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  How Tenet Betrayed the CIA on WMD in Iraq posted by Gareth Porter via rialator, 2008-08-08 10:32:20
WASHINGTON, Aug 8 - Journalist Ron Suskind’s revelation that Saddam Hussein’s intelligence chief was a prewar intelligence source reporting to the British that Saddam had no weapons of mass destruction (WMD) adds yet another dimension to the systematic effort by then Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director George Tenet to quash any evidence -- no matter how credible -- that conflicted with the George W. Bush administration’s propaganda line that Saddam was actively pursuing a nuclear weapons programme. (full story)
injustice/law / international
 The ‘living’ corpse scenario posted by laz, 2008-08-08 03:16:13
When powerful leaders die without an heir apparent, nations face possible collapse, chaos or at the very least social catharsis. Strong, all pervading rulers must be replaced immediately to prevent instability or collapse. History records numerous instances when powerful monarchs/Popes/rulers died without a suitable replacement. The death was kept secret for fear the State would implode! (full story)
social/political / international
 Bush’s China speech: brazen American hypocrisy posted by barra, 2008-08-07 12:22:59
The last person in a position to reprimand or give advice to China is the now fully divorced from reality George ‘lobotomised’ Bush. G W Bush delivered his anti-China speech en route to Beijing from Bangkok, perhaps Tierra del Fuego would have been more appropriate after considering Bush’s comments. (full story)
social/political / international
Living in ‘Interesting Times’ posted by finch, 2008-08-07 02:26:57
History unfolds in the present but is inextricably and dynamically intertwined with the ‘past.’ History is actually an interpretive/constructionist process in the present tense though it appears to relate to past events. The past does not exist; therefore history/everything surrenders itself to interpretation and ‘reality’ construction in the present; the only validity the past possess is that given it by the present! (full story)
injustice/law / international
 Pressure Grows for F.B.I.’s Anthrax Evidence posted by Scott Shane and Nicholas Wade via reed, 2008-08-06 01:44:25
WASHINGTON — After four years of painstaking scientific research, the F.B.I. by 2005 had traced the anthrax in the poisoned letters of 2001 to a single flask of the bacteria at the Army biodefense laboratory at Fort Detrick, Md., according to government scientists and bureau officials. (full story)
injustice/law / international
Banks target nation's family jewels, "infrastructure" assets, after destroying economy posted by Jonathan Stempel via krill, 2008-08-06 01:06:35
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Cash-strapped U.S. state and city governments are likely to sell or lease more highways, bridges, airports and other assets to investors desperate for stable returns after being frazzled by the credit crisis. (full story)
social/political / international
 Murdoch’s man: Oz PM, Kevin Rudd, hand picked for the job! posted by budgie, 2008-08-05 11:29:30
Few remember the fateful lunch in New York that sealed the fate of a nation for three years.
When Rupert Murdoch and Kevin Rudd, now Prime Minister of Australia, emerged from a New York restaurant Murdoch responded to a reporter’s question with, “I think Kevin Rudd would make a good Prime Minister.” However, the crucial follow-up question was not asked, FOR WHOM, because conditions for the population are worse now than under the previous Howard government? (full story)
social/political / international
 Mullen warns against USS Liberty redux posted by Staff report PTV via reed, 2008-08-04 21:37:39
The top American military officer has warned Israel against orchestrating 'USS Liberty Part II' to provoke a US-led war against Iran. (full story)
peace/war / international
 The measure of a slave – a few simple tests posted by peptide, 2008-08-04 11:26:10
This little exercise is similar to those little games that monthly magazines are known for; like test your fitness level by timing how fast you can eat a box of chocolates while watching TV! Get the picture? But I’m afraid these tests provide accurate results. For example, do you believe the government’s explanation of the 9/11 disaster? Yes! Well, I’m sorry to inform you that you’re not only a compliant slave but also a moron! The following furnishes irrefutable proof. (full story and 2 comments)
injustice/law / international
  McCain, Anthrax & the Afghan Blunder posted by Robert Parry via reed, 2008-08-03 10:29:52
The scene of John McCain – during the anthrax attacks in October 2001 – opining to David Letterman that Iraq might be responsible underscores McCain’s central role in what may go down as one of the biggest strategic blunders in U.S. military history, the premature pivot from Afghanistan to Iraq. (full story and 1 comments)
peace/war / international
 Star-spangled sheep ready for the slaughter posted by Kismo, 2008-08-02 08:06:07
Home of the brave, land of the ‘free,’ ay! The lyrics to a popular song require changing after it was revealed that border guards have powers to confiscate indefinitely, all personal printed and written material, including handwritten notes, all digital data contained on storage devices such as laptops, iphones, flashdrives etc, and write-only storage mediums such as CDs and DVDs. The regulation applies to all, citizen and non-citizen travellers. The law/regulation can be applied without reason or justification on whosoever a ‘guard’ chooses. The criteria for selection remains undefined, which allows for huge abuses of citizens’ rights. One can easily imagine certain personality types/guards disapproving of the way he/she was looked at and reacting immediately with confiscation and intimidation! (full story)
human rights / international
 Known by the Company you keep posted by budgie, 2008-08-01 22:52:37
Infamous member of the ‘coalition of willing criminals,’ John Howard -- a reprehensible LIAR, RACIST, WAR CRIMINAL, LACKEY and COWARD – has thrown his poisonous support behind the current leader of the opposition, Brendan ‘super hornet’ Nelson. The enmity between Howard and former treasurer Peter Costello, who is rumoured to be making a bid for the opposition leadership, is such that Howard would emerge from his rat hole to support Nelson and risk arrest for his complicity in the Haneef scandal. (full story)
social/political / national
 Economic Free Fall? posted by William Greider via krill, 2008-08-01 09:32:46
Washington can act with breathtaking urgency when the right people want something done. In this case, the people are Wall Street's titans, who are scared witless at the prospect of their historic implosion. Congress quickly agreed to enact a gargantuan bailout, with more to come, to calm the anxieties and halt the deflation of Wall Street giants. Put aside partisan bickering, no time for hearings, no need to think through the deeper implications. We haven't seen "bipartisan cooperation" like this since Washington decided to invade Iraq. (full story)
social/political / international
 Robert Gates inadvertently predicts demise of USA posted by fish, 2008-08-01 02:23:59
Far too late, Defence Secretary Robert Gates, cited the destructive effects of the Perle, Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz, Cheney policy of unilateralism in a global world. "We cannot prevail if we act alone," Gates outlined in his National Defence Strategy paper. However, Gates also stressed the importance of [U.S.] "freedom of action in the global commons and strategic access to important regions of the world to meet our national security needs," which in effect cancels his call for cooperation – I count only three real U.S. allies, Israel, Britain and lackey Australia! You cannot succeed in gaining credibility in the international community by sending absurd mixed and contradictory messages, Bob – you want (the world) cake and to eat it too! (full story and 2 comments)
imperialism / international
 Karadzic charged at the Hague posted by flake gordon, 2008-07-31 12:42:51
Radovan Karadzic appeared in the dock at the Hague today charged with invading oil rich nations on the pretext they possessed WMD. The Former Bosnian Serb leader faces genocide charges for causing the deaths of over 750,000 innocent Iraqi civilians. He was also accused of surgical missile strikes on numerous wedding parties in Afghanistan, which resulted in the deaths of dozens of civilians including women and children. The Bosnian Serb leader insisted the wedding parties were in fact Muslim terrorists planning the overthrow of the entire world! (full story)
miscellaneous / international
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