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Obama: War criminal will have a role in my adminstration [my title]
Post Date: 2008-10-21 13:29:31 by bluegrass
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By LAURIE KELLMAN – 1 day ago
WASHINGTON (AP) — Colin Powell will have a role as a top presidential adviser in an Obama administration, the Democratic White House hopeful said Monday.
"He will have a role as one of my advisers," Barack Obama said on NBC's "Today" in an interview aired Monday, a day after Powell, a four-star general and President Bush's former secretary of state, endorsed him.
"Whether he wants to take a formal role, whether that's a good fit for him, is something we'd have to discuss," Obama said.
Being a top presidential adviser, especially on foreign policy, would be familiar ground to Powell on a subject that's relatively new to the freshman Illinois ...
US court blocks release of Uighurs from Guantanamo
Post Date: 2008-10-21 11:54:00 by richard9151
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1 hr 1 min ago WASHINGTON (AFP) – A US federal appeals court has blocked the release of 17 Chinese Muslim Uighurs from the Guantanamo Bay prison until more legal hearings are held in November. The men have been held at the US "war on terror" detention camp for more than six years without charges. A federal judge on October 7 had ordered the men released and brought to the US capital, home to a significant Uighur community. But in a 2-1 decision, the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Tuesday upheld a demand from the US government to suspend the release and scheduled oral arguments in the case for November 24. The panel "ordered that the motion ...
Lawyers for Briton at Guantanamo: charges dropped
Post Date: 2008-10-21 11:50:48 by richard9151
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2 hrs 56 mins ago LONDON – Lawyers for a British resident held at Guantanamo say the U.S. has dropped all charges against him. Ethiopian refugee Binyam Mohamed moved to Britain when he was 15. U.S. authorities accused him of conspiring with al-Qaida leaders to attack civilians and commit other crimes. He says he was tortured in Morocco before he was sent to Guantanamo Bay. The legal charity Reprieve that represents Mohamed says charges have been dropped but he is still being held at the US prison camp. Meanwhile, his British lawyers are fighting for the release of secret government documents that they say prove he was tortured in Morocco. A Pentagon spokesman declined immediate ...
Bush won't close Gitmo: White House
Post Date: 2008-10-21 11:48:32 by richard9151
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37 mins ago WASHINGTON (AFP) – US President George W. Bush will likely not close the Guantanamo Bay prison for suspected terrorists before handing his successor the keys to the White House in January, the White House said Tuesday. "We've long said that it won't be closed before the end of the president's term," spokeswoman Dana Perino said of the facility, reviled around the world as a symbol of heavy-handed US "war on terrorism" tactics. "The president and his administration are working to get to a position where Guantanamo could be closed -- and have been for some time," she said after The New York Times reported Bush had concluded he ...
US drops charges against 5 Guantanamo prisoners
Post Date: 2008-10-21 11:44:49 by richard9151
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36 mins ago SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – The U.S. military says it is dropping war-crimes charges against five Guantanamo Bay detainees. A military spokesman says the government can renew the charges later. The chief prosecutor — Army Col. Lawrence Morris — will review material, coordinate with intelligence agencies and recommend appropriate action in each case. Spokesman Joseph DellaVedova said Tuesday the charges were dropped against Noor Uthman Muhammed, Binyam Mohamed, Sufyiam Barhoumi, Ghassan Abdullah al Sharbi and Jabran Said Bin al Qahtani. The move comes after a prosecutor for another detainee resigned, alleging the military was suppressing evidence favorable to the ...
Al-Qaeda in Iraq:Another Case of Failed Interventionism?
Post Date: 2008-10-21 05:57:45 by Ada
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I have suggested in previous columns that the al-Qaeda model of 4GW may be failing for inherent reasons, i.e., for reasons it cannot fix. "Tom Ricks's Inbox" in the Oct. 19 Washington Post offers some confirmation of that assessment. Ricks writes: "Where did al-Qaeda in Iraq go wrong? In a paper prepared for the recent annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, the Australian political scientist Andrew Phillips argues persuasively that, by their nature, al-Qaeda affiliates tend to alienate their hosts…." He then quotes Phillips at some length: "In successive conflicts ranging from Bosnia to Chechnya to Kashmir, the jihad jet-set has ...
LOOKS LIKE COLIN POWELL WILL GIVE THE OBAMA/BRZEZINSKI NEOCONS THEIR NEW WAR - PAKISTAN
Post Date: 2008-10-20 14:45:53 by christine
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Looks like Obama's new CHANGE will be more neocon war, this time in Pakistan. The Brzezinski neocons showed their latest play with Colin Powell endorsing BHO. They previously used Powell to make the case for Iraqi wmds before the UN. Necocons got their invasion. Wonder if you can find a youtube video of powell holding up that little vial of powder. The Speech that led to WAR in Iraq... Now Powell changes color by uttering all of the DNC talking points advertizing BHO, even that the next prez will nominate the next two supremes and that the repubs are allegedly moving to the far right when they are colluding with the dems to bring us socialism. Then almost immediately, Brzinzski ...
Susan Sontag was Right
Post Date: 2008-10-20 06:43:42 by Ada
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And so were Michael Moore, Noam Chomsky, and the former head of British intelligence The former head of Britain's intelligence agency, M15, says the U.S. response to the 9/11 terrorist attacks – specifically the invasion of Iraq – and the launching of a worldwide "war on terrorism" was "a huge overreaction." Those words would've gotten her in big trouble back in the bad old days, when the "warbloggers" were on the loose, Andy Sullivan was taking names, and the Susan Sontag-Noam Chomsky-Michael Moore Axis of Evil was the object of near-universal opprobrium. These days, however, her diagnosis of post-9/11 derangement syndrome is well nigh ...
Civilian Dead are a Trade-off in Nato's War of Barbarity
Post Date: 2008-10-19 16:44:52 by richard9151
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Civilian Dead are a Trade-off in Nato's War of Barbarity The killing of innocent Afghans by US bombs is the result of a calculation, not just a mistake. And it is fuelling resistance By Seumas Milne October 18, 2008 " -- -"The Guardia" -- Thursday October 16 2008 -- While the eyes of the western world have been fixed on the global financial crisis, the military campaign that launched the war on terror has been spinning out of control. Seven years after the US and Britain began their onslaught on Afghanistan to oust the Taliban and capture Osama bin Laden, the Taliban surround the capital, al-Qaida is flourishing in Pakistan and the war's sponsors have publicly ...
Obama & The Coming Military State
Post Date: 2008-10-17 23:44:27 by christine
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A NEW MILITARISM is now emerging in America and Barack Obama is about to become the figurehead for a militarized US nation. Why do I say this? I say this because the new ruling elite in America, as outlined by Webster Tarpley of Rense.com, is a “Trilateral” hawkish group made up of Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, David Rockefeller, and his 79 year old protege, Zbigniew Brzezinski. Add Henry Paulson into this “Principals Committee” and you have along with Rockefeller, the international Zionist bankers in the “Trilateral” mix. Obama appears in every photo-op as if he’s the cat that swallowed the presidential mouse. I think Obama knows something that ...
Private Military Contractors Writing the News? The Pentagon's Propaganda at Its Worst
Post Date: 2008-10-17 21:14:11 by richard9151
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www.alternet.org/waronira..._propaganda_at_its_worst/ Private Military Contractors Writing the News? The Pentagon's Propaganda at Its Worst By Liliana Segura, AlterNet. Posted October 17, 2008. Months after the Pentagon pundits flap, the Department of Defense continues to hand down contracts for propaganda in Iraq and beyond. Less than a week after the Washington Post reported that the Department of Defense will pay private contractors $300 million over the next three years to "produce news stories, entertainment programs and public service advertisements for the Iraqi media in an effort to 'engage and inspire' the local population to support U.S. objectives and the ...
How the Recession Could End the Iraq War
Post Date: 2008-10-17 20:55:28 by richard9151
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How the Recession Could End the Iraq War By TONY KARON Fri Oct 17, 1:45 pm ET John McCain has made a point throughout his campaign of pooh-poohing Barack Obama's promise to withdraw all U.S. combat forces from Iraq within 16 months of assuming office. McCain has steadfastly refused to set a withdrawal date, suggesting that to do so would be defeatist and vowing instead to bring the troops back when they've won. During Wednesday's debate, McCain saw progress in the fact that U.S. and Iraqi negotiators are close to reaching a Status of Forces agreement governing the future presence of U.S. troops there. But the agreement they're reportedly close to concluding does, in fact, ...
Child Porn Link to Islamic Terrorists
Post Date: 2008-10-17 13:49:58 by X-15
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Police raids across Britain and Europe have unearthed a link between hardcore child pornography and Islamic extremism as thousands of images of child abuse have been found on the computers of numerous suspected jihadists. It is alleged that secret messages are being encoded and embedded into child pornographic images which are then placed on secure paedophile websites and decoded by other terrorists. The Metropolitan Police found so many child porn images on the computers of Muslim terror suspects that there was a plan to instigate a research project which would explore the link. The project was shelved, however, for the bizarre reason that the police were overwhelmed with the number of ...
Enemy in Afghanistan has increased up to 30 percent in a year
Post Date: 2008-10-17 12:37:57 by richard9151
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Enemy in Afghanistan has increased up to 30 percent in a year, U.S. general tells CBS' "60 Minutes" posted by halboedeker on Oct 16, 2008 3:01:28 PM CBS' "60 Minutes" relays troubling news about the war in Afghanistan. "I'm telling you that the enemy did increase from 20 to 30 percent this last year," Maj. Gen. Jeffrey Schlosser tells Lara Logan. "I'll tell you that they are doing more complex activities, which concerns me greatly. The newsmagazine reports from a base in eastern Afghanistan, near the Pakistan border, and films a nearby firefight. A camera found after the fighting indicated that the enemy is keeping close surveillance on ...
Back from Afghanistan, Journalist Nir Rosen Says Taliban Takeover Looks "Irreversible"
Post Date: 2008-10-17 06:55:22 by Ada
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Rosen: "People no longer trust the government. People fear the police at least as much as they fear the Taliban." Amy Goodman: The United Nations envoy to Afghanistan, Kai Eide, warned the Security Council on Tuesday that violence in Afghanistan is the highest it's been in six years. He also noted positive developments in the country and cautioned against taking a "gloom and doom" approach. Earlier this week, NATO commander General David McKiernan criticized negative news reports and denied that NATO was losing the war in Afghanistan. He was speaking shortly after NATO forces repulsed a major Taliban attack on the capital of Helmand province, killing over 50 ...
Criminalizing Dissent
Post Date: 2008-10-16 05:49:34 by Ada
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US states are spying on political activists and classifying them as terrorists in order to stifle protest There's an old saying that circulates in more politically radical circles: "Protest is patriotism." In this post-September 11 world of paranoia and political expediency, however, protest, an essence of democracy, has morphed into something perfectly Orwellian: terrorism. Two recent events demonstrate how easy it is for the government to dilute words and their meanings to close off opposition and dissent. Last week, the Maryland state police disclosed that 53 nonviolent anti-war and anti-death penalty activists were tracked for 14 months in 2005 and 2006 under the ...
Iraq: US agrees to limited Iraqi jurisdiction
Post Date: 2008-10-16 00:02:25 by richard9151
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By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA, Associated Press Writer 26 minutes ago BAGHDAD - American troops could face trial before Iraqi courts for major crimes committed off base and when not on missions, under a draft security pact hammered out in months of tortuous negotiations, Iraqi officials familiar with the accord said Wednesday. The draft also calls for U.S. troops to leave Iraqi cities by the end of June and withdraw from the country entirely by Dec. 31, 2011, unless the Baghdad government asks some of them to stay for training or security support, the officials said. It would also give the Iraqis a greater role in U.S. military operations and full control of the Green Zone, the 3 1/2-square ...
Kabul Is Now Surrounded By The Taliban
Post Date: 2008-10-15 17:45:40 by Ada
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Reversal of fortune leaves Kabul under Taliban's thumb October 14, 2008 at 12:31 PM EDT KABUL — At a gas station on the outskirts of Kabul, lounging in the shade of a transport truck, Mohammed Raza describes how he escaped death. Last month, a U.S. contractor promised him $10,000 if he'd drive a truck full of diesel from Kabul to Kandahar, offering seven times more than he could earn by transporting his usual shipments of sugar. But the Taliban forbid drivers from carrying fuel to the foreign troops, he said, and the insurgents run checkpoints on the road between Afghanistan's two largest cities. He rejected the offer. One of his friends took the assignment, he said, ...
New intelligence report says Pakistan is 'on the edge'
Post Date: 2008-10-15 08:15:05 by angle
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WASHINGTON — A growing al Qaida-backed insurgency, combined with the Pakistani army's reluctance to launch an all-out crackdown, political infighting and energy and food shortages are plunging America's key ally in the war on terror deeper into turmoil and violence, says a soon-to-be completed U.S. intelligence assessment. A U.S. official who participated in drafting the top secret National Intelligence Estimate said it portrays the situation in Pakistan as "very bad." Another official called the draft "very bleak," and said it describes Pakistan as being "on the edge." The first official summarized the estimate's conclusions about the ...
REJECTED!!! by the la times blogs
Post Date: 2008-10-14 20:19:11 by wadosy
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.the la times has an article in their entertainment blog written by a guy named patrick goldstein... he's wondering "Are Hollywood's politics killing the movie business?" so i sent the following to him, but due to some cybernetic technicality ---according to the times' robot censors--- my post (below) seems to have disappeared itself. oh well Bin laden repeatedly denied involvement in 9/11. The taliban repeatedly offer to surrender bin laden if bunnypants will supply evidence of bin laden's participation in 9/11. October 7, 2001, Bunnypants starts bombing afghanistan without any proof of bin laden's involvement A month after bunnypants starts the war in ...
Rush Limbaugh Goes to War
Post Date: 2008-10-13 17:31:43 by Turtle
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The place: Rush Limbaugh's front porch. Rush: (watching TV) Okay, now throw the ball here. Now throw it there. Soldier: What're you doing, Mr. Limbaugh? Rush: Directing the war from my armchair! Oops! Another brave patriot just made the ultimate sacrifice to bring liberty to oppressed people! And to bring Jesus back! And to make sure my SUV has plenty of gas! Say, how do you like my $20 million mansion? Pretty good for a loudmouth and college dropout, huh? Soldier: You've been drafted, Mr. Limbaugh. Rush: Ha, ha! Very funny! Hand me my putter, will you? I need a break from running the war from this side of the world. Soldier: I'm serious, Mr. Limbaugh. You've been ...
Time to Face Facts in Afghanistan
Post Date: 2008-10-13 06:39:16 by Ada
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For those who savor historical irony, the Soviet Empire collapsed in the years 1989–1991 because of an implosion of its economy brought on by a ruinous arms race with the United States and the heavy costs of occupying Afghanistan. Seventeen years later came the turn of the world’s other great imperial power, the United States. Lethally bloated by runaway debt, and burdened by 50% of the world’s military spending, the house of cards known as the US economy finally collapsed. The doomsday news from New York and Washington has obscured most other world affairs. This is unfortunate because for the first time there is a flicker – and I mean only a flicker – of light at ...
Taliban leader killed by SAS was Pakistan officer
Post Date: 2008-10-12 18:53:15 by richard9151
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The Sunday Times October 12, 2008 British officials covered up evidence that a Taliban commander killed by special forces in Helmand last year was in fact a Pakistani military officer, according to highly placed Afghan officials. The commander, targeted in a compound in the Sangin valley, was one of six killed in the past year by SAS and SBS forces. When the British soldiers entered the compound they discovered a Pakistani military ID on the body. It was the first physical evidence of covert Pakistani military operations against British forces in Afghanistan even though Islamabad insists it is a close ally in the war against terror. Britain’s refusal to make the incident public ...
Pentagon Wants $450 Billion Increase Over Next Five Years
Post Date: 2008-10-12 18:50:42 by richard9151
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By Josh Rogin 11/10/08 "CQ" Pentagon officials have prepared a new estimate for defense spending that is $450 billion more over the next five years than previously announced figures. The new estimate, which the Pentagon plans to release shortly before President Bush leaves office, would serve as a marker for the new president and is meant to place pressure on him to either drastically increase the size of the defense budget or defend any reluctance to do so, according to several former senior budget officials who are close to the discussions. Experts note that releasing such documents in the twilight of an administration is a well-worn tactic, and that incoming presidents often ...
Dueling Puppets (Video)
Post Date: 2008-10-11 17:05:28 by christine
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Who's in charge? I was under the impression that Canada and Australia were sovereign countries. I guess not. This video shows the heads of both these states reading the same exact statement - word for word - supporting the invasion of Iraq. Who wrote this thing? Who distributed it? Who compelled these obvious puppets to read it? The Queen? The CIA? Who runs these people. Note: Canada's Harper was not yet Prime Minister when he made this speech selling out his country for god knows who - but he is now.
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