Month: September 2017

(TFC) – In response to more than 90% of Iraqi Kurds voting in favor of independence through peaceful means, the Iraqi government has issued the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) an ultimatum: hand over control over your airports and control of your borders. The Iraqi government is threatening an air embargo if the Kurds don’t comply with the demand. The move shows exactly how weak Baghdad is. Knowing it can’t force the Kurds to comply militarily on the ground, it’s only option is to threaten civilian air traffic. The Kurds have…

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(TFC) – According to reports released by a watchdog organization advocating for indigenous tribes, illegal gold miners in Brazil slaughtered as many as ten members of previously uncontacted tribe deep in the jungles of the country. The miners were bragging about their kills in a bar and showing off jewelry they had taken from the dead when a citizen overheard them and began recording. That recording found its way into the hands of authorities. This is the largest known massacre of an uncontacted tribe in decades. The watchdog group Survival…

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