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Viktor Bout: Victimized by US Injustice

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On February 17, 2010, the US Justice Department indicted Bout and Richard Ammar Chichakli "for allegedly conspiring to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act ("IEEPA") stemming from their efforts to purchase two aircraft from companies located in the United States, in violation of economic sanctions which prohibited such financial transactions."

April 7th, 2012 | Posted in Civil Liberties and Freedom,Corruption,Foreign Relations,Government,Politics | Read More »

Gunter Grass Addresses Israel’s Nuclear Threat

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Writer, poet, playwright, sculptor, artist, and Nobel laureate Grass is regarded as Germany’s most celebrated author.

April 5th, 2012 | Posted in Civil Liberties and Freedom,Foreign Relations,Government,Politics | Read More »

Guenter Grass, German Nobel Winner, Criticizes Israel Over Iran Tensions

German writer Guenter Grass gives a television interview shortly after speaking in support of the German Social Democrats (SPD) in Berlin, Germany

German Nobel literature laureate Guenter Grass labeled Israel a threat to “already fragile world peace”

April 5th, 2012 | Posted in Corruption,Editors Picks,Europe,Foreign Relations,Government,Middle East,Politics,World | Read More »

Republican Paul Ryan’s Budget: Cruel and Unusual Punishment

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What Democrats endorse isn’t much better. Timing mostly differs to get past November elections.

April 3rd, 2012 | Posted in Civil Liberties and Freedom,Corruption,Foreign Relations,Government,Legislation,Politics | Read More »

Obama's War on Iran

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Washington's war on Iran includes cyber attacks, other sabotage, targeted assassinations, deadly explosions, sophisticated satellite, drone, and other type spying, bogus accusations, a virtual blockade, hostile saber rattling, multiple rounds of sanctions, and attempts to cripple its central bank and oil industry.

April 2nd, 2012 | Posted in Civil Liberties and Freedom,Corruption,Foreign Relations,Government,Politics | Read More »

Fragging in Afghanistan?

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If it’s happening, it’s not reported. Washington wants no mention or suggestion of what plagued Vietnam. More on that below.

March 29th, 2012 | Posted in Civil Liberties and Freedom,Corruption,Foreign Relations,Government,Politics | Read More »

Washington Admits Aiding Syrian Opposition

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Other US allies were urged to do the same. Insisting no weapons will be sent belies heavy Western and Israeli ones delivered through porous borders for months.

March 28th, 2012 | Posted in Civil Liberties and Freedom,Corruption,Foreign Relations,Government,Politics | Read More »

Afghanistan Crimes: Absolving Higher-Ups

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Murder anywhere is bad enough. Nuremberg chief prosecutor Robert Jackson called preemptive aggressive war killing “the supreme international crime against peace.”

March 25th, 2012 | Posted in Civil Liberties and Freedom,Corruption,Foreign Relations,Government,Politics | Read More »

Palestinians Denied Essentials to Life

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Besides persecution, repression, and injustice, deprivation defines life in Occupied Palestine. Essentials fall way below minimum standards.

March 24th, 2012 | Posted in Civil Liberties and Freedom,Corruption,Foreign Relations,Government,Politics | Read More »

Asking the Wrong Questions About War

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Former New York Times executive editor Bill Keller now writes Times op-eds on alternate Mondays, as well as articles for The New York Times Magazine.

March 20th, 2012 | Posted in Civil Liberties and Freedom,Corruption,Foreign Relations,Government,Politics | Read More »

Scoundrel Media Afghan Massacre Cover-Up

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In all US war theaters, troops commit unspeakable atrocities. Trained to dehumanize enemies, their mission involves killing, destruction, and much more.

March 18th, 2012 | Posted in Civil Liberties and Freedom,Corruption,Editors Picks,Foreign Relations,Government,Politics | Read More »

The 9/11 Passenger Paradox: What happened to Flight 93?

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Once the fabrication of all four of the alleged 9/11 crash sites (which I have documented in “9/11: Planes/No Planes and ‘Video Fakery”) begins to sink in, the question which invariably arises is, “But what happened to the passengers?

March 15th, 2012 | Posted in Corruption,Editors Picks,Foreign Relations,Government | Read More »

Buried Alive Cruel and Unusual Punishment

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What America’s Eighth Amendment and international law prohibit, US federal, state and local prisons permit.

March 15th, 2012 | Posted in Civil Liberties and Freedom,Corruption,Foreign Relations,Government,Politics | Read More »

Israel’s Latest Ritual Slaughter

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Four days of Israeli terror bombing left at least 25 Palestinians dead and dozens injured, some seriously.

March 15th, 2012 | Posted in Civil Liberties and Freedom,Corruption,Foreign Relations,Government,Politics | Read More »

Targeted Killings: US and Israeli Specialties

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International law permits justifiable self-defense. Targeted killings are prohibited, especially premeditated ones like America and Israel repeatedly commit for reasons other than claimed.

March 14th, 2012 | Posted in Civil Liberties and Freedom,Corruption,Foreign Relations,Government,Politics | Read More »

New York Times Wages War on Palestine

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Like all US major media scoundrels, longstanding New York Times policy features one-sided pro-Israeli reports, commentaries, and opinions.

March 13th, 2012 | Posted in Civil Liberties and Freedom,Foreign Relations,Government,Politics | Read More »

Immortal Technique Speaks Truth to Power with VT

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VT interviews the amazing street political activist and rapper Immortal Technique. On the table are the issues of the day including the upcoming election and the new world order.

March 12th, 2012 | Posted in Civil Liberties and Freedom,Corruption,Editors Picks,Foreign Relations,Government,Politics | Read More »

Should the US Go to War for Israel?

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If the US is led by Israel to participate in another war in the Middle East, these McClatchy findings suggest that this war could be one of the biggest sales promotion successes in modern political history.

March 12th, 2012 | Posted in Corruption,Editors Picks,Foreign Relations,Government,Politics | Read More »

Obama Plans More Middle East Wars

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Cheerled by America’s major media scoundrels, war looks increasingly likely. Syria and Iran both are targeted.

March 10th, 2012 | Posted in Civil Liberties and Freedom,Corruption,Foreign Relations,Politics | Read More »

Senator James Abourezk: “Palling Around with Terrorists”

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Senator James Abourezk tells of his inside experiences with terrorists, alleged terrorists, and the Israel Lobby, including anecdotes about Menachem Begin, George Habash, the Washington Post, the assassin of UN mediator Count Folke Bernadotte, and the Achille Lauro.

March 9th, 2012 | Posted in Editors Picks,Foreign Relations,Government,Politics | Read More »

NATO Intervening in Syria

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On March 6, the BBC reported Obama saying Washington won’t intervene in Syria unilaterally. At the same time, he stopped short of ruling out joint Western aggression. In his first 2012 news conference, he said:

March 8th, 2012 | Posted in Civil Liberties and Freedom,Corruption,Foreign Relations,Government,Politics | Read More »

Orwell Covers The Crime Beat on Nanking Road…

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Now, China has the potential to explode at any time. It’s fairly obvious to anyone with a basic knowledge of Marxist thought that the victory of the Communist Party in 1948 preceded the rise of the industrial proletariat.

March 7th, 2012 | Posted in Corruption,Foreign Relations,Politics | Read More »

Obama, Netanyahu & Esther

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The Book of Esther is a genocidal recipe. It is there to educate Jews how to infiltrate into foreign administrations.

March 7th, 2012 | Posted in Foreign Relations,Politics | Read More »

China: Rise, Fall and Re-Emergence as a Global Power

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China’s re-emergence as a world economic power raises important questions about what we can learn from its previous rise and fall and about the external and internal threats confronting this emerging economic superpower for the immediate future.

March 7th, 2012 | Posted in Asia,China,Corruption,Economics & Markets,Economy,Editors Picks,Europe,Foreign Relations,Government,Investing & Finance,Middle East,Politics,World | Read More »

Obama, AIPAC and the Rest of US

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Yesterday at AIPAC annual conference, the American president had to go out of his way to appease his Jewish crowd.

March 6th, 2012 | Posted in Civil Liberties and Freedom,Corruption,Editors Picks,Foreign Relations,Government,Politics | Read More »

Sign of The Times – Occupy Movement Springs Forward

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In essence, 2012 will eventually pit the Will of the People versus the Will of the Government (Establishment) and it will climax in Chicago ~ with the G8 and NATO meetings in May and later the Republican and Democrat national conventions in late August and early September.

March 4th, 2012 | Posted in Civil Liberties and Freedom,Corruption,Editors Picks,Foreign Relations,Government,Politics | Read More »

Bibi, Obama, Nobel, Peres, Manning, Mordechai and George

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This Monday’s talks between President Obama and Prime Minister Netanyahu maybe the most consequential encounter yet between the U.S. and Israel and the focus is all on Iran.

March 4th, 2012 | Posted in Corruption,Foreign Relations,Government,Politics | Read More »

Targeting Free Expression

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Free expression in all forms is fundamental in democratic societies. Without it, all other freedoms are at risk.

March 3rd, 2012 | Posted in Civil Liberties and Freedom,Foreign Relations,Government,Legislation,Politics | Read More »

How Did Another Assault on Our Rights Slip Through?

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Congress Passes Bill Severely Curtailing First Amendment Liberties

March 1st, 2012 | Posted in Civil Liberties and Freedom,Corruption,Editors Picks,Foreign Relations,Government,Legislation,Politics | Read More »

How the Debacle in Aghanistan Disgraced its Cheerleaders

Thousands of Afghans shout slogans at a protest against the Koran burning by US troops in Baghlan  Image: Daily Mail

The lesson of the American catastrophe that Boot and Brooks helped to deepen and prolong…

March 1st, 2012 | Posted in Corruption,Editors Picks,Foreign Relations,Military,Politics,Support the Troops | Read More »

 

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