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The Nightmare at Newtown: Open Letter to Our President

We must move forward with resolve.

(SALEM) - The Newtown Massacre of innocent kindergarten kids follows on the heels of the less-heinous mall shootings here in Oregon, where your brother coaches at OSU.

Yet both of these tragedies strike home for one and all.

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...

Can American Leaders Lead?

“Another day, another mass shooting in America. When, and how, will this end? In fact, will it ever end?” - New York Times op-ed columnist Charles M. Blow

(LONDON) - Something close to despair could be detected in a piece written for the New York Times by op-ed columnist Charles M. Blow.

His opening words were these: “Another day, another mass shooting in America. When, and how, will this end? In fact, will it ever end?”

26 Slaughtered at Elementary School in Connecticut: 18 Children Dead

The Hartford Courant, citing unnamed sources, said many of the victims were in a kindergarten classroom.

(HARTFORD, CT.) - A young man carrying two handguns shot up an elementary school in Connecticut this morning.

The crime left 26 little kids and adults dead in one the nation’s worst 18 school massacres.

Here Comes the New Intifada?

Don't believe a word the Israeli right wing press is reporting, they invent news that justifies murder...

(SACRAMENTO, CA) - Clashes broke out in Hebron ahead of the funeral of a 17-year old Palestinian who was shot last night while walking home from a bakery.

The IDF soldiers say he was carrying what appeared to be a weapon- a classic line almost always uttered by police who shoot innocent victims dead.

Results from Freedom of Information Request to West London Mental Health Trust

"... at this stage it must be asked as to why the Trust is unable to state for sure whether it did have such records and what happened to them." - Jan Cosgrove, FPFC

(LONDON) - Jan Cosgrove, National Secretary of Fair Play for Children, submitted a Freedom of Information Request to the above Trust.

The watchdog group monitors the treatment of children in the United Kingdom...

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...

Why Oh Why Israel?

Is human depravity really the only possible option?

(SACRAMENTO, CA) - What possible reason exists to justify the gaping hole Israel left in Gaza's heart?

How can pounding people into burning pools of twisted torture and grief be an answer?

PETITION: Facebook Must Block Illicit Images and Videos of Children

A chance to help safeguard the most vulnerable children from online predators...

(WASHINGTON DC) - Facebook is a household name for millions of people around the world who use it to make friends, share pictures, and discuss common interests.

But increasingly, those people include pedophiles who are using Facebook to share images of child pornography and sell kids for sex.