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Potland Appeal WINS: Oregon Hempstalk 2015 Is ON!

"Hempstalk is a Smoke free, drug free, family friendly event!" said many people on stage in 2014.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - Despite Shawn Rogers' decision to deny Portland's annual Hempstalk event for 2015, the Customer Service Center Manager for Portland's Parks & Recreation department overturned that ruling today thanks to the endless efforts of Paul Stanford and more than 60 Portland cannabis activists determined to have our rights and festival respected.

"We won and the City Council and Mayor of Portland voted to grant our appeal and overturn the Park Bureau's denial of the Portland Hempstalk Festival's permit for 2015. Final date to be announced. Yeah!" said Stanford.

Why Did Israel Attack Southern Syria?

This is not the first time that Israel has conducted a direct military operation in Syrian soil.

(SALEM, Ore.) - While Hezbollah fighters and the Syrian armed forces have been involved in endgame operations aimed at retaking al-Zabadani, the Israeli regime targeted positions of the resistance forces in the Golan Heights, a move that can be described as a help to terrorists besieged in that town and an attempt by Tel Aviv to directly join the clashes in southern Syria.

On Thursday, Israel targeted some border areas in southern Syria. Israeli officials stated the strikes were carried out in response to rockets fired from Syria to northern Golan Heights.

Saudi Arabia`s Strategic Debacle

What's behind the facade? Read on...

(SALEM, Ore.) - Euro news correspondent, Valérie Gauriat analyzes Saudi Arabia's strategic failures in her report based on documents published by WikiLeaks:

1. According to this report, Saudi Arabia spent billions of dollars to curb the growing influence of Iran and Shi'ite thought in the world by building mosques and cultural centers to export its Wahhabi ideology and spreading it in Muslim countries and Europe...

Strategic Divisions Between Egypt and Saudi Arabia

Fragile peace with much at risk.

(SALEM, Ore.) - According to Euro news reporter Faiza Garah, the rift in relations between Egypt and Saudi Arabia, has begun to widen.

She mentioned some factors explaining their current differences in her article, including Egypt's opposition to the ground invasion in Yemen, and strategic differences between Egypt and Saudi Arabia for reconciliation with the Muslim Brotherhood.

Who Masterminded the Diyarbakir Blast?

Özkan claims that the Diyarbakir blast was a piece of MİT's puzzle.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Tuncay Özkan, Turkish journalist, writer and politician, and one of the leaders of The Republican People's Party, revealed important information about the Diyarbakır bomb attack in a secret meeting with a representative of Halkların Demokratik Partisi (HDP) in Ankara.

According to Özkan, Hakan Fidan, the head of the National Intelligence Organization (MİT) designed a secret plan to create unrest in the HDP election campaign.

President of Kush Bottles Named to Oregon Liquor Control Commission Marijuana Subcommittee

Appointment will help customers immediate access to regulation changes and policy updates that impact their business

(LOS ANGELES) - Ben Wu, president of Kush Bottles, North America's premier supplier of customizable child-resistant packaging solutions and accessories for the legal cannabis industry, was named to the Oregon Liquor Control Commission Recreational Marijuana Rules Advisory Technical Subcommittee on Packaging.

Wu is considered one of the nation's leading authorities on compliance issues relating to packaging, labeling, and child-resistance.

ISIL Demands First Formal Political Bureau in Turkey

Abu Hamza al-Baghdadi may be responsible for suicide operations especially in the city of Diyarbakir.

(SALEM, Ore.) - As reported by the TimeTurk News Agency, Turkish authorities met representatives of ISIL terrorist group (Daesh) and held talks with them a few weeks ago in Turkey.

A well-informed sources in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, who requested anonymity, said in this regard: Abu Hamza al-Baghdadi as the head of ISIL's representatives formally asked the AK Party authorities to establish the first formal political bureau of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria in the city of Izmir.

Yemen Army Destroys Saudi Convoy in Jizan

A number of Saudi soldiers were killed during the operation while the rest fled the scene.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Yemen's army and popular committees have stopped a Saudi convoy near the military base, Jareh, in Jizan and destroyed dozens of armored Saudi machines.

The Sabanet website quotes a military source saying another Saudi convoy loaded with significant arms and military equipment was destroyed in Alkhoube district located in Jizan, adding that this caused the mass runaway of Saudi troops.

Who Sent Saudi Documents to WikiLeaks?

Who stole the Saudi documents, and why?

(SALEM, Ore.) - WikiLeaks' publishing of "The Saudi Cables" (https://wikileaks.org/saudi-cables/) - more than half a million top-secret documents from Saudi Arabia's Foreign Ministry, has gained significant media attention in recent days.

The released documents, which expose Saudi involvement in regional affairs and also its hostile policies towards Iran and Syria, in addition to its allies, has triggered a wave of concern & uncertainty in different countries.

The Iranian Threat

Who Is the Gravest Danger to World Peace?

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - Throughout the world there is great relief and optimism about the nuclear deal reached in Vienna between Iran and the P5+1 nations, the five veto-holding members of the U.N. Security Council and Germany.

Most of the world apparently shares the assessment of the U.S. Arms Control Association that "the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action establishes a strong and effective formula for blocking all of the pathways by which Iran could acquire material for nuclear weapons for more than a generation..."