Blackwater on Trial: Murders, drugs & alcohol
Posted: February 26, 2010 Filed under: War Crimes | Tags: Blackwater, You Tube Videos Leave a comment
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Up against the wall: challenging Israel’s impunity
Posted: February 26, 2010 Filed under: Human Rights, Israeli Apartheid, War Crimes | Tags: Apartheid Wall, Gaza, Goldstone Report, Israel 2 Comments
by Jamal Juma
Published: Feb. 24, 2010 – The Electronic Intifada
Six years ago, we were busy preparing for the start of the hearings of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague. The world’s highest court was to decide on the legal consequences of Israel’s wall in the occupied West Bank, which together with the network of settlements, military zones and Jewish-only roads annexes around 46 percent of Palestinian West Bank land. The court’s decision, months later, was clear: Israel’s wall is illegal, it needs to be torn down and the international community has an obligation to ensure that it is dismantled.
A victory? Not quite. Until today, neither foreign governments nor the UN have joined the Palestinian communities who have been destroyed by Israel’s wall in their efforts to dismantle it. Still, Palestinian villages show incredible perseverance and creativity in protesting the theft of their land and tearing down pieces of the cement blocks or iron fencing. They do so in the face of overwhelming repression.
The Truth About Iraq: The Country is Out of Control
Posted: February 25, 2010 Filed under: Illegal Occupation, War Crimes | Tags: Civilian Casualties, Crimes Against Humanity, Iraq 7 Comments
by Timothy Bancroft-Hinchey
Published: Feb. 24, 2010 – Pravda.ru
Has anyone noticed how suddenly there is little or no news coming out of Iraq? Have the “insurgents” simply melted away, have they all been paid off? With the British and US troops cowering in massive military bases outside the main cities, is Iraq all right and rosy with law and order reigning in the cities while the invasion force looks on smiling?
In a word, no. New research conducted by Professor Michael Schwarz for Project Censored* indicates that the country has spiralled out of control, that violence has reached record proportions, that well over one million Iraqis have lost their lives as a result of the US-led invasion and that there are far more Iraqis pouring out of Iraq than there are returning, despite the cosy statements to the contrary.
Chossudovsky: US will start WW3 by attacking Iran
Posted: February 25, 2010 Filed under: World War III | Tags: Iran War, Nuclear Weapons, You Tube Videos 5 Comments
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A Country of Serfs Ruled By Oligarchs
Posted: February 18, 2010 Filed under: Economy | Tags: Federal Reserve, Great Depression 2.0, USA 6 Commentsby Paul Craig Roberts
First Published: Feb. 16, 2010 – Creators Syndicate
The media has headlined good economic news: fourth quarter GDP growth of 5.7 percent (“the recession is over”), Jan. retail sales up, productivity up in 4th quarter, the dollar is gaining strength. Is any of it true? What does it mean?
MK-ULTRA: The CIA’s Mind Control Program
Posted: February 16, 2010 Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: CIA, Mind Control, MK Ultra, Operation Paperclip 11 Comments
by Stephen Lendman
Published: Feb. 16, 2010 – SteveLendmanBlog
MK-ULTRA was the code name for a secret CIA mind control program, begun in 1953, under Director Allen Dulles. Its purpose was multifold, including to perfect a truth drug for interrogating suspected Soviet spies during the Cold War. It followed earlier WW II hypnosis, primitive drugs research, and the US Navy’s Project Chatter, explained by its Bureau of Medicine and Surgery in response to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request as follows:
It began “in the fall of 1947 focusing on the identification and testing of drugs (LSD and others) in interrogations and the recruitment of agents. The research included laboratory experiments on both animal and human subjects. The program ended shortly after the Korean War in 1953.”
It was run under the direction of Dr. Charles Savage of the Naval Medical Research Institute, Bethesda, MD from 1947-1953, after which CIA’s Office of Scientific Intelligence continued it under the name Project Bluebird, its first mind control program to:
- earn how to condition subjects to withstand information from being extracted from them by known means;
- develop interrogation methods to exert control;
- develop memory enhancement techniques; and
- establish ways to prevent hostile control of Agency personnel.
In 1951, it was renamed Project Artichoke, then MK-ULTRA under Deputy CIA Director Richard Helms in 1953. It aimed to control human behavior through psychedelic and hallucinogenic drugs, electroshock, radiation, graphology, paramilitary techniques, and psychological/sociological/anthropological methods, among others — a vast open-field of mind experimentation trying anything that might work, legal or otherwise on willing and unwitting subjects.
Deliberate Economic Collapse
Posted: February 15, 2010 Filed under: Economy, Problem Reaction Solution | Tags: Federal Reserve, International Banksters, One World Government, You Tube Videos 13 Comments
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USA’s Global Military Dominance: Real Reason for Sanctions Against Iran
Posted: February 15, 2010 Filed under: Imperial Power, World Hegemony | Tags: Full Spectrum Dominance, Iran, Israeli Nuclear Program, Nuclear Weapons, UN Sanctions, USA 6 Comments
by Eric Sommer
Published: Feb. 15, 2010 – Pravda.ru
The U.S.-sponsored drive to impose new economic sanctions on Iran has nothing to do with the noble cause of limiting proliferation of nuclear weapons on the planet. It is directly linked to the U.S. military doctrine of establishing ‘full spectrum dominance’ – i.e., military dominance on land, sea, air, and outer space over all other countries in the world. The logical extension of this doctrine is that only countries firmly allied to the U.S. government should be allowed to acquire nuclear weapons or to even develop the capacity to do so.
Israel , for example, is widely-believed to hold secret Nuclear weapons. Yet there is no call for sanctions or investigations of them. The reason is simple: They are a U.S. ally. India and Pakistan have declined to sign the nuclear non-proliferation treaty and have developed nuclear weapons. Yet there is no call for sanctions or investigations of them. The reason is simple: They are U.S. allies.
With A Deficit Like Ours, Who Needs Enemies…?
Posted: February 13, 2010 Filed under: Economy, Problem Reaction Solution | Tags: Federal Reserve, International Banksters, USA, Wall Street 3 Comments
by Giordano Bruno
Published: Feb. 09, 2010 – NeitherCorp Press
For decades, spurred by the alluring snake oil sales pitch of Keynesian Economics, U.S. financial analysts and Wall Street investors have operated on the assumption that indeed, “greed is good,” but debt… debt is better. Average Americans, bathed in an overwhelming deluge of “easy money,” were convinced to abandon their traditions of thrift and sound saving sense and throw caution to the wind. The U.S. government, along with an inviting Treasury and private Federal Reserve, took on a policy of historical deficit spending which has yet to relent. The rationale for this behavior being force fed to the masses was a strange one; somehow, by creating a significant margin of debt, we could conjure a kind of ‘financial gravity,’ a force of monetary physics that could drive our economy forward in perpetual motion. Of course, anyone who knows the laws of physics understands that energy, and thus motion, cannot be created from nothing. Something must be expended in order for something to be gained. America’s banking elite were attempting to defy the laws of physics and balance as they apply to finance; creating illusory wealth in the form of “credit” which they in fact never intended to be paid back.
Zbigniew Brzezinski: Evil Spirit of 5 US Presidents – And Biggest Threat to World Peace
Posted: February 11, 2010 Filed under: Global Warming?, New World Order, War on Terror, World Hegemony, World War III | Tags: Al Gore, Al Qaeda, Bilderberg Group, Central Asia, CIA, Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), Gaia, Obama, Oil, One World Government, Rockefeller, Trilateral Commission, Zbigniew Brzezinski 39 Comments
by Anders
Published: Feb. 07, 2010 – Euro-med.dk
Summary: There is a man who is more dangerous to mankind than any other living person today. His name is Zbigniew Brzezinski, a CFR-member , Arch-Trilateral Commissionist, Bilderberger. He has been the evil spirit behind 5 US presidents, including Obama – and he is obsessed with but one thought: The US is to dominate a communist one world state. For that purpose, he sees Eurasia as his grand chessboard, where the battle is to be won. Like any chessplayer, he starts by occupupying the centre of the chessboard, Central Asia. He wants peace there, friendly arrangements, in particular with China, if possible, so that he can pursue the goal of his obsession, i.e the purpose of the Trilateral Commission created by him and David Rockefeller: To create a world state by fusing a coming North American Union, at which he is working through the CSIS, the Union for the Mediterranean – and a Far East block which is now being created. His aim is a communist one world state where Russia, which he hates, is subdued by being split into 3 republics in a loose confederation – and if that is not possible – then ultimately even by WW III. He and David Rockefeller are behind the fusion of world religions for peace in the world state. In stead he collaborates with Al Gore and Gorbachev to promote the environmental Gaia religion. In the Agenda 21 state people in the technetronic era will be totally controlled and via artificial intelligence (brain chipping) become posthuman robots. He has worked on selling US infrastructure like harbours, outsourcing US jobs, giving the Panama Canal to the Chinese, selling illegal weapons to the Soviet, Iran, Iraq, Libya. He nurtured the Taliban and Al Qaida and ignored Islamic fundamentalism. Advised by Zbigniew and his son, Ian, Obama is now encircling Russia and China, which has not been so cooperative as wanted by Zbigniew, with anti-ballistic missiles which can also be used to inactivate Russian and Chinese satellites, so as to hinder retaliation after a US first strike against the nuclear arsenals of those countries. Russia knows and is preparing for the possibility of having to deliver a preemptive attack – according to the chief of the Russian Joint Staff, Yuri Baluyevsky. These considerations are probably being accentuated by the fact that Russia can hardly afford a fresh weapons race. However, Brzezinski does not believe in Russia´s capacity to strike!
The Zionist Story
Posted: February 10, 2010 Filed under: Illegal Occupation, Israeli Apartheid | Tags: Ethnic Cleansing, Israel, Palestine, You Tube Videos, Zionism 7 CommentsFirst Published: Feb 06, 2010 – Australians for Palestine
EDITOR’S COMMENT: The following 8-part video gives a riveting overview of Zionist history and the catastrophe wrought on the majority Palestinian population in their own homeland for more than 60 years to the present day. The whole calculated Zionist enterprise leaves one gasping at the audacity of its founders to deliberately rid Palestine of its population and perpetually ensnare the Western world in its savage undertaking, demanding nothing less than total commitment to, and veneration for, the state of Israel. Includes commentary from courageous Israelis like Prof Ilan Pappe and Prof Jeff Halper who constantly challenge the Zionist lies and myths that have so successfully hijacked world media. It is time for us to speak out in support of the Palestinians as well. Their situation is continuously deteriorating as Israel takes more land for new settlers while reducing the Palestinians to a wretched state without homes, water or any kind of security or hope for the future. Their survival depends on dismantling Israel’s apartheid regime that not only oppresses, divides and discriminates, but also carries out a deliberate policy of ethnic cleansing.
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8 Bloodthirsty Dictators Who Benefited From U.S. Aid
Posted: February 9, 2010 Filed under: Imperial Power, World Hegemony | Tags: CIA Coups, USA 5 Comments
by Dan Berry
Published: Feb. 08, 2010 – Jotter of a Rotter
Many of the world’s most repressive dictators have been friends of America. Tyrants, torturers, killers, and sundry dictators and corrupt puppet-presidents have been aided, supported, and rewarded handsomely for their loyalty to US interests. Traditional dictators seize control through force, while constitutional dictators hold office through voting fraud or severely restricted elections, and are frequently puppets and apologists for the military juntas, which control the ballot boxes. In any case, none have been democratically elected by the majority of their people in fair and open elections.
They are democratic America’s undemocratic allies. They may rise to power through bloody ClA-backed coups and rule by terror and torture. Their troops may receive training or advice from the CIA and other US agencies. US military aid and weapons sales often strengthen their armies and guarantee their hold on power. Unwavering “anti-communism” and a willingness to provide unhampered access for American business interests to exploit their countries’ natural resources and cheap labor are the excuses for their repression, and the primary reason the US government supports them. They may be linked internationalIy to extreme right-wing groups such as the World Anti-Communist League, and some have had strong Nazi affiliations and have offered sanctuary to WWll Nazi war criminals.
Gaza in Plain Language
Posted: February 9, 2010 Filed under: War Crimes | Tags: Crimes Against Humanity, Gaza, You Tube Videos 7 Comments
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Yemen and The Militarization of Strategic Waterways
Posted: February 8, 2010 Filed under: Imperial Power, Uncategorized | Tags: US Army, Yemen 9 CommentsSecuring US Control over Socotra Island and the Gulf of Aden
by Michel Chossudovsky
Published: Feb. 07, 2010 – Global Research
The Yemeni archipelago of Socotra in the Indian Ocean is located some 80 kilometres off the Horn of Africa and 380 kilometres South of the Yemeni coastline. The islands of Socotra are a wildlife reserve recognized by (UNESCO), as a World Natural Heritage Site.
Socotra is at the crossroads of the strategic naval waterways of the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden (See map below). It is of crucial importance to the US military.
One of the objectives of Washington’s agenda is to militarize major sea ways. This strategic waterway links the Mediterranean to South Asia and the Far East, through the Suez Canal, the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden. It is a major transit route for oil tankers. A large share of China’s industrial exports to Western Europe transits through this strategic waterway. Maritime trade from East and Southern Africa to Western Europe also transits (within a short distance of Socotra )(Suqutra), through the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea. (see map below). A military base in Socotra would oversee the movement of vessels including war ships in an out of the Gulf of Aden.
Did you know? Gaza
Posted: February 7, 2010 Filed under: War Crimes | Tags: Gaza, You Tube Videos 1 Comment
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The Expanding US War in Pakistan
Posted: February 6, 2010 Filed under: Imperial Power | Tags: AfPak, Blackwater, CIA, Obama's Wars, Pakistan, US Army Leave a commentby Jeremy Scahill
Published: Feb 04, 2010 – The Nation
Three US special forces soldiers were killed in northwest Pakistan this week, confirming that the US military is more deeply engaged on the ground in Pakistan than previously acknowledged by the White House and Pentagon (see ” The Secret US War in Pakistan,” November 23, 2009). The soldiers died Wednesday in Lower Dir when their convoy was hit by a car bomber in what appeared to be a targeted strike against the Americans. According to CENTCOM, the US soldiers were in the country on a mission to train the Pakistani Frontier Corps, a federal paramilitary force run by Pakistan’s Interior Ministry that patrols the country’s volatile border with Afghanistan. A Pakistani journalist who witnessed the attack said that some of the US soldiers were dressed in civilian clothes and had been identified by their Pakistani handlers as journalists. The New York Times estimates that there are sixty to a hundred such US special forces “trainers” in Pakistan. Capt. Jack Hanzlik, a spokesman for the United States Central Command said there are about 200 US military personnel in Pakistan.
Why the CIA is the World’s Number One Terrorist Organization (With Video)
Posted: February 6, 2010 Filed under: Human Rights, World Hegemony | Tags: Bush, CIA, CIA Coups, CIA Destabilization Operations, Crimes Against Humanity, Iraq, JFK, Multinational Corporations, Oil, Pakistan, You Tube Videos 13 Comments
by Len Hart
Published: Feb. 04, 2010 – The Existentialist Cowboy
The time has come to abolish the CIA —t into a thousand pieces –as JFK had promised! Its leadership should be dismissed and investigated. Where there is probable cause, CIA members should be investigated and tried for crimes against humanity.
The CIA, itself a ruthless, terrorist organization inspires terrorism in response. In some cases, notably the CIA and al Qaeda, the relationship between the CIA and terrorism is symbiotic. The CIA perpetuates an “American Holocaust”, the deaths of some 6 million people from its inception to the year 1987. For as Long as the CIA Exists, the US will never be safe from terrorism. It has long been time to realize JFK’s dream of smashing the CIA into a ‘thousand pieces’.
Mossadegh and Ahmadinejad
Posted: February 3, 2010 Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: CIA Coups, CIA Destabilization Operations, Iran, UK, UN Sanctions, USA 1 CommentIran faces almost the same dilemma as 1953
by Ardeshir Ommani
First Published: Feb. 01, 2010 – Iranian
There is a stark similarity between some aspects of the political atmosphere dominant over Iran today and those under Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh right before the U.S.-led coup of 1953 that resulted in the overthrow of the legitimate government of Iran and the establishment of a U.S.-puppet government of the Shah. In the period between 1951-53, the U.S. in a close collaboration with the British colonial power through their channels within Iran’s military and political apparatus, particularly the Shah’s court, was able to contrive division within the ruling circle and as a result the society at large.
The U.S.-U.K. sanctions of Iran’s oil export at the time pursued a multitude of purposes: political instability, economic hardship, and international isolation. In the final year of Mossadegh’s rule, the government was unable to pay the salaries of the civil servants in full, which had resulted in resentment towards the Prime Minister’s policy of oil nationalism and his capability to rule. Secondly, Iran could not import consumer and industrial goods necessary for maintaining the normal course of economic and social reproduction. Thirdly, a layer of the ruling class whose interests were the extension of the U.S.-U.K. domination over Iran’s natural resources and political system, made every effort to turn the wheels back or make the political system unmanageable. As a result, during the first eight months of 1953, Iran was in constant political turmoil and the ground was being prepared for a coup d’etat by the forces hostile to Iran’s nationalization plan, as well as to its independent direction in its domestic and foreign policies.
Israel feels under siege. Like a victim. An underdog
Posted: February 2, 2010 Filed under: War Crimes | Tags: Gaza, Goldstone Report, Israel, Media, Tzipi Livni Leave a commentAnyone who is anyone in Israel will come to Herzliya this week for a conference about the state of the Jewish nation. Our correspondent joined them and found a climate of unprecedented insecurity – and paranoia
by Robert Fisk
Published: Feb. 2, 2010 –The Independent
So the propaganda war is on. Forget Israel’s invasion of Lebanon in 1982 and the 15,000 Lebanese and Palestinian dead. Forget the Sabra and Shatila massacre that same year by Israel’s militia allies as their troops watched. Erase the Qana massacre of 1996 – 106 Lebanese killed by Israeli shellfire, more than half of them children – and delete the 1,500 in the 2006 Lebanon war. And forget, of course, the more than 1,300 Palestinians slaughtered by Israel in Gaza last year (and the 13 Israelis killed by Hamas at that time) after Hamas rockets fell on Sderot. Israel – if you believe the security elite of Israel’s right wing here in Herzliya – is now under an even more dangerous, near-unprecedented attack.
The US game in Latin America
Posted: February 2, 2010 Filed under: Imperial Power, World Hegemony | Tags: CIA Coups, Haiti, Honduras, Latin America 6 CommentsUS interference in the politics of Haiti and Honduras is only the latest example of its long-term manipulations in Latin America
by Mark Weisbrot
Published: Jan. 29, 2010 – Guardian
When I write about US foreign policy in places such as Haiti or Honduras, I often get responses from people who find it difficult to believe that the US government would care enough about these countries to try and control or topple their governments. These are small, poor countries with little in the way of resources or markets. Why should Washington policymakers care who runs them?
Unfortunately they do care. A lot. They care enough about Haiti to have overthrown the elected president Jean-Bertrand Aristide not once, but twice. The first time, in 1991, it was done covertly. We only found out after the fact that the people who led the coup were paid by the US Central Intelligence Agency. And then Emmanuel Constant, the leader of the most notorious death squad there – which killed thousands of Aristide’s supporters after the coup – told CBS News that he, too, was funded by the CIA.
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