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  • Spanish Politician’s Image Used in Damaging Photograph
    17 January 2010 par (Open-Publishing)

    by Roomy Naqvy
    This is off the wires right now and is recent news. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has used the photograph of a Spanish lawmaker as part of a digitally enhanced Osama bin Laden picture, angering him. They have subsequently expressed regrets for the procedure. It is the leftist lawmaker, Gaspar Llamazares. He was justifiably angry at the mix-up. Llamazares’s grey hair, jaw line and forehead were simply pasted by an FBI technician and no one bothered to cross check (…)

  • HAITI: FORGOTTEN & FORSAKEN
    17 January 2010 par (Open-Publishing)

    A JAZZMAN CHRONICLE by Jack Random. DISSEMINATE FREELY.
    “To the people of Haiti we say clearly and with conviction: You will not be forsaken; you will not be forgotten.”
    President Barack Obama 14 January 2010.
    “We have been living for one year now under this de facto government which is destroying the country. 95% of the people…who were working government jobs have been fired. Children cannot go to school. Students cannot advance in their studies. We are wondering how far this (…)

  • The Anatomy Of America’s Defeat In Afghanistan
    15 January 2010 par (Open-Publishing)
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    2010 January 13
    By Mohammed Daud Miraki, MA, MA, PhD
    With the long awaited decision by the Obama Administration in regards to the new strategy for Afghanistan, the situation in Afghanistan has deteriorated to the point that the US commanders started using the word ‘defeat’ in their report to Washington. The word defeat has rarely been uttered by military; however, Afghanistan is the exception, where defeat is a realistic outcome. There, defeat is a reality that all invaders have faced (…)

  • Lessons Learned
    14 January 2010 par (Open-Publishing)

    I have recently been called to answer the question of with whom, when and where to align oneself as a warrior for social justice. These questions come up regularly in my teaching classes about resistance and revolution in a Justice Studies department in the USA. However, a more troubling and persistent call also comes from relationships with family members, neighbors and colleagues.
    For some time now, a growing number of people, whether they call themselves right wingers, left wingers, (…)

  • Transparent Underpants: MITOP Again
    13 January 2010 par (Open-Publishing)

    For links in text below see https://sites.google.com/site/michaeldavidmorrissey/essays/2010-01-11-transparent-underpants-mitop-again
    The smoke from Mr. Abdulmutallab’s underpants cleared extremely rapidly. Within three days we had an actual photo of the charred briefs and the explosive 6-inch packet contained therein, complete with ruler for size verification. (Nevertheless one overzealous commentator estimated 8-10 inches, due to foreshortening.) In less than a week the word was out that (…)

  • Video: Ms. Pardiss Kebriaie on the Status of the Prisoners at Gitmo
    12 January 2010 par (Open-Publishing)

    Ms. Pardiss Kebriaie on the Status of the Prisoners at Gitmo
    On Monday, Jan. 11, 2010, a demonstration, “Witness Against Torture; Rally for Justice,” was held in front of the White House. Its purpose was to demand that President Barack Obama keep his campaign promises to close Guantanamo prison and to end torture. One of the speakers at the event was Ms. Pardiss Kebriaie. She is Staff Attorney with Guantanamo Global Justice Initiative at the Center for Constitutional Rights. Ms. Frida (…)

  • Video: Jeremy Varon: Hey Obama, Close the Offshore Gulag!
    12 January 2010 par (Open-Publishing)

    On Monday, Jan. 11, 2010, a demonstration, “Witness Against Torture; Rally for Justice,” was held in front of the White House. Its purpose was to demand that President Barack Obama keep his campaign promises to close Guantanamo prison and to end torture. One of the speakers at the event was Jeremy Varon. He is a Professor of History at The New School U. and a organizer with “Witness Against Torture.” Ms. Frida Berrigan served as the MC for the protest action. For background, check out: (…)

  • Video: Rally at White House: “Witness Against Torture”
    12 January 2010 par (Open-Publishing)

    Rally at White House: “Witness Against Torture”
    On Monday, Jan. 11, 2010, a demonstration, “Witness Against Torture; Rally for Justice,” was held in front of the White House. Its purpose was to demand that President Barack Obama keep his campaign promises to close Guantanamo prison and to end torture. The Human Rights activists also oppose “any plans for holding prisoners without charge or trial in the U.S: and denounce the White House’s expansion of [Bush-Cheney Gang]-style detention in (…)

  • Is Anyone Telling Us The Truth?
    11 January 2010 par (Open-Publishing)

    Is Anyone Telling Us The Truth?
    by Paul Craig Roberts*, 11 JANUARY 2010
    By stitching together a string of "terrorist" events, Paul Craig Roberts zooms in on a modus operandi of false-flag and cover up operations stretching back to the Cold War period and the NATO/CIA-sponsored Operation Gladio with tentacles across Western Europe, but most famously in Italy. The bombings, which were blamed on communists to discredit them politically, were also used to create a climate of fear prompting (…)

  • This Is The Government: Your Legal Right To Redeem Your Money Market Account Has Been Denied
    10 January 2010 par (Open-Publishing)

    This Is The Government: Your Legal Right To Redeem Your Money Market Account Has Been Denied
    Submitted by Tyler Durden on 01/03/2010 11:01 -0500
    Agency Paper American International Group Bank of Japan Bank of New York Barney Frank Ben Bernanke Breaking The Buck Bridgewater Capital Markets Citadel Citigroup Commercial Paper Councils CRAP European Central Bank Fail Federal Reserve Federal Reserve Bank Federal Reserve Bank of New York Geoffrey Batt Goldman Sachs Hank Paulson Henry Paulson (…)