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  • 30pc of U.S. Army may be robotic by 2020
    6 August 2008 par (Open-Publishing)

    Tue, Aug 5 11:05 AM
    Washington, August 5 (ANI): U.S. technologists have revealed that the country’s military has plans to have about 30 per cent of the Army comprised of robotic forces by approximately 2020.
    Doug Few and Bill Smart of Washington University in St. Louis say that robots are increasingly taking over more soldier duties in Iraq and Afghanistan, and that the U.S. Army wants to make further additions to its robotic fleet.
    They, however, also point out that the machines still (…)

  • What Happened To The Anti War Movement Of The 1960’s?
    6 August 2008 par (Open-Publishing)

    Countercurrents.org 29 July, 2008
    By Ibrahim Turner
    Are we now trying to change things in the wrong way?
    What could be the right way to change things?
    Source: socialscience.cypresscollege.edu
    Millions demonstrated in the 1960’s against the Vietnam War all around the world but more so in America. It eventually stopped the war in Vietnam but did it change the American psyche supported by the usual suspects in Europe and the Industrial Military complex? Did it stop the interference (…)

  • The Devastation of Iraq’s Past by Hugh Eakin (URUKNET)
    31 July 2008 par (Open-Publishing)

    URUKNET.INFO July 27, 2008
    In May 2003—some eight weeks after the American invasion had begun— Abdul-Amir Hamdani, the archaeology inspector of Dhi Qar province in southern Iraq, traveled to Najaf to call on the Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani. He had an urgent request. "We needed his help to stop the pillage," Hamdani recalled. The province, which is midway between Baghdad and Basra, covers much of what was once the land of Sumer. In the third millennium BC, it was a fertile plain densely (…)

  • The Bush Administration’s Secret Biowarfare Agenda
    29 July 2008 par (Open-Publishing)

    Countercurrents.org
    28 July, 2008
    By Stephen Lendman
    When it comes to observing US and international laws, treaties and norms, the Bush administration is a serial offender. Since 2001, it’s: spurned efforts for nuclear disarmament to advance its weapons program and retain current stockpiles; renounced the 1970 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and asserted the right to develop and test new weapons;
    Source: www.wired.com abandoned the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty (ABM) (…)

  • Afghan resistance grows in response to U.S. war crimes
    25 July 2008 par (Open-Publishing)
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    By Deirdre Griswold
    Published Jul 18, 2008 12:29 AM
    Having rendered much of the country of Iraq virtually uninhabitable, the destructive forces of U.S. imperialism are now being focused more intensely on Afghanistan and Iran.
    The pressure against Iran is still in the threat stage, but Afghanistan has been suffering terrible devastation delivered by high-tech weaponry against small villages. The attacks by the U.S./NATO forces are now spilling over into the border areas of neighboring (…)

  • Israeli soldier shown shooting at blindfolded Palestinian (video)
    21 July 2008 par (Open-Publishing)

    JERUSALEM, July 20 (Xinhua) - A video clip released Sunday showed an Israeli soldier shot a rubber bullet at a blindfolded and handcuffed Palestinian young man in what the army described as a "grave" incident, local daily Yedioth Ahronoth reported.
    In the video clip, an IDF soldier was filmed shooting at close range at the Palestinian youth whose eyes were covered with a strip and whose hands were bound behind his back, while another soldier was holding the victim’s right arm beside a (…)

  • Dr. Norman Finkelstein: Is Criticism of Israel Anti-Semitic? (conference, video)
    12 July 2008 par (Open-Publishing)

    http://internationalnews.over-blog.com/article-18302082.html

  • The truth about "Operation Redemption" of Ingrid Betancourt
    10 July 2008 par (Open-Publishing)
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    The truth about "Operation Redemption" of Ingrid Betancourt and the American Mercenaries
    09.07.2008
    Source: http://english.pravda.ru/
    To be able to understand "Operation Redemption" to free Ingrid Betancourt and the mercenaries of the company Northrop Grumman Corporation who were released together with her, it is necessary to connect the pieces published in the media and their meaning, to filter the content, and from there to form a true understanding of the facts of what happened. (…)

  • Bil’in village (West Bank) has commenced legal proceedings against two Canadians companies
    10 July 2008 par (Open-Publishing)

    PRESS RELEASE (TO ALL MEDIA)
    July 8, 2008
    The Village of Bil’in, in the West Bank, Occupied Palestinian Territories, announced today that it has commenced legal proceedings in Canada against two Canadian Companies for committing war crimes. The case has been filed in the Quebec Superior Court sitting at Montreal, Canada. A full copy of the claim is attached.
    Bil’in alleges that Green Park International Inc. and Green Mount International Inc., both registered corporations in the (…)

  • GAZA’s Dying Children By Ramzy BAROUD (CounterPunch)
    6 July 2008 par (Open-Publishing)

    CounterPunch June 23, 2008
    Humiliation and Occupation
    Source: http://www.thewe.cc
    A six-year-old Palestinian girl from Gaza was killed by Israeli fire on 12 June. "Medics say the girl was decapitated by a [tank] shell," Associated Press (AP) reported the next day. The Israeli military said the soldiers opened fire in retaliation against "militants launching rockets into Israel". AP dispassionately elaborated that, "Gaza militants fire rockets and mortars into Israel almost daily." (…)