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  • The Real Grand Chessboard and the Profiteers of War
    11 August 2009 par (Open-Publishing)

    by Prof. Peter Dale Scott Global Research, August 11, 2009
    "In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist. We must never let the weight of this combination endanger our liberties or democratic processes. We should take nothing for granted. Only an alert and knowledgeable citizenry can compel the (…)

  • Liquidating Our Empire. Three Good Reasons And Ten Steps to Take to Do So
    11 August 2009 par (Open-Publishing)

    by Chalmers Johnson Global Research, August 10, 2009 Tomgram.com - 2009-07-30
    However ambitious President Barack Obama’s domestic plans, one unacknowledged issue has the potential to destroy any reform efforts he might launch. Think of it as the 800-pound gorilla in the American living room: our longstanding reliance on imperialism and militarism in our relations with other countries and the vast, potentially ruinous global empire of bases that goes with it. The failure to begin to deal (…)

  • Western Sahara : Status quo risk
    10 August 2009 par (Open-Publishing)

    The American diplomat Christopher Ross was chosen this past summer to untangle this mess. Ross was originally selected for the job in September, but it took several months to make it official, after Morocco obstructed his appointment because, as the moroccan press say, that, from now on, any talks must focus on how to implement the king’s autonomy plan, not whether to do it the Moroccan autonomy plan must be the "sole platform" for future discussions, leaving aside any proposals from (…)

  • Keeping Track of the Empire’s Crimes
    9 August 2009 par (Open-Publishing)

    by William Blum, Global Research, August 5, 2009
    If you catch the CIA with its hand in the cookie jar and the Agency admits the obvious — what your eyes can plainly see — that its hand is indeed in the cookie jar, it means one of two things: a) the CIA’s hand is in several other cookie jars at the same time which you don’t know about and they hope that by confessing to the one instance they can keep the others covered up; or b) its hand is not really in the cookie jar — it’s an illusion to (…)

  • The West has its own suicide bombers
    9 August 2009 par (Open-Publishing)
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    By John Feffer
    The actor Will Smith is no one’s image of a suicide bomber. With his boyish face, he has often played comic roles. Even as the last man on earth in I Am Legend, he retains a wise-cracking, ironic demeanor. And yet, surrounded by a horde of hyperactive vampires at the end of that film, Smith clasps a live grenade to his chest and throws himself at the enemy in a final burst of heroic sacrifice.
    Wait a second: surely that wasn’t a suicide bombing? Will Smith wasn’t reciting (…)

  • Reuben Brand a rare Truthful Journalist from racist Apartheid Australia: over 1.2 million Iraqis killed
    9 August 2009 par (Open-Publishing)

    How many journalists accurately report the horrendous carnage in the Occupied Palestinian, Iraqi, and Afghan Territories? Answer: very few, and in racist, pro-war, pro-Zionist Australia (aka UStralia, Ozrael, Ozraelia) almost none.
    Accordingly hearty congratulations and earnest approbation must be given to Australian Truthful Journalist Reuben Brand for telling the truth about neocon- and racist Zionist-promoted US Alliance wars and occupations, AND for being that extremely rare kind of (…)

  • Israeli police deliver East Jerusalem demolition orders
    7 August 2009 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Jerusalem – Ma’an – Eight Palestinians were injured when they were assaulted by Israeli forces who delivered demolition orders in the Al-Bustan neighborhood of East Jerusalem on Wednesday.
    Jerusalem Police used tear gas to disperse residents who confronted the Israeli officers serving five demolition orders in the densely populated neighborhood, where there are already 90 standing demolition orders.
    Israeli police also seized the ID card of Musa Odeh, a member of the Al-Bustan Committee, (…)

  • Way smoothed for genocide in Western Sahara
    6 August 2009 par (Open-Publishing)
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    The following is extracted and edited from a letter to Charles Clarke, my Member of Parliament. Morocco is being extremely active in promoting its new plan for the the disputed territory of Western Sahara, which it partially occupies, and has had a number of “constructive” talks with European politicians in recent weeks. Morocco has been praised for its efforts by a number of individuals and bodies, including political representatives of the EU. It appears that the way is being smoothed for (…)

  • How Far Must Johnny March ?
    6 August 2009 par (Open-Publishing)

    By David Glenn Cox
    Lost in the debate over health care and in between Sarah Palin’s speeches and right about the time the thriller stopped thrilling was Secretary of Defense Robert Gates announcing a “Temporary” expansion of the Army by 22,000 men. This temporary expansion is designed to take the strain off the Army. The Army has been growing all along and had reached 547,000 before this latest announcement. Some don’t think that 22,000 are enough; Senator Joe Lieberman issued a position (…)

  • It’s Time for the U.S. to Declare Victory and Go Home
    1 August 2009 par (Open-Publishing)

    It’s Time for the U.S. to Declare Victory and Go Home
    Posted on Jul 30, 2009 By Col. Timothy R. Reese
    Editor’s note: Col. Timothy R. Reese is a senior U.S. military adviser to the Iraqis in Baghdad, at the flash point of the transition of power. Reese penned the memo below, which challenges the timetable championed by President Obama and Gen. Ray Odierno, the senior American commander in Iraq. Leaked text by way of the New York Times.
    As the old saying goes, “guests, like fish, begin (…)