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  • Pentagon Thievery An Interview with Jeffrey St. Clair
    2 April 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    http://brickburner.blogs.com/
    Jeffrey St. Clair is the co-editor of CounterPunch (online at CounterPunch.org) and the author of numerous books, most recently Grand Theft Pentagon: Tales of Corruption and Profiteering in the War on Terror (Common Courage Press 2006). He recently spoke with me about his latest book.
    Joshua Frank: Jeff, it’s been three long years since the US invaded Iraq and there has been a mountain of speculation as to the real motives for the war and occupation: Was it (…)

  • Antiwar Movement : This song from Phil OCHS is 40 years old
    2 April 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    From AxisofLogic.com
    (published here in English, Spanish and German) By Phil Ochs; translations by Germán Leyens, Nancy Almendras and Nadine Discenza ; introduction by Axis of Logic Eds. Jan 7, 2006, 10:31
    It is 40 years since this song was written and performed by Phil Ochs. At the time, it was simply one more reason for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to mercilessly harass Ochs for his ‘anti-Americanism’.
    But the man would not bend. He was passionate about reforming the (…)

  • ANTIWAR : War and Protest - the US in Vietnam (1972-1975) BBC
    2 April 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    "The American movement against the Vietnam War was the most successful antiwar movement in US history. During the Johnson administration, it played a significant role in constraining the war and was a major factor in the administration’s policy reversal in 1968. During the Nixon years, it hastened US troop withdrawals, continued to restrain the war, fed the deterioration in US troop morale and discipline (which provided additional impetus to US troop withdrawals), and promoted congressional (…)

  • IRAQ : U.S. Military There are no plans to leave Iraq. By Dahr Jamail
    2 April 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Mar 15, 2006, 21:21
    Why does the Bush Administration refuse to discuss withdrawing occupation forces from Iraq? Why is Halliburton, who landed the no-bid contracts to construct and maintain US military bases in Iraq, posting higher profits than ever before in its 86-year history?
    Why do these bases in Iraq resemble self-contained cities as much as military outposts?
    Why are we hearing such ludicrous and outrageous statements from the highest ranking military general in the United (…)

  • U.S. Military Soldiers flee to Canada to avoid Iraq duty By Duncan Campbell The Guardian
    2 April 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    Mar 29, 2006, 11:57
    "Mainly, what they discuss is being asked to do things they consider repugnant. Most are quite patriotic ... Many say they feel tricked by the military." Lee Zaslofsky, 61, coordinator of the War Resisters’ Support Campaign in Toronto
    Tuesday March 28, 2006 Hundreds of deserters from the US armed forces have crossed into Canada and are now seeking political refugee status there, arguing that violations of the rules of war in Iraq by the US entitle them to asylum.
    A (…)

  • VENEZUELA : Breaking Imperial Ties: Venezuela and ALBA By: Tim Anderson - Green Left Weekly
    2 April 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    Monday, Mar 27, 2006 In late 2005, while war raged in the Middle East and oil prices rose drastically, governments and oil companies repeated the “market forces” mantra, saying there was nothing they could do about oil prices. However, the Venezuelan government-owned US-based petrol distribution company Citgo (with eight refineries and 14,000 petrol stations across the US) decided to discount up to 10% of its US sales, so that poor families in cold-weather US states could have access to (…)

  • At OAS Venezuela Says US Interventionism is Prelude to Aggression By: Jonah Gindin & Gregory Wilpert
    2 April 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    Wednesday, Feb 23, 2005
    Venezuela’s Foreign Minister Ali Rodriguez at the OAS Credit: Reuters
    Caracas, Venezuela, February 23, 2005-Venezuela’s Foreign Minister Alí Rodriguez took the issue of US intervention in Venezuela’s affairs to the Organization of American States (OAS) today, where he made a presentation calling for an investigation into a possible attempt to “liquidate” the Venezuelan President.
    Rodriguez cited statements from US officials, who referred to Chávez as a (…)

  • IAEA finds no evidence of Iranian nuclear-weapons plan
    2 April 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    After Iraq, US Tries to Dupe the World Community again
    March 25, 2006
    CASMII Statement: IAEA finds no evidence of Iranian nuclear-weapons plan
    On March 2, an Associated Press report made it clear that the IAEA’s multi-year investigation has not shown "any diversion of nuclear material to nuclear weapons or other nuclear explosive devices." This verdict sharply contradicts the February 4th resolution of the Board of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), which reports Iran to (…)

  • The Corporate Superpower of Superpowers by RALPH NADER (Counerpunch)
    2 April 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    An Open Letter to New Exxon/Mobil CEO, Rex Tillerson
    April 1, 2006
    Mr. Tillerson:
    You have to be feeling pretty good about your new position heading the world’s largest oil and gas company. You stand astride the globe where, with few exceptions, the Congress is like putty in your hands, the White House is your House and the consuming public is powerless. Governments in the Third World may huff and puff, but Exxon/Mobil pretty much gets its way in dozens of arrangements completed and (…)

  • US capable of wiping out Russia’s nuclear capacity in a single strike
    2 April 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    According to Foreign Affairs article
    By Oleg Artyukov and Vadim Trukhachev
    March 23, 2006 Pravda (Russia)
    For the first time in the last 50 years the USA is on the verge of attaining ultimate domination with regard to nuclear weapons. This means that Russia is no longer able to keep up with the United States. If a conflict were to break out, the USA would be able to quickly and with impunity attack Russian territory, and Russia would have no means to mount a response.
    This is roughly (…)