Marching Toward Hell

By Jim Miles

The shackles of oil and Israel, the elitist ignorance of the American government, the antagonism of the Muslim world supported by the predictions and indictments of bin Laden have created a losing position for the Americans no matter what they attempt to do. Continue

Bringing Ireland to Baghdad

How the Resistance Will Eventually Kick the Americans Out

By Gary Brecher

One thing the United States doesn't get about guerrilla warfare: It's not over until the guerrillas win. Continue

Towards a Second American Revolution

A Re-Declaration of Independence

By the People of the United States of America

By Ben Tanosborn

That existing government by engaging in criminal wars, embargoes, blockades and other black-listing of foreign nations has made the United States not just an international bully but a piranha, world’s leading perpetrator of genocide and dislocation of people. Continue

Who Owns You?

George Carlin - 3 Minute Video

The game is rigged! Nobody seems to notice, nobody seems to care. Continue

Why I’m Not Patriotic

By Matthew Rothschild
(In memory of George Carlin.)

It’s July 4th again, a day of near-compulsory flag-waving and nation-worshipping. Count me out. Continue

Bush-Led 'Disaster Capitalism' Exploits Worldwide Misery to Make a Buck

By Naomi Klein

These cases of disaster capitalism are amateurish compared with what is unfolding at Iraq’s oil ministry. It started with no-bid service contracts announced for ExxonMobil, Chevron, Shell, BP and Total (they have yet to be signed but are still on course). Continue

The Ashes Have Been Passed To A New Generation

By David Michael Green

Imagine if there was a meteor headed toward our one and only planet, with the potential to do devastating and possibly lethal damage to the planet. Imagine that we had the technological capability to divert the course of this weapon of the massiest mass destruction, and all we needed was the will to do so. And imagine that we chose to focus our society’s energies instead on … gay marriage. Or illegal immigration. Or premarital sex. Continue

US occupation forces kill 16 civilians: Afghan governor : : An Afghan provincial governor said Saturday 16 civilians including women, children and doctors were killed in US-led occupation forces air strikes but the force insisted the dead were militants.

Occupation force kills at Least 12 Afghan Freedom Fighters: NATO occupation troops killed more than a dozen Afghan militants Saturday in a confrontation in country's Nuristan province, military officials say.

10 Taliban Killed While Planting Bomb in Afghanistan: Militants planting a roadside bomb detonated the device prematurely, killing 10 Taliban, said police chief Mohammad Hussein Andiwal.

Gunmen shoot dead Afghan member of parliament: Habibullah Sanzenai, a member of the lower house of parliament for Kandahar and a tribal leader, was shot returning home overnight in the Zhari district of the province, a hotbed of Taliban militant activity.

Iraq: At least 14 killed in another bloody day of US occupation: Gunmen killed Salim al-Daraji, an official of the Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council (SIIC) in northern Basra, 420 km (260 miles) southeast of Baghdad

Iraqi Shiites denounce security pact with US: Large crowds of Shiites on Friday denounced the security pact Baghdad is negotiating with Washington for a long-term US military presence in violence-wracked Iraq.

Shiite clergy want referendum over US troop presence: Iraq's Shiite leadership indicated Friday that it will press the Baghdad government to hold a national referendum on the issue of a further stationing of US forces in the country.

Journalist Charges Censorship by U.S. Military in Fallujah: U.S. journalist Zoriah Miller says he was censored by the U.S. military in the Iraqi city of Fallujah after photographing Marines who died in a suicide bombing.

Military action 'would destabilise Iraq': Iraq will be plunged into a new war if Israel or the US launches an attack on Iran, Iraqi leaders have warned. Iranian retaliation would take place in Iraq, said Dr Mahmoud Othman, the influential Iraqi MP.

Iran's Uranium Program Remains Unchanged: Gov't Spokesman Says Enrichment Efforts Will Continue Despite Western Entreaties, But Tehran Will "Negotiate"

Ron Paul: I hear members of Congress saying "if we could only nuke Iran": Congressman warns of imminent confrontation

Manufacturing Consent For An Attack On Iran: US Pentagon doubts Israeli intelligence over Iran's nuclear programme: Pentagon chiefs fear that Israeli plans for an attack on Iran's nuclear programme will fail to destroy the facilities because neither the CIA nor Mossad knows where every base is located

Propaganda and Presstitute alert: Syria 'would break links with Iran' if America steps in to help it: Syria is ready to break off its close links with Iran if America gives it financial and military backing, a former Israeli diplomat involved in unofficial peace talks has revealed to The Sunday Telegraph.

McCain wants much larger US military: The Bush administration has begun expanding the US Army and Marine Corps to create a combined strength of around 750,000 active duty troops - a process backed by McCain's Democratic rival, Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois. But McCain believes an Army and Marine Corps with a combined strength of up to 900,000 troops is necessar

Israel reclosure of crossings dampens Gazans' hopes: The Israeli army's killing of a top militant commander in the occupied West Bank, sporadic rocket attacks and periodic Israeli closures of Gaza's crossings have strained the truce.

Haniyeh: Israel must lift Gaza siege, open crossings: Ismail Haniyeh, the prime minister of Hamas-ruled Gaza, accused Israel of not living up to its part of the truce.

Israeli Arabs find barriers insurmountable: Asma Nasar is afraid to leave her home. Like many other Palestinians married to Israeli Arabs, the 21-year-old from the West Bank city of Hebron is living illegally in Israel with her husband and two young daughters.

71 Somali resistance fighters killed in clashes with occupation troops: Allied Ethiopian-Somali occupation troops in Somalia have killed 71 "insurgents" in an operation launched in central regions late last week, Ethiopia's state television reported.

Explosion in occupied Somalia kills official, five others: –An explosion killed a Somali official, his wife and four others Saturday in the capital Saturday, witnesses and officials said.

The main problem in Somalia is not Islamists, it is Ethiopia: Somalia has been stateless for close to two decades now, and efforts by neighbouring countries, particularly Djibouti, to bring it back to the world map is frustrated, if not made impossible, by Ethiopia.

Mugabe meets opposition faction: Thabo Mbeki, the South African president, has met Robert Mugabe, the Zimbabwean president, and representatives from a breakaway faction of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC).

West condemns Mugabe, ignores other Africa despots: Leaders of other "autocratic" states in Africa have largely been able to avoid sanctions and isolation. Many have friends in Western capitals. Or play a strategic role in the war against terrorist groups. Or sit on oil.

Tensions surround Abyei withdrawal: Troops from northern and southern Sudan are pulling out from the disputed oil-rich region of Abyei.

Russia warns of Abkhazia war: Russia's defence ministry has warned that a "new war" could break out in Georgia's breakaway region of Abkhazia if Tbilisi uses forces to attempt to resolve the conflict.

US denies ransom payout for hostage release: ambassador:: Ambassador William Brownfield issued the denial in response to a radio report that the daring rescue of the hostages, including high-profile French Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt and three Americans, was obtained with a 20 million dollar ransom payout.

Bolivia's rebel governors agree to recall vote: Regional governors pushing for greater autonomy from Bolivia's central government said Friday they will not boycott an August recall vote that could force them out of office despite initially resisting the ballot.

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Slaughter of the innocent: U.S.attack kills 22 Afghan civilians: Twenty-two civilians, including women and children, were killed in an air strike by U.S.-led forces on Friday. "The civilians were evacuating the district as they were told by the U.S.-led troops to do so because they wanted to launch an operation against the Taliban," he said.

Attacks, bombs kill 14 in occupied Afghanistan: Bomb blasts and attacks killed 11 policemen and three civilians in separate incidents in insurgency-hit Afghanistan, officials said Friday.

Ten Afghan police officers killed, weapons smugglers nabbed: At least 10 Afghan police officers were killed and five injured in a Taliban insurgent attack on a checkpoint in Kandahar and a roadside bomb explosion in Ghazni province, while a coalition service member died and three rebels were arrested

Pakistan's Musharraf says army still backs him: President Pervez Musharraf insisted on Friday that Pakistan's powerful army still supports him, but he said he would step down if he thought it would solve all of the country's problems.

Scientist says Pakistan army supervised North Korean nuclear shipment: Pakistan's army under President Pervez Musharraf supervised a shipment of uranium centrifuges to North Korea in 2000, the architect of Pakistan's atomic weapons program said Friday.

Occupied Iraq: Car bomb kills four near hospital: The explosion took place in front of the morgue of Baghdad's Al-Yarmukh hospital, one of the main medical facilities in the capital, at around 9pm (4am AEST) today, an official at the defence ministry said.

Condoleezza Rice: I'm "Proud" Of The Decision To Invade Iraq: Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said she's ``proud'' of the U.S. decision to wage the Iraq war and insisted that the world is not more dangerous than it was when George W. Bush took office.

Manufacturing Consent For An Attack On Iran: U.S. admiral: Iran strike on Israel 'likely': Iran is likely to launch ballistic missiles against Israel and the United States and the NATO alliance should prepare for it, was the warning issued earlier this week by Admiral James Winnefeld, commander of the Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean.

Iran responds to big powers' nuclear offer: Iran's chief nuclear negotiator, Saeed Jalili, told Solana by telephone that Tehran had prepared its response by concentrating on common ground between the two sides and with a "constructive and creative outlook."

Hamas freezes talks over 'non-respect' of Gaza truce: Hamas said on Friday it had suspended negotiations on the release of a captured Israeli soldier because the Jewish state was not respecting the terms of a truce with the Islamist movement.

Collective Punishment: Israel to destroy attacker's home: Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak has ordered the army to prepare to demolish the home of the Palestinian who killed three Israelis in Jerusalem. Reports say about 20 people live in the home of the attacker Hussam Dwayat in the Sur Bahir area of East Jerusalem.

Congress Delivers Promised Israel Aid Bump Despite Budget Deadlock: While almost all federally financed programs were denied any funding increase for the coming year, aid to Israel from the United States will increase thanks to a legislative loophole and some deft maneuvering by pro-Israel lobbyists.

FARC leaders were paid millions to free hostages: Swiss radio: The 15 hostages released on Wednesday by the Colombian army 'were in reality ransomed for a high price, and the whole operation afterwards was a set-up,' the radio's French-language channel said.

Panama says no to U.S. military base: Panama has ruled out hosting a U.S. military base to replace one in Ecuador which is being reclaimed by the Quito government, a senior Panamanian official said on Friday.

US may empty Guantanamo - report: THE US government is developing a "long-range plan" to empty its "war-on-terror" prison at its naval base in Guantanamo, Cuba, and