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Ten Little Girls and One Unexploded Landmine

I was told in Kabul that Afghanistan has more unexploded landmines than any other country in the world.

(SACRAMENTO, CA) - A landmine explosion in eastern Afghanistan killed ten little girls in mid-December. Such a number is unthinkable, yet we should all consider it for this is the price of war and no family on the face of this earth should ever have to bury ten little children at once.

The girls were gathering firewood according to reports, when one unknowingly struck the mine with an ax.

Will the Destruction of Nahr al Bared be Replicated in Yamouk?

The morning of 12/21/12 saw general calm in Yarmouk, following intense clashes, widespread destruction in some areas and two bombs dropped over the past week.

(YARMOUK CAMP, Damascus) - Some Palestinian here in Damascus, from the Palestinian Writers Union with whom this observer has been meeting, including independent researcher Hamad Said Al-Mawed, are saying so.

Admittedly there are some similarities between the two camps fate. Both among the ‘better’ of the 57 Palestinian refugee camps in the hosting countries, of Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, the West Bank and Gaza.

Susan Rice Would Have Been a Bad Secretary of State Anyway

Her openness to another U.S. war in the Middle East became apparent when she announced in September that "there is no daylight" between the United States and the right-wing Israeli government of Benjamin Netanyahu...

(SAN FRANCISCO FPIF) - U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice’s announcement that she would withdraw her name from consideration to be the next secretary of state is a mixed blessing.

On the one hand, it marks yet another example of the Obama administration’s failure to defend its appointees from concerted and misleading Republican attacks.

Alex Thomson Report from Inside Syria - Was there a `Massacre Committed by the Regime` in Aqrab?

We do not say what follows is the truth. But we can say it is the first independently observed story of Aqrab from the first outside journalist to reach this area.

(AQRAB, Syria) - To reach Aqrab is to penetrate deep into the badlands of central Syria, where many of the worst atrocities of the war have taken place.

It is not a journey undertaken lightly...

Damascus Street Notes : Syrian Students Condemn American Led Sanctions that Escalate Food Cost

Damascenes are tense, sullen, but not panicked following what many consider terrorist acts by so-called “rebels.”

(DAMASCUS Al Manar) - “Who does that obnoxious woman think she is?”

The demand came from a staffer in the Russian Embassy media office inside the vast windowless soviet style massive high walled compound.

Human Rights Investigation: Syrian Rebels Use Child to Behead Prisoner

Footage, posted to YouTube by Voice of America Arabic (Radio Sawa) anchor and journalist Zaid Benjamin, shows a child hacking a prisoner’s neck with a machete. Warning GRAPHIC.

(WASHINGTON DC) - The video then cuts to rebels displaying the man’s severed head while chanting “Allahu Akbar.”

This is the side that the United States and the European Union have backed and used to bring regime change to Syria.

Human Rights Investigations: Use of Child Soldiers by Rebels in Syria Widespread, More Evidence

The side American backs is brining very young, impressionable children to their sectarian, jihadi ideology.

(ROME) - We have unearthed further disturbing evidence suggesting the use of child soldiers is widespread amongst rebel groups.

It also appears that communications equipment provided by the US and UK is being used by jihadi groups to publicise their abuses...

Thousands of US Troops Arrive Near Syrian Shore on USS Eisenhower

“The muscle is already there to be flexed,” US official

(ROME) - The USS Eisenhower, an American aircraft carrier, arrived at the Syrian coast yesterday in the midst of a heavy storm, indicating US preparation for a potential ground intervention.

More WMD Hype: Syrian Government will not Use Chemical Weapons Against its Own Citizens

Obama and NATO are sharing the same script...

(ROME) - Syria will not use any chemical or biological weapons against its own people. The Obama Administration and company are just recycling the same lines that were used months earlier against Damascus.

These statements are disingenuous and hollow. They can easily be deconstructed as rhetoric. All we need to do is look at recent history.

RT`s Abby Martin Accuses Israel of War Crimes for Targeting Journalists

(MOSCOW) - Abby Martin of Russia Today’s Brainwash Update pointed out that Israel’s targeting of Gaza media centers, which killed journalists and endangered employees of many news organizations, was a war crime.

She was the victim of a smear attempt by the Israel lobby, which accused her of support for terrorism...