Day: August 6, 2010

Taras DYACHENKO Hiroshima and Modernity

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5 August, 2010 — Strategic Culture Foundation

Sixty five years ago, on August 6, 1945, US bomber B-29 dropped a nuclear bomb which was roughly 2,000 times more powerful than the biggest munitions used over the entire past history on the Japanese city of Hiroshima

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Fighting ended in Europe in May, 1945, but the war still raged in the Far East where Japan continued to mount resistance. In July, 1945 the Soviet Union confirmed its earlier pledge to join the campaign, part of Stalin’s motivation clearly being to reverse the humiliating consequences of Russia’s defeat in the Russo-Japanese war in the early XX century.

In the meantime, the Western allies of the USSR decided to implement a plan charted in the process of their separate negotiations. On August 6, US bomber B-29 dropped a nuclear bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima, literally turning the place into hell on Earth. The devastations were unprecedented: the blast wiped out the population in the proximity of the epicenter, leaving survivors with severe burns. According to Japanese estimates, the death toll in Hiroshima topped 240,000, with 50,000 wounded or missing. A US Army combat report said the timing of the attack was meant to maximize the thermal impact of the explosion.

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GazaFriends: All Aboard the Mavi Marmara

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6 August, 2010 — witnessgaza.com

David Rovics has written an evocative song called “All Aboard the Mavi Marmara.” The Free Gaza team has added images in tribute to the nine brave men on board who gave their lives in pursuit of justice for the Palestinians.

This is our tribute to the men. They had names and families and children. They dreamed their dreams just as the Palestinians do.

Israeli commandos took all of that away from them by murdering them… 31 shots, most through the head and the back. The world needs to remember them. The world needs to remember the Palestinians who Israel kills every day. “All Aboard the Mavi Marmara” will be a song you will sing in your head for days. The images, we hope, you will never forget.

We sail again in the fall. Help us make that happen.

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Greta Berlin, Co-Founder, The Free Gaza movement
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October Surprise Cover-up Unravels By Robert Parry

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6 August, 2010 — Consortiumnews.com

Not to belabor a point, but some die-hard defenders of the October Surprise cover-up continue to insist that there is real evidence debunking the now overwhelming case that Ronald Reagan’s 1980 campaign interfered with President Jimmy Carter’s negotiations to free 52 American hostages then held in Iran.

One defender claimed in a recent blog post: ‘calendars, eyewitness accounts, telephone logs and credit card receipts showed that [Reagan’s campaign chief William Casey] was in the United States and London at the time of the alleged meetings’ in Madrid and Paris.

But that simply isn’t true. What is true is that a series of fabricated alibis for Casey and others have come apart at the seams, starting with the initial alibi that was concocted for Casey by The New Republic and Newsweek.

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Strategic culture foundation online magazine latest publications from 1-8 August, 2010

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6 August, 2010 — Strategic Culture Foundation

2010-08-03
Pyotr ISKENDEROV
Tensions over the European External Action Service
“The situation is unfolding on the UN highest court’s verdict on Kosovo’s independence. Now that the legality of Kosovo’s 2008 declaration of independence from Serbia has been recognized, the West seems to be pushing forward its ‘offensive’ on the Bosnian Republika Srpska to achieve success on this stage of anti-Serbian strategy as well…”
http://en.fondsk.ru/article.php?id=3186

2010-08-03
David KERANS (USA)
New Dimensions of Decay in US Capitalism
“The first year and a half of Barrack Obama’s Presidency have delivered no shortage of disappointments to America. On issues ranging from the protection of civil rights to medical insurance reform, from environmental policy to economic inequality, from financial sector reform to military aggression, and any number of others, the administration has failed to accomplish or even strive for solutions that would reflect the interests of the mass of the population…”
http://en.fondsk.ru/article.php?id=3187

2010-08-05
Aleksandr SHUSTOV
Endangered Kyrgyzstan
“The coming withdrawal of the US-led Western coalition from Afghanistan is becoming a prologue to the repatriation of field commanders to Tajikistan and other Central Asian republics. The Talibs will no doubt provide them with secure backing in Afghanistan. Thus, the forecasts that the presence of Russia’s special forces in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, which are CSTO members, will become necessary this fall are realistic…”
http://en.fondsk.ru/article.php?id=3189

2010-08-05
Elena PUSTOVOITOVA
Middle East at the Point of Boiling
“The truth is that the UN peacekeepers deployed at the Golan Heights are basically safeguarding the interests of Israel. Separating the aggressor and the victims of aggression is hardy the right way to bring the conflict to its final point. Reassuring UN reports notwithstanding, it will still be the point of boiling…”
http://en.fondsk.ru/article.php?id=3192

2010-08-05
Taras DYACHENKO
Hiroshima and Modernity
“Sixty five years ago, on August 6, 1945, US bomber B-29 dropped a nuclear bomb which was roughly 2,000 times more powerful than the biggest munitions used over the entire past history on the Japanese city of Hiroshima…”
http://en.fondsk.ru/article.php?id=3193

Why World War II ended with Mushroom Clouds By Jacques R. Pauwels

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6 August, 2010 — Global Research

65 years ago, August 6 and 9, 1945: Hiroshima and Nagasaki

“On Monday, August 6, 1945, at 8:15 AM, the nuclear bomb ‘Little Boy” was dropped on Hiroshima by an American B-29 bomber, the Enola Gay, directly killing an estimated 80,000 people. By the end of the year, injury and radiation brought total casualties to 90,000-140,000.”[1]

“On August 9, 1945, Nagasaki was the target of the world’s second atomic bomb attack at 11:02 a.m., when the north of the city was destroyed and an estimated 40,000 people were killed by the bomb nicknamed ‘Fat Man.’ The death toll from the atomic bombing totalled 73,884, as well as another 74,909 injured, and another several hundred thousand diseased and dying due to fallout and other illness caused by radiation.”[2]

In the European Theatre, World War II ended in early May 1945 with the capitulation of Nazi Germany. The “Big Three” on the side of the victors – Great Britain, the United States, and the Soviet Union – now faced the complex problem of the postwar reorganization of Europe. The United States had entered the war rather late, in December 1941, and had only started to make a truly significant military contribution to the Allied victory over Germany with the landings in Normandy in June 1944, less than one year before the end of the hostilities. When the war against Germany ended, however, Washington sat firmly and confidently at the table of the victors, determined to achieve what might be called its “war aims.”

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Has the internet just sold its soul? By Stephen Foley

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6 August, 2010 – The Independent

Update: Google and Verizon issue Net neutrality denial

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Google's co-founders Sergey Brin, left, and Larry Page, are accused of betraying web users. AP

Google stood accused last night of betraying the founding principles of the internet, as it readied a deal that will abandon key parts of its support for ‘net neutrality’, which has guaranteed equal access to the worldwide web since its inception.

In what one internet freedom campaigner called a ‘doomsday scenario’ that will change the internet forever, the search engine pioneer is close to agreeing terms with the largest telecoms company in the US that would open the door to special ‘fast lanes’ for favoured internet traffic.

Google denied the story, saying: ‘We have not had any conversations with Verizon about paying for carriage of Google traffic and we remain as committed as we always have been to an open internet.’

The bilateral agreement between Google and Verizon raises the spectre of big media corporations carving up the internet between them, and side-steps the Obama administration’s attempts to ensure that all internet traffic is treated the same, regardless of whether it comes from the smallest blogger or the largest online video site.

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Under Threat: A Free And Open Internet By Stephen Lendman

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15 July, 2010 – CounterCurrents

[This is an updated version that appeared here.]

First some background. As a candidate, Obama pledged support for ‘network neutrality to preserve the benefits of open competition on the Internet.’ As president, he reneged across the board, including for Internet freedom and openness, Boston.com writer Joelle Tessler headlining, ‘FCC votes to reconsider broadband regulations,’ saying:

Federal regulators are ‘wading into a bitter policy dispute that could be tied up in Congress and the courts for years.’ At stake: a free, open, and affordable Internet, threatened by powerful phone and cable giants wanting to privatize and control it, have unregulated pricing power, and decide what’s published at what speed or blocked.

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“MEDIA GIVES OBAMA PASS ON IRAQ”

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6 August, 2010 — The Real News Network

Gareth Porter: Most US media helps Obama back away from Iraq pledge

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Gareth Porter is a historian and investigative journalist on US foreign and military policy analyst. He writes regularly for Inter Press Service on US policy towards Iraq and Iran. Author of four books, the latest of which is Perils of Dominance: Imbalance of Power and the Road to War in Vietnam.

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MI5 HEAD TOLD BLAIR IRAQ NO THREAT

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6 August, 2010 — The Real News Nertwork

MI5 HEAD TOLD BLAIR IRAQ NO THREAT Eric Margolis: Most US media ignoring explosive testimony by former MI5 head at Iraq inquiry

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Eric S. Margolis is an award-winning, internationally syndicated foreign affairs columnist. His articles have appeared in the New York Times, the International Herald Tribune, the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Times, Times of London, the Gulf Times, the Khaleej Times, Dawn, Daily News Pakistan, Sun Malaysia, Mainichi Tokyo, U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings, Globe and Mail and the American Conservative. His internet column http://www.ericmargolis.com reaches global readers on a daily basis. He is the author of two best selling books, War at the Top of the World: The Struggle for Afghanistan And Asia, and nominated for the Governor General’s prestigious award for American Raj: Resolving The Conflict Between The West And The Muslim World. As a war correspondent Margolis has covered conflicts in Angola, Namibia, South Africa, Mozambique, Lebanon, Turkist Kurdistan, Peru, Afghanistan, Kashmir, India, Pakistan, El Salvador and Nicaragua. He was among the first journalist to ever interview Libya’s Muammar Khadaffi and was the first to be allowed access to KGB headquarters in Lubyanka.

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Colombia and Venezuela Rattle Their Sabres By Jeffery R. Webber

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5 August, 2010 — The   B u l l e t – Socialist Project • E-Bulletin No. 399

Uribe’s Parting Shot

Outgoing Colombian President, Álvaro Uribe, dropped a figurative bomb in the Andes on Thursday, July 22, just weeks before the scheduled inauguration of President-elect Juan Manuel Santos, Uribe’s former Defence Minister.  At the behest of Bogotá, an extraordinary session of the Permanent Council of the Organization of American States (OAS) was convened to hear Colombia’s accusations that there are “1,500 guerrillas and dozens of encampments of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and the National Liberation Army (ELN) in Venezuela,” both groups deemed to be “terrorist” organizations by Colombia and the United States.

In response, Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez – flanked by visiting Argentine soccer sensation and leftist celebrity, Diego Maradona – announced on Venezuelan television that he had cut all diplomatic relations with Colombia.

The Venezuelan embassy in Bogotá was closed and Colombian diplomats in Caracas were given 72 hours to vacate the country. The Venezuelan armed forces, particularly those 20,000 troops stationed along the Colombian-Venezuelan border, were put on “maximum alert,” given the gravity of the accusations levelled against Venezuela by the Uribe government.  Chávez accused Uribe of using the alleged guerrilla encampments as a pretext to bring the two countries to war.

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GazaFriends: Keep your eye on witnessgaza.com for the US Boat to Gaza launch videos

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6 August, 2010 — Witness Gaza

They said it couldn’t be done, that Americans couldn’t raise money fast enough to buy a boat to join Freedom Flotilla 2 in the fall. But never underestimate American determination in the face of Israeli intransigence and brutality. The launch of the US Boat to Gaza began last night in New York, and Free Gaza was there to participate.

Listen to Col. Ann Wright’s eloquent speech, then watch our TWITTER page for the next video uploads.

And this is just a beginning, as witnessgaza.com gets ready to go live for events across the US and across Europe.

“The Audacity of Hope” is more than just a book title. It is a call to everyone who believes in justice for Palestine… that there is hope, that civil society will do what governments refuse to do, that we will sail again and again until Palestinians gain the human and civil rights that have been denied to them for 62 years.

WE SAIL UNTIL PALESTINE IS FREE.
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Greta Berlin,
witnessgaza.com

Breaking the siege – six ways you can get involved in the next convoy to Gaza

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6 August, 2010 — Viva Palestina

Since the beginning of Israel’s illegal siege on Gaza, individuals across the world have come together — participating in journeys to Gaza themselves, donating and raising awareness at home, and working to persuade the government to end the siege — as an act of solidarity with the besieged Palestinians in Gaza.

With our government’s failure to end the blockade, people have been inspired to take action themselves to end the crisis, seen by the Gaza flotilla and previous land convoys. The overwhelming response to Israel’s attack on the Freedom Flotilla has forced governments to highlight this issue and call for an end to the siege. But we are committed to pushing further to ensure that words become action, and the siege is actually ended, allowing 1.5 million Palestinians to take advantage of what we in Britain take for granted — the right to work, to decent food and clean water, to education, to health, to visit to see family and friends, and to travel.

Now is your opportunity to get involved — the chance to make decisive progress to end the siege is now better than ever before.

PSC is pleased to partner once again with Viva Palestina, who are organising their biggest ever convoy yet in an attempt to break the siege by land and sea. The London leg of the convoy will leave on September 18th, and will be joined by two others legs from Casablanca and Doha — to converge at Al-Arish.

Take part in this international effort to end the siege. You can:

  1. Join the convoy: Fundraise £3500 to take part as a volunteer driver (VP will buy, own and support the vehicle and aid) or source, purchase and drive your own vehicle (pre-approval of vehicle by VP needed)
  2. Fundraise for aid: Help raise money to help buy things still being denied entry into Gaza — such as construction materials.
  3. Donate: you can do it online or via text — send the word ‘Cement’ to 70060 and help to buy a bag of cement.
  4. Sponsor: Get your local trade union branch, faith group, school, community centre involved in raising funds or sponsoring a vehicle with logos and websites.
  5. Volunteer: Help with organising logistics from the comfort of your home. Join a virtual e-space and help with aid, vehicles and fundraising logistical work prior to departure. If you have specialist skills, please get in touch.
  6. Raise awareness: Remind the world that, four years later, Gaza in still under siege. Organise speaker events, send press releases to your local media, and circulate information via facebook, twitter, blogs and email.

To read more about the convoy go to: www.vivapalestina.org/vp5/intro.html
For details on how to register visit: www.vivapalestina.org/vp5/register.html

WikiLeaks’ Revelations and their Substance By Aurobinda MAHAPATRA (India)

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28 July, 2010 — Strategic Culture Foundation

The posting of about 92000 reports, allegedly classified, covering a period of January 2004 to December 2009 spanning parts of the two US administrations and their activities related to Afghanistan and Pakistan by the WikiLeaks website have almost created a huge stir in both policy and media circles. While the sections of the US establishment have called the leaks ‘breach of federal law’ and ‘information vandalism,’ a deeper scrutiny of the revelations show how stark the failure of the US efforts in Afghanistan is emerging, and how far the Taliban, whom the US declared to defeat, has emerged stronger in the past years despite the US spending almost $300 billion on the war in Afghanistan.

In fact most parts of the revelations do not come as surprise. For instance, the reports reveal that how on many occasions the strikes intended to target the Taliban killed the civilians, and how on many occasions the US forces get frustrated due to inadequate support as in the case with the eastern Afghanistan base of Combat Outpost Keating, closed on 3 October 2009 after severe Taliban attacks. Similarly, the revelation strengthened the argument how the sections of the Taliban enjoyed closed links with intelligence agency of Pakistan. The revelations also pointed out how the secret commando units like Task Force 73, a classified group of Army and Navy special operatives, which primarily aimed at killing the Taliban commanders were not very successful, as the strikes by these forces at times led to killing of innocent civilians thus stoking further the Afghan resentment against these forces. The revelations too mentioned about Osama bin Laden and the activities of Al Qaeda in disrupting peace process in the region by organizing suicide attacks on Afghan leaders including Hamid Karzai.

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The US is Synchronously Preparing to Launch Aggressions Against Iran and Venezuela

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29 July, 2010 — Strategic Culture Foundation

The Columbian government voiced a new round of allegations that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is secretly supporting the FARC and ELN guerrilla movements in Columbia and giving shelter to their leaders. Venezuela reacted harshly – Chavez severed the diplomatic ties with Columbia, and the Organization of American States had to hold an urgent meeting on July 22 on Columbia’s request. This was the third time this year that the administration of Alvaro Uribe leveled such charges at Caracas and claimed to possess solid evidence that leftist groups are operating from the territory of Venezuela.

Venezuela rejects the allegations that it supplies weapons and money to FARC and ELN, trains their guerrillas, or allows them to use its territory. The border between Venezuela and Columbia is 2,000 km long and lies in the area which abounds with mountains and rainforests. It is also crossed by countless rivers. As a result, the border is practically impossible to seal off and – long before the advent of Chavez – the terrain became homeland to various smugglers, drug dealers, seekers of gold and diamonds, and all brands of adventurous people. Secretary General of the Organization of American States Jose Miguel Insulza agreed that Columbia’s charges are groundless, citing the fact that the terrain where the guerrillas come and go is too difficult to be controlled by any single country. He noted that while Uribe is lambasting Venezuela for not arresting the guerrillas Columbia is just as unable to get a hold of them.

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Information Clearing House Newsletter 5 August, 2010 The Lunatic's Manual

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5 August, 2010 — Information Clearing House

The US Isn’t Leaving Iraq, It’s Rebranding the Occupation
 By Seumas Milne
Obama says withdrawal is on schedule, but renaming or outsourcing combat troops won’t give Iraqis back their country.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article26092.htm

US-led Raid Killed 39 Civilians
By Press TV
President Hamid Karzai’s office said late on Wednesday the inquiry shows 39 civilians — all women and children — were killed in the attack.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article26096.htm

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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 5 August, 2010: A Country in Fragments: The Subjective Atlas of Palestine

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5 August, 2010 — VTJP

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Sheikh Salah Denied Access To Jerusalem For Additional Three Months
IMEMC – 5 Aug 2010 – Thursday August 05, 2010 – 22:25, The Islamic Movement reported Thursday that the commander of the so-called “Israeli Front Command” of the army, issued a new decision preventing the imprisoned head of the northern branch of the Islamic Movement in the country, Sheikh Raed Salah, from entering Jerusalem for additional three months.

15 Graves in the Mamilla Cemetery, Jerusalem, Desecrated
IMEMC – 5 Aug 2010 – Thursday August 05, 2010 – 18:09, Upwards of 15 graves in the Mamilla Cemetery, West Jerusalem, have been destroyed by bulldozers working on behalf of the Jerusalem Municipality, under police protection.

Police Attacks Residents, Arab Members of Knesset, in the Negev
IMEMC – 5 Aug 2010 – Thursday August 05, 2010 – 16:37, Salem Abu Mdeighim, field researcher of the Adalah center, stated that a large Israeli police force attacked on Wednesday the residents of al-Araqeeb village in the Negev, and demolished their homes for the second time this week.

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Strategic culture foundation online magazine latest publications from 25-31 July, 2010

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31 July, 2010 — Strategic Culture Foundation

2010-07-26
Alexander MEZYAEV
UN Court and Kosovo: International Law Amputated
“On July 22, 2010 the International Court of Justice issued an advisory opinion on the legality of the unilateral declaration of independence by «the Kosovo administration»… The amputation which the ICJ has performed on international law will generate a new tide of separatism and trigger partitions of sovereign countries…”
http://en.fondsk.ru/article.php?id=3167

2010-07-29
Lydia SYCHEVA
Russian speaking Jordan
“What is the strongest connection between contemporary Russia and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan? Tourism? Business? Orthodox shrines? Big politics and problems that emerged after the state of Israel had been born? The answer will combine all this. But there is also something else, which is quite unexpected…”
http://en.fondsk.ru/article.php?id=3168

2010-07-25
Vitaly DZUBA (Ukraine)
Cuba: The July 26 Legacy and the Present
“At present Cuba must be credited with maintaining world-class social welfare standards. Most importantly, free education and healthcare are available to all Cubans… Cuba occupies the 48th position globally in terms of the Human Development Index and thus belongs to the group of developed countries. In a stark contrast, Ukraine, a republic which boasted a high level of development in the Soviet era, currently ranks 85th in the list. In the settings of socialism, Cubans have accomplished what neither Latin American countries nor industrialized capitalist ones can hope to…”
http://en.fondsk.ru/article.php?id=3170

2010-07-27
Andrei ARESHEV
Climate Weapons: More Than Just a Conspiracy Theory?
“The abnormally hot weather in the central regions of Russia has already caused serious economic damage. It has destroyed crops on roughly 20% of the country’s agricultural land lots, the result being that the food prices are clearly set to climb next fall. On top of that, fires are raging over peat lands around Moscow. These days, the majority of forecasts concerning the climate are alarming…”
http://en.fondsk.ru/article.php?id=3172

2010-07-29
Nil NIKANDROV
The US is Synchronously Preparing to Launch Aggressions Against Iran and Venezuela
“Chavez is not the kind of leader to give in to pressure and threats. A few days ago he declared that warships of the Venezuelan navy would pay a visit of friendship to Abkhazia. Who knows, there might exist a plan for yet another visit of friendship – to Iran…”
http://en.fondsk.ru/article.php?id=3176

2010-07-28
Aurobinda MAHAPATRA (India)
WikiLeaks’ Revelations and their Substance
“The posting of about 92000 reports, allegedly classified, covering a period of January 2004 to December 2009 spanning parts of the two US administrations and their activities related to Afghanistan and Pakistan by the WikiLeaks website have almost created a huge stir in both policy and media circles…”
http://en.fondsk.ru/article.php?id=3178

WHY IS THE US IN AFGHANISTAN – RUSSIA AND CHINA? Wikileaks: The Pakistan connection Pt.3

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1 August, 2010 — The Real News Network

So now we’re going to catch up sort of into the current period. What is what we are now calling Taliban? ‘Cause as you said in the last episode, you can’t you know, it’s an easy phrase to throw around, but it’s like saying “the Americans”. I mean, “the Taliban” mean many different things, doesn’t it?

Part One / Part Two

Bio
Paul Fitzgerald and Elizabeth Gould, a husband and wife team, began their experience in Afghanistan when they were the first American journalists to acquire permission to enter behind Soviet lines in 1981 for CBS News and produced a documentary, Afghanistan Between Three Worlds, for PBS. In 1983 they returned to Kabul with Harvard Negotiation project director Roger Fisher for ABC Nightline and contributed to the MacNeil/Lehrer News Hour. They have continued to research, write and lecture about the long-term run-up that led to the US invasion of Afghanistan. Paul Fitzgerald and Elizabeth Gould are the authors of Invisible History: Afghanistan’s Untold Story published by City Lights. Their next book Crossing Zero The AfPak War at the Turning Point of American Empire will be published February, 2011.

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CIA AND ISI NURTURED MUJAHIDEEN AND TALIBAN: Wikileaks: The Pakistan connection Pt.2

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31 July, 2010 — The Real News Network

How did the mujahideen in Afghanistan get armed?

Part One / Part Three

Bio

Paul Fitzgerald and Elizabeth Gould, a husband and wife team, began their experience in Afghanistan when they were the first American journalists to acquire permission to enter behind Soviet lines in 1981 for CBS News and produced a documentary, Afghanistan Between Three Worlds, for PBS. In 1983 they returned to Kabul with Harvard Negotiation project director Roger Fisher for ABC Nightline and contributed to the MacNeil/Lehrer News Hour. They have continued to research, write and lecture about the long-term run-up that led to the US invasion of Afghanistan. Paul Fitzgerald and Elizabeth Gould are the authors of Invisible History: Afghanistan’s Untold Story published by City Lights. Their next book Crossing Zero The AfPak War at the Turning Point of American Empire will be published February, 2011.

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WIKILEAKS: THE PAKISTAN CONNECTION Part 1: CIA AND ISI NURTURED MUJAHIDEEN AND TALIBAN

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29 July, 2010 — The Real News Network

Gould, Fitzgerald, authors of “Afghanistan’s Untold Story” discuss WikiLeaks Pakistan Taliban connection

Part Two / Part Three

Bio
Paul Fitzgerald and Elizabeth Gould, a husband and wife team, began their experience in Afghanistan when they were the first American journalists to acquire permission to enter behind Soviet lines in 1981 for CBS News and produced a documentary, Afghanistan Between Three Worlds, for PBS. In 1983 they returned to Kabul with Harvard Negotiation project director Roger Fisher for ABC Nightline and contributed to the MacNeil/Lehrer News Hour. They have continued to research, write and lecture about the long-term run-up that led to the US invasion of Afghanistan. Paul Fitzgerald and Elizabeth Gould are the authors of Invisible History: Afghanistan’s Untold Story published by City Lights. Their next book Crossing Zero The AfPak War at the Turning Point of American Empire will be published February, 2011.