Daily Archive: August 29, 2016

August 29, 2016

‘Stone Cold Justice’Israel’s Torture of Palestinian Children

Video – Documentary

How Palestinian children as young as 12, who have been arrested and detained by Israeli forces, are subjected to physical abuse, torture and forced into false confessions and pushed into gathering intelligence on Palestinian activists.

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August 29, 2016

What Syria’s Kurds “Think” They are Fighting For Versus Reality

Reports are emerging of widespread armed conflict between Kurdish militants and Syrian forces.

The Kurdish offensive is being backed by US forces, including airpower overhead and special operations personnel on the ground. Syrian attempts to use its own air force to counter the spreading conflict appeared to be checked by what was essentially a defacto no-fly zone established by the US over eastern Syria.

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August 29, 2016

India Plans to Acquire Predator Drones from the United States to Combat Terror

India will look to acquire lethal predator drones from the United States during Defense Minister Manohar Parrikar’s visit to Washington this week as New Delhi looks to ramp up its counterterrorism operations and to counter the growing relationship between its neighbors Pakistan and China.

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August 29, 2016

FSA retakes several villages in Syria, advances toward Manbij

The Free Syrian Army (FSA), backed by the Turkish military, continued its offensive to retake areas under control of the Syrian Democratic Party (SDF) and Islamic State (ISIS).

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August 29, 2016

US slams Turkey over ‘unacceptable clashes’ with Syria opposition, says they aid ISIS

Turkey’s use of force against Kurdish forces in Syria has not gone down well with the US, with Washington openly supporting the Kurdish YPG fighters, who have proved to be a vital ground force in the battle against Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL).

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August 29, 2016

Syrian War Report – August 29, 2016: Militant Strongholds Fall near Damascus

The situation in Aleppo city remains tense.

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August 29, 2016

It’s ‘Digital Heroin’: How Screens Turn Kids into Psychotic Junkies

Children’s healthy development involves social interaction, creative imaginative play and an engagement with the real, natural world. Unfortunately, the immersive and addictive world of screens dampens and stunts those developmental processes.

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August 29, 2016

The Road to WWIII is Paved with Good Intentions

Few in Congress seem to understand that most of the official statements coming from the White House, the Pentagon, the State Department and the intelligence community reflect a distorted, one-sided view of the conflict that ignores the facts, international law and common sense.

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