Iraq
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 14 December, 2010: Michael Moore: Why I'm Posting Bail for Julian Assange
14 December, 2010 — Information Clearing House Julian Assange Granted Bail By Mark Tran Founder of WikiLeaks granted £240,000 bail at Westminster magistrates court after celebrities stand sureties. www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27061.htm Wikileaks Founder Julian Assange Release Delayed By BBC “The Swedes won’t abide by the umpire’s decision. They want to put Mr Assange through yet more trouble,… Continue reading
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Media Lens: What Happened To Academia? – Part 1
We have long been fascinated by the silencing of academe. How does it work in an ostensibly free society? What are the mechanisms that bring the honest and outspoken to heel? The late historian Howard Zinn described how the well-intentioned desire to work for progressive change “gets tangled in a cluster of beliefs so stuck,… Continue reading
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Information Clearing House News Letter 13 December, 2010: No Act of Rebellion Is Wasted
13 December, 2010 — Information Clearing House No Act of Rebellion Is Wasted By Chris Hedges Hope and justice live when people, even in tiny numbers, stand up and fight for them. www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27055.htm My Life With The Taliban: By Mullah Abdul Salam Zaeef An excerpt from the fascinating autobiography of former Taliban government spokesman and… Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 12 December, 2010: It really is us against them
12 December, 2010 — Information Clearing House WikiLeaks cable reveals Italy PM said ‘not even Obama can stop Israeli attack on Iran’ By Haaretz Service Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi expressed concern that Israel might use nuclear weapons in a preemptive strike on Iran. www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27049.htm Israel May Have No Military Option Against Iran By Gideon Levy… Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 11 December, 2010: It really is us against them
11 December, 2010 — Information Clearing House US House Approves Large Increase in Military Aid to Israel By HILARY LEILA KRIEGER Despite freezing funding for most aspects of the US government at 2010 levels, the US House agreed Wednesday evening to increase military aid to Israel substantially. www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27041.htm Jailed Afghan Drug Lord Was Informer on… Continue reading
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John Pilger: Why are wars not being reported honestly?
In the US Army manual on counterinsurgency, the American commander General David Petraeus describes Afghanistan as a “war of perception . . . conducted continuously using the news media”. What really matters is not so much the day-to-day battles against the Taliban as the way the adventure is sold in America where “the media directly… Continue reading
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An Intelligence Defense of Julian Assange By Susan Lindauer
For all of the political scolding, there comes a time when secrecy becomes its own greatest handicap in the ultimate game to protect global security. Informed consent creates power for the people to make better decisions that impact the welfare of the total community. Just like government leaders require a depth of information to guide… Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 8 December, 2010: WikiLeaks Reveals That Military Contractors Have Not Lost Their Taste For Child Prostitutes
8 December, 2010 — Information Clearing House Wikileaks Mirrors Wikileaks is currently mirrored on 1334 web sites www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27007.htm WikiLeaks Shows America’s Imperious Attitude to Pakistan By Simon Tisdall Leaked US diplomatic cables published by the Guardian show the extraordinary extent to which Pakistan is in danger of becoming a mere satrapy of imperial Washington. www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27023.htm Continue reading
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Wikileaks News Roundup 28 December – 7 December, 2010
7 December, 2010 — creative-i.info This is an updated list of stories connected to the Wikileaks release of US diplomatic cables covering the period 28 November – 7 December, 2010. There maybe some duplication due to cross-posting. 7 December, 2010 Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 2 December, 2010 — How the US Media is Dumping on WikiLeaks – and Censoring the Cable Disclosures
2 December, 2010 — Information Clearing House Pakistan Denies WikiLeaks Disclosure it Tolerates Drone Attacks By DPA The whistleblower website WikiLeaks quoted a secret cable sent by former US ambassador in Islamabad, Anne Patterson, that Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani had promised to tolerate the strikes. www.informationclearinghouse.info/article26975.htm Obama and GOPers Worked Together to Kill Bush… Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 30 November, 2010: NATO, World Gendarme
30 November, 2010 — Information Clearing House US Cable Confirms US Killed Women and Children In Yemen By Michael Isikoff The U.S. media paid scant attention in June when Amnesty International released a report charging that U.S. cruise missiles carrying cluster bombs had struck the village of al Majalah in southern Yemen on Dec. 17,… Continue reading
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WikiLeaks expose 28-29 November, 2010 : Barak warned strike on Iran was viable until end of 2010
29 November, 2010 — Creative-i.info 29 November, 2010 WikiLeaks exposé: Barak warned strike on Iran was viable until end of 2010 The Truth Hurts: US Says New WikiLeaks Release ‘Most Damaging’ Yet US criticises Wikileaks release Australian police investigate Assange over leaks Newspaper review US Embassy Cable from Tegucigalpa, via WikiLeaks, “Open and Shut: The… Continue reading
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Wikileaks release of embassy cables reveals US concerns
28 November, 2010 — BBC News Wikileaks release of embassy cables reveals US concerns War Logs website that organised some of the earlier Wikileaks Wikileaks has previously released documents relating to Iraq and Afghanistan Whistle-blowing website Wikileaks has released 250,000 secret messages sent by US embassies which give an insight into current American global concerns.… Continue reading
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National Security Archive Update, October 1, 2010: THE IRAQ WAR — PART II: Was There Even a Decision?
Contrary to statements by President George W. Bush or Prime Minister Tony Blair, declassified records from both governments posted on the Web today reflect an early and focused push to prepare war plans and enlist allies regardless of conflicting intelligence about Iraq’s threat and the evident difficulties in garnering global support. Continue reading
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National Security Archive Update, September 22, 2010: THE IRAQ WAR — PART I: The U.S. Prepares for Conflict, 2001
22 September, 2010 — NSA U.S. Sets “Decapitation of Government” As Early Goal of Combat Talking Points for Rumsfeld-Franks Meeting in November 2001 Outline Policy Makers’ Aims for the Conflict and Postwar Rule of Iraq Declassified Documents Show Bush Administration Diverting Attention and Resources to Iraq Less than Two Months after Launch of Afghanistan War… Continue reading
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Global Research 7-17 November, 2010 – Selected Articles: Big Brother Security Measures, Austerity Program, and Endless War in Afghanistan and Iraq
17 November, 2010 — Global Research THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS. The Great Depression of the XXI Century – by Michel Chossudovsky, Andrew Gavin Marshall – 2010-11-20 George Galloway in Montreal : Palestine. Afghanistan 17 November 2010 – 2010-11-16 American Hypocrisy: Destruction of the Constitution, Collapse of the Rule of Law – by Paul Craig Roberts… Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 9 November, 2010: Capitalism and the War on Public Education
8 November, 2010 — Information Clearing House Bush Admits He Considered Attacks on Iran and Syria By Ewen MacAskill and Chris McGreal in Washington George Bush ordered the Pentagon to plan an attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities and considered a covert attack on Syria, the former president reveals in his memoirs. www.informationclearinghouse.info/article26780.htm Let’s Attack Iran!… Continue reading
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Media Lens: WikiLeaks – The Smear And The Denial – Part 2
The UK and US media smears described in Part 1 should be kept in mind when considering the gravity and importance of the latest WikiLeaks. In addition to thousands of previously unreported civilian killings, the leaks revealed more than 1,300 claims of torture by Iraqi police and military between 2005 and 2009. But these are… Continue reading
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Media Lens: Wikileaks – The smear and the denial – Part 1
The rising level of dissent really is wonderful news. It is a sign that a public empowered by the internet is beginning to seriously challenge the propaganda, lies and smears of the “responsible” media that make mass killing possible. Life will never be the same again – the Burnses, Baronets and Rifkinds +are+ going to… Continue reading
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Reaction to Wikileaks in Iraq
28 October, 2010 — The Real News Network Sahar Issa: Iraqis scoff at notion that only 100,000 civilians died in war Reaction to Wikileaks in Iraq Follow my videos on vodpod Continue reading
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