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Sequesters To Trim Government Debt; Malls Raise Consumer Debt for The “Sheeple” By Danny Schechter
Durban, South Africa: Back in 2002, South Africa hosted a UN environmental Summit on sustainability. It drew a rag tag army of green activists from all over the world, many excited to visit the now free South Africa that they fought for through the apartheid years, and hoping to meet members of the liberation movement… Continue reading
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The Return of Empires (I) By Dmitry MININ
The recent expeditions of the French in Africa clearly smack less of neoimperialism than they do neocolonialism, and have prompted many to wonder whether the events are the start of a new cycle of world politics in which an outgoing unipolarity is perhaps being replaced by a forthcoming multipolarity not hailed by everyone, or something… Continue reading
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New at Strategic Culture Foundation 17-23 February 2013: Syria / Korea / Chile / Kosovo / Mali-France / Arctic / EU / Russia
23 February 2013 — Strategic Culture Foundation Syrian Rebels Get Arms from Kosovo and Bosnia 23.02.2013 | 11:35 | Dmitry MININ …The policy of the West in Syria is myopic. It goes on losing control over the events in this country. In fact it gives refuge to terrorists and faces the prospect of raging terror spilling Continue reading
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Imperial Jockeying in Africa: U.S. Intervention Sets to Deepen By Ben Schreiner
According to U.S. intelligence officials, however, AQIM “remains mainly a regional menace,” with “no capacity” to launch attacks within the U.S. Even so, the Pentagon continues to move closer to directly targeting AQIM targets. Continue reading
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US-Saudi Funded Terrorists Sowing Chaos in Pakistan By Tony CARTALUCCI
Baluchistan, Pakistan – long target of Western geopolitical interests, terror wave coincides with Gwadar Port handover to China. Continue reading
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New at Strategic Culture Foundation 10-16 February 2013: Money / France-Africa / China / Russia-Pakistan / CIA / Obama / Iran / Scotland
16 February 2013 — Strategic Culture Foundation Parallel World of Finances (II) 16.02.2013 | 00:00 | Valentin KATASONOV …The US Federal Reserve System bankers are dry behind the ears in plundering other nations. The method is the same – exchanging real resources, goods, assets for pieces of paper, call it Federal Reserve bonds, US Treasury loan Continue reading
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ICH 12 February 2013: Khamenei Plays Hardball With Obama
12 February 2013 — Information Clearing House China Will Not Help To “Punish” North Korea By Moon Of Alabama China needs North Korea as a buffer against U.S. troops at its borders. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33933.htm Continue reading
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The War in Mali and AFRICOM’s Agenda: Target China By F. William Engdahl
Mali at first glance seems a most unlikely place for the NATO powers, led by a neo-colonialist French government of Socialist President Francois Hollande (and quietly backed to the hilt by the Obama Administration), to launch what is being called by some a new Thirty Years’ War Against Terrorism. Continue reading
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The War in Mali and AFRICOM’s Agenda: Target China By F. William Engdahl
Mali at first glance seems a most unlikely place for the NATO powers, led by a neo-colonialist French government of Socialist President Francois Hollande (and quietly backed to the hilt by the Obama Administration), to launch what is being called by some a new Thirty Years’ War Against Terrorism. Continue reading
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Japan And China: Is War Around The Corner?
Japan on Tuesday lodged a protest against China, claiming Chinese military frigates locked their fire-control radar on to a Japanese navy vessel as well as a helicopter. Continue reading
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The French plan for Mali By David Whitehouse
France’s military intervention in Mali was supposed to be about repelling “terrorists”–but it was really about advancing imperialist interests, reports David Whitehouse. Continue reading
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Video: French troops protecting Niger mine: Fight for security in Africa or..?
French troops have been called to protect one of Niger’s biggest uranium mines as security fears spike. Analyst John Laughland tells RT, that France taking the military lead in Mali and coming to Niger might be a sign of a continent-size interest. Continue reading
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New at SCF 27 January – 2 February 2013: Israel / EU / Venezuela / Syria-UK / Iraq / Big Brother / Serbia / China
2 February 2013 — Strategic Culture Foundation Yair Lapid: The New Star on the Israeli Political Scene 02.02.2013 | 00:00 | Dmitry MININ The main surprise of Israel’s latest elections for the19th Knesset was the Yesh Atid party («There is a future»), established less than a year ago it came in second with 19 seats, and Continue reading
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Space War: U.S.’s Former Nazi Scientists’ Dream Of Ruling World
In an exclusive interview with the Voice of Russia, Bruce Gagnon shares little known facts about the militarization of space by the United States, the development of first strike space drones and the foundation of the US military industrial complex by Nazi scientists bent on victory in World War III. If you thought missile defense… Continue reading
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Is the French Invasion of Mali tied to a Colonial War for Uranium? By Saeed Shabazz
There is still confusion in UN corridors concerning France’s military intervention in Northern Mali, which began on Jan. 11 with air strikes against the so-called Islamist camps moving closer to the capital city of Bamako. Continue reading
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NATO: Delivering Death Since 1949 By Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya
The world is enveloped in a blanket of perpetual conflict. Invasions, occupation, illicit sanctions, and regime change have become currencies and orders of the day. One organization – the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) – is repeatedly, and very controversially, involved in some form or another in many of these conflicts led by the US… Continue reading
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Hidden Agenda behind America’s War on Africa: Containing China by “Fighting Al-Qaeda” By Ben Schreiner
France’s military intervention into Mali may at first glance appear to have little to do with the U.S. “pivot” to Asia. But as a French mission supposedly meant to bolster a U.N. sanctioned and African-led intervention has gone from “a question of weeks” to “the total re-conquest of Mali,” what may have begun as a… Continue reading
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Syria: New Phase of Military and Diplomatic Stand-Off By by Alexander Mezyaev
The situation in Syria is evolving according to the most unfavorable scenario. The opposition has met the President Bashar Assad’s proposals for peaceful resolution of the crisis with Aleppo University bomb attacks. Another diplomatic provocation is in the works in response to the Russian and Chinese efforts aimed at finding ways for peaceful resolution of… Continue reading
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Video: Back to the future in Mali: French neo-colonialism looms over Africa?
Malians hoping French troops have arrived to save them from Islamists may see other objectives revealed. France views Mali as a promising source of uranium and oil, and part of a geopolitical game, say observers. Continue reading
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Mali: France’s New Afghanistan By He Wenping
Since France launched military strikes against Mali rebels on January 11, the little-known West African country, which has been mired in a crisis for over a year, suddenly came under the media spotlight and made headlines around the world. Continue reading
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