Gulf Shenanigans: No Laughing
Matter
By Ray
McGovern
When the Tonkin Gulf incident took place
in early August 1964, I was a journeyman CIA
analyst in what Condoleezza Rice refers to as
“the bowels of the agency.” As current
intelligence referent for Russian policy toward
Southeast Asia and China, I worked very closely
with those responsible for analysis of Vietnam
and China. Continue
Is a Palestinian State a Real
Threat To The Israel?
4 Minute Video - Norman Finkelstein & Wolf
Blitzer
Israel: Is The Fourth Largest Military
In the World - What Does It Have To Fear From A
Palestinian State? Continue
Bernanke Finds his
Voice
By Mike Whitney
On Thursday, Fed chairman Ben Bernanke
gave the keynote address on the state of the
economy and financial markets at a luncheon in
Washington, DC. The tone of the speech was
decidedly somber and could have easily been
accompanied by a funereal dirge and 8
black-suited pall bearers. Continue
Consuming Our Way to Unhappiness
By Terrence McNally
Everywhere we turn lately, ads --
holiday, post-holiday, and year-end -- have been
encouraging us to shop in a concerted and
somewhat desperate effort to salvage the economy.
But where does all the stuff we're buying
actually come from? Continue
A Slave Government
Don't miss this 4 Minute Video
George Galloway telling it like it is to
Richard Perle. Continue
Iraq:
Sunday: At least 8 killed as US occupation grinds
on: Two bodies were found in
different parts of the northern city of Mosul,
the U.S. military said.
Iraq:
Saturday: 30 Killed in another bloody day of US
occupation: Four people were killed
in an attack on a home in the suburbs near
Dhuluiya. A man and his son, both members of an
Awakening Council were thought to be the targets;
two other teenaged sons were killed.
Iran’s
Revolutionary Guard in secret Iraq talks with US:
Iraqi government sources say that Major-General
Mohammed Ali Jafari, 50, travelled secretly from
Tehran. Jafari appears to have passed through
checkpoints on his way into the fortified enclave
that contains the American embassy and Iraqi
ministries, even though he is on
Washington’s “most wanted” list.
Iran
agrees to clear up nuclear questions:
The UN atomic watchdog has said that Iran has
agreed to clear up remaining questions on its
nuclear programme, including any military
activity, in four weeks.
Confront
Iran danger early - Bush : Mr Bush
said Iran threatened the security of all nations
and should be confronted "before it's too
late".
US,
Israel on 'same page' on Iran:
Israel and the US are "on the same
page" regarding the gravity of the Iranian
nuclear threat and their commitment to thwart it,
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's spokesman Mark Regev
said Saturday night.
Bush
Disowns U.S. Intel, Tells Israelis
Iran NIE ‘Doesn’t Reflect My Own
Views’
Iranian
diplomats released from U.S. captivity in Iraq
talk about ordeal : The U.S. which
claims democracy and human rights has violated
these rights and the immunity of diplomats and
intensified Iranians hatred towards itself, he
stated.
Some
7,200 register to run in Iran parliament vote:
Interior Minister Mostafa Pourmohammadi said on
Saturday that 7,200 people -- including 590 women
-- had registered to run by Friday's deadline.
Candidates will compete for 290 seats in
parliament.
Sarkozy
to sign UAE nuclear deal : Nicolas
Sarkozy, the French president, is to sign a deal
that could pave the way for France to build
nuclear reactors
Report: Israel planning to
assassinate Haniyeh: Israel
is planning to assassinate exiled Hamas leader
Khalid Mashaal, deposed Palestinian Authority
Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh, and former PA
Foreign Minister Mahmoud Zahar, but is waiting to
give the green light on the operation until after
US President George W. Bush leaves the region,
the London-based newspaper, Al-Hayat reported on
Sunday.
Shin
Bet chief says 1,000 Palestinians killed in Gaza
since 2005: Shin Bet chief Yuval
Diskin noted Sunday that “in the last two
years roughly 1,000 "terrorists" were
killed in IOF and Shin Bet operations in Gaza
over the past two years.”
Uri Avnery: George Bush lends
Israel “110 per cent support” during
visit: Uri Avnery argues that, amid the
outpouring of flatulence by Bush and Olmert
during the US president’s recent visit, what
Bush is offering the Palestinians is “much
less than Bill Clinton's 2000
‘parameters’” and “amounts to
110 per cent support for the official Israeli
government line”.
Israeli
pianist Barenboim takes Palestinian citizenship
: Daniel Barenboim, the world renowned Israeli
pianist and conductor, has taken Palestinian
citizenship and said he believed his rare new
status could serve a model for peace between the
two peoples.
Taliban
kill 10 policemen in Afghan attack:
Taliban guerrillas killed 10 policemen on Sunday
in a raid in southern Afghanistan, provincial
officials said.
Afghan
troops kill 3 Taliban militants, arrest 36 others
in E Afghanistan : Afghan troops had
killed three Taliban fighters and arrested 36
others in a two-week operations launched late
December in eastern Afghanistan, Defense Ministry
spokesman Zahir Azimi said Sunday.
2
Dutch occupation force soldiers killed in
Afghanistan : Two Dutch soldiers
were killed in southern Afghanistan Saturday
during an attack from "opposing militant
forces," the Dutch Defense Ministry said
early Sunday.
Suicide
bombing kills Afghan police: A
suicide bomber blew himself up in Afghanistan's
southern Helmand province Sunday, killing one
police officer and wounding eight others, police
said.
Kabul
gets only 3 hours of electricity a day:
Despite millions in U.S. and global aid
Musharraf:
U.S. May 'Regret' Covert Ops:
President Pervez Musharraf said the United States
would "regret the day" its forces
entered the Pakistani mountains in search of
Osama bin Laden.
Soldiers
withdrawn from key posts in North Waziristan:
: The army has withdrawn soldiers from key
checkposts in North Waziristan and a tribal jirga
is negotiating a peace deal between pro-Taliban
militants and the government, official sources
and military spokesman said on Saturday.
Scotland
Yard believes Al-Qaeda assassinated Benazir
Bhutto: BRITISH officials have
revealed that evidence amassed by Scotland Yard
detectives points towards Al-Qaeda militants
being responsible for the assassination of
Benazir Bhutto.
Angry
Pakistanis turn against army: From
the wailing rice-pickers at Bhutto’s grave
in the dusty village of Garhi Khuda Bakhsh in the
southern province of Sindh to the
western-educated elite sipping whisky and soda in
the drawing rooms of Lahore, the message is the
same: General Pervez Musharraf, the president,
must go and the army must return to its barracks.
Musharraf
sets terms for resignation:
President Pervez Musharraf has told a German news
magazine in an interview made public yesterday
that he would resign if a majority of Pakistan's
people no longer wanted him.
George Monbiot: The Turks
haven't learned the British way of denying past
atrocities: It is not illegal
to discuss the millions who were killed under our
empire. So why do so few people know about them?
Report:
121 Iraq, Afghanistan veterans kill after return
to US: At least 121 US veterans of
the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have either
committed homicide or are suspects in homicide
cases upon their return to life in their own
country, the New York Times reported Sunday.
Across
America, Deadly Echoes of Foreign Battles
: A series of articles and multimedia about
veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan who
have committed killings, or been charged with
them, after coming home.
Spy
chief: Waterboarding 'torture'
: The US national intelligence chief has
said he believes the US interrogation practice
known as "waterboarding" could be
described as torture.
Kucinich
says he'd pull out of Iraq in 3 months:
A wildly cheering crowd of several hundred
Thursday night heard Congressman Dennis J.
Kucinich promise that if he is elected president,
he will eliminate the Patriot Act. "I'm the
only one in Congress who voted against it,"
he said, pausing, "because I read it."
Prisoners
'to be chipped like dogs' : Hi-tech
'satellite' tagging planned in order to create
more space in jails Civil rights groups and
probation officers furious at 'degrading' scheme
U.S.
Issues National ID Standards, Setting Stage for a
Showdown : The federal government
issued national standards on Friday that states
would have to meet in order for driver’s
licenses they issue to qualify as identification
at airports and federal buildings, setting the
stage for a confrontation with states that have
voted not to cooperate.
Are
You Ready for a Recession? [VIDEO]:
The Dow Jones Index has suffered its worst start
to a new year since 1904 and there are more
looming signs of recession are on their way.
12/01/08
Pakistan
kills over 50 "militants" near Afghan
border: Pakistani troops killed more
than 50 Taleban militants after fighting off an
attack on a military fort in a troubled tribal
region bordering Afghanistan, security officials
said Saturday.
Any
action in Pak territory could be taken as attack:
Musharraf : : President Musharraf
has warned US coalition forces that any
unilateral action taken against militants along
the Pak-Afghan border will be regarded as an
invasion.
U.S.
Senate leader asks Bush to cut military aid for
Pakistan: U.S. Senate Majority
Leader Harry Reid urged President George W. Bush
on Thursday to cut military aid to the Pakistani
government unless President Pervez Musharraf does
more to combat terrorism, restore democratic
freedoms and investigate the assassination of
former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto.
NATO
occupation force soldier killed in Afghanistan
: A soldier of the NATO-led International
Security Assistance Force (ISAF) was killed and
another sustained injuries when a mine struck
their vehicle in south Afghanistan Saturday, a
statement of the alliance released here said.
Iraq:
Aat least 31 Iraqis Killed in another bloody day
of US occupation: :: In Baghdad,
four people were killed and eight were wounded
during a bombing outside a bakery in in
al-Ghadeer
Iraq
to Reinstate Saddam Party Followers:
Iraq's parliament passed a benchmark law Saturday
allowing lower-ranking former members of Saddam
Hussein's Baath party to reclaim government jobs,
the first major piece of U.S.-backed legislation
it has adopted.
Iran's
Larijani: White House finished :
"After Israel's humiliating defeat against
Lebanon's Hezbollah which was in fact the defeat
of Washington and its policies in Iraq, the US
has reached the end of the line," Fars News
Agency quoted Ali Larijani, the former top
nuclear negotiator, as telling an Arab daily.
Israeli
air strike kills two armed Hamas resistance
members in Gaza: An Israeli air
strike killed at least two Hamas gunmen and
critically wounded another in the southern Gaza
Strip on Saturday, local medical workers and
officials said.
Bush-Israel
to destroy Hamas, Jihad : American
President George W. Bush called for the
annihilation of the two Palestinian Resistance
Movements of Hamas and Islamic Jihad.
Hamas:
IDF attack carried out because Bush gave green
light during visit: : "The
attack is Israeli implementation of the green
light that President (George W.) Bush gave Israel
during his recent visit that enables the opening
of an attack on the Gaza
US
admits Mideast peace deal hangs on fate of Gaza:
A senior US official acknowledged on Saturday
that an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal would
depend on the fate of Gaza, which is controlled
by the Islamist movement Hamas.
Gaza
food supplies 'getting worse by the day':
Food is running short for hundreds of thousands
of Palestinians in the impoverished Gaza Strip,
and more aid is urgently needed to prevent a
humanitarian crisis, the United Nations' World
Food Program (WFP) said on Friday.
Palestinian
negotiator rules out establishment of statehood
in 2008 : "The success to reach
such a deal is subject to the Israeli
government's capability to stop the settlement
buildings, remove checkpoints, stop the offensive
and engage in serious negotiations," Erekat
said.
Nasrallah:
Israel to give crumbs to Palestinians:
Hizbullah leader Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah said on
Friday. "Israel plans to give only crumbs to
the Palestinians during negotiations and [US]
President [George] Bush plans to force the
Palestinians to give up on the right of return
and settle the refugees in Arab states
[instead,]"
A deal for a deal:
If George Bush persuades Israel to stop
settlements and end occupation of the West Bank,
what kind of quid pro quo will Olmert have won on
Iran?
Israel stressed to Bush Iran is
nuclear ‘threat’:
‘From a professional point of view the
situation is clear: there is an Iranian nuclear
threat,’ Gilad said
Bush
visiting Bahrain to garner support :
Following a stop in Kuwait, Bush moved on to
Bahrain where he is scheduled to meet with the
country's king, Hamad bin Isa Al-Khalifa, to
discuss Iran's influence in the Middle East, the
Voice of America reported.
Saudi
cannot be launchpad for Iran attack: report:
A leading Saudi newspaper on Saturday ruled out
any attempt by the United States to use the
oil-rich Gulf kingdom as a launchpad for a
possible war on Iran over Tehran's disputed
nuclear programme.
US
Navy fired warning at Iranian craft:
It was the first official confirmation that the
United States had fired warning shots in any
recent confrontation with Iran in the Gulf.
US
warns of Iran Gulf aggression:
Clashes between Iranian and US Navy forces in the
Persian Gulf reflect Iran's new strategy to use
Revolutionary Guard fast boats more aggressively,
the US military said
See it for yourself: Iranian
Video of Navy Incident : Iranian
state TV aired video Thursday purporting to show
a weekend standoff between small Iranian boats
and U.S. naval ships in the Persian Gulf.
Who's
the voice on radio in Iran standoff?:
The threatening radio transmission heard at the
end of a video showing apparently harassing
maneuvers by Iranian patrol boats in the Strait
of Hormuz last weekend may have come not from the
Iranian crews, but from a locally famous heckler
known among ship drivers as the "Filipino
Monkey."
Khamenei:
Iran will not bow to US : Ayatollah
Ali Khamenei, Iran's supreme leader, has said
that the United States will not be able to bring
Iran "to its knees" in a row over its
nuclear programme.
Iran's
top leader demands end to UN Security Council
nuclear oversight: Iran's top leader
demanded an end to U.N. Security Council
oversight of the country's nuclear program during
a meeting Saturday with the chief of the U.N.
nuclear watchdog, state-run television reported.
Syria Rebuilds on Site Destroyed
by Israeli Bombs : The puzzling site in Syria
that Israeli jets bombed in September grew more
curious on Friday with the release of a satellite
photograph showing new construction there that
resembles the site’s former main building.
Chavez
defends Colombia rebels : Hugo
Chavez, the Venezuelan president, has urged the
international community to stop labelling
Colombia's left-wing rebels as terrorists, a day
after mediating the release of two of their
hostages.
Fraud
and abuse levels stun UN : Fraud and
abuse have reached unexpected levels at the UN,
an internal investigative unit has said.
GAO
Questions Program Helping Russians:
A U.S. economic aid program to keep Russian
scientists from selling weapons information to
terrorists apparently funneled much of the money
to scientists who never claimed to have a
background in nuclear, chemical or biological
programs, a congressional report said Friday
Appeals
court rules against ex-detainees: A
federal appeals court ruled Friday against four
British men who contend they were systematically
tortured and their religious rights abused
throughout their two-year detention at Guantanamo
Bay.
Computer
hackers 'may be behind Hillary Clinton's shock
New Hampshire victory': Dennis
Kucinich, an outsider in the battle for the
Democratic nomination, cited "serious and
credible reports, allegations and rumours"
about the integrity of the surprise result.
Kucinich
asks for NH recount, but he'll have to pay for
it: The New Hampshire Secretary of
State's office said Kucinich can have a recount
but he will have to pay for it. Under state law
if a candidate loses by less than 3 percent they
can pay a flat $2,000 for the recount. If they
lose by more than 3 percent they have to pay the
entire cost.
Asian
voters in US 'got raw deal' : Many
Asian American voters faced discrimination from
voting officials during 2006 mid-term elections
in the US, a civil rights group has alleged.
US
Federal Reserve chairman warns of recession
danger, promises more rate cuts: US
Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke
warned Wednesday that the US economy is slowing
dramatically and broadly hinted that the Fed
would aggressively cut interest rates in
response, perhaps before its next scheduled
policy meeting at the end of January.
Precious
metals sparkle as US dollar continues slide:
GOLD rose to a record and silver matched its
highest level since 1980 as a weakening American
dollar increased demand for alternative
investments.
Greenspan's
Reputation at Risk as Recession Odds Grow
: The next bubble to deflate may be Alan
Greenspan's reputation.
11/01/08
Bin Laden Turns Heat on Saudi Arabia
By Michael Scheuer
Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden's latest
message is one of the richest, most comprehensive
and starkly realistic he has issued since the
start of the Iraq war. This essay considers
al-Qaeda's dour recognition of its inability to
control post-occupation events in Iraq as a small
vanguard organization and a non-Iraqi presence in
the country. Continue
CIA Reveals:
We Said In 1974 That Israel Had
Nuclear Weapons
By Amir Oren
Israel was also suspected of providing nuclear
materials, equipment or technology to Iran, South
Africa and other then-friendly countries. Continue
Official Version of U.S.-Iranian
Naval Incident Starts to Unravel
Democracy Now! Audio &
Transcript
New information reveals that
the alleged Iranian threat to American naval
vessels may have been blown out of proportion. We
speak to investigative historian Gareth Porter.
Continue
Welcome To The Persian Gulf
By Daniel M Pourkesali
According to a report published in the
New York Times, unnamed Pentagon officials are
saying that the threatening voice heard in the
audio clip which was recorded separately from the
video images and merged together later by the
Navy, "is not traceable to the Iranian
military". Continue
Welcome, Mr President, To The Misery
You've Created
By Jonathan Steele
In eight years Palestinians have seen the
bald eagle of enlightened US power degenerate
into a phoney, biased, cynical lame duck. Continue
Why Don't You Bomb Yourself And
Save Us All
By Gilad Atzmon
"President Bush had tears in his
eyes during an hour-long tour of Israel's
Holocaust Memorial on Friday and told Secretary
of State Condoleezza Rice that the U.S. should
have bombed Auschwitz to halt the killing" Continue
A Lasting Settlement?
By Karma Nabulsi
While George Bush talks up the prospects
for peace, in reality he backs Israel's assault
on Palestinians' legitimate national aspirations.
Continue
"What Is The Lesson To Be
Learned From The Holocaust?"
By Silvia Cattori
Hedy Epstein, is a German Jewish
Holocaust survivor, born in 1924, whose parents
were sent to Auschwitz in 1942, where they
perished. In 1948, Hedy Epstein went to live in
United States. In 2003, she decided to make a
trip to Palestine. Shocked by the oppression that
the Israeli government is imposing on the
Palestinians, she is, since then, devoting
herself to make it known to the world. Continue
Religion-Politics
Mix Gives Rise to Fear
By
Naomi Schalit
I’m a Jew and I’m
scared.It’s not just that Mike Huckabee, an
Evangelical and self-described “Christian
Leader,” won the GOP Iowa presidential
caucus last week. It’s the photos of his
supporters praying and holding American flags. Continue
The Winning Ticket: Hillary and
Diebold in 2008
By Mike Whitney
Something doesn't ring true about
Hillary's “upset” victory in the New
Hampshire primary. It just doesn't pass the smell
test. Continue
"You Can't Do Anything
Unless You Try!"
By Mary Pitt
The progressive movement turned out in
force in 2006, defeated many of the hard-core
Bushites and installed "liberal"
Democrats in their stead. It didn't help. They
were stymied at every turn by their
business-as-usual senior colleagues of both
parties who really understood "how the game
is played". Continued
Ron Paul Forcefully Responds To
Racism Charges
Video
Ron Paul explain his dislike for
collectivist racist views. Continue
"For America to Live,
Europe Must Die"
By Russell Means
The following speech was given by
Russell Means in July 1980, before several
thousand people who had assembled from all over
the world for the Black Hills International
Survival Gathering, in the Black Hills of South
Dakota. It is Russell Means' most famous speech. Continue
‘21
"Qaeda fighters" killed in US air
blitz’: A
massive US air blitz on Al Qaeda" targets
south of Baghdad killed a local leader and at
least 20 other militants, the head of an
anti-Qaeda front said on Friday."
Iraq:
At least 17 killed as US occupation grinds on:
Iraqi soldiers killed nine
"gunmen" and arrested 59 others during
the past 24 hours
Civilian
Deaths Massive by Any Measure: How
many Iraqi civilians have lost their lives as a
result of gunshots and bombings since the U.S.
military invaded that oil-rich Arab nation nearly
five years ago?
Turkey
shells northern Iraq : Turkish
artillery shelled northern Iraq on Friday
morning, but there were no immediate reports of
any casualties or material damage, a Kurdish
government official said.
Blackwater
dropped blinding tear gas on Iraqis, US soldiers:
Use of CS gas in war is prohibited by the 1997
Chemical Weapons Convention (signed in 1993)
Bush:
We Could "Easily" Be In Iraq For
Another 10 Years: U.S. President
George W. Bush said on Friday the United States
would have a long-term presence in Iraq that
could "easily" last a decade, but that
it would be at the invitation of the Iraqi
government.
26
killed in Pakistan suicide blast :
At least 22 police and four civilians were killed
in a suicide bomb attack Thursday outside the
high court in the commercial heart of Lahore,
Pakistan's second largest city.
US
Military 'Extremely' Concerned About Al-Qaida
Safe Havens in Pakistan : During a
news conference at the Pentagon Friday, U.S.
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral
Michael Mullen said al-Qaida militants are not
only launching attacks in neighboring
Afghanistan, but also inside Pakistan.
US
would 'regret' Pakistan operation:
President Pervez Musharraf said in an interview
published Friday that U.S. troops would be
regarded as invaders if they crossed into
Pakistan to hunt al-Qaida militants.
Shots
at Benazir fired from a .30 gun: report :
Possibility of a second gunman
1
NATO Occupation Force Soldier Killed in Afghan
Blast: A NATO vehicle struck a mine
in southern Afghanistan, killing one soldier and
wounding another, while a militant attack in the
east left a policeman dead, officials said
Thursday.
US
Admiral Says Iran Risks Gulf Conflict
: The top U.S. military commander in the Mideast
said Friday that Iran runs the risk of triggering
an unintended conflict if its boats continue to
harass U.S. warships in the Persian Gulf.
US
Navy threat may not have been Iranian:
THE US navy says there is "no way to
know" if a threat radioed to US warships in
the Strait of Hormuz came from Iranian
speedboats, casting doubt on the earlier US
version of Sunday's confrontation.
Occupation
of Palestinian land must end, Bush tells Israel :
President George Bush last night called for
Israel to end what he unequivocally called its
"occupation" of territory seized in
1967 and proposed "compensation" as a
means of solving the issue of Palestinian
refugees
Gilad
Atzmon - The Primacy of the Ear : An
alternative take on the Israeli Palestinian
conflict and peace activism
Blair
accused of taking blood money : Gets
over £1m job with US bank profiting from Iraq
war
Did
Hillary Really Win New Hampshire?:
More Questions About Diebold Voting Machines
Will
Your Vote Be Counted in 2008? :
Every vote counts. But will every vote actually
be counted? One-by-one, states across the country
are finding critical flaws in the accuracy and
security of electronic voting machines.
Paulson
Sees `No Evidence' Housing Decline Is Ending:
Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said the housing
decline will continue, and a program aimed at
heading off a wave of foreclosures may need to be
expanded beyond subprime borrowers.
BofA's awesome Countrywide tax
break: Brace yourselves,
taxpayers of America. You're going to help Bank
of America finance its $4 billion buyout of
Countrywide.
Write-down
at Merrill Lynch may hit $15 billion:
Merrill Lynch is expected to suffer $15 billion
in losses stemming from soured mortgage
investments, almost double its original estimate,
prompting the firm to raise additional capital
from an outside investor.
China's
trade surplus hits record $262bn:
Surplus cutting drives have left the banking
system swamped with cash as China faces EU and US
pressure to boost the yuan
US's
triple-A credit rating 'under threat':
The US is at risk of losing its top-notch
triple-A credit rating within a decade unless it
takes radical action to curb soaring healthcare
and social security spending, Moody's, the credit
rating agency, said yesterday.
10/01/08
The "Good Good War" Is
A Bad War
By John Pilger
John Pilger describes how the invasion of
Afghanistan, which was widely supported in the
West as a 'good war' and justifiable response to
9/11, was actually planned months before 9/11 and
is the latest instalment of 'a great game'. Continue
No Escape from War and
Unemployment
By Paul Craig Roberts
New Hampshire voters have chosen warmonger clones
of Bush/Cheney for their party’s
presidential candidates. The only
candidates not in Israel’s pocket are
Kucinich, Paul, and Gravel, who have no chance
for their party’s nomination. Continue
The Deflation Time-bomb
By Mike Whitney
We are to about see how much George Bush
really believes the “supply side”
mumbo-jumbo he's been spouting for the last 7
years. Last week's Labor Department report
confirmed that unemployment is on the rise (5%)
and that corrective action will be required to
avoid a long and painful recession. Continue
The Century of the Self
Don't miss this
must watch documentary by Adam Curtis
This episode explains how politicians on the
left, in both Britain and America, turned to the
techniques developed by business to read and
fulfil the inner desires of the self. - T he aim
of those who had originally created these
techniques had not been to liberate the people
but to develop a new way of controlling them. Continue
In case you missed it
Why Socialism?
By Albert Einstein
The economic anarchy of capitalist society as it
exists today is, in my opinion, the real source
of the evil. We see before us a huge community of
producers the members of which are unceasingly
striving to deprive each other of the fruits of
their collective labor—not by force, but on
the whole in faithful compliance with legally
established rules. Continue
It's Gross Hypocrisy
Mike
Gravel rates Democrat opponents
Video & Transcript:
Congress could do a good job, theoretically, but
it can't. Why? Its owned lock, stock, and barrel
by corporate America. So you think you're going
to become president and you're going to turn to
the Congress and say, “Let's really
straighten out corporate America.” This is
foolishness. It's fantasy. Continue
Iraq:
At Least 16 Killed in another bloody day of US
occupation: - Iraqi security forces
found the bodies of three people with gunshot
wounds across Baghdad
9
US Occupation Force Soldiers Killed in New Iraq
Attacks: Nine American occupation
force soldiers were killed in the first two days
of a new offensive to root out al-Qaida in Iraq
fighters holed up in districts north of the
capital, the U.S. military reported Wednesday.
US
warplanes pound Baghdad outskirts:
US warplanes launched their biggest air
strike in Iraq since at least 2006, bombarding
date palm groves on Baghdad's southern outskirts
with more than 40,000 pounds of bombs in a matter
of minutes.
Suicide
attack leaves 7 dead, 12 wounded in southwestern
Afghanistan: A suicide bomber
attacked Indian road construction workers and
their Afghan police escorts Thursday in
southwestern Afghanistan, killing seven and
wounding 12.
1
NATO occupation force soldier killed in Afghan
blast: A NATO vehicle struck a mine
in southern Afghanistan, killing one soldier and
wounding another, while a militant attack in the
east left a policeman dead, officials said
Thursday.
US
to Send 3,000 Marines to Afghanistan :
The Pentagon is preparing to send at least 3,000
Marines to Afghanistan in April to bolster
efforts to hold off another expected Taliban
offensive in the spring, military officials.
'A
Heartbeat Away' From War With Iran and Pakistan
: As the American people amuse themselves with
the illusion that they have any say in the way
they are presently governed, our rulers are
moving toward war. Two recent incidents
underscore the imminence of this prospect.
Iranian
video counters Pentagon report: Iran
released a video on Thursday which it said showed
its boats did not threaten U.S. navy vessels in
the Gulf, countering Washington’s account of
the event which President George W. Bush called
”a provocative act”.
Fifth
Fleet unsure threat to US warships was Iranian
: The US Navy's Fifth Fleet in Bahrain said on
Thursday there was "no way to know" if
a threat radioed to US warships in the Strait of
Hormuz came from Iranian speedboats
U.S.:
Voices on Recording May Not Have Been From
Iranian Speedboats: Chilling Threat
Could Have Come From the Shore or Another Ship,
Navy Says
Bush
warns Iran of 'serious consequences,'
Lays out challenges for Israel and the
Palestinians
'All options on table' to stop
nuclear Iran: Israel: Israel
is keeping all options on the table if economic
and diplomatic pressure fails to halt archfoe
Iran's nuclear programme, Israel's ambassador to
the United States said on Thursday.
Chief rabbi thanks Bush for 'war
against Iraq': "I want
to thank you for your support of Israel and in
particular for waging a war against Iraq,"
Metzger told Bush, according to the chief rabbi's
spokesman.
Gideon
Levy : Bush: A hostile president :
There are also few other countries where the lame
duck from Washington would not be greeted with
mass demonstrations; instead, Israel is making
great efforts to welcome him graciously.
An
American President and the outposts of Zion
: Interwoven with the idea of a Jewish
"return" and a denial of relevant
international law is a deep anti-Arab racism
Bush's
Mideast Pipe Dream: George W. Bush's
visit to the Holy Land has only deepened the
divide between the Israelis and Palestinians.
Bush:
Hamas delivers nothing but misery in Gaza
: Bush made the remarks at a joint press
conference with Palestinian President Mahmoud
Abbas.
Olmert tells Bush construction
in Jerusalem to continue: At
end of meeting with US president in capital,
prime minister makes it clear Israel will not
halt building plan in east Jerusalem despite
American objection.
Blair
Takes Advisory Post With JP Morgan:
Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair took a
job as an adviser to JPMorgan Chase & Co. on
Thursday, a part-time post that will not affect
his role as a Mideast peace envoy, his
spokeswoman said. - Blair's income for his new
job was not disclosed.
UK:
Atomic body set for US control: The
UK Atomic Weapons Establishment, which manages
the Aldermaston weapons site on behalf of the
Ministry of Defence, is set to come under the
control of US companies.
U.S.
to accept 10,000 Bhutanese refugees from Nepal
: The United States will accept 10,000 Bhutanese
refugees living in Nepal under the first phase of
refugee rehabilitation program, U.S. ambassador
to Nepal Nancy J Powell said on Wednesday,
according to local media houses' website THT
online Thursday.
Japanese
Stocks Tumble on Goldman U.S., Domestic Recession
Call : Japanese stocks fell after
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. said the domestic
economy and that of the U.S., the world's two
largest, may be headed for recession, sparking
concern company earnings will falter.
US
could spark global fall - UN : THE
apparent US economic slowdown could trigger
global recession this year and stymie years of
robust growth in Asia and Africa, the UN said.
Fed
Is Ready to Cut Interest Rates Again:
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke pledged
Thursday to slash interest rates yet again to
prevent housing and credit problems from plunging
the country into a recession.
Housing:
A Fresh Jolt of Bad News: KB Home
reports a huge loss and Countrywide fights off
bankruptcy rumors. Looks like the U.S. housing
sector is in for another tough
The
Cuban Five: This month a series of
billboards will start appearing in US cities
informing pass- ers-by about five prisoners
serving up to life sentences in US jails. While
the Cuban Five, as they are known, are heroes in
their home country and in parts of Latin America,
they are virtually unknown in the land where they
are incarcerated.
Pregnant
woman held down, tasered: FOOTAGE of
a pregnant woman being held down on her stomach
while being Tasered by a police officer has
emerged in the middle of a US federal
investigation.
FBI
Wiretaps Dropped Due to Unpaid Bills
: Telephone companies cut off FBI wiretaps used
to eavesdrop on suspected criminals because of
the bureau's repeated failures to pay phone bills
on time, according to a Justice Department audit
released Thursday.
California
Toll Agency Wants Power to Seize Cars:
To get the most revenue possible, the Bay Area,
California Toll Authority wants the power to
seize cars and paychecks.
09/01/08
UN Says About 151,000 Iraqis
Killed Since 2003
By Khaleej Times
The World Health Organization said Wednesday a
large-scale household survey showed an estimated
151,000 Iraqis were violently killed since the
US-led invasion of their country in March 2003 to
the middle of 2006.
Continue
The Myth Of Sectarianism
The policy is
divide to rule
By DAHR JAMAIL
The snow job by the corporate media on
the issue of sectarianism in Iraq has ensured
that the public buys into the line that the Sunni
and Shia will dice one another up into little
pieces if the occupation ends. Continue
Straight Talk
By Layla Anwar
Americans still pretend they brought Democracy to
Iraq. Keep on deluding yourselves folks. Had I
been in charge of your Education, I would grant
you free PHD’s in Deceit, Duplicity and
Denial. Continue
On Rejecting "The
System"
By Emily Spence
'The number of billionaires around the world rose
by 102 to a record 793... and their combined
wealth grew 18 percent to $2.6 trillion,
according to "Forbes" magazine's 2006
rankings of the world's richest people [5].' In
addition, their group has been expanding
steadily. All the while they, also, command vast
stores of resources (obtained through their
purchasing power), manipulate their governments
(through lobbies and other means) and control
others (via military might and other kinds) to
keep everything solidly behind their acts of
racking in ever more dollars and possessions,
including huge tracts of land and factories, for
themselves. Continue
We LOST!
Thinking For Yourself Is Now A
Crime!
Video
The bill will, in short, create massive
terrorism in the United States. But the
perpetrators of terrorism will not be Muslim
terrorists; they will be government agents and
fellow citizens. Continue
The Expanding Police State
Operation Falcon Raid
By Mike Whitney
There's only one way to make sure that the
machinery of state-terror is operating at maximum
efficiency; flip on the switch and let er rip.
That was thinking behind the massive roundup of
10,000 American citizens in what was
aptly-christened Operation Falcon.
Continue
In Case You Missed it
The Secret Government: The
Constitution in Crisis
By Bill Moyers
Host Bill Moyers exposes the inner
workings of the secret government. Though
originally broadcast in 1987, it is even more
relevant today. Interviews with respected, top
military, intelligence, and government insiders
reveal both the history and secret objectives. Continue
France is Healthcare Leader, US Comes
Dead Last: Study
By AFP
France is tops, and the United States dead last,
in providing timely and effective healthcare to
its citizens, according to a survey Tuesday of
preventable deaths in 19 industrialized
countries. Continue
This
System’s Achilles’ Heel
By Malcolm
Martin
The fact is that the story of the United States
of America is bound up in the birth and rise of
capitalism, and the nation’s present descent
into dictatorship is part of the same economic
system’s decline and inevitable death. Continue
"Republicans"
Painting Ron Paul As A Racist
Angry White Man
The bigoted past of Ron
Paul.
By James Kirchick
Ron Paul is not the plain-speaking antiwar
activist his supporters believe they are
backing--but rather a member in good standing of
some of the oldest and ugliest traditions in
American politics. Continue
Ron Paul Responds
Ron Paul
Statement on The New Republic Article Regarding
Old Newsletters
In response to an article published by The New
Republic, Ron Paul issued the following
statement: Continue
New Republic
Author Interviewed About "Ron Paul's"
Past Writings!
Video
Jamie
Kirchick of The New Republic discusses a piece
out on Friday alleging presidential candidate Ron
Paul has a racist past. Continue
20
"Militants", Four US Soldiers Killed in
Iraq Operations: Four US soldiers
and at least 20 suspected militants have been
killed in separate operations across Iraq, the US
military announced Wednesday, while a total of 32
extremist suspects were detained by US and Iraqi
forces.
UN
says about 151,000 Iraqis killed by war since
2003: - The World Health
Organization said Wednesday a large-scale
household survey showed an estimated 151,000
Iraqis were violently killed since the US-led
invasion of their country in March 2003 to the
middle of 2006.
2
Car Bombs Explode Outside Churches in Northern
Iraq : The bombings are the latest
attack on Christian buildings in Iraq. Insurgents
bombed churches and a monastery in the northern
city of Mosul on Sunday, wounding several people.
Two
jailed for leaking Blair-Bush memo:
A judge imposed two indefinite contempt
of court orders on newspapers yesterday,
preventing them from reporting aspects of an
Official Secrets Act trial that dealt with the
unauthorised disclosure of a secret document
about Iraq.
US
plans new sanctions on Iranian, Iraqis:
A senior Bush administration official said the
sanctions were being imposed on the Iranian and
exiled Iraqis because ”they are basically
supporting the insurgency in various ways in
Iraq.”
Manufacturing Consent For War
With Iran:: US
warns Iran of consequences of any new naval
crisis : U.S. President George W.
Bush warned Iran on Wednesday of "serious
consequences" if it attacked U.S. ships in
the Gulf and said all options were on the table.
Video
purports to show Iranian 'provocation' of US
forces: The Pentagon has released
footage of Iranian boats threatening three US
ships in The Gulf, in what President George W
Bush described as a "provocative act".
Iranian
TV: Pentagon Video, Audio Fake : -
Iran accused the United States on Wednesday of
fabricating video and audio released by the
Pentagon showing Iranian boats confronting U.S.
warships in the Persian Gulf.
Hamas:
Israeli attack on northern Gaza kills two:
An Israeli occupation force attack in northern
Gaza on Wednesday killed two Palestinians and
injured four others, Palestinian security
officials and medics said.
Israeli
top brass meet Bush at airport:
"US and Israel are strong allies," he
said. "The source of that strength is a
shared belief in power of human freedom."
Olmert
to lay down Israel's red lines:
Prime minister to clarify Israel's non-negotiable
terms to visiting US President Bush.
Israel
hiding settlement facts to protect image:
THE Israeli Government has told a court that it
does not want to reveal the true extent of Jewish
settlement in the occupied Palestinian
territories because the information would damage
its image abroad, a local newspaper has reported.
Afghan
Civilians Were Killed Needlessly, Ex-Marine
Testifies : A former member of an
elite Marine combat unit that operated last year
in eastern Afghanistan testified Tuesday that his
comrades appeared to have needlessly killed
civilians after their convoy was attacked by a
suicide car bomb.
Afghan
Officials Show Desire For US Attacks Inside
Pakistan : Hints and suggestions
emanating from Afghan officials clearly point to
US forces attacking Taliban and al-Qaida safe
havens in Pakistan in the very near future.
Pakistan
army strikes hideout of pro-Taliban militant
leader: Pakistan's military has
targeted suspected hide-outs of the leader of
pro-Taliban militant forces in the Swat Valley in
the country's volatile northwest, but could not
confirm whether the radical cleric was killed,
the army spokesman said Wednesday.
Pakistan
denies U.S troops, agents operating in tribal
areas Islamabad: Pakistan has said
that U.S troops and intelligence agencies are not
operating inside its tribal areas and described
American media reports as baseless.
CITGO,
Venezuela Distribute Oil To U.S. Services:
For scores of low-income families it will be like
the equivalent of winning a small lottery
jackpot. A program run by former Congressman Joe
Kennedy will deliver free heating oil –
donated by Citgo and the Chavez regime in
Venezuela – to some 200,000 households.
Goldman
Sachs sees recession in 2008:
Goldman Sachs on Wednesday said it expects the
U.S. economy to drop into recession this year,
prompting the Federal Reserve to slash benchmark
lending rates to 2.5 percent by the third
quarter.
Countrywide
Loses Most Since 1987 on Funding Concern:
Countrywide Financial Corp. dropped the most
since Black Monday in October 1987 in New York
trading on speculation that it needs cash to
continue operating its mortgage business.
08/01/08
How Many
Kids Will The US Kill In 2008?
By
Dr Gideon Polya
Those
who KNOWINGLY deny, ignore, excuse, minimize,
obfuscate, support, advocate or are otherwise
complicit in the mass murder of CHILDREN have
crossed the line separating decent humanity from
proto-Nazi barbarism, from the unthinkable but
real, barbaric actuality of Bush America. Continue
Recession In The US 'Has
Arrived'
By The BBC
The feared recession in the US
economy has already arrived, according to a
report from Merrill Lynch. Continue
Bush Convenes Plunge Protection
Team
By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, International
Business Editor
Bears beware. The New Deal of 2008 is in the
works. The US Treasury is about to shower
households with rebate cheques to head off a
full-blown slump, and save the Bush presidency.
On Friday, Mr Bush convened the so-called Plunge
Protection Team for its first known meeting in
the Oval Office. Continue
No Jobs for the New Economy or
the Old
By Paul Craig Roberts
If December is a harbinger of the new
year, it is going to be a bad one. The past
year, hailed by Republican propagandists and
“free trade” economists as proof of
globalism’s benefit to Americans, was
dismal. Continue
In case you
missed it
Super-Imperialism
The Economic Strategy of
American Empire.
Interview with financial economist and
historian, Dr. Michael Hudson. Continue
Pakistanis See US As Greatest
Threat
By Jim Lobe
Amid reports that the administration of
U.S. President George W. Bush is considering
aggressive covert actions against armed Islamist
forces in western Pakistan, a new survey released
here Monday suggested that such an effort would
be opposed by an overwhelming majority of
Pakistanis themselves. Continue
Ron Paul on
the Tonight Show
Video 08/07/08
Ron Paul explains why he thinks
he was banned from the FOX NEWS debate - Click
to view.
US Election Circus Awash in Clichés
By Daniel Patrick Welch
I don't endorse Ron Paul, or Dennis
Kucinich, or anyone else involved in this farce.
Neither will have much effect on a system so
rotten and rigged as to make real change anathema
to the system, and therefore out of bounds for
polite discussion. Continue
Judge Napolitano on Lincoln
By Thomas J. DiLorenzo
The next time you see Lincoln’s
portrait on a five-dollar bill, the judge
concludes, "remember how many civil
liberties he took away from you." Continue
Iraq:
At least 6 killed as US occupation grinds on:
A suicide bomber wearing an explosives vest
attacked a police checkpoint, killing one
policeman and wounding another along with two
civilians in Madaen, 45 km (25 miles) south of
Baghdad, police said
U.S.
arming newly loyal Sunnis in Iraq:
Sunni Muslims in Iraq who once supported Saddam
Hussein and later al-Qaida are becoming loyal to
U.S. forces and getting arms in return, a report
said Tuesday.
Main
Sunni Group Vows No Deal With U.S.:
The Islamic Army, the main Sunni insurgent group
in Iraq, is adamant it will not make common cause
with the Sunni militias tackling al-Qaeda with
U.S. support, and will instead fight the
Americans "to the end."
Baghdad
armed volunteers seized : It is the
latest in a number of attacks on the armed
volunteer forces, known as Awakening Councils,
which are backed by the Americans and oppose
Al-Qaeda.
13
Including Two Occupation Force Soldiers Killed In
Afghanistan : 13
including two coalition soldiers killed in
Afghanistan
U.S
Marine Corps investigates Afghan civilian deaths
: Up to nineteen Afghan civilians were killed
when marines allegedly shot at people in
Nangarhar province after their convoy was rammed
by a van full of explosives.
Pakistan
killings shatter hopes for ceasefire:
Suspected Islamist militants shot dead eight
tribal leaders in coordinated attacks just hours
before they were due to discuss a planned
ceasefire between Pakistan’s security forces
and al-Qaeda and Taleban insurgents near the
border with Afghanistan.
Bhutto
Attacker Identified, Servant Under Scanner :
CORRECTION: The alleged attacker of former
Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has been
identified, a local TV report said in a report
Monday night.
Pakistan
Nukes Worry U.N. Atomic Chief: The
head of the U.N. atomic watchdog Mohamed
ElBaradei has voiced concern over the possibility
that Pakistan's nuclear arsenal could fall into
extremist hands, in statements published on
Tuesday.
Barack
Obama Would Attack Pakistan:
Democratic candidate Obama, states that as
commander in chief he would do what is necessary
to protect the American people. He stated as well
that if this means war with Pakistan than he
would proceed in that direction.
Manufacturing Consent For War With Iran:: Iran
warned against threatening US ships
: Just hours before US President George W. Bush
was to embark on his Middle East tour, the White
House and US military in the region said Iran was
engaging in "provocative acts".
Iran
Denies Threats Against U.S. Navy:
Revolutionary Guards Dismiss U.S. Claims That
Iranian Boats Threatened To Explode War Ships
US
Commander Disputes Iran on Persian Gulf Incident :
The commander of U.S. and coalition naval forces
in the Persian Gulf is rejecting Iran's claim
that five of its small speed boats approached
three U.S. Navy ships Sunday morning in a case of
mistaken identity.
Persian
Gulf incident part of U.S. psyops:
Iran's Majlis speaker : Majlis Speaker Gholam-Ali
Haddad-Adel has described U.S. reports about a
confrontation between Iranian speedboats and U.S.
warships in the Persian Gulf as "part of a
psychological and propaganda campaign against the
Islamic Republic."
Protest
in Gaza against Bush visit : The
protesters gathered in Gaza City on Tuesday,
saying that George Bush is turning a blind eye to
their plight.
Israel:
Security arrangements for Bush visit to cost
Israel $25,000 an hour : Israeli
security personnel will include snipers,
bomb-sniffing dogs and bodyguards, including
reservists called up especially for the visit.
The operation, dubbed "Clear Skies,"
will cost Israel $25,000 for every hour Bush is
in the country.
Egypt
Bedouin attack post on Israeli border :
Bedouin tribesmen fired rocket propelled grenades
on Egypt's al-Ouja crossing point into Israel
Tuesday, wounding two people, Egypt's official
news agencies MENA said.
Citing
security, Israel won't release settlement data
: The government is refusing to publish a databse
containing full details about the settlement
enterprise in the territories, including outposts
and neighborhoods built across the Green Line.
Lebanese
army denies report of rockets fired at Israel :
The Lebanese army denied as false Israeli reports
that two rockets were fired early Tuesday from
Lebanon into northern Israel. "The reports
are false, there were no rockets fired from
Lebanon today," a Lebanese army spokesman
said
Report:
FBI translator says Israel planted nuclear
'moles' in U.S. : A Britsh newspaper
on Sunday published allegations by a former FBI
translator that Israel has planted
"moles" in United States institutions
dealing with nuclear technology.
Sibel
Edmonds Speaks...:
Sibel Edmonds, the FBI whistle-blower who has
been gagged for years by the Bush administration
over intercepts she translated while at the
bureau, was willing to go to prison to get her
story told. She spent years trying to get her day
in court, but the State Secrets gag against her
prohibited her from telling her story even to a
FISA judge.
Who Are The Ten Saudis Just
Released From Guantánamo?: With 492 detainees now released
– and 281 remaining – the
administration’s initial claim that the
prison housed the “worst of the worst”
grows ever more hollow.
Britain
jails would-be Taliban fighter : A
London dentist who planned to fight for the
Afghan Taliban against British and U.S. forces
was jailed on Tuesday for preparing to commit
terrorist acts.
Fighting
in southern Somalia kills 15 - witnesses:
Fighting in Somalia killed at least 15 people on
Tuesday and wounded dozens more in the latest
bloodshed in the Horn of Africa nation, witnesses
said.
Another
12 Dead In 3 Separate Incidents In Occupied
Somalia : Twelve Somalis were killed
Tuesday in three separate incidents in Mogadishu
and in a town northwest of the capital, police
and witnesses said.
Odinga
rejects talks with Kenyan president:
Kenya's opposition leader today said he would not
meet President Mwai Kibaki to try to address the
country's growing political upheaval.
This
Madness Makes Them Kill: Mwai
Kibaki, a member of the Kikuyu tribe and the
current president of Kenya, fell into controversy
when his political opponents, both members of
rival tribes, claimed the election was rigged.
The ensuing inter-tribal violence has forced
250,000 Kenyans from their homes to date
Odinga
says Obama is his cousin : Kenyan
opposition leader Raila Odinga has said he is a
cousin of US presidential hopeful Barack Obama.
Mr Obama has previously been identified as a
distant cousin of Vice-President Dick Cheney
Educating
India's Untouchables : On the
outskirts of Secunderabad, Pipe Village is home
to a community of Dalits, India's 'untouchable'
caste. Here, behind the factory in which many of
them are forced to work as bonded labourers,
concrete drainage pipes and bushes form the
structural basis of one of the world's poorest
villages.
Bad
news piles up for British economy:
The bad news on the British economy piled up
further Monday as one report found that activity
in the services industry fell at the end of 2007
and another survey revealed that companies are at
their most pessimistic in five years.
Spain
sees credit surge brought to rude halt:
José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, the Spanish prime
minister, announced that Spain had joined the
“Champions’ League” of world
economies. Europe’s fifth largest economy
was growing so robustly, and creating so many
jobs, it would soon be richer than Germany in per
capita terms, Mr Zapatero predicted. That
euphoria was short-lived.
Citigroup could axe 32,000
workers to stem losses: The
world’s largest bank could lose 10 per cent
of its workforce when it unveils full-year
results next Tuesday. It is also believed to be
considering the sale of non-core assets to raise
capital
07/01/08
Manufacturing
Consent For War With Iran?
U.S. Says Iranian Gunboats
Harassed Warships
By Jim Miklaszewski - NBC News
Iranian Revolutionary Guard gunboats harassed
three U.S. Navy warships in the Strait of Hormuz
Sunday, in what the U.S. military officials
described as a "significant provocative
act." Continue
Sibel Edmonds,
Turkey and the Bomb
A Real
9/11 Cover-Up?
By
DAVE LINDORFF
If
a new article just published Saturday in the
Times of London based upon information provided
by US government whistleblower Sibel Edmonds, a
37-year-old former Turkish language translator
for the FBI, we have not only solid evidence of
prior knowledge of 9-11 by high up US government
officials, but evidence of treasonous activity by
many of those same officials involving efforts to
provide US nuclear secrets to America's enemies,
even including Al Qaeda.
Continue
Nukes, Spooks, and the Specter
of 9/11
By Justin Raimondo
We're in big trouble if even half of
what Sibel Edmonds says is true... Continue
Imperialist Propaganda
Second thoughts on Charlie
Wilson's War
By Chalmers Johnson
It makes the U.S. government look like it is
populated by a bunch of whoring, drunken
sleazebags, so in that sense it's accurate
enough. But there are a number of things both the
book and the film are suppressing. Continue
The Bilderberg Group - Rulers of
the World
"The
war is not against Bin Laden. We are the
enemy"
- Audio
-
Interview with investigator and
author, Daniel Estulin, on his book, "The
True Story of the Bilderberg Group", which
describes an annual gathering where the European
and American political elite, and the wealthiest
CEOs of the world, all come together to discuss
the economic and political future of humanity.
Highly secretive, the press has never been
allowed to attend, nor have statements ever been
released on the group's conclusions or
discussions. Also discussed are the Council on
Foreign Relations and the Trilateral Commission. Continue
Iraq:
At least 40 killed in another bloody day of US
occupation: Two suicide bombers
struck in a Sunni Arab district of Baghdad on
Monday, killing at least 14 people including the
leader of the area's neighborhood patrols, police
said.
Baghdad
Suicide Bomb Kills Sunni Leader : A
double suicide attack outside an agency that
cares for Sunni mosques and shrines killed at
least 12 people on Monday, including the Sunni
leader of a U.S.-backed group fighting al-Qaida,
officials and witnesses said.
Killer
of U.S. Soldiers Becomes a Hero: The
recent killing of two U.S. soldiers by their
Iraqi colleague has raised disturbing questions
about U.S. military relations with the Iraqis
they work with.
Iraq
death rate belies US claims of success
: The death rate in Iraq in the past 12 months
has been the second highest in any year since the
invasion, according to figures that appear to
contradict American claims that the troop
"surge" has dramatically reduced the
level of violence across the country.
New
look at foreign fighters in Iraq: An
analysis shows that the bulk of them come from
countries allied with the US.
McCain:
I would have started Iraq war regardless of WMD:
According to presidential candidate John McCain,
only the handling of the Iraq war was a mistake
-- not the war itself.
11
Killed In Occupied Afghanistan;: A
roadside bomb killed a soldier from the U.S.-led
coalition in eastern Afghanistan on Monday, and a
suicide bomber on a motorcycle attacked a border
police patrol in the south, killing a policeman,
officials said.
Ex-Taleban
chief named governor : A former
Afghan Taleban leader who switched sides has been
made governor of a town in Helmand province won
back from the rebels in December.
Scott
Horton : More Incommunicado Detentions in
Afghanistan : Today’s New York
Times features another of the in-depth reports
for which Tim Golden has become famous; this one
looks into conditions in the massive prison
facility at Bagram built by the Soviets and
continued by the United States.
Revealed:
Indian troops in Afghanistan: The
newspapers here in Delhi reported yesterday that
two Indian soldiers were killed by a suicide in
Afghanistan in the SouthWestern province of
Nimroz. It's a particularly interesting fact
because the presence of Indian troops in
Afghanistan has gone unreported in the West
US
Military Escalation in Pakistan Gets Underway:
The Times confirms that as many as 50 American
personnel, whether special forces or CIA, already
operate clandestinely inside the Pakistani
border.
Militants
kill 8 tribal leaders in Pakistan:
Suspected Islamic militants fatally shot eight
tribal leaders involved in efforts to broker a
ceasefire between security forces and insurgents
in Pakistan’s volatile northwest,
authorities said on Monday.
Pakistan
'not particularly looking for' bin Laden:
: Pakistan is not specifically looking for
Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, as there is no
proof he is in Pakistan, President Pervez
Musharraf said Sunday.
Osama
paid $10 million to ISI to overthrow Benazir's
govt: Asked what she would you like
to tell President Bush, the Pakistan People's
Party leader had said that she would say propping
up Pervez Musharraf government, which is infested
with radical Islamists, is only hastening disaste
US
intelligence suggests coverup in Bhutto
assassination: Suicide bomber may
have been inserted to eliminate evidence
Pakistanis want Islamic
democracy, distrust US -poll
: Most Pakistanis want their country to be a
democratic Islamic state but are deeply
distrustful of the United States and its war on
terrorism, according to a poll released on
Sunday.
Israeli
occupation forces kille three Palestinians in
Gaza, West Bank: Israel occupation
troops shot dead three Palestinians in separate
incidents in the Gaza Strip and West Bank Monday,
Palestinian officials and the Israeli military
said.
Power
supply to Gaza cut as fuel runs low:
LIVING conditions in the besieged Gaza Strip
became even harsher yesterday as a shortage of
diesel fuel forced authorities to initiate a cut
In electricity supplies for eight hours a day.
More
than 10,000 police will guard Bush during Israel
visit: Bush, who arrives on
Wednesday for his first visit as president, will
stay at the King
David hotel. Eight truckloads of equipment
have already arrived in advance of his two-night
stay. All the hotel's rooms will be taken by his
entourage - tourists have had their bookings
cancelled.
In case you missed it: Another
Bomb In Jerusalem: 91 DEAD: July 2,
1946: The King David Hotel in Jerusalem was
bombed. Killing 91 people
U.S.
academic Finkelstein meets top Hezbollah official
in Lebanon : A vocal American critic
of Israel met Monday with a senior official from
the militant Hezbollah group and visited villages
in southern Lebanon that witnessed heavy fighting
in the 2006 war between the guerrillas and the
Jewish state.
Israeli press working to destroy Ron Paul: Ron
Paul to Haaretz: Israel can get by without
American aid : A few of Paul's
statements have teetered on the thin line between
sharp criticism and dangerous conspiracy
theories. For example: "The assumption is
that AIPAC is in control of things, and they
control the votes, and they get everybody to vote
against anything that would diminish the [Iraq]
war."
US
ships 'threatened' by Iranian boats:
Tensions between the US and Iran resurfaced today
when Pentagon officials alleged that Iranian
warships threatened three US Navy vessels in the
Strait of Hormuz.
Iran
'did not harass US warships'
: The US vessels approached the Iranian
boats in the Persian Gulf on Sunday, warning they
were in the red zone, the official, speaking on
condition of anonymity, told Press TV on Monday.
Bush
will find no Gulf takers for war with Iran:
US President George W Bush will not win any
support for military action against Iran when he
visits four Gulf Arab allies later this month,
political analysts in the region say.
Sibel
'names names' (in pictures!) : Over
at Sibel's website, she has published "Sibel
Edmonds’ State Secrets Privilege
Gallery" - twenty one photos of people.
Sibel
Speaks : Part II: Naming Names..: I
have decided that after years of not getting
anyone to publish what I have found out about the
Edmonds case, I am simply going to give you folks
some names.
Shocking
footage at Taylor trial : Video
footage of mutilated victims of Sierra Leone
rebels has been shown at the war crimes trial of
Liberia's former President Charles Taylor.
Kenya
leader invites foe to talks :
Kenya's President Mwai Kibaki has invited
opposition leader Raila Odinga for face-to-face
talks over disputed elections, his office has
announced.
High
stakes in Kenya crisis for U.S. war on terror:
Kenya's violent crisis threatens to destabilise
one of the United States' key counter-terrorism
partners in Africa and could influence
Washington's decision on where to site its new
military command for the continent.
U.S.
Upset with Bush on Terrorism, Civil Liberties:
Poll: 59 per cent of respondents
have a negative view of the way the current
administration has fought terrorism, and 57 per
cent are dissatisfied with how it has protected
civil liberties.
US
to decide on lethal injection : The
US Supreme Court is set to hear arguments on
whether to ban lethal injections - the means of
execution in most states.
Citigroup
Seen Cutting Work Force by 5%-10% :
On the heels of a very curious move by Citibank
to decrease the amount of cash allowed by
Citibank customers to withdraw from their ATMs,
word now comes that Citi may cut its workforce bt
5% to 10%
06/01/08
Why I Believe Bush Must Go
Nixon Was Bad. These Guys
Are Worse
By George McGovern
As we enter the eighth year of the Bush-Cheney
administration, I have belatedly and painfully
concluded that the only honorable course for me
is to urge the impeachment of the president and
the vice president. Continue
U.S. Considers New Covert Push Within
Pakistan
By Steven Lee Myers, David E. Sanger and Eric
Schmitt.
President Bush’s senior national
security advisers are debating whether to expand
the authority of the Central Intelligence Agency
and the military to conduct far more aggressive
covert operations in the tribal areas of
Pakistan.
Continue
Israel to Brief George Bush on
Options for Iran strike
Uzi Mahnaimi, Tel Aviv
ISRAELI security officials are to brief President
George W Bush on their latest intelligence about
Iran’s nuclear programme - and how it could
be destroyed - when he begins a tour of the
Middle East in Jerusalem this week. Continue
For Sale: West’s Deadly Nuclear
Secrets
The Sunday Times
A WHISTLEBLOWER has made a series of
extraordinary claims about how corrupt government
officials allowed Pakistan and other states to
steal nuclear weapons secrets. Sibel Edmonds, a
37-year-old former Turkish language translator
for the FBI, listened into hundreds of sensitive
intercepted conversations while based at the
agency’s Washington field office. Continue
In the
Thrall of AIPAC
Why Obama Can't Save Us
By MISSY COMLEY BEATTIE
Investigative reporter Seymour Hersh
recently said that Barack Obama is our "only
hope" to "lead a reconciliation between
the Muslim countries and the US." Why?
Because Obama's father was a Muslim. Continue
An American Soldiers Opinion on
The war
9 Minute Video
"I am outraged at what's going
on" Continue
How US Business Shaft US
Taxpayers
7 Minute Video
U.S. universities are aiding the arms
race with China and aiding America's industrial
decline.
Continue
Iraq:
Sunday: Aat least 31 killed in another bloody day
of US occupation: A suicide bomber
wearing an explosives vest killed nine people and
wounded 12 others in Baghdad's central Karrada
district, a police official said
Bomber
Kills 11 at Iraqi Army Festival :
Three Iraqi soldiers threw themselves on a
suicide attacker wearing an explosives vest at an
Army Day celebration Sunday - an act of heroism
the U.S. said likely prevented many more deaths.
Iraqi police said at least 11 people were killed
in the blast, the deadliest in a series of
bombings in Baghdad.
Five
Iraqi Soldiers Killed North of Baquba
: The U.S. military said Saturday five Iraqi
soldiers were killed and two wounded by an
improvised explosive device that went off as they
searched a house north of Baquba.
Report:
U.S. soldiers killed by Iraqi beat pregnant woman
: The Iraqi soldier who shot dead two U.S.
soldiers opened fire because their unit refused
to stop beating a pregnant woman, a hardline
Sunni group said in its website Saturday night.
McCain:
'I Dont Think Americans Are Concerned' If We Stay
In Iraq For '10,000 Years': The
point is it's American casualties. We've go to
get American's off the frontlines, have the
Iraqis as part of the strategy, take over more
and more of the responsibilities
3
Civilians among 4 killed by Israeli occupation
forces: Palestinian hospital
officials said three of the dead in the al-Bureij
refugee camp were civilians - a woman, an
18-year-old man and a 16-year-old youth. The
fourth was a Hamas gunman killed in battle with
the Israelis.
Report:
Israeli military courts automatically convict
Palestinians : Israel's military
court system for Palestinian suspects in the West
Bank produces almost automatic convictions, an
Israeli human rights group charged Sunday.
Report: FBI translator says
Israel planted nuclear 'moles' in U.S.:
The Times also says that Edmonds had claimed
there were "senior officials in the
Pentagon" who had provided assistance to
Israeli and Turkish agents.
Dimona
Reactor… a Mystery Threatening Middle East:
“The Israeli nuclear reactor of Dimona is
vulnerable to meltdown, like the Russian reactor
of Chernobyl two decades ago, which caused a
humanitarian and ecological catastrophe
Manufacturing Consent For War With Iran: Israel
warns of Iranian missile peril for Europe:
Iran is developing nuclear missiles capable of
reaching beyond its enemies in the Middle East to
Europe, President George Bush will be warned when
he visits Israel and the Palestinian territories
for the first time since entering the White
House.
Hamas
official says Bush's Mideast visit will be about
Iran, not peace: U.S. President
George W. Bush's upcoming visit to the Middle
East is not about pushing the Israeli-Palestinian
peace process forward but will instead focus on
Iran, a senior Hamas official said Sunday
Bush
to propose ME plan to "combat" Iran:
In his weekly radio address, Bush said that
curtailing Iran's "aggressive
ambitions" will be one of the key aims of
his trip to the region this week.
Iran
says United States failing in Middle East:
Iran accused the United States on Sunday of
interfering in the Middle East after President
George W. Bush said he would press allies to help
keep Iran's "aggressive ambitions" in
check during a regional trip this week.
Egyptian
minister skeptical of U.S aid:
Egypt's foreign minister restated his refusal to
preconditions linked to a U.S. aid package the
minister says is tied to a U.S.-based Israeli
lobby.
al-Qaida's
American Seeks Bush Attacks:
Al-Qaida's American spokesman called on the
terror network's fighters to greet President Bush
with "bombs and booby-trapped vehicles"
when he visits the Middle East later this week,
according to a video posted Sunday.
In case you missed it: Bush-Truly
not concerned about bin Laden : In
response to a reporters question, President Bush
tells the world that he is "truly not that
concerned" with catching the man who
murdered 3,000 Americans just six months and two
days earlier because "we've marginalized
him."
NATO
says two civilians killed in Afghanistan
: Two civilians, one a child, were found dead and
five others wounded after a clash between
insurgents and NATO forces in southern
Afghanistan, the alliance said Sunday
US
military 'not welcome in Pakistan':
PAKISTAN reacted angrily today to reports that US
President George W Bush is considering covert
military operations in the country's volatile
tribal areas bordering Afghanistan
Hillary
seems to raise possibility of nuking terrorist
'safe havens': Sen. Hillary Clinton,
finding herself in an unexpectedly close race
with freshman Sen. Barack Obama, flexed her
national security muscles in Saturday night's
Democratic debate, raising the possibility of
loosing nuclear weapons on countries that harbor
terrorists who plot a nuclear attack on the US.
Taliban
commander refuses dismissal order: A
key Taliban commander reportedly kicked out of
the militia believes the dismissal order is a
conspiracy against him and has not been signed
off by Taliban leader Mullah Omar, his spokesman
said Sunday.
Expelled
British envoys tried to turn Taliban chief:
TWO British diplomats expelled from Afghanistan
over the Christmas holiday were trying to
“turn” a senior Taliban commander, it
has emerged.
UK:
Nuclear alert: PM's bribe boosts dumping of waste
: Secret deal will be followed by £1bn move to
find long-term disposal facility for the most
dangerous radioactive waste, so securing the
future of nuclear power plants.
Watchdog
Faults IMF Loan Conditions: The
International Monetary Fund (IMF) continues to
burden its borrowers with superfluous demands
despite efforts to streamline loans, an internal
watchdog has found.
Car
dealers close as Ford, GM, Chrysler keep cutting:
Having shuttered factories and eliminated
hundreds of thousands of automaking jobs, Ford
Motor f, General Motors gm and Chrysler are now
turning their attention to weeding out weaker
dealers in bigger metro markets.
01/05/08
Iraqi
soldier shot dead two U.S. servicemen
: An Iraqi soldier opened fire on U.S. troops
during a joint patrol in the northern city of
Mosul on December 26, killing two and wounding
three others along with a civilian interpreter,
Iraqi and U.S. officials said on Saturday.
Iraqi
soldier “Caesar” killed three American
soldiers : Because they kicked and
beat a pregnant woman
Vengeance,
Blackwater Style: US Military and
Western Mainstream Media trying to conceal War
Crimes committed in Fallujah
Rice
and Gates divided over Iran: The
State Department strategy recognizes that the
Mahdi Army, which poses the main threat to the
George W Bush administration's plan to maintain
an indefinite US military presence in the
country, is too strong to be suppressed by US or
Iraqi military forces. And it would seek an end
to the accusations against Iran regarding Iraqi
Shi'ite militias that have been issued regularly
by US civilian and military officials throughout
2007.
Iran
Ready to Repel Any Invasion :
"This peace-loving nation would humiliate
any aggressor, regardless of its size and level
so that it won't even think of aggression
again," Khamenei was quoted as saying by
state media during a visit to the central city of
Yazd
Why
U.S. strategy on Iran is crumbling:
The Gulf has moved away from American arguments
for isolating Iran. American policymakers need to
do the same.
Iranian
bank shrugs off cost of US sanctions:
In an interview with the Financial Times, Hamid
Borhani said that of 600 foreign banks that used
to do business with Bank Saderat before the US
imposed sanctions in September 2006, some 200 had
halted their transactions
Iran
still a threat, Bush tells Israeli TV:
An Iranian attack on Israel isn't imminent but
Iran remains dangerous, U.S. President George
Bush said in an interview with an Israeli TV
station broadcast Saturday, days before Bush is
slated to begin a Mideast visit.
Bush:
U.S. would defend Israel from Iranian strike
: A recent U.S. intelligence report positing that
Iran suspended its nuclear weapons program in
2003 did not mean that Iran no longer poses a
danger, because Iran can restart the program or
use its civilian nuclear program for military
purposes, Bush told Israel's Channel 2 TV.
Israeli
occupation forces kill 2 members of the
Palestinian resistance in northern Gaza Strip
: Israeli occupation force soldiers shot
at two armed militants in the northern Gaza Strip
Saturday. Both were confirmed hit.
Poll:
81 percent of Israelis back increasing IDF
targeted killings : A vast majority
- 81 percent - of Israelis support increasing the
targeted killings of Palestinian militants,
according to a poll administered by Tel Aviv
University's "Peace Index" survey.
Thousands
protest Gaza seige in Nazarath:
Thousands of Arab Israelis marched through the
streets of Nazareth on Saturday in protest
against Israel’s sealing-off of the
Hamas-run Gaza Strip
Olmert
admits Israel failed to keep pledge:
Israel has failed to keep its pledge to stop
enlarging Jewish settlements in the West Bank,
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert acknowledged in an
interview published yesterday, addressing a
criticism he expects to hear next week from
President George W. Bush.
7
civilians killed as Pak army targets militants:
At least seven civilians were killed overnight as
artillery shells fired by security forces missed
militants’ position and landed in a
residential area in Pakistan’s restive
north-west valley of Swat, media reports said on
Saturday.
Musharraf
blames Bhutto for her death: .
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf conceded that
a gunman may have shot Benazir Bhutto, but said
the opposition leader exposed herself to danger
and bore responsibility for her death, CBS News
said Saturday.
Sharif
loses cool during interview, aides seize tape:
Former Pakistan premier Nawaz Sharif lost his
cool during an interview when asked about an
alleged "deal" with the government for
the dropping of his prison term and his aides
seized the videotapes of the interaction, a TV
channel claimed here.
US
Deaths in Afghanistan, Region : As
of Friday, Jan. 4, 2008, at least 406 members of
the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan,
Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S.
invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according
to the Defense Department.
Padilla
Sues Ex-Bush Official Over Memos:
The lawsuit claims that John Yoo, a former senior
Justice Department official, wrote several legal
memos that led President Bush to designate
Padilla as an enemy combatant shortly after the
U.S. citizen was arrested in May 2002 at
Chicago's O'Hare International Airport on
suspicion of "involvement in an al-Qaida
plot."
2
election workers get 18 months for rigging
presidential recount: A judge
suspicious of more corruption pressed two former
election board workers to tell what they know and
then sentenced them today to the maximum 18
months in prison for rigging the 2004
presidential election recount to make their job
easier.
Can
You Count on Voting Machines? : As
the primaries start in New Hampshire this week
and roll on through the next few months, the
erratic behavior of voting technology will once
again find itself under a microscope.
What
will we do if big two go bust?: They
don't know it, but taxpayers stand to lose
billions as the housing bubble bursts. And in a
bipartisan effort to "do something" to
save the housing market, President Bush and the
Democratic Congress appear set to put taxpayers
on the hook for billions more.
Recession
fears stoke political debate: With
the latest numbers on jobs growth showing the
U.S. economy deteriorating more rapidly than
expected, the threat of a recession - and the
measures needed to revive growth - has taken on a
larger political profile.
'War
Profiteer' Gets 'Bulletproof' Bail Terms:
Released on $400 Million Bond: David
Brooks, the founder of a manufacturer of
bulletproof vests for U.S. troops in Iraq, has
been called a "war profiteer" by
critics, was recently charged by the U.S.
government with defrauding shareholders and,
according to that indictment, allegedly spent $10
million in company funds on his daughter's Bat
Mitzvah.
01/04/08
No Murder Charges Filed in
Haditha Case
By Josh White
After a two-year investigation into the killings
of up to 24 civilians in Haditha, Iraq, the
Marine Corps has decided that none of the Marines
involved in the incident will be charged with
murder. Continue
In Case
You Missed it
Iraqi Girl tells of US Attack in
Haditha
3 Minute Video Report
Ten-year-old Iman Walid
witnessed the killing of seven members of
her family in an attack by American marines last
November. The interview with Iman was filmed
exclusively for ITV News by Ali Hamdani,our Iraqi
video diarist. Continue
A Drunken Night in Iraq, A
Soldier Is Left Behind
By Donna St. George
The sun had not yet risen in Taji. A young Army
soldier lay alone in the dirt. She was alive, but
barely. Her ribs had been crushed; her spleen,
ruptured. Her right side was marked by the
angular tread of a tire. Continue
Iraqis Resort to Selling
Children
By Afif Sarhan in Baghdad
Abu Muhammad, a Baghdad resident, found
it difficult to let go of his daughter's hand but
he had already convinced himself that selling her
to a family outside Iraq would provide her with a
better future. Continue
Evidence of Israeli 'Cowardly
Blending' Comes to Light
By Jonathan Cook in Nazareth
It apparently never occurred to anyone in our
leading human rights organisations or the Western
media that the same moral and legal standards
ought be applied to the behaviour of Israel and
Hizbullah during the war on Lebanon 18 months
ago. Belatedly, an important effort has been made
to set that right. Continue
Extinguishing
Liberty’s Light and Independent Views
Thinking For Yourself Is Now A
Crime
By Paul Craig Roberts
What was the greatest failure of 2007? President
Bush’s “surge” in Iraq? The
decline in the value of the US dollar? Subprime
mortgages? No. The greatest failure of 2007 was
the newly sworn in Democratic Congress. Continue
Social Repression and Internet
Surveillance
H. Res. 1695,
1955 & S.1959
By Nikki Alexander
If current employees of the Federal
Government are not happy with the laws that
govern this country and would prefer to live
under totalitarian regimes they are free to exit
and live elsewhere. They are not free to pervert
our laws to conform with their own personal
belief systems and ideologically based values. Continue
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