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Wednesday, May 21, 2008

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Special Comment

 

FBI Agents at Guantánamo Kept 'War Crimes' File

Eric Lichtblau and Scott Shane, of The New York Times: "In 2002, as evidence of prisoner mistreatment at Guantanamo Bay began to mount, Federal Bureau of Investigation agents at the base created a 'war crimes file' to document accusations against American military personnel, but were eventually ordered to close down the file, a Justice Department report revealed Tuesday. The report, an exhaustive, 437-page review prepared by the Justice Department inspector general, provides the fullest account to date of internal dissent and confusion within the Bush administration over the use of harsh interrogation tactics by the military and the Central Intelligence Agency."

 

 

Bush and Cheney ignored FBI protests over torture, reports US Justice Department

 

 

Former Detainee Describes 'Water Treatment', Electric Shocks To US Congress

 

 

Even torture fails to bring a single 9/11 suspect to trial

 

 

Report: US Soldiers Did 'Dirty Work' for Chinese Interrogators

 

WASHINGTON’S ORWELLIAN GULAG: Gates Says US 'Stuck' With Gitmo Prisoners Who Can't Be Charged or Freed

 

US ‘Regrets Need' to Detain Iraqi Children

 

 

Washington Guilty of Banned Weapons War Crimes

 

 

Italian Trial of CIA Operatives Begins With Torture Testimony

 

 

US illegally buys 100,000 Russian-made AK-47 to make another bloodbath in Iraq

 

 

Washington Never Learns: Putting Out Fire, With Gasoline! Top US general visits Lebanon to discuss military aid

 

 

Pakistan calls 'barbaric' US missile strike that killed 8, including 3 children

 

 

Militants behead Pakistani soldier to avenge US missile strike

 

 

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Russia condemns deployment of EU-led mission in Kosovo as "illegal"

 

 

Iceland tops list of peaceful nations, US 97th

 

 

Iran not after bomb, says UN nuclear watchdog chief

 

 

At least 13 Middle Eastern countries announce nuclear power plans

 

 

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Iran Busts CIA-Backed Terror Group
Announcement follows Neo-Con General's urge for Bush administration to support terrorist bombings in Iran

Joseph Watson writing for Prison Planet reports on May 20: “The Iranian Intelligence Ministry busted a CIA-backed terror group that was planning to bomb scientific, educational, and religious centers, and carry out assassinations, according to a report in the Tehran Times. The arrests come weeks after Ret. Gen. Thomas McInerney urged the U.S. to carry out terror bombings in Iran.

‘The Intelligence Ministry on Saturday released details of the detection and dismantling of a terrorist network affiliated to the United States,’ reports the newspaper.”

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Militarized Texas Police Celebrate Killing Americans!

Notches on side of APC reveal horror of bloodlust

Joseph Watson writing on May 20 for Prison Planet reports: “Notches on side of APC reveal horror of bloodlust. A former US Army tank driver asserts that two figures depicted on the side of an APC SWAT tank that was recently used to protect cops from the deadly threat of women and children during the raid of a West Texas polygamist retreat actually represents the amount of people killed by police. Gary Roberts, a veteran Army tank driver in the 80's, relates to us the fact that the two figures etched into the side of the US M113 Armored Personnel Carrier denote "kills," as in how many people the SWAT unit has killed. The other image appears to depict a vehicle, according to Roberts. Roberts appeared on The Alex Jones Show today to confirm the fact that Midland County police are apparently so proud of the people they have murdered, they feel the need to emblazon it on the side of their souped-up tank.”

 

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ISRAEL LOBBY: Pelosi Kisses the Ring… House Speaker Pelosi in Israel: “Nothing Should Be Ruled Out in Order to Stop Iran”

 

ISRAEL LOBBY: Obama faces an uphill battle to win over Florida's Jews

Jodi Kantor reports in the May 21 issue of the International Herald Tribune (IHT):”BOYNTON BEACH, Florida: At the Aberdeen Golf and Country Club on Sunday, the fountains were burbling, the man-made lakes were shining, and Shirley Weitz and Ruth Grossman were debating why Jews in this gated neighborhood of airy retirement homes feel so much trepidation about Senator Barack Obama.

 

‘The people here, liberal people, will not vote for Obama because of his attitude towards Israel,’ Weitz, 83, said, lingering over brunch. ‘They're going to vote for McCain.’"

 

 

Israel ‘Ally’ Caught Spying on U.S. Yet Again

 

 

Olmert calls for US naval blockade on Iran

 

 

US, Israel fueling Middle East turmoil, says Egyptian Foreign Minister

 

 

No Peace Unless Israel Fully Withdrawals From Golan, Says Syria

 

 

65 percent of Israelis against full withdrawal from the Golan, even if it means peace with Syria

 

 

Global Peace Index Ranks US 97, Israel 136

 

 

Why Israel can't survive (MacLean’s - Canada)

 

 

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Bad Week For the Neocons

 

Lebanon political agreement reached.

New president agreed upon and Hezbollah will have veto power over new government. Move represents a setback for the neocons.

 

Syria holds peace talks with Israel.

Talks mediated by Turkey. Another setback for neocons.

 

PNAC No More?

On May 20th, Jim Lobe reports: “The website of the Bill Kristol’s Project for the New American Century (www.newamericancentury.org) has vanished. If you go to the site, you are diverted to another one that says, “This Account Has Been Suspended. Please contact the billing/support department as soon as possible.”

A metaphor, perhaps, for the bankruptcy of the ideas that inspired the project and the strategic disaster that they produced for U.S. interests in Iraq, the greater Middle East, and the wider world?

 

 

 

 

“Political language ... is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder

respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.”

 

~George Orwell~

 

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Celebration Of Americans Turning In Their Neighbors, Family Members
Officials praise "wonderful," "creative" informants for making a living from reporting friends to the authorities

On May 19, Paul Joseph Watson of Prison Planet writes: “Southwest Florida Crime Stoppers and the New York Times are heartily celebrating the fact that an increasing number of Americans are becoming informants and turning in their neighbors and family members to the authorities in return for cash rewards. Citing gas prices, foreclosure rates and runaway food price inflation, The Times lauds the fact that citizens are reporting on each other, ensuring ‘a substantial increase in Crime Stopper-related arrests and recovered property, as callers turn in neighbors, grandchildren or former boyfriends in exchange for a little cash.’ The fact that people turning in their own neighbors and family members for payoffs is one of the hallmarks of a Stasi-like police state doesn't seem to register with reporters Shaila Dewan, Brenda Goodman, or Crime Stoppers U.S.A President Elaine Cloyd, who hails the snitches for getting ‘creative’ to offset a rough economy.”

 

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Food stamp use hits record

Agencies in Illinois alarmed by increase in recent months

Monique Garcia and Kristen Kridel writing for the Chicago Tribune reported on May 16: “The number of Illinois households receiving food stamps has reached a record level, with almost 1.3 million people relying on the program to pay for daily staples such as milk, bread and eggs.”

 

 

 

PERSPECTIVE

 

Blowback Perspective

Video

 

Saddam Hussein Thanks for the Memories

Video

 

 

An extraordinarily prescient video interview with General Norman Schwarzkopf and Robert Gates - Deputy National Security Advisor to Former President George Bush Sr.

 

Why Invading Iraq Was A Very Stupid Idea…

 

(Click on blinking dot above for video)

 

 

 

 

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Bizarre Glowing Clouds 30 Minutes Before Sichuan Earthquake in China

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