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Americans Completely Clueless About 9/11 Fifteen Years Later

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A shock new video by Mark Dice illustrates how Americans – and mostly millennials – are completely clueless abut 9/11 as the fifteenth anniversary of the terror attack draws near. Asked by Dice what organization was led by Osama Bin Laden, one man looked bemused before admitting he didn’t know. “What was the name of the terrorist leader behind the 9/11 attacks?” Dice asked another woman. “I... 

Miss Iraq 2015, Iraq's First Beauty Queen Competition Since 1972

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A 20-year-old green-eyed girl from Kirkuk was chosen Miss Iraq in the first national pageant in over four decades. The final had to be moved from Basra to Baghdad after receiving threats from radical Muslims. Eight contenders competed for the crown and a chance to represent Iraq in the Miss Universe contest. Organizers tried to stick to criteria of the international event, but made concessions to... 

World would be a better place with Saddam, Gaddafi still in power - Trump

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If Middle East strongmen Saddam Hussein and Muammar Gaddafi were still in this world, it would have been a better place, because what came instead is much worse, US presidential candidate Donald Trump said. Asked by CNN’s Jake Tapper on his State of the Union show whether the world would have been better off with Hussein and Gaddafi still ruling in Iraq and Syria, Trump said “100 percent.” “I... 

Israeli Newspaper Haaretz Comes Out in Support of Donald Trump

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The Israeli news website has come out in support of Donald Trump’s recent claim that the Middle East would be a lot more stable, had Iraq’s and Libya’s leaders remained in power and President Assad was stronger. Over a week ago, the US Republican presidential front-runner said in an interview with NBC’s Chuck Todd that the Middle East would be more stable if Muammar Gaddafi and Saddam... 

Western Interference in Middle East Resulted in EU Migrant Crisis

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Milos Zeman is sure the West is to blame for illigal migration crisis in the EU. The current migrant crisis in Europe is the result of the Western interference in the regional countries’ internal affairs, Czech President Milos Zeman said Sunday. In recent months, Europe has faced the biggest wave of undocumented immigration in years, with thousands of people risking a sea jorney to Europe to... 

US gave Saddam blessing to use toxins against Iranians

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As Washington ponders over whether to hammer Damascus over unidentified use of toxic agents in Syria, declassified CIA documents reveal that 25 years ago the US actually indulged ruthless Saddam Hussein to use chemical warfare gases in war with Iran. The recently declassified documents at the National Archives in College Park, Maryland, suggest that the US was closely following the use of chemical... 

British, U.S. spies ignored intelligence before Iraq invasion

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Britain and U.S. spying agencies had ignored intelligence before invasion of Iraq that the country had no active weapons of mass destruction (WMDs), it has been revealed. MI6 and CIA had been told through secret channels by Saddam’s foreign minister and his spy chief that Iraq had no WMDs, media reports said. This is while that former Prime Minister Tony Blair told parliament in the run-up to the... 

US holds Iraq withdrawal ceremony

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A Baghdad ceremony marks the official end of the US military mission in Iraq on December 15, 2011. American troops are holding a ceremony in the Iraqi capital city, Baghdad, to mark the official end of the US military presence in the Middle Eastern country, Press TV reports. During the highly symbolic ceremony on Thursday, which according to a US army tradition is called “casing,” the US military... 

Formula 1 billionaire chief Bernie Ecclestone: "Hitler? He got things done"

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Formula One chief Bernie Ecclestone last night provoked outrage by praising the policies of Adolf Hitler in an extraordinary interview. The 78-year-old billionaire criticised modern politicians as ‘weak’ and praised the former Nazi leader’s ability to ‘get things done’. His comments provoked furious reaction from politicians and Jewish groups. Ecclestone suggested in an... 

US president needs the Entire World vs North Korea

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“Obama Calls on World to ‘Stand Up to’ North Korea” read the headline. The United States, Obama said, was determined to protect “the peace and security of the world.” Shades of doublespeak, doublethink, 1984. North Korea is a small place. China alone could snuff it out in a few minutes. Yet the president of the U.S. thinks that nothing less than the entire world is a match for North... 
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