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UN Troops in Lebanon Can Shoot Back at Israel
U.N. peacekeepers in Lebanon are permitted to use force in several circumstances, including self-defense and prevention of hostile action in its area of deployment, writes Joe Lauria.
When Pompeo Spat on West Point
The former C.I.A. director and secretary of state ridiculed the U.S. Military Academy, his alma mater, by dissing the cadets’ honor code in one of his most infamous remarks, writes Joe Lauria.
WATCH: Whistleblower McBride Wins Leave to Appeal
Former military lawyer David McBride has won the right to appeal his conviction for blowing the whistle on Australian war crimes in Afghanistan. Cathy Vogan reports from Canberra for Consortium News.
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Israel Steps Up Pounding of Gaza & Lebanon at 1-Year Mark
Israel has announced a new phase of its war on Gaza while simultaneously conducting the most severe strikes so far on Beirut.
The Mission to Overcome Miseducation
Too many Americans, through neither malice nor ideology, but through education and upbringing, believe national myths that spread death and destruction, not democracy.
WATCH: CN Live! — ‘Assange Appears as Mideast Burns’
Craig Murray and Richard Medhurst join CN Live! to discuss Julian Assange’s appearance in Strasbourg and to lend their expert analysis to the blow up in the Middle East.
WATCH: UN Security Council on Widening Mideast War
WATCH: Debate on Assange Resolution
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Wednesday debated a report and resolution on Julian Assange’s treatment during his years of incarceration. Watch the replay here.