Israeli intelligence steps up its activity in the U.S. — and gets away with it.
By Philip Giraldi
Philip Giraldi, a former CIA Officer, is the Executive Director of the Council for the National Interest. His “Deep Background” column appears every month exclusively in The American Conservative.
Israeli government claims that it does not spy on the [...]
Mossad in America
by RAINman on 26. Aug, 2010 in Newsletter Links
Should the US Be Bombed? — The Nonexistent Debate Over American Weapons Proliferation Policies
by RAINman on 26. Aug, 2010 in Newsletter Links
by Tom Engelhardt
Tom Engelhardt, co-founder of the American Empire Project, runs the Nation Institute’s TomDispatch.com. He is the author of The End of Victory Culture: a History of the Cold War and Beyond, as well as of a novel, The Last Days of Publishing. His most recent book is The American Way of War: How [...]
US Drone Strike Destroys House Full of Children in Pakistan
by RAINman on 25. Aug, 2010 in Newsletter Links
Several Civilians Among 20 Killed in US Drone Attack
by Jason Ditz
Antiwar Forum - August 23, 2010
The Obama Administration’s policy of escalating drone strikes took another hit today, after the explosion from a drone attack against the house of “suspected militants” in North Waziristan also destroyed a neighboring house full of women and children.
The combined toll from [...]
Iraqi bishop says U.S. betrayed country, Christians suffer most
by RAINman on 24. Aug, 2010 in Newsletter Links
by John L Allen Jr
The National Catholic Reporter Aug. 21, 2010
Ambassador James Nicholson, who represented the Bush administration to the Vatican when the war in Iraq began seven years ago, has often told the story of hosting a delegation of Iraqi bishops in Rome shortly after the 2003 invasion. When Nicholson greeted the bishops [...]
A Brief History of Intolerance in America
by RAINman on 24. Aug, 2010 in Newsletter Links
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Most US students think Beethoven is a dog
by RAINman on 19. Aug, 2010 in Newsletter Links
By Karin Zeitvogel
AFP - August 17, 2010
WASHINGTON — Most young Americans entering university this year can’t write in cursive, think email is too slow, that Beethoven’s a dog and Michelangelo a computer virus, according to an annual list compiled by two academics at a US college.
To students who will get their bachelor’s degrees in 2014, [...]
US threat on Turkey arms sales
by RAINman on 17. Aug, 2010 in Newsletter Links
Al Jazeera - August 16, 2010
Barack Obama, the US president, has warned the Turkish prime minister that Ankara’s position on Israel and Iran could lessen its chances of obtaining US weapons, according to a news report.
The Turkish leader, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, wants to buy American drone aircraft to attack separatist Kurdish rebels after the US military [...]
US wants Iraq to pay bill for war victims
by RAINman on 16. Aug, 2010 in Newsletter Links
US wants Iraq to take over aid for victims of American combat operations
MARJORIE OLSTER
Associated Press - August 12, 2010
Off a dusty street flanked by piles of rubble and bombed-out car skeletons, the Saleh family is rebuilding their home with American aid money they got because three family members were accidentally killed in crossfire between U.S. forces [...]
Lebanon defiant over US aid freeze
by RAINman on 13. Aug, 2010 in Newsletter Links
Aljazeera - August 12, 2010
The Lebanese defence minister has said that the country will refuse military assistance from the US should any aid come with conditions that weapons not be used against Israel.
The comments from Elias Murr were made on Wednesday, after it was revealed that $100 million in US military assistance to Lebanon had [...]
US Outraged as Iran Offers to Replace Military Aid to Lebanon
by RAINman on 12. Aug, 2010 in Newsletter Links
by Jason Ditz
Antiwar Forum - August 10, 2010
The US State Department has reacted with outrage today after the Iranian government offered to provide military aid to Lebanon to make up for what was lost when the US pulled all such aid yesterday.
Incredibly enough, State Department spokesman Philip Crowley suggested that Iran’s military aid would “compromise Lebanon’s [...]
US gimps Saudi deal over Israeli concerns
by RAINman on 11. Aug, 2010 in Newsletter Links
Brian Ennis
IMEMC, August 9, 2010
The US has agreed to sell Saudi Arabia fighter jets but without critical equipment over Israeli concerns of long-term Saudi intentions.
As the US was set to sell Saudi Arabia many new F-15 fighter jets, the country found itself renegotiating the terms of the deal due to Israeli questions of the deal.
According [...]
Opponents fight new mosques in U.S. heartland
by RAINman on 11. Aug, 2010 in Newsletter Links
USATODAY.com 08/10/2010
MURFREESBORO, Tennessee (AP) — Muslims trying to build houses of worship in the nation’s heartland, far from the heated fight in New York over plans for a mosque near the World Trade Center site, are running into opponents even more hostile and aggressive.
Foes of proposed mosques have deployed dogs to intimidate Muslims holding prayer [...]
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