Assistant Secretary
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Iraq and the Betrayal of a People – Impunity Forever? By Hans Christof Von Sponeck
Ethnic tension and sectarianism have become a major element in Iraqi politics since the US/UK invasion of 2003, a polarization of inter-group relations Iraqis had not known before. This explains much of the existing hideous crime including murder, kidnapping, property destruction and, most noteworthy, the deteriorating relationships between Baghdad and the three northern Kurdish governorates. Continue reading
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NSA 12 October 2012: New Book – U.S.-Iran: Lessons from an Earlier War
12 October 2012 — National Security Archive New Book–Becoming Enemies–Explores Roots of the Current Crisis with IranEx-Officials’ Candid Accounts & Declassified Documents Provide Fresh Details, Illuminate Ongoing HostilityEdited by Malcolm Byrne Continue reading
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On 9/11 Doubts Were Immediate By Dr. Paul Craig Roberts
The TV news anchors compared the disintegration of the towers to controlled demolition. There were numerous reports of explosions throughout the towers from the base or sub-basements to the top. (Once the government put out the story of terrorist attack, references to controlled demolition and explosions disappeared from the print and TV media.) This made… Continue reading
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Pakistan TV Report Contradicts US Claim of Bin Laden’s Death By Paul Craig Roberts
In Bashir’s account, every member of the landing party and anyone brought from the house died when the helicopter exploded on lift-off. I wrote that a qualified person could easily provide a translation of the interview, but that no American print or TV news organization had investigated Bashir’s account. Continue reading
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The West is Trapped in its Own Propaganda By Paul Craig Roberts
One of the wishes that readers often express to me came true on May 11. I was on the mainstream media. It was a program with a worldwide reach–the BBC World Service. There were others on the program as well, and the topic was Hillary Clinton’s remarks (May 10) about the lack of democracy and… Continue reading