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  • Radioactive Ammunition Fired in Middle East May Claim More Lives Than Hiroshima and Nagasaki
    25 November 2007 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Sherwood Ross November 19, 2007
    By firing radioactive ammunition, the U.S., U.K., and Israel may have triggered a nuclear holocaust in the Middle East that, over time, will prove deadlier than the U.S. atomic bombing of Japan.
    So much ammunition containing depleted uranium(DU) has been fired, asserts nuclear authority Leuren Moret, "The genetic future of the Iraqi people for the most part, is destroyed."
    "More than ten times the amount of radiation released during atmospheric testing (…)

  • Are US allies abandoning a sinking ship?
    25 November 2007 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Three countries that have been allied with the United States are rapidly trying to distance themselves from what appears to be a sinking ship.
    First “Turkey on Tuesday signed an agreement with neighboring Iran for joint power production projects despite U.S. pressure against investment in the Islamic Republic.
    “Turkish Energy Minister Hilmi Guler played down U.S. discontent with flourishing energy cooperation between its NATO ally Turkey and Iran, saying more agreements would be (…)

  • U.S. Navy steps up fuel deliveries to Gulf forces
    25 November 2007 par (Open-Publishing)
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    LONDON, Nov 23 (Reuters) - The U.S. military has stepped up chartering of tankers and requests for extra fuel in the U.S. Central Command area, which includes the Gulf, shipping and oil industry sources say.
    23 Nov 2007 11:07:33 GMT Source: Reuters
    By Stefano Ambrogi
    A Gulf oil industry source said the charters suggested there would be high naval activity, possibly including a demonstration to Iran that the U.S. Navy will protect the Strait of Hormuz oil shipping route during tensions (…)

  • NOAM CHOMSKY: Waiting for Annapolis
    24 November 2007 par (Open-Publishing)
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    THE crimes against Palestinians in the occupied territories and elsewhere, particularly since the Palestinians voted "the wrong way" in the Hamas victory last year, are so shocking that the only emotionally valid reaction is rage and a call for extreme actions. But that does not help the victims, and is likely to harm them.
    Our actions have to be adapted to real-world circumstances, difficult as it may be to stay calm in the face of shameful crimes, in which we in the United States are (…)

  • Blackwater aims high with unmanned aircraft
    23 November 2007 par (Open-Publishing)

    For nearly two years, Blackwater has been developing an airship to tap a growing government demand for aerial surveillance and security - from patrolling U.S. borders and coastal waters to guarding military bases in hostile lands.
    November 23, 2007 Last updated: 10:43 PM By Jon W. Glass, The Virginian-Pilot
    ELIZABETH CITY, N.C.
    Earlier this month, its efforts finally got off the ground.
    Officials with Blackwater Airships, a business unit of the Moyock-based tactical training and (…)

  • Pentagon Demands Wounded Soldier Return Re-enlistment Bonus
    23 November 2007 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Just in time for the holidays, there’s a special place in Hell just waiting to be filled by some as-yet-unknown Pentagon bureaucrat. Apparently, thousands of wounded soldiers who served in Iraq are being asked to return part of their enlistment bonuses — because their injuries prevented them from completing their tours. From Pittsburgh’s KDKA:
    By Spencer Ackerman - November 20, 2007, 4:42PM
    One of them is Jordan Fox, a young soldier from the South Hills.
    He finds solace in the hundreds (…)

  • Twenty Thousand Protest at Ft. Benning: Eleven Face Federal Criminal Trials
    22 November 2007 par (Open-Publishing)
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    11/19/07 "ICH" — — In what has become the nation’s largest annual gathering for peace and human rights, over twenty thousand people protested outside the gates of Fort Benning, GA on November 18, 2007. Eleven people were arrested on federal criminal charges and face up to six months in prison.
    By Bill Quigley
    Fort Benning is the site of the internationally notorious U.S. Army training school for Latin American military and security personnel. For decades it was called the School of the (…)

  • How to Populate Concentration Camps, from Fallujah to Lodz Ghetto
    22 November 2007 par (Open-Publishing)

    “Three years after a devastating U.S.-led siege of the city, residents of Fallujah continue to struggle with a shattered economy, infrastructure, and lack of mobility.
    “The city that was routed in November 2004 is still suffering the worst humanitarian conditions under a siege that continues. Although military actions are down to the minimum inside the city, local and US authorities do not seem to be thinking of ending the agonies of the over 400,000 residents of Fallujah.”
    The following (…)

  • PLASTIC TURKEYS
    21 November 2007 par (Open-Publishing)

    Here’s the discussion: With George W. Bush in the WH acting as CIC, playing the Decider/Uniter — with US and NATO troops on the ground, Afghanistan has realized a bumper crop of poppies each of the last seven years. The Taliban now controls 54% of that nation and gaining ground on a daily basis.
    Ex-press secretary Scott McClellan has came out with a tell all book about the leak of CIA covert operative Valerie Plame and the roles Bush, Cheney, Rove, Libby and Card played in the leak cover (…)

  • depleted uranium : Wall Street Czars depopulating the World
    21 November 2007 par (Open-Publishing)
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    By Leuren Moret
    Leuren Moret is an American independent scientist and international expert on radiation and public health issues. She has devoted her life to awakening the public to the destructive consequences of depleted uranium munitions that are used by the US military. She has made relentless efforts to stop the US from continuing to pollute the environment.
    Q. The US is using DU weapons in violation of international treaties. Why is not the international community forcing the US to (…)