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Iran 'could restore ties with US'
Post Date: 2008-01-03 15:26:30 by tom007
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Iran 'could restore ties with US' Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has said relations with the US could be restored in the future. In a speech to students, he said the time was not right to restore ties, but if it were ever in Iran's interests he would endorse such a move. The US and Iran cut their diplomatic ties after the 1979 Islamic revolution and the subsequent takeover of the US embassy by militants in Tehran. Relations have been further strained by the row over Iran's nuclear programme. "We have never said these relations should be suspended indefinitely," said Ayatollah Khamenei. But he said now was not the right time because it would ...
M. Collins: Forget the Torture Tapes
Post Date: 2008-01-02 21:33:00 by Split
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CaravaggioMichael Collins"Scoop" Independent NewsWashington, D.C.There's a reflexive tendency to think the worst of the Bush-Cheney administration when scandals like the torture tapes emerge. This tendency is well justified. This administration's defining moment was the Iraq invasion. Over time, it caused death to 1.2 million civilians and the injuries of 1.1 million noncombatants. Just last week we found out that there are now five million orphans in Iraq. How can the administration and their enablers ever top that? Why shouldn't we expect the worst immediately when we hear yet another accusation of criminal or unethical conduct? Destroying torture tapes pales by ...
US general predicts record poppy haul (in Afganistan)
Post Date: 2008-01-02 21:02:09 by richard9151
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YessirreBob, we is making progress in Afganistan! Putting those poppy farmers to work right and left we are! Just as long as they work for the right distibutors, like, you know, the CIA, the MOSSAD, and MI5! 'Others' need not apply, cause we will bomb them suckers back into the hills! Wed Jan 2, 1:26 PM ET KABUL, Afghanistan - The U.S. general in charge of NATO's Afghanistan mission said Wednesday he expects another year of "explosive growth" in the country's poppy fields, a harvest militants will turn into weapons for use against Afghan and NATO troops. Gen. Dan McNeill said NATO commanders in Europe have told him to step up the counternarcotics fight this ...
2007 is record year for Afghanistan: Violence, opium trade, U.S. deaths
Post Date: 2008-01-01 16:10:27 by Brian S
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The latest: U.S. military deaths, suicide bombings and opium production hit record highs in 2007. Taliban militants killed more than 925 Afghan police, and large swaths of the country remain outside government control.Positive outlook: U.S. officials in Kabul insist things are looking up. The Afghan army is assuming a larger combat role, and militants appear unlikely to mount a major spring offensive, as had been feared a year ago. Training for Afghan police is increasing.Turmoil lingers: Still, six years after the 2001 U.S.-led invasion, violence persists in much of southern Afghanistan where the government has little presence, and recent militant attacks in Pakistan highlight a long-term ...
UK: A friendly morning encounter has left me linked with terrorism
Post Date: 2008-01-01 13:12:29 by PSUSA
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By WILLIAM JF PAUL Police stop and search target I AM now associated with the war on terror. Approached by two uniformed British Transport Police officers as I descended the steps into Waverley Station in Edinburgh, I was a little dismayed. "Good morning, Sir. My colleague and I are stopping you under Section 44 of the Terrorism Act." The police singling me out and applying "wartime" emergency powers after my morning swim was the last thing I expected on a dull Thursday. The Terrorism Act covers the UK. Following the failed attacks on Glasgow International Airport on the last day of June, the whole of Scotland has been under a Section 44 order. It gives police the ...
Blowback from an Unholy Alliance
Post Date: 2008-01-01 08:17:11 by Ada
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The U.S. and Pakistan After 9/11 Immediately after 9-11 the U.S. government began barking orders to the world, especially to the Muslim world. Perhaps echoing unconsciously the Christian scripture passages Matthew 12:30 and Luke 11:23, it proclaimed, "Either you are with us, or with the terrorists." Remember those terrifying days, of omnipresent institutionalized ritualistic grief, anger and mandated unity, when any questioning was met with official indignation, threats, or punishment? When everything was supposed to be so clear? When above all, the national need to attack somebody---some Muslims---was supposed to be obvious, and the attack on Afghanistan in particular framed as ...
Anglo-American ambitions behind the assassination of Benazir Bhutto and destabilization of Pakistan
Post Date: 2008-01-01 06:39:17 by Kamala
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Anglo-American ambitions behind the assassination of Benazir Bhutto and destabilization of Pakistan By Larry Chin Online Journal Associate Editor Dec 31, 2007, 01:15 Email this article Printer friendly page It has been known for months that the Bush-Cheney administration and its allies have been manuevering to strengthen their political control of Pakistan, paving the way for the expansion and deepening of the “war on terrorism” across the region. The assassination of Benazir Bhutto does not change this agenda. In fact, it simplifies Bush-Cheney’s options. Seeding chaos with a pretext “Delivering democracy to the Muslim world” has been the Orwellian ...
Ohio Guard call-up said to be largest since WW II
Post Date: 2008-01-01 05:18:52 by robin
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Ohio Guard call-up said to be largest since WW II ASSOCIATED PRESS COLUMBUS - The U.S. military is giving the Ohio National Guard its biggest call-up since World War II this week, sending about 1,600 troops to Kuwait, with some of them going on to Iraq. With their departure, the guard is doing more to help members' families. The 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team is spread throughout Ohio and includes another 1,100 soldiers from Michigan. Members of the unit have been deployed in individual companies or battalions since the terrorist attacks of 2001, but it's more than 60 years since so many left as one unit, Guard spokesman Maj. Nicole Gabriel said. Some 300 Ohio Guard members ...
Marine Faces Reduced Charges in Iraq Killings
Post Date: 2008-01-01 02:17:45 by tom007
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Democrats Urge Shifting US Troops to Focus on Terrorist Threats in Pakistan, Afghanistan
Post Date: 2007-12-31 13:52:39 by robin
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Democrats Urge Shifting US Troops to Focus on Terrorist Threats in Pakistan, Afghanistan By Scott Stearns White House 29 December 2007 Stearns report - Download MP3 (622k) Listen to Stearns report Congressional Democrats want President Bush to move more U.S. troops out of Iraq because they say that will better focus the military on terrorist threats in Pakistan and Afghanistan. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns reports, Mr. Bush says he will block efforts to link additional funding for the Iraqi war with a timetable for troop withdrawal. US soldiers patrol an area in Baghdad, 03 Apr 2007 Democrats used their weekly radio address to again call on President Bush ...
Historic Interview with Aaron Russo, Fighting Cancer and the New World Order
Post Date: 2007-12-31 13:31:53 by Itisa1mosttoolate
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Historic Interview with Aaron Russo, Fighting Cancer and the New World Order 1 hr 9 min 23 sec - Jan 30, 2007 Hollywood director Russo goes in-depth for first time on the astounding admissions of Nick Rockefeller, including his prediction of 9/11 ... all » and the war on terror hoax, the Rockefeller's creation of women's lib, and the elite's ultimate plan for world population reduction and a microchipped society Aaron Russo joins Alex Jones for a fascinating sit-down in depth video interview on a plethora of important subjects. Aaron begins by describing how the draconian and mafia tactics of Chicago police woke him up to the fact that America wasn't free after his ...
"Take-over-the-World Plan.": Key Pentagon strategist plots global war on terror
Post Date: 2007-12-31 04:16:01 by robin
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"Take-over-the-World Plan.": Key Pentagon strategist plots global war on terrorBy Ann Scott TysonGlobal Research, December 30, 2007 The Washington Post WASHINGTON — In the Pentagon's newly expanded Special Operations office, Assistant Secretary of Defense Michael Vickers is working to implement the U.S. military's highest-priority plan: a global campaign against terrorism that reaches far beyond Iraq and Afghanistan.The plan details the targeting of al-Qaida-affiliated networks around the world and explores how the United States should retaliate in case of another major terrorist attack. The most critical aspect of the plan, Vickers said in a recent interview, ...
We Can Wipe You Off the Map
Post Date: 2007-12-30 17:44:38 by Split
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Today, the very idea of a submarine permanently on patrol is mad Her Majesty's Submarine Vigilant is on patrol. As you read these words, down there in the Atlantic or North Sea deeps the Royal Navy Vanguard-class submarine Vigilant is moving at a fast walking pace. She is on a routine 90-day patrol mission, carrying 48 nuclear bombs with enough explosive power to kill a country. Sixteen Trident missiles can speed those bombs with a professional dart-thrower's accuracy to targets 4,600 miles away. Imagine every bomb and shell dropped and fired in World War II all going bang in the same instant. The Vigilant packs a bigger punch than that! In a safe on the vessel is a letter ...
Kristol Clear: It's Official --'NYT' Explains Hiring New 'Op-Ed' Wag
Post Date: 2007-12-30 16:47:53 by Split
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NEW YORK A day after the Huffington Post first reported it, The New York Times has announced that it has indeed hired conservative pundit, and Fox News analyst, Bill Kristol, as a new regular op-ed columnist. Liberal bloggers had been up in arms over the move. Kristol said, in an interview with Politico.com, it gave him some pleasure to see their "heads explode." Kristol was perhaps the most influential pundit of all in promoting the U.S. invasion of Iraq and has strongly defended the move ever since. Times' editorial page editor Andy Rosenthal defended the move. Rosenthal told Politico.com shortly after the official announcement Saturday that he fails to understand ...
Fighters deny Bhutto killing link
Post Date: 2007-12-29 21:12:37 by tom007
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NEWS CENTRAL/S. ASIA Fighters deny Bhutto killing link Pakistan's interior ministry said intelligence intercepts showed that al-Qaeda were behind the killing [AFP] The commander of a pro-Taliban group in Pakistan has told news agencies by phone that Baitullah Mehsud, another pro-Taliban figure, denies any involvement in Benazir Bhutto's death. Maulana Omar said on Saturday: "He [Mehsud] had no involvement in this attack. This is a conspiracy of the government, army and intelligence agencies." A Pakistani official had said on Friday it had evidence that Mehsud was responsible for the death of Bhutto, a former prime minister. Javed Cheema, an interior ministry ...
Robert Fisk: Lies and outrages... would you believe it? (The GREAT ROBERT FISK)
Post Date: 2007-12-29 20:14:51 by tom007
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Robert Fisk: Lies and outrages... would you believe it? It was Israel which attacked Egypt after Nasser closed the straits of Tiran Published: 09 June 2007 When I was a schoolboy, I loved a column which regularly appeared in British papers called "Ripley's Believe It or Not!". In a single rectangular box filled with naively drawn illustrations, Ripley - Bob Ripley - would try to astonish his readers with amazing facts: "Believe It or Not, in California, an entire museum is dedicated to candy dispensers ... Believe It or Not, a County Kerry man possesses an orange that is 25 years old ... Believe It or Not, a weather researcher had his ashes scattered on the eve of ...
Militants, PPP punch holes in Pak govt story on Bhutto death
Post Date: 2007-12-29 20:09:41 by tom007
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Militants, PPP punch holes in Pak govt story on Bhutto death Agencies Posted online: Sunday, December 30, 2007 at 0000 hrs Print Email Islamabad, DECEMBER 29:An aide of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and militant commander Baitullah Mehsud’s spokesman punched holes in the Pakistani government claim that the Pakistan People’s Party leader did not die of bullet injuries and that she was killed by Islamic militants of the Tehrik-i-Taliban. Advertisment Related Stories Pak channel airs photos of two men involved in Bhutto’s assassinationIn fear of flames, Lahore lives indoorsDeal firmly with rioters: Musharraf to forcesBhutto supporter shot dead, arson continuesShe has ...
Bhutto party accuses government
Post Date: 2007-12-29 20:07:56 by tom007
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Bhutto party accuses government Zeeshan Haider , Reuters Published: Saturday, December 29, 2007 ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Benazir Bhutto's party challenged the Pakistani government's version of the opposition leader's assassination as fresh violence on Saturday stoked fears that January 8 elections could be put off. Al Qaeda-linked militants denied being behind the killing of the 54-year-old former prime minister although the government of nuclear-armed Pakistan, a key U.S. ally in fighting terrorism, had said on Friday it had proof of their involvement. Bhutto's party dismissed the government account, saying there was no hard evidence and President Pervez Musharraf's ...
Poland to boost Afghanistan troops in wake of Bhutto assassination
Post Date: 2007-12-29 12:57:11 by robin
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WARSAW (AFP) — Poland will boost its forces in Afghanistan by 400 troops to a total of 1,600 after the assassination of Pakistan's opposition leader Benazir Bhutto, Defence Minister Bogdan Klich said Friday. "The destabilisation of the situation in Pakistan and the danger that this instability will expand in the region and to Afghanistan has forced us to reinforce our military contingent," he told the commercial TVN24 news channel. Klich said the additional troops would be deployed in April or May. The minister also said that in the future Poland wanted to assume responsibility for security operations in part of Afghanistan's Paktika province, bordering Pakistan. ...
Acquitted, peace grannies return to protesting
Post Date: 2007-12-29 02:39:35 by Ferret Mike
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-- Two weeks after being acquitted of criminal mischief charges, the anti-Iraq war group calling itself the Seriously P.O.'d Grannies returned Friday to the same sidewalk outside a Northeast Portland U.S. military recruiting center where they were arrested in April. On Good Friday, a half a dozen members of the group were busted after using washable red finger paint to leave handprints on a front window. But a Multnomah County jury found no problem with the protest, even though a judge cited them for leaving graffiti. Joseph Rose of The Oregonian was outside the recruiting station as the grannies -- and a few grandpas -- made their return. Marine and Army recruiters inside the ...
Psychologist: Gitmo detainee to be released is 'broken into pieces' (David Hicks)
Post Date: 2007-12-28 19:53:31 by robin
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Psychologist: Gitmo detainee to be released is 'broken into pieces'12/28/2007 @ 9:17 am Filed by David Edwards and Jason Rhyne The first Guantanamo Bay detainee to be convicted by an American military tribunal will be released from prison on Saturday -- but six years of harsh treatment in US custody leave him ill-prepared to readjust to normal life, a psychologist says. Australian-born David Hicks, who was captured in Afghanistan in 2001, plead guilty earlier this year to charges of providing material support for al- Qaeda terrorists. As part of his plea deal, Hicks was transferred to Australia to serve out the remainder of his sentence. Appearing in an interview with the ...
Australian 'terror' convict freed (David Hicks)
Post Date: 2007-12-28 18:24:44 by robin
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Australian 'terror' convict freed David Hicks was taken prisoner in 2001 in Afghanistan An Australian sentenced by the United States for supporting terrorism has been freed from a prison in Australia, after completing his term. David Hicks was sentenced in March in the US after spending five years in the Guantanamo Bay detention camp. Under a plea deal with prosecutors, he was jailed for seven years, with all but nine months of the sentence suspended. He was returned to Australia in May as part of the deal. David has done time for whatever Terry Hicks, David's father Hicks was released from the maximum ...
Polish Troops Face War Crimes Charges
Post Date: 2007-12-28 17:35:44 by robin
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PRAGUE, Czech Republic -- Reports that Poland's troops in Afghanistan may have committed a war crime against defenseless civilians has shocked the country's public, which remains sensitive to the performance of the Polish military abroad. In August separate Polish and U.S. patrols were reportedly struck by explosive devices. Polish reinforcements soon arrived and opened fire on a nearby village. The mortar attack on the village of Nangar Khel, close to the Afghan-Pakistani border, killed eight Afghani civilians and left three women crippled. A pregnant woman and a child were among the dead. "We are very concerned about a possible war crime -- a lot of Poles cannot believe ...
Research Shows That War Isn't Caused by Instinct
Post Date: 2007-12-28 05:10:56 by Zoroaster
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Discuss this story Print This Post E-Mail This Article Published on Thursday, December 27, 2007 by The Missourian Research Shows That War Isn’t Caused by Instinct by Bill Wickersham When writing or speaking on issues of war and peace, it is not unusual for pundits and others to make the case that war is due primarily to a human instinct that causes nation-states to engage in large scale warfare. Underlying that idea is the notion that human beings have pugnacious inner drives that require an outlet for aggressive behavior if they are to achieve their full potential in a highly competitive world in which people have to dominate others to guarantee their own survival. This theory is ...
Handing Out Brownies Will Get You Five to Ten
Post Date: 2007-12-27 23:22:25 by kiki
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Brownies Will Get You Five to Ten A Boondocks Chapter Christmas at Fort Bragg By Jason Hurd On the morning of December 17, 2007, Steve Casey and I awoke bright and early at the Quaker House in Fayetteville, North Carolina. Steve and I had driven nearly three hundred miles from our home-base in Asheville, North Carolina to distribute holiday gift bags to the wonderful servicewomen and men stationed at our nation's busiest military post--Fort Bragg. Our friends and supporters in Asheville stuffed nearly three hundred small lunch bags full of holiday cards, chocolates, cookies and home-made brownies. The gift bags had a humble feel to them: brown paper lunch sacks with the tops folded ...
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