Iraq
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 9 August, 2010: US Nuclear Carriers on the Move
9 August, 2010 — Information Clearing House Nuclear Carriers on the Move By Arno J. Mayer Given the scale and reach of this projection of raw military power-reminiscent of the comparatively paltry gunboat diplomacy of a not-so-distant past-I was wondering, Mr. President, whether it wouldn’t be wise for you to give the American people, the… Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 6 August, 2010 Weekend Edition: Tariq Aziz: 'Britain and the US Killed Iraq. I Wish I was Martyred'
6 August, 2010 — Information Clearing House Tariq Aziz: ‘Britain and the US Killed Iraq. I Wish I was Martyred’ By Martin Chulov in Baghdad “Bush and Blair lied intentionally. They were both pro-Zionist. They wanted to destroy Iraq for the sake of Israel, not for the sake of the US and Britain.” www.informationclearinghouse.info/article26097.htm Arab… Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 5 August, 2010 The Lunatic's Manual
5 August, 2010 — Information Clearing House The US Isn’t Leaving Iraq, It’s Rebranding the Occupation By Seumas Milne Obama says withdrawal is on schedule, but renaming or outsourcing combat troops won’t give Iraqis back their country. www.informationclearinghouse.info/article26092.htm US-led Raid Killed 39 Civilians By Press TV President Hamid Karzai’s office said late on Wednesday the… Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 4 August, 2010: Church to Burn Copies of Koran to Mark 9/11
4 August, 2010 — Information Clearing House Obama Warned Israel May Bomb Iran By Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity We write to alert you to the likelihood that Israel will attack Iran as early as this month. This would likely lead to a wider war. www.informationclearinghouse.info/article26077.htm Israel-Lebanon Tensions Flare After Skirmish Leaves Four Dead By… Continue reading
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The Anti-Empire Report 4 August, 2010 by William Blum
When facts are inconvenient, when international law, human rights and history get in the way, when war crimes can’t easily be justified or explained away, when logic doesn’t help much, the current crop of American political leaders turns to what is now the old reliable: 9/11. We have to fight in Afghanistan because … somehow… Continue reading
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Keiser Report #65: Markets! Finance! Scandal!
Max Keiser and co-host Stacy Herbert look at the latest scandals of box office manipulation in China, $9 billion missing in Iraq and contango in commodities. In the second half of the show, Max talks to Internet sensation George Hemminger about his experience with financial collapse in America. Continue reading
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Iraqi-American artist turns body into anti-war work of art
Waffa Bilal, an Iraqi-American artist whose brother died in Iraq, has repeatedly tattooed himself to draw attention to the casualties of war. On his body are marks for each dead Western soldier, and 100,000 dots representing Iraqi casualties. Continue reading
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Battlefields contaminated with depleted uranium bred cancer plague
Depleted uranium has been used for nearly 20 years as sub-ammunition of artillery shells in international conflicts like the two Iraq Wars and the NATO conflict with Serbia, but the long-term effects of it are unknown. In Iraq, many doctors believe that the radiation leaked from old weapons used by foreign forces in 1991 and… Continue reading
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MEDIA LENS ALERT: BREAK THE SILENT SPRING – A MEDIA LENS APPEAL FOR YOUR SUPPORT
We witnessed in the lead up to the invasion of Iraq how the sheer weight of media propaganda could make an invented, non-existent threat seem real. The same media have now made the choice between three corporate drones offering the same form of “friendly fascism” appear meaningful. The front page of the BBC’s news website… Continue reading
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Strategic culture foundation online magazine latest publications from 25 April – 1 May, 2010: Terror, Petrodollar Warfare and Plan B for Iraq…
2010-04-25 Anatoly ALIFEROV Terror, Petrodollar Warfare and Plan B for Iraq “The death toll in Iraq is surging after more than 7 years of international occupation. The ballots cast during the March 7 parliamentary elections still have not been completely counted, and the tide of terror of some obscure origin in the country is raising… Continue reading
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Paltry Humanitarian Priorities By Felicity Arbuthnot
Canada’s contribution to Afghanistan’s death toll, in the ironically named: “Operation Enduring Freedom” (7th October 2001-3rd June 2003) resulted in eternity’s “enduring freedom” for up to 23,600 fellow beings, young, old. Even the unborn in their mothers’ wombs. The “Coaltion” mass murders, at checkpoints, in vehicles, schools, homes, markets, communities, continue unabated. US Defence Secretary… Continue reading
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