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Assassination Attempt on Leader of Sabirin Resistance Movement Likely Tied to Gaza Salafi Group

The Sabirin resistance movement leader has repeatedly been threatened by Salafi & Takfiri groups in the Gaza Strip.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Officials in Gaza say the 09 October 2015 assassination attempt against Hisham Salem, a well known Palestinian political resistance leader, was carried out by mercenaries who are affiliated with a Gaza Salafi group.

Salem is the leader of The Sabirin (The Patient) Resistance Movement for the Victory of Palestine.

Jaish al-Islam Faces Horror of Russian Air Strikes in Syria

Terrorist organizations say they will advance into the districts of Damascus and use the civilian area as a shield for their units and forces.

(SALEM, Ore.) - According to one of the commanders of the terrorist group Ajnad al-Sham, anti-Assad fighters in the east of Damascus including Jaysh al-Islam terrorists, are voicing their concerns about the use of sophisticated weapons by Russian fighters.

Members of the different terrorist organizations say they intend to advance into the districts of Damascus and use the civilian area as a shield for their units and forces.

Leak Suggests Mossad`s Plan to Assassinate Resistance Leaders

The failed assassination attempt on Sabirin Resistance Movement Leader Hisham Salem in the Gaza Strip on Friday, 09 October 2015, is said to be the work of the Zionist regime.

(SALEM, Ore.) - An Israeli security official who declined to be identified, says Israel's spy agency plans to use the Quds Intifada to identify the Palestinian resistance leaders in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank in order to assassinate them.

The Israeli security official said that all people who are identified are the ones reportedly involved in the 51-day war in 2014.

Unknown Fate for Sending German Weapons to Iraqi Kurdistan

Omid Nouripour also called for greater control of the German army so that German weapons will not fall into the wrong hands.

(SALEM, Ore.) - A German Member of Parliament criticized policies of his country for sending weapons to Iraqi Kurdistan and he voiced his concern for the uncertain fate of the weapons in Kurds' hands.

"I disagree with the weapon delivery to the Kurds. (The) German government has been unable to prove what will be consequences of the weapons delivered to Iraqi Kurdistan."

The Third Intifada and Israel`s Repeated Failures in Dividing Palestine

A Hamas leader says Palestinians' withdrawal of the third Intifada could lead to losing Aqsa mosque as well as major parts of Palestine.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Israel is trying to increase the desecration of Al-Aqsa Mosque and if Palestinians do not show any reaction, the Zionist regime will soon fully join areas "C" to the other occupied territories.

According to Ali Baraka from Hamas, the group's representative in Lebanon, "Israel is continuing to desecrate holy Aqsa Mosque to separate areas "C" from Palestine completely..."

Judaization of Quds and Al-Aqsa Mosque by the Zionist Regime

Israeli regime seeks to change Jerusalem's demographic layout.

(SALEM, Ore.) - An Israeli minister allegedly disclosed that his government is trying to increase the Jewish population of Jerusalem in order to change its demographics and to violate the identity of capital of Palestine.

According to sources, the Israeli minister, who wished to remain anonymous, said that in the wake of European countries recognizing Palestine as a country, and the possibility of Palestine's membership including Jerusalem as its capital, the Israeli cabinet is calling for the Judaization of Quds and Al-Aqsa Mosque.

Oregon Cannabis Research Task Force to meet December 15

The agenda includes summary of research on medical uses of cannabis; state and federal cannabis research programs.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - The new Oregon Task Force on Researching the Medical and Public Health Properties of Cannabis -- the Cannabis Research Task Force -- is holding its first meeting. The meeting is open to the public.

Senate Bill 844, passed in 2015, created the Cannabis Research Task Force to study and publish a report on the development of a medical cannabis industry that provides patients with medical products meeting individual patient needs.

Highway 101 ReOpens In Newport After Officer Involved Shooting

Suspect is in trauma unit in Corvallis hospital.

(LINCOLN COUNTY, Ore.) - Two Newport Police Department Officers and one Lincoln County Sheriff's Deputy arrived and contacted 53-year old Nantharath Thilavans. He reportedly became combative and multiple attempts at non-lethal force were applied (pepper spray and taser applications) without success.

During the altercation, police say Thilavans raised a dangerous weapon and threatened the officers. One officer fired his duty weapon at the suspect, striking him and critically injuring him.

John Trudell - Human

"He got a fast horse. Comanche warriors made sure he got their best. Hoofbeats thunder through the Time Ripple, cracking open the curtains that divide the spirit worlds, casting sparks back our way. Let's gather them up and build fires." --- Greta Montagne

(SALEM, Ore.) - There’s a reason John Trudell is in the Counterculture Hall of Fame. Several reasons.

The great Santee Sioux poet/philosopher/warrior passed December 8, 2015 after a long bout with cancer. He was at peace, surrounded by family and friends; many had tirelessly helped care for John thru this transition. He lived a magnificent life. He was 69.

Today Terrorism is our Common Worry

"The bitter events brought about by blind terrorism in France have once again, moved me to speak to you young people" - Supreme Leader of Iran

(SALEM, Ore.) - The bitter events brought about by blind terrorism in France have once again, moved me to speak to you young people.

For me, it is unfortunate that such incidents would have to create the framework for a conversation, however the truth is that if painful matters do not create the grounds for finding solutions and mutual consultation, then the damage caused will be multiplied.