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George W. Bush cancels visit to Swiss charity gala over fears he could be arrested on torture charges Global Research, December 5, 2011 Daily Mail Global Research Editor’s Note
The decision of the Kuala Lumpur War Crimes Tribunal on November 22, 2011 has a bearing on other jurisdictions where Bush and Blair may be arrested on war crimes charges
Change of plan: George W. Bush has cancelled a visit to Geneva for a charity gala over fears he could be arrested on torture charges Former (…)

Israeli-Style Justice by Stephen Lendman
Accused Israelis face charges in civil courts. Military tribunals try Palestinians. Virtually everyone is guilty by accusation. A new study says so. More on that below.
In April 2008, the Addamer Prisoners Support and Human Rights Association published a report titled "Defending Palestinian Prisoners: A Report on the Status of Defense Lawyers in Israeli Courts."
It explained obstacles lawyers representing Palestinians face in court. They’re (…)

Pakistan’s army chief issues new directive following recent deaths of 24 soldiers in Nato helicopter assault on border posts
Pakistan’s military commanders have ordered their troops to return fire if they come under attack from Nato forces, raising the prospect of further deadly clashes along the country’s border with Afghanistan.
General Ashfaq Kayani, Pakistan’s army chief, gave the new order in response to the recent deaths of 24 soldiers when their border posts came under fire from (…)

“The Politics of Genocide” by Edward S. Herman and David Peterson (foreword by Professor Noam Chomsky; Monthly Review Press, New York, 2010) is a very important book that exposes holocaust-ignoring and genocide-ignoring by the Western Mainstream media, political and academic Establishments except when the atrocities are committed by “enemies” of the US Alliance.
Edward S. Herman is an American economist and media analyst. He is Professor Emeritus of Finance at the Wharton School of the (…)

The second national Israeli Channel publishes a video taken by Israeli military soldiers while beating a Palestinian and investigating with him.
The Israeli report also says that these actions are repeated everyday, and that these soldiers usually get short sentences.

Icelandic parliament passes resolution making country the first in western Europe to accept Palestine as an independent state
Iceland has become the first western european country to recognise Palestine as an independent state.
The Icelandic parliament said in a statement on its website that it had passed a motion with 38 of 63 votes in favour of a resolution to recognse Palestine "as an independent and sovereign state" based on borders predating the six-day war of 1967.
"Iceland is (…)

Clinton in Burma: Another US move against China
by Peter Symonds
For all its claims to be promoting democracy and human rights, the Obama administration’s mooted talks with the Burmese generals aim to counter China’s footing in the country. As part of a broad diplomatic offensive being waged by the Obama administration throughout Asia, Hillary Clinton’s recent visit was not to bring Myanmar in from the cold, but to shake up the battle for global clout right on China’s doorstep. (…)

It’s a weird irony that Iranians know the history of Anglo-Persian relations better than the Brits. When the newly installed Ministry of Islamic Guidance asked Harvey Morris, Reuters’ man in post-revolutionary Iran, for a history of his news agency, he asked his London office to send him a biography of Baron von Reuter – and was appalled to discover the founder of the world’s greatest news agency had built Persia’s railways at an immense profit. "How can I show this to the ministry?" he (…)

NATO’S “Drang Nach Osten” and the Anglo-Saxon Roots of German Nazism
NATO’S Thrust to the east and the Anglo-Saxon Roots of German Nazism
By Wayne MADSEN
NATO is accomplishing what Adolf Hitler could only dream of: a Euro-Atlantic military alliance that dominates the entire world…
Since the collapse of the Warsaw Pact, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has made no secret of its goal to expand to the east, as well as into North and sub-Saharan Africa.After the fall of the (…)

America Lurches Toward Full-Blown Tyranny by Stephen Lendman
Post-9/11, America’s moved steadily toward eroding democracy entirely. Justification given is war on terror hokum. Incrementally, international, constitutional and statute laws have been trashed.
Equity, justice and other democratic values long ago were abandoned to advance America’s imperium. On May 26, the House voted to abolish freedom entirely - HR 1540, 322 - 96.
On December 1, the Senate did likewise - S. 1867, 93 to (…)