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The US have confirmed they will be supplying advanced rocket launcher systems to Turkey in order to allow the Turkish regime to launch a military assault in Syria against the Assad regime.  On Tuesday the Turkish Foreign Ministry announced that the US has agreed to supply them with the M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HMIARS), a truck mounted rocket launcher used by the U.S. during the Iraq invasion. Sputniknews.com reports: The announcement lends credence to fears that the rockets will be turned against the Assad government.

Submitted by Brandon Smith via Alt-Market.com,

It’s been about 15 years now since passenger airliners struck the World Trade Center towers on 9/11, and we are still suffering the consequences of that day, though perhaps not in the ways many Americans might believe.

Submitted by Justin Raimondo via AntiWar.com,

In the wake of the release of the Panama Papers, which exposed financial dealings of some of the world's wealthiest people, much has been made in the media and on the U.S. presidential campaign trail about making sure everyone is paying their "fair share", and emphatically calling for improving transparency around how corporations and individuals handle their money.

Submitted by Nick Giambruno via InternationalMan.com,

The government has criminalized so many mundane activities that the average American unknowingly commits three felonies a day. That’s according to a study by Harry Silverglate, a civil liberties lawyer.

This happens, in part, because there are plenty of awful laws most Americans have never even heard of. One of the worst of these little-known laws is the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA).