TheRealNews: Did a 2007 report of massive mineral deposits in Afghanistan affect President Obama’s 2009 decision to widen the scope of the Afghan war? Afghanistan claims mineral wealth is worth $3 trillion By Ben Farmer, The Telegraph, June 17, 2010…
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U.S. case against Iran is weak
Why not put sanctions on Europe and others as well? By Gwynne Dyer, Winnipeg Free Press, June 15, 2010 The mountain laboured for a year and a half, and finally gave birth to a mouse. On June 9 the United…
UN “Green Light” for a Pre-emptive US-Israel Attack on Iran?
Security Council Resolution Transforms Iran into a “Sitting Duck” by Michel Chossudovsky, Global Research, June 11, 2010 The UN Security Council voted on June 9 the imposition of a fourth round of sweeping sanctions against The Islamic Republic of Iran,…
Catch 22 in Afghanistan
Milo Minderbender in Afghanistan By John Grant, Counterpunch, June 11-13, 2010 No one has captured the absurd spirit of US war-making better than Joseph Heller in Catch 22. Here’s one of the greatest literary symbols for capitalism, Milo Minderbinder, on…
Averting Another Gaza
By BERNARD KOUCHNER, FRANCO FRATTINI, and MIGUEL ANGEL MORATINOS New York Times: June 10, 2010 The whole world was shocked by the tragic consequences of the Israeli military operation conducted in international waters against the “Peace Flotilla” convoy of ships.…
It’s called “war porn”
by Tanya Cariina Hsu, Global Research, May 25, 2010 War has always been a turn-on, its thrill as old as mankind itself. It is intense; it is raw; it is primal. It reaches into every nerve, so carnal it borders…
From warrior to conscientious objector to antiwar activist
American conscientious objector Josh Stieber describes his transformation from believing in “the faith of George Bush” to conscientious objector and antiwar activist. Source: The Real News Network.
A Short History of the World Nuclear Disarmament Movement
talkingsticktv — May 06, 2010 — Talk by Professor Lawrence Wittner author of “Confronting the Bomb: A Short History of the World Nuclear Disarmament Movement” recorded April 3, 2010 in Seattle.
The Arabs have their gulags too
By Robert Fisk, The Independent, May 8, 2010 We know all about Guantanamo. We know about “black” prisons. You only have to read the evidence from the latest drum-head “trial” at Guantanamo – a man called Khadr, arrested by the…
America’s growing military expansion in Africa
New Colonialism: Pentagon Carves Africa Into Military Zones By Rick Rozoff, Global Research, May 5, 2010 Last year the commander of U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM), General William Ward, said the Pentagon had military partnerships with 35 of the continent’s 53…