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Washington Preparing for More War
Post Date: 2012-03-19 04:06:23 by Stephen Lendman
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Washington Preparing for More War by Stephen Lendman Already embroiled in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, and numerous proxy wars in Pakistan, Syria, Somalia, Yemen, Sudan, central Africa, and elsewhere, evidence suggests Obama's preparing for more. Washington-generated Syrian violence rages out of control. Efforts for nonviolent resolution are systematically subverted. Saturday's Damascus terrorist attacks and a Sunday Aleppo one reveal America's true intentions. At least 27 Damascus lives were lost. Around 140 others were wounded, many seriously. Two deaths and about 30 injuries occurred in Aleppo, Syria's commercial hub and largest city. On Saturday, cars packed with ...
Rape and Murder in Afghanistan
Post Date: 2012-03-19 03:39:36 by Stephen Lendman
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Rape and Murder in Afghanistan by Stephen Lendman On March 11, up to 20 US forces murdered 16 Afghan men, women, and nine children, aged two to 12. Children were massacred while they slept. Two women were also raped before soldiers killed them. Major media scoundrels whitewashed the crimes by shamelessly blaming one soldier to absolve others, and most of all, higher-ups responsible for permitting a culture that condones and encourages them. A transparent March 11 Pentagon Secretary of Defense Panetta statement said the following: "Today I spoke to President Karzai to offer my deepest condolences and profound regret for the tragic incident in Kandahar province that resulted in the ...
Truth, lies and Afghanistan
Post Date: 2012-03-18 21:01:37 by GreyLmist
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Excerpt 1: In January 2011, I made my first trip into the mountains of Kunar province near the Pakistan border to visit the troops of 1st Squadron, 32nd Cavalry. On a patrol to the northernmost U.S. position in eastern Afghanistan, we arrived at an Afghan National Police (ANP) station that had reported being attacked by the Taliban 2½ hours earlier. Through the interpreter, I asked the police captain where the attack had originated, and he pointed to the side of a nearby mountain. “What are your normal procedures in situations like these?” I asked. “Do you form up a squad and go after them? Do you periodically send out harassing patrols? What do you do?” As the ...
Sending more aircraft carriers to the waters near Iran, it turns out, was just the start
Post Date: 2012-03-18 16:53:42 by tom007
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Zionism, Jewish extremism and a few other nasty items making our world uninhabitable today The Ugly Truth Home « How Mossad Justified Its Murder of an Innocent Iranian Electrical Engineer Gunboats, Super-Torpedoes, Sea-Bots: U.S. Navy Launches Huge Iran Surge 4 Votes ed note–and remember, whatever comes of this, IT WAS ALL DONE BECAUSE OF ISRAEL AND FOR HER BENEFIT. wired.com Sending more aircraft carriers to the waters near Iran, it turns out, was just the start. Yes, the U.S. currently has more seapower aimed at Iran in the Persian Gulf than in the fleets of most countries on Earth, Iran included. But that was just the Navy cracking its knuckles. In the next few ...
DOJ Asks Court To Keep Secret Any Partnership Between Google, NSA
Post Date: 2012-03-18 14:22:06 by tom007
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DOJ Asks Court To Keep Secret Any Partnership Between Google, NSA The Justice Department is defending the government's refusal to discuss—or even acknowledge the existence of—any cooperative research and development agreement between Google and the National Security Agency. The Washington based advocacy group Electronic Privacy Information Center sued in federal district court here to obtain documents about any such agreement between the Internet search giant and the security agency. The NSA responded to the suit with a so-called “Glomar” response in which the agency said it could neither confirm nor deny whether any responsive records exist. U.S. District Judge ...
'Mr president, I want an answer' Families of victims of a US soldier's shooting spree in Kandahar berate Afghan President Karzai at emotional meeting.
Post Date: 2012-03-18 11:24:28 by tom007
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'Mr president, I want an answer' Families of victims of a US soldier's shooting spree in Kandahar berate Afghan President Karzai at emotional meeting. Mujib Mashal Last Modified: 18 Mar 2012 12:50 inShare10 Email Article Email Print Article Print Share article Share Send Feedback Feedback Nine of the 16 killed in Kandahar's Panjwai district were children and three were women [EPA] The Afghan president had no answers. An emotional Hamid Karzai, flanked by his senior officials, listened patiently on Friday, as families of the 16 victims recounted the US soldier's pre-dawn shooting spree in southern Kandahar province. The distraught elders, in heartfelt speeches, spoke ...
Scoundrel Media Afghan Massacre Cover-Up
Post Date: 2012-03-18 04:05:40 by Stephen Lendman
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Scoundrel Media Afghan Massacre Cover-Up by Stephen Lendman In all US war theaters, troops commit unspeakable atrocities. Trained to dehumanize enemies, their mission involves killing, destruction, and much more. Local treasures are looted. Women are raped. Civilians are treated like combatants. Children are indiscriminately harmed like adults. Prisoners are tortured. Mutilations are common. Crimes of war and against humanity are institutionalized. It's all in a day's work like taking out the garbage. Viciousness defines US wars. No crime's too great to commit. Human lives are valueless. Only winning matters, then on to the next war. Lies, deception, unspeakable brutality, ...
3/11 – Afghans will never forget
Post Date: 2012-03-17 16:58:00 by tom007
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3/11 – Afghans will never forget Mar 13th, 2012 | By Tabish Qayyum | Category: Latest, World Here comes the defining moment in Afghanistan’s infamous war; 11 deadly years of violence that has jeopardized the entire region seems closer to a reverse tide as US faces a deadly situation post recent ‘massacre’ by its rogue staff sergeant at the pre-dawn of 11th March. Sixteen Afghan civilians including 9 children and women along with elderly men were killed being shot in the face at point-blank range. Corpses were later burnt allegedly by some highly inflammable chemical. This crater for US forms very close to an already dark abyss where US policies fell last month after the ...
Up to 20 US troops executed Panjwai massacre: probe
Post Date: 2012-03-17 13:18:34 by bluegrass
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KANDAHAR CITY (PAN): A parliamentary probe team on Thursday said up to 20 American troops were involved in Sunday’s killing of 16 civilians in southern Kandahar province. The probing delegation includes lawmakers Hamidzai Lali, Abdul Rahim Ayubi, Shakiba Hashimi, Syed Mohammad Akhund and Bismillah Afghanmal, all representing Kandahar province at the Wolesi Jirga and Abdul Latif Padram, a lawmaker from northern Badakhshan province, Mirbat Mangal, Khost province, Muhammad Sarwar Usmani, Farah province. The team spent two days in the province, interviewing the bereaved families, tribal elders, survivors and collecting evidences at the site in Panjwai district. Hamizai Lali told Pajhwok ...
Heading for War on Iran
Post Date: 2012-03-17 04:12:59 by Stephen Lendman
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Heading for War with Iran by Stephen Lendman Israel wants it. So does Obama, but not until after November elections. Policy now focuses on winning. Waging more wars can wait, except for Syria, despite strong public support for Assad's reform agenda promising real change. On March 15, marking one year since Western-generated violence erupted, millions of Syrians in Damascus, Aleppo, and other cities nationwide publicly expressed regime support and anger at outside interference stoking months of violence. Political analyst Afif Dalleh called the day "a declaration of victory by all accounts." Impressive national unity was displayed. It's a bulwark against ...
Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai Blasts U.S. Over Probe Into Shootings: 'It Is By All Means The End Of The Rope Here'
Post Date: 2012-03-16 21:49:31 by tom007
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Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai Blasts U.S. Over Probe Into Shootings: 'It Is By All Means The End Of The Rope Here' By DEB RIECHMANN and AMIR SHAH 03/16/12 08:56 PM ET AP Share on Google+ 164 19 15 2,435 Get World Alerts: Sign Up Follow: Afghanistan War, Afghanistan, Video, Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai, Hamid Karzai, Afghan President Hamid Karzai, Afghanistan Hamid Karzai, Hamid Karzai Afghanistan, World News Afghanistan Afghan President Hamid Karzai speaks during a press conference at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Feb. 26, 2012. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq) KABUL, Afghanistan — Warning he's at the "end of the rope" over civilian ...
Israel Cabinet Gives OK
Post Date: 2012-03-16 18:39:23 by randge
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Maariv Reports Cabinet Favors Iran Attack, US Delivers Iran ‘Final’ Ultimatum – OpEd Written by: Richard Silverstein March 15, 2012 Just when you thought it was safe to come out from your air raid shelter after Bibi returned from his U.S. foray to stoke up war fever, Maariv raises the temperature to a boiling point. Ben Caspit reports (Hebrew) that the cabinet now has, for the first time, a majority (eight votes for, six votes against) favoring the measure. This means that theoretically Bibi can begin an attack at any time. Of course, it could mean something different: it could mean the cabinet has approved a strike at any point in future with Bibi determining the timing. ...
Iran strike imminent: Russian diplomat
Post Date: 2012-03-16 16:41:59 by tom007
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Iran strike imminent: Russian diplomat Vladimir Radyuhin Share · Comment (2) · print · T+ Israel will attack Iran this year if a new round of talks scheduled for April fail, a leading Russian newspaper reported quoting a senior Russian diplomat. Russian diplomats at the United Nations believe the strike against Iran is “a matter of when, not if,” the Kommersant daily said on Wednesday. “The attack will be mounted before the end of this year. Israel is blackmailing [U.S. President Barack] Obama by confronting him with a dilemma: either he supports the war option or will lose the support [of the U.S. Jews],” a high-ranking official of the Russian ...
In Afghanistan, the Dam Breaks
Post Date: 2012-03-16 16:29:09 by tom007
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In Afghanistan, the Dam Breaks Posted: 03/16/2012 2:51 pm The news just keeps getting worse in Afghanistan for the United States. Brave New Foundation's Rethink Afghanistan project has warned for years that the premises of a counterinsurgency there were unrealistic and unworkable, and the ability of a handful of bad actors to completely seize control of the narrative with atrocious actions validates our warnings. The "hearts and minds" effort has completely melted down over the past few weeks, illustrating once again that this war isn't making us safer and it's not worth the costs. Yesterday, the Taliban suspended talks with the U.S. in Qatar due to the U.S.'s ...
Stratfor, WikiLeaks and the Obama administration's war against truth
Post Date: 2012-03-16 15:21:57 by tom007
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Stratfor, WikiLeaks and the Obama administration's war against truth Thanks to WikiLeaks and its media partners, we have a disturbingly vivid picture of the intelligence-industrial complex again published a massive trove of documents, this time from a private intelligence firm known as Stratfor. The source of the leak was the hacker group Anonymous, which took credit for obtaining more than 5m emails from Stratfor's servers. Anonymous obtained the material on 24 December 2011, and provided it to WikiLeaks, which, in turn, partnered with 25 media organizations globally to analyze the emails and publish them. Among the emails was a short one-liner that suggested the US government ...
A Decade of American Ravaging Afghanistan
Post Date: 2012-03-16 03:58:02 by Stephen Lendman
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A Decade of America Ravaging Afghanistan by Stephen Lendman US imperial wars treat civilians like combatants. To facilitate killing, soldiers are taught to dehumanize enemies, especially darker-skinned ones and Muslims. Training involves instilling Groupthink hate. Individuality and free thought are erased. Recruits are intimidated to go along. When America goes to war, scoundrel journalism hardens support. So do politicians, academics, religious and other leaders. They euphemize killing to justify lawlessness. At issue is conditioning public opinion to accept imperial policy like military trainers brainwash young recruits. Massacring 16 Afghans, including nine children, reflects ...
Lawyer: Afghanistan suspect was loath to deploy
Post Date: 2012-03-15 23:44:19 by Tatarewicz
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SEATTLE (AP) — The U.S. soldier accused of slaughtering 16 Afghan villagers last weekend had been reluctant to leave on his fourth deployment and had been staying in a camp where someone was severely wounded the day before the shooting, a Seattle lawyer said Thursday. "We have been informed that at this small base that he was at, somebody was gravely injured the day before the alleged incident — gravely injured, and that affected all of the soldiers," said the lawyer, John Henry Browne. Browne declined to release his client's name, citing concerns for the soldier's family, which is under protection on Joint Base Lewis-McChord, near Tacoma. But he did say that ...
US soldier accused in Afghan massacre had been upset at casualty in unit, lawyer says
Post Date: 2012-03-15 22:54:13 by Phant2000
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SEATTLE – The lawyer representing the U.S. soldier accused of killing 16 Afghan civilians says the soldier had been very upset that somebody in his unit had been "gravely injured." John Henry Browne spoke Thursday evening at a news conference in Seattle. He says the incident that troubled the suspect happened the day before he is accused of going on a shooting rampage. Browne says the soldier from Joint Base Lewis-McChord, near Tacoma, had no prior events in his Army dossier indicating misbehavior, but he had twice been injured during tours in Iraq and was reluctant to leave on his fourth deployment. "He wasn't thrilled about going on another deployment," ...
Top ten media failures in the Iran war debate
Post Date: 2012-03-15 17:59:15 by tom007
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IRAN Another Weak Argument for War ISLAM Learning From the Quran Burning SECURITY The U.S. Is Super Secure Top ten media failures in the Iran war debate Posted By Stephen M. Walt Sunday, March 11, 2012 - 10:18 AM Share I did a brief interview for All Things Considered last Friday, on the topic of media handling of the current war scare over Iran. Here's a link to the story, which ran over the weekend. The interview got me thinking about the issue of media coverage of this whole business, and I'm sorry to say that most mainstream news organizations have let us down again. Although failures haven't been as egregious as the New York Times and Washington Post's ...
LEAKED STRATFOR EMAILS: Iranian Fighters Are Killing Syrian Troops Who Refuse to Fire On Protesters
Post Date: 2012-03-15 17:22:23 by tom007
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LEAKED STRATFOR EMAILS: Iranian Fighters Are Killing Syrian Troops Who Refuse to Fire On Protesters Michael Kelley | Mar. 8, 2012, 12:09 PM | 4,338 | 20 A A A inShare9 Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Flickr/SaFoXy The 125,000 IRGC fighters are responsible for the protection and survival of the Iranian regime. See Also Marine General James Mattis Commander Of U.S. Forces In the Middle East Tells Senate That Knocking Over Syria Would Hurt Iran US Navy special forces LEAKED STRATFOR EMAILS: Source Says Several Countries Already Have Forces In Syria deputy oil minister of syria Syria's Deputy Oil Minister Has Defected To The Rebels Thousands of members of Iran's Islamic Revolution ...
US and Afghan troops disarmed for Panetta "unanounced" visit
Post Date: 2012-03-15 06:38:39 by Tatarewicz
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KABUL, Afghanistan — A tense visit to Afghanistan by Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta got off to an unscripted start when a stolen truck sped onto a runway ramp at the British military airfield as his plane was landing. Mr. Panetta was unhurt, but Pentagon officials said the Afghan driver emerged from the vehicle in flames. No explosives were found on the Afghan national or in the truck, the officials said, and the Pentagon was so far not considering the episode an attack on Mr. Panetta. But it reinforced the lack of security in Afghanistan at the start of his visit, the first by a senior member of the Obama administration since an American soldier reportedly killed 16 Afghan ...
Army cancels recruitment program after allegations of bonus payout fraud
Post Date: 2012-03-15 04:06:16 by Phant2000
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Army Secretary John McHugh has eliminated a years-old recruitment program for the National Guard and Reserve after an internal audit found widespread fraud -- including reported allegations that recruiters were skimming bonus money paid to sign up new service members. Army spokesman George Wright confirmed to http://FoxNews.com that McHugh "immediately terminated those programs and their funding" after seeing the audit, which identified "instances of fraud in Recruiting Assistance Programs." He has since ordered a "comprehensive investigation and review," which is ongoing. The Washington Post first reported on the audit, which detailed the alleged fraud in a ...
Rothschild Wants Iran’s Banks
Post Date: 2012-03-14 21:12:24 by christine
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Could gaining control of the Central Bank of the Islamic Republic of Iran (CBI) be one of the main reasons that Iran is being targeted by Western and Israeli powers? As tensions are building up for an unthinkable war with Iran, it is worth exploring Iran’s banking system compared to its U.S., British and Israeli counterparts. Some researchers are pointing out that Iran is one of only three countries left in the world whose central bank is not under Rothschild control. Before 9-11 there were reportedly seven: Afghanistan, Iraq, Sudan, Libya, Cuba, North Korea and Iran. By 2003, however, Afghanistan and Iraq were swallowed up by the Rothschild octopus, and by 2011 Sudan and Libya were ...
Afghanistan massacre by U.S. sergeant reveals epidemic of psychiatric drugging of soldiers
Post Date: 2012-03-14 19:03:46 by christine
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(NaturalNews) The recent massacre of 16 civilians in Afghanistan by a rampaging U.S. military sergeant has something in common with nearly every school shooting in the USA -- something the mainstream media typically refuses to report: These shooters frequently have a history of psychiatric drug "treatment" by psychiatrists. Psychiatric drugs are now being routinely used across the U.S. military, where violent suicides have skyrocketed to levels never before seen in human history. 18 veterans commit suicide every day, says this NaturalNews article reprinted on CCHR: http://www.cchrint.org/2011/06/04/18-u-s-veterans-commit-suicide-dail... The story reports: Prior to the Iraq war, ...
Long-Planned Visit Lands Panetta in Tense Afghanistan
Post Date: 2012-03-14 11:08:55 by christine
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CAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan — Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta landed here Wednesday morning for an unannounced and tense visit, the first by a senior member of the Obama administration since an American soldier reportedly killed 16 Afghan civilians, mostly children and women. The two-day visit was planned months ago, but it has taken on a new urgency since an American staff sergeant slipped out of a military base in the southern province of Kandahar on Sunday and, according to villagers and senior defense officials, went door to door in nearby villages, shooting civilians. “We will be challenged by our enemies, we will be challenged by ourselves, we will be challenged by the ...
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