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  • IRAN: As Fears Of An Air Strike Increase, Little Opposition Is Heard
    1 July 2008 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Countercurrents.org 29 June, 2008
    By Ira Glunts
    Source: impeachforpeace.org
    When the United States invaded Iraq in order to destroy a nonexistent nuclear threat there were national and world protests. Opposition to that war was loudly voiced by American politicians and world leaders, as well as in mass demonstrations across the globe. Despite the protests, the war proceeded as planned. Today it seems that it is generally agreed that the Iraq invasion and subsequent occupation were (…)

  • US Escalating Covert Operations Against Iran
    29 June 2008 par (Open-Publishing)

    From Reuters...
    US escalating covert operations against Iran
    06/29/2008 08:43 PM | Reuters
    Washington: US congressional leaders agreed late last year to President George W. Bush’s funding request for a major escalation of covert operations against Iran aimed at destabilizing its leadership, according to a report in The New Yorker magazine published online on Sunday.
    The article by reporter Seymour Hersh, from the magazine’s July 7 and 14 issue, centers on a highly classified (…)

  • More signs of Israeli/US preparations for attacking Iran (World Socialist Web Site)
    29 June 2008 par (Open-Publishing)

    World Socialist Web Site 28 June 2008
    By Peter Symonds
    The visit by US Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman Admiral Mike Mullen to Israel yesterday is one more indication that the two countries are actively discussing a military strike on Iran. Mullen’s trip followed news that the Israeli air force carried out a major exercise earlier this month involving 100 fighter jets, backed by midair fuel tankers and rescue helicopters, flying some 1,500 kilometres westward over the Mediterranean (…)

  • Video: Are the Democrats Going to Keep Their Word?
    28 June 2008 par (Open-Publishing)

    The Democrats, during the 2006 Congressional elections, promised the American people that if they won control of the U.S. Congress that they would end the Iraq War. The voters trusted them. And, the Democrats did, in 2007, take control of the Congress. When, if ever, are the Democrats going to keep their word? As of June 27, 2008, 4,113 U.S. troops have died in the Iraq War. The cost of the conflict to the American taxpayers is estimated at $3 trillion.
    For background, please see: (…)

  • John Bolton: Israel ‘Will Attack Iran’ just after the Election
    27 June 2008 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Commondreams.org/The Telegraph/UK, June 24, 2008
    Israel ‘Will Attack Iran’ Before New US President Sworn In, John Bolton Predicts
    by Toby Harnden in Washington
    John Bolton, the former American ambassador to the United Nations, has predicted that Israel could attack Iran after the November presidential election but before George W Bush’s successor is sworn in.
    The Arab world would be “pleased” by Israeli strikes against Iranian nuclear facilities, he said in an interview with The (…)

  • Video: Filmmakers Discuss Documentary on Antiwar Movement
    25 June 2008 par (Open-Publishing)

    On June 23, 2008, I interviewed Michael T. Heaney and Ms. Melody Weinstein, in Baltimore, MD. They are working on a documentary on the Antiwar Movement which will be be centered around the presidential election of 2008. The film’s working title is: “Party in the Street: The Antiwar Movement and the 2008 Election.”
    Mr. Heaney if a Professor of Political Science at the U. of Florida and Ms. Weinstein is a broadcast journalist and a documentary filmmaker. They will serve as co-producers of (…)

  • The Real State of Iraq
    22 June 2008 par (Open-Publishing)

    American television loves natural disasters. The Burmese cyclones that may have carried off as many as 200,000 people offered the cameras high drama.
    The floods in Wisconsin, Iowa and Missouri along the Mississippi River, which have wiped out thousands of homes, have been carefully detailed hour by hour.
    But American television is little interested in the massive disaster blithely visited upon Iraq by Washington. Oh, there is the occasional human interest story. Angelina Jolie’s visit (…)

  • Bush-ite & Zionist complicity in 9/11, oil & food price hikes & Asian Holocaust
    22 June 2008 par (Open-Publishing)
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    US Bush-ites and Zionists are implicated in the 9/11 atrocity, egregious Mainstream Media lying in the Western Murdochracies about the ongoing Asian Holocaust (5-9 million post-invasion violent and non-violent excess deaths in the Occupied Iraqi and Afghan Territories), and in the global oil and food price crisis that (according to UK Government Chief Scientist) threatens the lives of billions.
    The World is acutely threatened by the global food and price crisis (for a very detailed (…)

  • French Firm Signs Deal To Combat Somali Pirates
    16 June 2008 par (Open-Publishing)

    French Firm Secopex Signs Deal To Combat Somali Pirates -CEO
    Saturday June 14th, 2008 / 19h43
    CARCASSONNE - A private French military firm has signed a contract with Somali authorities to boost security off the country’s coast, plagued by high-profile piracy in recent years, the chief executive said Saturday. Pierre Marziali, CEO of the firm Secopex, said the deal would "strengthen maritime business" off Somalia. The deal, estimated to be worth between 50 million to 100 million (…)

  • Iraqi Refugee Crisis Grows As West Turns Its Back
    16 June 2008 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Commondreams Published on June 15, 2008 by The Independent/UK
    With millions displaced, foreign countries take increasingly hardline stance
    by Kim Sengupta
    Source: kikoshouse.blogspot.com
    The plight of Iraqi refugees is now worse than ever, with millions struggling to survive in desperate conditions and with little hope of finding sanctuary.
    While the crisis continues, the world community, especially Western countries, have not only failed to help but are also erecting fresh (…)