Today's Exclusive News from MintPress: Friday, January 18th
Here are today's exclusive articles straight from MintPress News focused on topics and angles you won’t see anywhere in the corporate media.
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Pentagon Lies About Training Airmen From Country Accused of War Crimes for Combat Missions
Newly released documents show that the U.S. has been secretly training airmen from the United Arab Emirates (UAE ), a major partner in the Saudi-led coalition that is waging war on the poorest nation in the Middle East.
Alexander Rubinstein
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Twitter Calls on US to #FreeMarziehHashemi as Lawyers Attempt to Unseal Case
One may be inclined to think that the arrest of Hashemi on Sunday would infuriate those who uphold the sanctity of the fourth estate. But Hashemi, a black American Muslim woman who works for Iran’s state-funded Press TV, is no friend of the establishment media.
Alexander Rubinstein
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