles in the past […]
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Russia Notes Continued Ceasefire Breaches in Syria

5 years ago
MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Cases of open ceasefire breaches continue in Syria, chief of the Russian General Staff Main Operational Directorate Col. Gen. Sergei Rudskoy said Tuesday. "At the same time, the number of violations of the cessation of hostilities is not decreasing. Moreover, there are cases of open breaches of the existing ceasefire," Rudskoy said […]
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U.S.-coalition sees no 'imminent risk' to Syria's Tabqa dam

5 years ago
By Ellen Francis and Tom Perry | BEIRUT - The U.S.-led coalition said on Monday it saw no imminent danger to a major hydroelectric dam that allied Syrian militias are fighting to take from Islamic State, unless the jihadists planned to blow it up. It spoke after a senior Syrian government official warned on Sunday […]
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Qatar to invest $6.23 billion in post-Brexit UK economy

5 years ago
Qatar will invest £5 billion ($6.23 billion) in the UK over the next five years in a boost for the post-Brexit economy, Prime Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa al-Thani announced on Monday. "Over the next three to five years Qatar will invest £5 billion in the UK economy through various investment funds and […]
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The Arab Gulf states plan to 'win' the war in Yemen

5 years ago
By Peter Salisbury - The Levant News - The last thing the world needs is another Middle Eastern country torn to pieces and racked by sectarian violence, in which radical Islamist groups vie for control. After two years of fierce fighting, Yemen’s civil war, which pits northern Shia rebels and forces loyal to the country’s […]
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Life and Fate: Will the defeat of Isis bring peace to Syria?

5 years ago
By Leon Tressell -- The apparent collapse of Isis in northern and eastern Syria, as well as its impending eviction from Mosul in Iraq are celebrated by some commentators as the beginning of the end of the Syrian conflict. However, it could be argued that the impending demise of Isis in Syria and Iraq represents […]
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Forget Liberalism, Let’s Redefine Conservatism

5 years ago
Graham E. Fuller -- What is it about the US that makes it virtually the only country in the world where a political Left scarcely exists? We have a center Right—the Democratic Party. And we have a far Right—the Republican Party. In fact, just invoking the L-word “Liberal” can inflict quick political death. Yes, we’re […]
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