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Latest Articles: War, War, War
Media replaying pre-Iraq script for war on Iran
Post Date: 2010-02-20 03:06:54 by Tatarewicz
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Major US news organizations, including the New York Times and the Washington Post, are engaged in a replay of the kind of slanted coverage that paved the way to war in Iraq, only this time regarding Iran. In their one-sided emphasis on treating Iraqi and Iranian leaders as evil on threats and potential threats, on imaginary WMDs, the Times, Post and nearly all other US news outlets behaved more like propaganda vehicles than professional journalism organizations. (MORE) Tatarewicz: War has been Organized Jewry's favorite gig ever since the big guy in London made a bundle on the stock market from England's war with Napoleon on false information he planted in the media (most of which ...
Reason.tv: Will The Feds Ban Your Pain Meds?
Post Date: 2010-02-17 16:55:01 by F.A. Hayek Fan
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What if you were injured and developed severe pain that wouldn't go away? Would your government let you take the kind of pain medication you need? If federal officials follow the recommendation of a Food and Drug Administration panel, many of the most effective prescription painkillers—including Vicodin, Percocet, and countless generics—would be banned. Scott Gardner says that kind of a move would be "intensely cruel." "I took Vicodin for three years," says Gardner. "I needed it. It got me through a very tough period of my life." The tough period began after a cycling accident shattered the left side of his body. After eight surgeries and ...
Vid- Gun camera: Killing civilians is nothing new
Post Date: 2010-02-17 09:52:22 by PSUSA
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That was the "greatest" generation in action.
WHAT OUR CHILDREN ARE DYING FOR IN AFGHANISTAN
Post Date: 2010-02-16 09:43:17 by Itistoolate
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WHAT OUR CHILDREN ARE DYING FOR IN AFGHANISTAN The Taliban had all but eradicated the opium growers before the US invasion. So why is cheap Afghani heroin flooding into the United States? www.thebostonchannel.com/cnn-news/21068822/detail.html whatreallyhappened.com/IM...608_opium_marines_800.JPG In Afghan fields the poppies grow. Between the crosses. Row on row.
Bin Laden: Dead and Loving It
Post Date: 2010-02-16 06:44:21 by Ada
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The tallest Arab ever wanted dead or alive by a president of the United States is still at large. Either that or he’s dead. Again. We’ve been hearing from intelligence sources and the media that bin Laden is dead for a long time. How dead can one evildoer get? In July 2002 the New York Times carried an op-ed piece that led with "Osama bin Laden is dead." Bin Laden died in December 2001, according to the author, Amir Taheri, an editor of the Paris-based journal Politique Internationale. Both Taheri and his journal have been broadly accused of questionable journalism practices. Taheri’s sources – all unnamed except for then Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, ...
Marines face fierce resistance in Afghan assault
Post Date: 2010-02-15 11:16:33 by Ada
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MARJAH, Afghanistan (Reuters) - U.S. Marines leading one of NATO's biggest offensives against the Taliban in the eight-year war are facing fierce resistance in some areas, including heavy gunfire, snipers and booby traps, U.S. officials said on Monday. Marine units have tried twice since Sunday to reach a bazaar in Marjah, the last militant stronghold in the country's most violent province, Helmand, only to be pushed back. Coming under heavy gunfire and sniper attacks -- with one assault lasting over an hour -- they were forced to call in Harrier jets and attack helicopters with Hellfire missiles. There have been conflicting assessments of how much progress NATO has made but ...
US rockets slam into Afghan home, killing 12
Post Date: 2010-02-15 07:56:22 by randge
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By ALFRED de MONTESQUIOU, Associated Press Writer Alfred De Montesquiou, Associated Press Writer – Sun Feb 14, 5:26 pm ET MARJAH, Afghanistan – Two U.S. rockets slammed into a home Sunday outside the southern Taliban stronghold of Marjah, killing 12 civilians after Afghanistan's president appealed to NATO to take care in its campaign to seize the town. Inside Marjah, Marines encountered "death at every corner" in their second day of a massive offensive to capture this bleak mud-brick city filled with booby traps, hardcore Taliban fighters and civilians unsure where to cast their loyalty. Marines confronted a fierce sandstorm as they ducked in and out of doorways ...
Haiti Is Open for Business
Post Date: 2010-02-15 05:51:03 by Stephen Lendman
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Haiti Is Open for Business - by Stephen Lendman In December 1984, Canada's conservative prime minister, Brian Mulroney, told the New York Economic Club that "Canada is open for business," meaning US companies were welcome, the two countries would work for greater economic integration, America's sovereignty took precedence of his own, and corporate interests from both countries could operate freely at the expense of most Canadians. That's always been Haiti's curse, now more than ever. Under American militarized control, Haiti is occupied for profit, its pseudo government largely invisible, and predators aim to cash in to the fullest. On January 21, in his article ...
Ridicule of Conspiracy Theories Focuses On Diffusing Criticism of the Powerful [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2010-02-12 06:41:06 by Ada
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The label "conspiracy theory" is commonly used to try to discredit criticism of the powerful in government or business. For example, just this week - after Tony Blair was confronted by the Iraq Inquiry with evidence that he had used lies to sell the Iraq war - Blair dismissed the entire Iraq Inquiry as simply being part of Britain's "obsession with conspiracy theories". (Not only did Blair know that Saddam possessed no WMDs, but the French this week accused Blair of using of ‘Soviet-style' propaganda in run-up to the Iraq war). Of course, the American government has been busted in the last couple of years in numerous conspiracies. For example, William K. ...
Talking Our Way Out of Afghanistan
Post Date: 2010-02-12 06:16:25 by Ada
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It’s becoming apparent to the foreign policy wonks in the Obama administration that the goose in Afghanistan is cooked. Now it’s only a matter of talking themselves into sticking a fork in it. The “great dilemma of this war,” as the New York Times calls it, is “whether to reconcile with the men who sheltered Osama bin Laden and who still have close ties to al-Qaeda.” That option is considered to be “rife with political risk at home” which means the neocons and their pals in the right-wing hate chorus will flay Obama alive if he takes it. The reconciliation option would also entail making nice with Taliban leader Mohammed Omar, the sleazebag we kicked ...
US may give surplus Iraq ammo to Israel
Post Date: 2010-02-12 06:07:45 by Tatarewicz
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US is considering storage of military equipment from Iraq in Israel after troops pull out at the end of next year. Some will likely be left in Iraq for its security and additional supplies will go to Afghanistan and possibly Jordan, Egypt and Saudi Arabia. Israel might receive ammunition, vehicles and specially-designed rapid cannon -- C-RAM -- that can intercept small projectiles such as mortars. Separate from this the Pentagon earlier decided to store $800-million of military supplies, including missiles and armored vehicles, in Israel. Click for Full Text!
Huckabee “Absolutely” Backs Drive to Bomb Iran [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2010-02-10 19:23:27 by christine
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Mike Huckabee, former Arkansas governor and Republican presidential candidate and now the darling who plays guitar on Fox News, wants to engage in mass murder. “The U.S. should support an Israeli military strike against Iranian nuclear installations if the Jewish state, fearing diplomacy has failed, ultimately takes that course of action, stated former Arkansas governor and Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee,” reports WorldNetDaily. Asked whether the U.S. should support an Israeli strike, Huckabee replied, “Absolutely.” “We’ve got to remember that for Iran, Israel is not the primary target. The United States is. They see [Israel] as certainly an ...
Bombs Away: Conservatives Embrace War
Post Date: 2010-02-10 11:29:26 by christine
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Leading Democrats and Republicans alike agree on the need for action against Iran. At least some liberal Democrats seem reluctant to use military force; in contrast, many conservative Republicans are eager to start bombing. While the latter say they oppose Big Government, these days they spend much of their time proposing new wars. Conservatives once resisted the imperial tendencies of government. The Founders opposed creating a standing army. Even when the nation went to war -- against Great Britain, Mexico, and Spain in the 19th century, for instance -- Washington quickly demobilized afterward. Conservatives recognized the threat to individual liberty and budget economy posed by an ...
British soldier deaths push Afghanistan toll ahead of Falklands
Post Date: 2010-02-08 20:41:31 by Ferret Mike
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British soldiers in Helmand Three British soldiers have been killed by bombs in Afghanistan during the past two days. The deaths bring the number of British Service personnel who have died in the conflict to 256 — one more than died in the Falkland islands in 1982. Two members of the Royal Scots Borderers, 1st Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland, died on Sunday on foot patrol near Sangin, Helmand province, and a soldier from 36 Engineer Regiment was killed yesterday while clearing explosive devices near Nad-e-Ali, southern Helmand. The Royal Scots Borderers servicemen died together on a foot patrol near the town of Sangin in north Helmand. They were the 254th and 255th ...
Lieberman: Impose sanctions on Iran or attack it
Post Date: 2010-02-08 11:23:04 by christine
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The world faces a stark choice between imposing tough sanctions on Iran to stop its nuclear program, or attacking it, United States Senator Joe Lieberman said Saturday. Lieberman is the influential chairman of the Senate committee on homeland security. He was speaking a day after Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said that his country was ready to accept an international swap of uranium, but only under certain conditions. “We have a choice here: to go to tough economic sanctions to make diplomacy work or we will face the prospect of military action against Iran,” Lieberman told the annual Munich Security Conference. Top U.S. commanders are already working out how such ...
The lynch-mob mentality
Post Date: 2010-02-06 09:43:19 by Ada
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If I had the power to have one statement of fact be universally recognized in our political discussions, it would be this one: The fact that the Government labels Person X a "Terrorist" is not proof that Person X is, in fact, a Terrorist. That proposition should be intrinsically understood by any American who completed sixth grade civics and was thus taught that a central prong of our political system is that government officials often abuse their power and/or err and therefore must prove accusations to be true (with tested evidence) before they're assumed to be true and the person punished accordingly. In particular, the fact that the U.S. Government, over and over, has ...
Can anyone beat 7 tours in Iraq?
Post Date: 2010-02-05 23:37:35 by Horse
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WREG channel 3 News at 10 in Memphis had a human interest story of a young girl whose father returned from Iraq after finishing his 7th tour. He is a Marine and is black. Has anyone heard of a soldier doing that many tours? I have heard a lot of men doing 5 tours.
The U.S. military has 200 troops on the ground in Pakistan
Post Date: 2010-02-05 14:05:31 by Horse
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The U.S. military has 200 troops on the ground in Pakistan. That’s about the double the previously-disclosed number of forces there. It’s a whole lot more than the “no American troops in Pakistan” promised by special envoy Richard Holbrooke. And let’s not even get into the number of U.S. intelligence operatives and security contractors on Pakistani soil. The troop levels are one of a number of details that have emerged about the once-secret U.S. war in Pakistan since three American troops were killed yesterday by an improvised bomb. The New York Times reports that the soldiers were disguised in Pakistani clothing, and their vehicle was outfitted with ...
Pakistan: Bomber may have hit US vehicle with help
Post Date: 2010-02-05 06:15:37 by Ada
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Authorities investigate whether attack on US soldiers in Pakistan was an inside job Suspicion intensified Thursday that a suicide car bomber who killed three U.S. soldiers training Pakistani troops along the Afghan border had inside information on their movements. If confirmed that Wednesday's suicide attack was aimed at the Americans, it would indicate an increased sophistication in militant tactics, as well as potential infiltration of extremists in Pakistani security forces. Thousands of Pakistanis in at least four cities, meanwhile, protested a New York jury's conviction of a U.S.-educated Pakistani woman for shooting at American security officials in Afghanistan — ...
US disagrees with Russia on Afghan drugs (Keep growing Poppies...for the Afghan poor and War on Drugs farce and Fiat currency!!)
Post Date: 2010-02-04 20:50:17 by abraxas
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US disagrees with Russia on Afghan drugs (Keep growing Poppies...for the Afghan poor and War on Drugs farce and Fiat currency!!) WASHINGTON: The United States has an “honest disagreement” with Russia over fighting drugs in Afghanistan but is cooperating with Moscow in other areas, a US official said Wednesday. President Barack Obama after taking office last year made a major policy shift by ending a military drive to destroy poppies, believing it alienated Afghanistan's poorest who only grew the crop to make money, reports AFP. “We had an honest disagreement about poppy eradication,” Richard Holbrooke, the US special envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan, told a news ...
Meeting of the Diplomats (Change?)
Post Date: 2010-02-04 17:39:42 by Deasy
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Print ThisMeeting of the Diplomats Hillary Clinton and Henry Kissinger talk about presidents, priorities--and the difficulty of winding down wars. By Jon Meacham | NEWSWEEK Published Dec 21, 2009From the magazine issue dated Jan 4, 2010 Two of the most prominent secretaries of state in recent history sat down with NEWSWEEK's Jon Meacham to discuss their relationships with their respective presidents and the difficulties of managing diplomacy during wartime. Excerpts: Meacham: What has surprised you most since becoming secretary of state?Clinton: Well, probably the intensity of the work. It's just a 24/7 job. It sounds almost banal to say, [but] it's a ...
Bush and Blair did strike Iraq deal, says Welsh MP
Post Date: 2010-02-03 13:29:30 by Ferret Mike
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A SENIOR Welsh MP said last night he knew “for certain” Tony Blair and George Bush struck a deal to invade Iraq at their notorious Crawford Ranch meeting in 2002 – a year before war was declared. Elfyn Llwyd, Plaid Cymru’s parliamentary leader, said he had seen a confidential memo to that effect, although he would not divulge its exact contents. Critics of the military action in Iraq have long suspected Mr Blair and President Bush came to an agreement at the president’s ranch in Crawford, Texas in April 2002, a claim Mr Blair denied in evidence to the Chilcot Inquiry last week. Mr Llwyd said he had offered to give evidence to the Chilcot Inquiry himself, in ...
3 U.S. Troops, Schoolgirls Die in Blast Near Pakistan School
Post Date: 2010-02-03 11:18:37 by christine
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SHAHI KOTO, Pakistan — A roadside bomb killed 3 U.S. soldiers and flattened a girls' school in northwest Pakistan on Wednesday in an attack that drew attention to a little-publicized American military training mission in the Al Qaeda and Taliban heartland. They were the first known U.S. military fatalities in Pakistan's lawless tribal regions near the Afghan border, and a major victory for militants who have been hit hard by a surge of U.S. missile strikes and a major Pakistani army offensive. The blast also killed three schoolgirls and a Pakistani soldier who was traveling with the Americans. Two more U.S. soldiers were wounded, along with more than 70 other people, mostly ...
This Is a Man: The Defiance of Omar Deghayes
Post Date: 2010-02-03 06:48:24 by Ada
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"What stuck in the minds of these men who had become murderers was simply the notion of being involved in something historic, grandiose, unique ("a great task that occurs once in two thousand years"), which must therefore be difficult to bear. This was important, because the murderers were not sadists or killers by nature; on the contrary, a systematic effort was made to weed out all those who derived physical pleasure from what they did.... Hence the problem was how to overcome not so much their conscience as the animal pity by which all normal men are affected in the presence of physical suffering. The trick used by Himmler – who apparently was rather strongly ...
Light at the End of the Afghan Tunnel?
Post Date: 2010-02-02 06:39:52 by Ada
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Is it finally light at the end of the Afghan tunnel, or an oncoming express train? Total confusion erupted last week as the US, NATO, the UN and the Kabul government all issued differing views on new plans to end the nine year Afghan war by bombarding Taliban with tens of millions in cash instead of precision bombs. One thing is clear: the US and its NATO allies are losing the war in Afghanistan in spite of their fearsome arsenal of high-tech weapons and war chests of billions of dollars. Lightly-armed Pashtun tribesmen are living up to their legendary reputation of making Afghanistan the graveyard of empires. So Washington and London, both in dire financial straits, say they are now ...
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