August 11, 2010
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Wikileaks Afghanistan Stories 25 July – 8 August, 2010
8 August, 2010 — Wikileaks Afghanistan Stories I have gathered together all the stories Creative-i collected since the release of the Afghanistan emails covering the period 25 July – 8 August, 2010. 8/8/10 – Bradley Manning: An American Hero 6/8/10 – NYT Passes Along Anonymous Denial of Civilian Deaths 6/8/10 – WikiLeaks’ Revelations and their Continue reading
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Task Force 373 – Heroes or Villains? Wall of silence fuels talk of “death squads” By Matthew Nasuti
Task Force 373 is a secret American special operations unit tasked with killing or capturing more than 2,000 senior Taliban and al-Qaeda figures who are listed in the JPEL (Joint Prioritized Effects List). The concept of the unit is sound and consistent with the strategy previously implemented by General Stanley McChrystal, which is to target… Continue reading
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Hidden Intelligence Operation Behind the Wikileaks Release of “Secret” Documents? F. William Engdahl
The naming of Gul today as a key liaison to the Afghan ‘Taliban’ forms part of a larger pattern of US and British recent efforts to demonize the current Pakistan regime as a key part of the problems in Afghanistan. Such a demonization greatly boosts the position of recent US military ally, India. Furthermore, Pakistan… Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 10 August, 2010: Political Prisoners in America
10 August, 2010 — Information Clearing House Eyes on the Skies Over Bushehr Nuclear Reactor By Marsha B. Cohen Once Bushehr’s nuclear fuel arrives from Russia, whatever military options against Iran that may be “on the table” that include Bushehr will have to come off. Israel and the U.S. have only a few weeks to Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 10 August, 2010: The “banality of evil” and Israel’s destruction of al-Araqib
10 August, 2010 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center WAFA: Hamas security forces harass Palestinian journalist in Gaza IMEMC – 10 Aug 2010 – Tuesday August 10, 2010 – 15:09, On the other hand, the WAFA news agency said that Hamas security forces in Gaza continue to summon Palestinian journalist to their headquarter Continue reading
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South Africa – Music Legends – Hugh Masekela 1
11 August, 2010 See the other Hugh Masekela Videos on Vodpod http://widgets.vodpod.com/w/video_embed/Video.4200416 South Africa – Music Legends – Hugh Masekela 1, posted with vodpod Continue reading
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The Quiet Revolution: Venezuelans experiment with participatory democracy By Andrew Kennis
In the past four years, hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans have been organizing tens of thousands of consejos comunales (communal councils). Each council is composed of about 150 families in urban areas, while in rural and indigenous areas, each council is composed of 20 and 10 families, respectively. The councils are involved in everything from… Continue reading
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Information Clearing House 11 August, 2010: US — Venezuela: The Empire Strikes Back (and Loses)
11 August, 2010 — Information Clearing House Saving Women and Preventing Genocide: The Real Reasons We’re in Afghanistan Now By Bretigne Shaffer So now the cheerleaders for war would have us believe that they are more concerned for the welfare of Afghan civilians than are those who wish to end the US occupation. www.informationclearinghouse.info/article26128.htm What Continue reading
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