(Taken from CubaDebate) By Fidel Castro Information Clearing House – June 29, 2010 “Granma” — When I was writing one of my previous reflections, as a disaster for humanity was rapidly approaching, my greatest concern was to fulfill the elemental duty of informing our people. Today I feel calmer than 26 days ago. As things [...]
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Rage Against the Machine Gun
Contractors shipped useless gun parts to the troops in Iraq and Afghanistan…and still got paid. Adam Weinstein MotherJones (via Antiwar.com) – 24 May 2010 Thousands of frontline troops in Iraq and Afghanistan have been relying on World War I-era machine guns to survive combat—and as the weapons wear out, US contractors have been shipping the [...]
US turns on the charm to secure Karzai’s support for new offensive
By Kim Sengupta, Diplomatic Correspondent Independent - 12 May 2010 Afghan president Hamid Karzai was fêted in Washington yesterday as part of frantic diplomatic efforts to secure his blessing for a massive US-led offensive in Kandahar due this summer.
Factbox: A look at costs of Afghan war to U.S. taxpayers
Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON Reuters – 10 May 2010 President Barack Obama’s request in February for more money to pay for the war in Afghanistan is still snarled in Congress as lawmakers work on other priorities and deal with scarce budget resources.
New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman glorifies American militarism
By Patrick Martin WSWS – 14 October 2009 In the Sunday edition of the New York Times, the newspaper’s chief commentator on foreign affairs, Thomas L. Friedman, devotes his entire column to a grotesque celebration of the role of the American military, presenting its operations, particularly in Afghanistan and Iraq, as humanitarian and liberating.
Robert Fisk: A Financial Revolution with Profound Political Implications
Such large financial movements will have major political effects in the Middle East The Independent 7 October 2009 The plan to de-dollarise the oil market, discussed both in public and in secret for at least two years and widely denied yesterday by the usual suspects – Saudi Arabia being, as expected, the first among them [...]
The Closed Door
August 2, 2009 Nineteen years ago, incidents occurred in Iraq and Kuwait that changed the world and thus began the U.S. quest for word domination, an effort that gained momentum and is in full-swing today. According to the United States, “another Hitler” had just unleashed military forces that were in the first stage of taking [...]
Rival to Karzai Gains Strength in Afghan Race
By CARLOTTA GALL The New York Times Published: July 23, 2009 HERAT, Afghanistan — When Dr. Abdullah Abdullah, the main election challenger to President Hamid Karzai, arrived here to campaign last weekend, thousands of supporters choked the six-mile drive from the airport. Cars were plastered with his posters. Motorbikes flew blue banners. Young men wearing [...]
CIA declassifies report on Israel’s nukes
The 1960 report defends Israel’s nuclear ambitions, offers guidance on handling today’s nuclear-hopefuls. By Walter Pincus Washington Post “We do not believe that Israel will embark on the development of nuclear weapons with the aim of actually starting a nuclear war,” reads the declassified 48-year-old CIA Special National Intelligence Estimate.
Goldstone: Prosecutions unlikely in Gaza probe
Ma’an/Agencies – Date: 09 / 06 / 2009 Bethlehem – The head of a UN probe into alleged war crimes by Israel and Palestinian fighters in Gaza said his investigation was unlikely to lead to prosecutions, the Associated Press reported on Tuesday.
Israeli ministry wages settlement war against U.S.
By Mazal Mualem Haaretz Interior Minister Eli Yishai on Sunday began to make good on a pledge that he would exploit all the resources of the Interior Ministry, “its branches and its influences over local government” to expand settlements in the territories.
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