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Latest Articles: War, War, War
WWII Jap Mega-sub discovered
Post Date: 2013-12-04 15:15:06 by Lod
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Story at URL - amazing find.
Why Karzai Is Stonewalling A Security Agreement With US
Post Date: 2013-12-03 06:36:10 by Ada
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai is being depicted in the media as an obstinate spoiler who is sabotaging America’s plans for a decade or more of continued U.S. military occupation of Afghanistan by refusing to sign a status of forces agreement (SOFA) governing future troop presence. Who knows, maybe he is an obstinate saboteur. But his stated reasons for thwarting a security deal in the lead up to the scheduled 2014 drawdown are substantive. I’ve written before about how ironic it is that the sticking point on a SOFA is whether U.S. troops will be granted legal immunity from Afghan law, since it kind of implies expectations on both sides that U.S. soldiers will continue to commit ...
Proposed Senate Bill Risks Undermining Geneva
Post Date: 2013-12-01 12:36:26 by Stephen Lendman
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Proposed Senate Bill Risks Undermining Geneva by Stephen Lendman On November 21, Senator Bob Corker (R. TN) introduced "S. 1765: A bill to ensure the compliance of Iran with agreements relating to Iran's nuclear program." It's also called the Iran Nuclear Compliance Act (INCA) of 2013. It was referred to committee. No official summary is available. Nor the full text. Further action will follow. Perhaps before yearend. House and Senate members are largely in lockstep on Iran. They're militantly hostile. Some more so than others. Sentiment favors stiffer sanctions. House members passed more in July. Senate action depends on how discussions proceed going forward. ...
Wild Irish Rose
Post Date: 2013-11-30 17:16:01 by Lod
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Trio of soldier suicides raises concerns in Canada
Post Date: 2013-11-30 03:40:50 by Tatarewicz
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PressTV: Three Canadian veterans from the Afghan war have committed suicide in less than one week, raising questions about the treatment of the country’s veterans. The latest case was reported on Wednesday involving a regular officer of the Canadian Battalion regiment located north of the capital Ottawa. The two other cases involved soldiers linked to the same Canadian Forces Base Shilo in the province of Manitoba. The Canadian military has launched an investigation following the first two initial suicides, with commander of the Canadian Army, Marquis Haines, saying the aim of the probe is to see if the department could find measures to prevent future suicides. However, defense ...
US Saber Rattling Diplomacy
Post Date: 2013-11-30 03:03:32 by Stephen Lendman
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US Saber Rattling Diplomacy by Stephen Lendman America seeks unchallenged global dominance. It practically claims a divine right. It's longstanding US policy. Its empire of bases enforces it. Saber rattling reflects it. In late November, China's Defense Ministry announced creation of an "air defense identification zone (ADIZ)." They're not unusual. America, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan have them. So do other countries. China's covers portions of the East China Sea. It includes Beijing/Toyko disputed territory. More on that below. On November 26, two Guam-based B-52 bombers overflew China's ADIZ. They did so provocatively. They're long range, ...
Go Experience Combat Yourself, and THEN Tell Me about PTSD
Post Date: 2013-11-29 16:28:51 by snoopdougg
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Kenneth Copeland and David Barton, totally twist Scripture in order to tell combat veterans with PTSD that they should "come back guiltless" and that they are in the "faith hall of fame." For entire article, please click here: wp.me/p13mHb-16a
Sex and the NSA
Post Date: 2013-11-29 06:59:40 by Ada
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Some really dirty laundry is aired You knew this was coming – well, I certainly did. Human beings being what they are, it was inevitable. Yes, the National Security Agency really is tracking the online sexual activities of "radicals" it doesn’t like in order to discredit them. I predicted it here, but then again you don’t have to be Nostradamus to realize that a government intent on collecting all information about everyone is going to home right in on the personal idiosyncrasies of alleged "radicals" and others it seeks to marginalize. And since we’re talking about Americans, it should be fairly obvious that by "personal" I mean sexual. ...
CIA Used Secret Gitmo Facility To Turn Prisoners Into Double Agents
Post Date: 2013-11-26 07:24:14 by Ada
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The agency offered detainees freedom, safety and millions of dollars. Many top al- Qaeda operatives were killed as a result of the risky program. Click for Full Text!
Iran Nuclear Deal Bashing
Post Date: 2013-11-26 03:04:45 by Stephen Lendman
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Iran Nuclear Deal Bashing by Stephen Lendman "Now the really hard part begins," said John Kerry. The hardest part is getting Washington to stick to agreed on terms. It's believing America negotiates in good faith. It's thinking longstanding US imperial aims changed. It's imagining decades of anti-Iranian sentiment will fade. Critics wasted little time. Netanyahu was most outspoken. He called the Geneva deal "a historic mistake. Israel is not obligated by this agreement," he stressed. He lied calling Iran the "most dangerous regime in the world." America and Israel are by far. They prioritize war. They deplore peace. They threaten humanity's ...
TERRORISM AND THE BILL OF RIGHTS
Post Date: 2013-11-23 06:33:43 by Ada
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In the aftermath of the Boston bombings last spring, GOP Sens. John McCain and Lindsey Graham and others called on Barack Obama to treat the surviving suspect in the bombings, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, as an “enemy combatant” rather than as a criminal defendant. The episode highlighted the revolutionary change in the relationship of the American people to the federal government that took place in the wake of the 9/11 attacks. For while Obama rejected the plea to treat Tsarnaev as an enemy combatant, no one can dispute the fact that the president of the United States now wields the discretionary authority to go either way — enemy combatant or criminal defendant — with respect ...
No Breakthrough in Geneva
Post Date: 2013-11-23 02:41:37 by Stephen Lendman
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No Breakthrough in Geneva by Stephen Lendman After two days of nuclear talks, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said there's no point involving P5+1 foreign ministers unless negotiators appear close to a deal. Asked how things are going, he said: "We haven't made any progress. (W)e haven't reached the stage to discuss the text (of a deal) seriously." Resolution depends on "the other side show(ing) the necessary flexibility, and we can then reach an agreement on the text rapidly. (E)nrichment is our redline, and will not be stopped at all." "No agreement will be accepted in which enrichment doesn't exist from the very beginning to the ...
Permanent US Afghanistan Occupation
Post Date: 2013-11-22 02:56:59 by Stephen Lendman
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Permanent US Afghanistan Occupation by Stephen Lendman Washington didn't attack, invade and occupy Afghanistan to leave. Permanent occupation is planned. NBC News headlined "Endless Afghanistan? US-Afghan agreement would keep troops in place and funds flowing, perhaps indefinitely," saying: "While many Americans have been led to believe the war in Afghanistan will soon be over, a draft of a key US-Afghan security deal obtained by NBC News shows the United States is prepared to maintain military outposts in Afghanistan for many years to come, and pay to support hundreds of thousands of Afghan security forces." "The agreement reflects an open-ended military ...
Longstanding Anti-Iranian Sentiment
Post Date: 2013-11-22 02:55:09 by Stephen Lendman
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Longstanding Anti-Iranian Sentiment by Stephen Lendman It's been ongoing since Iran's 1979 revolution. Propaganda subverts rapprochement efforts. America and Israel bear full responsibility. So do major media and Hollywood scoundrels. Marching in lockstep is official policy. Nuclear talks continue in Geneva. Previous rounds failed. More on what's ongoing below. Anti-Iranian propaganda is longstanding. It's unrelenting. Hollywood reinvents history its way. On February 24, Argo won top honors. The 85th Academy Awards chose it the year's top film. It should have been denounced instead of honored. It never should have been produced in the first place. It's ...
THE U.S. ISN’T LEAVING AFGHANISTAN
Post Date: 2013-11-21 06:04:39 by Ada
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If a draft agreement between the Obama administration and President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan is finalized, U.S. troops will remain in that country indefinitely — instead of being withdrawn at the end of 2014, as the administration has said. This is a confession of failure. America’s longest war is nowhere near its end. The draft agreement (PDF) dated July 25, 2013, which was obtained by Richard Engel of NBC News, states, This Agreement shall enter into force on January 1, 2015.… It shall remain in force until the end of 2024 and beyond, unless terminated pursuant to paragraph 4 of this Article [requiring two years written notice]. [Emphasis added.] Under the proposed ...
SEAL Team 6 Shooter: Suspect Did Not Look Like Bin Laden
Post Date: 2013-11-20 20:20:30 by X-15
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Published on Nov 20, 2013 During a 60 Minutes interview, a SEAL Team 6 member who fired at a subject alleged to be Osama Bin Laden, said that he did not recognize the subject as being Bin Laden.Earlier this year, in response to an open records request, the Pentagon told the Associated Press it could not locate any photographs or video taken during the raid or showing Bin Laden's body. It also said it could not find any images of Bin Laden's body on the Navy aircraft carrier where the al-Qaida leader's body was taken. The Pentagon also said it could not find any death certificate, autopsy report or results of DNA identification tests for Bin Laden.
Resumed Iran Nuclear Talks in Geneva
Post Date: 2013-11-20 14:05:12 by Stephen Lendman
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Resumed Iran Nuclear Talks in Geneva by Stephen Lendman On November 20, more talks began. Multiple previous rounds failed. Will this time be different? The usual canard persists. Iran fully complies with Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) provisions. It's program is peaceful. It has no military component. Claims otherwise persist. Voice of Russia interviewed International Dialogue Foundation director Shabbir Razvi. He's an Iranian specialist. He was asked about an alleged secret Iranian nuclear site. The dissident National Council of Resistance on Iran (NCRI) claims one. It does so with no corroborating evidence. It's part of longstanding anti-Iranian disinformation. ...
Blackwater Founder Erik Prince: War on Terror Has Become Too Big
Post Date: 2013-11-20 08:45:52 by Ada
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When the war on terror has lost the founder of Blackwater, counterterrorism efforts could be in real trouble. Why Erik Prince thinks the national security state has become too big. Erik Prince is not the kind of man one expects to make the case for slashing U.S. intelligence and military budgets. After 9-11, his company, Blackwater, expanded exponentially, winning contracts to protect diplomats and politicians in Iraq and to train and work with CIA paramilitary teams hunting terrorists. In an interview Monday, Prince said the national security state he once served has grown too large. “America is way too quick to trade freedom for the illusion of security,” he told The Daily ...
Massive Pentagon Waste, Fraud and Grand Theft
Post Date: 2013-11-20 03:02:45 by Stephen Lendman
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Massive Pentagon Waste, Fraud and Grand Theft by Stephen Lendman Longstanding Pentagon operations reflect a black hole of unaccountability. Reuters published a two- part report. In July, it discussed the Defense Department's "payroll quagmire." It's bureaucracy is stifling. It's "unyielding," said Reuters. Active duty and retired military personal are routinely cheated. Pay errors are widespread. Correcting "or just explaining them can test even the most persistent soldiers." Weeks or months pass without resolution. Some personnel are cheated on pay. Others are penalized for overpayments. Their earnings are "drastically cut" unfairly. ...
Sabotaging Rapprochement with Iran
Post Date: 2013-11-19 03:03:20 by Stephen Lendman
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Sabotaging Rapprochement with Iran by Stephen Lendman Multiple previous rounds of nuclear talks failed. Washington orchestrated failure. Israel exerted enormous behind the scenes pressure. So did AIPAC. On November 20, negotiators on both sides meet again. Will this time be different? It remains to be seen what happens. Prospects aren't promising. Iran's been offered little in return for major concessions. More on the resumed talks below. US/Israeli anti-Iranian sentiment is longstanding. Both countries want Iran's government toppled. France is a willing co-conspirator. So are Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states. Nuclear talks are a convenient distraction. Iran's ...
The Pentagon's doctored ledgers conceal epic waste
Post Date: 2013-11-18 23:17:21 by X-15
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LETTERKENNY ARMY DEPOT, Chambersburg, Pennsylvania (Reuters) - Linda Woodford spent the last 15 years of her career inserting phony numbers in the U.S. Department of Defense's accounts. Every month until she retired in 2011, she says, the day came when the Navy would start dumping numbers on the Cleveland, Ohio, office of the Defense Finance and Accounting Service, the Pentagon's main accounting agency. Using the data they received, Woodford and her fellow DFAS accountants there set about preparing monthly reports to square the Navy's books with the U.S. Treasury's - a balancing-the-checkbook maneuver required of all the military services and other Pentagon agencies. And ...
Anti-Iranian Israeli/Saudi Alliance
Post Date: 2013-11-18 03:01:23 by Stephen Lendman
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Anti-Iranian Israeli/Saudi Alliance by Stephen Lendman A previous article discussed an unholy Israeli/Saudi alliance. It's an axis of evil. They're strange bedfellows. They have no formal relations. It's believed Saudi Prince Bandar ibn Sultan visited Israel covertly. Doing so broke a decades long taboo. Both countries have common regional interests. They include toppling Syria's Assad. They want Iran's government replaced. Reports suggest both countries formed an anti-Iranian military alliance. On November 17, the London Sunday Times headlined "Two old foes unite against Tehran," saying: "Convinced that Iran is tricking the world over nuclear ...
US Blocks Britain’s Release of Iraq War Report
Post Date: 2013-11-14 14:56:26 by Ada
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Blair's Pre-War Talks With Bush 'Secret' by US Orders The British government has invested a lot of effort into a four-year-long inquiry into the Iraq War headed by Sir John Chilcot, but the report never seems to come out. Diplomatic sources are now saying that this is because of explicit US orders, and that the report, if released at all, may end up heavily redacted at the Obama Administration’s insistence. A major portion of the inquiry centered on then-Prime Minister Tony Blair lying Britain into war, and therefore focuses on the pre-war plotting by Blair and then-US President George W. Bush. That’s apparently the rub, with the US government insisting all of those ...
US Refuses to Cooperate With Afghan Investigation Into War Crimes
Post Date: 2013-11-14 08:53:12 by Ada
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Last week, Matthieu Aikins at Rolling Stone shed light on evidence that U.S. forces committed war crimes against Afghans, including extra-judicial executions, torture, and disappearances of at least 17 men. The following day, Human Rights Watch issued a statement urging an official investigation, but noted that “the U.S. has a meager record of investigating and prosecuting human rights abuses allegedly committed by its forces during its 12- year military presence in Afghanistan.” Today, Reuters reports on the hard evidence that the U.S. has deliberately rebuffed efforts to investigate these murders: Afghanistan’s intelligence service has abandoned its investigation into ...
U Atrocities in Afghanistan
Post Date: 2013-11-14 02:56:03 by Stephen Lendman
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US Atrocities in Afghanistan by Stephen Lendman US drones murder Afghan civilian men, women and children. American grounds forces do it up close and personal. US inflicted death, torture and other atrocities reflect daily life. Ordinary Afghans suffer most. They struggle to survive. American aggression is one of history's greatest crimes. War criminals remain unpunished. Accountability is denied. Conflict persists. It's Washington's longest war. It's longer than WW I and II combined. It shows no signs of ending. Trillions of dollars go mass slaughter and destruction. They're spent for unchallenged global dominance. Vital homeland needs go begging. Targeted ...
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