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Taliban claim Sunday massacre pre-planned by US troops
Post Date: 2012-03-13 20:54:14 by Tatarewicz
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Elucidatory statement of Islamic Emirate regarding the barbaric crime of the American savages in Zangawat Rab+¿ al-�khir 19, 1433 A.H, Tuesday, March 13, 2012 The barbaric crime carried out by the American savages on Sunday night was strongly condemned by all the morally conscience people of the world as a sadistic act and the savage perpetrators were considered as the violators of all human ethics and principles however the stance chosen by the barbaric Americans was once again in opposition to that of the entire world. They once pronounced this intentional savage act as an unfortunate action carried out by a lone mentally broken down soldier. The Islamic Emirate of ...
Washington Plans War on Syria
Post Date: 2012-03-13 03:40:45 by Stephen Lendman
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Washington Plans War on Syria by Stephen Lendman On March 11, Assad repeated what he's said numerous times. He's "ready to support any honest effort to solve the situation." He told former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan (Ban Ki-moon's envoy appointed with Washington's approval) that doing so depends on accurately assessing conditions on the ground. It also requires admitting Syria's dealing with Western-backed insurgents. As a result, he’s obligated to protect Syrians from heavily armed gangs. Violence won't stop until chaos, instability, and terrorism they cause ends. Annan came to Syria on a mission. A reliable imperial tool, his one-way ...
Statement of Islamic Emirate regarding the inhumane crime committed by the American savages in Kandahar
Post Date: 2012-03-12 22:07:56 by Tatarewicz
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Rab+¿ al-�khir 18, 1433 A.H, Monday, March 12, 2012 In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful. The sick minded American savages, in continuation of their barbaric actions have once again reached out to committing a blood-soaked and inhumane crime in Panjwai district’s Zangawat region, Kandahar province today. According to their own statistics, more than 20 defenseless villagers were directly shot and killed whereas the scene testifies to numbers far greater than that. A large number from amongst the victims are innocent children, women and the elderly, martyred by the American barbarians who mercilessly robbed them of their precious lives and ...
Amazing Video! Dakmar Confronts Christine's Evil Twin!
Post Date: 2012-03-12 12:52:09 by Esso
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America's Afghanistan Legacy
Post Date: 2012-03-12 04:05:33 by Stephen Lendman
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America's Afghanistan Legacy by Stephen Lendman In his book titled, "Freedom Next Time: Resisting the Empire," John Pilger discussed Afghanistan, saying: "Through all the humanitarian crises in living memory, no country has been abused and suffered more, and none has been helped less than Afghanistan." He described what looked more like a moonscape than a functioning nation. In Kabul, "contours of rubble rather than streets (exist), where people live in collapsed buildings, like earthquake victims waiting for rescue....(with) no light or heat." If hell on earth exists, it's headquartered in Afghanistan, but has many global affiliate locations. ...
Obama: US soldier’s reported shooting rampage in Afghanistan ‘tragic and shocking’ [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2012-03-11 20:55:52 by Tatarewicz
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President Barack Obama on Sunday condemned the alleged slaughter of 16 Afghan civilians by an American soldier as "tragic and shocking" and assured Afghan President Hamid Karzai by telephone that the United States will "hold fully accountable anyone responsible" as the bloody incident plunged already deteriorating ties into a fresh crisis. Obama called Karzai, who denounced the reported shooting rampage as an unforgivable "assassination," to make clear "his Administration's commitment to establish the facts as quickly as possible and to hold fully accountable anyone responsible," the White House said in a statement. Obama expressed "his ...
America Gets Stupid, Again, on Iran (Duhh... Gee Coach?)
Post Date: 2012-03-11 20:48:47 by tom007
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America Gets Stupid, Again, on Iran by Lawrence Davidson It is estimated that up to a million people died as a function of George W. Bush’s decision to invade Iraq, which Bush later said was based on “faulty intelligence,” the ex-president’s way of passing the blame. The reality was that Bush insisted that accurate intelligence he was getting from traditional sources was false and that lies he was being told by other parties were true. [ Getty)] Netanyahu and Obama walk the White House's Colonnade (Photo: Getty) Now, there is Iran. Over and again the intelligence community has told the powers that be that Iran is not engaged in a nuclear weapons program. And over ...
Obama Plans More Middle East Wars
Post Date: 2012-03-10 03:17:28 by Stephen Lendman
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Obama Plans More Middle East Wars by Stephen Lendman Cheerled by America's major media scoundrels, war looks increasingly likely. Syria and Iran both are targeted. Imagine the potential catastrophic consequences, especially if nuclear weapons are used. They were before. Why not now. The prospect's chilling. In his Der Ring des Nibelungen operas (the Ring), Richard Wagner portrayed his apocalyptic version musically. Gotterdammerung (Twilight of the Gods) prophesied the end of the world. Einstein suggested it, saying he didn't know what WW III weapons would be used, "but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones." Around the same time, Bertrand Russell ...
Is the GOP Becoming a War Party?
Post Date: 2012-03-09 17:59:46 by tom007
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Is the GOP Becoming a War Party? by Patrick J. Buchanan, March 09, 2012 | Print This | Share This | Antiwar Forum Denouncing Republican "bluster" about war with Iran, President Obama went on the offensive Tuesday: "Those who are … beating the drums of war should explain clearly to the American people what they think the costs and benefits would be." The president had in mind such remarks as those Newt Gingrich delivered to the Israeli lobby AIPAC that same day: "The red line is now … because the Iranians are deepening their commitment to nuclear weapons" — an assertion the Joint Chiefs and U.S. intelligence agencies say is blatantly false. ...
Analyst: bin Laden betrayed by Al Qaeda
Post Date: 2012-03-09 08:43:52 by Ada
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Within two years of the September 11 attacks, Osama bin Laden was an ailing, delusional and irrelevant figure who had been shuffled out of Al Qaeda's leadership and was eventually sold out to the Americans by the organisation. That is the controversial report compiled by Shaukat Qadir, a columnist for The National and a former Pakistan military officer, who said he got much of the information from the highest levels in Pakistan's military and intelligence services. He also visited the compound and tribal areas where bin Laden had stayed. That allowed Brig Qadir to construct his independent version of events that is sharply at odds with the American one. Bin Laden was killed ...
US officials implore Obama to resist pressure for war with Iran
Post Date: 2012-03-08 09:16:55 by randge
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Click for Full Text!Poster Comment:Let me preface my modest comments with the statement that I have nothing but contempt for both of our putative political parties, which are nothing but maildrops for financial contributions. It would be the height of irony if all that Netanyahu (and all the 'pubbie pols that hang on his apron strings) accomplished in his activities the past weeks was to establish the groundwork for a republican rout in November. Americans have had their fill of wars, and they are becoming dimly aware, in the benighted and media-numbed world that they live in that the Holy War being prepared for them is nothing that they want to get wrapped up in. Five bucks a ...
Satellite images show Iran cleaning secret nuclear activity, sources say
Post Date: 2012-03-07 20:07:08 by tom007
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Satellite images show Iran cleaning secret nuclear activity, sources say Diplomat tells Associated Press alleged testing at site could indicate attempt to develop nuclear arms; other sources say images show vehicles at site, indicating crews trying to clean it of radioactive traces. By Associated Press Tags: Iran nuclear Iran threat Get Haaretz on iPhone Get Haaretz on Android Diplomats say spy satellite images of an Iranian military facility show trucks and earth-moving vehicles at the site that indicate crews were trying to clean it of radioactive traces. Get all the latest updates on Haaretz.com's official Facebook page The base in Parchin where Iran conducted nuclear tests - ...
UN top torture official denounces Bradley Manning’s detention
Post Date: 2012-03-07 16:59:12 by tom007
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UN top torture official denounces Bradley Manning’s detention VIDEO By Glenn Greenwald FILE - In this file photo taken Dec. 22, 2011, Army Pfc. Bradley Manning is escorted from a courthouse in Fort Meade, Md. FILE - In this file photo taken Dec. 22, 2011, Army Pfc. Bradley Manning is escorted from a courthouse in Fort Meade, Md. (Credit: AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File) (updated below) In December, 2010, the U.N.’s special rapporteur on torture announced a formal investigation into the conditions of Bradley Manning’s detention that endured for the eight months he was held at a Marine brig in Quantico, Virginia. The Army Private has been detained since May, 2010, on ...
NATO Intervening in Syria
Post Date: 2012-03-07 15:41:10 by Stephen Lendman
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NATO Intervening in Syria by Stephen Lendman On March 6, the BBC reported Obama saying Washington won't intervene in Syria unilaterally. At the same time, he stopped short of ruling out joint Western aggression. In his first 2012 news conference, he said: "The notion that the way to solve every one of these problems is to deploy our military, that hasn't been true in the past, and it won't be true now." "We've got to think through what we do through the lens of what's going to be effective - but also through what's critical for US security interests." Since taking office, Obama launched more belligerence than all his predecessors. He's ...
Imperial Rage for War
Post Date: 2012-03-07 03:56:58 by Stephen Lendman
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Imperial Rage for War by Stephen Lendman America ravages the world one country at a time or in multiples. Post-9/11 alone, millions died. Vast destruction was caused. Human misery caused is incalculable. Now Syria and Iran are targeted. Disagreement only is on timing, not intent. Neocon Senator John McCain wants Syria bombed. In spring 2007, on a "Straight Talk" campaign tour stop, he responded to a question singing: "Bomb bomb bomb, bomb bomb Iran," then lied, saying: "Iran is dedicated to the destruction of Israel. That alone should concern us but now they are trying for nuclear capabilities. I totally support the President (Bush) when he says we will not ...
Osama NOT buried at sea. Sent to US for Cremation.
Post Date: 2012-03-06 18:42:49 by TommyTheMadArtist
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The fate of Osama bin Laden's remains have been called into question after emails leaked from an intelligence analysis firm say the body of the terror leader was actually sent to the U.S. for cremation. Terrorist: Osama bin Laden was killed on May 1, 2011 in the now-famous raid by Navy SEAL Team Six at his secret Pakistan compound Terrorist: Osama bin Laden was killed on May 1, 2011 in the now-famous raid by Navy SEAL Team Six at his secret Pakistan compound According to the emails, the Al Qaeda boss was shot and killed during the famous Navy SEAL Team Six raid on his compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, was transported back to the U.S. and cremated. The emails were allegedly obtained ...
My Drone War
Post Date: 2012-03-06 11:52:47 by tom007
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"We don't even sit together to chat anymore," the Taliban fighter told me, his voice hoarse as he combed his beard with his fingers. We were talking in a safe house in Peshawar as the fighter and one of his comrades sketched a picture of life on the run in the borderlands of Waziristan. The deadly American drones buzzing overhead, the two men said, had changed everything for al Qaeda and its local allies. The whitewashed two-story villa bristled with activity. Down the hall from my Taliban sources sat an aggrieved tribal elder and his son in one room and two officers from Pakistan's powerful Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Directorate in another. I had gathered them ...
Former CIA Officials Say Iran’s Clerics Want to Goad Israel Into an Attack
Post Date: 2012-03-05 16:57:22 by tom007
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Former CIA Officials Say Iran’s Clerics Want to Goad Israel Into an Attack by Aram Roston Mar 5, 2012 4:45 AM EST Israel’s Bibi Netanyahu is pressing for military action against Iran’s nuclear sites. But the mullahs in Tehran may see an Israeli strike as a solution to their internal political problems. Print Email Comments (46) Benjamin Netanyahu, in Washington today, is laying more political groundwork for a possible preemptive Israeli airstrike against Iran’s nuclear sites. But as Netanyahu rallies his American supporters and discourages diplomatic engagement with Tehran, some intelligence officials and Iran experts tell The Daily Beast that an Israeli attack may be ...
Afghanistan: Special Forces Under CIA Control Would be Considered Spies, Allowing White House to Claim U.S. Troops Have Been Withdrawn
Post Date: 2012-03-05 12:26:24 by tom007
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Afghanistan: Special Forces Under CIA Control Would be Considered Spies, Allowing White House to Claim U.S. Troops Have Been Withdrawn March 5th, 2012 Via: AntiWar: Top Pentagon officials are floating an idea to put elite special operations forces under CIA control in Afghanistan after 2014, sources told The Associated Press. The plan is one of several possible scenarios being considered and has not yet been presented to Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta, the White House, or the relevant congressional oversight committees. If the plan were adopted, the U.S. government would be able to officially say that there are no more troops in Afghanistan, because once the special operations teams ...
Grasping at Straws: Justifying the War in Afghanistan
Post Date: 2012-03-05 08:22:20 by Ada
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Apparently White House Press Secretary Jay Carney was caught stumbling for an answer recently on Afghanistan. Via Glenn Greenwald, George Zornick at Nation followed up: Finally, ABC’s Jake Tapper asked Carney when was “the last time US troops in Afghanistan killed anybody associated with Al Qaeda.” Carney didn’t have an answer, and referred Tapper to the Defense Department and NATO’s International Security Assistance Force. I queried those agencies Tuesday and got an answer today. According to a Defense Department spokesman, the most recent operation that killed an Al Qaeda fighter was in April 2011—ten months ago. However, there was an “Al Qaeda foreign ...
Peres to receive Medal of Freedom US bestowing highest civilian honor to Israeli president.
Post Date: 2012-03-04 20:48:50 by tom007
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Peres to receive Medal of Freedom US bestowing highest civilian honor to Israeli president. David TrifunovMarch 4, 2012 15:30 Subscribe to David Trifunov on Facebook Add David Trifunov to your circles Select Language▼ PrintPrint inShare2 Ads by Google Medals of AmericaYour Military Medals Done Right. Official Supplier-Medals & Insignia http://www.MedalsofAmerica.com Peres at AIPAC Israeli President Shimon Peres greets children before addressing the American Israel Public Affairs Committee's annual conference in Washington today. (Chip Somodevilla/AFP/Getty Images) Citing his “moral example,” President Barack Obama said today that his Israeli counterpart, ...
Kill the Messenger What Russia taught Syria: When you destroy a city, make sure no one -- not even the story -- gets out alive.
Post Date: 2012-03-04 15:05:31 by tom007
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It was a star-filled night in Chechnya's besieged capital of Grozny. The snow crunched under my feet as I walked with the Chechen rebel commander away from the warmth of our safe house. When we entered a bombed-out neighborhood 15 minutes away, I put the battery in my Iridium satellite phone and waited for the glowing screen to signal that I had locked on to the satellites. COMMENTS (15) SHARE: Twitter Reddit Buzz Bookmark and Share More... I made my call. It was short. Then the commander made a call; he quickly hung up and handed me back the phone. "Enough," he said, motioning for me to remove the battery. As we walked briskly back to the safe house, it was exactly 10 ...
Five Years in Damascus How my Syrian adventure became a nightmare.
Post Date: 2012-03-04 13:50:37 by tom007
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A bloated dead donkey greeted me as I entered Syria in January 2007. "Welcome to Assad's Syria" read a huge billboard hanging over the Bab al-Hawa crossing with Turkey. The first person I spoke to upon arriving in Damascus was a machine gun-toting soldier guarding a government building. "Where is the Harameih hostel?" I asked. He had no idea what I was saying, never mind what I wanted. COMMENTS (6) SHARE: Twitter Reddit Buzz Bookmark and Share More... Mosquito and bedbug bites, sunstroke and diarrhea. Agonizing Arabic-language classes and cold showers thrice daily. Weight loss. Dust. I had no idea how I had found myself in this country. But I would stay five ...
Lies, Damn Lies and Major Media Scoundrel Journalism
Post Date: 2012-03-04 04:05:55 by Stephen Lendman
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Lies, Damn Lies, and Major Media Scoundrel Journalism by Stephen Lendman Merriam-Webster's defines journalism as involving "writing characterized by a direct presentation of facts or description of events without an attempt at interpretation." In other words, the truth, the whole truth, and nothing else. The Society of Professional Journalists' Code of Ethics Preamble states: "....public enlightenment is the forerunner of justice and the foundation of democracy. The duty of the journalist is to further those ends by seeking truth and providing a fair and comprehensive account of events and issues. Conscientious journalists from all media and specialties strive to ...
New York Times Promoting War on Iran
Post Date: 2012-03-03 03:39:40 by Stephen Lendman
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New York Times Promoting War on Iran by Stephen Lendman Longstanding Times policy supports imperial US wars against nonbelligerent countries posing no threats. It backed American-led NATO aggression against Afghanistan, Iraq, and Libya. Using scandalous language like "Assad's butchery," it wants killer gangs armed and greater Western intervention. A Syrian (unnamed for his safety) emailed this information: It's believed "the National Syrian Army caught 12 French Officers and one high-ranking officer in Homs. The French Ambassador came back to Syria to re-negotiate. Reports suggest 22 Jihadists from Afghanistan had been caught in Idlib yesterday." "A ...
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