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The Cluster Bombs of Boston and Drone Strikes of Yemen

Terrorism is committed with our tax dollars, in our name.

(ONTARIO Rabble.ca) - One day last week, I was in a Shawarma shop as the wall-to-wall TV coverage of the Boston manhunt provided the soundscape for lunch.

The gentleman behind the counter and I exchanged words of sadness about the sickness infecting those who would commit the kind of violence we saw at the end of the world-famous marathon.

Saudi Arabia: Detention of Human Rights Defender Mr Issa Al Marzooq Nukheifi

William Nicholas Gomes asks the King of Saudi Arabia to intervene in a case involving a human rights defender.

(SALEM) - Saudi Human Rights Defender Issa Al Marzooq Nukheifi has earned the wrath of his government by publishing uncomfortable truths about both Saudi Arabia and Yemen.

Arrested on 15 September 2012 by Mecca police and detained in Al Muwahad Prison in Mecca; Issa Al Marzooq Nukheifi was interrogated and repeatedly accused of inciting a protest.

A Cruel and Unusual Record

The United States is abandoning its role as the global champion of human rights.

(ATLANTA) - Revelations that top officials are targeting people to be assassinated abroad, including American citizens, are only the most recent, disturbing proof of how far our nation's violation of human rights has extended.

This development began after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, and has been sanctioned and escalated by bipartisan executive and legislative actions, without dissent from the general public.

Life or Death in Gaza Strip

“Gaza is not a city, anymore, and it’s not a country either. On the map it is called a strip, and a strip it is indeed”

(ALEXANDRIA, Egypt) - There are some places on earth, places that we’ve never been to, nor even cared to visit, but upon mentioning them, stereotyped visual associations are instantly summoned up in our minds.

What about Gaza? What kind of images do you conjure up when the word “Gaza” is mentioned?

Double Standards of Mass Murder (GRAPHIC IMAGES)

"Now, even as we learn how this happened and who's responsible, we may never understand what leads anybody to terrorize their fellow human beings like this. Such violence, such evil is senseless." --Barack Obama

(MANAMA, Bahrain) - A Virginia college, a Colorado high school, a Texas military base, an Arizona strip mall, a Colorado movie theatre—all have become part of a recurring event in America: mass murder.

Following the latest massacre, Tom Mauser, father of a 15-year-old victim at the Columbine High School slaughter in 1999, described the inescapable scene...

Americans Only Decry Murders That Aren`t Their Own

Americans are surprised when the shoe is on the other foot; at the end of the day the U.S. politicians have no respect for humanity.

(JAMESTOWN, RI) - The day a crazed man entered a movie theater in Colorado and murdered 12 innocent people, the nation was horrified.

On that very same day a drone dropped two bombs on a neighborhood in Yemen and the following innocents were killed.

What Really Lies Behind Israel`s `No Occupation` Report

Experts have also pointed to the difficulties Israel will face if it adopts Levy’s position.

(NAZARETH) - The recently published report by an Israeli judge concluding that Israel is not in fact occupying the Palestinian territories – despite a well-established international consensus to the contrary – has provoked mostly incredulity or mirth in Israel and abroad.

Left-wing websites in Israel used comically captioned photographs to highlight Justice Edmond Levy’s preposterous finding.

The Hand That Spurs Iran Sanctions

Washington's vitriolic animosity towards Iran is nothing new.

(TEHRAN) - The illegal oil embargoes against Iran have begun to take effect; a precocious smile of satisfaction breaks upon the ugly face of Zionism; and the US once again proves its lapdog fidelity to the Zionist regime.

That's not all, though. Israel craves for more and Washington has no choice but to cater to the wanton demands of a decadent colonizing regime.

Settlers Escalate Ulpana Resistance; West Bank Mosque Torched

APN is closely following the showdown over Ulpana Hill.

(WASHINGTON DC) - Extremist settlers are escalating a campaign to resist Israeli government attempts to remove five illegal houses at the West Bank settlement of Beit El, near Ramallah.

Government inches toward an agreement with settler leader for peaceful eviction, as more militant settlers escalate actions.

Five Years and Counting: Israel Creates and Manages Its `Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza`

It is an appalling situation for which Israel, the United States, and the rest of the “good Germans” in the world, are deeply liable and responsible.

(CHICAGO) - Drawing from a report by Save the Children, Electronic Intifada’s Managing Editor describes what she correctly terms, Israel’s managed “humanitarian crisis in Gaza”.

A humanitarian crisis that is managed? Wait a minute; “managing” means controlling what happens. Yes it does.