The
American Occupation of Afghanistan
The Birth of a National
Liberation Movement
By Prof. Marc W. Herold
The Taliban inherited a devastated country, torn
apart during six years of warlord in-fighting.
Few state structures or institutions existed.
Moreover, the background of the Taliban hardly
prepared them for national governance. Continue
Sept. 11: A Day Without War
By Amy Goodman
The ninth anniversary of the Sept. 11
attacks on the United States should serve as a
moment to reflect on tolerance. It should be a
day of peace. Yet the rising anti-Muslim fervor
here, together with the continuing U.S. military
occupation of Iraq and the escalating war in
Afghanistan (and Pakistan), all fuel the belief
that the U.S. really is at war with Islam. Continue
No-Drama, No Storyline Obama
Tragedy
By Robert S. Becker
If this White House cannot find a gripping
narrative to justify its power, then rest
assured wingnuts in the wings will reprise
their perfectly coherent storyline. Brace for new
and improved wedge-driven crusades against sham
enemies, domestic and foreign. Continue
The Art of Talking Middle East
Peace with a Forked Tongue
By Rizwan A. Rahmani
Hamas is
the golden goose that Israel doesn't want to
kill: they get to create a struggle for power
between the two occupied territories, keeping
Fatah's power in check. Continue
Eye Witness - The Nakba
3 Minute Video
The myths and realities of the 1948 war
and the birth of the Palestinian refugee problem.
Continue
During War There Are No
Civilians
By Nora Barrows-Friedman
Sitting in on the Rachel Corrie trial
alarmingly reveals an open Israeli policy of
indiscrimination towards civilians. Continue
Ultra-Rich in Finance Are Meaner
Than Rest of Us
By Matthew Lynn
At a conference in Zurich last week, the head of
Barclays Wealth Managements private-banking
unit, Gerard Aquilina, appeared to issue a red
alert about the richest of clients. Continue
The United States of Inequality
By Timothy Noah
All my life I've heard Latin America
described as a failed society (or collection of
failed societies) because of its grotesque
maldistribution of wealth. - But according to the
Central Intelligence Agency (whose patriotism I
hesitate to question), income distribution in the
United States is more unequal than in Guyana,
Nicaragua, and Venezuela, and roughly on par with
Uruguay, Argentina, and Ecuador. Continue
Lie Like a Rug
By Becky Akers
I dont know which is more offensive, these
breathtaking lies or the utter insult to our
intelligence. Continue
US
attack kill 14 "militants" in Pakistan:
More than 1,040 people have been killed in 122
drone strikes in Pakistan since August 2008,
including a number of senior militants. However,
the attacks fuel anti-American sentiment in the
conservative Muslim country.
Two
killed in Balochistan blast: At
least two people were killed and several injured
on Wednesday in a blast in the Balochistan
province of southern Pakistan.
Somalia:
Eleven killed in Mogadishu battles:
At least 11 people including civilians died on
Wednesday in fighting between African Union
troops backing the Somali government and Islamist
rebels, officials and witnesses said.
'Slow
genocide' in Somalia's capital Mogadishu:
Residential areas frequently come under heavy,
indiscriminate shelling, corpses litter the
alleyways, and neither side seems to be gaining
the upper hand.
Suicide
attack rocks northern Afghanistan, killing 3:
A suicide bomber blew himself up Wednesday
morning in Afghan northern Baghlan province,
killing two policemen and leaving two others
wounded, provincial police spokesman said.
NATO
occupation force soldier killed; suicide bomber
targets Afghan militiamen: A NATO
soldier was killed in a Taliban attack in
southern Afghanistan on Wednesday, while a
suicide bomber targeted pro-government militiamen
in the north, killing one, officials said.
Inside
the mind of a suicide bomber: Pacha
Khan, a 25-year-old Taliban fighter from Logar in
Afghanistan, has announced that he is ready to
become a suicide bomber. "God willing, our
leaders have prepared everything for me, I am now
waiting for my orders," he said
Britain's
Afghan envoy resigns: Britain's
special representative to Afghanistan and
Pakistan is quitting with immediate effect,
London said Wednesday, following a reported clash
with NATO and US officials on fighting the
Taliban.
Five
dead in Iraq attacks: A spate of
bomb attacks and shootings in Iraq on Wednesday
killed five people, including a TV presenter, as
Baghdad imposed a ban on motorbikes before the
Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr.
Iraqi
soldier kills 2 U.S. troops: An
Iraqi soldier opened fire on American troops and
killed two on Tuesday, U.S. and Iraqi officials
said. They were the first American servicemen
killed since the U.S. declared an official end to
combat operations in the country last week.
Iraq
police arrest brother of US soldiers' killer:
Police on Wednesday detained the brother of an
Iraqi soldier killed after gunning down two
American troops and wounding nine others, the
first US deaths since combat operations were
declared over.
Gunmen
Kill Second Iraqi TV Journalist:
Iraqi police say gunmen have killed an Iraqi
television journalist, the second journalist
slain in that country over the past two days.
Baghdad
to Damascus, a road with no way back:
As a member of an insurgent group that worked the
west side of the Iraqi capital, she had fought a
guerrilla war against American troops for two
years, often disguised as a poor street vendor as
she helped to set bombs to blow up their patrols.
Human
Rights Violations in Yemen under the Pretext of
Combating Terrorism: The Cairo
Institute for Human Rights Studies strongly
condemns the Yemeni army's shelling in the Lawdar
district in the Abyan province, Southern Yemen,
which has severely harmed the civilian population
located there.
US
expands military training in Yemen, reflecting a
broader counterterror program: The
scope and amount of the military training in
Yemen has grown slowly, reflecting the Pentagon's
intention to tackle the terror threat while still
being sensitive to fears that a larger American
footprint in Yemen could help fuel the
insurgency.
Misquoted, misinformed or slandering
Ahmadinejad?: Fidel
tells Iranian president to stop slandering Jews:
This went on for maybe two thousand years,
he said. I don't think anyone has been
slandered more than the Jews. I would say much
more than the Muslims. They have been slandered
much more than the Muslims because they are
blamed and slandered for everything. No one
blames the Muslims for anything.
In case you missed it: Does
Iran's President Want Israel Wiped Off The Map -
Does He Deny The Holocaust?: An
analysis of media rhetoric on its way to war
against Iran - Commenting on the alleged
statements of Iran's President Ahmadinejad .
PA
official: We won't recognize Israel as a Jewish
state: Senior Palestinian negotiator
Nabil Shaath says recognizing Israel as a Jewish
state would harm Israeli Arabs and negate the
right of return of Palestinian refugees.
Who is reading your email: Foreign
report: Israel has one of world's largest
'eavesdropping' intel bases:
According to the report, the base has 30 antennas
and satellite dishes of different sizes and
types, capable of eavesdropping on telephone
calls and accessing the e-mail of
"governments, international organizations,
foreign companies, political groups and
individuals.
'Mind-reading
machine' can convert thoughts into speech:
A mind reading machine is a step closer to
reality after scientists discovered a way of
translating people's thoughts into words.
War criminal: Blair
Cancels Second Event Promoting Memoir Amid Iraq
War Protest Threats: It is sad
in a way because you should have the right to
sign books or see your friends if you want to,
Blair told ITVs This Morning program today.
Land
Grabs in Poor Countries Set to Increase:
After weeks of rumours sparked by the leaking of
a draft World Bank position paper on so-called
land grabs in poor countries, the international
financial institution has officially released its
report on the surge in farmland purchases and
leasing which have elicited controversy for over
two years.
Federal
court: 4th Amendment standard does not always
apply to mobile phone location data:
: 4th Amendment standard does not always apply to
mobile phone location dataLaw enforcement can
still be required to obtain a search warrant for
access to citizens' mobile phone location data,
but police need not uphold the traditional Fourth
Amendment standard of "probable cause"
in the process of such an investigation, a
federal appeals court ruled Tuesday.
Florida
pastor says going ahead with Koran burning:
An obscure U.S. Christian pastor whose plan to
burn copies of the Koran on Sept. 11 has sparked
an international outcry said on Wednesday he will
still go ahead with the event despite U.S.
official warnings it will endanger American
troops in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Religious
Leaders Condemn Growing Islamophobia:
Leaders of some three dozen mainstream U.S.
religious denominations Tuesday condemned what
many commentators have called a rising tide of
Islamophobia touched off by the recent
controversy over the construction of a Muslim
community centre in Lower Manhattan
Should
US government debt be rated junk?:
While investors are willing to accept little in
the way of return to own U.S. government debt and
the U.S. has retained its AAA credit rating, the
metrics by which we use to evaluate the balance
sheet of the United States continue to
deteriorate.
Health
Insurers Plan Hikes: Health insurers
say they plan to raise premiums for some
Americans as a direct result of the health
overhaul in coming weeks, complicating Democrats'
efforts to trumpet their signature achievement
before the midterm elections.
September
08, 2010
Sentencing Terrorism Suspects to
Death -- Without Trial
By Anthony D. Romero and Vincent Warren
We simply cannot accept the proposition that the
government should have unchecked authority to
carry out extrajudicial killings, including of
U.S. citizens, far from any actual battlefield.
Nor can we accept the contention that the entire
world is a battlefield. Continue
The Triumph of Evil
By Prof. John Kozy
Modern societies have justified their adoption of
criminal activities by claiming that such
techniques are necessary to combat evil. But the
war against evil by the good cannot be won using
evil tactics. Evil never yields goodness, and by
using these evil practices, the amount of evil in
the world increases both in amount and extent. Continue
Tony Blair: Cheneys vision
not stupid, possible over
time
Don't rule out attack
on Iran, Blair says
By David Edwards and Daniel Tencer
Vice-President Dick Cheney's vision of
completely redrawing the map of the Middle East
following the 9/11 attacks is "not
stupid," and is "possible over
time," former British Prime Minister Tony
Blair says. Continue
Blair Was Told Iraq Threat Not A
Concern
By Humberto
Lady Manningham-Buller, Director General of the
UK Security Service from 2002 until 2007, told
the investigators that Mr Blair's fears over
Saddam arming terrorists were a mere
"hypothetical theory", and certainly
"not a concern in the short term or medium
term to my colleagues or myself" the
information available was simply not
"substantial enough". Continue
9 Shameless Warmongers Who Call
Fox News Home
By
, Media Matters for America
Media Matters takes a look at the track record of
wrong predictions and shoddy analysis about the
war in Iraq by many of Fox News
contributors and analysts. Continue
Will Our Generals Ever Shut
Up?
The
Militarys Media Megaphone and the U.S.
Global Military Presence
By Tom Engelhardt
To grasp the changing nature of military
influence domestically, consider the
militarys relationship to the media.
Its media megaphone offers a measure of the reach
and influence of that behemoth, what kinds of
pressures it can apply in support of its own
version of foreign policy, and just how, under
its weight, the relationship between the civilian
and military high commands is changing. Continue
They Kill Alex
By Chris Hedges
Military recruiters, who often have offices in
high schools, prey on young men like Alex, who
was first approached when he was 16. They cater
to their insecurities, their dreams and their
economic deprivation. Continue
Obama Signalled His Complete
Rurrender To Zionism
By Alan Hart
He did it with seven words.
Ultimately the U.S. cannot impose a
solution. Continue
'Honor' Killing: The Crimewave
that Shames the World
By Robert Fisk
It's one of the last great taboos: the murder of
at least 20,000 women a year in the name of
'honor'. Nor is the problem confined to the
Middle East: the contagion is spreading rapidly. Continue
EU Banks Are Still Wobbly
By Mike Whitney
The EU banking system is in big trouble. That's
why European Central Bank (ECB) head Jean-Claude
Trichet continues to purchase government bonds
and provide "unlimited funds" for
underwater banks. It's an effort to prevent a
financial system meltdown that could plunge the
eurozone back into recession.
Continue
Is the Economy as Broke as
Lehman Was?
By Michael Hudson
Why bail out Wall Street and not the
quarter of U.S. homeowners unfortunate enough
also to suffer negative equity but
not qualify for the help that the officials they
elect gave to Wall Streets winners by
enabling Bear Stearns, A.I.G., Countrywide
Financial and other gamblers to pay their bad
debts? Continue
Happy *uckin' Labor Day!
By Michael Moore
Before there were unions, there was no middle
class. Working people didn't get to send their
kids to college, few were able to own their own
*ucking home, nobody could take a *ucking day off
for a funeral or a sick day or they might lose
their *ucking job. Continue
19
killed in Pak suicide blast:
Pakistans Taliban claimed responsibility
for Mondays attack in the town of Lakki
Marwat, warning the government not to use
lashkar, or militias, to fight the group.
If they do not stop, then the next target
will be members of the lashkar, Taliban
spokesman Ahsanullah Ahsan told Reuters by
telephone from an undisclosed location.
US
kills five people in Pakistan: A
United States unmanned aircraft fired two
missiles into Pakistan's tribal region along the
Afghan border on Monday, killing five people,
security officials said.
Blast
rocks police installation in Kohat; four killed:
Four people were killed and more than 20 wounded
in a bomb attack targeting a police headquarters
in Kohat on Tuesday, police said.
Donors
put faith in charities linked to terrorism:
Pakistanis are donating to a flood-relief appeal
run by a front organisation for a banned
terrorist group because they believe it to be
more effective and trustworthy than others
soliciting support, especially the government.
Taliban
kill NATO soldier, senior Afghan official:
A US soldier was killed fighting insurgents in
southern Afghanistan Tuesday, NATO said, a day
after rebels killed a senior government official
in the country's north.
Petraeus
seeks 2,000 more troops for Afghanistan:
The mission would come on the heels of the
deployment of tens of thousands of soldiers who
were sent as part of a surge strategy aimed at
crushing a resilient Taliban insurgency, the
official said.
US
to Spend $6B a Year on Afghan Troops:
The United States expects to spend about $6
billion a year training and supporting Afghan
troops and police after it begins pulling out its
own combat troops in "2011", The
Associated Press has learned.
Afghan
bank officers' assets frozen: Move
targets leading shareholders and borrowers of
Kabul Bank in the wake of serious liquidity
crisis.
3
civilians killed in Mogadishu fighting: reports:
Three civilians were killed in fightings between
Somalia's Islamic militants and the African Union
(AU) backed government forces in the Horn of
Africa nation's capital Mogadishu
Death
toll in Mogadishu fighting hits 230:
The UN refugee agency said Tuesday that 230
civilians had been killed during fighting between
government forces and Islamist rebels over the
past two weeks in Somalia's capital Mogadishu.
US
military says gunman in Iraqi army uniform kills
2 American soldiers in northern Iraq:
A military statement says the Americans were
among a group of U.S. soldiers meeting with Iraqi
security forces Tuesday at an Iraqi army compound
near the city of Tuz Khormato, about 130 miles
(210 kilometres) north of Baghdad.
'IAEA
report confirms Iran's clean slate':
"After seven years of constant inspections,
the report once again confirms the non-diversion
of Iran's nuclear activities towards military and
banned objectives."
Manufacturing Consent For Attack
On Iran : Iran
has enough fuel for 2 nuclear warheads, report
says: Iran has produced more than
enough nuclear fuel to power two atomic warheads if
it were to further enrich its supply and
disregard its treaty obligations,
according to a report issued Monday by the
world's nuclear energy watchdog.
Iran
on brink of nuclear weapon, warns watchdog:
Iran has passed a crucial nuclear threshold,
weapons inspectors have warned, and could now go
on to arm an atomic missile with relative ease.
Russian
official: U.S. hindering resumption of talks with
Iran: The comments, made to a
discussion group of Russia experts, appeared
aimed at nudging Washington towards restarting
stalled UN-backed talks to provide Iran with
nuclear fuel for a Tehran research reactor.
Poll:
Half of Israeli teens don't want Arab students in
their class: Study polling 500 teens
aged 15 to 18 finds that most don't think Arabs
enjoy equal rights in Israel, and most of those
don't think Arabs deserve equal rights.
Who is reading your email: Foreign
report: Israel has one of world's largest
'eavesdropping' intel bases:
According to the report, the base has 30 antennas
and satellite dishes of different sizes and
types, capable of eavesdropping on telephone
calls and accessing the e-mail of
"governments, international organizations,
foreign companies, political groups and
individuals.
Israel's
Sharon family 'in bribery case': An
Austrian billionaire has reportedly paid 4.5
million dollars in bribes to the sons of former
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, Israeli
police say.
ElBaradei
urges election boycott : He said
that parliamentary elections scheduled for
November would be marred by fraud, and called for
a complete boycott.
13
killed as Mozambique lowers cost of bread:
Cabinet holds emergency meeting following three
days of clashes between police and demonstrators
that left 13 dead.
French
unions hold pensions strike: Workers
stage strikes and nationwide protests over
Sarkozy's overhaul plans, disrupting public
transport and services.
The
Great American Stickup: How Reagan
Republicans and Clinton Democrats Enriched Wall
Street While Mugging Main Street
Pre-existing
health condition insurance premium too expensive
for many: Of the estimated 4 million
Americans eligible for the program, only about
2,000 had applied as of Aug. 1
Obama
to introduce $200 billion business tax cut:
In another move aimed at stabilizing the
still-shaky economy, President Barack Obama on
Wednesday will introduce a new $200 billion tax
cut giving businesses across the country an
incentive to buy new equipment in the short term,
according to a senior administration official.
The
Ten American Industries Which Will Never Recover:
Here is the list of the ten jobs categories that
will not recover based on 24/7 Wall St. research:
Future
hiring will mainly benefit the high-skilled:
Professional fields with higher pay. Think
lawyers, research scientists and software
engineers. Lower-skill and lower-paying jobs,
like home health care aides and store clerks. And
those in between? Their outlook is bleaker.
Economists foresee fewer moderately paid factory
supervisors, postal workers and office
administrators.
September
06, 2010
Nuclear
Hypocrisy
UN Atomic Agency Curtails Probe
of Israels Nuclear Capability
By Jonathan Tirone
Countries including Canada, the U.K. and U.S.
opposed the probe, saying that the inquiry risked
turning the IAEA into a political battleground,
according to the documents. Others, including
China, Saudi Arabia, South Africa and Turkey,
supported the investigation. Continue
Israeli Settlement Construction
Booms Despite Ban
By Juliane von Mittelstaedt in Jerusalem
In the Jewish "settlements" in the West
Bank, construction is proceeding at full speed. A
legal ban is being ignored and the government is
looking away. The thousands of new homes could
hinder reconciliation. Continue
$12.8
Trillion :
The True Cost Of The Bank
Bailout
By KPBS
We all know about TARP, the Troubled Asset Relief
Program, which spent $700 billion in
taxpayers money to bail out banks after the
financial crisis. - But it turns out that that
$700 billion is just a small part of a much
larger pool of money that has gone into propping
up our nations financial system. Continue
The Real Economy is Jobs and
Paychecks
By Robert Reich
Many big American companies have been
showing profits because they're doing ever more
business in China while cutting payrolls at home.
American consumers aren't buying much of anything
because they've lost their jobs or are worried
about losing them, and are still trying to get
out from under a huge debt load (the latest
figures show more consumer debt delinquent now
than last year and a surge in personal
bankruptcies). Continue
Richest Lawmakers Grew Wealthier
as Economy Faltered
By Rachel Rose Hartman
The rest of the country is still struggling with
high unemployment amid a sluggish-at-best
economic recovery -- but the wealthiest members
of Congress are in high cotton. Indeed, the top
50 wealthiest lawmakers saw their combined net
worths increase last year. Continue
Wage Slaves
Drowning in Debt: US Students
Helpless to Pay Off Education
By Russia Today
A ticking time bomb of American debt. Over $830
billion are owed by college students in the US
with $3 thousand more added on every second. The
most traditional financial baggage for Americans
was credit card debt. For the first time, debt
belonging to college students has over taken that
number one spot. Continue
Our Long National Nightmare
Isn't Over, It's Just Beginning
By David Michael Green
I'm an American. I live in a country - nay,
an empire! - that insists on destroying
itself. I'm part of the generation of
decline. My people are the fools who
perfected the fine art of committing suicide by
stupidity. Continue
UN:
40 killed in Sudan clashes: More
than 40 killed in Darfur region by violence
blamed on rebel groups and government-backed
militia at refugee camps.
23
Militants Killed in NATO, Afghan Forces
Operations: At least 23 Taliban
militants were killed and 5 others were arrested
in NATO and Afghan forces operations in Kunar
province on Saturday night, said officials
NATO
reports 3 occupation force soldiers killed in
Afghanistan: NATO on Sunday
announced the death of three foreign soldiers,
one of them American, in Afghanistans
insurgent heartland as the Taliban was blamed for
attacks that wounded civilians across the
country.
Karzai
sets up peace council for talks with
Taliban: Negotiations with
high-ranking members of the Taliban-led
insurgency are seen as critical to any hopes of
ending the nine-year-long rebellion. London
welcomed the announcement, but foreign diplomats
have privately warned meaningful talks could be
years away.
MPs
to vote on strategy for Afghan withdrawal:
The British Defence Secretary, Liam Fox, will
this week face calls to set out a detailed
timetable for the withdrawal of British troops
from Afghanistan in the first major House of
Commons vote since the war began almost nine
years ago
Afghan
Officials Seek to Shore Up Bank: In
a bid to fend off the threat of a nationwide
financial crisis, the Afghan government scrambled
to come up with the funds to bail out
Afghanistans largest bank on Saturday after
lines of frantic depositors mobbed the bank for a
third day.
Fourteen
militants killed in central Kurram Agency: A
vehicle carrying eight militants was destroyed as
an improvised explosive device went off in the
central Kurram area, according to sources.
Meanwhile, heavy artillery firing by security
forces left six militants dead and 10 injured in
the Chinark area.
US
attack kills 8 alledged militants in Pakistan:
Officials: An earlier strike
yesterday killed six militants when it hit a
compound on the outskirts of Miranshah
'Millions'
without aid in Pakistan: A month
into the disaster, new areas are flooded and food
fails to reach an estimated three million people
Death
toll of Baghdad attack reaches 18 -- police:
Casualty toll of the bombing attack that targeted
a defense ministry building in Baghdad earlier
today reached 18 deaths and 36 wounded, police
said.
AP:
'Combat in Iraq is not over, and we should not
uncritically repeat suggestions that it is':
Memo from the AP's standards editor
US
'likely' to keep troops in Iraq after 2011:
The United States likely will need to keep
thousands of troops in Iraq beyond 2011 to keep a
lid on sectarian tensions and to bolster
Baghdad's fledgling military, experts and former
officers say.
The
true cost of the Iraq war: $3 trillion and beyond:
This price tag dwarfed previous estimates,
including the Bush administration's 2003
projections of a $50 billion to $60 billion war.
Nine
people killed in south Yemen violence:
Four policemen, two militants killed as fighting
between security forces, separatists intensify in
Habilayn.
Pentagon
Bulks Up Yemens Arsenal as Shadow War
Grows: U.S. Central Command is
pondering a $1.2 billion military-assistance
package to Yemen covering the next five years.
Just five years ago, the Defense Department
dispensed less than $5 million to the benighted
country on the southern tip of the Arabian
peninsula
3
Killed As Bomber Attacks Dagestan Army Base:
Suicide car bomber kills three soldiers and
wounds 32 others in the Russian republic of
Dagestan.
Israeli
attack kills 2 in Gaza: Two
Palestinians have been killed in Israeli air
raids in the Gaza Strip, medics and security
sources say. Another person has been critically
injured.
Lieberman:
This generation will not see Middle East peace:
"However, there is no reason to be
worried," Lieberman added. "I repeat:
Abu Mazen will not fight us... The only practical
solution is a long term interim agreement, on
which we can debate. Our proposal is: No to
unilateral concessions, no to continuing the
settlement freeze."
Demonizing Iran: Report:
Iran pays $1,000 for each U.S. soldier killed by
the Taliban: Iran is paying Taliban
fighters $1,000 for each U.S. soldier they kill
in Afghanistan, according to a report in a
British newspaper.
Iran
is being sanctioned for crimes it didn't commit,
official says: Iranian Foreign
Ministry spokesman says UN-led sanctions and
resolutions targeting the country's nuclear
program are 'illegal, illogical and unfair in
principle.'
Fidel
Castro warns of 'nuclear war':
Former Cuban leader says US pressure over Iran's
nuclear programme will lead to war, in first
public speech since 2006.
Coming to a town near you!:
German held by U.S. troops planned Europe
attacks: report: A German Islamist
held by U.S. troops in Afghanistan and
interrogated since July has revealed details of
planned attacks on targets in Germany and Europe,
a news weekly reported Saturday.
Deaths
in Mozambique food price riots: Ten
people left dead following three days of clashes
between police and demonstrators over high food
prices.
Guatemala
landslides bury hundreds: Video
report: After dozens were killed on Saturday, a
fresh landslide overnight may have buried
hundreds trying to rescue survivors.
Doctors
take battle for inquest into Dr Kelly's death to
the High Court: Six reputed doctors
are due to go to the High Court next week as they
battle to force an inquest into the death of Dr
David Kelly. The group is arguing that there is
insufficient medical evidence to prove the
Government weapons inspector committed suicide.
Tony
Blair pelted with eggs and shoes as anti-war
protester attempts citizen's arrest
: Shoes and eggs were pelted at Tony Blair in
Dublin today as he attended his first public
signing of his controversial memoir.
CIA
money behind Wi-Fi Positioning System (WPS):
Just imagine
as you approach the
restaurant, a menu pops up on your screen, the
phone makes suggestions and helps you super-size
your order, before you even set foot in the
restaurant!
30
False Fronts Won Contracts for Blackwater:
Blackwater Worldwide created a web of more than
30 shell companies or subsidiaries in part to
obtain millions of dollars in American government
contracts after the security company came under
intense criticism for reckless conduct in Iraq,
according to Congressional investigators and
former Blackwater officials.
Rahm
Emanuel's 'F--k The UAW': White
House Pushes Back On Account In Rattner Book, UAW
Prez Responds
More
than 400 US Banks Will Fail: Roubini:
More than half of the 800-plus US banks on the
"critical list" are likely to go bust,
according to renowned economist Nouriel Roubini
of Roubini Global Economics.
Sellers
Cut Prices on 50% of Homes: Seven
cities saw price reductions on more than half of
their inventory, with Jacksonville, Phoenix and
Minneapolis on top with 55 percent, 54.4 percent
and 52.4 percent, respectively.
More window dressing? Government
to Deploy Broader Mortgage Aid: The
Obama administration on Tuesday will launch its
most ambitious effort at reducing mortgage
balances for homeowners who owe more than their
homes are worth.
Summer
jobs hit all-time low for youths:
Only 47.6% of people ages 16 to 24 had jobs in
August, the lowest level since the government
began keeping track in 1948, the Labor Department
said Friday. By comparison, 62.8% of that age
group was employed in August 2000.
Survey
of employed finds 25 percent lost a job during
recession: Just over a quarter of
the nation's 139 million currently employed
workers endured a bout of unemployment during the
Great Recession, according to results of a Pew
Research Center survey released Thursday. And
they tend to be less satisfied in their current
jobs than are other workers.
Stranger than fiction: Evict
the dead?: Cemetery In Foreclosure
September
03, 2010
British
Military in Iraq
A Shocking Legacy.
By Felicity Arbuthnot
The British, of course, having come in flying the
St George's flag on their vehicles (the
Crusaders' flag) slithered out of Basra city,
under cover of darkness, to hunker down at the
fortified airport, some distance outside the
town, in September 2007, much as US units did
from other parts of Iraq, last week, fleeing in
the night, over the border to Kuwait. Continue
War Criminal
Admires War Criminal
Blair Memoir Reveals Support for
George W. Bush and Guantanamo Bay
By Roland Watson
TONY Blair admires George W. Bush more than
almost any other politician in the world and uses
his memoir, A Journey, to give a qualified
endorsement of the Guantanamo Bay prison camp in
Cuba and the way in which Afghan and Iraqi
detainees have been treated. Continue
Ideology and Ideologues
By James Keye
Ideologues are confident, certain and
claim to be in complete possession of THE truth.
They use the language of reality and truth just
as if they possessed them. Continue
Why the Big Lie About the Job
Crisis?
By Les Leopold
The Bureau of Labor Statistics official
unemployment rate is 9.6%. It's borader and more
telling jobless rate (U6) of 16.7% confirms that
we're stuck in our own version of the Great
Depression. We'll need more than 22 million new
jobs to bring us back to full-employment. Happy
Labor Day. Continue
Honoring Those Who Toil
By Ralph Nader
What does Labor Day mean anymore other
than another day off, another store sale and, in
some cities, parades ever smaller and more devoid
of passion for elevating the well-being of
working people? Continue
73
killed, over 170 wounded in rally suicide
explosion in Pakistani city: The
death toll in a rally suicide blast has further
increased to seventy-three and more than one
hundred and seventy wounded have been admitted to
different hospitals of the city, said police
Friday.
US
attacks kill 10 in Pakistan: Two US
drone attacks have killed at least ten people in
Pakistan's northwestern tribal region amid
growing discontent over climbing number of
civilian casualties.
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