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"Since world war two we've managed to create history's first truly global empire. This has been done by the corporatocracy, which are a few men and women who run our major corporations and in doing so also run the U.S. government and many other governments around the world." John Perkins, 2005, author of the book titled ' Confessions of and Economic Hit Man' =
The civilized have created the wretched, quite coldly and deliberately, and do not intend to change the status quo; are responsible for their slaughter and enslavement; rain down bombs on defenseless children whenever and wherever they decide that their "vital interests" are menaced, and think nothing of torturing a man to death: these people are not to be taken seriously when they speak of the "sanctity" of human life, or the "conscience" of the civilized world: James Baldwin - Source: page 489 of COLLECTED ESSAYS (1998), from chapter one of "The Devil Finds Work" (orig. pub. 1976) === Obama to Offer Israel 'Nuclear Umbrella' Against Iranian Attack By Aluf Benn, Haaretz Correspondent A senior Bush administration source said that the proposal for an American nuclear umbrella for Israel was ridiculous and lacked credibility. "Who will convince the citizen in Kansas that the U.S. needs to get mixed up in a nuclear war because Haifa was bombed?
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21431.htm === The US, Pakistan and the "Terrorist" Hamid Gul By Peter Symonds === Australian SAS Units Function as Death Squads in Afghanistan By James Cogan The Labor government repeatedly tries to ennoble the Afghan war with flowery descriptions of Australian soldiers as "heroes" who are "putting their lives on the line for the rest us". The truth is they are killing and maiming people, including entirely innocent civilians, of an oppressed country for a thoroughly reactionary, neo-colonial cause.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21430.htm === Capitalist Fools By Joseph E. Stiglitz Behind the debate over remaking U.S. financial policy will be a debate over who's to blame. It's crucial to get the history right, writes a Nobel-laureate economist, identifying five key mistakes-under Reagan, Clinton, and Bush II-and one national delusion.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21433.htm === Obama's "Way-to-Go, Brownie!" Moment? By Greg Palast Trial balloons lofted in the Washington Post suggest President-elect Obama is about to select Joel Klein as Secretary of Education. If not Klein, then draft-choice number two is Arne Duncan, Obama's backyard basketball buddy in Chicago. Say it ain't so, President O.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21432.htm === Workers of America: Wake Up! We All Need a Union! By Dave Lindorff We workers of America, white collar, pink collar, blue collar, and no collar at all, have just gotten a wonderful example of the power of having a union. It¹s an example that should have every unorganized employee in America looking for a union organizer.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21434.htm === U.S. forces kill six Afghan policemen: U.S. Special Forces in southeastern Afghanistan killed six Afghan policemen and injured 13 Wednesday in an incident that Afghan and U.S. officials said was a case of mistaken identity.
http://tinyurl.com/69rtau === Two killed by market blast in Afghanistan: === Hospital ward at Kandahar Airfield is filled with Afghan children: - In a land of IEDs, landmines and suicide bombers civilian casualties are commonplace in Afghanistan and are often mentioned in passing in news reports or for that matter not mentioned at all.
http://tinyurl.com/6h4k2u === The Germans and the Afghanistan War: . === Ex-minister slates UK policy on Afghanistan: The former Foreign Office minister with responsibility for Afghanistan yesterday accused the country of being corrupt "from top to bottom", and said the international community had wrongly treated President Hamid Karzai with kid gloves.
http://tinyurl.com/5ryas8 === Indian Air Force on highest alert: === Pakistani PM plays down Indian air force high alert report: "Pakistan armed forces are highly professional. Pakistan has one of the best armies of the world. The nation should not be worried," Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani said.
http://tinyurl.com/5hhltm === INDIA/PAKISTAN: Inching Away From Confrontation: Even though their armed forces remain on high alert, India and Pakistan appear to be inching away from confrontation over the Mumbai terrorist attacks, which have precipitated a major crisis in their bilateral relations.
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=45068 === Militants strike as Pakistan cracks down: Several people against whom evidence has been provided by the Indian authorities to Washington have been apprehended. The security forces on Sunday also arrested several militants in Muzzafarabad, the capital of Pakistani-administered Kashmir, where the militant group has traditionally been active.
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/JL09Df01.html === Pakistan's Lashkar arrests met with Indian mistrust: - Pakistan confirmed on Wednesday the arrest of two men named by India as planners of the militant attack on Mumbai, but a senior Indian official described Pakistani actions so far as "eyewash."
http://tinyurl.com/57x8k7 ===
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UN sanctions leaders of group suspected in Mumbai attacks: === LeT had Indian 'pointman' to smuggle Pakistani terrorists: : The Pakistani-based militant group blamed for the Mumbai attacks kept an Indian militant as a "point man" to shepherd gunmen across India's porous borders to stage attacks, police said.
http://tinyurl.com/5lcddf === Botched Mumbai Arrest Highlights India's Intel Failures: === Role of Alleged CIA Asset in Mumbai Attacks Being Downplayed: The role in the terrorist attacks in Mumbai last month of an underworld kingpin that heads an organization known as D-Company, has known ties to Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), and who is alleged to have ties with the CIA is apparently being whitewashed, suggesting that his capture and handover to India might prove inconvenient for either the ISI or the CIA, or both
http://tinyurl.com/567o32 === Resolution in UNSC against Hamid Gul blocked, say Pakistan PM: The Pakistan government has blocked a resolution moved in the UN Security Council for imposing sanctions against former Inter-Services-Intelligence chief retired Lieutenant General Hamid Gul over his alleged links with al-Qaeda and Taliban, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said on Wednesday.
http://tinyurl.com/6bfml4 === Pentagon approves Iraq sales worth up to $6 billion: === Fatah al-Islam leader believed dead: === Brzezinski: US should establish Iran ties: === Iran to send relief ship to Gaza: Iran's Red Crescent announced on Wednesday that it is sending a relief ship to the Gaza Strip, in the face of an Israeli blockade of the Hamas-ruled territory.
http://tinyurl.com/585zcv === Haniyah slams world's silence about Gaza: === UN agency for Palestinian refugees 'running on empty' due to cash shortfall: . === UN attacks Israeli rights 'crimes': === Israel should quit UN, cut off water to Palestinians: An extreme right-wing text by Likud member Moshe Feiglin disappeared on Tuesday from the Web site of his Jewish Leadership movement. In the piece written five years ago, Feiglin says Israel should cut off water and electricity service to the Palestinian territories, withdraw from the United Nations
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1045106.html === Netanyahu on course for Israeli election win -polls: - Benjamin Netanyahu could coast to victory in Israel's election two months from now, opinion polls showed on Wednesday, and he plans to take a detour on what Palestinians had hoped would be a U.S.-paved road to statehood.
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LA371329.htm === Army awaiting order for ground offensive in Gaza: As the fragile Egyptian-brokered ceasefire between Hamas and Israel, is ending in eight days, Israeli military leaders stated on Wednesday that the Army is ready to carry out any military offensive the political leaders order, Israeli Ynet News reported.
http://www.imemc.org/article/57976 === Israeli legal system going soft on settlers: The decision Wednesday by Jerusalem Magistrate's Court Judge, Malka Aviv, to order the release of Ze'ev Braude, the settler suspected of shooting a Palestinian following the evacuation of the House of Contention in Hebron, did not come as a surprise to either the State Prosecutor's Office or human rights groups.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1045655.html === U.S. spies on Israel nukes, govt: official history: The United States routinely spies on Israel to try to gather information on its assumed atomic arsenal and secret government deliberations, a new official history of Israel's intelligence services says.
http://tinyurl.com/5q3prp === Israeli envoy to U.K. accuses church service of being anti-Semitic: Ron Prosor, Israel's Ambassador in Britain lashed out against the Church of England on Wednesday for having approved an anti-Israel carol that was sung as part of a service, according to the Times of London.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1045447.html === Top Islamist returns to Somalia: === US wants pursuit of pirates inside Somalia: === Brazilian tribes 'win' land case: Brazil's supreme court appears set to rule in favour of a group of indigenous tribes in their battle to retain control of land also claimed by farmers.
http://tinyurl.com/5m93ua ==== 30,000 Cubans provide healthcare in Venezuela: minister: Nearly 30,000 Cuban doctors, dentists, nurses and technicians are providing healthcare to the poor through a Venezuelan government-sponsored program, officials here said Wednesday.
http://tinyurl.com/5lsbwe === Berkeley Council urges war crimes prosecution: After an emotional, rancorous debate over torture and academic freedom, Berkeley's City Council passed a measure late Monday night imploring the United States to prosecute Berkeley resident and former White House official John Yoo for war crimes.
http://tinyurl.com/6j8vey === 9/11 families denounce Guantanamo trials: - === Jesse Jackson Jr.: I'm not target of investigation: A lawyer for Jackson acknowledged that the Illinois Democrat is "Senate Candidate 5" in the 76-page federal complaint filed against Blagojevich, who was arrested Tuesday.
http://tinyurl.com/5mjst8 === Foreclosure Storm Will Hit U.S. in 2009 as Loan Changes Fail: U.S. foreclosure filings climbed 28 percent in November from a year earlier and a brewing "storm" of new defaults and job losses may force 1 million homeowners from their properties next year, RealtyTrac Inc. said.
http://tinyurl.com/69jxdw === 8 really, really scary predictions: Dow 4,000. Food shortages. A bubble in Treasury notes. Fortune spoke to eight of the market's sharpest thinkers and what they had to say about the future is frightening.
http://tinyurl.com/5z8ghf === Black Hole AIG Needs Another $10 Billion: ===
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Role of Alleged CIA Asset in Mumbai Attacks Being Downplayed: The role in the terrorist attacks in Mumbai last month of an underworld kingpin that heads an organization known as D-Company, has known ties to Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), and who is alleged to have ties with the CIA is apparently being whitewashed, suggesting that his capture and handover to India might prove inconvenient for either the ISI or the CIA, or both
http://tinyurl.com/567o32 Busted! The CIA and the Pakistani ISI are basically one in the same. Imo the Mumbai attack was a neo-con operation. --L.B. |
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