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Washington secretly authorized military raids on 20 countries since 2004
By Bill Van Auken 11 November 2008
Since 2004, the Bush administration has secretly authorized military raids against up to 20 countries without any declaration of war or even any explicit congressional authorization for armed action, according to a report published Monday in the New York Times.
The report, which cites recent attacks on targets in Pakistan, Syria and Somalia, establishes that under an order (…)

By Aamir Latif, IOL Correspondent
Six people were killed in the Bannu strike, the first US missile attack outside the rugged tribal regions. (Reuters)
ISLAMABAD — American, Pakistani and Afghan troops are conducting a coordinated operation to hunt down Al-Qaeda and Taliban militants along the Afghan border.
"Pakistan doesn’t have the drone technology. Therefore, we have to depend on them (US forces)," a senior Pakistani government official told IslamOnline.net, requesting anonymity (…)

Source : "The Dawn"
By Our Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Nov 19: The United States is seeking alternative supply routes for Nato troops in Afghanistan, including a tortuous overland journey from Europe, The Washington Post reported on Wednesday.
The United States currently uses the Karachi-Khyber Pass route for supplying 67,000 foreign troops stationed in Afghanistan, including 32,000 Americans. Nearly half of US forces operate under Nato command.
About 75 per cent of Nato and US (…)

“If we would learn what the human race really is...we need only observe it at election time.” - Mark Twain
Maybe, it’s the Joe Lieberman effect! He’s in, he’s out, he’s back in the Democratic Party fold again. It is all so confusing. So is the fact that the Philadelphia Phillies, finally, won the World Series this year and the massive financial meltdown by the banksters on Wall Street! Who can know for sure? Here’s what the record shows: Alan Keyes, a perennial candidate for public office (…)

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8h30 – 9h30 Chronique de l’année 2008 9h30 – (…)

Warren Buffets Berkshire’s Credit Risk Soars on $37 Billion Bet (Update2)
By Erik Holm and Shannon D. Harrington
Nov. 18 (Bloomberg) — The cost of protecting against default by Warren Buffett’s AAA rated Berkshire Hathaway Inc. has almost tripled in two months, a sign of just how skittish investors have become amid the global financial crisis.
The cost to protect against Berkshire being unable to meet its debt payments, based on credit-default swaps, is more than four times that of (…)

Cheney, Gonzales indicted
11/18/2008 @ 7:21 pm Filed by RAW STORY
A Texas grand jury has indicted outgoing Vice President Dick Cheney and former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales on charges related to alleged abuse of prisoners in Willacy County federal detention facilities, CNN reported.
"The vice president has not received an indictment," Cheney spokeswoman Megan Mitchell countered to CNN.
Cheney’s stake in the Vanguard Group, which holds interests in the private prison (…)

By Elly von Murk
The head of the secret service of the German State of Brandenburg who also is the chairman of the Conference of Interior Ministers in Germany broke the news on the weekend that "Scientology will not be banned" in Germany.
A year ago plans in this direction had been announced broadly and reported about internationally.
A secret 46-page report on Scientology of the German internal secret service, Office for Protection of the Constitution was leaked to the media earlier (…)

On Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2008, a rally by hotel workers, and their supporters, was held in front of the City Hall, in Baltimore, MD. It was part of a “Hotel Workers Rising Campaign,” which seeks to bring “equality to the men and women who cook, clean and serve in hotels throughout North America,” according to the group’s press release. Since April, 2006, the workers at the Sheraton Baltimore City Center Hotel, owned by Columbia Sussex, have been “without a contract.” They are calling for “a (…)

Why abolish the Federal Reserve?
The Federal Reserve is an unconstitutional private institution (see U.S. Constitution, Section 8, Clause 5) that drains the wealth of the American people through the inflationary process.
We aim to take the mystery and intimidation out of learning basic economics, so the American people are no longer at the mercy of the Federal Reserve. Every day that passes we are one day closer to economic collapse.
The time to educate is NOW!
Despite silence on the (…)