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The World War on Democracy By John Pilger
Lisette Talate died the other day. I remember a wiry, fiercely intelligent woman who masked her grief with a determination that was a presence. She was the embodiment of people’s resistance to the war on democracy. I first glimpsed her in a 1950s Colonial Office film about the Chagos islanders, a tiny creole nation living… Continue reading
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Global Research Week in Review 19 January 2012: Nuclear Insanity, Web Censorship and Global Tensions
19 January 2012 — Global Research The Globalization of War: The “Military Roadmap” to World War III ONLINE INTERACTIVE READER – by Michel Chossudovsky, Finian Cunningham – 2012-01-31 The Pentagon’s global military design is one of world conquest. The military deployment of US-NATO forces is occurring in several regions of the world simultaneously. Continue reading
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Video: SOPA Sledgehammer Could Smash Any Site on Web By grtv
John Davies, the Chief Executive of Wikimedia UK – the umbrella foundation in charge of Wikipedia – said the site’s unprecedented blackout was a tough decision to make, but a necessary one in the bid to raise global awareness. Continue reading
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2012: Prospects for Humanity? By Prof. Francis Boyle
Future, what future? I am extremely pessimistic. In my opinion the world is moving ineluctably towards a third world war—a strategic nuclear war. I do not believe that anything can be done to prevent it. The international system is simply too unstable to survive for long. Continue reading
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Francis Boyle: Waging War against Iran is a Criminal Act, in Violation of International Law
Article 2 (3) of the United Nations Charter requires the pacific settlement of the international dispute between the United States and Iran. To the same effect is article 33 and the entirety of Chapter VI of the United Nations Charter that mandate and set up numerous procedures for the pacific settlement of the international dispute… Continue reading
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Media Manipulation and the Drums of War: How Media is used to Whip the Nation into Wartime Frenzy By James Corbett
The centuries-long history of how media has been used to whip the nation into wartime frenzy, dehumanize the supposed enemies, and even to manipulate the public into believing in causes for war that, decades later, were admitted to be completely fictitious. Continue reading
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THE WAR ON IRAN: The Deployment of Thousands of US Troops to Israel, The Integration of US-Israeli Command Structures By Michel Chossudovsky
The planning of the Iran war is being carried out at the crossroads of a worldwide economic depression, which is conducive to widening social inequalities, mass unemployment and the impoverishment of large sectors of the world population. Continue reading
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Israel: “Wiped off The Map”. The Rumor of the Century, Fabricated by the US Media to Justify An All out War on Iran By Arash Norouzi
The following text by Arash Norouzi first published by the Mossadegh Project and Global Research in January 2007 confirms that the alleged “Wiped Off the Map” statement by Iran’s president was never made. Continue reading
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Israel: "Wiped off The Map". The Rumor of the Century, Fabricated by the US Media to Justify An All out War on Iran By Arash Norouzi
The following text by Arash Norouzi first published by the Mossadegh Project and Global Research in January 2007 confirms that the alleged “Wiped Off the Map” statement by Iran’s president was never made. Continue reading
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THE INAUGURATION OF POLICE STATE USA 2012: Obama Signs the “National Defense Authorization Act
According to Obama’s “signing statement”, the threat of Al Qaeda to the Security of the Homeland constitutes a justification for repealing fundamental rights and freedoms, with a stroke of the pen. Continue reading
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THE INAUGURATION OF POLICE STATE USA 2012: Obama Signs the “National Defense Authorization Act
According to Obama’s “signing statement”, the threat of Al Qaeda to the Security of the Homeland constitutes a justification for repealing fundamental rights and freedoms, with a stroke of the pen. Continue reading
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The Threat of War Against Iran and Syria is Real By Shamus Cooke
For those who think that the United States wouldn’t possibly instigate another war in the Middle East, think again. Empowered by his ‘success’ in the bombing of Libya and consequent assassination of Muammar Qaddafi, Obama is now seeking to use the exact same strategy against Syria, while using alarming military threats against Iran. In both… Continue reading
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SYRIA: Media Lies Refuted by Arab League Mission By Michel Chossudovsky
The chief of the monitoring team Sudanese General Mustafa Dabi has described the situation in the central city as reassuring. Dabi, however, says more investigations are required. The observers also plan to visit the nearby city of Hama as well as the northwestern province of Idlib and Deraa province in the south. Continue reading
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Breaking News. SYRIA: Arab League Head of Mission Refutes Western Media Propaganda By Michel Chossudovsky
The head of the Arab League monitoring group in Syria, Sudan’s General Mustafa Dabi, has made “contradictory statements” on the human rights situation in Syria, which no doubt will eventually be erased from the record as not in keeping with the official propaganda line. Continue reading
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Preparing to Attack Iran with Nuclear Weapons: "No Option can be taken off the Table" By Michel Chossudovsky
The “no options off the table” statement intimates that the US not only envisages an attack on Iran but that this attack could include the use of tactical bunker buster nuclear weapons with an explosive capacity between one third and six times a Hiroshima bomb. In a cruel irony, these “humanitarian” “peace-making” nuclear bombs “Made… Continue reading
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Preparing to Attack Iran with Nuclear Weapons: “No Option can be taken off the Table” By Michel Chossudovsky
The “no options off the table” statement intimates that the US not only envisages an attack on Iran but that this attack could include the use of tactical bunker buster nuclear weapons with an explosive capacity between one third and six times a Hiroshima bomb. In a cruel irony, these “humanitarian” “peace-making” nuclear bombs “Made… Continue reading
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Video: Against AFRICOM: Questioning the US Agenda in Africa
Find out more about the race for Africa’s riches in this week’s GRTV Feature Interview with former congresswoman and 2008 presidential candidate Cynthia McKinney. Continue reading
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Israel Cannot Wage a War against Iran without a "Green Light" from the US By Michel Chossudovsky
In late December 2008, coinciding with the onslaught of Israel’s “Operation Cast Lead” directed against Gaza, the Pentagon dispatched some 100 military personnel to Israel from US European Command (EUCOM) to assist Israel in setting up a new sophisticated X-band early warning radar system as part of a new and integrated air defense system. Continue reading
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Israel Cannot Wage a War against Iran without a “Green Light” from the US By Michel Chossudovsky
In late December 2008, coinciding with the onslaught of Israel’s “Operation Cast Lead” directed against Gaza, the Pentagon dispatched some 100 military personnel to Israel from US European Command (EUCOM) to assist Israel in setting up a new sophisticated X-band early warning radar system as part of a new and integrated air defense system. Continue reading
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The Globalization of War: The “Military Roadmap” to World War III
The concept of the “Long War” has characterized US military doctrine since the end of World War II. The broader objective of global military dominance in support of an imperial project was first formulated under the Truman administration in the late 1940s at the outset of the Cold War. Continue reading