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- Congress Sanctions a Syrian Government That No Longer Exists
If a government falls in the world, but Congress isn't around to hear it, did it really fall? Apparently not. The military budget signed into law by President Joe Biden on Monday includes a five-year renewal of the Caesar Civilian Protection Act, an economic sanctions package designed to lead to the overthrow of Syrian ruler Bashar Assad, which already happened weeks ago. The Caesar Act is not just a case of Congress passing redundant zombie legislation. It's also an example of economic sanctions, sold as a way to protect human rights from a dictatorship, instead causing suffering and instability. Although the architects of the law presented it as a way to punish Assad and his cronies personally, the sanctions were explicitly designed to keep Syria in ruins as long as Assad was in power. The fact that the legislative cycle moves slower than events on the ground… ...[TheTopNews] Read More.9 hours ago - ICE deports former high-ranking Somalian military official accused of torture and terror
ICE officials in Washington, D.C., deported a former high-ranking Somalian military officer who they say carried out torture, terror and other human rights abuses on civilians.The officer, 71-year-old Yusuf Abdi Ali – also known as "Tukeh" – was removed from the U.S. by ICE officials on Dec. 20. He was a lieutenant colonel in the Somali National Army and commander of the Fifth Brigade in northwest Somalia during the dictatorship of Siad Barre from 1987 to 1989.As a high-ranking officer in the Somali National Army, Ali allegedly oversaw terror activities against the Isaaq clan in northwestern Somalia. He is believed to have carried out an array of human rights abuses, including extrajudicial killings, torture and arbitrary detention.ICE DEPORTATIONS CATCH UP TO TRUMP-ERA NUMBERS IN FY 2024 AS BIDEN ADMIN COMES TO A CLOSEAccording to a Dec. 23 statement by ICE, the Somali National Army committed numerous human rights violations against… ...[TheTopNews] Read More.9 hours ago - Jennifer Hudson considers each song on Christmas album to be ‘gift’ to fans
The singer-actress unveiled her debut holiday album, titled The Gift of Love, in October. ...[TheTopNews] Read More.10 hours ago - Thursday Open Thread
10 hours ago - Five Gaza journalists killed in Israeli strike targeting armed group
A Palestinian TV channel says they were in a marked media van in the central Gaza Strip. ...[TheTopNews] Read More.10 hours ago - Michael Moore Asks ‘Pro-Netanyahu Crowd’ When Their ‘Lust for Blood’ Will Be ‘Satiated’:...
(AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki) Michael Moore raged at the “pro-Netanyahu crowd” in a holiday message posted to Substack in which he asked what number of dead will satisfy their “lust for blood.” Posted on Christmas, Moore’s message was mainly a remembrance of Nahida Khalil Anton, a 70-year-old Palestinian Catholic, and her 50-year-old daughter, Samar Kamal Anton. The two were killed inside of Gaza in December of last year outside the Holy Family Church in Gaza. The IDF has repeatedly denied accusations that an Israeli sniper was behind the killing of the two women. Pope Francis called for an end to the war and condemned the murder of civilians just a day after the women were killed. “Some say, ‘This is terrorism. This is war.’ Yes, it is war. It is terrorism,” the pope said. “I know this is a day we’d rather focus on happier things,” Moore wrote about the deceased… ...[TheTopNews] Read More.10 hours ago
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