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An Air Force AC-130 gunship destroyed a truck on Tuesday in Western Iraq after the aircraft’s crew watched Iranian-backed militia fighters use the vehicle to launch a ballistic missile attack on U.S. troops, injuring eight Americans, defense officials said. “Immediately following the attack, a U.S. military AC-130 aircraft in the area conducted a self-defense strike against an Iranian-backed militia vehicle and a number of Iranian-backed militia personnel involved in this attack,” according to U.S. Central Command, or CENTCOM. “This self-defense strike resulted in several enemy casualties.” The AC-130 was airborne at the time of the attack on Al Asad Air...

<p>A recent thread on Reddit shows how the covers of Time Magazine vary around the world. The Asian, South Pacific and European versions are all the same; detailing major world events and uprisings, whilst the American edition has cover stories such as: “Why anxiety is good for you”, and “What makes a school great?” And Time is not the only news organization (or publisher) to do this. It seems that those with their hands on the tiller would rather treat Americans like mushrooms: kept in the dark and fed on shit!</p>

FBI Director James Comey says Americans should be mindful of foreign efforts to undermine confidence in U.S. elections. He says people should be aware of the possibility that what they’re reading is shaped by “troll farms” looking to push particular messages or disinformation. Comey made the remarks at a Newseum event Wednesday night. …

CNN MSNBC ABC FOX CBS --- In 2013 Obama repealed the "Propaganda Law" (Smith–Mundt Act)'Anti-Propaganda' Ban Repealed, Freeing State Dept. To Direct Its Broadcasting Arm At American Citizens [link to www.techdirt.com (secure)] The NDAA Legalizes The Use Of Propaganda On The US Public [link to www.businessinsider.com] U.S. Repeals Propaganda Ban, Spreads Government-Made News to Americans [link to foreignpolicy.com] US ends ban on 'domestic propaganda' [link to www.rt.com (secure)] US Government-Funded Domestic Propaganda Has Officially Hit The Airwaves [link to www.sfgate.com]  

WikiLeaks has issued an encrypted file for download as a kind of “torrent insurance” ahead of its public release of potentially damning documents. As previously discussed on Inquisitr, Guccifer 2.0’s hack of the DNC servers have already revealed possible collusion between the Hillary Clinton campaign, the mainstream media, and Democratic Party leadership. While the DNC has neither confirmed nor denied the authenticity of these preliminary releases, WikiLeaks’s torrent insurance prior to the actual document dump could indicate the presence of damaging evidence on Clinton, and possibly even the Obama administration. Famed government whistleblower Edward Snowden tweeted out a message regarding...