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  Unconventional Warfare in the 21st Century
Tom Burghardt via quin, Friday, Dec 19 2008, 8:47pm
On December 13, the whistleblowing website Wikileaks did investigative and citizen journalists a great service by publishing the Army Special Operations Forces FM 3-05.130, titled Unconventional Warfare. [Available below.]
Published in September 2008, the 248-page document though unclassified, is restricted "to U.S. Government agencies and their contractors only to protect technical or operational information from automatic dissemination under the International Exchange Program or by other means." The Department of the Army urges recipients to "destroy by any method that will prevent disclosure of contents or reconstruction of the document." Wikileaks has guaranteed that the disappearance of this critical primary source into the bowels of the Pentagon will not occur. (story and 2 images and 1 attached file)
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 Obama and Washington Mythmaking
Robert Parry via reed, Friday, Dec 19 2008, 8:31pm
Over the years, Washington has evolved into a city of deceptions where semantics cloud reality and where a hazy mix of lies, half-truths and mythology can combine to unleash the devastating military might of the United States for no good reason. Indeed, if there were to be a serious effort to "change the mindset" that got the United States into the Iraq War - as Barack Obama has promised - one place to start would be to force Official Washington to take a long hard look in the mirror.
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Business as usual [Rabbit hole 'CHANGE' you can blow out your arse!']
Kris Alingod via reed, Thursday, Dec 18 2008, 8:34pm
Cheney Praises Obama's National Security Team [A most revealing stamp of approval, don't YOU think, Jethro?]
Washington, D.C. (AHN) - Reflecting on his eight years in office in his first interview since the elections, Vice President Dick Cheney praised President-elect Barack Obama's national security team but defended the Bush administration's anti-terror policies, including its use of waterboarding and its decision to invade Iraq, which he said would've still taken place even if intelligence had been accurate. (story and 1 image)
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The $8.5 Trillion bet
Matthias Chang via rialator, Saturday, Dec 13 2008, 7:50pm
A few weeks ago, I warned that the Dow would dive below 7,000 at the earliest by end of December 2008 and at the latest by the end of the first quarter 2009. Any responsible central banker would want to control a downturn, preferably by a gradual slide of the market as opposed to a sharp hard landing. However, events clearly indicate the current breed of financial handlers are irresponsible gamblers not prudent financial managers.
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Rumsfeld (and the rest) responsible for Torture
Staff report UPI via reed, Thursday, Dec 11 2008, 8:31pm
WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 (UPI) -- Former U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and other officials "redefined the law" to allow the use of torture, a report released Thursday said. (story and 3 comments and 2 images)
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[American] Crime without punishment around the Globe
Staff report via Talya, Wednesday, Dec 10 2008, 7:59pm
The criminal enterprises of the world's leading terrorist state (America) are not confined to Balkan territorial acquisitions (Kosovo), plunder of oil and gas resources in Iraq, Afghanistan and Central Asia but have a long and sordid history.
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Obama may become first invalid U.S. President
Tim Jones via quill, Monday, Dec 8 2008, 6:22am
Five weeks after the State of Hawaii vouched for the authenticity of President-elect Barack Obama's birth certificate, the controversy over allegations that Obama is not eligible to take office next month has reached the Supreme Court, which is expected to announce Monday whether it will consider the matter. (story and 1 attached file)
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Partners in Crime: the CIA, BND and Kosovo's narco 'government'
Tom Burghardt via rialator, Sunday, Dec 7 2008, 8:38pm
When three officers of Germany's foreign intelligence service the Bundesnachrichtendienst (BND), were arrested in Pristina November 19, it exposed that country's extensive covert operations in the heart of the Balkans.
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New York Bankers stimulate theft economy
Jean-Pierre Verges, Friday, Dec 5 2008, 8:56am
PARIS (AP) — Armed robbers, some disguised as women, snatched euro85 million ($108 million) worth of diamond rings, necklaces and luxury watches from a Harry Winston boutique on a posh Paris avenue in one of the largest jewel heists in history, officials said Friday.
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US starts New Cold War with Russia
Paul Craig Roberts via reed, Friday, Dec 5 2008, 12:14am
Undeterred by massive budget deficits from wars, a falling economy, and financial bailouts, the US government has managed to start a new cold war with Russia. Last Friday, the Russian military announced that it was developing a new generation of ballistic missiles in response to the US government’s decision to deploy ballistic missile defenses in Poland and the Czech Republic.
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![Rice ratifies massive monetary 'incentive' [bribe]](attachments/imagecache/local/dec2008/100_75_1_1_5_0_0_0_0_0_ricebribe.jpg "Rice ratifies massive monetary 'incentive' [bribe]")
News that Mainstream Media Hides
Mark Seddon via amnesia, Thursday, Dec 4 2008, 8:19pm
A small and disused former Warsaw Pact air base in a remote corner of northwest Poland may soon become the focus of a new conflict between Russia and the US. (story and 1 image)
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Obama’s first problem is US war crimes
Andrew Sullivan via reed, Sunday, Nov 30 2008, 11:08pm
A small and largely unnoticed spat among the transition planners for the president-elect, Barack Obama, broke out last week. It was the first genuinely passionate debate among the Obamaites and it centres on a terribly difficult and terribly important decision that will be among the first that Obama has to make.
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CEOs 'cashed out' prior to economic crisis
Tom Eley via reed, Friday, Nov 28 2008, 7:14pm
Balzac’s maxim that “behind every great fortune lies a great crime” may yet prove a fitting epitaph for American capitalism. A recent survey by the Wall Street Journal reveals that CEOs at major US financial and real estate firms converted tens of millions of dollars of overvalued stock into cash prior to the eruption of the current financial crisis, even as many of their corporations approached the precipice.
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Bones [and Skeletons]
John S. Hatch via reed, Friday, Nov 28 2008, 12:54am
American forces prevented 'military-age' males (roughly 12-65 years old) from leaving the city and then declared a 'free-fire zone' on anyone remaining. They used white phosphorus and thermobaric weapons. They used snipers against unarmed civilians. They killed, and killed, and killed. It was like Poppy's 'Highway of Death', but worse. Congratulations, Junior, you finally outdid the old man. Not even animals were spared. (story and 1 comment)
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Google's next step towards domination of the Information Age
Nicholas Pullen via quill, Thursday, Nov 27 2008, 7:46pm
[Numerous posts to this site (input google in search box) warned very early of Google's intention to monopolise ALL available data. The mass media has as usual been extremely sluggish in reporting real threats to our democracies and freedoms. However, perhaps from fear of its own future relevance, if Google succeeds with its plans, the mass media now reports on the Corporation that is without doubt the greatest threat to free thought and liberty in the world today. Ed.] (story and 1 image)
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U.S. Pledges Top $7.7 Trillion to Ease Frozen Credit
Mark Pittman and Bob Ivry via gan, Tuesday, Nov 25 2008, 9:21am
The U.S. government is prepared to provide more than $7.76 trillion on behalf of American taxpayers after guaranteeing $306 billion of Citigroup Inc. debt yesterday. The pledges, amounting to half the value of everything produced in the nation last year, are intended to rescue the financial system after the credit markets seized up 15 months ago. (story and 1 image)
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Moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue
Joseph L. Galloway via rialator, Thursday, Nov 20 2008, 7:41am
With two months still to go before his inauguration as the 44th President of the United States, Barack Obama and his transition team are already getting off on the wrong foot, signaling that they have no intention of investigating anyone in the Bush administration for possible war crimes. (story and 1 comment and 1 image)
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Will an Obama Administration seek to restore justice?
John S. Hatch via krill, Monday, Nov 17 2008, 8:45am
Amidst the somewhat hysterical euphoria of the Obama win is the fact that he has some very sober decisions to make, and his choice of Chief of Staff (Rahm Emanuel has already had to apologise for remarks by his once-terrorist father) does not auger well. Why choose someone who has served in Israel’s brutal IDF and who is rabidly anti-Palestinian? Is this ‘Change’? Also disturbing is talk of retaining Secretary of Defense Robert Gates with all his Iran-Contra baggage. Or Madeleine Albright who insanely stated that the undisputed deaths of 500,000 Iraqi children (under the age of five) during the (ineffectual to Saddam) sanctions following Gulf War I were ‘worth it’. Or possibly appointing Paul Volker to head Treasury. Change? This sounds like Business As Usual.
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Air Marshals: Undercover and Under Arrest
Michael Grabell via reed, Saturday, Nov 15 2008, 8:07am
Shawn Nguyen bragged that he could sneak anything past airport security using his top-secret clearance as a federal air marshal. And for months, he smuggled cocaine and drug money onto flights across the country, boasting to an FBI informant that he was "the man with the golden badge."
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A Root Cause of Credit Crisis explained in plain Language
Pam Martens via fleet, Thursday, Nov 13 2008, 7:26pm
Purge your mind for a moment about everything you've heard and read in the last decade about investing on Wall Street and think about the following business model: (story and 2 comments and 1 image)
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