Noble, Criminal Western Democracies
by Rami G. Khouri
Global Research, August 2, 2010 Daily Star (Lebanon) - 2010-07-28
One of the paradoxes of leading Western democracies is how they can be at once so noble and so criminal. A particularly impressive aspect of countries like the United States and the United Kingdom is their political openness, particularly their insistence in many cases on publicly analyzing and evaluating their government’s policies, to learn if mistakes were made, (...)
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Noble, Criminal Western Democracies
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Preparing for World War III, Targeting Iran
2 August 2010 par (Open-Publishing)
Preparing for World War III, Targeting Iran Part I: Global Warfare
by Michel Chossudovsky Global Research, August 1, 2010
Humanity is at a dangerous crossroads. War preparations to attack Iran are in "an advanced state of readiness". Hi tech weapons systems including nuclear warheads are fully deployed.
This military adventure has been on the Pentagon’s drawing board since the mid-1990s. First Iraq, then Iran according to a declassified 1995 US Central Command document.
Escalation (...) -
The Hariri Assassination: Israel ’s Fingerprints
31 July 2010 par (Open-Publishing)
The Hariri Assassination: Israel ’s Fingerprints
by Rannie Amiri
Global Research, July 23, 2010 2010-07-22
In the Middle East , the link between political machinations, espionage and assassination is either clear as day, or clear as mud. As for the yet unsolved case of the February 2005 murder of Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri, the underpinnings of this covert operation including the role of Israel have now surfaced. A crackdown on Israeli spy rings operating in Lebanon has (...) -
China Calls Our Bluff: The US is Insolvent and Faces Bankruptcy as a Pure Debtor Nation
31 July 2010 par (Open-Publishing)
China Calls Our Bluff: The US is Insolvent and Faces Bankruptcy as a Pure Debtor Nation
by Washington’s Blog Global Research, July 25, 2010 Washington’s Blog - 2010-07-23
President Chavez ordered maximum alert on Venezuela’s border with Colombia after the Uribe administration made grave accusations against Venezuela claiming the Chavez government harbors terrorists and terrorist training camps
The outgoing government of Alvaro Uribe in Colombia gave a shameful presentation before (...) -
Iran: A Bridge too Far? The weapon that could defeat the US in the Gulf
30 July 2010 par (Open-Publishing)
Iran: A Bridge too Far?
The weapon that could defeat the US in the Gulf
A word to the reader: The following paper is so shocking that, after preparing the initial draft, I didn’t want to believe it myself, and resolved to disprove it with more research. However, I only succeeded in turning up more evidence in support of my thesis. And I repeated this cycle of discovery and denial several more times before finally deciding to go with the article. I believe that a serious writer must (...) -
The US, Israel, and the Failure of the Western Way of War
29 July 2010 par (Open-Publishing)
The US, Israel, and the Failure of the Western Way of War
By Andrew Bacevich
July 24, 2010 "TomDispatch" — "In watching the flow of events over the past decade or so, it is hard to avoid the feeling that something very fundamental has happened in world history." This sentiment, introducing the essay that made Francis Fukuyama a household name, commands renewed attention today, albeit from a different perspective.
Developments during the 1980s, above all the winding down of the Cold (...) -
Afghan Genocide, WikiLeaks, Denial & Western media censorship of 4.5 million post-invasion Afghan deaths
29 July 2010 par (Open-Publishing)
Western genocide denial and holocaust denial: despite WikiLeaks, there is massive Western media censorship of 4.5 million post-invasion Afghan deaths from Australia-complicit US-imposed war and deprivation.
WikiLeaks is celebrated for breaking through the Anglo-American, Zionist and neocon Wall of Silence and exposing US Alliance atrocities in Occupied Iraq and Occupied Afghanistan. However as the example below demonstrates, Western Mainstream Media (MSM) such as leading Australian (...) -
Israel’s Insane War on Iran Must Be Prevented
27 July 2010 par (Open-Publishing)
Israel’s Insane War on Iran Must Be Prevented
by Muriel Mirak-Weissbach
Global Research, July 26, 2010
Israel’s attack on a humanitarian aid ship headed for Gaza may prove to be the greatest strategic error the government has ever made. Like the Soweto riots in South Africa in 1976, or Bloody Sunday – the American civil rights march on March 7, 1965, in Selma, Alabama, where police opened fire and killed civilians – the Mavi Marmora affair crossed a red line. It has triggered an (...) -
Key new book: “The Plight of the Palestinians. A Long History of Destruction”, edited by William A. Cook
25 July 2010 par (Open-Publishing)
“The Plight of the Palestinians. A Long History of Destruction”, edited by Professor William A. Cook (Palgrave Macmillan, London, 2010) is a collection of articles by variously eminent humanitarian writers from around the world.
The book begins with an Acknowledgment of collaborators, writers, journals and of writers whose works were offered but could not be included in this collection. The editor then provides a series of succinct Biographies of the various authors (that are (...) -
Sayanim — Israeli Operatives in the U.S
24 July 2010 par (Open-Publishing)
Sayanim — Israeli Operatives in the U.S
July 19, 2010 by Jeff Gates
Americans know that something fundamental is amiss. They sense—rightly—that they are being misled no matter which political party does the leading.
A long misinformed public lacks the tools to grasp how they are being deceived. Without those tools, Americans will continue to be frustrated at being played for the fool.
When the “con” is clearly seen, “the mark” (that’s us) will see that all roads lead to the same (...)