US Senate panel approves use of force against Syria The Senate Foreign Relations Committee vote paves the way for full Senate debate Anti-war demonstrators in silent protest during Kerry’s address before US House committee Arab nations have offered to help pay for any U.S. military intervention in Syria, Secretary of State John Kerry told lawmakers while … Read more
Turkey talks possible role in Syria with United States Turkey has discussed several military options on Syria with the United States in preliminary talks Syria reconstruction would cost $73 billion: report If the war in Syria suddenly stopped and reconstruction began today, around $73 billion would be needed to put the country back on track Arab ministers to … Read more
Obama wins support from leaders in Congress for Syria military strike U.S. President Barack Obama won the support of leaders from both parties in the House of Representatives for limited strikes against President Bashar al-Assad‘s forces Understanding the Syrian Civil War Consortium News Chillingly, the just cited Wikileaks memorandum notes that the assembled military and intelligence officers … Read more
Syria air strikes: reaction to Barack Obama’s decision to go to Congress From dismay in Israel to caution in France, reaction to the US president’s decision to seek approval from Congress was mixed President Obama speaks on Syria, watch or listen live U.S. President Barack Obama (R) meets with his national security staff to discuss the situation in … Read more
Obama not ready to order Syria strike but gives up on UN U.S. President Barack Obama said he had not yet signed off on a plan to strike Syria Turkey: Willing for the coalition The chemical weapon attack in Syria caught the world?s attention ‘No 100% certainty’ on responsibility for Syria chemical attack: British PM … Read more
The 5 Nastiest Things the White House Has Said About Snowden If there were any doubts as to how President Obama feels about Edward Snowden, he laid them all to rest in a Friday news conference, dismissing the NSA whistleblower as no patriot. Obama denies bad relationship with ‘bored kid’ Putin President Barack Obama … Read more
Obama’s counterterrorism policy, by the numbers According to the New York Times, President Barack Obama will use his big counterterrorism speech on Thursday to sharply curtail the administration’s targeted killings. Going forward, the strict criteria used for approving strikes on American citizens abroad will govern drone strikes on all suspected militants. ***************** Republicans to make … Read more
Suriye Politikası Suriye?deki içsavaştan, içsavaşın bölgesel ve küresel etkilerinden kimse azade değil. Ön cephede veya daha beride olsun aktörlerin hepsi temkinli ve son tahlilde kendi çıkarlarını kollamanın peşinde. Türkiye hariç! Hükümetin verdiği görüntü şu: Suriye Sünnîlerinin muhalefetine koşulsuz destek, hatta bu muhalefet içinde başta ABD olmak üzere hatırı sayılır … Read more
Students protest Turkish Foreign Ministry A group of university students attempting to march on the Turkish Foreign Ministry… Economy to make mark in PM Erdoğan?s US visit Despite the heavy political agenda, Turkish Prime Minister Erdoğan?s visit will also be an opportunity to catch up on economic issues like Turkey?s call for free trade talks … Read more
Twitter, Facebook to pay tax in Turkey The Turkish Finance Ministry has sped up its work to collect taxes from the online advertising market. ‘Geography of Hate’ Maps Racist, Homophobic, Ableist Tweets Twitter has the capacity to ignite revolutions and enable small acts of kindness, but there’s also a darker side to the microblogging … Read more
Obama Opens Government Data So Devs Can Build New Products President Barack Obama signed an order Thursday requiring federal agencies to make their publicly accessible data open and machine-readable Dark Net: Anonymous Underbelly of the Internet ABC30.com FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) — An Action News investigation is shining a bright light on a very shady … Read more
Social media and the Boston bombings: When citizens and journalists cover the same story from Nieman Journalism Lab by Hong Qu Editor?s note: Hong Qu is a user experience designer who was part of the startup team that built YouTube. He is currently a visiting fellow at the Nieman Foundation, working on an application to … Read more
Czech ambassador clarifies that Czech Republic is not Chechnya from FP Passport by Marya Hannun Brothers in arms: A brief history of sibling terror plots from FP Passport by Colin Daileda Using Facial-Recognition Technology to Track Down the Boston Bombers (and Why Humans Are Still Better at It) from Bilişim Hukuku Günlüğü … Read more
CISPA Passes Committee, Advances to House Vote from Mashable! by Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai ACLU, White House Pan CISPA’s Return from The Next Web by Alex Wilhelm Obama’s regressive record makes Nixon look like Che from Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow Redditor Federal Reservations has made a handy post enumerating all the regressive, authoritarian, corporatist … Read more
Turkish PM Erdoğan?s Gaza visit to take place after Obama meeting from Hurriyet Daily News Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said he will probably visit Gaza after his trip to Washington Greek Cyprus rebuffs Turkish side?s offer from Hurriyet Daily News Greek Cyprus has rebuffed the offer of Turkish Cypriots to start negotiations. … Read more