Bush Must Be Stopped Before Starting War With Iran

By JOE PARKO

An attack on Iran by either the U.S. or Israel and the ensuing regional war will propel us into the Armageddon-type scenario in the Middle East relished by the lunatic fringes of the radical Christian right. And so, we barrel mindlessly toward a Dr. Strangelove self-immolation. Continue

We Lie and Bluster About Our Nukes - And Then Wag Our Fingers At Iran

By George Monbiot

By failing to disarm and breaking the rules when it suits, nuclear states are driving proliferation as much as Ahmadinejad. Continue

Held Hostage For Six Years In Guantanamo

Sami El Haj, Al Jazeera Journalist, Tells His Story

By Silvia Cattori

Standing straight and tall, an impressive and deeply introspective man, Sami El Haj walks with a limp and the help of a walking stick. Neither laughter nor smiles light up the refined face of this man, old before his time. A deep sadness pervades him. He was 32 years old when, in December 2001, his life, like that of tens of thousands of other Muslims, became a horrific nightmare. Continue

The Ongoing Persecution of Sami al-Arian

By ALEXANDER COCKBURN

There are few prospects in the justice system so grimly awful as when the feds decide never to let go. Rebuffed in their persecutions of some target by juries, or by contrary judges, they shift ground, betray solemn agreements, dream up new stratagems to exhaust their victims, drive them into bankruptcy, despair and even suicide. They have all the money and all the time in the world. Continue

The struggle against Jerusalem’s quiet ethnic cleansing

Palestinians Face Home Demolitions Spree By Israel 
 
By Jonathan Cook
 
In the first hours of dawn, Nader Elayan was woken by a call from a neighbour warning him to hurry to the house he had almost finished building. By the time he arrived, it was too late: a bulldozer was tearing down the walls. More than 100 Israeli security guards held back local residents. Continue

The Real State of the US Economy
 
 Henry Paulson Has Lost  Control Over US Finance
 
 By William F. Engdahl

Behind the reassuring statements from Paulson and others that the "worst is over" the reality of the credit collapse since August 2007 is a deepening economic contraction which I have said several times in this space will surpass the Great Depression of the 1929-1938 period. Continue

Economic Free Fall?

By William Greider

The nation, meanwhile, is flirting with historic catastrophe. Nobody yet knows how bad it is, but the peril is vastly larger than previous episodes, like the savings and loan bailout of the late 1980s. The dangers are compounded by the fact that the United States is now utterly dependent on foreign creditors--Japan and China lead the list--who have been propping us up with their lending. Continue

Venezuela: The Nationalisation of Banco de Venezuela

By Alan Woods

"From this moment the media campaign on the part of the Spanish and international media is going to start. They are going to say that Chávez is an autocrat, that Chávez is a tyrant, I don't care, we are going to nationalize the bank regardless". "Ladran, luego cabalgamos" (the dogs bark, therefore the caravan is moving), he said, quoting from el Quijote. Continue

Barackis Dukakis?
McCain Slings from the Sewer While Obama Says Little

By David Michael Green

John McCain is a scumbag. I choose my words carefully, and in full recognition of past sacrifices and contributions he has made. Continue

Afghan bride, groom among 13 killed in bomb blast : A suspected rebel bomb struck a minibus carrying a newly-married couple in Afghanistan on Saturday, killing the bride and groom and 11 wedding guests, police said, in the latest in a wave of insurgent attacks.

Suicide bomb blast kills 3 civilians, injures 5 in Afghanistan: A suicide bomber who was on the run exploded himself after being shot by the police and wounded, killing three civilians and injuring five more in Nimroz provinc

Afghanistan says 3 Taliban killed in east: The Interior Ministry says three Taliban militants were killed when a bomb they were planting in eastern Afghanistan exploded prematurely.

Taliban denies al-Qaida's No. 2 hit by U.S. missile strike: A Taliban spokesman in Pakistan denied on Saturday a U.S. media report that al-Qaida No. 2 Ayman al-Zawahri may have been killed or critically injured in a missile strike.

Pakistan says no evidence of al-Zawahiri's death or injury: Local private Dawn News TV channel quoted the spokesman, Athar Abbas, as saying that the evidence is not available on the al-Qaeda's death or injury in a suspected U.S. strike.

Bomb kills eight police, security workers in Pakistan valley: At least eight police and security workers were killed Saturday when a remote-controlled bomb exploded near their vehicle in northwestern Pakistan's troubled Swat valley, officials said.

Taliban claims responsibility for bomb attack in Pakistan: The Pakistan security forces launched the major offensive in Swat valley on Tuesday after local Taliban killed three intelligence agents and kidnapped 25 police and paramilitary soldiers from a police station.

U.S., Iraq fail to meet long-term agreement deadline: - Iraq and the United States have failed to meet their deadline of a long-term security deal and turn to work on some "bridge agreement" that would set a framework for U.S. troops presence in Iraq after 2008.

Sadr movement: U.S. should agree to go: The Sadr Movement supports any agreement that would lead to the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq, the group's foreign relations spokesman said Friday.

Iraq: At least 7 killed in another bloody day of US occupation: Four members of a neighbourhood patrol unit were killed and four others wounded when an improvised bomb exploded east of Baquba, 65 km (40 miles) northeast of Baghdad, police said.

Two US soldiers charged with murdering Iraqi prisoner: Staff Sergeant Hal Warner and First Lieutenant Michael Behenna were each charged with multiple offences following the death of Ali Mansur Mohammed, the US military said, without providing details on how he died.

Pentagon OKs over $10 bln in arms sales for Iraq: The U.S. Department of Defense approved up to $10.7 billion in arms sales for Iraq over the past week, including a $2.16 billion sale of M1A1 Abrams tanks built by General Dynamics Corp (GD.N: Quote, Profile, Research).

Iran ignores informal nuclear offer deadline: Iran has so far ignored an informal Saturday deadline to respond to an offer by major powers on its nuclear programme, a European Union official said, but the bloc is ready to wait a few more days for an answer.

Iran says OPEC to consider oil rationing: Iranian Oil Minister Gholam Hussein Nozari has revealed that the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) will seriously consider rationing its oil production, the semi-official FARS news agency reported.

Cheney weighs fratricide to sell Iran war; Prominent journalist Seymour Hersh exposes details of a plan considered by US Vice President Dick Cheney on how to provoke war with Iran.

Syria's Assad in Iran for nuclear talks: During his two-day visit, the Syrian leader is scheduled to meet with high-ranking Iranian officials to discuss regional and international issues of mutual interest.

Iran-Syria summit in Tehran focuses on improved cooperation - Summary: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad discussed improved cooperation at the start of a two-day summit in Tehran Saturday, state television network IRIB reported.

Fact or fiction? 'Syria willing to cut Iran ties for peace with Israel' According to the report, the sides have already formulated a sketch of a peace deal and have told the Turkish mediators that they are willing to pay the price, which, for the Syrians, would include cutting off Iran.

Hezbollah is ready for new Israeli attacks: Hezbollah has built up its military arsenal significantly on the Israeli border and is ready for a new conflict if provoked, for example by an American strike on Iran.

Candidate who wants Olmert's job once 'sought deaths of 70 Palestinians a day': A leading candidate to be Israel's next premier called for a death toll of 70 Palestinians a day when he was head of the military during the second intifada, according to a best-selling book by two Israeli journalists.

Shooting Back: Israeli occupation filmed by 100 Palestinian cameras; In a graphic and hard-hitting film, Peter Beaumont speaks to Palestinians filming abuse from settlers and Israeli armed forces as part of a remarkable project called Shooting Back

Source: British Territory Used for US "Terrorism Interrogation"; In 2002 and possibly 2003, the U.S. imprisoned and interrogated one or more terrorism suspects on Diego Garcia, an island in the Indian Ocean controlled by the United Kingdom.

Florida bank closed by FDIC: First Priority Bank becomes the eighth bank failure of the year. Branches will reopen as Sun Trust Bank.

Cell phone cancer risk debated: More than a decade ago, the University of Washington's Henry Lai and his colleague Narenda "N.P." Singh reported that cell phones appear to emit enough electromagnetic radiation to cause the kind of DNA damage to brain cells that can lead to cancer.

01/08/08

When Extremists Attack

By Joe Klein

There is a small group of Jewish neoconservatives who unsuccessfully tried to get Benjamin Netanyahu to attack Saddam Hussein in the 1990s, and then successfully helped provide the intellectual rationale for George Bush to do it in 2003. Continue

To Provoke War

By Faiz

Cheney Considered Proposal To Dress Up Navy Seals As Iranians And Shoot At Them. Continue

"The Terrible Reality"
Bush Guilty Of Murder

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Vincent Bugliosi's opening statements during the House Judiciary Committee hearing on the constitutional limits of executive power. Click To View

Presstitute and war pimp alert: Demonizing Pakistan

Pakistanis Aided Kabul Attack, U.S. Officials Say

By MARK MAZZETTI and ERIC SCHMITT

American intelligence agencies have concluded that members of Pakistan’s powerful spy service helped plan the deadly July 7 bombing of India’s embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, according to United States government officials.