“We want for others what we want for ourselves: the right to worship without intimidation, the right to safety, and the right to propertyâ€:
Whenever Americans are killed by Muslims, it is blown up by the mainstream media, while the victims of US attacks are almost never humanized, and their deaths barely recognized:
- Today’s Civilian Victims in Yemen Will Be Ignored Because US And Its Allies Are Responsible (Intercept)
Following the recent terrorist attacks, the Egyptian government now drafts a law that will make it illegal to contradict the government when it comes to reporting terrorism:
- Egypt Wants to Jail Journalists for Not Falling in Line. It’s Been Trained By a US Nonprofit (Huffington Post)
Obama acknowledges that the fight against ISIS is a fight of ideas, and that “[i]deologies are not defeated by guns [but with] … better ideas”:
- Barack Obama Says Fighting ISIS Will Be a ‘Generational Struggle‘ (Guardian)
- Obama Discusses Anti-ISIL Strategy With National Security Team at Pentagon (US Department of Defense)
20 years later, many still fail to acknowledge the genocide in Srebrenica. Attorney Adisada Dudic says, “[D]enial is the last stage of genocide”, claiming that the U.N. and U.S. have documentary proof of genocideâ€:
Terrorism of any kind in America is rare, and Radley Balko calls for an end to its over-emphasis in politics and media without diminishing of the importance of lives lost or of the “sheer horror” of terrorism:
- The Good News About Extremist Violence in the United States: It’s Vanishingly Rare (Washington Post)
With outstanding disputes on issues “from inspection rules on suspicious … sites to limits on … [R&D] of advanced nuclear technology … no one was speaking yet on Tuesday of a long-term extension”:
- Deadline for Iran Nuclear Deal Missed, Extended Again (Christian Science Monitor)
Today, a bomb attack – most likely executed by Boko Haram – took place against a government office in Zaria, Nigeria:
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