Number Of Iraqis Slaughtered
In US War And Occupation Of Iraq "1,366,350"
Number
of U.S. Military Personnel Sacrificed
(Officially
acknowledged) In U.S. War And
Occupation Of Iraq 4,689
Number
Of International Occupation Force Troops
Slaughtered In Afghanistan
: 1,551
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Taliban Video of US POW Bowe Bergdahl
on Christmas Day
Video Original uncut
The man in the film, identifying himself as
Private Bowe Robert Bergdahl, criticises the US
over the Afghan war and relations with Muslims. Continue
Yemen
air strikes kill 30 al "Qaeda suspects":
Yemen's military hit suspected al Qaeda hideouts
Thursday and targeted a gathering of top militant
leaders, possibly killing a radical cleric linked
to the U.S. Army major accused of the Fort Hood
mass shooting, in strikes carried out with U.S.
intelligence help, officials said.
Extrajudicial Killing US
reiterates support for Yemen forces after Qaeda
raid: The White House on Thursday
reiterated its support for Yemeni authorities
after "Yemeni aircraft" killed 34
suspected Al-Qaeda members.
Relatives:
US-born Yemeni cleric alive and well:
Friends and relatives of a U.S.-born Yemeni
radical cleric say he is alive and well following
reports he may have been killed in a Yemeni
airstrike against suspected al-Qaida hideouts.
18
killed in Iraq violence: Eighteen
people including six Shiite worshippers died in
attacks across Iraq on Friday, despite
intensified security for Christmas Day and Shiite
Ashura rituals.
At
least 27 killed in Iraq blasts:
Thursday: Fears raised ahead of Shiite
holiday: Bombs hit Shiite pilgrims in
Baghdad and a central Iraqi city, killing at
least 27 people and wounding scores more, in the
latest attack in the lead-up to Ashoura, the sects
most solemn annual rite.
Twelve
militants killed in NW Pakistan:
Gunship helicopters and warplanes bombed the
hideouts of the militants in Ferozkhel Mela
region of Orakzai tribal agency, as a result
eight militants were killed and 10 others
injured, the private channel ARY News reported.
8
killed after man detonates bomb, Afghan police
say: A man driving a horse-drawn
cart laden with explosives detonated the cache
Thursday outside a guesthouse frequented by
foreigners in the southern Afghan city of
Kandahar, killing at least eight people including
a child, police said.
Canadian,
Afghanistan Soldiers Killed By Roadside Bomb:
Lieutenant Andrew Nuttall, along with an Afghan
soldier, died when an improvised explosive device
detonated in the town of Nakhoney, the military
said early Thursday - Christmas Eve.
'No
proof Iran nuclear program is military':
Moscow is not convinced that Iran plans to
weaponize its nuclear program, and has not been
shown evidence convincing it otherwise, deputy
Russian foreign minister Alexander Saltanov told
The Jerusalem Post this week.
Senior
US senator promises vote on new Iran sanctions:
US Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid pledged
Thursday to move forward to a vote legislation
allowing President Barack Obama to sanction
companies that export gasoline to Iran.
Egypt
blamed for Gaza convoy delay:
British politician George Galloway has criticised
Egypt for denying a humanitarian aid convoy
permission to enter the Gaza Strip.
December
24, 2009
Mr. 10%: Our Man in Islamabad
By Eric Margolis
Now, in a delicious irony, Washington is finally
getting the democracy it has been calling for in
Pakistan - and it's the Mother of all Backfires. Continue
Welcome
to Pashtunistan
The Aim of Americas Secret
War?
By Shaukat Qadir
Pakistans conspiracy theorists have long
held that the real object of Xe, acting on behalf
of the CIA, is to destabilise Pakistan so as to
have an excuse to take over or destroy its
nuclear assets, because Israel and the US remain
uncomfortable with a nuclear Pakistan. I have
long disputed this theory, but am finding it
increasingly difficult to continue doing so. Continue
Christians United for War
By Philip Giraldi
As today is Christmas Eve, it might be
useful for those of us who call ourselves
Christians to recall the teachings of Jesus
Christ regarding humility, charity, tolerance,
and peacemaking. Continue
"Accountability for War
Crimes is Imperative"
An
interview with Cindy Sheehan
By Mike Whitney
The US has been committing war crimes
for at least the last 100 years (off the
continent) and none of our leaders have ever been
held accountable and that's one of the reasons
that the empire is able to keep rolling. Continue
America is not a Democracy
By Noam Chomsky
America is not a democracy, nor was it
intended to be. Continue
Superpower
Superpower presents a view
of US foreign policy, which lies in stark
contrast to that depicted by corporate media,
popular pundits, and US heads of state.
This Is A Must Watch Movie
The heart of Superpower lies in the analysis
produced from a re-examination of history through
a series of interviews with historians,
documentarians, and academians such as Bill Blum,
Chalmers Johnson, Michael Chossudovsky, and Noam
Chomsky, and others with expertise in this
subject such as the Executive Producer of The
Unit, Command Sergeant (Ret.) Eric Haney; former
Chief Economist for the US Department of Labor,
Morgan Reynolds; three-time Noble Peace Prize
nominee, Kathy Kelly; and Lt. Col. (Ret) Karen
Kwiatkowski. Continue
Viva
Palestina Update
Plea to Egypt to Open Rafah
By Press TV
George Galloway makes a plea to Mubarak of Egypt
to open the Rafah Crossing and let the convoy
through. Continued
A Patients View of the
Senate Christmas Healthcare Gift
By Donna Smith
So, all the great fanfare and all the king's
horses. The great and almighty U.S. Senate has
spoken. I will have to buy private health
insurance -- forever, amen. The defective product
that has left me wanting for real healthcare for
all of my adult life is now a step closer to
being the law of the land. Continue
Extrajudicial Killing: Yemeni
air strike kills 30, targets home of US cleric:
"If the American government helped in
attacking one of [its own] citizens, this is
illegal," said Aulaqi, his voice cracking.
"Nidal Hassan killed 13 people and he's
going to get a trial. My son has killed nobody.
He should face trial if he's done something
wrong."
Iraq
bomb explosions leave 23 people dead:
A series of bomb attacks has killed at least 23
people in Iraq. The latest attacks, which
appeared to target Shia Muslims, saw eight people
killed in predominately Shia areas of the capital
Baghdad.
Paskistan:
5 Killed in Peshawar Suicide Attack:
A suicide bomber has killed at least five people
and injured many more in Pakistan's northwestern
city of Peshawar, after detonating explosives
near an army and police checkpoint, police say.
US
ground attacks reported in Pakistan:
Amid a deepening political crisis in Pakistan and
growing popular unrest over US missile strikes
and mercenaries, it has been revealed that over
the past five years US special operations troops
have conducted a number of clandestine
cross-border raids into the countrys tribal
areas.
Mumbai
terror suspect David Headley was rogue US
secret agent:
A key terror suspect who allegedly helped to plan
last years attacks in Mumbai and plotted to
strike Europe was an American secret agent who
went rogue, Indian officials believe.
Afghan
police say at least 3 people killed in explosion:
Afghan police say at least 3 people killed in
explosion near hotel in southern Kandahar city.
Afghan
militia commander survives bombing; two guards
killed: An anti-Taliban militia
commander survived a roadside bombing Thursday in
northern Afghanistan but two of his bodyguards
were killed in the blast, officials said.
Canadian
occupation force soldier killed in Afghanistan:
A Canadian soldier serving under NATO has been
killed in an explosion in Afghanistan, the
alliance said Thursday.
British
occupation force soldier killed in Afghan
explosion: A British soldier has
been killed in an explosion in southern
Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence has
confirmed.
Manufacturing Consent For Attack On Iran Iraq
military lacks resources for Iran frontier: US
soldiers: Iraq's border forces lack the resources
to properly police the country's long frontier
with Iran and keep out insurgents and smugglers,
US soldiers engaged in training them say.
Israeli
killed in West Bank shooting attack:
An Israeli man was killed Thursday afternoon in a
shooting attack near the illegal West Bank
settlement of Shavei Shomron. Militants opened
fire at an Israeli vehicle on the road between
Shavei Shomron and another illegal settlement,
and hit the man, apparently a resident of the
settlement.
UN
expert slams 'tragic' international failure in
Gaza : Special Rapporteur for
Occupied Palestinian Territories urges Israel's
European, North American allies to threaten it
with economic sanctions if blockade not lifted;
calls for swift implementation of Goldstone
Report conclusions.
Demonizing the Goldstone report: PM:
Israel faces the 'Goldstone threat':
"Goldstone is a codeword for an attempt to
delegitimize Israel's right to self
defense," Netanyahu told the lawmakers.
Russia
will develop new nuclear missiles:
The development comes as on December 19, the US
and Russia failed to reach a new agreement to cut
their nuclear arms despite the termination of an
earlier Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START)
signed in 1991.
Under
the radar, Obama pushes for Patriot Act renewal:
With key sections of the U.S. Patriot Act set to
expire Dec. 31, the Obama administration -
essentially tiptoeing through the corridors of
Congress and using the raucous health care debate
as cover - has quietly maneuvered for renewal of
the controversial provisions, which he opposed as
a senator.
Flaherty
Says Russia, China May Buy Canada Dollars:
Canadas Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said
China, with the worlds largest currency
reserves of $2.3 trillion, may be poised to buy
Canadian dollars as it seeks to shield its
reserves against the U.S. dollars decline.
December
23, 2009
USA Spends Trillion Dollars to
Make Terrorist War Last Forever
By Sergey Balmasov
They spent a trillion dollars to add more
fuel to the fire of the terrorist war. The
Americans crushed Iraq and Afghanistan . There
are too many people in these two countries who
lost their homes, jobs and loved ones because of
the USA, and those people are ready to do
anything to harm the Americans. " Continue
The Troops Protect Our Freedom, and
Other Lies I Learned in School
By Kevin Carson
The United States military does not
defend our freedom. There hasnt
been a war in my lifetime that involved a genuine
foreign military threat to our freedom, and the
United States government has been actively
involved in suppressing freedom around the world
for decades. Continue
Interviewing Ahmadinejad in
Shiraz
By Jon Snow
I have been applying for a period of months for
an interview with President Ahmadinejad had twice
been refused and was settling down for the
Christmas break, or the prospect of it, when I
was contacted from Tehran and told I would have
an interview yesterday. Continue
Obama's Role in the
Militarization of Mexico
By Mike Whitney
It is presented as a petition of the Mexican
president Felipe Calderon for US help in the war
on drugs but in reality it was designed in
Washington as a way to "push out the
borders" of the US security perimeter, that
is, that Mexico would take on US security
priorities including policing its southern border
and allowing US companies and agents into
Mexico's intelligence and security operations. Continue
Obama Double-Crossed
Progressives on Health Care
By Matthew Rothschild
If you're a good progressive, and you
wanted single-payer health care for all, or,
second best, Medicare for All Who Want It, or
third best, a robust public option, or fourth
best, a paltry public option, now you've got
nothing, nada, zippo. Continue
Bomb
Blasts Kill 5 Afghan Civilians : At
least five civilians were killed and eight others
wounded Wednesday in two separate explosions in
southern Afghanistan, officials say
Afghan
senator killed in police ambush:
An Afghan senator was killed when he drove
through a police ambush set for Taliban militants
in northern Afghanistan on Wednesday, officials
said.
British
occupation force soldier killed on patrol in
Afghanistan: Death is third this
week in Helmand province for UK troops
Fighters 'sent to Afghan
Taliban': A senior Pakistani
Taliban commander has said he has sent thousands
of fighters into neighbouring Afghanistan to
counter the rising level of US troops.
Pakistan:
Eighteen militants killed in Orakzai:
Eighteen militants, including a local leader of
Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan, were killed in
security forces shelling and a clash with a
tribal lashkar in lower and upper Orakzai agency
on Tuesday.
Zardari
breaks all records of keeping foreign gifts:
President Asif Zardari has set a new record
within a year by taking one-third of all the
expensive gifts presented to all Pakistani
presidents and prime ministers. Of the gifts
totalling Rs160 million, Zardari has taken gifts
worth Rs62 million during the first year of his
presidency.
Pakistan
probe into 'Bhutto mansion millions':
A MULTI-MILLION pound estate in Brook, near
Godalming, is once again at the centre of an
international scandal, as officials in Pakistan
prepare to re-open a probe into links with the
country's current president.
5
killed, would-be suicide bomber captured in
Baghdad: Four policemen and a
civilian was killed and three people wounded in
separate attacks, while Iraqi security forces
arrested a would-be suicide bomber in Baghdad,
Iraqi security forces said Wednesday.
Bomb
Kills 2 people in occupied Iraq, Targets Historic
Church in Mosul: A bomb killed two
men and damaged a historic church in a northern
Iraqi city on Wednesday, one day ahead of
Christmas Eve services that will be heavily
guarded for fear of more attacks on the country's
Christian minority.
Iraqi
general assassinated: A senior Iraqi
army officer has been shot dead in front of his
home west of Baghdad, an interior ministry
official said on Wednesay.
Chilcot's
lessons on Iraq: The preparations
for the aftermath of the invasion were criminally
inadequate, which led to appalling acts of abuse
Brown
to Testify at Iraq Inquiry Post-Election:
British leader Gordon Brown won't testify before
his country's investigation of the Iraq war until
after the next general election, the committee
behind the inquiry said Wednesday.
Carter apologizes for
'stigmatizing Israel': Former
US president offers US Jewish community heartfelt
apology for any contribution he may have had to
Jewish nation's negative image
Exclusive:
Israel wargame sees U.S. sidelining Netanyahu on
Iran: Israel will find itself
diplomatically sidelined and militarily muzzled
as the United States pursues a nuclear deal with
Iran next year, according to a closed-door
wargame at Israel's top strategic think-tank.
Iran
police clash with mourners, 50 arrested: reports:
Iranian police clashed with mourners at a
memorial service Wednesday for dissident cleric
Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri, arresting
more than 50 and beating women and children,
reports said
Demonizing Iran: : Iran
behaves increasingly like a 'police state':
US: The United States on Wednesday accused Iran
of increasingly behaving like a "police
state" after Iranian security forces clashed
anew with protesters.
Demonizing Iran: Denmark:
Muslim leaders criticized for meeting Ahmadinejad:
"They should have at least distanced
themselves from a regime that imprisons its
citizens and punishes students for being
homosexuals," said Martin Henriksen, a
spokesperson for the Danish People's Party
Propaganda? Report:
Bin Laden wife, children under house arrest in
Iran: Report: Bin Laden wife,
children under house arrest in IranDUBAI
Six of Osama bin Laden's children and one of his
wives, missing since the 2001 invasion of
Afghanistan, are under house arrest in Iran,
newspapers reported on Wednesday, quoting a
family member.
Iran
complains about US intercepting its ships in
int''l, territorial waters:"
For the second time in a week, Iran on Tuesday
complained and warned that it would retaliate
against the "unlawful" acts by the
United States Navy which pursued an Iranian
commercial ship on the high seas last October and
caused another Iranian fishing boat to sink in
Iranian territorial waters last September.
Kidnapped
Colombia governor killed: The body
of a Colombian state governor who had been
abducted, allegedly by leftist fighters, has been
found with his throat slit, according to the
Colombian president.
Honduras'
Manuel Zelaya Stuck In Embassy For Christmas:
Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya will
spend Christmas with his family stuck inside the
soldier-ringed Brazilian Embassy where he has
been holed up for months after being toppled in a
June coup.
Venezuela,
China Sign Oil Deals: Venezuela and
China gave a new boost to their thriving economic
ties Tuesday, signing a package of agreements
that advances China strategy of locking in access
to the South American country's vast oil
reserves.
Report
says 225,000 Haiti children work as slaves:
Poverty has forced at least 225,000 children in
Haiti's cities into slavery as unpaid household
servants, far more than previously thought, a
report said Tuesday
Plan
to Move Guantánamo Detainees Faces New Delay:
Rebuffed this month by skeptical lawmakers when
it sought finances to buy a prison in rural
Illinois, the Obama administration is struggling
to come up with the money to replace the
Guantánamo Bay prison.
Ray
McGovern: Break the CIA in Two:
Covert action and analysis do not belong together
in the same agency never have, never will.
Go
Back to the Drawing Board: Without a
public option, Senate bill is a sop to the
insurance industr
Small-business
bankruptcies rise 81% in California:
With credit tight and consumers still pinching
their pennies, many business owners find they
can't go on.
US
home foreclosures top one million mark:
The number of US homes in foreclosure topped the
one million mark for the first time ever,
according to figures released this week by
federal agencies.
December
22, 2009
US Forces Mounted Secret
Pakistan Raids in Hunt for al-Qaida
By Declan Walsh in Islamabad
US special forces have conducted multiple
clandestine raids into Pakistan's tribal areas as
part of a secret war in the border region where
Washington is pressing to expand its drone
assassination programme. Continue
US Army Depends on Afghan
Security Firm for Protection
By Jeremy Scahill
The Army's arrangement with Burhan and
other companies like it across Afghanistan
demonstrates the extent to which the most
powerful military on earth depends on protection
from local Afghans. This phenomenon will only
expand as the number of contractors in
Afghanistan grows. Continue
Obama's Af-Pak War is Illegal
By Marjorie Cohn
The use of these drones in Pakistan
violates both the UN Charter and the Geneva
Conventions, which prohibit willful killing.
Targeted or political
assassinationssometimes called
extrajudicial executionsare carried out by
order of, or with the acquiescence of, a
government, outside any judicial framework. Continue
Americans Are Hell-Bent on
Tyranny
Paul Craig Roberts
Here in Great Moral America we only hold
accountable celebrities and politicians for their
sexual indiscretions. Tiger Woods is paying a
bigger price for his girlfriends than Bush or
Cheney will ever pay for the deaths and ruined
lives of millions of people. Continue
Racism
and War:
The Dehumanization of the Enemy
By Mike Prysner
Our real enemy is not the ones living in
a distant land whose names or policies we don't
understand; The real enemy is a system that wages
war when it's profitable, the CEOs who lay us off
our jobs when it's profitable, the Insurance
Companies who deny us Health care when it's
profitable, the Banks who take away our homes
when it's profitable. Our enemies are not several
hundred thousands away. They are right here in
front of us. Continue
Ahmadinejad Denies Iran Nuclear
Bomb Trigger Tests
By BBC
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
has dismissed as a US forgery a document
allegedly showing plans by Tehran to test a
nuclear bomb trigger. Continue
Iran Sanctions Are a Precursor
to War
By Ron Paul
If Iran was attempting to violate the
non-proliferation treaty, they could hardly be
blamed, since US foreign policy gives them every
incentive to do so. Continue
Fact Or
Fiction?
Al Qaeda in Yemen Says it is
Fighting the US
By Al Jazeera
Men claiming to be leaders of al Qaeda have made
a rare public appearance in Yemen, telling an
anti-government rally the fight is against the
US, not the country's army. The statement was
made at an al Qaeda training camp in southern
Yemen - the same one that was attacked by the
Americans leaving more than 30 dead. Al Jazeera's
Tarek Bazley has this exclusive report.
Continue
World Has Betrayed Gaza
Civilians: Rights Groups
By AFP
The world has "betrayed" civilians in
the Gaza Strip by failing to end a blockade of
the Hamas-run enclave, 16 rights groups,
including Amnesty International and Oxfam, said
Tuesday. Continue
A Christmas Remembrance
By William A. Cook
Having witnessed American warships
firing their guns at naked islanders in the
Marquesas, Tahiti, and Hawaii and watched
rapacious hordes of enlightened
individuals seizing the depopulated
land from the natives, reducing them to
starving interlopers in their own
country, he realized that the superior white
Christian civilization epitomized absolute
savagery and that cannibals treated others with
more humanity than these self-identified
enlightened me. Continue
Top Ten Worst Things about the
Bush Decade;
Or, the Rise of the New
Oligarchs
By Juan Cole
It isn't about which party is in power; parties
can always be bought. It is about how broadly
shared resources are in a society. Continue
Brace Yourself For a Hard
Landing
By Mike Whitney
Ben Bernanke has been a bigger disaster than
Hurricane Katrina. But the senate is about to
re-up him for another four-year term. What are
they thinking? Continue
Pakistan:
Four suspected militants 'killed' in northwest:
- Four suspected militants were killed in the
troubled northwestern Swat district's Karakar
area, security sources said on Tuesday. Two
soldiers were also injured in the clashes,
according to the security sources.
Pakistan:
three killed in press club bombing:
Three people have been killed and several others
injured after a suicide bomber attacked a club
for journalists in Pakistans northwestern
city of Peshawar and a dozen more injured
according to police
CIA,
ISI intensify joint operations in Pakistan:
A senior Pakistani official told us
today that ISI and CIA have conducted over fifty
joint operations recently.
26
militants, UK soldier killed in Afghan attacks:
Police fought a three-hour-long gun battle in a
provincial capital on Monday, killing two
Taliban, who stormed a multi-storey market with
dozens of civilians inside, an official said.
Taliban
claim control of over 80pc of Afghanistan:
He said the US and its allies had invaded their
country, with a claim to make it prosperous and
developed. Instead, they turned Afghanistan
into ruins. Thousands of Afghans were killed and
their houses bombed in the name of the war on
terror.
One
civilian killed, four injured in Iraq bomb
attack: One civilian was killed and
four others were injured on Tuesday in a bomb
attack on a minibus in the central Iraqi town of
Iskandariyah, 60 kilometres south of Baghdad,
police said.
73
Saudis killed in confrontation with Houthi
rebels: report: Seventy-three Saudis
have been killed and 26 others went missing in
confrontation with the Yemeni Shiite rebels,
known as Houthis, since fighting broke out in
November on Saudi southern border with Yemen, the
al-Arabiya reported Tuesday on its website.
Manufacturing Consent For Attack On Iran: US
warns Iran year-end nuclear deadline is serious:
The United States warned Iran on Tuesday that
December is 'a very real deadline' after Iranian
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad dismissed an
international ultimatum over its nuclear program.
Next
steps have begun on Iran nuclear issue:
White House: The White House has begun to take
steps in case Iran fails to accept an enrichment
fuel deal aimed at calming concerns about its
nuclear program, spokesman Robert Gibbs said on
Tuesday.
Manufacturing Consent For Attack On Iran: ABC
News: Exclusive Interview: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad:
Video
Ahmadinejad:
US bound to fail in ME: "The
problem is that the US seeks to dominate the
Middle East but the Iranian nation is an obstacle
[to it]," President Ahmadinejad said, adding
that issues such as Iran's nuclear program and
human rights were nothing but mere
"pretexts".
Iran
to produce 20-percent fuel if West violates
commitments: FM: "Iran will
choose its final option to produce 20
percent-enriched fuel if the West does not live
up to its legal commitments and refuses to accept
the two choices discussed for Tehran research
reactor fuel," he said a press conference in
Lebanon.
Iran's
president urges nuclear disarmament of U.S.,
Israel: Iranian President Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad on Tuesday called for the nuclear
disarmament of the US and the Zionist regime, and
stressed Tehran's resolve to pursue disarmament
of all the arrogant states in possession of
atomic weapons.
US
ups funds for Israeli missile defense:
US President Barack Obama has signed a defense
spending bill that includes $202 million in funds
for Israel's missile defense programs, the White
House announced Monday.
Imprisoning people of Gaza: : Egypt
defends Gaza wall: Egypt's foreign
minister has said that a controversial wall being
built along the country's border with the Gaza
Strip will defend it "against threats to
national security".
Galloway raps Arabs over
forsaking Gaza: British
Member of Parliament George Galloway has leveled
strong criticism at Arabs over their inaction and
failure to play a role in organizing aid convoys
to the besieged Gaza Strip.
News
From The Viva Palestina Humanitarian Aid Convoy:
Video
Iranian
crowd stops execution and frees convicts:
The crowd overpowered security services and
helped two men convicted of robbery to escape
hanging in the province of Kerman, the Fars news
agency reported.
Doctors
and Torture, Iran Edition: Dr.
Pourandarjani was an inconvenient witness to
government-sponsored criminality.
Morales
dismisses US warning on Iran ties:
Colonial attitudes have ended, at least
while I am president. Hillary Clinton is making a
mistake by warning me, threatening me, lifting a
yellow card, he added. We are now
going to continue to have ties with revolutionary
and anti-imperialist nations, with more greater
strength.
Colombian
state governor abducted: Authorities
suspect Monday's attack in Florence, the capital
of Caqueta state, was committed by the Teofilo
Forero unit of the anti-government Revolutionary
Armed Forces of Colombia (Farc), although this is
unconfirmed.
Modern
Day Slavery in Mexico and the United States:
Human trafficking is the fastest growing illegal
industry in the world and, by 2010, it is
predicted to surpass the illicit drug trade,
which will make it the worlds largest
criminal activity.
In
Ireland's deep budget cuts, an omen for a heavily
indebted United States?: Is this the
ghost of America's future?
Tax
increases abound in healthcare reform
legislation: While it would take
days to read the entire bill, my cursory review
of the legislation identified at least 19 tax
increases.
Unemployment
funds going absolutely broke:
40 state programs to be emptied by the jobless
tsunami within two years
More
prime mortgages default in 3rd quarter:
Also: Many homeowners with modified mortgages
fall behind again. And the number of homes in
foreclosure rises, though new foreclosures are
steady, report shows.
December
21, 2009
Cruise Missile Attacks in Yemen
By Glenn Greenwald
For many people, the mere assertion by anonymous
U.S. Government officials that these attacks
targeted "suspected al-Qaeda
sites" will be sufficient to deem them
justified. Continue
Gaza,
Afghanistan and International Law
Interview with Richard Falk
Richard Falk, Professor Emeritus of
International Law at Princeton University and
author of "Crimes of War: Iraq" and
"The Costs of War: International Law, the
UN, and World Order after Iraq" recorded
October 17, 2009 in Seattle. Continue
Gaza Must Be Rebuilt Now
By Jimmy Carter
Despite offers by Palestinian leaders and
international agencies to guarantee no use of
imported materials for even defensive military
purposes, cement, lumber, and panes of glass are
not being permitted to pass entry points into
Gaza. The US and other nations have accepted this
abhorrent situation without forceful corrective
action.Continue
Bended Knees: Zionist Power in
American Politics
By James Petras
The key to the power of the Zionist
Power Configuration is that it is a mass
grassroots organization, bolstered by the
financial support by scores of millionaires and
dozens of billionaires and a complicit mass
media. Continue
Fidel Castro on Copenahgen:
The Moment Of
Truth
By Fidel Castro
the wealthy nations should
welcome all the immigrants affected by climate
change instead of forcing them to return to their
countries as they are doing now
our obligation is to save all of
humanity and not half of humanity. Continue
Now Im Really Getting
Pissed Off
By David Michael Green
You know, I've really been trying not to write an
article every other week about all the things I
don't like about Barack Obama. But the little
prick is making it very hard. Continue
They're All Against Jobs
By Sen. Fritz Hollings
Everyone is crying for jobs, but no one seems to
understand why there aren't any. And the reason
for those opposing jobs is money. Continue
Naders Utopia: The World
According to Ralph
By Chris Hedges
The fantasy of the rich going to the
rescue of ordinary Americans is born out of
Naders deep despair over the decline of our
democratic mass movements. It will take
angelsand this is what the super-rich
become in the bookto descend from the
heights to save the country from corporate
neofeudalism. Continue
Saudi
attack on Yemen kills 54 people:
Yemeni Shi'ite Muslim rebels said Saudi air
attacks on northern Yemen killed 54 people on
Sunday, many of them women and children.
Images of the dead children
killed by the U.S. bombs in Yemen:
Warning - Pictures reflect the reality of attacks
on Yemen
Mullen praises Yemen air
strikes, raises concern over Iran:
The top US military officer Admiral Michael
Mullen on Sunday praised US military strikes
against a suspected Al-Qaeda cell in Yemen.
'US
aided' deadly Yemen raids: Video
shows women and children killed in attacks
60
People Killed as Suspected al-Qaida leader in
Yemen Escapes Raid: Witnesses put
the number killed at over 60 and said the dead
were mostly civilians, including women and
children. They denied the target was an al-Qaida
stronghold, and one provincial official said only
10 militant suspects died.
Yemen
accused of rights abuses:
"Illegal immigration is a big problem for
Yemen's government, but hunting asylum seekers
down like criminals and sending them back
illegally is no way to solve the problem,"
Africa director at Human Rights Watch, said.
Clashes
in Somalia leave 15 people dead: A
heavy fighting between Somali government and
Islamist rebels has killed more than 15 people,
mostly civilians, and wounded 45 others sources
said on Monday.
Ethiopian
troops back in Somalia: Residents in
Beledweyn told AfricaNews that they saw convey of
Ethiopian troops digging trenches in Kalabeyr, a
town 22Km (14 miles) from the Somali border and
Ethiopia
UN
Says Nearly Half Somalia's People Need Aid:
The United Nations recently appealed for 690
million dollars for humanitarian operations in
Somalia throughout 2010. The U.N. says there was
a decline in contributions in 2009, so agencies
will have little or no money to carry-over for
projects in the New Year.
Six
militants killed, 17 arrested in Pakistan:
At least six militants were killed and 17 others
arrested during military operations in northwest
Pakistan in the last 24 hours, the army said in a
statement on Monday.
Analysis:
Hard reality as US pushes Pakistan:
A senior U.S. diplomat hinted at a separate
agreement that would allow the U.S. itself to
take on some of the hidden war against Pakistan's
militants.
2
killed as Taliban clash with Afghan forces:
Two Taliban fighters have been killed in a clash
with Afghan police near a police station in
eastern Paktia province, officials have said.
2
occupation force soldiers killed in Afghanistan:
Two soldiers of the NATO-led occupation force
were killed in the militancy-ridden southern
region of Afghanistan, a press release of the
alliance said on Sunday.
British
occupation force soldier shot and killed in
Afghanistan: A British soldier has
been shot and killed in southern Afghanistan, the
Ministry of Defence in London announced Monday.
Five
killed in Iraq suicide bombing: The
head of the municipal council in the town of Tel
Afar, Hussein Mohammed Al al-Kris, was among the
dead. The suicide bomber, who had the explosives
strapped to his body, was also killed, according
to police
Manufacturing Consent For Attack On Iran: Iran's
President: 'Smoking Gun' a U.S. Fabrication:
Iran's president is dismissing a newly revealed
secret document that purportedly shows Iran has
been trying to develop a crucial component of a
nuclear bomb, calling it a fabrication concocted
by the U.S. government.
Manufacturing Consent For Attack On Iran? Iran
'holding bin Laden relatives':
Iranian authorities are holding several family
members of Osama bin Laden, according to Abdul
Rahman bin Laden, the al-Qaeda leader's second
son.
U.S.
won't rule out Iran strike; France
touts new nuclear sanctions: Military force would
have only limited effect in stopping Iran from
developing nuclear weapons but must remain an
option, the top U.S. military officer said
Monday.
No
Attack on Iran: The lesson of
George W. Bush invading Iraq and leaving North
Korea alone is that if you have a nuclear bomb,
the United States will leave you alone.
Limbaugh
Calls For "Massive Bombing Raids," War
With Iran (AUDIO): On his show
Friday, Rush Limbaugh warned his listeners that
"if we don't pound Iran into submission at
some point they are going to get the bomb."
Finkelstein:
Livni 'proud' of Gaza 'war crimes':
Prominent Jewish-American professor says Gaza
rockets were 'symbolic resistance' to Israeli
siege.
Israel
to seek another 1b euros Holocaust in reparations
from Germany: Finance Minister Yuval
Steinitz will demand between 450 million to 1
billion euros in reparations from Germany on
behalf of Jews forced into slave labor during the
Holocaust, it emerged on Sunday.
Israel
admits to organ thefts: Israel has
admitted that it harvested organs from the dead
bodies of Palestinians and Israelis in the 1990s,
without permission from their families.
Israeli
video confirms theft of Palestinian organs:
The 57-minute video was filmed by Yehuda Hiss,
the director and chief pathologist at the Abu
Kabir Institute of Forensic Medicine, and
explains how he authorized organ theft, gave
instructions to doctors to do so and said he
would sometimes snatch the organs himself.
Chavez
warns Colombia not to attack Venezuela:
He told his countrymen that they must be calm but
fully alert as Colombia has sent two army
battalions to the Venezuelan border
President
Hugo Chavez to army: Shoot American
spy planes: President
Hugo Chavez yesterday accused the United States
of violating Venezuelas airspace with an
unmanned spy plane, and ordered his military to
be on alert and shoot down any such aircraft in
the future..
Colombia
to build new military base on Venezuelan border:
Army Commander General Oscar Gonzalez meanwhile
announced Saturday that six air battalions were
being activated, including two on the border with
Venezuela.
Venezuela's
Chavez accuses Dutch of aggression:
President Hugo Chavez on Thursday accused the
Netherlands of planning "aggression"
against Venezuela by allowing U.S. troops access
to Dutch islands off the Caribbean coast of the
OPEC nation.
Colombia
'facing foreign threat': Silva did
not specifically mention Venezuela in his
interview with El Tiempo, but spoke of the
"growing risk" of a foreign power
taking action against Colombia.
Worlds
Sole Military Superpowers 2 Million-Troop,
$1 Trillion Wars: After allotting
over a trillion dollars for the wars in
Afghanistan and Iraq alone and packing off more
than two million of its citizens to the two
nations, the U.S. military establishment and
peace prize president have already laid the
groundwork for yet more wars. Boeing, Raytheon
and General Electric wont be kept waiting.
Plan
C: Life after Cop15: It's The End Of
The World As We Know It And I Feel Fine
Deep
South calls in Iran to cure its health blues:
In ground-breaking project, one of Americas
poorest communities is turning to the Middle East
to try to resolve its crisis
Moody's
Warns U.S. Could Lose Triple-A Rating:
Credit rating agency Moody's (MCO) said Tuesday
that the United States, along with 16 other
countries, could lose their Triple-A credit
rating if fiscal deficits and heavy debts are not
effectively managed.
Lenders
reject homeowners who apply for Obama plan:
Ten months after the Obama administration began
pressing lenders to do more to prevent
foreclosures, many struggling homeowners are
holding up their end of the bargain but still
find themselves rejected, and some are even
having their homes sold out from under them
without notice.
December
19, 2009
US Attack Kills 120 In Yemen
Obama Ordered U.S.
Military Strike on Suspected
"Terrorists"
By BRIAN ROSS, RICHARD ESPOSITO, MATTHEW
COLE, LUIS MARTINEZ and KIRIT RADIA
As many as 120 people were killed in the three
raids, according to reports from Yemen, and
opposition leaders said many of the dead were
innocent civilians. Continue
U.S Kill 63 Civilians, 28
Children in Yemen Air Strikes
By Press TV
Yemen's Houthi fighters say scores of civilians,
including many children, have been killed in US
air-raids in the southeast of the war-stricken
Arab country. The Shia fighters on Friday
reported the deaths of 63 people, including some
28 children, in the southeastern province of
Abyan. Continue
Deadly
Intentions:
The Truth Behind The Iran Rumors
By bSoraya Sepahpour-Ulrich
Saudi Arabia, in a change of tactic, spun a story
about Iran invading an Iraqi oilfield which led
to an immediate hike in oil prices. Could this
have been intended as a punishment aimed at the
Chinese for not cooperating while projecting Iran
as an extreme threat? Continue
Foreclose on the Banks
How to Give America Its Best Christmas Ever
By Ted RalL
Citibank is suspending foreclosures and
evictions for 30 days, until after the holidays.
Mighty white of them. Continue
Obama
ordered deadly blitz on Yemen: US media:
US Nobel Peace Prize laureate President
Barack Obama has signed the order for a recent
military strike on Yemen in which scores of
civilians, including children, have been killed,
a report says.
'US
aided' deadly Yemen raids: Residents
of Abyan said that there was no al-Qaeda training
camp in the area and that the raids had destroyed
several homes. Abbas al-Assal, a local human
rights activist who was at the scene, said 64
people were killed, including 23 children and 17
women.
Yemen
Opposition Says Govt Attacks Killed Civilians:
"In a dangerous precedent, ... the Sanaa
regime committed a brutal massacre against our
people," exiled southern leader Ali Salem
al-Beidh said in a statement, calling for an
investigation by the United Nations, and by Arab
and Muslim countries.
11
militants killed in NW Pakistan tribal area:
At least 11 militants were killed Saturday during
military operations in northwest Pakistan's
tribal area, local TV channel reported.
US attacks in Pakistan kill at
least 20 people:
US drones launched missiles into North
Waziristan in Pakistan in a barrage of attacks
Thursday and Friday. It was one of the largest
such attacks in the controversial program the
Obama administration has continued and
intensified.
12
people killed, 30 injured in suicide attack in
Pak's NWFP: Taliban militants on
Friday hit Pakistan's lawless NWFP as a suicide
bomber detonated his explosive-laden car outside
a mosque after Friday prayers at Timergarah in
Dir district, killing 12 people, mostly
policemen.
Amnesty
gone, Pak warrant for Malik, Defence
Ministers China trip stopped:
Political turmoil deepened in Pakistan as the
anti-corruption agency barred Defence Minister
Chaudhry Ahmed Mukhtar from leaving for China and
banned 250 officials from going abroad while a
court issued an arrest warrant against Interior
Minister Rehman Malik after the Supreme Court
struck down a graft amnesty.
10
Taliban militants killed in S. Afghanistan:
Afghan National Army(ANA) backed by NATO-led
forces eliminated 10 Taliban militants during a
cleanup operation in Taliban's former stronghold
Helmand province, spokesman for local
administration said on Saturday.
US
occupation force soldier, six Taliban killed in
Afghanistan: The US soldier
waskilled by a roadside landmine in southern
Afghanistan, the NATO-led International Security
Assistance Force (ISAF) said in a statement. It
did not give more details. Separately, the Afghan
police and army killed six Taliban in the
country's northern province of Kunduz.
'NATO
air strike kills three Afghan civilians':
A NATO air strike against suspected militants in
occupied southern Afghanistan killed three
civilians and wounded one other, local government
and hospital officials said Friday.
British
occupation force soldier killed in Afghanistan:
Officials say the soldier was killed while on
foot patrol in volatile Helmand province. He was
from the 2nd Battalion of The Duke of Lancaster's
Regiment
Up
to 56,000 more contractors likely for
Afghanistan, congressional agency says:
The surge of 30,000 U.S. troops into Afghanistan
could be accompanied by a surge of up to 56,000
contractors, vastly expanding the presence of
personnel from the U.S. private sector in a war
zone, according to a study by the Congressional
Research Service.
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