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Will the Al-Nusrah Front Announce an Islamic Emirate for Yarmouk Palestinian Camp?

When asked, Syrian soldiers near Yarmouk, often provide a terse response to the effect that they are “preparing to secure the area and awaiting orders.”

(YARMOUK CAMP, Damascus) - Syria and Lebanon's longstanding agreement allowing citizens to cross the border without a visa, is not extended to Palestinians.

It poses big problems for Palestinian refugees living in both countries.

Seals: Killers of Osama Dying or Being Killed?

US Navy Seal Commander, Who Killed Osama Bin Laden, Commits ‘Apparent Suicide’ In Afghanistan
UNBELIEVABLE: ‘More Than 20 Navy SEALS From The Unit That Killed Osama Bin Laden’ Die In Helicopter Crash

(HYDERABAD, Pakistan) - SEAL Team 4 Commanding Officer Job W. Price committed suicide. He was best known for finding and then killing Osama bin Laden.

Cmdr. Job W. Price, 42, died Saturday, Dec. 22, of a non-combat-related injury while supporting stability operations in Uruzgan Province, Afghanistan.

`Did we just kill a kid?`

The moment drone operator who assassinated Afghans with the push of a button on a computer in the U.S. realized he had vaporized a child... and could not go on.

(LONDON Daily Mail) - A former U.S. drone operator has opened up about the toll of killing scores of innocent people by pressing a button from a control room in New Mexico.

Brandon Bryant, 27, from Missoula, Montana, spent six years in the Air Force operating Predator drones from inside a dark container.

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.

Suicide Bomb Blast in South Waziristan Pakistan

It is not clear who carried out the attack.

(JHUMRA CITY, Pakistan) - A suicide bomber in northwest Pakistan has wounded a militant commander and killed at least six people.

Officials say Maulvi Nazir was one of at least 12 people wounded in the blast Thursday in Wana, the main town in the South Waziristan tribal region.

Sri Lankan State Terrorism Spreads to Paris, France

“Assassination makes only martyrs, not converts”

(PARIS, France) - With deep sadness and grief we, TCHR, publish this press release on the assassination carried out by the Sri Lankan military intelligence on a Tamil activist, a French citizen in Paris, France - Nadarajah Mathinthiran alias Parithi, nom de guerre Regan.

There is no doubt that this assassination was carried out by the Sri Lankan military intelligence...

Free Syrian Army Targets Innocent Civilians for Supporting the Government

Syria is beleaguered in an erosive and unjustifiable war which the United States, Britain, France and their regional allies have waged with the complicity of Al-Qaeda and domestic mercenaries.

(ROME) - Almost 18 months after the beginning of unrest and violence in Syria, the Syrian people are waiting for peace and tranquility to once again rule their homeland and their destroyed lives.

The Syrian people are embattled in a war which a number of Western powers and regional states have launched against their country...

Taliban Leader Captured in S. Afghanistan: Coalition

Separately, a Taliban facilitator was arrested in Nangarhar province 120 km east of Kabul also Friday, the coalition statement said.

(KABUL Xinhua) - A local Taliban leader was arrested Friday by Afghan and NATO-led coalition troops in Kandahar in the latest crackdown against the militants.

"An Afghan and coalition security force arrested a Taliban leader in Kandahar province today," the coalition or International Security Assistance Force said in a statement providing daily operational updates.

Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl Over 3 Years in Captivity in Afghanistan

Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl is a U.S. Army soldier that was captured in Afghanistan in June 2009.

(KABUL) - Speculation has been rumored though various news agencies how he came into the hands of the Taliban.

The Army maintains that Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl, was discovered missing during a unit roll-call in Afghanistan.

Saboteur: An Interview With a Domestic Insurgent

From the book RADICAL PEACE: People Refusing War

(OLDENBURG, Germany) - I first met the man we'll call Trucker in 1970 at a rally against the Vietnam War. Our demo was going to start on the Berkeley campus and continue with a march down Telegraph Avenue.

This was shortly after the National Guard and police had murdered six demonstrators at Kent State and Jackson State, so the mood was extremely tense.