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How Israel’s “Smart” Weapons Killed a Disabled Gaza Teen
Israel's "Smart" Weapons Kill Sabah Abu Jayab, known to her family and friends as Um Ahmad, walked through her home pointing out everything that had to be replaced after Israel’s 2014 assault on the besieged Gaza Strip. “This is all new,” Um Ahmad, a pharmacist, told...
Israel Killing UN Peacekeepers and Humanitarian Workers Without Consequence
Israeli Strikes on UN Forces: A Pattern of Lethal Attacks On January 28, 2015, Israeli artillery fire struck near the South Lebanese village of Ghajar, taking the life of 36-year-old Spanish peacekeeper Francisco Javier Soria. Soria served with the United Nations...
ISIS Beheading Videos: How Propaganda Fueled Western Military Intervention
How Western Governments Used Graphic Videos to Build Support for Military Action In the fall of 2014, a wave of alleged execution videos attributed to the Islamic State (ISIS, also known as IS or ISIL) dominated global headlines. These recordings, depicting masked...
How ISIS Was Created: Covert Origins of the Islamic State
How Western-Backed Regime Change in Libya Set the Stage The militant organization known as the Islamic State, previously called Al-Qaeda in Iraq and later rebranded under its current name, represents one of the most brutal armed groups in modern history. Its members...
Private Military Contractors Conduct Warrantless Raids on US Cannabis Farms
Few developments in domestic law enforcement should alarm Americans more than the quiet emergence of private military-style contractors conducting armed raids on U.S. soil. In 2014, two largely overlooked incidents in California signaled a troubling new chapter in the...
Critical Facts All US Citizens Should Know Abut Israel & Palestine
Gaza (along with the West Bank and East Jerusalem) is occupied Palestinian territory under international law, determined by the vast majority of the world, as well as the highest court in the world, the UN’s International Court of Justice. Gaza cannot commit...