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A volunteer carries the body of civilians killed in a US air strike in Mosul, Iraq on March 24, 2017. (AP/Felipe Dana)
WASHINGTON, D.C.– In the Iraqi city of Mosul, local residents have retrieved almost 300 bodies from underneath buildings that were leveled by a U.S. airstrike that took place on March 17. The strike killed hundreds as part of an attempt by a U.S.-led coalition to combat Daesh (ISIS) forces by bombing their network of tunnels.

By Jan Oberg

“The Debate” on April 16, 2017 with Richard Millett and Jan Oberg illustrates quite well two distinctly different perspectives on conflicts in general and Syria in particular.
Its focus is on the difference in media coverage of the terrible events in Khan Seykhoun and al-Rashideen but there is much more to it.

An  Israeli-US dual citizen who can only be described as a terrorist, yet due to legal technicalities cannot be named, is currently before a criminal court in Israel after Tel Aviv declined a US request for extradition. It is rare for a staunch US ally to decline an extradition request. After all, Sweden and the UK have been desperately trying to hand Assange over to America. Only Ecuador stands in the way.
The suspect stands accused of the following
–Making bomb threats against several packed passenger jets
–Threatening to blackmail a US State Senator

President Donald Trump has abandoned the foreign policy on which he ran to move America closer to war in Syria. Taking the U.S. into another tragic Middle Eastern conflict would sacrifice American lives and wealth while making the country less secure.

Former CIA director James Woolsey adjusts his glasses during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Tuesday, July 20, 2004 in Washington. (AP/Evan Vucci)

Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has responded to a recent upsurge in a ISIS inspired insurgency in his country by once again threatening to hunt down and cannibalise terrorists.
Duterte promised to personally hunt down terrorists and after the hunt is complete, he would prepare to eat the organs of a captured terrorist. Duterte described his rather humble preparations for cannibalism by saying,

“…just give me vinegar and salt, I’ll eat his liver”.

Donald Trump has come out in support of Marine Le Pen in tomorrow’s first round of Presidential elections in France.
He told the Associated Press that Le Pen is,

“…strongest on borders, and she’s the strongest on what’s been going on in France”.

Yesterday, morning power black-outs hit three major US cities in two time zones. Areas of New York, San Francisco and Los Angeles were hit by the still unexplained power cuts.
San Francisco’s power supply is controlled by Pacific Gas and Electric, most of Los Angeles is controlled by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power while other areas are controlled by Southern California Edison and much of New York City is controlled by ConEdison.

A poster on the street with a portrait of U.S. President Donald Trump and a sentence referring to a quotation of Iranian Leader Ali Khamenei in Tehran, Iran, Feb. 10, 2017. (AP/Vahid Salemi)
(ANALYSIS) — After launching the disastrous missile strikes against Syrian military forces that resulted in the killing of Syrian soldiers, civilians, and children as well as sending ships toward North Korea in a flagrant act of aggression and dropping the largest known non-nuclear bomb on Afghanistan, the Trump administration is now taking aim at Iran.

Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly speaks during a forum “Home & Away: Threats to America and the Department of Homeland Security response,” April 18, 2017, at George Washington University in Washington. (AP/Manuel Balce Ceneta)