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New at SCF 20-27 April 2013: Gold / Korea / Chechnya / EU / Caucasus / Afghanistan / Serbia /Pakistan / Tsarnaev
26 April 2013 — Strategic Culture Foundation Gold: Back to Money World (II) 27.04.2013 | 00:00 | Valentin KATASONOV There are two interpretations of the reasons behind the military intervention against Libya – the defense of human rights and the desire to grab the Gaddafi’s oil. Both are wrong. The real reason is the fact, that Continue reading
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Media Lens: ‘The Stupidest And Most Extreme Section Of The British Left’
In a media alert earlier this year, we described our under-resourced challenges of the corporate media as ‘jousting with toothpicks’. Although the analogy was light-hearted, the work of Media Lens is serious and would not be possible without your support. Continue reading
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GR Week in Review: Boston Bombings and Gold Market Manipulation
20 April 2013 — Global Research Obama Approves Raising Permissible Levels of Nuclear Radiation in Drinking Water. Civilian Cancer Deaths Expected to Skyrocket By Helen Caldicott, April 14 , 2013 Continue reading
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ICH 18 April 2013: Before the Collapse, A Call to Action
18 April 2013 — Information Clearing House New Report Is Critical Of US Sanctions On Iran: Urges White House to Rethink Policy By DAVID E. SANGER A panel of former senior American officials, issued a surprisingly critical assessment of American diplomacy toward Iran on Wednesday, urging President Obama to reconsider the likelihood that harsh sanctions will Continue reading
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ICH 16 April 2013: Boston, Cowardice & America the Blind
16 April 2013 — Information Clearing House Syria’s Civilian Suffering Western Imperialism Resorts to Medieval Barbarity By Finian Cunningham How could such a rapid descent into barbarism be possible? http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34630.htm Continue reading
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ICH 15 April 2013: US Secretary of State Blackmails China over North Korea
15 April 2013 — Information Clearing House Bombs In Boston Kill 3 By Erin McClam New England Cable News, said on Twitter that she saw people’s legs blown off. “Runners were coming in and saw unspeakable horror,” she said. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34627.htm Continue reading
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The reasons for the crisis on the Korean Peninsula By Alexander VORONTSOV
The initial cause is the unresolved outcome of the Korean War (1950-1953). This year marks 60 years since the end of the war and a peace agreement between its participants has still not been signed Only one Armistice Agreement exists (possibly on paper only these days), so a temporary cessation of hostilities, in other words.… Continue reading
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Week in Review: Preemptive Wars and Ponzi Schemes
14 April 2013 — Global Research News Venezuelans Vote: Presidential Elections. Maduro vs. CaprilesBy Stephen Lendman, April 14, 2013 On Sunday, April 14, PSUV’s Nicolas Maduro (United Socialist Party of Venezuela) faces opposition Rountable of Democratic Unity (MUD) candidate Henrique Capriles Radonski.Most Venezuelans deplore him. They do so for good reason. He represents oligarch power, ties Continue reading
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ICH 12 April 2013: Iran Represents a Deathblow to US Global Hegemony
12 April 2013 — Information Clearing House Engineering Consent For Attack On N Korea? Pentagon: North Korea has Capacity to Make Nuclear Warhead for Ballistic Missile By Ernesto Londoño North Korea probably has a nuclear warhead small enough to fit on a ballistic missile, according to a new assessment by the Pentagon’s intelligence arm. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34580.htm Continue reading
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New at Strategic Culture Foundation 7-13 April 2013: Korea / Israel / Central Asia / Venezuela / Heroin / Mali
12 April 2013 — Strategic Culture Foundation Is Central Asia Ripe for Regime Change? (III) 13.04.2013 | 10:33 | Melkulangara BHADRAKUMAR Continue reading
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Postcard from the End of America: Cheyenne By Linh Dinh
Carless, with my Virginia driver’s license long expired, I’ve ridden countless coaches across town, state and country. I’ve rolled with a vast army of losers, but, like I’ve insisted many times, losing is not easy, in this or any other culture. To lose day in and day out requires all of your physical, mental and… Continue reading
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ICH 11 April 2013: Obama Budget Slashes Social Security
11 April 2013 — Information Clearing House US Has A Paranoid Policy Towards North Korea By William Boardman The U.S. appears to have a comfortable lead in maintaining delusions of being threatened. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34572.htm Continue reading
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NSA: Reading the North Korean Tea Leaves: The Perpetual Struggle to Fathom Pyongyang’s Motives and Goals
For decades, the erratic behavior of North Korea’s enigmatic leaders has often masked a mix of symbolic and pragmatic motives, according to declassified documents posted today by the National Security Archive. During earlier crises, Kim Jong Un’s father and grandfather postured and threatened the region in ways markedly similar to the behavior of the new… Continue reading
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ICH 10 April 2013: How the West Fueled the Carnage in Syria
10 April 2013 — Information Clearing House In This Nuclear Standoff It’s The US That’s The Rogue State By Jonathan Steele The idea of hegemony, often sanitised as “leadership”, is unacceptable. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34563.htm Continue reading
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ICH 9 April 2013: Thatcher’s Criminal Legacy
9 April 2013 — Information Clearing House What North Koreans Think By Stansfield Smith There is a double standard by the UN. – Other countries are like US puppets to go along with this. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34550.htm Continue reading
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The Anti-Empire Report #115 By William Blum: Wikileaks US Govt Plans to Overthrow Chavez
8 April, 2013 — Anti-Empire Report Would you believe that the United States tried to do something that was not nice against Hugo Chávez? Wikileaks has done it again. I guess the US will really have to get tough now with Julian Assange and Bradley Manning. Continue reading
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Obama’s dangerous “counter-provocation” plan against North Korea By Peter Symonds
The aggressive character of the Obama administration’s actions on the Korean Peninsula was further underlined by leaked details in the New York Times on Sunday of a “counter-provocation” plan against North Korea, drawn up by the US and South Korean militaries. Amid sharply rising tensions, Washington is not simply responding to North Korean threats, but… Continue reading
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ICH 6 April 2013: Moscow Slams UN ‘Maneuvering’ on Syria Chemical Attack Probe
6 April 2013 — Information Clearing House Behind the North Korean Crisis By Dennis J. Bernstein All we see is media reporting that singularly ascribes blame to North Korea, which is portrayed as a kind of unquestionable evil, so what the U.S. is doing in response to the supposed provocation seems eminently justified. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34531.htm Continue reading
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ICH 5 April 2013: Washington’s Plan to Provoke North Korea
5 April 2013 — Information Clearing House Putting the Squeeze on North Korea By Gregory Elich Neither the U.S. nor South Korea is open to dialogue at the present time. Both are bent on exacerbating tensions. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34514.htm Continue reading