The Raw Story

A non-profit news blog, focused on providing independent journalism.

Tuesday, 14 October 2014

FLASHBACK: 10 tons of depleted uranium dropped on Kosovo - UN hid damning contamination report

A shocking text by Senegalese Bakary Kante, head of the UN mission in 1999 about the horrific consequences of the bombing of Serbia was never published, reported. © NATO.intDepleted Uranium Engagement Points 6 Apr 99 - 10 Jun 99 - Map produced 18 Jan 01 In May 1999 the United Nations have hidden from the public the report by Bakari Kante, head of the first mission of UNEP (United Nations Environment Program) about the environmental consequences of...

The U.S. 'Army Operating Concept': pathological blueprint for waging WWIII internationally and domestically

© UnknownGen. Raymond Odierno, chief of staff of the Army addressing U.S. Army War College Class of 2015 with his 'war for war's sake' Army Operating Concept programming. With US politicians and the American media engaged in an increasingly acrimonious debate over the strategy guiding the latest US war in the Middle East, the United States Army has unveiled a new document entitled the Army Operating Concept (AOC), which provides a "vision of future...

Vast majority of U.S. hospitals not prepared to treat people with Ebola, and the story gets worse

© UnknownIf an epidemic of Ebola ever broke out in the U.S., the Nebraska Biocontainment Patient Care Unit would be only one of less than a handful of hospitals that would be adequately trained and equipped enough to deal with it. And for only small numbers of patients. This Ebola outbreak is being called the "most severe, acute health emergency seen in modern times", and the U.S. health care system is completely and totally unprepared for it. The...

Could Earth's magnetic field flip within a human lifetime?

© Paul RenneLeft to right, Biaggio Giaccio, Gianluca Sotilli, Courtney Sprain and Sebastien Nomade sitting next to an outcrop in the Sulmona basin of the Apennine Mountains that contains the Matuyama-Brunhes magnetic reversal. A layer of volcanic ash interbedded with the lake sediments can be seen above their heads. Sotilli and Sprain are pointing to the sediment layer in which the magnetic reversal occurred. Imagine the world waking up one morning...

Amid sanctions war Russian economic policy authority recommends diverting energy flows to Asia

Putin opening the Russian section of a Russian-Chinese pipeline Russia's leading economic policy making authority has released a report which urges Russia to divert energy flows to Asia, away from Europe where risks of a deflationary spiral and stagnation remain high.Amid growing tensions with Europe over the US-initiated sanctions war, the growing consensus among Russian elites to develop markets in the east is likely to be painful for Europe,...

Putin concerned over rise of neo-Nazism in Europe; calls for efforts to counter attempts to revise results of WW2

Russian President Vladimir Putin has expressed concern over the spread of neo-Nazi ideology in Europe and called for efforts to prevent the revision of the outcome of the Second World War. Russian President Vladimir Putin has expressed concern over the spread of neo-Nazi ideology in Europe and called for efforts to prevent the revision of the outcome of the Second World War."Unfortunately, the vaccine against the Nazi virus, developed at the Nuremberg...

Netherlands is okay with 'No Surrender' biker gang fighting Islamic State jihadists

© AFP Photo/Olaf KraakMembers of the No Surrender biker gang are fighting against Islamic State militants in northern Iraq The Dutch public prosecutor said on Tuesday that motorbike gang members who have reportedly joined Kurds battling the Islamic State group in Iraq are not necessarily committing any crime."Joining a foreign armed force was previously punishable, now it's no longer forbidden," public prosecutor spokesman Wim de Bruin told ."You...

BEST OF THE WEB: Cosmic COINTELPRO: Baiting chemtrails conspiracy theorists with straw men

Increasingly persistent airplane condensation trails, which CorpGov does not want people to notice The chemtrails conspiracy theory has been circulating for a while among the same sorts of people who believe that 9/11 was an inside job and celebrities are being controlled by the CIA. In brief, chemtrail enthusiasts think that those white trails of vapor you see pouring out of planes are actually nasty chemical or biological agents that governments...

Conservative and religious states in the U.S. more likely to search for Internet porn

© Shutterstock Individuals in states with higher levels of religiosity and conservatism are more likely use the Internet to search for sexually explicit material, according to a study in the latest .In "Do American States with More Religious or Conservative Populations Search More for Sexual Content on Google?," Canadian psychologists Gordon Hodson and Cara MacInnis correlated state-wide levels of both religiosity and conservatism with Google trends....

Ohio pastor accused of forcing abortions and vasectomies on church members

© screenshot from youtube by Ernest Angley MinistriesErnest Angley Former members of Grace Cathedral in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio have accused church leader and televangelist Ernest Angley of demanding they have abortions or vasectomies, and that he would both engage in and turn a blind eye to sexual abuse in the church.Over 20 former members of Angley's congregation spoke with the in its six-part series on various allegations made against the 93-year-old...

US Geological Survey assessment: North California must brace for major earthquake in near future

© Reuters / Robert GalbraithSan Francisco Four segments of the San Andreas fault system in Northern California are due for an earthquake of magnitude 6.8 or greater, including a section that runs near infrastructure crucial to water supply in much of the state, according to a geological study.The Green Valley fault northeast of San Francisco between the cities of Napa and Fairfield is poised for a magnitude-7.1 earthquake or stronger, said researchers...

'Alien' sea creature with 100 arms caught by fisherman, Singapore

Bizarre: The unusual creature appears to have over 100 tentacle-like arms This bizarre-looking 'alien' creature was caught by a deep sea fisherman in Singapore.Ong Han Boon, 54, was at his favourite fishing spot on the island of Sentosa where he cast his line with the hope of catching a fresh tasty treat for lunch.As he settled down with a few cans of his favourite beer, he noticed a pull, but he never expected what came up out of the sea.He said:...

Knock-knock: Polar bear breaks into home in Alaskan village

© Flora RexfordRuby Kaleak heads out on polar bear patrol in Kaktovik, Alaska. Ruby Kaleak's part-time job on polar bear patrol in the village of Kaktovik, Alaska, usually means chasing the animals back to the Beaufort Sea. But she wasn't expecting to shoo one of the biggest bears she's ever seen out of a house last week.She was on duty Friday in the village of 300 people when a call came over the radio that a bear was inside a doorway, the reported...

We are the people, we are the power: Ferguson activists storm St Louis city hall over accountability police

Be accountable or be gone. One of the leading activists Kennard Williams talking to a city hall official In a fresh action for accountability from the police force, about 100 youths stormed the St. Louis City Hall with banners demanding a civilian review board for all "police shootings" and to stop supplying the force with heavy military equipment.Another demand had to do with body cameras, so that each encounter between an officer and a suspect...

Passwords of 7M Dropbox accounts seized

The passwords of nearly 7 million Dropbox accounts have been seized through third-party services and 400 directly leaked on Pastebin, with promises of more leaks following bitcoin donations. Dropbox denies a hack.The leaker described the 400 as a "first teaser...just to get things going" and followed with: "More Bitcoin = more accounts published on Pastebin. As more BTC is donated, More pastebin pastes will appear."It remains unclear how the details...

Interview with The Saker: Ukraine as we know it is gone forever

A new country is born: Novorossiya has won its war of independence from Ukraine The Saker is an ex-military analyst who was born in Europe to a family of Russian refugees. He now lives in Florida where he writes the Vineyard of the Saker blog and is a regular contributor to Russia Insider. The international community of Saker Blogs includes, besides the original Saker blog, French, German, Russian, Oceania and Serbian members and will soon include...
Subscribe to: Posts (Atom)