March 2013
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ColdType Special: IRAQ War: Among World’s Worst Events
18 March 2013 — Coldtype We’ve just added a special e-book to ColdType.net for the anniversary of the War on Iraq . . . Continue reading
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Media Lens: The Iraq War Was Not A Media Failure By David Edwards
It is a bitter, even surreal, irony that the media ‘failure’ on Iraq is being lamented by journalists who have since repeated the same performance on Libya, Syria, Israel-Palestine, Iran, Venezuela, WikiLeaks, climate change, and much else besides. Continue reading
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The Return of Empires (VI) Dmitry MININ
The rebirth of the imperial spirit in the West is moving along two sometimes converging, but in recent times increasingly diverging, lines. Looking at Europe’s relations with its neighbours, one can see that the European Union initially pursued an imperial policy with regard to countries in Central and Eastern Europe that had joined the EU,… Continue reading
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“Washington’s Pope”? Who is Pope Francis I? Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio and Argentina’s “Dirty War” By Prof Michel Chossudovsky
In 1973, he had been appointed “Provincial” of Argentina for the Society of Jesus. In this capacity, Bergoglio was the highest ranking Jesuit in Argentina during the military dictatorship led by General Jorge Videla (1976-1983). Continue reading
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“Washington’s Pope”? Who is Pope Francis I? Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio and Argentina’s “Dirty War” By Prof Michel Chossudovsky
In 1973, he had been appointed “Provincial” of Argentina for the Society of Jesus. In this capacity, Bergoglio was the highest ranking Jesuit in Argentina during the military dictatorship led by General Jorge Videla (1976-1983). Continue reading
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Media: The Pope and Politics By Peter Hart
15 March 2013 — FAIR Blog Argentine cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio was chosen as the new pope this week. But coverage often glossed over the most intense political controversies about him. On NBC Nightly News (3/13/13), the network’s Vatican analyst George Weigel told viewers that Pope Francis was “a man of God… a man who is Continue reading
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel News and Articles 14 March 2013
14 March 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Settler Woman, Her Children, Injured In The West BankIMEMC – Israeli Ynet News reported Thursday that a settler woman and her 3-year-old toddler have been injured after a number of Palestinians hurled stones at settlers vehicles driving on Route 5 that connects Tel Aviv with the Continue reading
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Seeds of Destruction: The Diabolical World of Genetic Manipulation By F. William Engdahl
This skillfully researched book focuses on how a small socio-political American elite seeks to establish control over the very basis of human survival: the provision of our daily bread. “Control the food and you control the people.” Continue reading
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ICH 14 March 2013: 9/11 Official Account Unraveling
14 March 2013 — Information Clearing House The United States, and President Obama, Arm al-Qaeda By Alan Jones The close association between the FSA and al-Qaeda affiliates means that the United States, and President Obama, are effectively arming terrorists. http://is.gd/NIC6My Continue reading
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Book: DESTROYING LIBYA AND WORLD ORDER – The Three-Decade U.S. Campaign to Terminate the Qaddafi Revolution By Francis A. Boyle
It took three decades for the United States government—spanning and working assiduously over five different presidential administrations (Reagan, Bush I, Clinton, Bush II , and Obama)—to terminate the 1969 Qaddafi Revolution, seize control over Libya’s oil fields, and dismantle its Jamahiriya system. This book tells the story of what happened, why it happened, and what… Continue reading
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Hugo Chavez vs "The Network" By Greg Palast
In 2002, Chavez’ oil company chief, Ali Rodriguez, told me: “America can’t let us stay in power. We are the exception to the New Globalisation Order. If we succeed, we are an example to all the Americas.” Continue reading
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'Monsanto Protection Act' to be voted on by Congress
The US House of Representatives is expected to weigh in on the Agricultural Appropriations Bill for Fiscal year 2013 this week, and included within the act lies the “Farmer Assurance Provision,” a small subsection that has so far earned opposition from hundreds of thousands family farmers, environmental interest groups and other advocates. Those hoping to… Continue reading
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“Scientific Assassinations” Are Part of the CIA’s Modus Operandi By Wayne Madsen
The Guardian newspaper’s self-proclaimed Venezuela expert Rory Carroll has glibly categorized serious charges that Venezuela’s late President Hugo Chavez Frias was assassinated by a United States-produced bio-weapon as being in the same league with «conspiracy theorists who wonder about aliens at Roswell and NASA faking the moon landings». A number of Venezuelan and international officials… Continue reading
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Iraqi Children: Deprived Rights, Stolen Future By Bie Kentane
This report will focus on the violations by the occupying forces and the Iraqi government of the Convention (IV) relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, Geneva, 12 August 1949, (ICRC) and the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. Continue reading
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NEW STUDY: JOURNALISTS, EXPERTS ARE MASSIVE BULLSHITTERS
“The latest Gaza war is only a few days old, but already one conclusion can be drawn: missile defence works”. This expansive edifice of journalistic and expert analysis, pontification and reportage was based on a single source: official Israeli government statistics, which claimed a success rate for Iron Dome of approximately 84%. The BBC’s Mark… Continue reading
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William Blum Interview: CIA Has Attempted To Assassinate 50 World Leaders, Including Chavez
The late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez was warned by Fidel Castro to be careful of a very specific attack, namely a quick jab from an infected needle. Such a warning coming from a leader who has reportedly been the target of CIA assassination plots more than 600 times in over 50 years, was sure to… Continue reading
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Video: A New Pope and "The Most Corrupt Vatican Since the Borgias"
Matthew Fox (former Catholic priest) discusses the Vatican’s work with the CIA and it’s alliance with far right political forces and Pope Francis’ opposition to liberation theology in Latin America. Continue reading
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The Fracked-up USA Shale Gas Bubble By F. William Engdahl
At a time when much of the world is looking with a mix of envy and excitement at the recent boom in USA unconventional gas from shale rock, when countries from China to Poland to France to the UK are beginning to launch their own ventures into unconventional shale gas extraction, hoping it is the… Continue reading
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel News and Articles 13 March 2013: Women 'carry all' of Palestine’s suffering
13 March 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Abu Marzouq Slams Egyptian Reports Regarding Claimed Arrest Of Seven PalestiniansIMEMC – Mousa Abu Marzouq, member of the Political Bureau of the Hamas movement, slammed some Egyptian media outlets for what he called “attempting to involve the Palestinians in internal Egyptian conflicts”. His statements came after Continue reading
The New Dark Age 