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Latest Articles: War, War, War
Pressure Builds for More Middle East War
Post Date: 2012-07-13 03:57:20 by Stephen Lendman
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Pressure Building for More Middle East War by Stephen Lendman The name of the game is dominance. Washington accepts nothing less. All means are used. War is a favorite option. America has always been a warrior nation. It's addicted to war. Permanent ones are waged. Nations are ravaged one at a time or in multiples. If America had a motto it would be war is good, the more the better. How else can generals get more stars and profiteers cash in big? Human lives are a small price to pay. Rule of law principles are ignored. Wealth and power alone matter. It's the American way. Fast moving events suggest full-scale intervention in Syria. War already rages. City streets are ...
New Call of Duty video game reveals villain as “leader of the 99%” in new trailer (DISGUSTING)
Post Date: 2012-07-12 18:35:49 by tom007
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New Call of Duty video game reveals villain as “leader of the 99%” in new trailer Dees Illustration J.G. Vibes Activist Post Less than a year ago I wrote an article about pro war propaganda in video games which was sadly one of my most controversial articles for that whole month, despite the fact that I covered some very important topics during that time. Even if you doubted that the popular wartime first person shooters were propaganda before, you are going to have a hard time not being suspicious after hearing that the villain in the new game is described as the “leader of the 99%”. It has become blatantly clear that a political message is being sent by the ruling ...
Missiles, frogmen, fighter jets. This isn't a game.
Post Date: 2012-07-12 17:25:59 by Eric Stratton
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Missiles, frogmen, fighter jets. This isn't a game. LONDON — As Britain counts down to the arrival of the Olympics in 15 days, Games officials seem to have almost everything firmly under control. The venues are ready. Preparations for the Games are on time and under budget. A threatened bus drivers strike seems likely to have been averted. Still, there are uncomfortable reminders of the challenge posed by the biggest and most important task of them all: ensuring the safety of athletes and fans during an age of international terrorism. Last week, three men were arrested on terrorism charges at a house a mile from London's Olympic Park. On Saturday, police made a related arrest ...
Surface-to-air missiles allowed on building during Olympics
Post Date: 2012-07-12 17:18:16 by Eric Stratton
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Surface-to-air missiles allowed on building during Olympics A judge disagreed with residents who thought their home would be a terrorist target during the Olympics. Consequently, the British military can put a surface-to-air missile battery capable of launching warheads, on the top of an apartment building.
Excuses for assassination secrecy A high-level defender of Obama's drone secrecy says "it's not to cover up wrongdoing." Let's see if that's credible
Post Date: 2012-07-12 12:34:18 by tom007
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Excuses for assassination secrecy A high-level defender of Obama's drone secrecy says "it's not to cover up wrongdoing." Let's see if that's credible By Glenn Greenwald 1 2 more In response to his widely discussed Esquire article entitled “The Lethal Presidency of Barack Obama,” Tom Junod received a telephone call from someone he describes as “a person with intimate knowledge of the executive counter-terrorism policies of the Obama administration.” This unnamed person called Junod specifically to defend the administration’s refusal to provide any minimal transparency or even acknowledgment about these policies, even when drone attacks ...
The Last War Crime Debuts At Cannes - But Censored In US.
Post Date: 2012-07-12 08:56:09 by tom007
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The Last War Crime Debuts At Cannes - But Censored In US. By Jeanine Molloff July 12, 2012 "Information Clearing House" -- During this summer of Occupy and subsequent police brutality, the subject of torture is hotly denounced by protesters and conveniently ignored by candidates. Like that ostrich diving head first into the sand of political expediency–Americans want to focus on the alleged debt crisis or gay marriage–anything that absolves us from the messy subject of tortures committed in our names by the Bush/Cheney administration and which continue under Obama to the present day. The entire Bradley Manning debacle speaks volumes to this accusation. In spite of ...
US Forcibly Injected Gitmo Detainees With ‘Mind Altering Drugs’
Post Date: 2012-07-12 07:53:34 by Ada
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Prisoners were interrogated while drugged in a cruel form of psychological manipulation Detainees inside the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay were forcibly injected with powerful “mind altering drugs” and then interrogated, according to a declassified report obtained by Truthout through a Freedom of Information Act Request. Some of the drugs, which included intoxicating anti-psychotic sedatives, ”could impair an individual’s ability to provide accurate information,” according to the report written by the Pentagon’s inspector general. The detainees were often not told what medications they were receiving and a number of them were deliberately tricked into ...
Chickenhawk Collection
Post Date: 2012-07-12 04:26:44 by GreyLmist
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From the Video Description section: These chickenhawks in this video (in the order that they appear): Richard Perle, Paul Wolfowitz, Doug Feith, Charles Krauthammer, Ken Adelman, Bill Kristol (not to be confused with the comedian), Rush Limbaugh, Pat Robertson, John Hagee, Glen Beck, Dick Cheney, George W. Bush, Rupert Murdoch, Rudy Giuliani, Joe Lieberman, Mitch McConnell, Trent Lott, John Boehner, Mitt Romney, Fred Thompson, Dennis Hastert, Tom DeLay, Karl Rove, Newt Gingrich, Donald Rumsfeld, John Ashcroft, Roger Ailes, Bill O'Reilly, Sean Hannity, Ann Coulter, Michelle Malkin, Scooter Libby, Condoleezza Rice, Alan Keyes, John Bolton, Ted Nugent, Tony Snow, Toby Keith and ...
Four Deformations of the Apocalypse By DAVID STOCKMAN
Post Date: 2012-07-10 12:28:45 by tom007
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Four Deformations of the Apocalypse By DAVID STOCKMAN Published: July 31, 2010 Recommend Twitter Linkedin Sign In to E-Mail Print Single Page Reprints Share IF there were such a thing as Chapter 11 for politicians, the Republican push to extend the unaffordable Bush tax cuts would amount to a bankruptcy filing. The nation’s public debt — if honestly reckoned to include municipal bonds and the $7 trillion of new deficits baked into the cake through 2015 — will soon reach $18 trillion. That’s a Greece-scale 120 percent of gross domestic product, and fairly screams out for austerity and sacrifice. It is therefore unseemly for the Senate minority leader, Mitch McConnell, ...
Good-Bye: Truth Has Fallen and Taken Liberty With It
Post Date: 2012-07-10 08:55:24 by tom007
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Good-Bye: Truth Has Fallen and Taken Liberty With It Good-Bye: Truth Has Fallen and Taken Liberty With It Paul Craig Roberts Prison http://Planet.com Wednesday, March 24, 2010 Editor: When Paul Craig Roberts gave us permission to post this article, he indicated to Alex Jones that it would probably be his last. Regular readers of PCR’s outstanding columns will be disappointed to hear that he is bowing out for the time being. Alex will discuss the reasons behind this on tomorrow’s show. Roberts has also told us that he will probably appear as a guest on The Alex Jones Show later next week to expand on why he has decided to “sign off,” as he puts it in the following ...
Clinton: Assad's Days Are Numbered
Post Date: 2012-07-10 03:21:11 by Stephen Lendman
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Clinton: Assad's Days Are Numbered by Stephen Lendman At a Tokyo Afghan donor's conference, Clinton barely stopped short of declaring war. Time is running out to save Syria, she told reporters. Kofi Annan's admission about peace failing is a "wake-up call for everyone." "The sand is running out of the hourglass." "It should be abundantly clear to those who support the Assad regime their days are numbered." "The sooner there can be an end to the violence and a begetting of a political transition process, not only will fewer people die, but there's a chance to save the Syrian state from a catastrophic assault that would be dangerous not ...
Six US soldiers killed by roadside bomb in eastern Afghanistan
Post Date: 2012-07-09 01:10:25 by Tatarewicz
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At least six US soldiers have been killed by a roadside bomb in eastern region of Afghanistan, NATO and US sources say. "Six International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) service members died following an improvised explosive device attack in eastern Afghanistan today," ISAF said in a statement on Sunday, which did not provide their nationalities. However, in Washington, a government official said all the dead soldiers were from the United States. The ISAF statement also said that earlier on Sunday another US-led soldier was killed in southern Afghanistan in a similar assault, bringing the day's death toll to seven. The increasing number of military casualties in ...
Taliban Execute Woman Accused Of Adultery, Officials Say
Post Date: 2012-07-08 17:21:47 by tom007
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Taliban Execute Woman Accused Of Adultery, Officials Say Reuters | Posted: 07/07/2012 1:19 pm Updated: 07/07/2012 3:31 pm Share on Google+ 648 139 47 3,233 Get World Alerts: Sign Up Follow: Afghanistan, Taliban, Video, Taliban Execute Woman, Afghanistan Execution, Afghanistan Woman Executed, Reuters, Taliban Execution, World News By Hamid Shalizi and Amie Ferris-Rotman KABUL, July 7 (Reuters) - A man Afghan officials say is a member of the Taliban shot dead a woman accused of adultery in front of a crowd near Kabul, a video obtained by Reuters showed, a sign that the austere Islamist group dictates law even near the Afghan capital. In the three-minute video, a turban-clad man ...
Bullying, Bluster and Imperial Arrogance 101
Post Date: 2012-07-08 03:55:20 by Stephen Lendman
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Bullying, Bluster and Imperial Arrogance 101 by Stephen Lendman Hillary Clinton's outbursts reflect bullying, bluster, and imperial arrogance, not diplomacy. More on her strong-arm tactics below. On July 6, Friends of Syria met in Paris. Tunis and Istanbul meetings preceded this one. Conflicting reports said representatives from 60 to around 100 countries attended. EU and Arab League states comprise most of them. Since last year, they've been involved in crimes of war and against humanity. Friends like these assure death, destruction, colonization, plunder, exploitation, deprivation, and unspeakable human misery. Russia and China boycotted the meeting. Clinton used the ...
Cops Attempt to Raid Garage Sale ["Heroes" Getting the Real Criminals]
Post Date: 2012-07-07 19:45:48 by Eric Stratton
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Taliban report (exaggerate?)
Post Date: 2012-07-07 04:16:22 by Tatarewicz
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Mujahideen shoot down US-NATO invaders supply plane in Paktika PAKTIKA, July 06 – A large supply plane while flying from the US invaders military Camp was shot down with heavy machine guns in Sarubi district of Paktia province which fell on the ground in Gayan district of the province on Thursday. The enemy plane after being shot by Mujahideen attempted to return to the Camp but midway to the camp caught fire and fell down killing all its crew members and the soldiers and was burned down to the ashes along with its supplies. However, Mujahideen shot down the enemy’s attack helicopter on the Wednesday, killing more than 22 US-Nato invaders bringing the number of the enemy crafts to ...
Independence Day...and the Glories of a Strong Military...
Post Date: 2012-07-06 06:28:53 by Tatarewicz
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Fritz Bayerlein knew war — modern war — better than almost anyone. The 45-year-old general had served in Hitler’s army his entire adult life. He had fought on all major fronts — in Poland, North Africa, Russia and France. By 1944, he was getting tetchy. At first, the idea of a German Empire, stretching from the Atlantic to the Pacific...from the Baltic to the Mediterranean...had made him feel proud. After all, he was a professional soldier and Germany’s men-in-arms could make it possible. The Wehrmacht had not lost WWI...it had been stabbed in the back, everybody knew that. Bayerlein, who had fought in WWI too, could hold his head up. He was a general in the ...
Unresolved Iran Nuclear Talks
Post Date: 2012-07-06 03:12:50 by Stephen Lendman
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Unresolved Iran Nuclear Talks by Stephen Lendman Multiple rounds have been held. Istanbul technical talks just concluded. Breakthroughs haven't happened. How can they when Washington blocks them. Nuclear talks are a subterfuge. Washington, European nations and Israel know Iran's program is peaceful and legitimate. Yet the charade continues. Effective July 1, harsh new sanctions were imposed. They include an EU ban on Iranian oil imports and insurance for tankers carrying its oil. The London-based International Group of P&I (property and indemnity insurance) Clubs covers about 95% of world tankers. On June 28, Congress imposed harsh penalties on foreign companies trading ...
Homeland Security Report Lists ‘Liberty Lovers’ As Terrorists
Post Date: 2012-07-04 07:50:36 by Ada
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Americans who are “suspicious of centralized federal authority, reverent of individual liberty” deemed domestic threat A new study funded by the Department of Homeland Security characterizes Americans who are “suspicious of centralized federal authority,” and “reverent of individual liberty” as “extreme right-wing” terrorists. Entitled Hot Spots of Terrorism and Other Crimes in the United States, 1970-2008 (PDF), the study was produced by the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism at the University of Maryland. The organization was launched with the aid of DHS funding to the tune of $12 million dollars. While ...
US Intelligence Says Turkish Warplane Downed in Syrian Waters
Post Date: 2012-07-04 03:14:16 by Stephen Lendman
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US Intelligence Says Turkish Warplane Downed in Syrian Waters by Stephen Lendman On June 29, the Wall Street Journal headlined "Doubts Cast on Turkey's Story of Jet," saying: US intelligence contradicts Ankara. Turkey's "warplane (was) shot down....by shore-based antiaircraft guns while it was inside Syrian airspace, American officials say, a finding in tune with Syria's account and at odds with Turkey." Ankara falsified its account. An unnamed senior US defense official also said: "We see no indication that it was shot down by a surface-to-air missile...." If a missile struck the plane, Damascus would have ordered it. Antiaircraft fire ...
Failure in Geneva
Post Date: 2012-07-02 03:56:11 by Stephen Lendman
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Failure in Geneva by Stephen Lendman Morning headlines belie continued conflict on the ground. East/West divisions remain. Nothing changed but political rhetoric from Geneva. After Annan's so-called peace plan, violence increased because Washington planned it that way. Expect it to continue now. America needs conflict and instability to further regime change plans. Peace and stability defeat its interests. AP ran a June 30 headline with no text, saying: "Clinton urges UN Security Council to pass sanctions authorizing military action in Syria" She insists Assad must go. UK Foreign Secretary William Hague said he and his close associates can't lead a transition. He ...
Obama Planning More War
Post Date: 2012-07-01 03:40:24 by Stephen Lendman
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Obama Planning More War by Stephen Lendman America's favorite pastime isn't baseball. It's war, permanent imperial wars that won't end in our lifetime Dick Cheney said earlier. America is addicted to war. One nation after another is ravaged and plundered. Unchallenged global dominance is sought. Who's next? Syria? Iran? Washington's long knives target both countries. On June 29, AP headlined "US, Russia fail to reach agreement on Syria, jeopardizing Annan plan to end crisis," saying: Before heading for Geneva, Hillary Clinton and Sergey Lavrov met in St. Petersburg. Differences between them weren't resolved. Washington demands regime change. ...
Reports of Troop Movements Near Syria's Borders
Post Date: 2012-06-29 13:45:29 by Stephen Lendman
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Reports of Troop Movements Near Syria's Borders by Stephen Lendman After Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced new rules of engagement, Turkey deployed missile batteries, rocket launchers, and anti-aircraft weapons close to Syria's border. About 30 military trucks arrived in Iskenderun. From there, they moved toward Syria's border 30 miles away. Armored military vehicles also headed for Sanliurfa and Reyhanli in Southern Turkey's Hatay Province. On June 29, Reuters headlined "Syrian tanks amass near Turkish border, FSA (Free Syrian Army) general says." According to General Mustafa al-Sheikh, Syria deployed around 170 tanks north of Aleppo within 19 ...
Duplicitous Human Rights Council Report on Syria
Post Date: 2012-06-29 03:57:40 by Stephen Lendman
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Duplicitous Human Rights Council Report on Syria by Stephen Lendman On June 27, the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) discussed conflict conditions in Syria. Truth took a back seat. Some present denounced its absence. Pre-scripted, its conclusions were predictable. Washington calls the shots. Most HRC members salute and obey. Syrian HRC representative Faisal Khabbaz al-Hamwi denounced the proceedings. Calling them useless and politically biased, he said its report reflects a "disinformation war against Syria." He walked out of the session, saying: "We will not participate in this flagrantly political meeting." He had good reason to leave. Before doing so he said ...
Heated Anti-Assad Rhetoric
Post Date: 2012-06-29 03:22:03 by Stephen Lendman
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Heated Anti-Assad Rhetoric by Stephen Lendman Washington's Syrian regime change plans are longstanding. All independent governments are targeted. At issue isn't whether they're despotic, democratic, or anything in between. It's about establishing client states subservient to Western interests. That matters most. Heated rhetoric supports it. Targeted leaders are vilified. Since early last year, Western-generated violence and rhetorical assaults targeted Assad. Like lyrics from the old Sinatra favorite, they go together like love and marriage. You can't one without the other. Daily reports highlight more insurgent violence. On June 28, Reuters headlined "Blast ...
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