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 War Crimes Trial Begins for Croatian General Who Worked With Americans
Marlise Simons via rialator, Tuesday, Mar 11 2008, 7:27pm
PARIS — A popular Croatian general who led a brutal operation that drove the Serbs out of Eastern Croatia near the end of the Balkans war went on trial in The Hague on Tuesday for war crimes and crimes against humanity. Gen. Ante Gotovina, working closely with American advisers, was the commander of a military campaign in the summer of 1995 that put an end to the Serbian occupation of Eastern Croatia and forced more than 150,000 Serbs to flee towns and villages where they had lived for generations. (story and 1 comment and 1 image)
Last Commented Tuesday, Mar 11 2008, 7:53pm
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I'm NOT alright, Jack!
Anna Salleh via quill, Monday, Mar 10 2008, 7:14pm
The food industry's increasing use of nanotechnology in ingredients, additives and packaging has prompted two new reports calling for better consumer protection. (story and 1 comment and 1 image)
Last Commented Monday, Mar 10 2008, 7:39pm
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Serb leader quits over Kosovo
Douglas Hamilton via rialator, Saturday, Mar 8 2008, 6:08pm
"A government that has no united policy cannot function, of course, and this is the end of the government." Kostunica told a news conference. "That means that we have to give the mandate back to the people." (story and 1 image)
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The two winners of the 2008 presidential election: fear and war
Larry Chin via reed, Friday, Mar 7 2008, 7:09am
The 2008 US presidential charade has already been decided. Come November, the next White House occupant (who will be installed via political malfeasance, computer vote theft and other election “irregularities”) will be the puppet who proves to be the most effective in echoing Bush-Cheney’s “war on terrorism” lies, and expanding the Bush-Cheney “national security” agenda. (story and 2 images)
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 NATO/EU hypocrisy and the demonisation of Serbs
Ljiljana Smajlovic via rialator, Wednesday, Mar 5 2008, 7:30am
BELGRADE, Serbia -- As editor-in-chief of Serbia's oldest and most prestigious daily newspaper, Politika, I am at a loss to explain the West's stubborn support for Kosovo independence to my readers. Only nine years ago, my country was bombed for 78 days by the most powerful military alliance the world has ever seen, and the last thing I want is to pour oil over the fire of anti-Western sentiment. But the truth is, I find myself grappling with the same bitterness and resentment as most of my countrymen. (story and 2 comments)
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Washington gets a [temporary] new colony in the Balkans
Sara Flounders via reed, Wednesday, Feb 27 2008, 9:53pm
In evaluating the recent "declaration of independence" by Kosovo, a province of Serbia, and its immediate recognition as a state by the U.S., Germany, Britain and France, it is important to know three things.
First, Kosovo is not gaining independence or even minimal self-government. It will be run by an appointed High Representative and bodies appointed by the U.S., European Union and NATO. An old-style colonial viceroy and imperialist administrators will have control over foreign and domestic policy. U.S. Imperialism has merely consolidated its direct control of a totally dependent colony in the heart of the Balkans.
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The Audacity of Hopelessness
Frank Rich via reed, Sunday, Feb 24 2008, 11:24am
When people one day look back at the remarkable implosion of the Hillary Clinton campaign, they may notice that it both began and ended in the long dark shadow of Iraq. It’s not just that her candidacy’s central premise — the priceless value of “experience” — was fatally poisoned from the start by her still ill-explained vote to authorize the fiasco. Senator Clinton then compounded that 2002 misjudgment by pursuing a 2008 campaign strategy that uncannily mimicked the disastrous Bush Iraq war plan. After promising a cakewalk to the nomination — “It will be me,” Mrs. Clinton told Katie Couric in November — she was routed by an insurgency. (story and 1 image)
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The Other Face of Google
Michael Y. Park via reed, Wednesday, Feb 20 2008, 8:19am
NEW YORK — How big do you have to be to earn the wrath of the United Nations and Internet giant Google? If you're journalist Matthew Lee, all it takes are some critical articles and a scrappy little Web site. Lee is the editor-in-chief, Webmaster and pretty much the only reporter for Inner City Press, a pint-sized Internet news operation that's taken on Goliath-sized entities like Citigroup since 1987. (story and 1 image)
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Does Balkanization Beckon Anew?
Patrick J. Buchanan via fleet, Wednesday, Feb 20 2008, 8:11am
When the Great War comes, said old Bismarck, it will come out of "some damn fool thing in the Balkans." On June 28, 1914, Gavrilo Princip shot the Archduke and heir to the Austrian throne Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo, setting in motion the train of events that led to the First World War.
In the spring of 1999, the United States bombed Serbia for 78 days to force its army out of that nation's cradle province of Kosovo. The Serbs were fighting Albanian separatists of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA). And we had no more right to bomb Belgrade than the Royal Navy would have had to bombard New York in our Civil War.
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Whistle-blower site taken offline
staff report BBC via reed, Monday, Feb 18 2008, 10:22am
[We are not surprised by the following report of information suppression on the Internet. We have never harboured any illusions regarding just who it is that demands free speech be sacrificed on the altar of profit and expediency. Is it a coincidence that Big Business in the form of a Swiss Bank -- no less -- has taken action to stifle a web site dedicated to anonymous leaks? How else could leaks be safely disseminated?
In the interests of the community, democracy and free speech we are obliged to offer this site as a temporary outlet for such information.] (story and 1 comment and 1 image)
Last Commented Tuesday, Feb 19 2008, 8:42pm
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Israel faces future annihilation as Bush delivers ultimatum to Gulf States
Mike Whitney via rialator, Monday, Feb 4 2008, 9:19am
Mike Whitney’s articles are always insightful and entertaining though some titles could do with a little modification. We are always happy for his work to be included in our “other press” section; however, his latest effort begs additional analysis. We would be pleased if he or others familiar with the subject would contribute additional information and pursue their analysis and deductions to logical conclusions.
An obvious question is why should Gulf States compromise their own economies and acquiesce to Bush’s ultimatum if Russian Naval and Air Power in the region are poised for action? Neither Israel nor the USA is in a position to declare war on the entire region. Any such action would inevitably involve Russia and China – so let’s hear it from the informed experts! Ed.
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Kosovo: justification for a retaliatory attack on the USA
Michel Chossudovsky via reed, Sunday, Feb 3 2008, 8:14pm
While the European Union and the US, have acknowledged that they would be "opposed" to a " unilateral" declaration of independence of Kosovo, the secession of Kosovo from Serbia is already de facto. It is part of a US-NATO military agenda. It is the culmination of the 1999 NATO led invasion. It responds to US-NATO strategic objectives. (story and 2 images)
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Serb coalition in doubt after Tadic win
Douglas Hamilton via rialator, Sunday, Feb 3 2008, 9:44am
BELGRADE (Reuters) - Serbia's pro-Western president Boris Tadic has won re-election in a contest with nationalist Tomislav Nikolic, but his narrow victory may only have set up a fresh struggle over the country's future course. (story and 1 image)
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Clitoral Economics
Barbara Ehrenreich via rialator, Tuesday, Jan 22 2008, 1:37pm
With all the talk about how to stimulate it, you'd think that the economy is a giant clitoris. Ben Bernanke may not employ this imagery, but the immediate challenge--and the issue bound to replace Iraq and immigration in the presidential race--is how best to get the economy engorged and throbbing again. (story and 1 image)
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Russia warns of 'preventative' nuclear strike
ABC via rialator, Saturday, Jan 19 2008, 6:47am
The Russian military's Chief of Staff says Moscow is ready to use preventative nuclear strikes to defend itself. Speaking at a conference at the Academy of Military Sciences in Moscow, General Yuri Baluyevsky said Russia must be ready to counter possible threats.
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Islamist’s prayers answered by U.S. proposed intervention
barra, Sunday, Jan 6 2008, 9:31am
The North West Frontier of Pakistan’s tribal region is steeped in the history of failed attempts by foreign Imperial forces to subdue the region. From Alexander the Great through Imperial Britain to the Russians -- the ferociously independent tribes of this region have successfully resisted all efforts to subdue them. But the U.S. donkey imagines it can do what other more skilled militaries could not accomplish!
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A Quechua Christmas Story
Greg Palast via reed, Monday, Dec 31 2007, 4:12pm
And [Professor] Doctor Correa is one tough character. He told George Bush to take the US military base and stick it where the equatorial sun don’t shine. He told the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, which held Ecuador’s finances by the throat, to go to hell. He ripped up the “agreements” which his predecessors had signed at financial gun point. He told the Miami bond vultures that were charging Ecuador usurious interest, to eat their bonds. He said ‘We are not going to pay off this debt with the hunger of our people. ” Food first, interest later. Much later. And he meant it. (story and 1 image)
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Sorry, Charlie. This Is Michael Vickers's War
Ann Scott Tyson via rialator, Sunday, Dec 30 2007, 5:26pm
In the Pentagon's newly expanded Special Operations office, a suite of sterile gray cubicles on the "C" ring of the third floor, Assistant Secretary of Defense Michael G. Vickers is working to implement the U.S. military's highest-priority plan: a global campaign against terrorism that reaches far beyond Iraq and Afghanistan. (story and 2 comments and 1 image)
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Serbian MPs issue Kosovo warning
staff report BBC via reed, Wednesday, Dec 26 2007, 8:46am
The Serbian parliament has voted overwhelmingly to condemn any attempt by Kosovo to become independent. (story and 1 image)
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The US Dollar: The Long Farewell?
Gwynne Dyer via reed, Saturday, Dec 22 2007, 9:02am
It's just straws in the wind so far. India's Ministry of Culture announces that foreign tourists can no longer pay in dollars when visiting the Taj Mahal and other heritage sites; they have to pay in good, hard rupees.
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