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from BBC News (UK)
Turkey launches ground offensive in northern Syria
Turkey has launched a ground offensive in northern Syria, hours after its warplanes and artillery began hitting territory held by Kurdish-led forces. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the operation was to create a "safe zone" cleared of Kurdish militias which will also house Syrian refugees. The unilateral decision has been widely condemned, with the European Union urging Turkey to end its offensive. Kurdish-led forces who were key US allies vowed to resist. The offensive was launched just days after President Donald Trump withdrew US troops from the border area, a decision that was criticised at home and abroad.
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from The New American Magazine
RIGHT BIAS: John Birch SocietyFBI Report: Five Times More Murders With Knives Than Rifles
A recently released FBI report entitled “2018: Crime in the United States” broke down murder by types of weapons used. Looking at the data, we see that the number of murders carried out last year with knives or cutting instruments was five times higher than the number of murders carried out with rifles. According to the FBI, 1,515 people were killed by “knives and cutting instruments,” while only 297 were killed by “rifles” in 2018.
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from The Spokesman-Review
Newspaper in Spokane, Washington
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