On numerous occasions during President Obama’s 2008 campaign he promised to withdraw two brigades per month, with all US combat troops out by 2009. Three years have passed since Obama was elected into office and the US troops are still in Iraq. However it is possible that this time Obama will really withdraw the US troops because the 2012 Elections are coming and Obama needs an image boost. President... 

US troops landed in Africa’s Uganda on October 19. US troops will also be deployed in the Democratic Republic of Congo, in the Central African Republic and in Southern Sudan. What does Washington need in Africa? The goal of the operation is to help the countries of the region struggle against Lord’s Resistance Army terrorist group. Sources at the Pentagon and Obama’s administration... 

The Turkish military has dispatched at least 10,000 additional troops to the border with Iraqi Kurdistan, and thousands of troops are already confirmed to have crossed into Iraq to hunt the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) rebels after yesterday’s killings of Turkish soldiers. The offensive is the largest single deployment of Turkish forces into Iraq since 2008, and some estimates have as many as... 

Libya, Misrata: Libyans take pictures with their mobile phones of the body of strongman Moamer Kadhafi in Misrata on October 20, 2011. Libyan Prime Minister Mahmoud Jibril has confirmed that Colonel Gaddafi has been killed. The fugitive leader died of wounds sustained in his capture near Sirte. Meanwhile, officials from the National Transitional Council (NTC) have stated that no order was given to... 

All of Ron Paul’s answers from last night’s GOP debate in Las Vegas.  Read More »

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who undergoes anti-cancer treatment, may live for not more than two years. This opinion was voiced by Salvador Navarrete, who had been Chavez’s personal surgeon in Venezuela. “When I say this, it means that he has no more than two years left. Judging by the information from his family, Chavez has a tumor in his pelvis, or sarcoma, and this is why he is... 

Jordan's new Prime Minister Awn Khasawneh has been a member of the International Court of Justice since 2000. Amid fears of more street protests, the Jordanian king accepts the resignation of Prime Minister Maaruf al-Bakhit, replacing him with International Court of Justice judge Awn Khasawneh. According to a senior Jordanian government official, Maaruf al-Bakhit tendered his resignation on Monday... 

Slovakia’s opposition leader says the deal to approve expanding the EU bailout fund has been reached and it will be voted in later this week. Earlier, the country’s parliament voted against it, which caused the collapse of country’s ruling coalition. Slovakia was the only member to say ‘no’ to increasing the facility, which already got the green light from 16 of the 17 Eurozone members.... 

On Wednesday, the German air force unveiled the latest addition to its fleet: the “Euro Hawk,” a state-of-the-art spy drone. The reconnaissance aircraft can fly non-stop for 30 hours in the stratosphere without having to refuel and its on-board sensors can penetrate clouds and sandstorms. After 10 years of planning and development, the Bundeswehr on Wednesday publicly unveiled its most... 

Gilad Shalit, the teenage conscript seized by Hamas, is set to be released 1,000 Palestinian prisoners to be swapped for soldier held captive in Gaza for five years. What could prove a historic deal to release hundreds of Palestinian prisoners in exchange for an Israeli soldier held captive in Gaza has been agreed between Israel and Hamas, concluding five years of negotiations that have repeatedly... 

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman, Ramin Mehmanparast. Iran has categorically rejected the US accusations that the Islamic Republic was involved in a plot to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to Washington, calling it a ‘prefabricated scenario.’ Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman, Ramin Mehmanparast, said on Tuesday that such ‘ludicrous’ claims hinged on the hostile joint stances... 

A frightening Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) report circulating in the Kremlin today warns that the Obama regime may be about to launch an Operation Northwoods type “false flag” bio-terror attack as a pretext for bombing and then invading Iran. According to this GRU report, US authorities took down one of their top bio-terror officials yesterday named Dr. Kimberly Lindsey [photo 2nd right]... 

A court in Kiev has sentenced Ukraine’s ex-prime minister, Yulia Tymoshenko, to seven years in prison for an abuse of her office. Her supporters and opponents have taken to the streets, raising fears that violence could break out. Immediately after the verdict was pronounced, Yulia Tymoshenko condemned the decision. “I do not agree with the verdict,” said Tymoshenko. “No authoritarian... 

The Home Secretary’s plan to retain the DNA of people charged but then cleared of offences may breach human rights law, a group of MPs and peers have said. A “catch-all” discretionary power to allow police to hold the DNA of innocent people indefinitely for reasons of “national security” should also be scrapped, the Joint Committee on Human Rights [JCHR] said. Its report on the Protection... 

State Senators argue that Free Speech is a privilege, not a right. The First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution clearly states: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. However,...