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  • Video: War Vet Jim Baldridge Speaks Out Against Obama’s Afghan Surge
    3 December 2009 par (Open-Publishing)

    On the evening of Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2009, antiwar activists gathered in a light rain, at the War Memorial Building, in Baltimore, MD, just opposite the City Hall Plaza. The purpose of the demonstration was to protest President Barack Obama’s LBJ-Vietnam-War-like decision to escalate the conflict in Afghanistan. He has ordered 30,000 more U.S. troops to that country, which is well known as a “graveyard of imperial powers.” I talked with Jim Baldridge, who is with the “Veterans for Peace” and (…)

  • Video: Max Obuszewski: Obama Is Worse Than Dubya!
    3 December 2009 par (Open-Publishing)

    On the evening of Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2009, antiwar activists gathered in a light rain, at the War Memorial Building, in Baltimore, MD, just opposite the City Hall Plaza. The purpose of the demonstration was to protest President Barack Obama’s LBJ-Vietnam-War-like decision to escalate the conflict in Afghanistan. He has ordered 30,000 more U.S. troops to that country, which is well known as a “graveyard of imperial powers.” I talked with the long time Peace and Justice activist—Max (…)

  • Video: Baltimore Activists Oppose Obama’s Afghan Surge
    3 December 2009 par (Open-Publishing)

    On the evening of Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2009, antiwar activists gathered in a light rain, at the War Memorial Building, in Baltimore, MD, just opposite the City Hall Plaza. The purpose of the demonstration was to protest President Barack Obama’s LBJ-Vietnam-War-like decision to escalate the conflict in Afghanistan. He has ordered 30,000 more U.S. troops to that country, which is well known as a “graveyard of imperial powers.” I talked with Peace and Justice activists Maria Allwine, Ellen (…)

  • Video: Obama’s Afghan Surge Protested at White House Rally
    2 December 2009 par (Open-Publishing)

    On Tuesday evening, Dec. 1, 2009, a spirited antiwar rally was held in front of the White House, led by activists from the ANSWER Coalition, Code Pink, and other Peace and Justice groups. Its purpose was to object to President Barack Obama’s reckless decision, (shades of LBJ’s disastrous Vietnam fiasco), to “expand the war in Afghanistan.” For some historical perspective on how the “unwarranted influence” of the powerful Military-Industrial Complex continues to dominate American society, (…)

  • Video: Brian Becker: “U.S. Can’t Win in Afghanistan!”
    2 December 2009 par (Open-Publishing)

    On Tuesday evening, Dec. 1, 2009, a spirited antiwar rally was held in front of the the White House, led by activists from the ANSWER Coalition, Code Pink, and other Peace and Justice groups. Its purpose was to object to President Barack Obama’s reckless decision, (shades of LBJ’s disastrous Vietnam fiasco), to “expand the war in Afghanistan.” I talked with Brian Becker, National Coordinator of the ANSWER Coalition, who shared his views with me about this situation and the plans for future (…)

  • Houthis Not Chicken Feed
    27 November 2009 par (Open-Publishing)

    More Saudi pussies captured, killed - Jordanians join battle: Houthis Not Chicken Feed (II)
    By: informatron on: 24.11.2009 [00:04 ]
    SHAME ON YEMEN, SAUDIS, JORDAN. INSTEAD OF FIGHTING THE ZIONIST OCCUPATIONS, THEY ARE KILLING OWN PEOPLE.
    After inflicting heavy losses on both the San’aa Yemeni regime and Saudi armies, now the Houthis are facing Jordanian commandos in addition. The Jordanian military intervention was requested by defeated Saudi Arabia.
    Saudi forces in desperation are (…)

  • Frankenstein in Afghanistan Made in Egypt
    26 November 2009 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Frankenstein in Afghanistan Made in Egypt Nov.26 2009
    The label of Frankenstein is applied to Afghanistan warlords Dr, Burhanuddin RabbanI and Abdul Rasul Sayyaf , by Benazhir Bhutto the former first women head of an Islamic country, Pakistan. The warlords were former members of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood along with Zawahiri a surgeon and disciple of Violent Jihad.
    Al Sharif also known as Dr. Fadl is the Egyptian author of an ideological justification for violent jihad. (…)

  • NATO Calls on Israel for Naval Support
    25 November 2009 par (Open-Publishing)

    Ties between Israel and NATO have firmed with the decision by NATO to tap the Israeli navy for assistance.
    Israel will send one of its warships to the Mediterranean to join NATO’s Active Endeavor naval force, patrols the Eastern Mediterranean and monitors shipping to help detect, deter and protect against terrorist activity, boarding ships when necessary.
    The operation is conducted from the Allied Maritime Component Command Naples, Italy through a Task Force deployed in the (…)

  • Canada’s PM Stephen Harper: Deny Afghan Abuse/War Crimes
    23 November 2009 par (Open-Publishing)

    The Toronto Star
    Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s office used a ’6000 mile screwdriver’ to oversee the denial of reports of Afghan detainee abuse when the scandal first erupted in 2007, according to a former senior NATO public affairs official...
    http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/...
    Only the Losers Need to Fear War Crime Laws
    In its handling of Afghan prisoners, the Canadian government appears to have committed two types of offences. The first and most serious - crimes against (…)

  • All Afghan Detainees Likely Tortured says Canadian Diplomat
    20 November 2009 par (Open-Publishing)

    CBC News
    All detainees transferred by Canada to Afghan prisons were likely tortured by Afghan officials and many of the prisoners were innocent, says a former senior diplomat with Canada’s mission in Afghanistan...
    http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2009...