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RSN: Why Do None of Our Politicians Understand Syria?, Kinetik Justice, the Leader of Historic US Prison Strike Transferred to 'Bully Camp'




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John Kiriakou | Why Do None of Our Politicians Understand Syria? 
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad speaking to the press following a meeting in Damascus on November 14, 2015. (photo: AFP) 
John Kiriakou, Reader Supported News 
Kiriakou writes: "We can all agree that the Islamic State is a dangerous terrorist group with a bankrupt, extreme, pseudo-religious, neo-Baathist ideology, and that it must be stopped before it wreaks its murderous havoc over what's left of the Syrian and Iraqi populations. But at what cost? Why is it up to the United States to send troops to fight in a foreign civil war? We've been at war for the past 14 years. Isn't it past time to stop fighting?"
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James Risen | After Torture, Ex-Detainee Is Still Captive of 'The Darkness' 
James Risen, The New York Times 
Risen writes: "The United States subjected Suleiman Abdullah Salim to harsh tactics in a secret prison and held him without charge for years. He was found not to be a terrorist threat, but he pays a deep price to this day." 
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Kinetik Justice, the Leader of Historic US Prison Strike Transferred to 'Bully Camp' 
teleSUR 
Excerpt: "A U.S. inmate who helped organize the historic prison strike launched last month was transferred from the Alabama prison where he was being held in solitary confinement to a maximum security 'bully camp.'" 
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More Than 1 Million in Obamacare to Lose Plans as Insurers Quit 
Zachary Tracer, Tatiana Darie and Katherine Doherty, Bloomberg 
Excerpt: "A growing number of people in Obamacare are finding out their health insurance plans will disappear from the program next year, forcing them to find new coverage even as options shrink and prices rise." 
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Group Accuses Mike Pence of Voter Suppression After State Police Raid Registration Program in Indiana 
Vanessa Williams, The Washington Post 
Williams writes: "A progressive advocacy group is launching an advertising campaign accusing Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, who also is the Republican vice-presidential nominee, of allowing voter suppression after state police raided the offices of a voter registration program aimed at signing up African Americans." 
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New Evidence That US Allies Saudi Arabia and Qatar Are Funding ISIS 
Patrick Cockburn, Independent 
Cockburn writes: "It is fortunate for Saudi Arabia and Qatar that the furor over the sexual antics of Donald Trump is preventing much attention being given to the latest batch of leaked emails to and from Hillary Clinton. Most fascinating of these is what reads like a US State Department memo." 
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The Great Barrier Reef Is Under Severe Stress - but Not Dead Yet 
Oliver Milman, Guardian UK 
Milman writes: "Reports of the death of the Great Barrier Reef have been greatly exaggerated, scientists have said, after the publication of an 'obituary' for the vast coral ecosystem." 
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