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US to Launch Fallujah-style Attack in Afghanistan

Global Research, February 8, 2010

World Socialist Web Site - 2010-02-06

As US and British troops prepare to attack the town of Marjah in Afghanistan’s Helmand Province, military commanders and the media are openly comparing the operation to the November 2004 siege of Fallujah, one of the bloodiest war crimes of the Iraq war.
The operation in central… »»»

The US Military: A Mindset of Barbarism

uruknet.de 2-6-2010
Dahr Jamail

(Image: Lance Page / t r u t h o u t; Adapted: The U.S. Army)t r u t h o u t, February 6, 2010
On December 27, in the eastern Kunar region of Afghanistan, ten Afghans, eight of whom were schoolchildren, were dragged… »»»

Veiled Threats Directed against Russia: U.S. Expands Missile Shield Into Black Sea

Rick Rozoff uruknet.de 2-6-2010
Stop Nato, February 6, 2010
When Romanian President Traian Basescu disclosed on February 4 that his nation’s Supreme Defense Council had “approved a U.S. proposal that Romania takes part in the anti-rocket shield system” and that “Terrestrial interceptors will be located inside the national territory,” [1] many readers may have… »»»

Yemen and The Militarization of Strategic Waterways

Securing US Control of Socotra Island and the Gulf of Aden
by Michel Chossudovsky
Global Research, February 7, 2010

The Yemeni archipelago of Socotra in the Indian Ocean is located some 80 kilometres off the Horn of Africa and 380 kilometres South of the Yemeni coastline. The islands of Socotra are a wildlife reserve recognized by… »»»

International Criminal Court Complaint Filed Against Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Tenet, Rice, Gonzales

by Prof. Francis A. Boyle

Global Research, January 20, 2010
After Downing Street - 2010-01-19
INTERNATIONAL ARREST WARRANTS REQUESTED
Professor Francis A. Boyle of the University of Illinois College of Law in Champaign, U.S.A. has filed a Complaint with the Prosecutor for the International Criminal Court (I.C.C.) in The Hague against U.S. citizens George W. Bush, Richard… »»»

Cynthia McKinney: McKinney To Receive Munich American Peace Committee Peace Prize

Thu February 4, 2010 at 8:11pm
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John Judge (citizenswatch@starpower.net)
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In Munich, Member MAPC
McKinney To Receive Munich American Peace Committee Peace Prize
“Clearly, the MAPC gave more thought to the significance of those whose struggle for peace is based on principle . . . than did the Nobel Peace… »»»

Deek Jackson - “NWO Blues”

NWO Blues Deek Jackson
Source… »»»

Egyptian sources: Israel prepares to strike Iran from Gulf and N. Iraq

DEBKAfile Exclusive Report February 3, 2010
Arab voices were fanning Middle East war fever Wednesday night, Feb. 3. debkafile’s military sources report that not only are Syrian leaders beating war drums - Syrian foreign minister Walid Muallem said in Damascus: “Israelis, do not test the power of Syria since you know the war will move into… »»»

9/11 The Musical - “OSama Bin Laden”

Source… »»»

Chomsky & Klein on Obama’s First State of the Union & Remembering Howard Zinn _on Anti-War Teachin

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Mohammed Ismail of QW Magazine_on Kevin Barrett Show

This show was broadcast February 2, 2010.
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Tony Blair testifies before inquiry re: War Criminal charges

Tony Blair, War Criminal, Testifies Before Inquiry
By Chris Marsden
Global Research, February 1, 2010
World Socialist Web Site - 2010-01-30
Former Prime Minister Tony Blair’s testimony before the Chilcot inquiry into the 2003 Iraq war marks him down once more as a war criminal. His testimony made clear that he collaborated in preparing an illegal war of aggression,… »»»

Will the Dragon Awake?

original.antiwar.com
2-1-2010
Justin Raimondo
What country does the US fail to officially recognize, and yet is legally bound to defend?
The answer is Taiwan, otherwise known as the Republic of China (ROC), a country born as the last redoubt of Chiang Kai-shek and his Nationalist army, which fled to the… »»»

9/11, Deep Events, and the Curtailment of U.S. Freedoms

A talk delivered to the New England Antiwar Conference, MIT, January 30, 2010.
By Prof Peter Dale Scott

Global Research, January 31, 2010

Hello everyone! I’m honored to be invited to this important anti-war conference. As I am in the final stages of editing my next book, The Road to Afghanistan, I have been turning down invitations… »»»

Libya strikes billion-dollar Russian arms deal

Vladimir Putin
Libya strikes billion-dollar Russian arms deal
(AFP) – 10 hours ago
MOSCOW — Libya has struck a deal to buy Russian arms worth almost two billion dollars, Russian news agencies quoted Prime Minister Vladimir Putin as saying Saturday.
“Yesterday (Friday), a contract worth 1.3 billion euros (1.8 billion dollars) was signed. It does not only involve firearms”,… »»»

The Fateful Geological Prize Called Haiti

By F. William Engdahl

Global Research, January 30, 2010

President becomes UN Special Envoy to earthquake-stricken Haiti.
A born-again neo-conservative US business wheeler-dealer preacher claims Haitians are condemned for making a literal ‘pact with the Devil.’
Venezuelan, Nicaraguan, Bolivian, French and Swiss rescue organizations accuse the US military of refusing landing rights to planes bearing necessary medicines… »»»

Bases, Missiles, Wars: U.S. Consolidates Global Military Network

By Rick Rozoff
Global Research, January 27, 2010
Stop NATO - 2010-01-26
Afghanistan is occupying center stage at the moment, but in the wings are complementary maneuvers to expand a string of new military bases and missile shield facilities throughout Eurasia and the Middle East.
The advanced Patriot theater anti-ballistic missile batteries in place or soon to… »»»

Another faked Bin Laden tape?

Bin Laden’s Impeccable Timing Boosts Obama Ahead Of SOTU Address
Another State Of The Union Address preceded … »»»

Experimental bomb to create huge tidal wave was tested in 1944

Kathy Marks in Sydney
Monday, 27 September 1999
independent.co.uk
SECRET WARTIME experiments were conducted off the New Zealand coast to perfect a bomb that could trigger devastating tidal waves, according to government files declassified in Auckland.
The New Zealand Herald, citing the files, said that senior United States defence officials believed the weapon had the potential to be… »»»

Tsunami bomb NZ’s devastating war secret

nzherald.co.nz
28 September 1999
Top-secret wartime experiments were conducted off the coast of Auckland to perfect a tidal wave bomb, declassified files reveal.
An Auckland University professor seconded to the Army set off a series of underwater explosions triggering mini-tidal waves at Whangaparaoa in 1944 and 1945.
Professor Thomas Leech’s work was considered so significant that United States defence… »»»

Howard Zinn, historian who challenged status quo, dies at 87

By Mark Feeney and Bryan Marquard, Globe Staff
1-27-2010
Boston.com
Howard Zinn, the Boston University historian and political activist who was an early opponent of US involvement in Vietnam and whose books, such as “A People’s History of the United States,” inspired young and old to rethink the way textbooks present the American experience, died today in Santa… »»»

Presidential assassinations of U.S. citizens

Wednesday, Jan 27, 2010 06:28 EST
By Glenn Greenwaldsalon.com

A.P.
A Yemeni anti-terrorist soldier.

(updated below - Update II)
The Washington Post’s Dana Priest today reports that “U.S. military teams and intelligence agencies are deeply involved in secret joint operations with Yemeni troops who in the past six weeks have killed scores of people.”  That’s no surprise, of course, as Yemen is… »»»

‘Anti-War & I Have a Dream Speeches’–Dr. Martin Luther King_on Anti-War Teachin

This show was broadcast January 23, 2010.
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U.S.-China Military Tensions Grow

by Rick Rozoff 1-20-2010 globalresearch.ca

Even though the U.S. military budget is almost ten times that of China’s (with a population more than four times as large) and Washington plans a record $708 billion defense budget for next year compared to Russia spending less than $40 billion last year for the same, China and… »»»

Video: Corrupt Government Forces Afghans To Spend More Than 1/3 Of Income On Bribes

1-21-2010 uruknet.de
rethinkafghanistan

January 21, 2010

Learn more at http://rethinkafghanistan.com.
A new report published by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime reveals that bribery consumes an amount equal to 23 percent of the GDP of Afghanistan. Afghans are forced by corrupt government culture to pay more than a… »»»

Defense Secretary Robert Gates Confirms Blackwater in Pakistan

rebelreports 1-21-2010

By Jeremy Scahill
In an interview with the Pakistani TV station Express TV, Defense Secretary Robert Gates confirmed that the private security firms Blackwater and DynCorp are operating inside Pakistan. “They’re operating as individual companies here in Pakistan,” Gates said, according to a DoD transcript of the interview. “There are rules concerning the contracting… »»»

American “Holy Wars.” — Howard Zinn_on Anti-War Progressive Teachin

This show was broadcast January 16, 2010.
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Every Saturday - Anti-War - Progressive Truth Teach-in at 9:00am Pacific — 12 noon Eastern — 17:00 GMT Will be archived here after the broadcast by Monday. American “Holy Wars.” — Howard Zinn Howard Zinn is an… »»»

Torture Murders at Gitmo Revealed

1-20-2010
democracynow.org
Casting Doubt on US Claims of Suicide, Attorney Scott Horton Reveals 3 Gitmo Prisoners Died After Torture at Secret Site
 New evidence has emerged suggesting three Guantánamo prisoners whom the US claims  took their own lives in June 2006 died not from suicide, but torture. A six-month investigation by Harper’s Magazine indicates the three prisoners were… »»»

Israel steps up arrests of grassroots activists

electronicintifada.net1-20-2010
Press release, Adalah-NY, CodePink: Women for Peace, Jewish Voice for Peace and the US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation, 20 January 2010
The following press release was issued by Adalah-NY, CodePink: Women for Peace, Jewish Voice for Peace and the US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation on 19 January 2010:
Israel must end a… »»»

Prof. Douglas Rushkoff, author of ‘Life, Inc.’

This show was broadcast on January 19, 2010.
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Coming up Tuesday at 9:00 am Pacific - 12:00 Noon Eastern - 17:00 GMTWill be archived here after the broadcast by Tuesday evening. “THE KEVIN BARRETT SHOW” Tuesday–Live Interview with the author of… »»»

Oil in Haiti - Economic Reasons for the UN/US occupation

OCTOBER 13, 2009
Ezili Dantò
open.salon.com

Oil in Haiti and Oil Refinery - an old notion for Fort Liberte as a transshipment terminal for US supertankers - Another economic reason for the ouster of President Aristide and current UN … »»»

The Militarization of Emergency Aid to Haiti: Is it a Humanitarian Operation or an Invasion?

by Michel Chossudovskyglobalresearch.ca

Haiti has a longstanding history of US military intervention and occupation going back to the beginning of the 20th Century. US interventionism has contributed to the destruction of Haiti’s national economy and the impoverishment of its population.
The devastating earthquake is presented to World public opinion as the sole cause of… »»»

Nir Rosen: Al Qaedas threat to US is a lie

RussiaToday
January 15, 2010

RT’s Anastasia Churkina sits down for an exclusive interview with journalist and film-maker Nir Rosen, who spends months ever year in the Middle East. Rosen talks about the truth behind Al Qaeda, Afghanistan and Iraq, and the real reasons for America’s military involvement there.
READ ENTIRE ARTICLE… »»»

Obama confidant’s spine-chilling proposal

Cass Sunstein wants the government to “cognitively infiltrate” anti-government groups

Glenn Greenwald
salon.com
Jan. 15, 2010 |

Salon/iStockphoto

Cass Sunstein has long been one of Barack Obama’s closest confidants.  Often mentioned as a likely Obama nominee to the Supreme Court, Sunstein is currently Obama’s head of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs where, among other things, he is responsible for… »»»

Cindy Sheehan: CIA actions killing innocent people

RussiaToday
January 15, 2010

Long-time anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan is now speaking out against drone activities in Pakistan. She sat down with Kristine Frazao to talk about how extrajudicial CIA actions are mostly affecting civilians in remote tribal regions.
READ ENTIRE ARTICLE… »»»

Teddy Pendergrass-”Wake Up Everybody” Rest In Peace and thanks for making this a better place with your singing

Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes with Teddy Pendergrass singing lead
Source… »»»

Blackwater in Somalia planning false flag attacks?

Blackwater in Somalia?

13.01.2010
Source: Pravda.Ru
URL: http://english.pravda.ru/hotspots/conflicts/111632-blackwater-0

Reuters reports a spokesperson from the Islamist Al-Shabaab group in Somalia claiming that the US mercenary group Blackwater/Xe Services is in Somalia, is recruiting and is planning a series of spectacular terrorist attacks against civilians to discredit his movement in Mogadishu.
The spokesperson is Sheikh Ali Mohammed Rage of the… »»»

Jesse Ventura-Conspiracy Theory-Manchurian Candidate (Mind Control) Parts 1-6

Part 1 of 6
Manchurian Candidate NEW!
Premiere On: Wed, January 6 at 10P
Watch Full Episodes @ http://www.ConspiracyTheoryJesseVentu…
Authors and experts warn that forces within the government have revived a program that uses mind control techniques to turn ordinary citizens into programmed assassins. This real-life Manchurian Candidate seems outlandish-until Jesse Ventura searches for the evidence and goes face-to-face… »»»

Iran blames Israel, US for nuke scientist murder

RussiaToday January 13, 2010

Iran has accused Israel and the US of killing a nuclear physics professor in Tehran, claiming his death was an effort to slow down the countrys nuclear program.
The country’s government blamed Tuesdays bomb blast on an armed Iranian opposition group reportedly following orders from Israel and the US. The US… »»»

Jesse Ventura-Conspiracy Theory-9/11 Parts 1-4

Conspiracy Theory 9/11 Jesse Ventura Part 1 of 4
Watch in Full at
http://www.ConspiracyTheoryJesseVentu…
Premiere On: Wed, December 9 at 10P
Jesse Ventura steps into America’s most controversial conspiracy by challenging the 9/11 Commission Report and searching for evidence that the September 11th attacks may have been an inside job. At the urging of victims’ families, he finds… »»»

Jesse Ventura-Conspiracy Theory-Big Brother Parts 1-6

This week, Jesse looks at a frightening world of government surveillance on U.S. citizens. He finds that under the guise of making us safer, officials in Washington DC may be trying to snatch away our civil rights. In his research, the Governor gets a peek at futuristic and ingenious products that can record an unsuspecting… »»»

Blackwatergate_on Anti-War Progressive Teachin

This show was broadcast January 9, 2010.
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White House Probes Mole Network Behind Flt 595 Terror

rense.com
White House Probes Mole Network
Behind Flt 595 Terror - Report
By Webster G. Tarpley
Tarpley.net
1-5-10
WASHINGTON, DC — Officials in the Obama White House are considering the possibility that the Christmas day attempt by Nigerian terrorist Umar Farouk Mutallab to blow up an airliner about to land in Detroit was deliberately and intentionally facilitated by unnamed networks inside… »»»

EVIDENCE MOUNTS FOR U.S. COMPLICITY IN TERRORISM

COULD TERROR WAR BE RESPONSE BY GOP AND ISRAEL AGAINST THREATS TO THEIR GLOBAL PLANS?
veteranstoday.com12-29-2009By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER/Senior Editor
(STORY CONTINUALLY UPDATING WITH BREAKING NEWS!)
When nothing adds up, its time we starting looking at what we know.  Our recent terrorist, now dubbed “the crotch bomber” is another dupe.  He could have been working for… »»»

US pushing Pakistan into the abyss of oblivion

Wednesday, January 6, 2010

razia-razia.blogspot.com
By Zafar Bangash
We are supposed to hate suicide bombers, those grotesque creatures hell-bent on killing innocent people because of their “demented ideology”. There is no shortage of experts delivering sermons from every pulpit pontificating on the evils of terrorism. Government officials and their media sycophants join in this chorus but few bother… »»»

Scanning the Abdulmutallab story for more lies

Online JournalBy Jerry Mazza
Online Journal Associate Editor
Jan 7, 2010, 00:23
Returning to Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab’s attempt to blow up a Northwest airliner on Christmas day, let’s scan the body of evidence for government lies, the real explosive elements. Let’s give Umar a good dose of radiation with the knowledge that first reveals the 80 grams… »»»

The Welfare Poets - “Free Your Mind-Free Palestine”

The Welfare Poets
Free Your Mind-Free Palestine
Source… »»»

Salvador Option Fomenting Civil War In Pakistan

By Abdus Sattar Ghazali
05 January, 2010
Countercurrents.org
It was a bloody beginning of the year 2010 in Pakistan’s Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border. More than one hundred people were killed and another 22 injured in a car bomb attack on the packed volleyball ground in Laki Marwat.
At the time when the suicide bomber… »»»

Dick Cheney’s Role in Al Qaeda’s Yemeni Resurgence

huffingtonpost.com

by Amb. Marc Ginsberg –Former US Amb. to Morocco
January 4, 2010
It is a well-known fact in Washington that then Vice President Cheney proudly micro-managed all things Gitmo (authorizing torture and determining detainee releases). And as he continues his hyper-partisan attacks on President Obama and the Democratic Party let it be clearly understood that Al… »»»

In Yemen, locals worry about Obama policy on Al Qaeda

From smoky halls to the rugged mountains of Yemen, locals are worried that their country – threatened more by poverty and water shortages than terrorism, they say – could turn into another Afghanistan.

By Michael Horton Correspondent
posted January 4, 2010 at 1:45 pm ESTcsmonitor.com
Sanaa, Yemen —
Amid an intensifying US effort to curb Al Qaeda activity in… »»»

Gaza Freedom March_on Anti-War Progressive Teachin

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Truth & Justice Musical Artist Bear Dyken of Clan Dyken _ on Backstage

This show was broadcast January 3, 2010.
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Coming up Saturday & Sunday at 3pm Pacific - 6pm Eastern - 23:00 GMTWill be archived here after the broadcasts. On BackStage: Teri Perticone of No Lies Radio interviews musical artist Bear Dyken of the activist band… »»»

False Flag Event in Detroit a Pretext to Invade Yemen

Kurt Nimmo
Prisonplanet.com
January 2, 2009
The UK PM Gordon Brown called for an “emergency summit of world leaders last night to stop Yemen becoming a new terror center,” reports The Sun. Brown declares the poverty-stricken country — increasingly described as a “failed state” by government officials and the corporate media (the same way Afghanistan and Iraq were… »»»

Hackable Drones, Crumbling Empire

By Tom Burghardt

Global Research, January 1, 2010

Antifascist Calling…

On the eve of the 2003 American invasion of Iraq, historian Chalmers Johnson observed in The Sorrows of Empire: “At this late date … it is difficult to imagine how Congress, much like the Roman senate in the last days of the republic, could be brought… »»»

Obama and Afghanistan: America’s Drug-Corrupted War

Obama and Afghanistan: America’s Drug-Corrupted War
By Peter Dale Scott

Global Research, January 1, 2010

The presidential electoral campaign of Barack Obama in 2008, it was thought, “changed the political debate in a party and a country that desperately needed to take a new direction.”[1] Like most preceding presidential winners dating back at least to… »»»

Kabul demands custody of occupation troops responsible for execution of children

Kabul demands foreign ‘killers’ handed over
By Sardar Ahmad (AFP) – 1 day ago
KABUL — The Afghan government demanded Thursday to take into its custody foreigners wanted over the alleged killing of 10 civilians, sharply escalating a war of words with its powerful Western military backers.
The National Security Council (NSC) made the demand at talks chaired… »»»

2010: U.S. To Wage War Throughout The World

by Rick Rozoff 12-31-2009 uruknet.de
Stop Nato, December 31, 2009
January 1 will usher in the last year of the first decade of a new millennium and ten consecutive years of the United States conducting war in the Greater Middle East.
Beginning with the October 7, 2001 missile and bomb attacks on Afghanistan, American combat operations… »»»

Western troops accused of executing 10 Afghan civilians, including children

Jerome Starkey In Kabul uruknet.de December 31, 2009
Jerome Starkey In Kabul

The report into the deaths has provoked demonstrations
American-led troops were accused yesterday of dragging innocent children from their beds and shooting them during a night raid that left ten people dead.Afghan government investigators said that… »»»

Fed Judge Gives Blackwater Huge New Year’s Gift, Dismisses All Charges In Iraq Massacre

By Jeremy Scahill December 31, 2009 uruknet.de
A federal judge in Washington DC has given Erik Prince’s Blackwater mercenaries a huge New Year’s gift. Judge Ricardo Urbina dismissed all charges against the five Blackwater operatives accused of gunning down 14 innocent Iraqis in Baghdad’s Nisour Square in September 2007. Judge Urbina’s order,… »»»

Iran’s opposition leaders Mousavi and Karoubi may have fled Tehran for their lives

from debka.com 12-30-2009 debka.com

DEBKAfile Exclusive Report
December 30, 2009, 9:49 PM (GMT+02:00)

Iran’s opposition leaders fear for their lives
The huge pro-government demonstrations whipped up by the Iranian regime Wednesday, Dec. 30 shouted “Death to Mousavi, Karoubi and Khatami!” after they were promised “great events” in the course of the day. At nightfall, the waiting crowds… »»»

Obama administration prepares public opinion for attack on Yemen

By Patrick Martin 31 December 2009 wsws.org
Five days after the unsuccessful attempt by a Nigerian student to set off a bomb aboard a Detroit-bound passenger jet, US military and intelligence officials are said to be preparing expanded military action against targets in Yemen, the Arab country where the student… »»»

Our Wishes for a Happy New Year/Decade - World Peace - WAR/NO MORE TROUBLE - Playing for change all around the world

War/No More Trouble | Playing for Change | Song Around The World
Source: www.youtube.com
http://playingforchange.com - As we made our way around the world we encountered love, hate, rich and poor, black and white, and many different religious groups and ideologies. It became very clear that as a human race we need to transcend from the darkness… »»»

Obama Ordered U.S. Military Strike on Yemen Terrorists

abcnews.go.com 12-31-2009
On orders from President Barack Obama, the U.S. military launched cruise missiles early Thursday against two suspected al-Qaeda sites in Yemen, administration officials told ABC News in a report broadcast on ABC World News with Charles Gibson.
One of the targeted sites was a suspected al Qaeda training camp north of… »»»

Joe Lieberman: How About Another War?

by John Nichols uruknet.de December 30, 2009
Connecticut Senator Joe Lieberman, who began openly and aggressively angling for a war with Iraq just weeks after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on New York and Washington, and who has been the most ardent advocate for expanding the U.S. occupation of Afghanistan, appears to be… »»»

Afghan children ’shot dead’ by foreign forces

from uruknet.de By Sardar Ahmad (AFP) December 30, 2009
Afghan civilians ’shot dead’ by foreign forces
December 30, 2009
KABUL — Afghan government investigators on Wednesday accused foreign troops of dragging 10 people, including eight children, from their homes and shooting them dead.
Anti-US protests erupted in at least two cities over the alleged killings as President… »»»

FLASHBACK from 2008: Yemen seizes Israel-linked ‘Islamic’ cell

from uruknet.de Posted October 7, 2008
BBC News

Posted October 7, 2008
Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh has said the security forces have arrested a group of alleged Islamist militants linked to Israeli intelligence.
Mr Saleh did not say what evidence had been found to show the group’s links… »»»

Are America’s Mercenary Armies Really Drug Cartels?

December 30, 2009 Gordon Duff from uruknet.de
Did Bush/Cheney rebuild Reagan’s “Iran Contra” drug gang?
December 30, 2009
(CINCINNATI, Ohio) - News out of Afghanistan, Pakistan and India reports massive corruption at the highest levels of government, corruption that could only be financed with drug money. In Afghanistan, the president’s brother is… »»»

8 US CIA Agents, 5 Canadians Killed in Afghanistan Forward Operating Base “Gym” Actually a CIA Surveillance Center

by Jason Ditz uruknet.de December 30, 2009

More details have emerged in this morning’s perplexing story, in which a suicide bomber attacked what officials called a “gym” on a military base in Khost Province, killing eight Americans the military identified as “civilians.”
Now US officials admit that all eight Americans slain in the attack… »»»

A view from an Iranian reader

from uruknet.de 12-29-2009

December 29, 2009
An Iranian reader sent me this (I cite with her permission): “I agree that social uprisings, like the current one in Iran, are generally unpredictable…The movement in Iran focuses on political goals rather than any particular parties or figures. The protesters have already… »»»

Ron Paul Says Agenda Behind Bombing Incident Is More War, More Attacks On Liberty

from prisonplanet.com Paul Joseph Watson December 29, 2009
Congressman: “I am concerned what they are going to do to the American people”

Paul Joseph Watson
Prison Planet.com
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Congressman Ron Paul fears that the agenda behind the Flight 253 bombing incident is to expand the war on terror into Yemen while stripping Americans… »»»

The Attempted Airplane Bombing — A Christmas-Day Black Operation?

from lordtsukasa.comoj.com 12-26-2009

The military has run a fearmongering black-op right in time for X-Mas!
A Northwest Airlines passenger from Nigeria, who said he was acting on al-Qaida’s instructions, tried to blow up the plane Friday as it was landing in Detroit, law enforcement and national security officials said.
Source
Just like the United 93 tale, the heroic… »»»

Dred Scott Redux: Obama and the Supremes Stand Up for Slavery

by Chris Floyd Friday, 18 December 2009 chris-floyd.com
While we were all out doing our Christmas shopping, the highest court in the land quietly put the kibosh on a few more of the remaining shards of human liberty.
It happened earlier this week, in a discreet ruling that attracted almost no notice and took little time…. »»»

Obama Continues to Privatize America’s Imperial Wars

by Glen Ford blackagendareport.com 12-22-2009
By Glen Ford
Created 12/22/2009 - 18:54

A Black Agenda Radio commentary by Glen Ford

[1]
The Pentagon has methodically insulated its wars from most of U.S. civil society. “For the United States, war has devolved to a matter of contracts, a multi-trillion dollar cash cow for corporations, a self-perpetuating financial bubble… »»»

The Gaza Freedom March appeals directly to President Mubarak

gazafreedommarch.org 12-25-2009
In an open letter, the organizers of the Gaza Freedom March, representing 1362 individuals from 43 countries, are appealing directly to President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt to grant them passage into Gaza.
After being in communication with the Egyptian government for months, denying the March passage to Gaza, which was only communicated… »»»

‘Santa’ protests Israeli wall in Bil’in

uruknet.de 12-25-2009

‘Santa’ protests Israeli wall in Bil’in

Ma’an News

December 25, 2009
Bethlehem – Ma’an – Palestinians dressed as Santa Claus marched against Israel’s separation wall on Christmas day in the West Bank village of Bil’in, west of Ramallah.
Demonstrators carried a Christmas tree decorated with spent gas… »»»

Taliban Release Video of Captive U.S. Soldier

english.chosun.com December 26, 2009
Captive U.S. Soldier

Video frame grab from the Taliban propaganda video purportedly shows U.S. soldier Bowe Bergdahl, 23, who was captured more than five months ago in eastern Afghanistan on Dec. 25, 2009. /AP
The Taliban has released a new video that purportedly shows a U.S. soldier who was captured in Afghanistan… »»»

Christmas in Iraq

Layla Anwar December 25, 2009 uruknet.de

The Christians of Iraq have had it REAL BAD since 2003. They have had it as bad as the Arab Sunnis, this group that has seen its population dwindle in Baghdad alone from 45% to around 15 % due to  ethnic cleansing, torture, arbitrary arrests, exile… »»»

Egypt, Saudis secretly draft Palestinian statehood motion for Security Council

debka.com 12-24-2009

Jerusalem today

DEBKAfile’s Middle East sources report that Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the Gulf emirates and the Palestinian Authority are secretly drafting a UN Security Council motion granting Palestinian statehood within the pre-1967 war borders of the West Bank and Gaza Strip with Jerusalem its capital. This group is working under tight wraps, using… »»»

US drones wipe out top al Qaeda leaders in Yemen

debka.com 12-24-2009

The imam who preached to Fort Hood killer and 9/11 hijackers

DEBKAfile’s counter-terror sources report that the air strike in eastern Yemen Thursday, Dec. 24, which left more than 30 dead, was in fact a US drone attack which wiped out a large part of al Qaeda’s leadership in Yemen and Saudi Arabia.
Among… »»»

The Iraqi resistance uses a Russian software programme to intercept U.S. drone feeds

24 December 2009 from voltairenet.org

Russian software programme to intercept U.S. drone feeds

According to the Wall Street Journal, the Iraqi resistance has acquired a Russian software programme, available for $25.99 on the internet, through which they can intercept live video feeds from U.S. Predator drones [1].
This situation once again illustrates that it is possible… »»»

Falk calls for economic sanctions against Israel to lift the Gaza siege

December 24, 2009 uruknet.de Palestinian Information Center

December 24, 2009
NEW YORK, (PIC)– Richard Falk, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on “the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967,” has called for the swift implementation of the recommendations included in Goldstone’s report.
Falk in a statement on Wednesday evening on… »»»

Welcome to Pashtunistan: the aim of America’s secret war?

December 24, 2009 Shaukat Qadir uruknet.de
Few people by now can be unaware of Blackwater, later known as Blackwater Worldwide and now as Xe. The private security agency formed in 1997 and based in North Carolina is owned by Erik Prince, a former member of the US Navy Seal special forces, and has long-standing… »»»

Death Squads in Honduras — Is the blood on Obama’s hands?

uruknet.de

Killing Activists in Honduras

by Joseph Shansky

Walter TrochezDecember 23, 2009

Walter Trochez

“As a revolutionary I will be today, tomorrow and forever on the front lines of my people, all the while knowing that I may lose my life.” - Walter Trochez, 25, murdered in Tegucigalpa on… »»»

Video: AMAZING SPEECH BY WAR VETERAN

uruknet.de December 23, 2009 ThePhaedrus83

Our real enemy is not the ones living in a distant land whose names or policies we don’t understand; The real enemy is a system that wages war when it’s profitable, the CEOs who lay us off our jobs when it’s profitable, the Insurance Companies who deny us… »»»

Washington ‘forged’ nuclear documents: Ahmadinejad

Dec 22, 2009 spacewar.com

Iran reassures Japan over nuclear programmes
Iran will never develop atomic weapons, an envoy told Japan during a visit Tuesday, insisting that the Islamic state’s nuclear programmes are purely for peaceful purposes, Japanese officials said. Iran’s top nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili told Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama that weapons of mass destruction “are… »»»

Rolf Lindgren on the Charges against the 911 Defendants

This show was broadcast December 22, 2009.
It is now archived here — Use Player
Coming up Tuesday at 9:00 am Pacific - 12:00 Noon Eastern - 17:00 GMTWill be archived here after the broadcast by Tuesday evening. “THE KEVIN BARRETT SHOW” Tuesday–Live Interview with Rolf Lindgren on the Charges… »»»

Action in the Streets – Inaction Inside: Copenhagen_on Anti-War Progressive Teachin

This show was broadcast December 19, 2009. It is now archived here — Use Player
Every Saturday - Anti-War - Progressive Truth Teach-in at 9:00am Pacific — 12 noon Eastern — 17:00 GMT Will be archived here after the broadcast by Monday.12/12/09 Police broke the demonstration against the cop 15 in Copenhagen… »»»

Musical Artist Rusty Miller_on Backstage

This show was broadcast December 20, 2009. It is now archived here — Use Player
Coming up Saturday & Sunday at 3pm Pacific - 6pm Eastern - 23:00 GMTWill be archived here after the broadcasts. On BackStage: Teri Perticone interviews musical artist Rusty Miller Teri interviews Rusty Miller who has the hit… »»»

The day before 9/11 Osama bin Laden was in Pak military hospital

globalresearch.ca by Michel Chossudovsky 12-21-2009

September 11, 2001: America and NATO Declare War on Afghanistan

NATO’s Doctrine of Collective Security
by Michel Chossudovsky

Why are American and NATO troops in Afghanistan?
What is the justification for waging war on a country of 28 million people?
What justifies Obama’s military surge?
Both the media and… »»»

Funeral of Iranian cleric Montazeri turns into political protest

uruknet.de 12-22-2009
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS IN THE STREETS
“I don’t think there were demonstrations there of that size even during the revolution. The slogans people were chanting were indirectly against the Islamic regime and similar to what was chanted before the revolution against the Shah.”

Funeral of Iranian cleric Montazeri turns into political protest

Robert… »»»

CIA Tied to Mumbai terrorist siege

debka.com 12-18-2009
Indian-US ties soured by suspicion Chicago terror operative was US double agent
DEBKAfile Special Report
December 18, 2009, 10:02 PM (GMT+02:00)

David Headley of Chicago accused of terror

Courts documents in the criminal case against the David Headley, who was arrested in Chicago in October for suspected involvement in the Mumbai terrorist siege, suggest the Chicagoan US… »»»

Empire, Obama and America’s Last Taboo

rockcreekfreepress.com A Speech by John Pilger 8-30-2009

A Speach by John Pilger, Socialism 2009, San Francisco, July 4, 2009

Transcribed by Elaine Sullivan / RCFP
Two years ago I spoke at “Socialism in Chicago” about an invisible government which is a term used by Edward Bernays, one the founders of modern propaganda. It was… »»»

OBAMA DECLARES WAR ON PAKISTAN

By Webster G. Tarpley 12-14-2009 truthjihadradio.blogspot.com

Washington DC, Dec. 11 — Obama’s West Point speech of December 1 represents far more than the obvious brutal escalation in Afghanistan — it is nothing less than a declaration of all-out war by the United States against Pakistan. This is a brand-new war, a much wider war… »»»

The murderous face of Obama’s surge

12-19-2009 Bill Van Auken wsws.org
“The surge has begun in earnest,” a Pentagon spokesman announced Thursday. While only a few advance elements of a single Marine battalion have arrived in Afghanistan, the escalation in killing and destruction that will accompany the deployment of an additional 30,000 US troops is already underway.
A series of events… »»»

Iraq sends forces to disputed field

english.aljazeera.net Sunday, December 20, 2009

field

Ownership of the al-Fauqa oil fields has been disputed since the wells were built in 1974 [Reuters]

Iraq has deployed security forces to its southern border with Iran to monitor a disputed oil well seized by Iranian troops.
Iraqi authorities sent army and police forces to a staging ground about 1km… »»»

Israeli doc admits harvesting organs

Mohammed Mar’i arabnews.com Sunday 20 December 2009
RAMALLAH: The chief Israeli pathologist and director of the Institute of Forensic Medicine at Abu Kabir, professor Yehuda Hiss, has admitted harvesting organs from the bodies of dead Palestinians without the consent of their families.
Hiss said that he and doctors who worked under him took parts… »»»

Let’s Talk About Torture!

Nick Pell uruknet.de December 19, 2009

December 19, 2009
“‘Mer’ca doesn’t torture.” - His Imperial Majesty, George Bush II
“I intend to close Guantanamo, and I will follow through on that. I have said repeatedly that America doesn’t torture. And I’m gonna make sure that we don’t torture.” -… »»»

Veterans Group Calls On Soldiers to Refuse Orders to Deploy to Afghanistan and Iraq

Monday 14 December 2009 by: Dahr Jamail truthout.org
In response to President Barack Obama’s announcement on December 1 to deploy 30,000 additional troops to the occupation of Afghanistan, the organization March Forward!, comprising both veterans and active-duty members of the US military, has called on all soldiers to refuse their orders to deploy.
“March Forward!… »»»

Syria will defend Iran if Israel attacks

Monday, December 14, 2009 israeltoday.co.il
If Israel does attack Iran’s nuclear facilities, it will undoubtedly result in a regional war after Iran and Syria signed a mutual defense agreement on Sunday.
Kuwaiti media reported that the agreement was signed at the weekend while Iranian Defense Minister Ahmad Vahidi was visiting Damascus.
Speaking to Syrian media, Vahidi said… »»»

There’s Virtually Zero Percent Chance of There Ever Being a Real Afghan Army — So What’s the Pentagon Talking About?

September 21, 2009 alternet.org By Ann Jones, Tomdispatch.com
In Washington, calls are increasing, especially among anxious Democrats, for the president to commit to training ever more Afghan troops and police rather than sending in more American troops. Huge numbers for imagined future Afghan army and police forces are now bandied about in… »»»