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Blackwater kills civilians at will in Iraq
Global Research, October 1, 2007 AR News
Washington, DC - According to a congressional staff report out Monday, private military contractor Blackwater guards use deadly force on a weekly basis in Iraq and have inflicted "significant casualties and property damage."
Blackwater, under investigation for the shooting deaths of 11 Iraqis on September 16, will answer questions about that incident and others at what is expected to be a testy (…)

Published on Monday, October 1, 2007 by The Jerusalem Post/Israel
Poll: Most Israelis Support Using Nukes
Staff Writers
Approximately 72 percent of Israelis support the use of nuclear weapons in certain circumstances, according to a Canadian survey released recently.The survey - conducted jointly at the end of July by the Simons Foundation and Angus Reid Strategies - was answered by adults in six countries and showed that 37% of Israelis believed the use of nuclear weapons to prevent a (…)

A few weeks ago one of my dear friends explained to me the difference between animals and monsters. He is at present in the process of writing a book about the Holocaust, and being the best read person that I personally know of regarding this matter, I knew he was speaking from a place of authority. I learned a lot from him that day.
As I listened, all I could do was nod in agreement as he explained to me some of the crimes that were allowed to be committed in the name of honor, justice, (…)

The most radical revolutionary will become a conservative the day after the revolution.
Hannah Arendt
For viewers eager to catch-up on rebroadcast C-SPAN2 interviews this past weekend, they had a chance to get a glimpse of the working logic of the formidable Neocon architect, Norman Podhoretz, who recently wrote "World War IV: The Long Struggle Against Islamofascism." The one-time liberal radical illustrates how, when you make a 180 degree political turn, you’ll probably remain dizzy for (…)

Iraq study: 1,220,580 murdered since invasion Written by Opinion Business Research
In the week in which General Patraeus reports back to US Congress on the impact the recent ‘surge’ is having in Iraq, a new poll reveals that more than 1,000,000 Iraqi citizens have been murdered since the invasion took place in 2003.
Previous estimates, most noticeably the one published in the Lancet in October 2006, suggested almost half this number (654,965 deaths). These findings come from a poll (…)

UNICOR, When Prisoners Work the System Works By David Glenn Cox
"Arbeit macht frei" is a German phrase meaning "work brings freedom" or "work shall set you free/will free you" or "work liberates" and, literally in English, "work makes free". It became the unofficial slogan of Nazi concentration camps, as the prisoners would enter the camp they would see the wrought iron sign over head and would savor its (…)

UN General Assembly meets under shadow of US threats against Iran
By Peter Symonds
Global Research, September 30, 2007 WSWS - 2007-09-24
The UN General Assembly meets this week under the shadow of menacing demands by the US and its allies for tough new UN sanctions against Iran over its alleged nuclear weapons programs. The Bush administration’s “diplomacy”, in which the French government has been playing a very visible role, is aimed in the first instance at bullying Russia and China (…)

By Seymour M. Hersh
In a series of public statements in recent months, President Bush and members of his Administration have redefined the war in Iraq, to an increasing degree, as a strategic battle between the United States and Iran. “Shia extremists, backed by Iran, are training Iraqis to carry out attacks on our forces and the Iraqi people,” Bush told the national convention of the American Legion in August.
“The attacks on our bases and our troops by Iranian-supplied munitions have (…)

By Ian
Look what I found posted to my door this morning! It was a multi-page document printed on bright red paper. I took a look out my window, and sure enough, there’s an army humvee parked down the streets with a couple of soldiers milling about. What the fuck is going on? !!! ATTENTION !!!
This is an official communication from the United States Government. Read and understand these instructions! Failure to comply with these instructions may result in arrest.
As of 30 September (…)

Cheney, Super-Secret US Society Set Plan For World Apocalypse
September 29, 2007 By: Sorcha Faal, and as reported to her Western Subscribers
Troubling reports are coming from the United States today that according to FSB reports state that the American Vice President Dick Cheney has met with the ‘super secret’ Council for National Policy, which has been confirmed by the Salt Lake City Tribune News Service, and which says:
"Vice President Dick Cheney has departed Salt Lake City today (…)