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“The War is Worth Waging”: Afghanistan’s Vast Reserves of Minerals and Natural Gas By Prof Michel Chossudovsky
This article, first published in June 2010, points to the “real economic reasons” why US-NATO forces invaded Afghanistan eleven years ago. Continue reading
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When 'Confirmed' Means 'An Official Told Me So' By Peter Hart
On January 30, reports emerged that Israel had carried out an airstrike on Syrian targets near Damascus. Much of the initial reporting took Israel’s claims at face value, though it appeared impossible to confirm that the story was true. A reader might conclude, based on some of the more credulous accounts of this strike, that… Continue reading
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“Extermination of The Truth”: In America Law No Longer Exists By Dr. Paul Craig Roberts
The US “justice system” has been transformed by the Bush/Obama regime into the ”justice system” of Gestapo Germany and Stalinist Russia. There is no difference. Continue reading
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“Extermination of The Truth”: In America Law No Longer Exists By Dr. Paul Craig Roberts
The US “justice system” has been transformed by the Bush/Obama regime into the ”justice system” of Gestapo Germany and Stalinist Russia. There is no difference. Continue reading
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The 9/11 Plan: Cheney, Rumsfeld and the “Continuity of Government” By Paul Schreyer
The core of the following story was originally told by the authors James Mann and Peter Dale Scott whose thorough research is deeply appreciated. Yet a lot of background information was added. Thus a bigger picture slowly took shape, showing a plan and its actors … Continue reading
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Mali: Here We Go Again By Sheldon Richman
In testimony before Senate and House committees, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton enthusiastically endorsed increased U.S. intervention in Africa. When government officials seem incapable of learning obvious lessons from the recent past, maybe their incentive is not to learn but to keep doing the same destructive things. Continue reading
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Hidden Agenda behind America’s War on Africa: Containing China by “Fighting Al-Qaeda” By Ben Schreiner
France’s military intervention into Mali may at first glance appear to have little to do with the U.S. “pivot” to Asia. But as a French mission supposedly meant to bolster a U.N. sanctioned and African-led intervention has gone from “a question of weeks” to “the total re-conquest of Mali,” what may have begun as a… Continue reading
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The Wolf Report: Mucho Frio By S. Artesian
When it gets cold like this—(‘How cold is it?’ the disembodied voice of Ed McMahon asks in my very much embodied brain)—like well below thirty degrees (Fahrenheit), and twenty nine is well below thirty when we get down in this range, I know what to do. Continue reading
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Syria: Proxy War By U.S. And Gulf Monarchies By By Zhao Jinglun
A dozen Russian warships from the Northern, Baltic and Black Sea fleets are converging on the Mediterranean and the Gulf of Aden, as part of a large-scale strategic exercise. Russian intentions are obvious, even though it declares this has nothing to do with the situation in Syria. Continue reading
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Internet Freedom and Copyright Reform: Aaron Swartz’s Suspicious Death By Stephen Lendman
He was an Internet folk hero. He supported online freedom and copyright reform. He advocated free and open web files. He championed a vital cause. He worked tirelessly for what’s right. Continue reading
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Obama in Africa: Somalia, Mali and the War Powers Resolution By Steve Breyman
Critics of President Obama’s 2011 aerial intervention in Libya may recall one of that conflict’s most striking features: the administration’s failure to invoke the 1973 War Powers Resolution(WPR). The War Powers Resolution is that tasteless congressional fruit of the late Vietnam War era. Continue reading
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Mali and the Scramble for Africa By Ben Schreiner
The French military intervention into Mali on Friday — France’s second in as many years into a former African colony — was reportedly “seconded” by the United States. This ought to come as no great surprise, given the Pentagon’s deepening penetration into Africa. Continue reading
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Hugo Chavez: Why Does He Hate Us? By Peter Hart
While it’s hard to say Chavez has made a “career” out of U.S.-bashing–he does have, after all, a full-time job as president of Venezuela–you, too, might be excused for harboring some hard feelings towards a government that helped to try to overthrow your own. Which may be why U.S. reports rarely bring up the 2002… Continue reading
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ICH 12 January 2013: Propaganda and Tyranny in the Middle East
12 January 2013 — Information Clearing House AFRICOM’s Imperialist Quest By Burkely Hermann Since 2003, the modern American ‘scramble for Africa,’ has begun, as “…in quiet and largely unnoticed ways, the Pentagon and the CIA have been spreading their forces across the continent. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33597.htm Continue reading
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The CIA’s Hollywood Release: “Zero Dark Thirty”, or How People Lose Their Humanity By Annie Day
So how did they feel about liking a film that upholds something they would otherwise find deplorable? Several people said it’s just a movie and shouldn’t be taken so seriously. One woman said she appreciated coming to understand, from the CIA’s perspective, why they used torture. And far too often, the answer was, “It’s complicated.” Continue reading
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Video: 11 Years of Guantanamo; Brennan CIA Nomination Consolidates Drone Assassination Strategy
Michael Ratner: From Guantanamo to Brennan at CIA, Obama carries on the policies of George Bush Continue reading
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Prosecutors to Present “Evidence” that Al Qaeda including Osama bin Laden “Benefited” from Bradley Manning Leaking By Naomi Spencer
On Wednesday afternoon, government prosecutors said they planned to present evidence that Al Qaeda members, including Osama bin Laden, directly benefited from the publication of materials Manning is charged with leaking. Continue reading
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John Brennan vs. a Sixteen-Year-Old By Medea Benjamin
In October 2011, 16-year-old Tariq Aziz attended a gathering in Islamabad where he was taught how to use a video camera so he could document the drones that were constantly circling over his Pakistani village, terrorizing and killing his family and neighbors. Two days later, when Aziz was driving with his 12-year-old cousin to a… Continue reading
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Big Oil, Big Ketchup and The Assassination of Hugo Chavez By Greg Palast
Venezuelan President Chavez once asked me why the US elite wanted to kill him. My dear Hugo: It’s the oil. And it’s the Koch Brothers – and it’s the ketchup. Continue reading
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Venezuelans Continue to Defy Washington Post By Peter Hart
The Washington Post has never been fond of left-wing Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. As serious questions mount about the state of Chavez’s health, the paper’s editorial page (1/5/13) found it a good time to take another swipe Continue reading