Iraq
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 25 October, 2010: The Shaming of America
25 October, 2010 — ICH Torture, Killing, Children Shot How the US Tried to Keep it all Quiet Reports by Emily Dugan, Nina Lakhani, David Randall, Victoria Richards and Rachel Shields Today, seven and a half years on from the order to invade, the largest leak in history has shown, far more… Continue reading
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Defending Iraq War Logs by Julian Assange
23 October, 2010 — ZCommunications Founder of WikiLeaks Julian Assange has defended the release of hundreds of thousands of secret US military files, the “Iraq War Logs” which suggest numerous war crimes were committed on a regular basis. http://www.zcommunications.org//swf/player.swf Follow my videos on vodpod Continue reading
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MEDIA LENS ALERT: HOLLYWOOD – WEAPONISED DREAM FACTORY
Because we locate some of our identity in what we read – some sense of who we are as intelligent, caring people – we may react with rage when the newspapers we take are criticised. To suggest that “my” newspaper is biased and superficial can seem to imply the same of “me” and “my” beliefs… Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 6 October, 2010: America's Deepening Moral Crisis
6 October, 2010 — Information Clearing House Birth of the National Security State By Philip Giraldi Three elements are necessary for the creation of a National Security State. First, there must be a narrative that can be sold to the public justifying the transformation. Second, a system of laws and regulations must be created that… Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter: Why The US Doesn't Talk To Iran
29 September, 2010 — ICH Robert Gates: 'We're Not Ever Leaving' Afghanistan By Marcus Baram In a shocking indication of a split between the White House and the Pentagon over the war in Afghanistan, Defense Secretary Robert Gates believes that the U.S. military will never leave the war-torn country. www.informationclearinghouse.info/article26477.htm Statement By The Afghan Resistance… Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 27 September, 2010: Killing For Sport – US Soldier Describes Thrill Kill of Innocent Afghans
27 September, 2010 — ICH Killing For Sport US Soldier Describes Thrill Kill of Innocent Afghans Confession Video: Corporal, 22, Tells How His ‘Crazy’ Sergeant Allegedly Murdered For Kicks, Collected Body Parts. www.informationclearinghouse.info/article26461.htm How U.S. Jews Strangle Peace Talks By Peter Beinart What would it take to make American Jewish groups admit that an Israeli… Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 20 September, 2010: Did Tony Blair Endorse Preventive War on Iran?
20 September, 2010 — ICH CNN Censored Footage of Iraq ‘War Crime’ By Daniel Tencer A former CNN Iraq correspondent suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder says his employers wouldn’t run footage he filmed of what he describes as a war crime by US troops. www.informationclearinghouse.info/article26400.htm Depraved? Did U.S. Soldiers Create Afghan Killing Club?: Video Report… Continue reading
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MEDIA LENS ALERT: A JOURNEY UNCHALLENGED – ANDREW MARR INTERVIEWS TONY BLAIR
So why +does+ the BBC, a public service broadcaster, habitually turn to journalists who have previously declared their firm support for Blair’s militant Christian policies to interview Blair about those policies? The answer is that no-one outside the BBC has the remotest idea – there is flat-zero openness on this kind of choice; it is… Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 19 September, 2010: The “Obscenity” of Comparing Americans to “Killers and Terrorists”
19 September, 2010 — Information Clearing House Israeli Company Hired by State Government to Spy on Pennsylvanians and Other Americans By Dave Lindorff The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, along with a number of local police departments in the state, have been employing a private Israeli security company with strong links to Mossad and the Israeli Defense… Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 10 September, 2010 Weekend Edition: Quran-Burning Nut Job
10 September, 2010 — Information Clearing House Taliban And US Get Down To Talks By Syed Saleem Shahzad The Taliban are for the first time in serious negotiations with the US. The Pakistan military and Saudi Arabia are acting as go-betweens to facilitate the talks. www.informationclearinghouse.info/article26337.htm The ‘Meaning’ of 9/11 It’s not what you think… Continue reading
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Media Lens: Beyond Hiroshima – The Non-Reporting Of Fallujah’s Cancer Catastrophe
Whereas the story of the maltreated cat received heavy coverage for almost one week across the UK media, we (and activist friends in the United States) can find exactly one mention of the Fallujah cancer and infant mortality study in the entire UK and US national press – Patrick Cockburn’s article in the Independent. The… Continue reading
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Tony Blair Book Signing Protest, 8 September, 2010
TONY BLIAR TO DO BOOK SIGNING FOR STOP THE WAR When Tony Blair holds a signing of his memoirs on Wednesday 8 September at Waterstone’s Piccadilly, there will no photos with Blair and no personal dedications allowed, and all bags, backpacks and briefcases must be handed over, along with cameras and mobile phones. Following objections… Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 5 September, 2010: Labour Day Weekend Edition – The true cost of the Iraq war: $3 trillion and beyond
5 September, 2010 — Information Clearing House Nuclear Hypocrisy UN Atomic Agency Curtails Probe of Israel’s Nuclear Capability By Jonathan Tirone Countries including Canada, the U.K. and U.S. opposed the probe, saying that the inquiry risked turning the IAEA into a political battleground, according to the documents. Others, including China, Saudi Arabia, South Africa and… Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 2 September, 2010: Flying the Flag, Faking the News
2 September, 2010 — Information Clearing House Obama’s Iraq Speech An Exercise in Cowardice and Deceit By Bill Van Auken The most chilling passage came at the end of the 19-minute speech, when Obama declared, “Our troops are the steel in our ship of state,” adding, “And though our nation may be traveling through rough… Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 1 September, 2010: Murdering Civilians: Pakistan raid kills 45 “militants” and their families
1 September, 2010 — Information Clearing House War Criminal Tony Blair: ‘I Cried for Iraq War Victims’ By JILL LAWLESS Tony Blair regrets banning fox hunting, but not invading Iraq. www.informationclearinghouse.info/article26281.htm Oval Office Lovefest By Mike Whitney Barack Obama kicked off campaign season in grand style last night with a celebratory “The Iraq War is… Continue reading
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Strategic culture foundation online magazine latest publications from 15-21 August, 2010
21 August, 2010 — Strategic Culture Foundation 2010-08-15 Pyotr ISKENDEROV Renaissance of Ethnic Separatism In “United Europe” “New serious inter-ethnic conflicts are brewing in Europe as it battles the global economic crisis. Typically they are deeply rooted in history, but the very fact that the renaissance of ethnic separatism in Europe is taking place in… Continue reading
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