December 2, 2010
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Out of the diplomatic bag By William Bowles
3 December, 2010 Wikileaks has committed the unforgivable sin of revealing the inner workings of Empire, what the servants of Empire really think and in so doing it has also revealed the extremely comfortable relationship between the media and the state in making sure that the truth behind the headlines is kept from us. Fascinating, Continue reading
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Haitian Election Complete Disaster! Fraud Rampant Everywhere!
2 December, 2010 The $29.6 million spent on wasteful elections could have been spent on water treatment plant, sanitation treatment plant to help save Haitian lives, stop the cholera public health crisis. Follow my videos on vodpod Continue reading
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Ben Bernanke: Public Enemy #1 — Mr. Big Shot (Music Video)
In this new music video, for the song “Mr. Big Shot” by Pilot Rai, we feature leading members of the Global Banking Cartel: Ben Bernanke, Tim Geithner and Jamie Dimon. We also feature the cartel’s puppet president, Barack Obama. Continue reading
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U.N. Special Rapporteur Juan Méndez: Instead of Focusing on Assange, U.S. Should Address WikiLeaks’ Disclosures of Torture
One of the leaked U.S. State Department cables released by WikiLeaks urges diplomats to gather intelligence about “plans and intentions of member states or U.N. Special Rapporteurs to press for resolutions or investigations into U.S. counter-terrorism strategies and treatment of detainees in Iraq, Afghanistan or Guantanamo.” We speak to Juan Méndez, the new U.N. Special… Continue reading
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Jeremy Scahill: WikiLeaks Cables Confirm Secret U.S. War Ops in Pakistan
Despite sustained denials by the Pentagon, the leaked cables from WikiLeaks confirm that U.S. military special operations forces have been secretly working with the Pakistani military to conduct offensive operations and coordinate drone strikes in the areas near the Afghan border. The cables confirm aspects of a story about the covert U.S. war in Pakistan… Continue reading
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Attorney Confirms WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange in Britain, Responds to U.S. Attacks
2 December, 2010 — Democracy Now As the whistleblowing website WikiLeaks continues to publish secret U.S. diplomatic cables, its founder Julian Assange is facing international arrest over allegations in Sweden. In the United States, Attorney General Eric Holder has announced WikiLeaks is the target of a criminal probe, and some politicians have accused him of Continue reading
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UPDATE FROM THE ELECTRONIC INTIFADA 2 December, 2010
2 December, 2010 — Electronic Intifada PALESTINIAN PROPERTY DESTROYED AS ISRAELI SETTLEMENTS GROW Report, The Electronic Intifada, 2 December 2010 Israeli bulldozers and armed soldiers implemented a swath of demolitions of Palestinian homes and structures for more than a week in multiple areas across the West Bank including East Jerusalem and the Jordan Valley. electronicintifada.net/v2/article11655.shtml Continue reading
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WikiLeaks’ harsh lesson on imperial hubris By Jonathan Cook
The new disclosures…provide a useful insight, captured in the very ordinariness of the diplomatic correspondence, into Washington’s own sense of the limits on its global role — an insight that was far less apparent in the previous WikiLeaks revelations on the US army’s wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Continue reading
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Replay: Zbigniew Brzezinski on Iran
No, I wasn’t saying “opposing”. I was saying that we should not let them use our airspace without our permission, because no matter what, we would be held as complicit, and we will be paying the price for it. So our view is that this is not desirable; we should not allow our airspace to… Continue reading
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New York Times Beats Drums for War
I think Julian Assange is the real deal. I really kind of resent all the focus on all these trees, missing the forest for what it is. Here’s an outfit that had the courage to face into the Defense Department, do what the United States government really warned it against doing, and all because one… Continue reading
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WikiLeaks lift curtains on American political autism – expert — RT
‘This [WikiLeaks story] does lift the curtains on the American mentality, on America’s fundamental intellectual incapacity to deal with the outside world in any other way than by dividing it up into good guys and bad guys. For me it is a message, that there is an incredibly immature and, frankly, dangerous attitude on the… Continue reading
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Wikileaks News Roundup 2 December, 2010
2 December, 2010 — creative-i.info WikiLeaks reports on Putin’s wealth “nonsense” – spokesman WikiLeaks lift curtains on American political autism – expert WikiLeaks founder’s plea rejected WikiLeaks Shows Diplomats Lie to Themselves Before They Lie to Journalists URUK Net Newsletter 30 November, 2010: Wikileaks : US Cable Confirms US Killed Women and Children In Yemen Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 1 December, 2010: Why They Hate Julian Assange
1 December, 2010 — Information Clearing House The cover-up WikiLeaks Cable Reveals Secret Pledge to Protect US at Iraq Inquiry: By Robert Booth Ministry of Defence told US that UK had ‘put measures in place’ to protect American interests during Chilcot inquiry. www.informationclearinghouse.info/article26968.htm Russians Refuted U.S. Claim of Iranian Missile Threat to Europe By Gareth Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 1 December, 2010: WikiLeaks: More Israeli Game Theory Warfare?
1 December, 2010 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Gazan Worker Injured After Being Shot by Israeli Troops IMEMC – 1 Dec 2010 – Wednesday December 01, 2010 – 16:44, On Wednesday, the Israeli military shot and injured a resident from Gaza, while he was working collecting stones and rubble in the northern Continue reading
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FAIR Action Alert: NYT's Iran Missile Fizzle – Paper cites WikiLeaks cable, but omits doubts
A November 29 New York Times article alleging that Iran possesses powerful missiles with “the capacity to strike at capitals in Western Europe” appears to rest on incredibly shaky evidence–amounting to a German newspaper article that did not fully corroborate the U.S. claims the Times was touting Continue reading
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FAIR Action Alert: NYT’s Iran Missile Fizzle – Paper cites WikiLeaks cable, but omits doubts
A November 29 New York Times article alleging that Iran possesses powerful missiles with “the capacity to strike at capitals in Western Europe” appears to rest on incredibly shaky evidence–amounting to a German newspaper article that did not fully corroborate the U.S. claims the Times was touting Continue reading
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