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Latest Articles: War, War, War
Libya offer oil block contract deals to China, India
Post Date: 2011-03-20 03:38:25 by HAPPY2BME-4UM
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Libya offer oil block contract deals to China, IndiaTRIPOLI: Libya is considering offering direct oil block contracts to China, India and other nations it considers friends in its month long conflict with rebels, Libya's top oil official said on Saturday. National Oil Corporation Chairman Shukri Ghanem said Libya's crude production had fallen to less than 400,000 barrels per day from about 1.6 million before the crisis and warned that oil exports might halt altogether if output is not restored. "Because of the situation, we will be looking at giving direct block contracts to countries ready to come and work in the country because we want to increase production," he said. ...
Several dozen arrested at anti-war rally outside White House marking Iraq war
Post Date: 2011-03-19 22:48:49 by abraxas
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Several dozen arrested at anti-war rally outside White House marking Iraq war anniversary March 19, 2011 by legitgov ShareThis Several dozen arrested at anti-war rally outside White House marking Iraq war anniversary 19 Mar 2011 Several dozen anti-war protesters, including the man who leaked the Pentagon Papers on the Vietnam War, have been arrested outside the White House. Saturday's arrests are part of demonstrations in Washington and throughout the country to mark the eighth anniversary of the Iraq war. The demonstrators cheered as Daniel Ellsberg, the leaker, was arrested. _________ Meanwhile, Hypocrite Hillary meanders around the Middle East bemoaning the importance of allowing ...
American Soldiers Are WAKING UP!! SUPPORT OF TAKING AMERICA BACK!!! (StopTheRobbery2)
Post Date: 2011-03-19 21:23:23 by abraxas
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American Soldiers Are WAKING UP!! SUPPORT OF TAKING AMERICA BACK!!! (StopTheRobbery2) "We have to talk to Congress like they are f*cking children."
Washington's UN War Resolution on Libya
Post Date: 2011-03-19 05:25:20 by Stephen Lendman
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Washington's UN War Resolution on Libya - by Stephen Lendman On March 18, Washington bullied Security Council members to approve Resolution 1973, a measure authorizing war on Libya. The 10 - 0 vote included five abstentions from China, Russia, Germany, Brazil and India, objecting to sweeping terms, including wide latitude for belligerence on bogus "humanitarian" grounds. In fact, it's to replace one despot with another, perhaps assassinate Gaddafi, colonize Libya, control its oil, gas and other resources, exploit its people, privatize its state industries under Western control, establish new US bases, use them for greater regional control, and perhaps balkanize the ...
Large Opposition to Military Intervention in Libya:
Post Date: 2011-03-19 01:45:53 by GreyLmist
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As President Obama prepares to speak this afternoon on the situation in Libya, a quick look at recent polls show Americans overwhelmingly do not support military intervention. A CNN/Opinion Research poll finds 74% believe the United States should "leave it to others" to resolve the situation in Libya. A Pew Research survey finds 65% think the United States doesn't have the responsibility to do something about the fighting in Libya. A Fox News poll finds 65% oppose the U.S. military getting involved.
Poster Comment:At the recent polls link, Pew Research Center shows 82% opposed to sending troops into Libya, 77% opposed to bombing Libyan air defenses. Also in the news at ...
Ron Paul To Introduce A Bill That Says The President Can't Impose A NO-Fly Zone Over Libya
Post Date: 2011-03-18 19:45:10 by GreyLmist
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Poster Comment:The issue of US Military action to impose a No Fly Zone over Libya discussed at the 4:27 mark. Neither the Executive Branch nor the UN Security Council have the authority to order our troops to do so.
Roll Call Votes on H CON RES 28 to End the War in Afghanistan
Post Date: 2011-03-18 13:48:22 by GreyLmist
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H CON RES 28 YEA-AND-NAY 17-Mar-2011 3:30 PM QUESTION: On Agreeing to the Resolution BILL TITLE: Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove the United States Armed Forces from Afghanistan Yeas Nays PRES NV Republican..008 222 001 009 Democrat....085 099 000 008 Independent TOTALS 093 321 001 017 --- YEAS 93 --- Baldwin Bass (CA) Campbell Capuano Chaffetz Chu Cicilline Clarke (MI) Clarke (NY) Clay Cleaver Coble Conyers Costello Crowley Davis (IL) DeFazio DeGette Doyle Duncan (TN) Edwards Ellison Eshoo Farr Filner Frank (MA) Grijalva Gutierrez Hastings (FL) Hinchey Holt Honda Inslee Jackson (IL) Jackson Lee (TX) Johnson (IL) Johnson, E. ...
Canada sends six fighter-jets to help enforce Libyan no-fly zone
Post Date: 2011-03-18 01:55:13 by Tatarewicz
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The six CF-18 fighter jets Canada is sending to help enforce the new United Nations no-fly zone over Libya could leave as early as Friday to join an assembling international force, and will be based out of Southern Europe, possibly Italy. Ottawa will also send between 120 and 200 military personnel to support the planes. The Libyan assignment gives the Harper government a chance to demonstrate why Canada needs top-notch fighter jets. The Tories are under fire for committing an estimated $15-billion or more to purchase new F-35 stealth fighter, expected to arrive starting in 2016 or 2017. Although they regularly patrol North American skies, Canada’s CF-18 Hornets last saw combat ...
'Blood money' frees CIA contractor in Pakistan
Post Date: 2011-03-16 09:49:42 by PSUSA
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By BABAR DOGAR, Associated Press Babar Dogar, Associated Press – 1 hr 3 mins ago LAHORE, Pakistan – An American CIA contractor detained on suspicion of murder was released on Wednesday after families of the two Pakistanis he killed were given "blood money" and the case was dropped, Pakistani officials said. The killings and detention of Raymond Allen Davis had strained ties between Pakistan and the United States and added to anti-America sentiment. Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah said Davis was charged with murder Wednesday but then immediately pardoned by the families of the victims in exchange for compensation or "blood money", as is permitted under ...
US House to debate for 2 hours and vote Thursday whether to end the War on Afghanistan
Post Date: 2011-03-16 01:14:23 by GreyLmist
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US House to debate for 2 hours and vote on Thursday on whether to end the War on Afghanistan Submitted by davidswanson on Sat, 2011-03-12 03:14 The resolution:http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.uscongress/legislation.112hconres28 The number to call your congress member: (202) 224-3121 Timing could change, but currently set for Thursday.
Poster Comment:http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d112:hc28: Bill Summary & Status 112th Congress (2011 - 2012) H.CON.RES.28 Latest Title: Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove the United States Armed Forces from Afghanistan.Sponsor: Rep Kucinich, Dennis J. [OH-10] (introduced 3/9/2011) Cosponsors (10 ...
Karzai calls for a halt to NATO operations in Afghanistan
Post Date: 2011-03-13 00:39:25 by Tatarewicz
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"DPA" -- Kabul - Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Saturday that NATO and US should stop their operations in the war-torn country. "I ask NATO and US, with honor and humbleness and not with arrogance, to stop its operations on our soil," Karzai said in the eastern province of Kunar, according to a statement from the presidential palace. Karzai visited Kunar on Saturday morning to personally express condolences to the families of nine children who were killed by US air attacks on March 1. The children were between the age of seven and 13 and collecting firewood in the Manogay district when they came under bombardment. "Afghans want peace and security and they ...
US uses "scorched earth" to minimise casualties
Post Date: 2011-03-11 04:43:26 by Tatarewicz
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troops are employing a controversial new tactic of blowing up houses and in some cases razing Afghan villages they believe have been mined by the Taliban. The tactic, which has evolved over the past few months, has provoked unease among human rights groups and even among some soldiers carrying out the destruction but is understood to have been approved by General David Petraeus, the overall Nato commander, in December - even though it appears at odds with rules of engagement he outlined last year that urged his troops to "treat the Afghan people and their property with respect". Estimates suggest that hundreds of Afghan homes, which typically house dozens of people in extended ...
Gaddafi will pevail - US intelligence advisor
Post Date: 2011-03-11 01:09:37 by Tatarewicz
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US national intelligence director has predicted embattled Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi will defeat the rebels challenging his grip on power. James Clapper told the US Senate that Col Gaddafi's superior military force would prevail over the long term. And Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the US would not act in Libya without international authorisation. Meanwhile, Libyan rebels are fleeing the port of Ras Lanuf after sustained attacks by Col Gaddafi's forces. In Washington, Mr Clapper, who is the top intelligence adviser to US President Barack Obama, told the Senate he saw no evidence Col Gaddafi would step down from power and warned his military was stronger than had ...
Pack Journalism Promotes War on Libya
Post Date: 2011-03-10 04:28:17 by Stephen Lendman
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Pack Journalism Promotes War on Libya - by Stephen Lendman America's major media never met an imperial war it didn't love and promote, never mind how lawless, mindless, destructive and counterproductive. Despite Washington already bogged down in two losing ones, Obama's heading for another on Libya, the media pack in the lead clamoring for it, perhaps by "shock and awe," supplemented by special forces death squads on the ground recruiting, inciting, and arming opposition elements. Notably favoring intervention, a New York Times February 24 editorial headlined, "Stopping Qaffafi," saying: Unless he's stopped, he'll "slaughter hundreds or even ...
US Gov't Attorneys: Providing a List of Charges to Those on Terror Lists 'Extremely Burdensome'
Post Date: 2011-03-09 22:19:52 by CadetD
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Defense lawyers for organizations on the U.S. government's "terror list" are frustrated fighting the designation, and seizure of assets in many cases, because the government claims it is too tedious to give an explanation of the charges. "It would be extremely burdensome to give a list of charges," said the government's attorney, Douglas Letter, the Associated Press reported today: Attorneys for the U.S. government told a federal appeals court Wednesday that informing each person and organization listed as a global terrorist of the reasons they are so designated would be too much work. They made the argument in a case involving the government's seizure of ...
151 Congressmen Profit From War [2008]
Post Date: 2011-03-09 19:58:43 by GreyLmist
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151 Congressmen Profit From War 30th April 2008 | General News, War / Terrorism News Who profits from the Iraq war? More than a quarter of senators and congressmen have invested at least $196 million of their own money in companies doing business with the Department of Defense (DoD) that profit from the death and destruction in Iraq. According to the latest reports, 151 members of Congress invested close to a quarter-billion in companies that received defense contracts of at least $5 million in 2006. These companies got more than $275.6 billion from the government in 2006, or $755 million per day, according to FedSpending.org, a website of the watchdog group OMBWatch. Congressmen gave ...
Ron Paul "Our Success At Providing A Free Society For Iraq Is A Total Failure!"
Post Date: 2011-03-09 18:05:38 by F.A. Hayek Fan
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Gates Says U.S. May Stay in Afghanistan Past 2014 Deadline
Post Date: 2011-03-07 16:49:18 by Phant2000
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Defense Secretary Robert Gates said from Afghanistan on Monday that the U.S. military is well positioned to start withdrawing some troops in July, though he said a U.S. presence may remain in the country past the 2014 deadline to transfer security control to local forces. Gates arrived in Afghanistan on Monday on an unannounced trip to meet with Afghan President Hamid Karzai and visit the country's restive eastern and southern provinces to assess conditions as he decides how many troops to withdraw in July. Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morrell told reporters en route to Afghanistan that "there are more talks to take place and more work to be done once [Gates] is home," before any ...
Out-of Control Human Rights Abuses in Iraq
Post Date: 2011-03-06 05:15:29 by Stephen Lendman
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Out-of-Control Human Rights Abuses in Iraq - by Stephen Lendman On February 21, a Human Rights Watch (HRW) press release headlined, "Iraq: Vulnerable Citizens at Risk," announcing its new report titled, "At a Crossroads: Human Rights in Iraq Eight Years After the US- Led Invasion." Besides many others, two previous articles discuss more, accessed through the following links: http://sjlendman.blogspot.com/2010/09/one-of-historys-greatest-crimes_7099.html http://sjlendman.blogspot.com/2010/10/us-war-crimes-in-fallujah.html The top link explains that over the past two decades, America devastated Iraq by genocide, vast destruction, terror, occupation, and contamination - ...
America's War on Libya
Post Date: 2011-03-06 04:51:54 by Stephen Lendman
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America's War on Libya - by Stephen Lendman Since WW II alone, America waged direct and proxy wars against Korea, Southeast Asia, Central and South American countries, African ones, Iraq, Afghanistan, Palestine, and now Egypt and Libya. One down, one to go, besides dozens of attempted and successful coups, as well as numerous other interventions to control world markets, resources and people. Imperial America doesn't sleep. It plots, deciding where next to strike. Despite popular passion for democratic change, uprisings in Egypt and Libya were externally orchestrated, funded and armed by Washington to replace one despot with another. Democracy won't be tolerated. It's ...
Screw the Troops
Post Date: 2011-03-05 13:42:25 by christine
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You see them here and there, usually in countries where they can afford to live, barely—Thailand, Cambodia, Mexico. They are the Pentagon’s throwaways. There is the old guy, old now anyway, who took several rounds in one of our previous pointless wars, one in Asia, and ended in constant irremediable pain. Little was, or is, visibly wrong with him. Nerve damage is hard to see. Some parts don’t move as well as they ought, but it’s nothing he couldn’t live with. So he gets a small disability pension and lives on ferocious pain killers, always. They make his mind gauzy and when he gets important letters from the government, such as those to see whether he is still ...
ROTC teen opposes drinking rights for young military
Post Date: 2011-03-05 11:43:42 by RidleyReport
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PppcHG-xWlM
Court rejects Davis’ claim of immunity
Post Date: 2011-03-04 17:42:43 by Original_Intent
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Court rejects Davis’ claim of immunity * Additional district and sessions judge rules US national has failed to produce any legitimate document proving his diplomatic immunity * Court adjourns case until 8th LAHORE: A lower court on Thursday rejected the application of US national Raymond Davis seeking diplomatic immunity from murder trial against him. The court held that the accused did not enjoy immunity, as the certificate required to substantiate his diplomatic status had not been submitted by the Foreign Ministry. Additional District and Sessions judge, Muhammad Yousaf Aujla, was hearing the murder trial inside the Kot Lakhpat Jail against Davis for killing two Pakistanis. ...
ATF Orders Immediate Review of Gun-Running Operation
Post Date: 2011-03-04 06:52:21 by noone222
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Updated: 3/3/2011, 7:45 pm | The head of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosive on Thursday night ordered an outside evaluation of his agency's efforts to combat Mexican gun trafficking following a Center for Public Integrity report that ATF supervisors allowed more than 1,700 guns to flow to straw buyers with the expectation the weapons might cross the border and even be used in crimes. The Center’s story quoted an ATF agent, John Dodson, who blew the whistle on the operation after his supervisors repeatedly cast aside frontline agents’ concerns that the weapons ATF let “walk” might be deployed in crimes on both sides of the border. The ...
Our Man in Pakistan
Post Date: 2011-03-03 05:10:08 by Stephen Lendman
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Our Man in Pakistan - by Stephen Lendman Raymond A. Davis, CIA agent, is one of many working covertly with assets infesting virtually all countries worldwide, especially ones vital to America's imperial agenda. On February 21, New York Times writers Mark Mazzetti, Ashley Parket, Jane Perlez and Eric Schmitt headlined, "American Held in Pakistan Worked with CIA." Correction - worked for the CIA, conducting intelligence covertly, spying on Pakistan for Washington, The Times saying: On January 27, he was arrested and detained for shooting two men at a crowded Lahore traffic stop. Washington called it a botched robbery attempt. Pakistan charged him with murder and possession ...
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