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Remarks by President Obama and Prime Minister Abe of Japan at Hiroshima Peace Memorial

"The memory of the morning of August 6th, 1945 must never fade. That memory allows us to fight complacency. It fuels our moral imagination. It allows us to change." ~President Barack Obama

(HIROSHIMA, Japan) - Seventy-one years ago, on a bright, cloudless morning, death fell from the sky and the world was changed. A flash of light and a wall of fire destroyed a city and demonstrated that mankind possessed the means to destroy itself.

Why do we come to this place, to Hiroshima? We come to ponder a terrible force unleashed in a not so distant past. We come to mourn the dead, including over 100,000 in Japanese men, women and children; thousands of Koreans; a dozen Americans held prisoner. Their souls speak to us.

RDX Evaluation by US EPA - Why It Matters

EPA downplays RDX toxicity, pleasing the DOD and putting us in peril

(SALEM, Ore.) - RDX is an explosive which is more powerful than TNT. RDX is not something that available from your local hardware store, but has been used by both the military and terrorists to kill people.

It saw wide use in World War II. RDX is also known as Research Department Formula X, cyclonite, hexogen (particularly in German and German-influenced languages), and T4. RDX is still the base for many common military exposures, including C-4, which is 91% RDX.

The Bangor Eight Peace Activists Found Guilty in US District Court

The activists were charged with crossing the "thin blue line", trespassing onto a US nuclear weapons base.

(TACOMA, Wash.) - Eight activists crossed the blue line onto Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor, which represents the largest operational concentration of nuclear weapons in the US arsenal, in an act of nonviolent civil resistance.

Some staged a die-in, spreading ashes around others’ bodies on the asphalt, while two members of the group attempted to deliver a letter to the base commander urging him to uphold international law regarding nuclear weapons.

Artist Dom Martin Remembers the Plight of Palestinians on Land Day

Lest they be forgotten. 1.8 million people live behind closed walls, in Gaza.

(LONDON) - Gaza epitomizes the epicenter of the harrowing ethos and pathos of human conscientiousness — the thesaurus to every psychological algorithm imaginable or inflictable upon a dispossessed people.

For more than 60 years and several generations going forward, the people of Gaza — who were culturally and ancestrally uprooted from their homeland — have since steadfastly endured the abysmal scourge of survival and strangulated coexistence.

Tractatus Terroismo Philosophicus

A message of tragedy, and inspiration to choose otherwise.

(LONDON) - If terrorism is the use of violence and intimidation in the pursuit of political aims
then to surrender to terror is to become a terrorist

To surrender to terror is to retaliate using violence and genocidal tactics in the pursuit of Globalist political aims
But the West can’t become a terrorist
For the West was already a terrorist...

Bahraini King Meets an Israeli Rabbi

Is this the prelude to further persecution of other resistance factions in the Middle-East region?

(TEL AVIV) - According to Jerusalem Post, the Bahraini despot Hamad bin Isa al Khalifa met with Rabbi Marc Schneier, the president of the Foundation of Ethnic Understanding, in the Bahraini capital of Manama.

The Bahraini King sees the direct relation with Tel Aviv only a matter of time.

Iran`s Political Maneuvers After the Parliamentary Election

Iran's Sunni MPs refuted the vicious Saudi allegations and defeated the Saudi efforts to stoke the fire of sedition and national unity in Iran.

(TEHRAN) - The Iranian capital recently saw the shuttle diplomacy of various international personalities, namely Turkish Prime Minster Ahmet Davutoğlu.

The Turkish Premier in his negotiations with Iranian officials, has shown the dramatic change in Turkey's stance, as the two parties searched for a peaceful solution for the Syrian crisis.

Islamic Iran: a Guarantee for Middle-East Stability

Tehran sends a message of peace and stability to all neighboring countries.

(TEHRAN) - Iran witnessed the first spectacular missile war-game after the historic nuclear deal, better known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).

In spite of ill-considered western reaction to Iran's missile drill, Iranian politicians stressed that Iran pursues peaceful agenda and its military might is solely deterrent and its part of Tehran's inalienable rights to defend its sovereignty and national interests.

The Snake Nurtured in UAE`s Bosom, Stings Its Master: ISIS Declares War on Abu Dhabi

ISIS promised to wage a bloody war on the UAE financial hub of Dubai and Abu Dhabi.

(ABU DHABI, UAE) - As the Obama administration and its Arab allies stumble over anti-ISIS strategy, there are many indications beyond a shadow of a doubt, showing ISIS would bring its war front to UAE (United Arab Emirates) soil.

Nearly 20 months have elapsed since the U.S.-led camping against the terrorist ISIS militants began and no sooner have the Iraqi and Syrian people realized that they have been caught between ISIS' hammer and Obama's anvil.

Corruption is a Tool Used by Some Azerbaijani

A mafia network in Azerbaijan expands their monopoly of gambling clubs.

(BAKU, Azerbaijan) - Following the economic crisis and the sharp decline in the value of Manat against the dollar, and the spread of unemployment and poverty, as well as extensive modifications throughout offices and commercial and non-commercial centers, we witness the formation of the a social crisis in Azerbaijan and some greedy treacherous officials of the country benefit from increased profits and control social emotions through the spread of drugs, gambling and corruption centers.