CIA
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Target Iran: Washington's Countdown to War By Tom Burghardt
As the U.S. and Israel ramp-up covert operations against Iran, the Pentagon “has laid out its most explicit cyberwarfare policy to date, stating that if directed by the president, it will launch ‘offensive cyber operations’ in response to hostile acts,” according to The Washington Post. Continue reading
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NSA: IRAN CONTRA AT 25: REAGAN AND BUSH ‘CRIMINAL LIABILITY’ EVALUATIONS
President Ronald Reagan was briefed in advance about every weapons shipment in the Iran arms-for-hostages deals in 1985-86, and Vice President George H. W. Bush chaired a committee that recommended the mining of the harbors of Nicaragua in 1983, according to previously secret Independent Counsel assessments of “criminal liability” on the part of the two… Continue reading
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The Anti-Empire Report By William Blum: US Might is Right
1 November 1st, 2011 — www.killinghope.org It doesn’t matter to them if it’s untrue. It’s a higher truth. “We came, we saw, he died.” — US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, giggling, as she spoke of the depraved murder of Moammar Gaddafi Imagine Osama bin Laden or some other Islamic leader speaking of 9-11: “We… Continue reading
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National Security Archive: Finally released – CIA History of DCI William Colby
The latest declassification (in August 2011) from a series of secret studies by the CIA History Staff of the agency’s directors, the volume gains credibility from its authorship by veteran CIA analyst and operative Harold Ford, who courageously presented to the Congress well-documented internal critiques of CIA director-designate Robert Gates during his confirmation hearings in… Continue reading
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The End of History: Now that the CIA’s proxy army has murdered Gadhafi, what next for Libya? By Paul Craig Roberts
If Washington’s plans succeed, Libya will become another American puppet state. Most of the cities, towns, and infrastructure have been destroyed by air strikes by the air forces of the US and Washington’s NATO puppets. US and European firms will now get juicy contracts, financed by US taxpayers, to rebuild Libya. The new real estate… Continue reading
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A ‘Palestinian Spring’? Not Yet By Bashir Abu-Manneh
20 October 2011 — The Bullet • Socialist Project E-Bulletin No. 559 The ‘Palestinian Spring’ is the only one of the ‘Arab Springs’ to be announced from the General Assembly platform of the UN. “At a time when,” Mahmoud Abbas declared in his speech for UN recognition of Palestinian statehood, “the Arab peoples affirm their… Continue reading
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America’s Secret Empire of Drone Bases: Its Full Extent Revealed for the First Time By Nick Turse
DRONES – THEY INCREASINGLY DOT THE PLANET. There’s a facility outside Las Vegas where ‘pilots’ work in climate-controlled trailers, another at a dusty camp in Africa formerly used by the French Foreign Legion, a third at a big air base in Afghanistan where Air Force personnel sit in front of multiple computer screens, and a… Continue reading
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The Anti-Empire Report #98 By William Blum: The crime of making Americans aware of their own history
Is history getting too close for comfort for the fragile little American heart and mind? Their schools and their favorite media have done an excellent job of keeping them ignorant of what their favorite country has done to the rest of the world, but lately some discomforting points of view have managed to find their… Continue reading
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Update on Libyan war/Stop NATO news: September 26, 2011
26 September 2011 — Stop NATO NATO Bombers ‘Soften Up’ Libyan Cities For Ground Assaults Did NATO Attack Libya Because Of Oil? Report: Russia, China, Iran Plan Counterweight To NATO Missile Shield Missile Targets Afghan President’s Palace, Shooting At CIA Compound Top U.S. Senator: Consider Military Action Against Pakistan Continue reading
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Update on Libyan war/Stop NATO news: September 26, 2011
26 September 2011 — Stop NATO NATO Bombers ‘Soften Up’ Libyan Cities For Ground Assaults Did NATO Attack Libya Because Of Oil? Report: Russia, China, Iran Plan Counterweight To NATO Missile Shield Missile Targets Afghan President’s Palace, Shooting At CIA Compound Top U.S. Senator: Consider Military Action Against Pakistan Pakistani Commanders Prepare Response To U.S.… Continue reading
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Libya Newslinks 9-11 September 2011
11 September 2011 — williambowles.info 11 September 2011 Germany Participated in Libya War without Parliamentary Approval GlobalResearch.ca Today at 18:03 For more details, please click on the link to read the article. Continue reading
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National Security Archive Update, September 11, 2011: New Documents Detail America's Strategic Response to 9/11
The documents published here describe multiple important post-9/11 strategic decisions. One relates to the dominant operational role played by the CIA in U.S. activities in Afghanistan. Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 8 September, 2011: Let's Cancel 9/11 – The tolling of bells, the honoring of first responders etc etc
8 September, 2011 — Information Clearing House September May Bring The Death of the Two-state Solution – and the Jewish State By Carlo Strenger What happens when the Palestinians realize come September that UN recognition doesn’t change their lives, that the settlements continue to expand, and the occupation continues? http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29075.htm Continue reading
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Libya Newslinks 6-7 September 2011
7 September 2011 — williambowles.info 7 September 2011Lauren Ploch, “Africa Command: U.S. Strategic Interests and the Role of the U.S. Military in Africa” MRZine.org Today at 08:17 As envisioned by the Department of Defense (DOD), AFRICOM aims to promote U.S. strategic objectives and protect U.S. interests in the region by working with African states and… Continue reading
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Updates on Libyan war/Stop NATO news: September 7, 2011
7 September 2011 — Stop NATO Indian Link To NATO ABM System Targets China, Pakistan, Iran, Russia Afghanistan: 1,645 Dead, 13,609 Wounded In America’s Longest War Afghan War: Czech Defense Minister Inspects New Special Forces Base Dutch Defense Minister: New Afghan Mission ‘Primarily Military’ U.S. Carrier Strike Group Visits Malaysia Africa Partnership Station: U.S. Guided… Continue reading
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The Anti-Empire Report 1 September 2011: Libya and the world we live in by William Blum
The Holy Triumvirate — The United States, NATO and the European Union — recognizes no higher power and believes, literally, that it can do whatever it wants in the world, to whomever it wants, for as long as it wants, and call it whatever it wants, like “humanitarian”. Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 4 September, 2011: Libyan Rebels Listed by US as Terrorists
4 September, 2011 — Information Clearing House Turkey Does the Right Thing By Lawrence Davidson Within Zionist world of illogic, Turkey’s position will just reinforce Israel’s narcissistic sense of victimhood. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29030.htm Continue reading
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NATO troops in Libya: No entry, no exit By Konstantin Bogdanov
The saga of Tripoli’s fall and the toppling of the Gaddafi regime in Libya continues. The European allies seem to be launching a new phase of their Libyan operation, one that is marked by even greater military involvement. So far, only one thing is certain: increased activity in terms of technical intelligence gathering and on… Continue reading