Russian economy shrank 4.6 percent in Q2 on lower oil prices

August 10, 2015

Во время встречи с Председателем Центрального банка Эльвирой Набиуллиной.

Putin and his shadow with the red-black flag

(From the Kremlin deck of cards, designation unclear: between an Ace and a Fool)

Russian economy shrank 4.6 percent in Q2 on lower oil prices
Monday August 10th, 2015 at 12:16 PM

MOSCOW (AP) — Official government figures show that the Russian economy was 4.6 percent in the second quarter from the same quarter the previous year in the wake of plummeting oil prices and Western sanctions.

The sharp quarterly decline reported Monday by the country’s state statistics agency is more than double the 2.2-percent contraction recorded in the previous quarter.

The Russian economy is in recession for only the second time in President Vladimir Putin’s 15 years in power as a result of the slump in oil prices, the country’s main currency earner, and Western sanctions over Moscow’s involvement in the crisis in Ukraine.

Meanwhile, the Russian currency dived again Monday, falling below 64 rubles a dollar. The ruble’s woes over the past year have helped fuel inflation and hurt consumer demand.

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Putin says cenbank does a lot to keep rouble stable - RIA news agency - Reuters
Monday August 10th, 2015 at 11:36 AM

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MOSCOW Aug 10 Russia's Central Bank does a lot to bring stability to the rouble, President Vladimir Putin said on Monday at a meeting with Central Bank Governor Elvira Nabiullina, RIA news agency reported. The rouble rouble fell on Monday, remaining ...

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Webb Opposes Iran Nuclear Agreement: ‘I Think It’s a Bad Deal’by David Rutz
Monday August 10th, 2015 at 11:29 AM

Washington Free Beacon

Democratic presidential candidate Jim Webb said he was opposed to the Iran nuclear agreement being aggressively pushed by the Obama administration, telling Fox News on Sunday that “I think it’s a bad deal,” according to The Weekly Standard.

Webb joins Republicans and a growing group of Democrats that have stated they oppose the agreement that President Obama has trumpeted as a “very good deal” to keep Iran from attaining a nuclear weapon. During his political push last week to garner enough support on Capitol Hill for the deal to survive, Obama compared Iranian hardliners who chant “Death to America” to the Republican caucus that has lined up against it.

However, key Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.) announced he was also opposed to the deal last week, leading to a war of words with the White House that Webb said he found disheartening.

“I think we need to put country ahead of party,” Webb said. “It troubles me when I see all this debate about whether this is disloyalty to the president or to the Democratic Party, particularly with what Chuck Schumer has gone through. I think I’ve always done that. I think that’s what leadership really is, particularly in foreign policy.”

Schumer said last week that “the very real risk that Iran will not moderate and will, instead, use the agreement to pursue its nefarious goals is too great.’’

Ex-NATO Supreme Commander Slams Obama for Military Cuts: ‘We’re Still at War’ by Morgan Chalfant
Monday August 10th, 2015 at 11:11 AM

Washington Free Beacon

James Stavridis, a retired U.S. admiral and former NATO Supreme Allied Commander, slammed the Obama administration Sunday for repeated military cuts despite the fact that the country remains engaged in “real combat operations.”

“We have already cut defense … about 30 percent over the last 10 years, and we’re still at war,” Stavridis explained during remarks on a New York radio show Sunday, according to The Hill. “We’re actively involved on multiple continents in real combat operations. We should not be drastically reducing our troop levels.”

Last month, the Army announced plans to cut 40,000 troops and lay off 17,000 civilian employees over the next two years, losses that could become even more dramatic if sequestration begins in October.

Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ray Odierno expressed worry over the particular Army cuts during an interview with Fox News late last month, stressing that the reduction since 2010 has rendered the United States unable to “deter conflict and prevent wars.”

Stavridis on Sunday also expressed disbelief at Obama’s decision to remove the last remaining aircraft carrier patrolling the Middle East from the Arabian Gulf.

“We have 11 active nuclear aircraft carriers today in the United States Navy,” Stavridis explained. “It is hard for me to understand why we cannot manage a fleet of that size to maintain an aircraft carrier at all times in regions as dangerous as the Arabian Gulf.”

Stavridis, who currently serves as the dean of Tufts University’s Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, went on to emphasize the need for NATO to become further involved in the conflict in Crimea spurred by Russia.

“We need to push back against that kind of Russian advancement, that Russian aggression, to show them that that’s simply not appropriate behavior in the 21st century,” Stavridis explained. “They’re not as capable [as NATO forces], but within small, tactical spaces, they can still be extremely disruptive. We have to stand firmly against them to deter them.”

Largely because of the country’s actions in Ukraine, two top Pentagon officials recently deemedVladimir Putin’s Russia the largest “existential threat” to the U.S.

In fact, just last week defense officials revealed that Russia was behind a “sophisticated cyber attack” carried out at the end of July on the Pentagon’s unclassified email system used by the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The breach affected approximately 4,000 military and civilian employees.

Stavridis, who led the NATO Alliance in global operations from 2009 to 2013, has also been vocal in his criticism of the president’s championed Iran nuclear arms agreement, insisting during a television appearance in late July that “you can drive a truck through” the holes in the deal.

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Obamaism is Fascism - YouTube
Monday August 10th, 2015 at 11:09 AM

Uploaded on May 2, 2009

You decide!!!!!!!!! Fascism is a system in which the government leaves nominal ownership of the means of production in the hands of private individuals but exercises control by means of regulatory legislation and reaps most of the profit by means of heavy taxation. In effect, fascism is simply a more subtle form of government ownership than is socialism. Now if that is not what is going on in the auto industry I don't know what is. Fascism is capitalism at the stage of impotent imperialism. War can create markets that would not otherwise exist by wreaking massive devastation on a society, which then requires reconstruction! Fascism can thus "liberate" the survivors, provide huge loans to that society so fascist corporations can begin the process of rebuilding. Banks Fascism exhibits the worst kind of capitalism where corporate power is absolute, and all vestiges of workers' rights are destroyed. Watch what Alan Specter does with the "Free Choice" in union elections. Fascism loathes the principles of economic equality and disdains equality between immigrant and citizen. Some forms of fascism extend the fight against equality into other areas: gender, sexual, minority or religious rights, for example. The border. Religious Right demonized every day. Just my observation. Definitions from Wiki.

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Obamism as Fascism - Google Search
Monday August 10th, 2015 at 11:08 AM

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Эксперт рассказал о психическом здоровье Путина - ru.Delfi.lt
Monday August 10th, 2015 at 11:06 AM

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Эксперт рассказал о психическом здоровье Путина
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... КГБ — ведь он верил в то, что оказалось всего-навсего потемкинской деревней. Знаменитый британский психиатр Саймон Барон-Коэн в своей книге "Наука зла" называет главный фактор, определяющий поведение людей вроде Владимира Путина. Это неспособность к состраданию.
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FBI to Seek Counseling, Not Handcuffs, for Some Islamic State Suspects - Wall Street Journal
Monday August 10th, 2015 at 10:26 AM

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FBI to Seek Counseling, Not Handcuffs, for Some Islamic State Suspects
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Proponents of the intervention model say it provides a possible “off ramp” from radicalization and addresses a hard truth: The FBI cannot effectively investigate all of the thousands of Americans who are believed to be interested in Islamic State, also ...

Sen. Chuck Grassley asks FBI for clarification on Huma Abedin probe - Politico
Monday August 10th, 2015 at 10:26 AM

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Sen. Chuck Grassley asks FBI for clarification on Huma Abedin probe
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Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley is asking the FBI to confirm a tip the panel received that the State Department inspector general has probed Hillary Clinton confidante Huma Abedin for criminal misconduct. On Wednesday, the Iowa Republican ...

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Senators Say FBI Isn't 'Above The Law,' Must Stop Obstructing Watchdogs - Daily Caller
Monday August 10th, 2015 at 10:25 AM

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Sen. Chuck Grassley minced no words in declaring that the federal government's chief law enforcement agency must follow the law like everybody else. “The FBI is not above the law,” the Iowa Republican said during a hearing of the Senate Judiciary ...
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'The FBI Is Not Above The Law' | The Daily Callerby Kathryn Watson
Monday August 10th, 2015 at 10:25 AM

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Sen. Chuck Grassley minced no words in declaring that the federal government's chief law enforcement agency must follow the law like everybody else. “The FBI is not above the law,” the Iowa Republican said during a ...

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Second OPM hack sees 1.1M fingerprint records stolen - Biometric Update
Monday August 10th, 2015 at 10:21 AM

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Second OPM hack sees 1.1M fingerprint records stolen
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Office of Personnel Management officials have confirmed that a data breach involving security clearance files has impacted some 21.5 million individuals, which included the fingerprint records of 1.1 million people, according to a report by Defense One.

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That figure includes a total of more than $10,000 paid to Samuel Ruchlewicz, a Fleck employee who along with his boss was named on recent FBI search warrants served in the two cities. It also included $2,500 paid to a political action committee that ...

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ISIL Terrorists Kill 300 People in Iraq’s Mosul: Reportby Press TV
Monday August 10th, 2015 at 10:20 AM

Global Research

The ISIL Takfiri group has reportedly killed at least 300 members of the national electoral commission in the Iraqi city of Mosul. The terror group executed the civilians by firing squad at the al-Ghazlani camp on Friday afternoon, Mahmoud Surchi,…

Eighth Iranian general killed in Syrian fighting
Monday August 10th, 2015 at 10:19 AM

DEBKAFile

August 10, 2015, 1:42 PM (IDT)

DEBKAfile reports that Gen. Hassan Hosseini, of the Revolutionary Guards Engineering Corps, was killed in battle over the weekend in the southern Syria town of Deraa. He was buried with full military honors in Tehran Sunday. The eighth Iranian general to die in the Syrian war, Iran customarily imposes a blackout on their deaths in battle.

Female suspect detained after attack on US Istanbul consulate
Monday August 10th, 2015 at 10:19 AM

DEBKAFile

August 10, 2015, 2:14 PM (IDT)

An escalation of violent attacks in Turkey. The US consulate in Istanbul came under gunfire on Monday and at least eight people were killed in a wave of separate attacks on Turkish security forces. Turkish media report that a woman of 51, member of the far-left Revolutionary People’s Liberation Army Front, was detained by police after the consulate attack. The US consulate remains closed until further notice. On the other side of Istanbul, a bomb truck blew up at a police station, initially killing three police officers and seven civilians. Two gunmen and an officer from the Turkish bomb squad were later killed in a firefight.

Shooting accompanied anti-terrorist police raids on the Asian side of the Bosphorus. In the southern province of Sirnak, four Turkish officers were killed by a roadside bomb and, in a separate incident in the same province, Kurdish separatists opened heavy weapons fire on a military helicopter coming into land, killing a Turkish soldier and wounding at least seven others.

News Roundup and Notes: August 10, 2015 by Nadia O'Mara
Monday August 10th, 2015 at 10:18 AM

Just Security

Nadia O'Mara

Before the start of business, Just Security provides a curated summary of up-to-the-minute developments at home and abroad. Here’s today’s news.

IRAQ and SYRIA

The US Air Force deployed six F-16 fighter jets and roughly 300 personnel to Turkey’s Incirlik Air Base yesterday, the Pentagon said. Ankara agreed to allow American warplanes launch strikes against the Islamic State from its territory last month. [Reuters; Wall Street Journal’s Adam Entous]

The US consulate in Istanbul came under attack today by gunfire. Separately, a series of attacks on Turkish security forces left eight people dead, weeks after Turkey launched an offensive against the Islamic State and Kurdish insurgents. [Reuters’ Yesim Dikmen And Seyhmus Cakan; BBC]

The UN Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution establishing a Joint Investigative Mechanism to identify those responsible for the use of chemical weapons in the Syrian conflict. The resolution calls on Syria to fully cooperate with the investigation. [UN News Centre] US Permanent Representative to the UN, Samantha Power, suggested that the information collected could be relied upon later when an effective mechanism for holding criminally accountable those responsible comes into being, in a statement.

The US and allies are now “turning their attention” to the Syrian government’s use of barrel bombs; explosives which are “emerging as the signature weapons” of the civil conflict. Colum Lynch and John Hudson provide further details. [Foreign Policy]

Saturday marked one year since the US conducted its first airstrikes against the Islamic State. [Central Command] The Guardian has published a video explaining how the Islamic State has reshaped the Middle East in a year.

Congress are no closer to passing legislation authorizing the war against the Islamic State, despite President Obama’s efforts in proposing a draft authorization for the use of military force (AUMF). [The Hill’s Jordain Carney]

The widening US role in the Iraqi conflict is placing strain upon the tacit relationship between Iran-backed militias and the US in the fight against the Islamic State, reports Missy Ryan. [Washington Post]

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi proposed far-reaching reforms of the country’s political system, changing the way in which politicians are appointed. [Wall Street Journal’s Nour Malas and Safa Majeed] The proposals follow widespread protests against poor public services and government corruption. [New York Times’ Omar al-Jawoshy and Tim Arango]

IRAN

Iran sanctions relief will not be a “game changer” to the “nefarious activities” which Tehran engages in, President Obama said during an interview on CNN’s “Fareed Zakaria GPS” on Sunday. Obama commented that he did not “recall a similar example” when asked if he knew of another time a foreign head of state injected themselves into a debate on US foreign policy, as Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has done on the Iran issue. Footage and transcript available here.

A group of the US’s top scientists wrote to President Obama on Saturday, voicing their praise for the nuclear agreement, describing it as innovative and stringent, reports William J. Broad. [New York Times]

Conflict has arisen between the Obama administration and Senator Chuck Schumer over the Iran deal, Schumer’s allies blaming the White House for leaking information from a private call with the president concerning Schumer’s decision to oppose the deal. [Politico’s Edward-Isaac Dovere]

Iran’s Major General Hassan Firouzabadi expressed support for the nuclear accord reached between Tehran and world powers. The country’s military chief listed 16 “advantages” to the deal that may be ignored by critics. [Reuters] And criticism of the deal from Iran’s conservative media has become “bolder,” with suggestions that the deal negotiated oversteps the red lines put in place by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. [Wall Street Journal’s Aresu Eqbali and Asa Fitch]

AFGHANISTAN

A car bomb exploded by the entrance of Kabul airport today, killing at least five and wounding 16 others. The Taliban has claimed responsibility for the attack which it claims was targeting “foreign forces.” [Al Jazeera; Reuters]

A suicide attack in northern Kunduz province killed at least 29 people late Saturday, Afghan officials said. The target of the attack was a local militia commander. Suicide attacks targeting Kabul killed at least 65 people over the weekend, including an attack on a US Special Operations forces base on Friday. [New York Times’ Najim Rahim and Mujib Mashal; Wall Street Journal’ Margherita Stancati and Habib Khan Totakhil]

The UN Security Council strongly condemned the latest wave of terrorist attacks in Kabul since last Thursday, in a statement yesterday. [UN News Centre]

A former Soviet tank commander was found guilty of terrorism charges by a Federal court in Richmond, Virginia. Irek Hamidullin was accused of fighting for the Taliban and is the first military prisoner from Afghanistan convicted in a US civilian court. [Reuters]

What does ISIS stand to gain from the demise of Mullah Omar? Sune Engel Rasmussen suggests his death means “there is no obvious challenger in the global Islamist movement” to the group’s leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. [The Guardian]

Mullah Omar’s death has “derailed” peace talks between the Taliban and Kabul. Saeed Shah and Margherita Stancati survey the landscape following the belated revelation of his death. [Wall Street Journal]

GUANTÁNAMO BAY

A dozen countries have committed to accepting almost half of the 52 Guantánamo inmates already cleared for release, as part of efforts by the Obama administration to speed up the process of closing the facility, US officials have said. [Reuters’ Matt Spetalnick and David Rohde]

The Pentagon is delaying efforts to close the facility, the White House believing Defense Secretary Ash Carter is unwilling to be held accountable for the transfer of detainees and their subsequent conduct, report Tim Mak and Nancy A. Youssef. [The Daily Beast]

US intelligence analysts are investigating the level of interest shown by Guantánamo Bay detainees in the Islamic State, gauging the prisoners’ likely dangerousness upon release from the camp. [Miami Herald’s Carol Rosenberg]

OTHER DEVELOPMENTS

Egypt’s Sisi regime is proving beneficial to the rise of the Islamic State in the country, with Egypt “more vulnerable to violence and insurgency today than it had been before” he came into power. [Foreign Policy’s Shadi Hamid]

The culture of “fear and vengeance” built into Gaddafi-run Libya has carried forward into the practices of those who caused his demise, suggests Jamie Dettmer. [The Daily Beast]

President Obama has been criticized for recent cuts to military spending, despite engagement by US forces on multiple fronts around the world, by former NATO Supreme Commander James Stravridis. [The Hill’s Bradford Richardson]

A man has been arrested in Birmingham, UK on suspicion of terrorism related activities, police have said. Suspicious items were allegedly found in his home. [The Guardian’s Kevin Rawlinson]

Greater contributions are required to meet the “staggering” humanitarian needs caused by the ongoing conflict in Yemen, according to the UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Yemen, Johannes Van Der Klaauw. [UN News Centre]

Recent attacks have left Tunisia unsure about whether the country can withstand the surge of terrorist activity without cracking down on the “tentative freedoms” achieved during the revolution in 2011, reports Carlotta Gall. [New York Times]

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Regulating Autonomous Weapons Might be Smarter Than Banning Them by Michael Schmitt
Monday August 10th, 2015 at 10:17 AM

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Michael Schmitt

This post is the latest installment of our “Monday Reflections” feature, in which a different Just Security editor examines the big stories from the previous week or looks ahead to key developments on the horizon.

Late last month, Stephen Hawking (former Lucasian Professor at Cambridge), Elon Musk (CEO of Tesla and SpaceX), Steve Wozniak (Apple co-founder) and more than 1,000 artificial intelligence and robotics researchers co-signed a letter urging a ban on autonomous weapons. The letter has understandably drawn global interest.

This was but the latest volley in a debate over autonomous weapon systems (AWS) that first drew international attention with publication of Human Rights Watch’s Losing Humanity report. Presently, theCampaign to Stop Killer Robots and its distinguishedspokespersons, Jody Williams, Noel Sharkey, and Steve Goose, are leading the main effort to ban the systems. The venerated ICRC has also taken on the topic of AWS, having convened an importantworkshop for government representatives and legal experts, while the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) Meeting of Experts has likewise been addressing the subject. Together with cyber, AWS is the primary topic du jour in the field of means and methods of warfare.

The Open Letter is worth quoting in relevant part. It argues that,

[t]he key question for humanity today is whether to start a global AI arms race or to prevent it from starting. If any major military power pushes ahead with AI weapon development, a global arms race is virtually inevitable, and the endpoint of this technological trajectory is obvious: autonomous weapons will become the Kalashnikovs of tomorrow. Unlike nuclear weapons, they require no costly or hard-to-obtain raw materials, so they will become ubiquitous and cheap for all significant military powers to mass-produce. It will only be a matter of time until they appear on the black market and in the hands of terrorists, dictators wishing to better control their populace, warlords wishing to perpetrate ethnic cleansing, etc. Autonomous weapons are ideal for tasks such as assassinations, destabilizing nations, subduing populations and selectively killing a particular ethnic group. We therefore believe that a military AI arms race would not be beneficial for humanity. There are many ways in which AI can make battlefields safer for humans, especially civilians, without creating new tools for killing people.

The signatories conclude that “[s]tarting a military AI arms race is a bad idea, and should be prevented by a ban on offensive autonomous weapons beyond meaningful human control.”

To understand the debate, it is necessary to grasp the categories into which weapons fall vis-à-vis autonomy. Autonomous weapon systems are those that look for and engage targets without human intervention (e.g., the Israeli “Harpy”). These “human out of the loop” systems must be distinguished from those with a “human in the loop,” such as semi-autonomous missiles that for decades have guided themselves after the pilot selects the target (“fire and forget” missiles), and “human on the loop” ones, in which an individual with the ability to override the system monitors the engagement, as is the practice with the Israeli Iron Dome system. AWS designed for point defense, like the US Navy’sCIWS that defends warships against in-bound missiles, are not at issue in the debate.

I admit to finding the logic of the Open Letter viscerally appealing. However, a robust and objective debate on the topic requires greater granularity. Allow me to offer a few thoughts.

1) Arguments permeating the debate that AWS necessarily violate international humanitarian law (IHL) are flawed (see here and here). Whether AWS are unlawful by nature because they areindiscriminate or cause superfluous injury or unnecessary suffering to combatants depends on the particular sensors aboard the systems, the weapons employed, and the environment in which they are intended to be used, not the fact that they operate autonomously. Some conceivable AWS would obviously be indiscriminate per se, like a system programmed to identify and attack any humans in urban areas, while others, such as one designed to identify and attack warships when no civilian vessels are nearby, would not be. Indeed, much of the technology needed for AWS to reliably identify certain key categories of military objectives (like combat aircraft) already exists, as does technology that can help ensure they comply with IHL dictates such as proportionality, for instance, by identifying humans that might be present in the target area such that anti-radar AWS do not engage.

A fair debate must also acknowledge that AWS can enhance a force’s ability to comply with IHL on the battlefield. Modern warfare teaches us that humans are often less able to deal with the fog, friction and fear of combat than advanced sensors, particularly when multiple sensors are brought to bear to develop technological synergy. And human override capability does not always enhance matters, as aircraft accidents in which fighter pilots who “trusted their gut” instead of their instruments have tragically demonstrated. In fact, AWS will often out-perform humans in accurately identifying a target, identifying potential collateral damage, and suspending or canceling an attack that has become legally questionable. And sometimes they will not. Therefore, each autonomous weapon system and situation must be assessed individually to determine whether it is more or less capable of complying with IHL in a particular situation than a system integrating a human either in, or on, the loop.

Accountability for the actions of AWS is an additional topic that sometimes has been the subject of muddled discourse. Clearly, any commander who decides to launch AWS into a particular environment is, as with any other weapon systems, accountable under international criminal law for that decision. Nor will developers escape accountability if they design systems, autonomous or not, meant to conduct operations that are not IHL compliant. And States can be held accountable under the laws of State responsibility should their armed forces use AWS in an unlawful manner.

What is often missed is that it is already unlawful to employ AWS when the use of other weapon systems will result in less harm to civilians and civilian objects, so long as the use of the other systems is feasible in the circumstances and yields similar military advantage. Indeed, in my view, the use of an autonomous weapon system that is available to a commander is legally required if it can avoid or minimize harm to persons and objects protected by IHL. Those who would ban the system must understand that commanders will consequently be deprived of a means of warfare that might avoid civilian casualties, one that they would otherwise have to employ as a matter of law.

The focus on the autonomy aspect of the systems is a red herring. This is not to suggest that AWS present no IHL challenges. Two loom especially large. First, pursuant to the rule of proportionality, an attack is prohibited if the expected collateral damage is “excessive” relative to the anticipated military advantage anticipated to result from the operation. The dilemma is that the military advantage of any particular strike is situational, and the situation on the battlefield can change rapidly and dramatically. Thus, unless AWS are preprogrammed to engage only at no or low levels of collateral damage, the more time that elapses after a system’s deployment and the greater the distance they range, the less reliable they will be in meeting the requirements of proportionality, since the situational military advantage of a particular engagement may have changed since launch.

Second, like the signatories of the Open Letter, I am concerned about very advanced learning systems, for experts tell me it is theoretically possible that such systems will learn the “wrong lesson.” I asked one expert whether it is possible that an AWS might eventually “learn” that it is more efficient to kill all humans rather than attack only those that meet preset parameters for lawful targets. His answer was certainly not in the present or immediately foreseeable future, but he could not absolutely rule out the possibility as AI technologies improve. The reply causes me great pause.

Other challenges to IHL rules, such as that requiring acceptance of surrender, also exist with respect to AWS. But at the present, much of the debate as to whether AWS can meet the demands of IHL is counter-normative, counter-factual, or incomplete. If the systems are to be banned in the near term, the step should not taken based primarily on IHL issues.

2) Although IHL is not the problem, the Open Letter clearly evidences great angst as to whether compliance is likely. In other words, although IHL may be adequate in governing AWS on paper, in practice the systems will be used unlawfully because they are so attractive to those who would employ them for malevolent purposes. After all, AWS may be employed in areas that are otherwise difficult to reach, pose little risk to the operator, and can be comprehensive in their destructive effect. These and other AWS features can be leveraged for good…and bad. The question, therefore, is whether the likelihood that IHL will be ignored is so great, and the consequences thereof so horrendous, that the systems should be banned?

There is little doubt that AWS will, like most other weapons and weapon systems in history, be used to commit war crimes, crimes against humanity, and perhaps even genocide. However, the issue is not whether they will be used for ill, but instead whether the net humanitarian and military benefits of using them is outweighed by the particular risks they pose (i.e. the classic IHL balancing of humanitarian concerns and military necessity). In this regard, one must consider those aspects of these systems, such as rendering the battlefield environment more transparent and removing negative human factors like fear or confusion, that enable AWS to better achieve humanitarian objectives than non-autonomous systems that would be employed in lieu of them. Additionally, AWS might be used to stop war crimes and other criminal acts that occur during an armed conflict. For instance, in the aftermath of the First Gulf War in 1991, the Iraqis used helicopters to slaughter Kurds and Marsh Arabs. An autonomous airborne system could have been used to put an end to the killing and police the skies to ensure that did not recur.

Finally, I do not accept the premise that enhanced survival of soldiers should be ignored. IHL has long recognized that minimizing harm to military personnel is a legitimate humanitarian end, for instance in its prohibitions on “no quarter” orders and attacking those who are hors de combat. I also reject the argument that it is somehow unfair to use AWS against enemy forces that are not equipped with them. War is not about a “fair fight.” No State would countenance surrendering a weapon system to balance the battlefield; to expect them to do so is ludicrous.

In my estimation, then, a definitive conclusion on banning AWS is premature in light of the nascent state of the technology, the lack of robust consideration of AWS employment options (good and bad), and the oft-confused discourse over ethical and military issues. That said, I concede the point that waiting too long to address AWS risks letting the genie out of the bottle.

3) In light of the likely unwillingness of States that actually go to war to ban AWS in the immediate future, it is fair to query whether the call for an outright ban is the most productive course of action. Note that the signatories of the Open Letter recommend banning defensive AWS “beyond meaningful control.” Presumably, then, they would not extend the ban to those offensive systems that remain within meaningful control. For instance, an AWS would arguably be within meaningful human control if “tethered” such that it could be easily recalled, pre-programmed in a manner that narrowly limits engagement parameters, or designed carefully to control the method by, and extent to, which it “learned.”

If meaningful human control is the goal, the better approach might be regulation rather than a prophylactic ban. The distinction can be illustrated by the differing approaches to anti-personnel land mines taken in the CCW (Protocol II and Amended Protocol II) and the Ottawa Convention, with the former setting limits on, for instance, the period mines remain active, as distinct from the latter’s outlawing of their use by States Party. Analogously, States could agree to impose requirements on AWS that address many of the concerns that their critics harbor. Similarly, the CCW (Protocol III) limits the use of incendiaries against a military objective located within a concentration of civilians. Again, it would likely be more palatable to many States to, for instance, prohibit the use of AWS in urban and other areas where they pose a particular danger to civilians than to ban them altogether. And, of course, limits could be emplaced on their sale or other transfer, as is the case with other weapons in the Arms Trade Treaty.

In sum, I do not necessarily oppose a ban at some later date. States have long imposed bans on various weapons that are militarily useful, such as chemical weapons, when they conclude the humanitarian costs to both combatants and civilians are too high. Indeed, they have imposed bans on weapons merely because the weapons shock the collective conscience, as with blinding lasers. Such rationales have merit.

But I remain unconvinced that the debate has yet evidenced significant granularity to objectively conclude a full ban is justified, particularly in light of the potential benefits of AWS to avoid mistaken attacks and reduce collateral damage, and I applaud States such as the United States and United Kingdom that are proceeding slowly and carefully with respect to their development and use. I also question whether the States that matter would sign up to any such instrument. In my view, regulation by policy and treaty offers greater prospect for success in limiting the potentially harmful effects of the systems.

The views expressed are those of the author in his personal capacity and do not necessarily represent those of the US government.

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Israeli Defense Minister: Iran Nuclear Deal ‘An Historic Mistake’by Abraham Rabinovich
Monday August 10th, 2015 at 10:15 AM

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JERUSALEM—Hinting at steps Israel might take to prevent an Iranian nuclear breakout, Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon told an interviewer last week “I’m not responsible for the longevity of Iranian scientists.”

Israel has been accused by Iran of the assassination of six senior Iranian nuclear scientists in recent years as well as a Revolutionary Guard general involved in the development of long-range missiles capable of carrying nuclear warheads.

In the interview with the German news weekly, Der Spiegel, published over the weekend, Yaalon termed the recent nuclear deal between Iran and Western powers “an historic mistake.”

Said Yaalon: “In the end, one way or another, the Iranian military nuclear ambitions should be stopped. We can in no way tolerate an Iran with nuclear weapons. We prefer for this to be done through a deal or sanctions. But in the end Israel should be able to defend itself.”

Asked whether this position meant that there might be more assassinations of Iranian scientists in the future and more cyber attacks on Iranian computer networks, Yaalon replied “We should be ready to protect ourselves. I’m not responsible for the longevity of Iranian scientists.”

The cyber attacks, reportedly undertaken by Israel and the United States, set back the Iranian program appreciably by sabotaging computers linked to the nuclear program and destroying centrifuges. Israel has reportedly desisted from such activity since Iran entered into negotiations with the United States and other Western powers.

Yaalon was sharply critical of the deal that subsequently emerged and of the way the negotiations were conducted. “My gut feeling is that political leaders in the West prefer to postpone the problem for the next day, for the next year, for the next term,” he said. “There have been points in history in which people believed that reconciliation might bring a solution, but in the end we paid a high price [an allusion to British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain’s meetings with Hitler in 1938]. This is the case with Iran now.”

Yaalon, a former army chief of staff, said Israel had supported a negotiating strategy that would have forced the rulers in Teheran to choose between acquiring a nuclear bomb and surviving as a regime. “This strategy consists of political isolation of the regime and crippling economic sanctions, which actually started to work seriously in 2012.”

The final element in the strategy, he said, was a credible military option. The very fact that Iran’s supreme leader agreed to enter into negotiations with “the great Satan” indicated that regime survival was uppermost in his mind, said Yaalon.

But instead of erasing Iran’s nuclear option, the deal will permit it to become a military nuclear threshold state, said Yaalon. In a few months, he said, when unfrozen Iranian funds begin to flow into Teheran’s coffers, “they will have money to export the revolution. They are going to intensify their activities and improve their terror infrastructure.”

The one constructive role that Iran can play in the present regional constellation, said the defense minister, is in the fight against the Islamic State. “In all other conflicts in the region,” he said, “you will find the Iranians on the wrong side. It’s an apocalyptic, messianic regime with the aim of creating a Shiite empire.”

Contrary to hopes expressed by many in the West, Yaalon said the deal with the West will not bring moderation to the Iranian regime or the emergence of liberal forces.

“Without pressure, the regime knows very well how to oppress those elements. They still use cranes to hang people in the marketplaces. There is not going to be any Iranian Spring.”

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Study: Iran Terror Funding Gets $4.8 Billion Boost Under Nuke Deal by Adam Kredo
Monday August 10th, 2015 at 10:15 AM

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Sanctions relief provided to Iran under a recently inked nuclear accord is expected to boost the Islamic Republic’s military spending by nearly $5 billion dollars, with much of that money going to fund Iran’s terror forces, according to a new study by a Washington, D.C.-based think-tank.

Under the parameters of the deal, Iran will receive nearly $150 billion in sanctions relief and cash assets. Because the money comes with no strings attached, it is expected that Iran will spend the money to fund its global terrorism operation, as well as its defense sector.

The cash windfall will allow Iran to put another $4.8 billion into its defense budget if current spending trends remain the same, according to a new study by the American Action Forum (AAF).

The study comes amid multiple reports indicating that Iran is building a series of new weaponized drones, missile defense shields, and other types of military hardware meant to deter an attack from Western forces in the region.

Iran is currently spending about 3.4 percent of its total public budget on defense, according to AAF, which used official documents published by Iran to conduct its study.

About 65 percent of the money budgeted for defense is spent on Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), the elite paramilitary fighting force that is known to coordinate and conduct terror activities across the globe.

“If current budget trends persist, the Iran deal would mean at least $4.8 billion in additional Iranian defense spending and a 50 percent budget increase for the IRGC,” AAF concludes.

The number could even increase if Iran chooses to boost defense spending, which has been constrained due to years of sanctions on Iran that crippled its economy.

“Nothing in the deal would prevent Iran from spending more than that to fund their military or terrorist organizations and authoritarian regimes throughout the Middle East,” AAF concludes. “Already this summer, Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, ordered that the Islamic Republic would increase defense spending to at least 5 percent of its budget.”

Credit: American Action Forum

In addition to unfreezing cash assets belonging to Iran, the Obama administration has agreed to drop sanctions on Iranian companies and on a multi-billion dollar financial empire owned by the country’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.

International sanctions on the IRGC—including its military branches—also will be dropped under the deal.

“While it is unlikely that Iran accurately reports its military spending, it is informative to consider the country’s official budget as a minimum,” AAF wrote in its study. “This year, the Iranian government reported that it will spend 3.4 percent of its total budget on defense, which amounts to almost $10 billion.”

“Iran reports that it spends 65 percent of its defense budget to fund the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), the Iranian elite paramilitary force,” it states. “That works out to 2.2 percent of its total budget or over $6 billion.”

Much of this money goes to fund the IRGC’s operations abroad.

“The IRGC actively supports terrorist organizations throughout the Middle East, such as the Houthis in Yemen, Hezbollah in Lebanon, and Hamas in Gaza,” AAF explained in the study. “Iran also sends billions of dollars and provides military assistance to Syria.”

Additionally, a “spokeswoman for the United Nations recently estimated that Iran spends $6 billion per year to support the regime of Bashar al-Assad.”

The amount of money Iran puts toward its military and global terror operations could be larger than some estimates by the United States and other analysts, according to AAF.

“It is important to remember that much of Iran’s financial support for terror remains off the books,” the study concludes. “Iran’s official budget, however, reveals the minimum amount the country spends on the military and the IRGC.”

“If current spending trends continue, the $140 billion windfall would mean at least an additional $4.8 billion in defense spending,” it states. “Of this, $3.1 billion would go specifically to the IRGC—amounting to a 50 percent budget increase.”

In July, Iran announced that it would unveil a range of new missile defense systems in September.

These missile systems will have “the capability to stand against electronic warfare and mid-range and long-range radars will join the integrated air defense system on September 1,” Iranian military officials announced at the time.

In April, officials announced the construction of a missile-launching robot capable of firing on hostile targets.

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MSNBC: ‘Stunning,’ ‘Offensive,’ ‘Over-the-Top’ Obama Is Vilifying Opponents of Iran Deal by Blake Seitz
Monday August 10th, 2015 at 10:14 AM

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The president of the Council on Foreign Relations spoke Monday about President Obama’s rhetoric on the Iran deal, which he said was “offensive,” “over the top,” and small.

“The White House has been trying to delegitimize opposition to the Iran agreement. I find that offensive,” CFR President Richard Haass said on MSNBC’s Morning Joe.

The Obama administration is in the middle of a media blitz to sell the Iran deal to Congress as pollingshows American voters oppose the deal 57 percent to 28 percent. Despite this effort, prominent Democrats like Sen. Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.) have been peeling away from the president’s coalition, prompting attacks from the White House and liberal allies.

“Even if he [Schumer] came out on the other side of the bill, it is deeply, deeply offensive suggesting that a call this close for people who have supported not only Israel but the defense of this nation—and legitimately believe it puts our nation and allies at risk—to delegitimize him this way is pretty stunning,” MSNBC host Joe Scarborough said.

“It’s over the top,” Haass said. “This president gave the greatest speech, I would think, of his presidency at Charleston six weeks ago. Six weeks later he gave the smallest speech of his presidency at American University. It has been an interesting time.”

Haass said that accepting the deal will have long-term ramifications for future presidents and the region.

“This is going to be a major national security challenge for decades to deal not just with Iran and its future nuclear capabilities but that of several neighbors,” Haass said. “This will be front and center for not just this president and his successor but his successor’s successor.”

The Iran deal before Congress would give Iran roughly $100 billion in previously-frozen assets plusaccess to critical financial markets and sanctions relief on weapons purchases and ballistic missile development in exchange for a temporary pause of Iran’s nuclear program.

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» New NBC News/Survey Monkey Poll: Donald Trump Still in the Lead After Debates - NBCNews.com
09/08/15 17:58 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. NBCNews.com New NBC News/Survey Monkey Poll: Donald Trump Still in the Lead After Debates NBCNews.com If Donald Trump's comments about Fox News Anchor Megyn Kelly are hurting his...

» Police Identify 4 Killed in Adirondack Mountains Plane Crash
09/08/15 17:57 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from ABC News: Top Stories. Police identify 4 killed in small plane crash in New York's Adirondack Mountains

» VIDEO: Cossacks riding Russia's patriotic wave
09/08/15 17:56 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from BBC News - World. Russian Cossacks are hoping the new wave of patriotism in the country will help the Russian military horsemen revive their traditions.

» IS top command dominated by ex-officers in Saddam's army
09/08/15 17:55 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from www.washingtontimes.com stories: Security. BAGHDAD (AP) - While attending the Iraqi army's artillery school nearly 20 years ago, Ali Omran remembers one major well. An Islamic hard-liner, he once chided Om...

» Spotless Pearls
09/08/15 17:54 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Washington Free Beacon. The Westminster library of the 17th-century antiquary Sir Robert Cotton was organized in a highly eccentric manner. Cotton used busts of Roman luminaries—Julius, Cleopatra, Augustus...

» Go Get an Editor
09/08/15 17:54 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Washington Free Beacon. An obvious statement: This book should not have been published. Well, perhaps this is not so obvious. Go Set a Watchman was a success from one point of view, which is the one of mak...

» Peshmerga, US strikes fail to dislodge ′Islamic State′ | Middle East | DW.COM
09/08/15 17:47 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . "We want the good people to hear our prayers and free our country as soon as possible," said Johanna Boutros Moshe, the Syrian Catholic Archbishop of Mosul. On Thursday morning, he gathered in the ruins of a ...

» US-led forces hit Isis a year after first strikes as dissent over policy grows
09/08/15 17:46 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from US national security | The Guardian. House speaker John Boehner questions White House strategy Russia calls for US to partner with Syrian president US-led forces conducted 16 air strikes in Iraq and seven ...

» The Anatomy of A Psywar
09/08/15 17:45 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from ThereAreNoSunglasses. The Anatomy of A Psywar Intra-Taliban Warfare Hits the Streets of Kabul [SEE: Huge Truck Bomb Blast Strikes Kabul ] The latest series of bomb blasts in and near Kabul has exposed larg...

» PHOTO: Targets Ready To Launch
09/08/15 17:45 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from StrategyPage.com. None

» ELECTRONIC WEAPONS: Sniffing Russian Secrets In Ukraine
09/08/15 17:45 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
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» Man arrested after gunshot sounds reported near Camp Shelby remains jailed
09/08/15 17:44 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Stars and Stripes. A man charged in incidents initially reported as gunshots fired near Mississippi's Camp Shelby Joint Forces Training Center remained jailed Friday and could be returned to prison.

» Islamic State audio vows more attacks following Saudi mosque bombing
09/08/15 17:44 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Stars and Stripes. The attack in Abha on Thursday was one of the deadliest against Saudi Arabia's security personnel in years.

» Islamic State's influence stretching thousands of miles to Indonesia
09/08/15 17:43 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Stars and Stripes. When Rahmat and Afrian talk about Islamic State, their eyes widen, their speech slows, and their expressions soften into smiles. The two plan to join the militant group in Syria, 4,500 m...

» Reviled and feared former Chilean spy chief dies at age 86
09/08/15 17:42 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Stars and Stripes. Gen. Manuel Contreras, who headed the feared spy agency that kidnapped, tortured and killed thousands during Chile's military dictatorship, died late Friday at a military hospital while ...

» Iraq’s Premier, Facing Protests, Proposes Government Overhaul
09/08/15 17:40 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS). Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi’s proposals could be a turning point in the dysfunctional politics of Iraq that have persisted since the American invasion in...

» Could a hacker gain control of DC's traffic system? - Washington Post
09/08/15 17:38 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from James R. Clapper Jr. - Google News. Could a hacker gain control of DC's traffic system? Washington Post Cyberattacks have been, after all, identified as the greatest threat to U.S. national security in rec...

» FBI to dedicate Biometrics Technology Center - The Exponent Telegram (press release) (registration)
09/08/15 17:37 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from fbi - Google News. The Exponent Telegram (press release) (registration) FBI to dedicate Biometrics Technology Center The Exponent Telegram (press release) (registration) CLARKSBURG — FBI officials will ush...

» Retiring FBI chief in Boston shares, yet keeps quiet - Boston Globe
09/08/15 17:36 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from fbi - Google News. Boston Globe Retiring FBI chief in Boston shares, yet keeps quiet Boston Globe Vince Lisi, the special agent in charge of the FBI in Boston who is retiring this month, arrived here a cou...

» Analyst: Russian Industry Faces Challenges Unique to 'Putin's Russia'
09/08/15 17:35 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Defense News - Home. The fall of the Soviet Union rocked Russia’s inherited defense industry to the core.

» Mistral Dispute With Russia Settled, France Eyes Exports
09/08/15 17:35 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Defense News - Home. Russia paid €893 million in advance payment for two Mistral helicopter carriers, the core figure of the French repayment

» Baltics Discuss Value of Joint Acquisitions
09/08/15 17:34 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Defense News - Home. The Baltic states are discussing whether joint military procurement will produce gains in capability and cost savings

» Obama: “Window opened for political resolution in Syria”
09/08/15 17:34 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from DEBKAFile. August 9, 2015, 7:05 AM (IDT) DEBKA Weekly in its last issue of Aug. 7 revealed that the Obama administration had moved on from its nuclear accord with Iran to join up with Russia and Iran for r...

» Russia and US woo Saudis to help save Assad - albeit putting Israel and Jordan in danger from S. Syria
09/08/15 17:34 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from DEBKAFile. August 9, 2015, 9:47 AM (IDT) Building on the nuclear accord, the Obama administration has been in close communion with Moscow and Tehran on moves to save the Assad regime as the key to ending t...

» Moscow uses threats to force Saudis into line over Syria
09/08/15 17:32 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from DEBKAFile. August 9, 2015, 1:33 PM (IDT) Arab sources reported Sunday that in advance of Saudi Foreign Minister Adel Al-Jubeir’s visit to Moscow on Aug. 11, the Russians are trying some arm-twisting ...

» Britain, Gibraltar Accuse Spain of Entering British Waters - New York Times
09/08/15 16:45 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World - Google News. Mirror.co.uk Britain, Gibraltar Accuse Spain of Entering British Waters New York Times MADRID — Spanish police vessels and a customs helicopter illegally entered and violated the terri...

» Car bomb kills three in eastern Libya as Islamic State presses offensive
09/08/15 16:45 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - A car bomb exploded in Derna in eastern Libya on Sunday, killing at least three people and wounding 13 others, medics and residents said, as Islamic State m...

» U.S. Deploys F-16s to Turkish Base
09/08/15 16:44 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. The U.S. Air Force has deployed a small detachment of F-16 fighter aircraft to a base in Turkey as part of a deal with Ankara to step up strikes on Islamic State targets in northern Sy...

» Ugandan Gays Celebrate Pride With Rally
09/08/15 16:44 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. Hundreds in Uganda’s gay community rallied over the weekend in a march hailed as a small victory for gay rights after the government last year tried to impose lifetime jail terms for h...

» Taliban Leader's Death Derails Peace Effort
09/08/15 16:44 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. The revelation that Taliban founder Mullah Mohammad Omar has been dead delivered a blow to a Pakistani-brokered peace process.

» Trump's history of flippant misogyny - Washington Post
09/08/15 16:41 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Atlanta Journal Constitution Trump's history of flippant misogyny Washington Post For decades, Donald Trump has made flippant misogyny as much a part of his trademark as his oste...

» Police discover 18 'illegal immigrants' in the back of a lorry
09/08/15 16:39 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. 19 illegal immigrants were held after a lorry was stopped on the M1 near St Albans. A motorist on the M25 spotted a suspicious lorry on the M25 in Hertfordshire and called the police. T...

» Illegal immigrants discovered on M25 with Polish lorry driver arrested
09/08/15 16:39 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. 19 illegal immigrants were held after a lorry was stopped on the M1 near St Albans. A motorist on the M25 spotted a suspicious lorry on the M25 in Hertfordshire and called the police. T...

» Mexican volcano erupts on camera
09/08/15 16:38 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from itnnews's YouTube Videos. From: itnnews Duration: 01:00 Two spectacular volcanic eruptions in Mexico have been caught on camera. Report by Conor Mcnally.

» Gen. Manuel Contreras, leader of Chile’s feared spy agency, dies at 86
09/08/15 16:35 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World: World News, International News, Foreign Reporting - The Washington Post. Gen. Manuel Contreras, who was imprisoned after heading the feared spy agency that kidnapped, tortured and killed thousands d...

» Kurdish Rebels Attack Police, Military in Turkey
09/08/15 16:33 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants attacked a military outpost and a police car in southeast Turkey overnight, killing one policeman, officials and security sources said on Sunday, p...

» Cannabis discovered in tobacco pipes found in William Shakespeare's garden
09/08/15 16:33 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World news. Forensic testing of 400-year-old pipes suggest playwright might have smoked more than just tobacco

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» Iran accused of sentencing dead man to death to cover up torture
09/08/15 16:31 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World news. Mohammad Ali Taheri, an Iranian faith healer, reportedly died in prison and was then sentenced to death to cover it up

» Moscow Journal: A Moscow of Dancing Feet, Under an Iron Fist
09/08/15 16:30 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. The Russian capital is looking ever more like an elegant European capital, but its political life is marching steadily in the opposite direction.

» 22 Killed In Taliban Attack In Kunduz
09/08/15 16:29 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Afghan police say at least 22 people were killed in the northern province of Kunduz on August 8 when a Taliban suicide bomber drove a vehicle loaded with explosives into ...

» Bodies Recovered After Air Collision Near Moscow
09/08/15 16:28 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Authorities in Moscow say nine people were killed when a helicopter and a private airplane collided over the Istra reservoir Rescue workers in the Moscow region. region h...

» Beaten Azerbaijani Journalist Dies Of Injuries
09/08/15 16:28 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. An Azerbaijani journalist who was allegedly attacked and beaten by supporters of a local soccer player has died of his injuries

» Many Feared Dead In Uzbek Concert Tragedy
09/08/15 16:27 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Many people are feared dead in the western Uzbek city of Urgench after a bridge collapsed during a concert.

» OSCE Monitoring Mission Vehicles Torched In Donetsk
09/08/15 16:27 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Four armored vehicles belonging to the Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) were burned in the early hours o...

» Lavrov Urges U.S. To Include Syria In Countering IS
09/08/15 16:26 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Russia says the United States is "unprepared" for including the Syrian government in international plans to counter extremist Islamic State (IS) militants.

» Russia's Lavrov says U.S. must work with Assad to fight Islamic State
09/08/15 16:22 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said the United States should cooperate with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to fight Islamic State and that this required an...

» Israeli soldiers shoot dead Palestinian who stabbed Israeli in West Bank
09/08/15 16:21 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli troops shot dead a Palestinian who stabbed an Israeli man at a petrol station in the occupied West Bank on Sunday along a main highway near Jerusalem, pol...

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» Russian Intelligence and attempts to influence American elections - Google Search
09/08/15 12:06 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Putinism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Putinism" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Putinism</a> Cached Wikipedia Loading... In his 2008 book,...

» US Communist Party and Russian Intelligence - Google Search
09/08/15 12:03 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Soviet espionage in US - Wikipedia <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/.../" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/.../</a> Soviet _espionage_in_the_ United_S ... Cached Wikipedia Loading... Durin...

» US Communist Party and Soviet Intelligence - Google Search
09/08/15 12:01 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Soviet espionage in US - Wikipedia <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/.../" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/.../</a> Soviet _espionage_in_the_ United_S ... Cached Wikipedia Loading... Durin...

» Why did the FBI detain Bob Graham?
09/08/15 02:33 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . CASHIERS, N.C. Going to lunch with former U.S. Sen. Bob Graham can be hazardous to retirement. And extremely interesting. Take the recent Sunday when my husband and I met Graham, his wife, Adele, and daughter...

» 2015-08-08How Putin Turns Turmoil in the Middle East to His Advantage Saturday
09/08/15 00:03 from Mike Nova - Google+
2015-08-08 How Putin Turns Turmoil in the Middle East to His Advantage Saturday August 8th, 2015 at 9:37 PM How Putin Turns Turmoil in the Middle East to His Advantage Saturday August 8 th , 2015 at 9:37 PM Newsweek 1 Share If the Midd...

» How Putin Turns Turmoil in the Middle East to His Advantage
08/08/15 21:37 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Newsweek. If the Middle East did not exist, Moscow would definitely have to invent it. Chaos in the Arab world has offered the Kremlin a convenient opportunity to shape public opinion at home on such issue...

» Dozens of Syrian Christians Missing From Town Attacked by ISIS
08/08/15 21:08 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS). Contact with the Christians was lost after the jihadists attacked the isolated oasis town of Qariyatain in Homs Province and routed the Syrian Army.

» The Week that Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
08/08/15 21:08 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Lawfare - Hard National Security Choices. The “going dark” debate continued on Lawfare this week. Paul provided us with a guest post from Nicholas Weaver of the International Computer Science I...

» The Lawfare Podcast: Senator Tim Kaine on the One Year Anniversary of the War with ISIS
08/08/15 21:08 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Lawfare - Hard National Security Choices. The war with the Islamic State turns one today, and yet we still have no authorization for the use of force against the group. This week, Senator Kaine marke...

» Recap of Recent Posts at Just Security (August 1-7)
08/08/15 21:08 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Just Security. Just Security I. Detention & Military Commissions Jonathan Horowitz, Guest Post: The Reason Why the UK Lost the Serdar Mohammed Case (Monday, August 3) Steve Vladeck, ...

» The Arab Secret Services
08/08/15 21:07 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Intelligence Analysis and Reporting. Title: The Arab Secret Services Author: Yaacov Caroz Caroz, Yaakov (1978). The Arab Secret Services. London: Corgi LCCN: 7930561...

» House leader puts pressure on Kane - Scranton Times-Tribune
08/08/15 21:06 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from house judiciary committee - Google News. STLtoday.com House leader puts pressure on Kane Scranton Times-Tribune Ronald Marsico, R-105, Harrisburg, the House Judiciary Committee chairman, called on Ms. Kane...

» Two Armenian Drones Shot Down Over Azerbaijan
08/08/15 21:05 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from GlobalSecurity.org. Azerbaijan's air defense forces shot down two Armenian drones which were on a reconnaissance mission over the Azerbaijani armed forces position, the Defense Ministry said in Baku on Fri...

» Russian Defense Ministry conducts large-scale artillery exercise in western district
08/08/15 21:05 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from GlobalSecurity.org. Artillery units in the Western military district are to conduct training in the field to practice counter-battery fire with thousands of artillery pieces and multiple rocket launchers t...

» Russian Eastern Military District Gets New Air Force, Air Defense Army
08/08/15 21:05 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from GlobalSecurity.org. Russia has established an Air Force and Air Defense Army in its Eastern Military District that will perform exercises in the Sea of Japan and the Pacific Ocean, press-secretary for the ...

» All Bases Belong to US: New American Military Base to be Built in Poland
08/08/15 21:04 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from GlobalSecurity.org. The new facility is planned to be located in Mazovia Province, in the city of Ciechanow. It will be used for the needs of Polish and US troops.

» Russian Hackers Suspected In E-mail Attack On U.S. Military Chiefs
08/08/15 21:04 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from GlobalSecurity.org. Russia is the leading suspect in a sophisticated cyber attack on the unclassified e-mail network of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, forcing the military command to shut the system down,...

» Islamic State Executed 'Unprecedented' 2,070 Iraqis Around Mosul
08/08/15 21:03 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from GlobalSecurity.org. The Islamic State (IS) group has executed more than 2,000 people in and around the northern Iraqi city of Mosul since seizing it in June 2014, officials said August 7.

» Which makes Twitter one of the bureau's best informants. - Huffington Post
08/08/15 21:02 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from fbi aclu report - Google News. Which makes Twitter one of the bureau's best informants. Huffington Post WASHINGTON -- The FBI's best informant has played a role in dozens of terrorism cases over the past s...

» Marijuana Prohibition Cost Al Gore the 2000 Election - Marijuana Politics (blog)
08/08/15 21:02 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from fbi aclu report - Google News. Marijuana Prohibition Cost Al Gore the 2000 Election Marijuana Politics (blog) One of my stock lines on the speaking circuit is that if marijuana had been legal in 2000, Al G...

» Why did the FBI detain Bob Graham? - Tampabay.com
08/08/15 20:56 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from fbi - Google News. Tampabay.com Why did the FBI detain Bob Graham? Tampabay.com Over eggs benedict and cheese grits, Graham updated us on his continuing fight to force the FBI to disclose reports documenti...

» Active military-grade grenade found outside McDonald's - U.S. News & World Report
08/08/15 20:55 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Cyber Warfare - Google News. Active military -grade grenade found outside McDonald's U.S. News & World Report Dale Ednock, the bomb technician, told the News-Post the grenade found lodged about a foot unde...

» US Navy About To Double Its LCS Fleet
08/08/15 20:55 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Defense News - Home. US Navy about to Double its LCS Fleet

» GAO: USAF Nuclear Costs To Be $30B Over Next Four Years,
08/08/15 20:55 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Defense News - Home. A joint evaluation by the Pentagon and Energy Department estimate the Air Force's new bomber will cause a big uptick in nuclear costs

» Russia Merges AF With Missile Defense, Space Commands
08/08/15 20:54 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Defense News - Home. Russia has merged several branches of the military into a new Aerospace Force

» Nine Dead In Attack On American Military Base In Kabul
08/08/15 20:54 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Defense News - Home. A NATO coalition soldier and eight Afghan contractors were killed in an attack on an American military base in Kabul, NATO said Saturday. It was one of three attacks to shock the capit...

» Security, Procurement Challenges Await New Turk Leaders
08/08/15 20:54 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Defense News - Home. Numerous security and procurement challenges have welcomed Turkey’s new military top brass,

» We Remember: Staff Sergeant Kenneth R. Hobson II
08/08/15 20:53 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Defense Intelligence Agency News. The Defense Intelligence Agency remembers U.S. Defense Attaché Office (USDAO) Administrative

» US serviceman among 44 killed in Friday’s Kabul terror wave
08/08/15 20:53 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from DEBKAFile. August 8, 2015, 5:21 PM (IDT) A US military official confirmed that a US service member and eight Afghan contractors were killed in an attack on NATO’s Resolute Support mission on Camp Int...

» US military reconsidering how Syrian soldiers it has trained should be put ... - Fox News
08/08/15 20:52 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Cyber Warfare - Google News. US military reconsidering how Syrian soldiers it has trained should be put ... Fox News WASHINGTON – The murky aftermath of the attack on Syrian rebels last week by al-Qaida-li...

» Hacking For Cause: Today's Growing Cyber Security Trend - TechCrunch
08/08/15 20:52 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Cyber Warfare - Google News. TechCrunch Hacking For Cause: Today's Growing Cyber Security Trend TechCrunch Specifically, organized bad-guy hacker criminals are looking to rob banks, steal intellectual prop...

» Tyler Drumheller, 63, CIA career of 26 years - Press Herald
08/08/15 20:10 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from cia - Google News. Gawker Tyler Drumheller, 63, CIA career of 26 years Press Herald Drumheller held posts in Africa and Europe over a 26-year career during which the CIA's focus shifted from the Cold War t...

» CIA Figure in Hillary Clinton Email Scandal Dies at 63 - Gawker
08/08/15 20:10 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from cia - Google Blog Search. Tyler Drumheller, a former CIA officer whose whistleblowing embarrassed Bush-era intelligence gathering in Iraq, died over the weekend at 63, the Washington Post reports. Drumhell...

» Active Military-Grade Grenade Found Outside McDonald's
08/08/15 20:05 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from ABC News: Top Stories. Not lovin' it: Active military-grade grenade found outside McDonald's

» Genius, coward… or madman? Why Hamlet gives actors the ultimate test
08/08/15 20:04 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. In nearly 20 years reviewing theatre for the Observer Susannah Clapp has seen 24 wildly different interpretations of Hamlet. Benedict Cumberbatch had many examples to study be...

» Prosecutor: Mom Tossed 1-Month-Old From Fourth-Floor Window
08/08/15 20:04 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from ABC News: Top Stories. Prosecutor: NYC mom tossed 1-month-old from fourth-floor window, arrested on murder charge

» Cecil the lion's cub killed by rival male
08/08/15 20:03 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World news. Death of one of Cecil's eight cubs has raised fears for his remaining offspring, which could also be targeted by the large predatory male lion

» GOP leaders say erratic attacks hurt Trump, but he vows to fight and win - Washington Post
08/08/15 20:02 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. U.S. News & World Report GOP leaders say erratic attacks hurt Trump, but he vows to fight and win Washington Post Republican leaders who have watched Donald Trump's summer surge ...

» 2015-08-08I am not a leftist, I am not a rightist
08/08/15 20:01 from Mike Nova - Google+
2015-08-08 I am not a leftist, I am not a rightist I am not a leftist, I am not a rightist I am just "agnostic" Judaeo-Christian scientist I am not a leftist, I am not a rightist mn-3.blogspot.com I am not a leftist, I am not a rightist...

» U.S. Military Base Attacked in Kabul
08/08/15 18:49 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. Militants attacked a U.S. Special Operations forces base on Friday night, hours after deadly explosions targeted a Kabul police academy and an Afghan army compound.

» Netanyahu's 'No' Campaign on Iran Deal Rattles Israel
08/08/15 18:49 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. The country’s president is among those voicing concerns that the prime minister’s push to defeat the nuclear agreement will harm Israel’s ties to the U.S.

» Afghan Capital Suffers Deadliest Day of Attacks in Years
08/08/15 18:49 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. More than 50 people were killed in three separate bombings in Kabul, including a late-night attack on a U.S. forces base that left one service member dead.

» Former Chief of Chile's Secret Police Dies at 86
08/08/15 18:49 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. Manuel Contreras, a military officer who was chief of Gen. Augusto Pinochet’s feared secret police, died late Friday at age 86 at the Military Hospital of Santiago.

» U.N. Peacekeeper Kills Four Co-Workers in Central African Republic
08/08/15 18:48 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. A peacekeeper in the Central African Republic shot and killed four of his fellow United Nations personnel and wounded another eight on Saturday, in the latest grisly episode for the in...

» ‘We’ve had enough’: Baghdad protests challenge Iraq’s prime minister
08/08/15 18:48 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World: World News, International News, Foreign Reporting - The Washington Post. BAGHDAD — Tens of thousands of angry Iraqis took to the streets to demand changes to their government Friday in a potent chal...

» Mexico’s economy was supposed to soar. It’s starting to flop.
08/08/15 18:48 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World: World News, International News, Foreign Reporting - The Washington Post. MEXICO CITY — Largely lost amid the frantic scramble after drug lord Chapo Guzman’s dramatic escape, one of the biggest leaps...

» Hundreds of Christians Fear IS Attack, Flee Syrian Town
08/08/15 18:46 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Scores of Christian families have fled a Syrian town amid fears that Islamic State militants are advancing toward it and plan a major offensive, activists said Saturday. Osama Edward, dir...

» Afghan Capital on Edge After Attacks Kill at Least 44 People
08/08/15 18:46 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from TIME. (KABUL, Afghanistan)—A series of attacks that killed at least 44 people and wounded over 300 in one day has shattered the relative calm of Afghanistan’s capital, even as some had hoped fl...

» 'Turkish airstrikes killed my siblings while I fought Isil'
08/08/15 18:44 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World news. Mamend Rasul describes devastation brought to Iraqi Kurdish village by Turkish airstrikes against PKK

» Russia backs UN resolution investigating Syrian chemical weapons in rare show of unity
08/08/15 18:43 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World news. Resolution seeks to assign blame for deadly chemical weapon attack in August 2013 that killed hundreds in Damascus suburb of Ghouta

» Manuel Contreras, Chilean Spy Chief, Dies at 86
08/08/15 18:38 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. Gen. Contreras, Chile’s intelligence chief during the dictatorship of Gen. Augusto Pinochet, was serving 526 years of multiple prison terms for human rights violations.

» Republicans chastise Trump over Megyn Kelly comments
08/08/15 18:36 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Home - CBSNews.com. GOP candidates defend Fox News debate moderator after billionaire makes new controversial comments

» Turkey-Kurdish conflict: PKK distracted by Turkish bombs as it continues fight against Isis
08/08/15 18:31 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from - World RSS Feed. In a guerrilla camp to the south-west of Irbil in Kurdish Iraq, fighters from the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) huddle on sofas in a darkened room, some bearing scars from the war with I...

» Stephen Harper: Canadian Prime Minister accused of taking country too far to the right
08/08/15 18:31 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from - World RSS Feed. Secretive, vindictive and patronising are not words in keeping with the popular stereotype of Canadians. Yet that’s how citizens of the world’s second-largest country are increasingly por...

» The Latest: Pennsylvania prosecutor arraigned on charges
08/08/15 18:29 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from AP Top Headlines At 6:22 p.m. EDT. NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) -- The latest in the arraignment of Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane (all times local):...

» The Latest: Vermont police investigate 4 deaths
08/08/15 18:10 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from AP Top Headlines At 5:07 p.m. EDT. BERLIN, Vt. (AP) -- The latest in the investigation into four deaths in Vermont, including a state child protection worker (all times local):...

» Officials: 3 dead are related to Vermont shooting suspect
08/08/15 18:08 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from AP Top Headlines At 5:07 p.m. EDT. BERLIN, Vt. (AP) -- Three women found dead in a Vermont home on Saturday are related to a woman arrested a day earlier in the fatal shooting of a state social worker, sta...

» Is Obama a "Russian project"? - Google Search
08/08/15 16:19 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . VIDEO - Alfred Webre: Positive Timeline, BRICS, Money ... exopolitics.blogs.com/.../an-exercise-in-the-socratic-method-the-positive-... Cached Similar Nov 15, 2014 - However this may be a dialectic if Obama i...

» Kabul on Edge After Wave of Attacks Kills 50
08/08/15 14:47 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Kabul is on edge Saturday following one of its worst outbreaks of violence this year. Insurgents carried out a series of suicide bombings in and around the Afghan capital Friday that kill...

» Trump Disinvited From Conservative Event
08/08/15 14:47 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump was dumped from a prime speaking role to an important gathering of conservative activists for his criticism of Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly a...

» Militants Suspected in Death of Bangladesh Blogger
08/08/15 14:47 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Suspected militants, armed with machetes and cleavers, entered an apartment building in Bangladesh's capital and hacked to death a secular blogger in the fourth such deadly attack this ye...

» Trump Remains in Spotlight After First Republican Debate
08/08/15 14:47 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from VOAvideo's YouTube Videos. From: VOAvideo Duration: 01:41 Billionaire Donald Trump remains the center of attention following the first Republican presidential debate that featured 10 of the 17 White Ho...

» Secular Blogger Hacked to Death in Bangladesh
08/08/15 14:46 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from VOAvideo's YouTube Videos. From: VOAvideo Duration: 00:46 Another secular blogger in Bangladesh has been hacked to death in Dhaka. VOA's Satarupa Barua reports. Originally published at - http://www.voa...

» IS Continues Attacks Despite 6,000 Air Strikes
08/08/15 14:46 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from VOAvideo's YouTube Videos. From: VOAvideo Duration: 01:59 One year ago (on August 8, 2014), the United States started to bomb Islamic State targets in Iraq. Since then, the U.S.-led coalition has hit ...

» Russian TV Deserters Divulge Details On Kremlin’s Ukraine ‘Propaganda’
08/08/15 14:43 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Former employees of Russia’s largest state-media state media holding have divulged behind-the-scenes details about what they portray as a Kremlin propaganda campaign to d...

» U.S. 'Concerned' Quds Commander Visited Russia, Violating UN Ban
08/08/15 14:43 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. The United States is investigating reports that the commander of the elite Quds Force in Iran's Revolutionary Guard recently visited Russia in violation of a United Natio...

» U.S. Think Tank Questions Iran Explanation For Activity At Parchin
08/08/15 14:42 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. A U.S. think-tank has questioned Iran's explanation for activity at its Parchin military site, where the United States and Israel suspect Tehran experimented with develop...

» U.S. Aquarium Seeks Import Of Russian Beluga Whales
08/08/15 14:42 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. An aquarium in the U.S. state of Georgia wants a judge to overturn a federal agency's denial of a permit to import 18 beluga whales from Russia for display in the United ...

» Fears of Lasting Rift as Obama Battles Pro-Israel Group on Iran
08/08/15 14:41 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. The president accused The president accuses the American Israel Public Affairs Committee Committee, or Aipac, of spending millions on advertising to try to defeat the accord, as well as spr...

» Apple Watch: The Vladimir Putin Edition
08/08/15 14:39 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from itnnews's YouTube Videos. From: itnnews Duration: 01:24 A Russian-owned luxury jewellery brand is selling a $3,000 customised Apple Watch featuring the signature of the Russian president. Report by Con...

» Inside the hostile, helpful world of hacking conventions
08/08/15 14:38 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Home - CBSNews.com. What happens when you put 10,000 hackers in one hotel? A n00b's guide to Black Hat and DEF CON

» GOP to Congress: Don't be intimidated on Iran deal
08/08/15 14:37 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Home - CBSNews.com. After the August recess, Congress is expected to vote on approval of the nuclear agreement with Iran

» Ex-Georgian president trying to save Ukraine from Russia’s orbit
08/08/15 14:37 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Europe. Mikheil Saakashvili warred with Russia. Now he is waging a new battle that could determine Ukraine’s future.

» Chile ex-spymaster critically ill
08/08/15 14:37 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from BBC News - World. Manuel Contreras - who headed Chile's intelligence service during the Pinochet regime in the 1970s and 80s - is critically ill in hospital.

» Why do wrestlers so often die young?
08/08/15 14:36 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from BBC News - World. Why do wrestlers so often die young?

» The twisting tale of India's porn ban
08/08/15 14:36 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from BBC News - World. Twists and turns in the tale of India's porn ban

» Saudi Arabia flexes its muscles
08/08/15 14:35 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from BBC News - World. How the kingdom is flexing its military muscle in the Mid-East

» Supply freeze hits Russian military
08/08/15 14:34 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from BBC News - World. Ukraine supply freeze hits Russian military hardware

» Russian Opposition Leaders Call for End to Hunger Strike
08/08/15 14:31 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from ABC News: Top Stories. Russian opposition leaders call for end to hunger strike after activist is hospitalized

» Swedish filmmakers expose homophobic discrimination in secretly recorded job interview
08/08/15 14:28 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from - World RSS Feed. It can be difficult to prove incidents of discrimination in the hiring process, but two Swedish filmmakers have tried to with an undercover video.

» Calais migrant crisis: Migrants discover how to get through security gate into Eurotunnel complex
08/08/15 14:28 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from - World RSS Feed. Migrants hoping to beat security at the French end of the Channel Tunnel have discovered how to get through a locked gate into the Eurotunnel complex.

» James Holmes sentenced to life in prison without parole for 2012 Colorado theatre shooting
08/08/15 14:28 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from - World RSS Feed. James Holmes has been was spared the death penalty and will serve life in prison without possibility for parole for killing 12 and injuring many more in a mass shooting at a cinema in 201...

» Ebola: 'Detective work' is key to ending epidemic once and for all
08/08/15 14:28 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from - World RSS Feed. A matter of months ago, Dr Marc Forget’s job, at the front line of the fight against the deadliest Ebola epidemic, was best summed up by two words: “damage control.” “The priority then w...

» 'Soviet Taliban' Irek Hamidullin found guilty in US over Afghan terrorist attack
08/08/15 14:27 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from - World RSS Feed. A former Soviet army officer has been found guilty of terrorism charges by a US jury, including planning and leading a Taliban attack on American forces in Afghanistan in 2009.

» Kabul bombings leave 50 dead and hundreds wounded
08/08/15 14:27 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from - World RSS Feed. A deadly wave of attacks has left at least 50 dead and hundreds wounded in the Afghan capital of Kabul, dashing hopes that the Taliban insurgency has been weakened in the country.

» Israeli defence minister says he is 'not responsible' for lives of Iranian nuclear scientists following historic US-Iran deal
08/08/15 14:26 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from - World RSS Feed. Israel’s Defence Minister has appeared to imply that his country is prepared to assassinate Iran’s nuclear scientists following a historic deal with the West.

» U.S. think tank questions Iran explanation for activity at site
08/08/15 14:04 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - A prominent U.S. think tank on Friday questioned Iran's explanation for activity at its Parchin military site visible in satellite imagery, saying the moveme...

» Jury finds accused Taliban fighter guilty on all counts
08/08/15 14:04 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. (Reuters) - A former Soviet army officer accused of being a Taliban fighter was found guilty on all counts on Friday by a federal jury in Richmond, Virginia, a court official said.

» Dozens killed as wave of bomb attacks hits Kabul
08/08/15 14:04 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. KABUL (Reuters) - A suicide bomber killed dozens of cadets at a Kabul police academy and insurgents struck an area near a U.S. special forces base on Friday in a wave of attacks in the...

» Iran rejects accusations about military site as 'lies'
08/08/15 14:03 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran's foreign minister said on Saturday that accusations about activity at its Parchin military site were "lies" spread by opponents of its landmark nuclear deal wit...

» Pro-Kurdish party leader calls for steps to halt Turkey violence
08/08/15 14:03 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) - The leader of Turkey's pro-Kurdish party called on Saturday for the militant Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) to "remove its finger from the trigger" and fo...

» Pinochet's ex-secret police boss dies in Chile, aged 86
08/08/15 14:03 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Manuel Contreras, who led Chile's now-defunct and much feared secret police force for several years under the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet, died on Friday even...

» Thousands of Iraqis protest against government corruption
08/08/15 14:01 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from AP Top Headlines At 12:53 p.m. EDT. BAGHDAD (AP) -- Thousands of Iraqis braved the scorching summer heat to stage a huge protest in central Baghdad on Friday, calling on the prime minister to dissolve the ...

» Argentine president dominates campaign ahead of primaries
08/08/15 14:01 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from AP Top Headlines At 12:53 p.m. EDT. BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) -- Cristina Fernandez isn't on Sunday's presidential primary ballots, yet the influence of Argentina's leader is all around it....

» GOP steels itself for uncertainty in White House race
08/08/15 13:57 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from AP Top Headlines At 12:53 p.m. EDT. WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republicans are steeling themselves for a long period of uncertainty following a raucous first debate of the 2016 presidential campaign....

» NYC sees surge in synthetic pot use, with dire consequences
08/08/15 12:05 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from AP Top Headlines At 11:44 a.m. EDT. NEW YORK (AP) -- Ignoring the police officers standing down the block and the disingenuous fine print on the foil packet peeking out of his front pocket - "Warning: Don'...

» Georgia Aquarium Fighting Denial of Permit to Import Belugas
08/08/15 12:02 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from ABC News: Top Stories. Georgia Aquarium locked in legal battle over denial of permit to import belugas from Russia

» MoD scientists tested anthrax and the PLAGUE on soldiers and public
08/08/15 12:01 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. Over the course of half a century, the Ministry of Defence carried out a series of shocking experiments on unwitting volunteers. A new book exposes the grim reality of the human 'guinea...

» New documentary reveals Marlon Brando in his own words
08/08/15 12:00 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Home - CBSNews.com. Brando is known as one of the most brilliant actors of our time, yet there has also always been a bit of mystery surrounding the reclusive artist

» American killed in Afghan military base attack
08/08/15 11:57 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Home - CBSNews.com. Taliban claims responsibility for deadly attack on military base in Afghan capital of Kabul

» All Is Going According To Plan
08/08/15 11:00 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from StrategyPage.com. August 8, 2015: Officially the Arab Gulf states are supporting the new peace deal with Iran, despite the threat of Iran getting out from under sanctions and continuing to develop its nucl...

» isis and saddam army - Google Search
08/08/15 09:49 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . ISIS top command dominated by ex-officers in Saddam's army The Indian Express - 6 hours ago Now al-Ani is a commander in the Islamic State group, said Omran, who rose to become a major general in the Iraqi ar...

» Islamic State command dominated by ex-officers in Saddam's army - Middle East
08/08/15 09:26 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top news - (TEST). BAGHDAD -- While attending the Iraqi army's artillery school nearly 20 years ago, Ali Omran remembers one major well. An Islamic hard-liner, he once chided Omran for wearing an Iraqi fla...

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» FBI says there is no credible threat to Colorado military or family members - The Denver Channel
07/08/15 18:01 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from fbi - Google News. The Denver Channel FBI says there is no credible threat to Colorado military or family members The Denver Channel DENVER - The Denver FBI has issued a statement saying it has found no cr...

» Iran nuclear deal opens diplomatic channels for Syria
07/08/15 18:00 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from www.washingtontimes.com stories: Security. BEIRUT (AP) - The nuclear deal with Iran was widely expected to affect other Middle East issues, and that may already be happening with Syria: a series of recent ...

» HHS hacked five times in three years, House committee says
07/08/15 17:59 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from www.washingtontimes.com stories: Security. A House committee is now acknowledging that no fewer than five separate divisions within the Department of Health and Human Services have been breached by hackers...

» Former Diplomat: Obama Needs to Tone Down Comments About Iran Deal Critics
07/08/15 17:58 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Washington Free Beacon. Former Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Nicholas Burns said on Friday that President Obama’s controversial remarks comparing opponents of his nuclear deal to Islamist h...

» Politician reportedly leaked fake male prostitution e-mails to hide his real ... - Washington Post
07/08/15 17:55 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. MLive.com CBS News Politician reportedly leaked fake male prostitution e-mails to hide his real ... Washington Post A Michigan state representative distributed a fake e-mail that...

» White House warns Chuck Schumer: disapprove of Iran deal at your own peril
07/08/15 17:53 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Spokesman Josh Earnest calls Democrat’s defiance on nuclear deal ‘not particularly surprising’ and says it may cost him party leadership in Senate The White House fired a shot...

» Puerto Rico Senator Seeks Funds to Make Missed Bond Payment
07/08/15 17:49 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from ABC News: Top Stories. Puerto Rico senator pushes to reassign funds, help make missed bond payment

» Man Gets Life Sentence After Admitting to Killing Soldier
07/08/15 17:49 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from ABC News: Top Stories. Man gets life for killing Fort Bragg solider who confronted him over sex offender status

» Obama Leaving For Vacation But Troubles May Follow - ABC News
07/08/15 17:47 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. ABC News Obama Leaving For Vacation But Troubles May Follow ABC News President Obama is set to leave Washington, DC Friday for his family's annual August vacation to Martha's Vin...

» Obama Administration Will Not Charge Militant in the US
07/08/15 17:46 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from ABC News: Top Stories. Umm Sayyaf, captured during a Delta Force raid in Syria, will 'face justice' in Iraq

» US Probing If Iranian Violated UN Sanctions With Russia Trip
07/08/15 17:46 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from ABC News: Top Stories. US probing if commander of elite Iranian force traveled to Russia in violation of UN sanctions

» 2015-08-07Kurdish Lawmakers Say Turkish Airstrikes Killed 8 Civilians | Islamic
07/08/15 15:11 from Mike Nova - Google+
2015-08-07 Kurdish Lawmakers Say Turkish Airstrikes Killed 8 Civilians | Islamic State abducts dozens of Christians from Syrian town: monitor - Reuters Kurdish Lawmakers Say Turkish Airstrikes Killed 8 Civilians VIDEO: Putin petitioned o...

» Canada Party Leaders Hit Harper on Economy
07/08/15 14:45 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. Prime Minister Stephen Harper defended his economic policies in a party leaders’ debate, setting the stage for an 11-week national election campaign that is likely to be dominated by C...

» North Korea to Go Back in Time
07/08/15 14:45 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. North Korea is going to fix a new time zone, called Pyongyang time, which will move its clocks back 30 minutes.

» Kabul Bomb Kills at Least Eight
07/08/15 14:44 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. A truck bomb exploded in central Kabul, killing at least eight people and injuring as many as 400, officials said, ending a period of relative calm in the Afghan capital.

» Man Arrested After Walking Through Channel Tunnel
07/08/15 14:44 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. A Sudanese man walked almost the whole length of the 31-mile Channel Tunnel from France before being arrested, British police said, highlighting the lengths to which migrants will go t...

» Islamic State Seizes Dozens of Syrian Christians
07/08/15 14:43 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. Islamic State is holding dozens of Christians in the southeastern Syrian province of Homs after seizing the town of Qaryatain as part of the militant group’s efforts to establish a str...

» Fourth Blogger Hacked to Death in Bangladesh
07/08/15 14:43 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. Another Bangladeshi blogger was hacked to death in Dhaka on Friday—the fourth such attack on writers who had been critical of Islam this year—raising renewed fears about growing radica...

» Russia destroys tonnes of banned cheese
07/08/15 14:42 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from itnnews's YouTube Videos. From: itnnews Duration: 01:01 Russia burns tonnes of banned cheese as it starts a campaign to destroy illegally imported Western food. Report by Asana Greenstreet.

» Long Battle With Mental Illness Marked Man Killed at Theater - ABC News
07/08/15 14:40 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. ABC News Long Battle With Mental Illness Marked Man Killed at Theater ABC News The transient glared at patrons in the dark movie theater, the dyed red tips of his hair faded to a...

» Trump Did Not Dominate the Foreign-Policy Debate, However - Bloomberg
07/08/15 14:40 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. NBCNews.com Trump Did Not Dominate the Foreign-Policy Debate, However Bloomberg A clash between Chris Christie and Ron Paul over NSA phone searches went viral on Facebook, as can...

» Kerry Links Better US-Vietnam Ties to Rights on Anniversary - New York Times
07/08/15 14:40 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Kerry Links Better US-Vietnam Ties to Rights on Anniversary New York Times HANOI, Vietnam — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Friday celebrated the 20th anniversary of normal...

» Utøya four years on: what's the mood in Norway? - The Guardian
07/08/15 14:39 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. The Guardian Utøya four years on: what's the mood in Norway? The Guardian Norway has reopened its summer camp on the island of Utøya for the first time since 69 people were kille...

» US Jury Nears Deliberations in Trial of Russian Taliban
07/08/15 14:39 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Defense attorneys for a Russian military veteran suspected of a Taliban attack on U.S. forces in Afghanistan were to present closing arguments in the trial in U.S. District Court. Irek Ha...

» Robert Conquest, historian who chronicled Stalin’s crimes, dies at 98
07/08/15 14:39 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World: World News, International News, Foreign Reporting - The Washington Post. Robert Conquest, a historian who laid bare the murders, starvation and fear wreaked upon the Soviet population by Stalin’s re...

» Trump Cheered And Booed In Republican Debate
07/08/15 14:38 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World News - Breaking international news and headlines | Sky News. The billionaire was the star of the show during the event - but faced questions about his remarks on women and Mexican immigrants.

» Defiant Donald Refuses To Play The Game
07/08/15 14:38 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World News - Breaking international news and headlines | Sky News. Donald Trump's presence dominated the Republican presidential debate - but is his popularity eclipsing his politics?

» Donald Trump is centre of attention during first Republican debate – video
07/08/15 14:38 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World news + Video | The Guardian. At the first debate in the race to become the 2016 Republican nominee for US president, Donald Trump stood centre-stage next to Jeb Bush, Scott Walker and seven other men...

» Five men arrested over deaths of over 200 migrants - video
07/08/15 14:37 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World news + Video | The Guardian. The five men arrested on suspicion of multiple homicide and human trafficking in the presumed drowning of more than 200 people, disembark a ship in Palermo, Italy on Frid...

» Trump faces more jeers than cheers
07/08/15 14:37 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World News. Presidential candidates spar in front of rowdy crowd in first televised stand-off

» Republican presidential candidates debate: Quotes of the night
07/08/15 14:36 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World news. In pics: Significant quotes from the Republican presidential candidates debate

» Republican debate: Donald Trump rants and raves but his weaknesses are exposed
07/08/15 14:35 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World news. Billionaire is booed in first minutes of debate after refusing to rule out a run as a third party candidate

» Republican debate: Trump will be Trump, and other things we learned
07/08/15 14:35 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World news. Jeb Bush may be in trouble, Marco Rubio is the real deal and watch out for Carly Fiorina

» At least seven dead in Afghanistan Kabul blast - BBC News
07/08/15 14:34 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World - Google News. BBC News At least seven dead in Afghanistan Kabul blast BBC News At least seven people have been killed and about 400 injured by a powerful car bomb in the Afghan capital Kabul early o...

» Islamic State abducts dozens of Christians from Syrian town: monitor - Reuters
07/08/15 14:33 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World - Google News. Irish Examiner Islamic State abducts dozens of Christians from Syrian town: monitor Reuters BEIRUT Islamic State militants have abducted dozens of Christian families after seizing a st...

» One Year After First US Airstrikes, Islamic State Still Rooted in Iraq, Syria
07/08/15 14:32 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Almost one year ago, U.S. warplanes took to the skies over Iraq to carry out the first airstrikes against the terror group known as the Islamic State. Since then, the U.S. has raised the ...

» Kerry in Hanoi for Anniversary of US-Vietnam Ties
07/08/15 14:32 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has arrived in Hanoi for events marking the 20th anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic ties between the U.S. and Vietnam. Relations between the...

» IS Kidnaps Hundreds in Syria
07/08/15 14:30 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. An observation group says the Islamic State (IS) militants kidnapped 230 people in Syria, including dozens of Christians, some taken from a monastery. Word of the mass kidnapping comes as...

» Russia Just Hacked Into the Pentagon’s Email System
07/08/15 14:29 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from TIME. The increased tensions between Russia and the West have been labeled “a new cold war.” But there’s nothing cold about the cyber hostilities that have been raging between the United States and its onc...

» Death of Alexander Perepilichnyy 'linked to death of Alexander Litvinenko'
07/08/15 14:27 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. Alexander Perepilichnyy, pictured, a key witness in a £140million tax fraud investigation, collapsed while jogging outside his £3million mansion in Weybridge, Surrey, in November 2012.

» Yazidi boy relives experience at ISIS jihad camp for lesson in BEHEADING
07/08/15 14:23 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. Taha said the terror group tried to indoctrinate his class into becoming Islamic extremists, helping form an army they boasted would march on Rome, before defeating America and the west.

» ISIS kidnaps 230 Christian and Muslim men, women and children
07/08/15 14:23 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. In this picture released on Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2015 by the Rased News Network a Facebook page affiliated with Islamic State militants, an Islamic State militant holds the group's flag a...

» GOP strategist: I saw "destruction" of Trump
07/08/15 14:22 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
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