Left Side of the Aisle #239

Left Side of the Aisle
for the week of March 2 - 9, 2015

This week:

Good News: partial ceasefire in Syria
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2016/0229/UN-chief-Syria-cease-fire-holding-despite-some-fighting-accusations
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria-idUSKCN0W21O5
http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/01/middleeast/syria-conflict-aid/
http://in.reuters.com/article/mideast-crisis-syria-kerry-idINKCN0W32VW

Footnote: US continues build-up in Iraq
http://www.care2.com/causes/u-s-backed-military-contractors-are-returning-to-iraq-in-droves.html
http://www.acq.osd.mil/log/PS/.CENTCOM_reports.html/5A_January_2016_Final.pdf

US expands bombing/drone war to 7th majority-Muslim nation: Libya
http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/2/28/1492885/-The-invasion-of-Libya-is-in-progress
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2016/02/2374-bernie-sanders-just-like-hillary.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/28/us/politics/hillary-clinton-libya.html?_r=0
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/28/us/politics/libya-isis-hillary-clinton.html
http://www.salon.com/2015/10/26/the_real_benghazi_scandal_that_is_being_ignored_how_hillary_clinton_and_the_obama_administration_destroyed_libya/
http://www.salon.com/2016/02/20/u_s_kicks_off_its_new_bombing_campaign_in_libya_killing_2_serbian_embassy_workers/
http://www.militarytimes.com/story/military/2016/02/29/pentagon-signals-support-expanded-operations-libya/81107750/
http://www.wsj.com/articles/libya-will-need-american-help-to-defeat-islamic-state-general-says-1456776041
http://news.yahoo.com/recognised-libya-govt-condemns-us-strike-jihadists-171414242.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libyan_Council_of_Deputies_election,_2014
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Council_of_Deputies
http://intpolicydigest.org/2016/01/05/un-takes-the-wrong-road-in-libya/
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/libya/12176114/British-advisers-deployed-to-Libya-to-build-anti-Isil-cells.html
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/briefly-takes-center-strategic-libyan-city-37153386
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/dec/22/un-support-libya-government-open-door-potential-uk-airstrikes-isis
http://www.salon.com/2016/02/10/obama_on_verge_of_launching_another_bombing_campaign_in_libya_after_dropping_23144_bombs_on_six_countries_in_2015/
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2011/09/911-2.html

RIP: al-Jazeera America
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/02/27/1492281/-Goodnight-and-good-luck-R-I-P-Al-Jazeera-America
http://variety.com/2016/digital/news/al-jazeera-america-online-operation-shut-down-1201716258/

Clown Award: right-wing attorney Kory Langhofer
http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/2/27/1492222/-The-Right-to-allow-Video-tape-Police-Not-Allowed-According-to-Federal-Judge
http://www.citylab.com/crime/2016/02/there-is-no-first-amendment-right-to-film-cops/470670/?utm_source=atlfb
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/2/19/1487715/-Idaho-Republicans-wrote-a-bill-saying-schools-must-use-Bible-in-biology-and-astronomy-and-geology
http://www.legislature.idaho.gov/idstat/Title33/T33CH16SECT33-1604.htm
http://biblehub.com/joshua/10-12.htm
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/2/22/1489329/-Conservative-lawyer-says-Scalia-should-get-vote-on-pending-cases-despite-handicap-of-being-dead
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/kory-langhofer-scalia-vote-still-counts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npjOSLCR2hE

Outrage of the Week: Islamophobic document to guide development of federal anti-terrorism programs
https://theintercept.com/2016/02/23/department-of-defense-white-paper-describes-wearing-hijab-as-passive-terrorism/
http://www.care2.com/causes/are-hijab-wearers-terrorists-a-military-paper-says-yes.html