ICH: How to Commit War Crimes-and Get Away With It

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December 08/09, 2019

"The only security of all is in a free press. The force of public opinion cannot be resisted when permitted freely to be expressed. The agitation it produces must be submitted to. It is necessary, to keep the waters pure." - Thomas Jefferson to Lafayette, 1823

"Freedom of the press, or, to be more precise, the benefit of freedom of the press, belongs to everyone - to the citizen as well as the publisher... The crux is not the publisher's 'freedom to print'; it is,rather, the citizen's 'right to know. " - Arthur Sulzburger - - American newspaper publisher

"Without an unfettered press, without liberty of speech, all of the outward forms and structures of free institutions are a sham, a pretense -- the sheerest mockery. If the press is not free; if speech is not independent and untrammeled; if the mind is shackled or made impotent through fear, it makes no difference under what form of government you live, you are a subject and not a citizen" - William E. Borah

Op-Ed

When you follow the gun trail, you sometimes end up in unexpected places By Robert Fisk
	Robert Fisk, followed the trail of weapons from the front lines of Syria to a small village in Bosnia. - Continue

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How to Commit War Crimes-and Get Away With It By Vijay Prashad
	John Bolton and Mike Pompeo, threatened the ICC that if they pursued a case against the U.S., then the Trump administration would go after the ICC prosecutor and judges personally. - Continue

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Journalist: Newsweek Suppressed OPCW Scandal And Threatened Me With Legal Action By Caitlin Johnstone
	Newsweek has long been a reliable guard dog and attack dog for the US-centralized empire - Continue

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Pentagon Alarmed Russia Is Gaining 'Sympathy' Among US Troops By Tyler Durden
	Half of U.S. armed services households questioned, 46%, said they viewed Russia as ally. - Continue

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Omar, Tlaib, Ocasio-Cortez, and Pressley only Dems to oppose Israel resolution that omits all mentions of occupation By Michael Arria
	Nearly every Republican voted against the legislation, but only 4 Democrats opposed it. - Continue

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Epstein Was a Mossad Agent Used to Blackmail American Politicians, Says Former Israeli Spy By Paul Joseph Watson
	"They were agents of the Israeli Intelligence Services." - Continue

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Hong Kong -- Pure Western Insanity By Peter Koenig
	These US-inspired violent protests are meant to destabilize the Government of Beijing - which is, of course, a pipedream. - Continue

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US and UK military-intelligence apparatus campaigns to destroy Jeremy Corbyn By Ben Norton and Max Blumenthal
	British and US intelligence agencies have borrowed tactics from America's Russiagate hysteria and going to great efforts to portray him - without any substantive evidence - as a supposed puppet of the dastardly Kremlin. - Continue

HARD NEWS

MIDDLE EAST

Iraqi officials raise toll to 25 killed in Baghdad bloodshed

With 20 More Killed Fears of Iraqi Civil War Loom

Iraqi protesters attacked by an unidentified armed group

More than a dozen killed in Syria's Idlib air raids

Air strikes of unknown origin kill five pro-Iran fighters in Syria

Turkey says 2 killed in car bomb attack in northeast Syria

Newsweek reporter resigns, accusing outlet of SUPPRESSING story about OPCW leak that undermines Syria 'gas attack' narrative

Four Egyptian Soldiers Killed In Sinai Double Attack

3 Saudi soldiers killed near Yemen border

Sudan says it has reduced troops in Yemen to 5,000

Saudi Arabia-US relations tested by Pensacola naval base shooting

At least one Saudi national filmed Pensacola attack, US Defense Secretary Esper says

FBI says US Navy base shooting was act of terror

Trump's defense of Saudis grows more isolated

Israel today tested a nuke-missile, aimed at Iran.

Netanyahu demands US backing of Jordan Valley 'annexation plan' after Washington denies he ever spoke of it with Pompeo

Netanyahu's personal lawyer to be charged with money laundering

American Muslims to Democrats: 'Palestine is a foreign policy priority'

AFRICA

Libya: Haftar's forces repelled

U.S. says drone shot down by Russian air defenses near Libyan capital

The Pentagon's 36 Military Bases in Africa. America's Growing Military Presence

Algeria prosecutor seeks heavy sentences against ex-premiers

ASIA

10 killed in clashes in N. Afghan provinces

Afghanistan- Three civilians killed in Wardak drone attack

China's top diplomat tells Pompeo U.S. should stop interfering in China's internal affairs

Hong Kong Protests Mark 6-Month Mark With Massive Rally

US bill on China's Xinjiang violates international law: Official

China tells government offices to remove all foreign computer equipment: Directive is likely to be a blow to US multinational companies like HP, Dell and Microsoft.

BlackRock, Vanguard Among Fund Giants Flocking to China: Global asset managers are embracing China's invitation to do more business in one of the world's fastest-growing financial markets.

EUROPE

Russia Says Will Respond to U.S. on Missile Deployment

Ukraine's Zelensky to be TOPPLED by protests if he crosses 'red lines' in Paris,

Pentagon Concerned Russia Cultivating Sympathy Among US Troops: The survey found 28% of Americans identified Russia as an ally, up from 19% the previous year.

2,000 American soldiers banned from Italian main street after vicious brawl

Boris Johnson refuses to say if he will resign if he fails to win majority

Boris Johnson's Brexit envoy to US resigns with furious attack on government 'peddling half-truths'

Boris Johnson accused of lying over pledge to cut immigration after Brexit

GLOBE

Oceans losing oxygen at unprecedented rate, experts warn

AMERICAS

Bolivia: MAS Appoints Morales as Director of its 2020 Campaign

Evo Morales Vows to Return to Bolivia After Right-Wing Coup

Haiti: President Jovenel Moïse moves to trample the Haitian justice system

Haitian Protesters Decry US Backing for Embattled President

Mexico's Govt Launches Massive Auction For 'Robin Hood' Program