Saturday, May 16, 2015

Publication of Israeli Soldiers' Accounts Clouded by Political Agenda - Gerald Steinberg (Sydney Morning Herald-Australia)


China Seeking Military Base in Djibouti, East Africa(AFP) China is negotiating a military base in the strategic port of Djibouti, its president, Ismail Omar Guelleh, told AFP, raising the prospect of U.S. and Chinese bases side-by-side in the tiny Horn of Africa nation.

Gen. Dempsey: Beyond Nuclear Issue, U.S. Has Five Other Issues with Iran (U.S. Department of Defense) "I'm certainly supportive of the efforts to try to resolve that one (nuclear) diplomatically, but we'll have other issues with Iran, whether it's surrogates and proxies, weapons trafficking, ballistic missile development, cyber activity, and on occasion, their effort to threaten freedom of navigation." 

Iraq Counts on Magic Wands to Stop ISIS - Jacob Siegel (Daily Beast)

Disgusting Exploitation of Disabled Palestinian Child – Yarden Frankl (Honest Reporting) Mohammed Omer, a Palestinian journalist, turns the story of Mohammed al-Farra upside down.
Hamas Lets Shiite Group Operate in Gaza - Avi Issacharoff (Times of Israel) The Shiite Islamist movement A-Sabrin has began operating in Gaza with full Iranian sponsorship.