Dispelling the Lies, Telling the Truth about Western Aggression in the Persian Gulf by Finian Cunningham and Michel Chossudovsky, Global Research, March 16, 2012 The year 2012 may become known as a watershed for humanity – the year when mankind…
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America’s Newest War Criminals
Threatening Iran Our Gang of War Criminals by Dave Lindorf, Counterpunch, March 1, 2012 If a bunch of street toughs decided to gang up and beat the crap out of some guy in the neighborhood because they feared he might…
The dangerous consequences of Harper’s position on Iran
By Gerry Caplan, rabble.ca, Jan. 30, 2012 It’s unlikely that Stephen Harper, John Baird, Mitt Romney or Newt Gingrich have ever heard of Tamir Pardo, Meir Dagan, Amos Yadlin, Gabi Ashkenazi or Yuval Diskin. But it would probably make no…
Two years after the quake, Haiti festers
By Paul S. Graham Two years after an earthquake killed 158,000, the majority of Haitians continue to battle against hunger, disease, homelessness and political repression. Half a million people remain in refugee camps and many thousands who have found other…
The US prepares for war with Iran
Beating the Drums of War: Provoking Iran into “Firing the First Shot” by Michel Chossudovsky, Global Research, Jan. 14, 2012 Introduction While the possibility of a war with Iran is acknowledged in US news reports, its regional and global implications…
Video report: The battle for Iran
By Press for Truth The global elite wants a complete takeover of the Middle East. The situation with Iran is being manipulated in an effort to get the West behind their war of aggression in the name of peace and…
Iran: Iraq all over again?
Iran: the Neocons Are At It Again by Ralph Nader, Counterpunch, Jan. 12, 2012 The same neocons who persuaded George W. Bush and crew to, in Ron Paul’s inimitable words, “lie their way into invading Iraq” in 2003, are beating…
Energy Wars 2012
Michael T. Clare, Counterpunch, Jan. 10, 2012 Welcome to an edgy world where a single incident at an energy “chokepoint” could set a region aflame, provoking bloody encounters, boosting oil prices, and putting the global economy at risk. With energy…
First Syria, then Iran?
A mistaken case for Syrian regime change By Aisling Byrne, Asia Times, Jan. 5, 2012 “War with Iran is already here,” wrote a leading Israeli commentator recently, describing “the combination of covert warfare and international pressure” being applied to Iran.…
Leaving Afghanistan
Notes on Afghanistan: The Surge to Withdrawal by Vijay Prashad, Counterpunch, January 6, 2012 Kabul sprawls like an injured lion. Its population has increased four-fold to 4.5 million over the past ten years. War refugees, fleeing the countryside for the…