Stephen Lendman lives in Chicago and can be reached at lendmanstephen@sbcglobal.net . Information Clearing House November 11, 2011 – WhenWashingtongoes to war or threatens it,America’s media march in lockstep, cheerleading. Fiction substitutes for fact. News is carefully filtered, dissent marginalized, and supporting imperial belligerence substitutes for full and accurate disclosure. As [...]
That IAEA Report on Iran
by RAINman on 08. Nov, 2011 in Newsletter Links
Robert Dreyfuss The Nation November 7, 2011 – 11:26am ET Iran may be building an atomic bomb, or at least developing all the technology needed to do so, but there are at least two components of the soon-to-be-released report from the International Atomic Energy Agency that deserve skeptical treatment. The first, initially [...]
Pepe Escobar: China and the US: The roadmaps
by RAINman on 01. Nov, 2011 in Newsletter Links
Pepe Escobar is the roving correspondent for Asia Times. His latest book is named Obama Does Globalistan (Nimble Books, 2009). While Beijing tries to address the West’s concerns, Hillary Clinton has a conflicting vision for the 21st century. Al Jazeera Last Modified: 31 Oct 2011 11:51 Inquiring minds scattered across the world [...]
Richard Falk : Libya after Gaddafi– A dangerous precedent?
by RAINman on 25. Oct, 2011 in Newsletter Links
Richard Falk is Albert G Milbank Professor Emeritus of International Law at Princeton University and Research Professor in Global and International Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He has authored and edited numerous publications spanning a period of five decades. His most recent book is Achieving Human Rights (2009). He is currently serving [...]
Robert Fisk: Assad, his raids on Lebanon, and Syria’s slow slip into civil war
by RAINman on 18. Oct, 2011 in Newsletter Links
In Damascus, the regime presents a picture of vast rallies of support. But as tensions rise on the nation’s borders, cracks are showing. In Beirut, Robert Fisk peers behind the propaganda Independent Monday, 17 October 2011 Cross-border tank incursions; four Syrian opponents of the Damascus regime kidnapped in Lebanon, supposedly in a vehicle belonging [...]
Thomas Friedman plots a return to US glory
by RAINman on 17. Oct, 2011 in Newsletter Links
Those in the US must recuperate their ability to “do big, hard things together”, insists NYT columnist in new book. Belen Fernandez Belen Fernandez is an editor at PULSE Media. Her book The Imperial Messenger: Thomas Friedman at Work will be released by Verso on November 7, 2011. Al Jazeera Last Modified: 15 Oct [...]
Eric Margolis : Afghanistan: Ten Years of Aimless War
by RAINman on 11. Oct, 2011 in Newsletter Links
Columnist and author Eric Margolis is a veteran of many conflicts in the Middle East, Margolis recently was featured in a special appearance on Britain’s Sky News TV as “the man who got it right” in his predictions about the dangerous risks and entanglements the US would face in Iraq. His latest book is American [...]
Rambunctious reporters question US State Dept’s double standard on Syrian/Palestinian aspirations
by RAINman on 11. Oct, 2011 in Newsletter Links
by Philip Weiss Mondoweiss October 6, 2011 Below is a long excerpt from yesterday’s press briefing at the State Department. Victoria Nuland of State takes on a bunch of rowdy questions on Palestinian aspirations and why theU.S. has opposedPalestine’s bid to join UNESCO. The exchange is noteworthy for Nuland’s laughable claim that the [...]
China’s has proven its willingness to arm Africa’s dictators – even when it votes against such actions at the UN.
by RAINman on 07. Oct, 2011 in Newsletter Links
Yuriko Koike Yuriko Koike, Japan’s former Minister of Defense and National Security Adviser, is Chairman of the Executive Council of the Liberal Democratic Party. Al Jazeera Last Modified: 03 Oct 2011 09:42 AsLibya’s National Transitional Council attempts to establish a functioning government for a newly liberated country, the truth about what went on [...]
China’s African mischief
by RAINman on 07. Oct, 2011 in Newsletter Links
China‘s has proven its willingness to arm Africa’s dictators – even when it votes against such actions at the UN. Yuriko Koike Yuriko Koike, Japan’s former Minister of Defense and National Security Adviser, is Chairman of the Executive Council of the Liberal Democratic Party. Al Jazeera Last Modified: 03 Oct 2011 09:42 AsLibya’s [...]
America’s “worst enemy”
by RAINman on 29. Sep, 2011 in Newsletter Links
The Latest Orchestrated Threat and The End of History By Paul Craig Roberts Dr. Roberts was Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Economic Policy and Associate Editor of the Wall Street Journal. Information Clearing House September 27, 2011 – Have you ever before heard of the Haqqanis? I didn’t think so. Like [...]
Obama Sold Israel Bunker-Buster Bombs
by RAINman on 26. Sep, 2011 in Newsletter Links
Eli Lake While Obama publicly pressuredIsraelto make concessions to the Palestinians over settlements, he secretly soldJerusalemdeep-penetrating bombs it had long sought.EliLakepreviews an exclusive story appearing in Monday’s Newsweek. Daily Beast September 23, 2011 While publicly pressuring Israel to make deeper concessions to the Palestinians, President Obama has secretly authorized significant new aid [...]
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