Black Agenda Report for Sept 11, 2013: Obama Defeated, Comes Undone / CBC Minions of War / Black Shadow Budget Revealed

11 September 2013 — Black Agenda Report

This week in Black Agenda Report

by BAR executive editor Glen Ford

When presidents fail, it is a public spectacle. In his rush into unprovoked war against Syria, President Obama overplayed his hand. Shortly before he appeared on television on Wednesday, “Obama’s handlers advised him that his political position was, for the time being, untenable.” But he’ll soon be back on the warpath, meaner and more aggressive than ever. Continue reading

From Hiroshima to Syria, the enemy whose name we dare not speak By John Pilger

11 September 2013 — John Pilger

On my wall is the front page of Daily Express of September 5, 1945 and the words: “I write this as a warning to the world.” So began Wilfred Burchett’s report from Hiroshima. It was the scoop of the century. For his lone, perilous journey that defied the US occupation authorities, Burchett was pilloried, not least by his embedded colleagues. He warned that an act of premeditated mass murder on an epic scale had launched a new era of terror. 

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Obama’s Humiliating Defeat By Glen Ford

11 September 2013 — Black Agenda Report

by BAR executive editor Glen Ford

When presidents fail, it is a public spectacle. In his rush into unprovoked war against Syria, President Obama overplayed his hand. Shortly before he appeared on television on Wednesday, “Obama’s handlers advised him that his political position was, for the time being, untenable.” But he’ll soon be back on the warpath, meaner and more aggressive than ever.  Continue reading

VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 10 September 2013: IDF closes investigation into Bil’in killing without indictment

10 September 2013 — VTJP

News

International Middle East Media Center

CIA documents reveal Israeli stockpile of chemical weapons
IMEMC – A newly-discovered document of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency revealed Monday by Foreign Policy magazine shows that the U.S. agency had decisive evidence dating back to at least the 1980s that Israel had a stockpile of chemical and biological weapons. …

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Information Clearing House 10 September 2013: From Hiroshima to Syria, The Enemy Whose Name We Dare Not Speak

10 September 2013  — Information Clearing House

Russian Chess Move Stalls US Actions As Al-Qaeda’s Air Force

By Pepe Escobar

Russia throws a lifeline to save US President Barack Obama from his self-spun ‘red line’.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article36197.htm

 

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