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Latest Articles: War, War, War
The Greatest Conspiracy of Them All
Post Date: 2012-02-22 08:49:28 by Ada
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A breathtaking testimony was given this past week in the aftermath of the Underwear Bomber trial by someone who was on the flight and witnessed the bomber passing through security and boarding the plane. The “Victim Impact Statement” was read in open court by a Michigan man under state law that allows victims five minutes to say how they were affected by a crime. Kurt Haskell and his wife, Lori flew back to Detroit from Amsterdam that fateful day, and recounted the following: On Christmas Day 2009, my wife and I were returning from an African safari and had a connecting flight through Amsterdam. As we waited for our flight, we sat on the floor next to the boarding gate. What I ...
“If Its Good For Al Qaeda, Can It Be Good For Us?”
Post Date: 2012-02-21 18:25:33 by Southern Style
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“If Its Good For Al Qaeda, Can It Be Good For Us?” Posted on February 21, 2012 by WashingtonsBlog America’s Approach to Syria and Iran Is Crazy We’ve repeatedly noted that the U.S. is oddly fighting on the same side s Al Qaeda in Syria. We’ve also pointed out that top American and Israeli experts say that Iran has not decided to build a nuclear bomb, and that – even if Iran ever does decide to build one – it would pose no real threat to the U.S. or Israel. Pat Buchanan echoes both facts, saying about Syria, “If its good for Al Qaeda, can it be good for us?”, and noting that Israel has 300 nukes, so Iran possessing a couple of nuclear bombs ...
Corrections Corp. of America (CXW) is offering to buy prisons from cash-strapped state governments and run them at a cost-savings
Post Date: 2012-02-21 10:43:24 by tom007
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Corrections Corp. of America (CXW) is offering to buy prisons from cash-strapped state governments and run them at a cost-savings. But there’s a catch: CXW wants a 20-year contract and assurances that the state will keep the prisons at least 90% full. If the crime rate continues falling, will police, prosecutors and judges feel compelled to keep those prisoners rolling in? Comment! [
Heightening Anti-Iranian Tensions
Post Date: 2012-02-21 03:51:44 by Stephen Lendman
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Heightening Anti-Iranian Tensions by Stephen Lendman For months, Iran faced baseless accusations. They include: • the spurious US Saudi ambassador assassination plot; • charges about developing nuclear weapons; • being the "world's leading state sponsor of terror," according to AIPAC; • targeting Israeli officials in India, Georgia, and Thailand; and • planning Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak's assassination, according to The Israel Project citing Kuwait's Al Jarida newspaper. All of the above don't pass the smell test. Charges are baseless on their face. Yet major media scoundrels headline them for days. In the process, they ...
Four US army personnel die in plane crash in Djibouti
Post Date: 2012-02-20 23:23:52 by Tatarewicz
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A US military aircraft has crashed in the Republic of Djibouti during a routine flight, killing all four US military personnel onboard, Press TV reports. The incident occurred almost six miles from the international airport of the capital city, Djibouti, on Saturday at 8 p.m. local time, a Press TV correspondent reported. The military plane crashed after developing technical problems, the report said. The US military officials are set to issue a detailed report on the cause of the incident after the completion of an official investigation. Djibouti, a Horn of Africa state, hosts US military forces at Camp Lemonnier, a permanent military base outside the capital that now houses ...
Media Lies to Cover-up Naked Aggression of U.S. Government
Post Date: 2012-02-20 21:55:34 by Original_Intent
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Paul Craig Roberts Prisonplanet.com Monday, February 20, 2012 In 2010 the FBI invaded the homes of peace activists in several states and seized personal possessions in what the FBI–the lead orchestrator of fake “terrorist plots”–called an investigation of “activities concerning the material support of terrorism.” Subpoenas were issued to compel antiwar protestors to testify before grand juries as prosecutors set about building their case that opposing Washington’s wars of aggression constitutes giving aid and comfort to terrorists. The purpose of the raids and grand jury subpoenas was to chill the anti-war movement into inaction. Last week in one fell ...
Consequences To Expect If The U.S. Invades Iran
Post Date: 2012-02-20 19:48:11 by christine
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Let’s be honest, quite a few Americans love a good war, especially those Americans who have never had to bear witness to one first hand. War is the ultimate tribally vicarious experience. Anyone, even pudgy armchair generals with deep-seated feelings of personal inadequacy, can revel in the victories and actions of armies a half a world away as if they themselves stood on the front lines risking possible annihilation at the hands of dastardly cartoon-land “evil doers”. They may have never done a single worthwhile thing in their lives, but at least they can bask in the perceived glory of their country’s military might. This attitude of swollen ego through proxy is not ...
Scoring the Global War on Terror
Post Date: 2012-02-20 08:39:46 by Ada
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From liberation to assassination in three quick rounds With the United States now well into the second decade of what the Pentagon has styled an “era of persistent conflict,” the war formerly known as the global war on terrorism (unofficial acronym WFKATGWOT) appears increasingly fragmented and diffuse. Without achieving victory, yet unwilling to acknowledge failure, the United States military has withdrawn from Iraq. It is trying to leave Afghanistan, where events seem equally unlikely to yield a happy outcome. Elsewhere — in Pakistan, Libya, Yemen, and Somalia, for example — U.S. forces are busily opening up new fronts. Published reports that the United States is ...
Escalating Syrian Tensions
Post Date: 2012-02-20 03:41:35 by Stephen Lendman
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Escalating Syrian Tensions by Stephen Lendman For nearly a year, externally generated violence wracked Syria. Dirty Western hands planned and implemented it. Rogue regional despots were enlisted for support. Replacing an independent regime with a pro-Western one and isolating Iran are planned. Russia and China thwarted two Security Council resolutions designed to facilitate intervention. On February 16, a non-binding Arab League General Assembly resolution passed with similar language. Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states backed it. Pressure's building for escalated anti-Assad measures. Sooner or later expect intervention, perhaps war. At issue is isolating Iran, then targeting the ...
Adding up human costs of Iraq and Afghanistan wars
Post Date: 2012-02-19 10:59:18 by christine
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At first blush, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan appear less violent and less deadly than previous American conflicts over the last century. While 53,000 U.S. service members died in the Korean War and 405,000 in WW II, a relatively small 6,051 (and climbing) troops have been killed in action in Iraq and Afghanistan since 2001. But a deeper dive into the casualty counts reveals a staggering amount of loss and pain carried by a relatively small group of American troops. Last month, Brown University’s Watson Institute tried to give a fuller accounting of casualties in Iraq and Afghanistan and the results should get our attention. Citing conservative estimates, researcher Catherine Lutz ...
Al Qaeda on rise in Syria, has 'marriage of convenience' with Iran, US intelligence director says
Post Date: 2012-02-18 15:34:06 by farmfriend
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Al Qaeda on rise in Syria, has 'marriage of convenience' with Iran, US intelligence director says WASHINGTON – The nation's top intelligence adviser told Congress on Thursday that Al Qaeda "is extending its reach into Syria" -- possibly with Iran's help. In a rare public admission, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper said Al Qaeda and the Iranian regime have a "shotgun marriage, or marriage of convenience." More significantly, given the series of attacks this week linked to Iran, Clapper said Tehran appears to see Al Qaeda as an insurance policy -- a "surrogate or proxy" -- against future Western aggression. This public ...
Wrongheaded UN Vote on Syria
Post Date: 2012-02-18 04:22:53 by Stephen Lendman
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Wrongheaded UN Vote on Syria by Stephen Lendman On February 4, Russia and China vetoed the Arab League's one-sided Syria resolution (SC/10536). It illegitimately called for Assad to step down. Under international law, no nation or combination thereof, may interfere in the internal affairs of others, except in self-defense if attacked. SC/10536 also called for "further measures" for noncompliance. It resembled SC/1973 on Libya. Aggressive war followed, ravaging the country lawlessly. Russia and China want replicating Libya avoided. Passing SC/10536 risked giving Washington, NATO partners, and rogue Arab League allies responsibility to protect authority to intervene. As a ...
Military Wants $3 Billion for a War It Isn’t Fighting
Post Date: 2012-02-17 14:48:36 by bush_is_a_moonie
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Thought the Iraq war was over? The Obama administration certainly wants you to think so, the better for its re-election campaign. Inconvenient fact, though: The Pentagon is asking for nearly $3 billion for a war it isn’t actually fighting. To be specific, the Pentagon’s brand-new budget request asks for $2.9 billion for what it calls “Post-Operation NEW DAWN (OND)/Iraq Activities.” That’s almost as much money as the Pentagon spends on Darpa, its mad-science arm. And there are practically no U.S. troops in Iraq. The Pentagon’s briefing materials provide little explanation for the expense. “Finalizing transition” is the ostensible mission the Pentagon ...
Out of Control Violence in Libya
Post Date: 2012-02-17 03:46:30 by Stephen Lendman
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Out of Control Violence in Libya by Stephen Lendman Wherever NATO intervenes, massacres, mass destruction, and unspeakable horrors and human misery follow. Once Africa's most developed country, Libya today's a ravaged, out-of-control charnel house. Tens of thousands died. Multiples more were injured, made homeless, and forcibly displaced. Terror now stalks Libyans living in fear. Protracted conflict continues. Violence and instability rage. Expect no end for years. Washington's-led NATO war is one of history's great crimes. Colonization, occupation, plunder and exploitation were planned. America got another bloodstained imperial trophy. Keeping it's another matter. ...
'tube - Behind Enemy Linez "We have an Obligation" Featuring Dahlia S. Wasfi, M.D.
Post Date: 2012-02-15 15:56:03 by Jethro Tull
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Poster Comment:"Power concedes nothing without a demand."
Ron Paul: What if... ?
Post Date: 2012-02-15 14:53:45 by wakeup
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http://youtu.be/tjuUWr9vaXo http://youtu.be/HtZcD6JegTc
U.S. May Cut Nuclear Force
Post Date: 2012-02-15 10:51:57 by christine
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WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is weighing options for sharp new cuts to the U.S. nuclear force, including a reduction of up to 80 percent in the number of deployed weapons, The Associated Press has learned. Even the most modest option now under consideration would be an historic and politically bold disarmament step in a presidential election year, although the plan is in line with President Barack Obama’s 2009 pledge to pursue the elimination of nuclear weapons. No final decision has been made, but the administration is considering at least three options for lower total numbers of deployed strategic nuclear weapons cutting to around 1,000 to 1,100, 700 to 800, or 300 ...
US Continues to Provoke Iran in Persian Gulf(Is the US and/or Israel ready to murder sailors of USS Enterprise in a false flag operation in order to justify war with Iran?)
Post Date: 2012-02-15 08:05:30 by F.A. Hayek Fan
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The massive fleet of U.S. Navy warships continue to engage provocatively in the Persian Gulf, just south of Iran, while the U.S. media present Iranian patrols as deliberate threats. The Persian Gulf has been the focal point of grandstanding militarism in recent months, as U.S.-led sanctions aimed at crippling Iran’s oil and banking sectors have pushed the Iranians to threaten to close the Straits of Hormuz, through which 20 percent of the world’s oil export passes. However, a recent report from the Congressional Research Service concluded such a move is a “a low probability event” given Iran’s profoundly inferior military and naval capacity and the fact that Iran ...
Why are there Hungarian MIG-29 in Israel?
Post Date: 2012-02-14 21:47:36 by GreyLmist
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We already dealt with this question once. The thing was brought up on the hook of why Israeli airplanes drill above Romania. We dissected the issue, that presumably they practice the high hill conditions similar to Iran, and with the Hungarian aircraft they are training under desert conditions, since Iran has this aerial flight at his disposal. Carrying of MIG aircraft to Israel gained a more dangerous meaning according to the recent happenings. It appears much more logical that the Hungarian aircraft will be sacrificed. Iran is not that fool that he would leap into a war in such a way voluntarily that he attacks the American ships threatening him. The Israeli pilots will do this with the ...
Report: Russia Nuclear Disaster Narrowly Averted In Submarine Fire Russia Submarine Nuclear Disaster
Post Date: 2012-02-14 17:45:31 by tom007
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Report: Russia Nuclear Disaster Narrowly Averted In Submarine Fire Russia Submarine Nuclear Disaster First Posted: 02/14/2012 1:09 pm Updated: 02/14/2012 5:25 pm By Guy Faulconbridge MOSCOW, Feb 14 (Reuters) - Russia came close to nuclear disaster in late December when a blaze engulfed a nuclear-powered submarine carrying atomic weapons, a leading Russian magazine reported, contradicting official assurances that it was not armed. Russian officials said at the time that all nuclear weapons aboard the Yekaterinburg nuclear submarine had been unloaded well before a fire engulfed the 167-metre (550 feet) vessel and there had been no risk of a radiation leak. But the respected Vlast weekly ...
David Duke - Israel Betrays America Into War with Iran! (Vidio)
Post Date: 2012-02-14 13:21:36 by Jethro Tull
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My new video is on the horrific Zionist treachery involved in sparking a war between America and Iran. Israel Betrays America Into War with Iran! This video shows the latest Israel Firster moves to get America to spend its fortune and the blood of its young people to fight a horrific Zionist War against Iran. It includes a revealing section from Chris Matthews Hardball outlining Israeli Treachery, but obviously, no real outrage from Matthews or the pundits on MSNBC. Please be sure to rate, favorite and comment on this video! And spread it to everyone you know! Also, Don't forget my radio program is now on LIVE every day at 11am Eastern Time USA, and also available on demand only a ...
Army Officer’s Leaked Report Rips Afghan War Success Story
Post Date: 2012-02-13 09:26:39 by F.A. Hayek Fan
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An analysis by Lt. Col. Daniel Davis, which the U.S. Army has not approved for public release but has leaked to Rolling Stone magazine, provides the most authoritative refutation thus far of the official military narrative of success in the Afghanistan War since the troop surge began in early 2010. In the 84-page unclassified report [.pdf], Davis, who returned last fall after his second tour of duty in Afghanistan, attacks the credibility of claims by senior military leaders that the U.S.-NATO war strategy has succeeded in weakening the Taliban insurgent forces and in building Afghan security forces capable of taking primary responsibility for security in the future. The report, which ...
AIPAC to Obama: Attack Iran or let Israel do it
Post Date: 2012-02-12 06:07:34 by Tatarewicz
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It is clear that Israel and its neoconservative camp followers here in the United States are increasing pressure on President Obama to either attack Iran or let Israel do it.” Political analyst M.J. Rosenberg The most powerful Zionist lobbying group in the US, AIPAC, is increasing pressure on the administration of Barack Obama to launch a military strike against Iran, a political writer says. "It is clear that Israel and its neoconservative camp followers here in the United States are increasing pressure on President Obama to either attack Iran or let Israel do it," M.J. Rosenberg said. Rosenberg, who was director of policy at Israel Policy Forum, made the suggestion in ...
Iran's Historic Anniversary
Post Date: 2012-02-12 04:13:47 by Stephen Lendman
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Iran's Historic Anniversary by Stephen Lendman February 11 marked the 33rd anniversary of Iran's 1979 revolution. It ended a generation of repressive rule under Washington's installed Reza Shah Pahlavi. In late 1947, Iran demanded more revenue from its own oil. Britain's Anglo-Iranian Oil Company (AOIC) refused. In 1951, one month before Mohammad Mosaddegh became prime minister, parliament nationalized AOIC. Fair compensation was paid. Iran tried but couldn't resolve its revenue sharing dispute equitably. Economic sanctions and an oil embargo followed. British banks froze Iranian assets. Major Anglo- American oil interests supported London. Today's anti-Iranian ...
The Winter War -Excellent
Post Date: 2012-02-11 17:34:26 by tom007
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www.aljazeera.com/program...02/20122511363735905.html
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