Новости за 17.03.2016

Camillo Mac Bica How we characterize the injuries sustained by veterans in war is crucial both to our understanding of the war experience and to the healing process. I have argued elsewhere that to ignore, trivialize or subsume the whole of the veterans’ readjustment difficulties under the post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) umbrella as mental illness […]

...“do you not think?” is mentioned in the Holy Quran more times than “do you not believe?”

Jim W. Dean - To the Syrian Kurds' dismay, who aren't at the talks, those attending have nixed any federation discussions. What will the Kurds do now, continue fighting ISIL, or take a break for a while to try to gain some leverage?

I would propose the establishment of the End Aid to Israel Party (EAIP)

Many of us are aware that veterans commit suicide at an average of 22 per day. We’re appalled by the daunting statistics while at the same time selfishly thankful that it didn’t happen to someone within our family.

In an interview with the Al-Watan newspaper, criticizing Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayeb, Jaber As fourthe former Egyptian minister of culture criticized the state of Egyptian culture as a result of al-Azhar actions and said the Egyptian cultural scene is in a critical and dangerous condition.

Major-General Qasem Soleimani — the commander of Iran's IRGC Quds Force— Stressed that Iran doesn't seek any international adventurism, adding, since Islamic Republic of Iran has a unique weltanschauung comparing with other non-popular regimes, they describe Iran's salubrious strategy as 'adventurism'.

Internationally known anarchist thinker, author, and activist scott crow is our guest on Rag Radio. scott is known for his work in direct action and civil disobedience, animal liberation, radical environmentalism, anti-globalization, and worker cooperatives. He was co-founder of the anarchist Common Ground Collective in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina. scott, who lives in Austin, […]

Jim W. Dean - This is better late than never, but frankly the Russians should have been pushing Turkey on the Kurdish atrocities sooner, and the same goes for its relations with Qatar, the Saudis and the Israelis.

Recent revelations have shown us that ISIS/ISIL/Daesh has never really existed and what we have really been seeing happen in Syria and Iraq has been the work not of religiously motivated fanatics aspiring to create an Islamic Caliphate; rather it is the work of mercenaries paid by Saudi Arabia and Qatar and the faction of Kurds lead by Barzani; both being strongly supported by Turkey.

The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) repelled the al-Nusra offensive aimed to cut-off the main supply route from Sweida to Damascus.

In an article written by Tofigh Ayyashi, the Tunisian Alsarih newspaper made references to Hechmi Hamdi, the head of the Current of Love,increasing Shiite-Sunni disputes on the question of Iranian tourists entering Tunisia and warned the government to maintain neutrality in the conflict between Iran and Saudi.

Scholars from Saudi Arabia have made a “surprising” and unprecedented discovery – turns out women are in fact mammals and therefore should have “equal rights” with animals. A Saudi panel of “scientists” concluded that women aren’t just household items as it was previously thought in the Kingdom, but are mammals and therefore should have same rights as camels and […]

According to the Tel Aviv Times website, Naftali Bennett, accused Netanyahu and Ya'alonof having no creativity in dealing with security threats.

Jim W. Dean - The new Syrian opposition Hmeimim group had come out swinging, challenging the Saudi rump group for their affiliation with the terrorists and refusing to deal with them, and saying Assad and his supporters cannot be excluded from new elections.

…from SouthFront The start of 2016 has witnessed a sharp escalation in the militarization of the South China Sea. The cause of the escalation is multifaceted and comes from both regional and international quarters. The militarization has been initiated and exacerbated by both China and the United States, both bearing responsibility for the current level […]

by Ian Greenhalgh The war in Syria has ground on for over 5 bloody years. For most of that time, the Syrian government and it’s armed forces were fighting an uneven struggle against alien forces that benefited from better training, greater experience and most importantly better equipped. The Saudis and Qataris had lavishly financed the […]

…from SouthFront Today, a broad discussion on the reasons of Putin’s decision on the withdrawal of most Russian forces from Syria was launched. Apparently, the basis is a diplomatic framework. Russia demonstrates its commitment to a peaceful settlement, and sends a signal to the opposition. However, as often happens, there are ulterior motives of the Russian […]

TEHRAN (FNA)- A senior army commander said Iran plans to deploy commandos and snipers in Iraq and Syria as military advisers. “At some point we might decide to use our commandos and snipers as military advisers in Iraq and Syria,” Deputy Chief Liaison of the Army’s Ground Force General Ali Arasteh told reporters in Tehran […]

Jim W. Dean - The joint Russian-Syrian bombing attack on a large supply column coming over from Turkey on the day Russia began its pullout is quite a story. We have only FARS news carrying it now.

In a new campaign of budget-bolstering and fear-mongering, the Pentagon has warned of impending attacks on US satellites by Russia and China. “Adversaries are developing kinetic, directed-energy, and cyber tools to deny, degrade and destroy our space capabilities,” Air Force Gen. John Hyten, head of the Air Force Space Command, told the US House Armed Service strategic […]