March 2013 News

“Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.” - Martin Luther King, Jr.

MARCH 2013

Britain – British terror suspects stripped of citizenship and then killed by US drones. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/british-terror-suspects-quietly-stripped-of-citizenship-then-killed-by-drones-8513858.html

Iran – Horrific suffering brought about by American sanctions. [This is vastly evil.] http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/oct/07/iran-santions-suffering

Afghanistan – NATO kills two boys. [March 2] http://rt.com/news/afghan-children-australian-death-722/

Afghanistan – Afghan security forces attack US base in Kapisa. [March 8] http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2013/03/afghan_security_forc_1.php

Afghanistan – Suicide bomber kills nine people during Hagel visit. Other bombs kill 9 more. http://www.rttnews.com/story.aspx?Id=2073644   

Afghanistan – Five Afghan troops and two US troops killed by insider attack. [March 11] http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-21738169

Afghanistan – Horrible conditions for internal refugees. And the US government does not give a shit. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34258.htm

Afghanistan - At least 21 people have been killed in Afghanistan, including five NATO soldiers in a helicopter crash and six civilians blasted by a landmine and mortar. http://is.gd/e3pZUO

Afghanistan - US special operations forces and their Afghan counterparts will withdraw from a strategic eastern province after complaints that they were involved in human rights abuses. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/us-troops-forced-out-of-afghan-province-by-abuse-claims-8542948.html

Afghanistan – Five civilians killed, four of them children in night raid. [The USA – still killing children daily around the planet. March 27] http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/03/27/us-afghanistan-raid-casualties-idUSBRE92Q0JG20130327

Afghanistan – Afghan villagers flee their homes, blame US drones. http://news.yahoo.com/afghan-villagers-flee-homes-blame-us-drones-061922800.html

Afghanistan – NATO air strike kills two more children along with nine suspected Taliban fighters near Ghazni. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/mar/30/nato-air-strike-children-afghanistan

Iraq – Sixteen killed and thirty wounded in Baghdad. [March 1] http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90777/8148845.html

Iraq – More than 210 people have been killed and over 550 wounded in attacks in February, according to an AFP toll based on security and medical sources. http://arabnews.com/middle-east/iraq-attacks-kill-26-people

Iraq – 40 Syrian soldiers and several Iraqis have been killed in western Iraq. The Syrian soldiers had fled across the border into Iraq to escape an attack of rebel fighters. [Militant branch of al Qaeda claimed responsibility.] http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-21658859

Iraq – Pentagon link to Iraqi torture centers revealed. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/mar/06/pentagon-iraqi-torture-centres-link

Iraq – Over a million internally displaced still suffer greatly in Iraq. http://www.aljazeera.com/humanrights/2013/03/201339112229227469.html

Iraq – More than 22 killed in attacks. [March 8] http://en.trend.az/regions/met/iraq/2127581.html

Iraq – More than 25 killed in attacks, blasts in Baghdad. [March 14] http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/03/14/us-iraq-violence-idUSBRE92D0HX20130314

Iraq – Car bomb kills ten in Basra [March 17] http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-21821159

Iraq – Still living in desperate conditions, and still facing violence and corruption. http://tv.msnbc.com/2013/03/17/iraqis-still-face-violence-corruption-as-they-rebuild/

Iraq – Iraq has an epidemic of birth defects since the US war of aggression. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2013/03/2013312175857532741.html

Iraq – Up to sixty people killed by car and suicide bombings. [Other reports say more than 65 killed. And al Qaeda has claimed responsibility. March 19] http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-21840718

Iraq – Depleted Uranium contamination still spreading in Iraq. http://truth-out.org/news/item/15168-depleted-uranium-contamination-is-still-spreading-in-iraq

Iraq – Some misconceptions about Iraq. http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2013/03/19/186350/think-you-know-the-facts-about.html

Iraq – Five killed in Iraq, two of them Sahwa fighters. [19 Sahwa fighters killed this month so far. March 22] http://arabnews.com/news/445702?utm_source=ICH%3A+Capitol+Hill%2C+Calls+for+Attack+On+Syria&utm_campaign=FIRST&utm_medium=email

Iraq - The Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militant group declared a "formal and clear ceasefire" with Turkey after the rebels' jailed leader ordered an end to the decades-long armed campaign for autonomy. [March 23] http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/03/23/us-turkey-kurds-idUSBRE92M06J20130323

Iraq – Major exposé on the death squads in Iraq – started, armed, funded, and promoted by the US military in secret. It was the “El Salvador” option in Iraq, which resulted in starting up the sectarian war in Iraq. In depth report:  http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/mar/06/pentagon-iraqi-torture-centres-link 

Iraq – US audit over Iraq expenses shows $60 billion wasted. [It was far more than that.] http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2013/03/201332610025946947.html

Iraq – Car bombs target Shia worshippers in Baghdad and Kirkuk. At least 19 dead. [Other reports say at least 23 dead. March 29] http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-21973817

Malaysia – At least 14 have died in clashed to end the siege of a village in Sabah province by a Philippines clan. [March 1] http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-21628758

Malaysia – At least five police officers have died in an armed clash with gunmen in Sabah province. [March 3] http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-21646374

Malaysia – Seven army battalions deployed to Sabah state occupied by Filipinos. [March 4] http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-21665135

Pakistan – Bomb in Shia area of Karachi kills dozens. [March 3] http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-21649412

Pakistan – Mob torches 200 Pakistani Christian homes and 80 shops. [March9] http://is.gd/zucrPY

Pakistan – Two killed in US drone strike. [March 10] http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/767013.shtml#.UT0r0Fcp-So

Pakistan – UN says US drone strikes violate Pakistan sovereignty. http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/un-us-drones-violate-pakistan-sovereignty/2013/03/15/308adae6-8d8a-11e2-adca-74ab31da3399_story.html

Mali – 50 rebels and another French soldier killed. [March 4.] http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/breaking-news/rebels-french-soldier-killed-in-mali/story-e6frf7k6-1226589592429

Mali – 63 Malian soldiers and 600 Islamist killed since January, per the Malian army. http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/International/2013/Mar-27/211648-63-malian-soldiers-600-islamists-killed-since-january-army.ashx

Mali – French troops to stay through the end of 2013. http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/africa/2013/03/29/French-troops-to-stay-in-Mali-through-end-of-2013.html

Mali – Islamist fighters slip back into Timbuktu, repelled by French and Malians. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/01/world/africa/islamist-fighters-repelled-in-assault-on-timbuktu.html

Syria – Over a million refugees from violence in Syria, with two million internally displaced. [This is vastly evil.] http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-21685135

Syria – The Philippines has demanded the immediate release of 21 of its nationals working as UN observers who have been kidnapped by rebels in Syria. [They were freed on March 9.] http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-21695658

Syria – Increasing numbers of children in Syria are being recruited by armed groups on both sides of the conflict. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-21760461

Syria – Islamic law comes to rebel-held Syria. http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/islamic-law-comes-to-rebel-held-syria/2013/03/19/b310532e-90af-11e2-bdea-e32ad90da239_story.html

Syria – Syrian government denies aircraft bombing of Lebanon. [March 19] http://is.gd/vTMYRA

Syria – CIA provides intelligence to Syrian rebels. [And that’s not all they provide! So, are these folks total idiots (by helping out extremists who hate Americans) or total psychopaths (who don’t care who they kill, just as long as the killing continues) or both? March 19]

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/cia-provides-intelligence-syrian-rebels-report-174809080.html

Syria – Leader of the Syrian National Coalition (trying to oust Assad) has stepped down. He said that the west has not been giving enough weapons to the rebels. Also, the ‘elected’ prime minister of the opposition will not be recognized by the FSA, which is the military branch of the SNC. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-21917630

Syria – Rebels have begun to fight among themselves. http://world.time.com/2013/03/26/in-syria-the-rebels-have-begun-to-fight-among-themselves/

Syria – Obama’s policies in shambles. http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2013/03/25/186877/obamas-syria-policy-in-shambles.html

Syria – US training Syrians in Jordan. [But we are only training ‘moderate’ forces. March 26] http://www.11alive.com/news/article/285225/166/Officials-US-training-Syrians-forces-in-Jordan

Syria – University of Damascus hit by mortars. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-21964299

Syria – Twenty people killed by scud missile in Aleppo. [March 29] http://www.aa.com.tr/en/rss/150497--scud-attack-in-aleppo-quot-kills-many-quot

Syria – Mideast powers opposed to President Bashar Assad have dramatically stepped up weapons supplies to Syrian rebels in coordination with the U.S. in preparation for a push on the capital of Damascus, officials and Western military experts. http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-202_162-57576722/ap-master-plan-underway-to-help-syria-rebels-take-damascus-with-u.s.-approved-airlifts-of-heavy-weapons/

Syria – March was conflict’s deadliest month, with about a third of the victims civilians. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-21995400

USA – NYT expose a ‘one-sided’ account of killing of American citizens by drones. http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/03/10-0

USA – Number of hunger strikers at Guantanamo grows to 24, US military says. http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2013/03/19/186307/number-of-hunger-strikers-at-guantanamo.html

USA – Oklahoma earthquake linked to oil extraction wastewater. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-21952428

Libya – UN raises concerns about arms flowing to other countries from Libya and about secret prisons in Libya run by militias. http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/afp/130314/un-raises-new-concerns-about-libya-arms-secret-detainees-0

Libya – Christians being rounded up and tortured. http://www.independent.ie/world-news/middle-east/christians-being-rounded-up-and-tortured-in-libya-29129515.html

Libya – Libya’s original freedom fighter leaves Libya, due to death threats from the Libyan militias. He said "I returned to Libya with tears in my eyes. I was so hopeful," he says now. "But our revolution has been hijacked." [No joke. It was hijacked by the US-supported Islamic extremists. Amazingly enough, this guy never thought the country would end of full of militarized groups (of thugs) even though history has shown AGAIN AND AGAIN that violence begets more violence. March 24] http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/mar/23/libya-original-freedom-fighter

Libya – More than 150 gunmen attack military air base in southern Libya, killing two soldiers. [March 30] http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/gunmen-attack-military-air-base-in-southern-libya-killing-2-soldiers/2013/03/30/c4e74b96-9958-11e2-b5b4-b63027b499de_story.html  

Mexico – The role of American guns in Mexico. As many as 120,000 people in Mexico have been killed by guns since 2006. http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2013/03/made-in-the-usa-the-role-of-american-guns-in-mexican-violence/274103/  

Haiti – The cholera crisis in Haiti is getting worse, due to a lack of money and basic medical supplies. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/18/opinion/a-worsening-haitian-tragedy.html

Lebanon - Lebanon’s government fell after Prime Minister Najib Miqati resigned from his office, dropping a political bombshell on a country suffering a week of sectarian strife that saw intense clashes explode in Tripoli. [March 22] https://now.mmedia.me/lb/en/nownews/pm-najib-miqati-resigns

Israel – They shot back at a Syrian machine-gun nest that was firing into Syria. [Other reports says they destroyed a military post. March 24] http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-21917351

Niger – The US military has a drone base there now. http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/drone-base-in-niger-gives-us-a-strategic-foothold-in-west-africa/2013/03/21/700ee8d0-9170-11e2-9c4d-798c073d7ec8_story.html  

Central African Republic – Coup leaders stormed the capital and overthrown the president. [March 24] http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-21919716

Central African Republic – Red Cross found 78 bodies in the streets of the capital Bangui. [March 29] http://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2013/03/201332915390337427.html

DR Congo – UN combat force to target DR Congo rebels. The UN Security Council has approved the creation of a special combat force to carry out "targeted offensive operations" against armed groups in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. It is the first time the UN has given an offensive mandate to its troops. The 2,500-strong brigade will be asked to "neutralise and disarm" rebels. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-21972193

Turkey and/or Iraq – Kurdish rebel group declares ceasefire with Turkey. [March 24] http://rt.com/news/pkk-kurds--turkey-ceasefire-722/

Obama in the Middle East – worth reading the whole thing. http://www.counterpunch.org/2013/03/18/obama-in-the-middle-east/

North Korea – NK puts artillery forces at top combat posture in latest threat to USA and South Korea. [After US forces buzzed the country with nuclear bomb capable planes. Russia warns of possible escalation.]  http://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/n-korea-puts-artillery-forces-at-top-combat-posture-in-latest-threat-to-us.php

North Korea – Latest developments. North Korea has declared they are in a state of war with South Korea. http://live.reuters.com/Event/North_Korea

Honduras – Reagan-era atrocities are back as Obama funds a state implicated in murder. http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/mar/30/congress-us-support-honduras-death-squad-regime?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+theguardian%2Fcommentisfree%2Frss+%28Comment+is+free%29

World – A reconstruction of regional and global temperatures for the past 11,300 years. http://www.sciencemag.org/content/339/6124/1198.abstract