NATO Killed School Children and Pregnant Women
Tries to Silence a Truth-Teller
By Derrick Crowe
– Warning – This video contains disturbing images.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25087.htm
CIA Paper Reveals Plans to Manipulate European Opinion on Afghanistan
By Daniel Tencer
Among its proposals, the policy paper suggests playing up the plight of Afghan women to French audiences, as the French public has shown concern for women’s rights in Afghanistan.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25088.htm
Face to Face with Pakistan’s Most Wanted
By Robert Fisk
Robert Fisk becomes the first Western journalist to interview Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, the man accused of masterminding the Mumbai massacre.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25094.htm
Helen Thomas On Her one Question for Obama
By Real News
DC’s most experienced journalist says Obama lost credibility when he dodged question on Israeli nukes.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25089.htm
An Act of Treason by Members of the United States Congress?
2 Minute Video By Anthony Lawson
The writing and signing of that letter should be considered an act of treason.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25090.htm
Bibi’s Hollow Victory
By Patrick J. Buchanan
Obama simply cannot back down again. If he does not stand up now for U.S. interests, which are being imperiled by Israeli actions, he will lose the backing of his soldiers.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25083.htm
Petraeus Backs Down
Petraeus to Ashkenazi: I never said Israel policy endangers U.S.
By Natasha Mozgavaya, Haaretz Correspondent
Commander of the U.S. Military’s Central Command Gen. David Petraeus phoned his Israeli counterpart, Gabi Ashkenazi, this week to deny reports that he had blamed Israeli policy for the failure in a regional solution and for endangering U.S. interests.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25085.htm
Deep Background
By Philip Giraldi
On Feb. 3, Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair told the House Intelligence Committee that the United States government has developed procedures for killing American citizens abroad.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25084.htm
Tony-gate: Blair Strikes Oil in Iraq
By Jayne Lyn Stahl
Mr. Blair isn’t the only prominent politician on UI’s payroll. Others reportedly include former Australian prime minister Bob Hawke, as well as politicians like Congressman Stephen J. Solarz, former secretary of defense Frank Carlucci, former ambassador to Egypt, Nicholas A. Belites, and U.S. Commander for the Middle East General John P. Abizaid.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25086.htm
Washington Murdered Privacy at Home and Abroad
By Paul Craig Roberts
The EU has given in to Washington’s demand for “free access to the banking data of the central financial service provider, Swift, in Europe. All financial flows in Europe (and between Europe and the rest of the world) will now be monitored by the CIA and other American and Israeli intelligence services.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25082.htm
Hillary’s Drug War
“It’s Just Strengthening the Biggest Cartel”
By Mike Whitney
Al Jazeera has put together a 3-minute video which asks whether the Mexican government is “favoring” the country’s most powerful drug gang, the Sinoloa Cartel. After watching the video, you’ll wonder who’s really running the country?
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25093.htm
U.S. Plunges Central America Back To Era Of Coups And Death Squads
By Rick Rozoff
The 2002 coup in Venezuela and the 2009 coup in Honduras are not the last that Washington will support given the opportunity. Latin American vigilance and unity are required more than ever before.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25092.htm
Health Reform in the United States
By Fidel Castro
234 years after the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia in 1776, inspired by the ideas of the French encyclopedists, that the U.S. government has passed [a law for] medical attention for the vast majority of its citizens, something that Cuba achieved for its entire population half a century ago, despite the cruel and inhumane blockade imposed and still in effect by the most powerful country that ever existed.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25091.htm
Double bombing in Baghdad kills 52, wounds 73:
Authorities said a roadside bomb was placed near a coffee shop in the centre of the town of Khalis, 80 km (50 miles) north of Baghdad, followed soon after by a car bomb that shattered nearby buildings and shops.
snipurl.com/v3uky
Allawi’s Forces Win Narrowly in Iraq:
Outcome Challenged by Incumbent: Allawi fell far short of a clear majority and it could take months for a new government to form in Baghdad.
snipurl.com/v3ull
88 militants killed in military operation in Pakistani tribal agency:
About eighty-eight militants and eight soldiers have been killed in a military operation in last two days in Pakistani tribal agency, close to Afghan border, said officials on Saturday.
www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2071476&Language=en
Nine alleged militants killed in Pakistan: Official:
Pakistani airstrikes killed nine suspected insurgents Saturday in a tribal region near the Afghan border, an official said, bringing the total killed in a military offensive there to more than 100 this week.
www.thejakartapost.com/news/2010/03/27/nine-alleged-militants-killed-pakistan-official.html
Four Somalis killed by roadside bomb, police say:
A government official and three other people were killed on Saturday by a roadside bomb triggered by remote control in the Somali capital, witnesses and police said.
snipurl.com/v3umu
Four killed as Israel ends Gaza attack:
Israeli tanks pulled out of the Gaza Strip on Saturday, according to witnesses, ending the bloodiest clashes in 14 months.
snipurl.com/v3unc
Manufacturing Consent For Attack On Iran :
Israel could use tactical nukes on Iran: thinktank:
Ballistic missiles or submarine-launched cruise missiles could serve for Israeli tactical nuclear strikes without interference from Iranian air defenses, the 208-page report says. “Earth-penetrator” warheads would produce most damage.
news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100326/wl_nm/us_nuclear_iran_israel_nukes
Russia’s president says sanctions for Iran “not optimal” path, but can’t be excluded:
Medvedev said in a statement to members of the League of Arab States in Moscow that “we are convinced that the sanctions path is not optimal.”
www.courant.com/news/nation-world/sns-ap-eu-russia-iran-sanctions,0,1430836.story
Lula plans Iran visit to prevent a repeat of Iraq war:
“I am going there because I do not want the mistake that was made in Iraq to be repeated in Iran,” he said, in comments that the state news agency ABR reproduced Friday.
en.trend.az/regions/iran/1659035.html
News For March 26, 2010
Taliban attacks in central Kabul kill 16:
Taliban fighters opened fire, hurled grenades and staged suicide bombings in central Kabul on Friday, killing 16 people in a show of defiance against the Western-backed government and a NATO offensive to wipe them out.
snipurl.com/v3up4
Roadside bomb kills 5 NATO soldiers in Afghanistan:
Five soldiers of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) were killed in roadside bomb in Kandahar south of Afghanistan on Wednesday, Governor House said Thursday.
english.people.com.cn/90001/90777/90851/6931008.html
Afghan civilians killed by Occupation troops in accident:
Investigators say troops accidentally caused the deaths of two civilians in eastern Afghanistan when they returned fire after an insurgent attack, NATO’s International Security Assistance Force said Friday.
afghanistan.blogs.cnn.com/2010/03/26/isaf-afghan-civilians-killed-by-troops-in-accident/
2 Calif Marines killed in Afghanistan:
They were Marines from the same Southern California city. One was a Los Angeles SWAT team officer on active duty, the other was the son of a Santa Ana police sergeant. Both were killed Wednesday by a roadside bomb while on patrol in Afghanistan.
www.chicoer.com/news/national/ci_14762310
5 Pakistani soldiers, 21 “militants” die in clashes near Afghan border:
Authorities say clashes near the Afghan border have killed five Pakistani soldiers and at least 21 suspected militants.
snipurl.com/v3uqb
Pentagon wants $33 billion more for war in Afghanistan:
Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton appeared before Senate appropriators to defend the war supplemental, which is on top of the $708 billion baseline budget submitted to Congress in February.
snipurl.com/v3uqt
Pak jets pound Taliban hideouts, 58 people killed:
At least 58 people, including militants and civilians, were killed in fierce clashes and artillery and air attacks by security forces on suspected militant positions in the troubled Aurakzai tribal region in northwest Pakistan today, sources said.
snipurl.com/v3urk
CIA may face prosecution for drone’s raids in Pakistan:
The US government’s refusal to offer legal grounds for CIA’s drones bombing raids in Pakistan may result in CIA officers facing prosecution for war crimes.
www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=121594§ionid=351020401
Demonizing Iran:
Gates expresses “concern” over Iranian drones:
US Defense Secretary Robert Gates expressed concern Thursday over Iran’s aerial drone program, saying the weapons could fall into the hands of terrorists.
rawstory.com/news/afp/Gates_expresses_concern_over_Irania_03252010.html
Pakistan: ‘Govt not buying electricity from Iran due to US pressure’:
Senator Professor Khurshid Ahmed said on Thursday, citing US pressure to be the main reason behind the hesitation.
dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010326story_26-3-2010_pg7_17
Russian oil major pulls out of Iran:
Russia’s largest private oil major said it was suspending an oil project in Iran because of U.S. pressure.
beta.thehindu.com/news/international/article303757.ece
Iraqi tension rises as poll candidates dispute result on eve of election:
Both key players in the agonisingly close 7 March poll have vowed not to accept the result if they lose, in a clear sign that the winner faces a tough battle to claim a mandate to rule Iraq
www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/mar/25/iraq-election-tensions-rise-dispute
Binyamin Netanyahu humiliated after Barack Obama ‘dumped him for dinner’:
For a head of government to visit the White House and not pose for photographers is rare. For a key ally to be left to his own devices while the President withdraws to have dinner in private was, until this week, unheard of. Yet that is how Binyamin Netanyahu was treated by President Obama on Tuesday night
www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article7076431.ece
UK police asks Internet cafes to monitor customers:
Internet cafe users in the British capital may want to watch what they download. Scotland Yard is advising administrators of public Web spaces to periodically poke through their customers’ files and keep an eye out for suspicious activity.
www.ajc.com/business/uk-police-asks-internet-402871.html
Pope accused of mishandling case of German paedophile priest:
Fresh revelations have been made directly implicating Pope Benedict XVI in mishandling the case of a paedophile priest in his former archdiocese of Munich.
www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/mar/26/pope-accused-priest-sex-abuse-germany
Germans abandon Catholic Church:
Barely one in six Germans now say they have confidence in the church. This is accompanied by government statistics showing that people in dioceses affected by paedophile priests are leaving in record numbers.
www.smh.com.au/world/germans-abandon-catholic-church-20100325-r002.html
Kueng charges Pope with role in cover-up:
Hans Kueng, the dissident Catholic theologian from Switzerland, has accused Pope Benedict XVI of playing a role since 2001 in keeping sex-abuse claims against priests out of the public eye.
www.timeslive.co.za/world/article371032.ece
Christopher Hitchens: The Great Catholic Cover-Up:
The pope’s entire career has the stench of evil about it.
www.slate.com/id/2247861/
Number Of Iraqis Slaughtered Since The U.S. Invaded Iraq “1,366,350″
www.justforeignpolicy.org/iraq/iraqdeaths.html
Number Of International Occupation Force Troops Slaughtered In Afghanistan : 1,702
Total Cost of Wars Since 2001
Cost of War in Iraq & Afghanistan
$976,020,285,046
www.costofwar.com/
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