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Latest Articles: War, War, War
Europeans see what America cannot
Post Date: 2008-02-13 10:39:43 by richard9151
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It is becoming more and more clear; reality is a bitch, and her name is Afganistan..... 11/02/08 "Edmonton Sun" - -- -At this week's NATO conference in Vilnius, Lithuania, an angry U.S. Secretary of Defence Robert Gates accused some Europeans of not being prepared to "fight and die" in Afghanistan in the battle against the Taliban. The undiplomatic Gates is quite right. Most Europeans regard the Afghan conflict as a) wrong and immoral; b) America's war; c) all about oil; or d) probably lost. To many Europeans, the NATO alliance was created to deter the real threat of Soviet aggression, not to supply foot soldiers for George Bush's wars in the Muslim world. ...
The US-NATO Preemptive Nuclear Doctrine -- Trigger a Middle East Nuclear Holocaust to Defend "The Western Way of Life"
Post Date: 2008-02-13 10:24:24 by richard9151
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11/02/08 "Global Research" What the Western allies face is a long, sustained and proactive defence of their societies and way of life. To that end, they must keep risks at a distance, while at the same time protecting their homelands. International terrorism today aims to disrupt and destroy our societies, our economies and our way of life. ... These different sources of [Islamist] propaganda and/or violence vary in their intellectual underpinnings, sectarian and political aims, ... . But what they have in common is an assault on the values of the West – on its democratic processes and its freedom of religion... Notwithstanding the common perception in the West, the ...
How the spooks took over the news
Post Date: 2008-02-12 21:12:09 by robin
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How the spooks took over the news In his controversial new book, Nick Davies argues that shadowy intelligence agencies are pumping out black propaganda to manipulate public opinion – and that the media simply swallow it wholesale The letter argued that al-Qa'ida, which is a Sunni network, should attack the Shia population of Iraq: "It is the only way to prolong the duration of the fight between the infidels and us. If we succeed in dragging them into a sectarian war, this will awaken the sleepy Sunnis." Later that day, at a regular US press briefing in Baghdad, US General Mark Kimmitt dealt with a string of questions about The New York Times report: "We believe ...
Bolton: McCain Could Be Better Than Bush On Iran
Post Date: 2008-02-12 13:02:33 by Brian S
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Washington - Former United Nations Ambassador John Bolton, one of the Bush administration's most outspoken and hawkish former diplomats on the issue of nuclear nonproliferation, predicted John McCain could be an improvement over George W. Bush on the nuclear threat from Iran should he become president. While he praised Mr. Bush for what he believes are valiant efforts to ensure that Iran does not become a nuclear state, he feels that officials in the state department and the intelligence community have consciously worked to hamstring his ability to do so effectively, particularly through the issuance of a National Intelligence Estimate suggesting the Iranians halted their nuclear ...
Powell warns against deadline for US withdrawal in Iraq
Post Date: 2008-02-12 08:51:42 by angle
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WASHINGTON: Describing the situation in Iraq as a "civil war", former US Secretary of State Colin Powell has warned against setting arbitrary dates for withdrawal of American troops from the war-ravaged country. Powell cautioned Democratic presidential front-runners Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama not to fall for the easy political solution of setting timetables for withdrawal from Iraq. "The big issue here is at what rate can the Iraqis be responsible for assuming their own security? Remember, the purpose of the surge and the continued presence of US troops was to create an environment in which the Iraqis can surge. And that really is the thing we have to measure. How ...
Europeans See What Americans Cannot
Post Date: 2008-02-12 06:05:24 by Ada
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At this week's NATO conference in Vilnius, Lithuania, an angry U.S. Secretary of Defence Robert Gates accused some Europeans of not being prepared to "fight and die" in Afghanistan in the battle against the Taliban. The undiplomatic Gates is quite right. Most Europeans regard the Afghan conflict as a. wrong and immoral; b. America's war; c. all about oil; or d. probably lost. To many Europeans, the NATO alliance was created to deter the real threat of Soviet aggression, not to supply foot soldiers for George Bush's wars in the Muslim world. While Gates and the Harper government were pleading for more troops, the commander of the 40,000 NATO troops in Afghanistan, ...
Bush Calls on France for Help
Post Date: 2008-02-12 05:50:14 by Ada
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"We support the troops!" That's the excuse the Democrats have given for continuing to fund Bush's aggression against Iraq and Afghanistan. But, of course, war funding doesn't support the troops. War funding supports an evil machine that chews up and spits out the lives and well-being of the troops, along with that of hundreds of thousands of Iraqi and Afghan, men, women, and children. War funding supports Bush's aggression in Iraq and Afghanistan and his continuing efforts to occupy both countries in order to turn them into puppet states. Polls show that a majority of the troops and their families do not support Bush's aggression. The fact that Ron Paul's ...
Army Buried Study Faulting Iraq Planning
Post Date: 2008-02-11 19:59:03 by Brian S
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WASHINGTON — The Army is accustomed to protecting classified information. But when it comes to the planning for the Iraq war, even an unclassified assessment can acquire the status of a state secret. That is what happened to a detailed study of the planning for postwar Iraq prepared for the Army by the RAND Corporation, a federally financed center that conducts research for the military. After 18 months of research, RAND submitted a report in the summer of 2005 called “Rebuilding Iraq.” RAND researchers provided an unclassified version of the report along with a secret one, hoping that its publication would contribute to the public debate on how to prepare for future ...
F. William Engdahl's "A Century of War" - Part I
Post Date: 2008-02-11 06:25:58 by Stephen Lendman
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F. William Engdahl's "A Century of War" (Part I) - by Stephen Lendman F. William Engdahl is a leading researcher, economist and analyst of the New World Order who's written on issues of energy, politics and economics for over 30 years. He contributes regularly to publications like Japan's Nihon Keizai Shimbun, Foresight magazine, Grant's Investor.com, European Banker and Business Banker International. He's also a frequent speaker at geopolitical, economic and energy related international conferences and is a distinguished Research Associate of the Centre for Research on Globalization where he's a regular contributor. Engdahl wrote two important books. ...
US army sniper convicted of killing unarmed Iraqi civilian
Post Date: 2008-02-10 17:17:17 by richard9151
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For those who read this, you should remember, in all cases, what you are hearing about Iraq is happening with just 'good ol boys' from the US. Men, and, yes, boys, who grew up in America, and if you think that what they are doing is, somehow, odd or unexplainable, then you have little understanding of human nature and how it is programable. Sunday, February 10, 2008 BAGHDAD - A U.S. Army sniper accused of killing an unarmed Iraqi civilian and planting evidence on his body was found guilty on all charges Sunday. Jurors deliberated for three hours before finding Sgt. Evan Vela guilty of murder without premeditation. He had previously been charged with premeditated murder, but that ...
Attacks Kill 41 in Iraq; Gates Visits Baghdad
Post Date: 2008-02-10 14:18:13 by Brian S
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A suicide car bombing has killed at least 19 people in central Iraq, and 22 others died in fighting in the northwest of the country. The new violence came as U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates made an unannounced visit to Baghdad for talks with U.S. commanders and Iraqi leaders. Iraqi officials say Sunday's car bombing happened near a market and an Iraqi army checkpoint on the outskirts of Balad, a town north of Baghdad. Insurgents also raided several villages in northwestern Iraq, triggering battles with neighborhood militias that killed at least 22 people. A neighborhood militia leader opposed to al-Qaida in Iraq says the fighting began when gunmen stormed villages near the city ...
Iraq and Pentagon Waste, Fraud, and Criminal Contracts
Post Date: 2008-02-09 21:26:40 by robin
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Iraq and Pentagon Waste, Fraud, and Criminal Contracts Bill Moyers talks about the huge amount of waste and corruption under the Bush Administration when it comes to Iraq and the Pentagon.
Pentagon Plots Sim Iraq for Propaganda Tests
Post Date: 2008-02-09 20:57:30 by robin
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The Office of the Secretary of Defense is trying to figure out how to beat jihadists in the propaganda war. One tool they figure could help: a computer model of "Human, Social, and Cultural Behavior" in Middle Eastern locales. OSD isn't the first arm of the Pentagon looking to build its version of Sim Iraq. But this is the first one I've heard of that focuses in on the touchy subject of strategic communications. The OSD's new "Human, Social, and Cultural Behavior Modeling" program is looking for ways to combine "game-based, agent-based, [or] systems dynamics" sims (and maybe even "cellular automata") into a virtual country close enough to ...
Bombs Kill Five US Soldiers In Iraq: Military
Post Date: 2008-02-09 19:58:50 by Brian S
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BAGHDAD (AFP) — Five US soldiers were killed in separate roadside bomb attacks in Iraq, four of them when their vehicle was ripped apart in a blast near the town of Taji, the US military said on Saturday. "Four soldiers were killed when their vehicle struck an improvised explosive device (IED) while the soldiers were conducting a combat patrol northwest of Baghdad" on Friday, it said in a statement. Military spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Steven Stover said the vehicle hit the roadside bomb while on patrol near Taji, 30 kilometres (18 miles) north of Baghdad. "It was a deeply-buried IED. This is the signature of Al-Qaeda," Stover told AFP. In a separate incident ...
Media Language and War: Manufacturing Convenient Realities
Post Date: 2008-02-09 15:20:12 by robin
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In the competitive world of media today, swift and conveniently selective reporting is of prime importance. Google News, for example, claim to scan 4,500 news sources, of which only a few are highlighted as main stories. There are thousands of similar services, all competing to produce a story in the fastest time. Thorough - and thus slower - reporting is relegated and crucial information often appears too little too late. The Iraq story, which has occupied a huge proportion of headline news for years, serves as a good example of this.On February 1st, only a few minutes apart, two Iraqi women detonated themselves in two crowded pet markets in the Iraqi capital. Authorities said that 98 ...
Documentary: Military brass frequently viewed hooded, shackled detainees
Post Date: 2008-02-09 14:57:46 by robin
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I was kidnapped; abducted, forced imprisoned, tortured, threatened with further torture, without charge. Without trial. Even many soldiers had said to me afterwards...if you weren't a terrorist when you came in here, by the time you leave, I'm sure you would be because of the way you've been treated.--Bagram detainee Moazzam Begg Flying in the face of statements members of the Bush Administration have made denying the use, and advocacy, of torture in their war effort, evidence of brutal treatment of captives continues to accumulate. PBS' Bill Moyers delves into Oscar-nominated documentary "Taxi to the Dark Side," highlighting an Afghan taxi driver who was ...
G.I. Tells of Ordering Unarmed Iraqi’s Death
Post Date: 2008-02-09 12:21:16 by robin
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February 9, 2008 G.I. Tells of Ordering Unarmed Iraqi’s Death By SOLOMON MOORE CAMP LIBERTY, Iraq — A top Army sniper testified Friday in a military court that he had ordered a subordinate to kill an unarmed Iraqi man who wandered into their hiding position near Iskandariya, then planted an AK-47 rifle near the body to support his false report about the shooting. Under a grant of immunity, the sniper, Sgt. Michael A. Hensley, an expert marksman and sniper trainer, testified in the court-martial of Sgt. Evan Vela. Sergeant Vela is accused of murder, impeding a military investigation and planting evidence to cover up an unjust shooting. An earlier charge of premeditated murder was ...
Guantanamo Legal Adviser Refuses To Say Iranians Waterboarding Illegal
Post Date: 2008-02-09 03:09:47 by wudidiz
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L.A. Times: "Ron Paul forces Mitt Romney out of the GOP race" (!)
Post Date: 2008-02-08 23:06:00 by Artisan
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Ron Paul forces Mitt Romney out of the GOP race Clearly spooked by a few of Rep. Ron Paul's second-place finishes kind of close behind him, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney has dropped out of the race for the Republican presidential nomination. Romney was so flustered in his dropout speech to the Conservative Political Action Committee in Washington Thursday, that he didn't even mention Ron Paul. That's not unusual, actually. Hardly any other candidate and virtually no major media, especially CNN, has mentioned his name for the last year, so terrified are they of his stare and his libertarian-like views, including downsizing the federal government, bringing American ...
War Demands Strain US Military Readiness
Post Date: 2008-02-08 22:04:29 by robin
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WASHINGTON — A classified Pentagon assessment concludes that long battlefield tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, along with persistent terrorist activity and other threats, have prevented the U.S. military from improving its ability to respond to any new crisis, The Associated Press has learned. Despite security gains in Iraq, there is still a "significant" risk that the strained U.S. military cannot quickly and fully respond to another outbreak elsewhere in the world, according to the report. Last year the Pentagon raised that threat risk from "moderate" to "significant." This year, the report will maintain that "significant" risk level _ pointing ...
Shia call on Mehdi Army to take up arms again in Iraq
Post Date: 2008-02-07 19:52:25 by richard9151
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Thursday, 7 February 2008 In the alleys of the ancient district of al-Salaikh in Baghdad, a Shia family fought a fierce gun battle with Sunni militiamen who tried to stop them reoccupying their house from which they had been forced to flee months earlier. The Shia family got the worst of the fighting and, after suffering seven dead, sent a desperate message asking for help to the Mehdi Army, the powerful Shia militia of the Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr that once would have rushed to defend them. On this occasion, however, the local Mehdi Army commander turned them down, saying: "We can do nothing because we are under orders not to break the ceasefire." It is this six-month ...
U.S. military officials wary of China's expanding fleet of submarines
Post Date: 2008-02-07 19:22:44 by X-15
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For a procession of senior U.S. military commanders who have visited China in recent years, the complaint has become almost routine. As part of a sustained military buildup, they say, China is investing heavily in so-called area-denial weapons without explaining why it needs them. The term area-denial weapons refers to a combination of armaments, technology and tactics that could be used to dominate a specific area or keep opposing forces at bay in a conflict. And one of the most formidable examples U.S. commanders identify is the Chinese Navy's rapidly expanding fleet of nuclear and conventional submarines. "I would say that the U.S. feels a strong threat from Chinese ...
The New Crime of Thinking
Post Date: 2008-02-07 15:44:06 by ghostdogtxn
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American Al Qaida ('former' Zionist) Killed?
Post Date: 2008-02-07 15:14:49 by ghostdogtxn
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Moussaoui Prosecutor May Have Known That CIA Tapes of Terror Interrogations Were Destroyed
Post Date: 2008-02-07 14:48:33 by robin
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The lead prosecutor in the terror case against Zacarias Moussaoui may have known the CIA destroyed tapes of its interrogations of an al-Qaida suspect more than a year before the government acknowledged it to the court, newly unsealed documents indicate. The documents, which were declassified and released Wednesday by the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, detail efforts by Moussaoui's attorneys to send the case back to a lower federal court to find out whether the tapes should have been disclosed and whether they would have influenced his decision to plead guilty. In a Dec. 18, 2007, letter to the appeals court's chief judge, the Justice Department acknowledged that its lead ...
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