Berto Jongman: Ebola Speculation – Martyrs in Venezuela, US Role in African Outbreak?

“Ebola Martyrs” Have Now Reached South America, US Warned Is Next The Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) is warning today that a “strong contingent” of Islamic State (IS) “Ebola Martyrs” they had previously described in their 15 August report, and who are preparing to target the United States, have now reached the South American nation of …

Chuck Spinney: Uri Avnery on the Obsolescence of the Nation-State

Scotland on the Euphrates The Obsolescence of the Nation-State by URI AVNERY Counterpunch, WEEKEND EDITION SEPTEMBER 19-21, 2014 [This essay originally appeared at http://www.avnery-news.co.il/english/index.html ] TWO COUNTRIES competed this week for first place in news programs all over the world: Scotland and the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. There could not be a greater …

Yoda: Neil Irwin in NYT Gets Its Right – Scotland’s Independence Vote Shows a Global Crisis of the Elites — Robert Steele Comments + Book Review RECAP

At last, NYT gets something right. Scotland’s Independence Vote Shows a Global Crisis of the Elites Neil Irwin New York Times, 18 September 2014 When you get past the details of the Scottish independence referendum Thursday, there is a broader story underway, one that is also playing out in other advanced nations. It is a …

Mongoose: Attaboy Australia — Beheading IO Stopped — But What Should US Do?

Very well done, Australia! Australia raids foil reported ISIS beheading plots Australian counterterrorism forces detained 15 people Thursday in a series of suburban raids after receiving intelligence that the Islamic State movement was planning public beheadings in two Australian cities to demonstrate its reach. About 800 federal and state police officers raided more than a …

Mini-Me: Special Russian (Truth) – US (Lies) – Ukraine (Atrocity Central) SitRep + Ukraine RECAP

Huh? SPECIAL RUSSIAN FEDERATION SITREP 23 July 2014 I’ve been doing these Sitreps for 14 years; I have never done a special before. But I have never felt that we were close to war before either. To go to war is bad enough, but to go to war over lies… RUSSIAN MILITARY BRIEFING. The key …