October 2009
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NIE Reveals Qom Facility Followed 2007 Bush Threats By Gareth Porter
The Barack Obama administration claims that construction of a second Iranian uranium enrichment facility at Qom began before Tehran’s decision to withdraw from a previous agreement to inform the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in advance of such construction. But the November 2007 U.S. intelligence estimate on Iran’s nuclear programme tells a different story. Continue reading
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The Real News Network – The Military-Industrial-Congressional Complex Pt1
Video: Larry Wilkerson: The beginning of the American “Imperial Rome” and Eisenhower’s warning Continue reading
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Little hope for fair trial – Karadzic defense team
As the trial of former Serbian leader Radovan Karadzic gets underway at The Hague Tribunal, a member of Karadzic’s defense team, Goran Petronijevic, said in an interview with RT that he has little hope for a fair trial. Continue reading
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Global Research Swine Flu Emergency and the Global Debt Crisis Selected Articles 19-25 October, 2009
25 October, 2009 — Global Research Don Guttenplan, Quentin Young, Cindy Sheehan, Rick Rozoff, Robert Abele on The Global Research News Hour – 2009-10-30 Swine Flu: Is Meditation the Best Medication? – by Richard C. Cook – 2009-10-25 Dollar Collapse Update: “Obama Demands Pay in Euros!” – by Mike Whitney – 2009-10-25 AARP’s Tradition of Continue reading
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America’s Phoney War in Afghanistan By F. William Engdahl
One of the most remarkable aspects of the Obama Presidential agenda is how little anyone has questioned in the media or elsewhere why at all the United States Pentagon is committed to a military occupation of Afghanistan. There are two basic reasons, neither one of which can be admitted openly to the public at large. Continue reading
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WHO’S AFRAID OF RICHARD GOLDSTONE? By Ronnie Kasrils
Where the Gaza atrocity of 2009 has changed things is that a turning point has been reached in the history of Israel’s persecution of the Palestinians. World opinion has been aroused against Israel as never before. In fact things can never be the same again and that is why Zionists like Goldstein are so vicious… Continue reading
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When the Climate Change Center Cannot Hold By Patrick Bond
The recent Bangkok negotiations of Kyoto Protocol Conference of Parties functionaries confirmed that Northern states and their corporations won’t make an honest effort to get to 350 CO2 parts per million. On the right, Barack Obama’s negotiators seem to feel that the 1997 Kyoto Protocol is excessively binding to the North, and leaves out several… Continue reading
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The Real News Network – Ellsberg: From Vietnam to Afghanistan
Video: Ellsberg: As President Obama decides what to do in Afghanistan he must learn the lessons of Vietnam Continue reading
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Video: Ska-P, “The Liberator”
Amidst misery, hunger, and desolation Somebody planted a flower in the mud A certain Bolívar, they call him the Liberator The Liberator Shouts for justice, land, and freedom Again resonate in South America A new revolution has begun And this time it’s advancing with conviction Continue reading
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Great Power Confrontation in the Indian Ocean: The Geo-Politics of the Sri Lankan Civil War By Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya
The support and positions of various foreign governments in regards to the diabolic fighting between the Tamil Tigers and the Sri Lankan military, which cost the lives of thousands of innocent civilians, says a great deal about the geo-strategic interests of these foreign governments. The position of the governments of India and a group of states that can collectively… Continue reading
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The Real News Network – 9/11 Redux Pt2
Former FBI agent Colleen Rowley discusses still unanswered questions about the lead up to 9/11 Continue reading
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Every Kind of Weapon Was Used Against the People of Gaza
Video: Ewa Jasiewicz, Free Gaza Coordinator in Gaza, talks in Berlin, Germany about what she witnessed during the 22-day massacre of civilians in Gaza. Her on-the-ground reporting of what she and seven others saw during that time is heart-wrenching. Israel deliberately murdered 16 medics trying to do their job of rescuing other injured Palestinians, targeting… Continue reading
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Locked in: Life in Gaza – 19 Oct 09 – Part 2
Video Part 2: Munzer al-Dayyeh is a 40-year-old mechanic living in Gaza. And while the effects of war and ongoing siege may be good for his business, he can’t manage to secure medical treatment for his disabled … Continue reading
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Locked in: Life in Gaza
24 October, 2009 — Al Jazeera Filmmakers: George Azar and Mariam Shahin Munzer al-Dayyeh is a 40-year-old mechanic living in Gaza. In a land of ruin and disrepair, Munzer is kept busy fixing generators and repairing motorbikes. In June 2007, Israel placed Gaza under siege and imposed an unprecedented blockade on nearly all movement and Continue reading
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Afghanistan: Elections Leading to Quagmire By Victor KORGUN
Afghanistan’s way to the elections was long and marked with heightened expectations. The population hoped for a breakthrough as it was getting increasingly obvious that Karzai’s administration was unable to rise to the challenges facing the country plagued by the lack of security, rampant crime, poor governance, widespread corruption, unemployment, miserable living standards, drug business,… Continue reading
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Kissinger and Brzezinski behind Obama By Eugene IVANOV (USA)
It may seem inconceivable that in such a beacon of democracy as the United States of America, there are “czars.” Not just one or two, but a few dozen. The explanation, however, is quite benign: American political jargon defines “czar” as a special envoy or adviser to the president asked by him to guide a… Continue reading
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How daring is the International Criminal Court? By Alexander MEZYAEV
In September the International Criminal Court (ICC) officially reported it had started to preliminarily analyse information about likely inquiries into crimes by the US servicemen in Afghanistan and by Israeli troops in Gaza. The statements stand in stark contrast to the Court’s hitherto pursued policy and therefore merit special attention. Continue reading
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ALBA: Dawn of Solidarity in Latin America Part 2
Video: Panel on the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America Continue reading
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ALBA: Dawn of Solidarity in Latin America Part 1
Panel on the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America Continue reading
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Building the Triangle of Socialism
Video: Produced as part of Centro Internacional Miranda’s Transformative Practice and Human Development, directed by Michael Lebowitz. Continue reading
The New Dark Age 