by Rhett | Sep 27, 2017 | News
Looks like it. Reported at Zerohedge Immediately on the heels of the Iraqi Kurdistan “yes” vote, the Iraqi parliament approved sending troops to the disputed Kirkuk region to prevent the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) from taking full control of the...
by Rhett | Sep 27, 2017 | News
Catalan independence vote Government says local force will assume control of polling booths as additional officers are drafted in from Andalucía Guardia Civil officers are cheered by locals as they head to Catalonia from other parts of Spain. Photograph: A Carrasco...
by Rhett | Sep 26, 2017 | News
by Kirkpatrick Sale While division between both political parties has been accepted as a norm for decades, we have witnessed a level of intensity in 2017 that has dwarfed anything remotely similar in recent American history. While it appears to be boiling over,...
by Rhett | Sep 25, 2017 | News
MADRID (Reuters) – The mounting political crisis in Spain over Catalonia’s campaign for independence intensified on Saturday with a new row over the control of the local police force as the regional government pressed ahead with plans to hold an illegal vote...
by Rhett | Sep 25, 2017 | News
By JOSEPH WILSON, Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — The grassroots groups driving Catalonia’s separatist movement defied Spanish authorities on Sunday by distributing one million ballots for an Oct. 1 independence vote that the central government in...