Persicus Maximus

Turkish daily newspaper “Jomhuriet” has released a series of images and video showing that Turkish state intelligence agents participating in smuggling of arms across the border to Daesh or as they are known in Europe   ISIS. The video shows security officials unloading a box of antibiotics, revealing large amounts of mortar shells underneath. This is reportedly the same January 2014 incident already reported by other news agencies as part of many testimonies in legal proceedings. Where the arms went once they crossed the border has not been declared, but they were believed to have been distributed broadly among groups of   ISIS /DAESH factions, particularly ISIS groups that already control large portions of the Turkish border. Turkey as expected   has repeatedly denied the charges, and followed up today’s publication by announcing the newspaper that broke the story is facing charges of “terrorism” for making the report. Prosecutors who were pushing a case...

  “They have lost their freedom for the truth, so they remind  us how important it is to know the truth,”   Italian sculptor Davide Dormino told the media in Berlin's Alexanderplatz. The life-sized statues of the three whistleblowers stand upon three chairs, as if speaking in an impromptu public meeting. Next to them is a fourth, empty chair. For Dormino, who titled his piece, Anything to Say? this is the centerpiece of the composition. “The fourth chair is open to anyone here in Berlin who  wants to get up and say anything they want,” Dozens of people, including children, have already overcome their fears, and stood up on the platform, some with a loudspeaker. "People are saying many different things. From politics to babbling to silence, from people who desperately want to help Julian, Bradley and Edward to people who have no idea who they are. This chair is, I guess, a place of free speech," said Dormino. Bradley Manning ...