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Government & Politics
Virginia Democratic delegate blames Israel for ‘fossil fuel’ wars
(JTA) A Democrat in Virginia’s legislature blamed Israel for “fossil fuel” wars, including the Iran-Iraq war of the 1980s and the 2003 Iraq war, and said identifying Zionism with Judaism was a form of antisemitism. The tweets by Ibraheem Samirah, a dentist, […]
Crime
Prosecutors say Iran offered ‘blood money’ to Russian mob in murder-for-hire plot Jurors are expected to start deliberating Thursday in the case of two men accused of trying to kill Iranian dissident Masih Alinejad.
(Courthouse News) Federal prosecutors on Wednesday told a jury that Rafat Amirov and Polad Omarov, two supposed members of the Russian mob charged with the attempted murder for hire of Iranian journalist Masih Alinejad, took half a million dollars in “blood money” […]
Legal
Lawsuit: Muslims praying at Missouri prison pepper-sprayed
(AP) Muslim men who were praying together in their housing unit at a Missouri prison were doused with pepper spray, physically assaulted by corrections officers and then retaliated against when they complained, according to a lawsuit. The lawsuit was filed Thursday by […]