Posted by seumasach on March 9, 2010
Gareth Porter
10th March, 2010
WASHINGTON – For weeks, the United States public followed the biggest offensive of the Afghanistan war against what it was told was a “city of 80,000 people” as well as the logistical hub of the Taliban in that part of Helmand. That idea was a central element in the overall impression built up in February that Marjah was a major strategic objective, more important than other district centers in Helmand.
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Posted by seumasach on March 9, 2010
8th March, 2010
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said that his father predicted the 9/11 attacks on New York’s twin towers back in the ’90s.
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Posted by seumasach on March 7, 2010
7th March, 2010
Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad asserts that the lingering global financial crisis has exposed the dark side of the capitalist economic system in the West, adding that the US will go down in history as the biggest thief ever.
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Posted by seumasach on March 7, 2010
6th March, 2010
In the wake of the most serious financial breakdown to hit world capitalism since the collapse of the US stock market in 1929, not a single serious measure has been put into place to rein in the activities of the banks and financial institutions responsible for the crisis.
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Posted by seumasach on March 7, 2010
March, 2010
The prime minister of contract murder, Binyamin Netanyahu, was not long permitted to rejoice over the agreement to sanction Iran which he had wrested from the Russian leadership. A few days later, China made it clear that it would in no case help to carry out such sanctions. Consequently, Netanyahu believed it necessary to pay a visit to the Chinese leadership, in order to bring them on course through an Israeli word of command.
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Posted by seumasach on March 7, 2010
Posted in Drive to Global War | Tagged: End of empire, End Wars-Rebuild Britain!, stop the bailout | 1 Comment »
Posted by seumasach on March 5, 2010
Jo Comerford
4th March, 2010
Send up a flare! The 2011 federal budget has sprung some leaks in the midst of a storm. Not sure there’s enough money for life rafts! Forget women and children first!
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Posted by seumasach on March 5, 2010
This article explains well the mechanisms which enabled Greece to conceal state expenditure. The principle of deferring costs at inordinate expense is the same as that pioneered in Britain under the guise of public-private partnership which has contributed so much to the timebomb of UK government debt.
Louise Story and Landon Thomas and Nelson D. Schwartz
4th March, 2010
Wall Street tactics akin to the ones that fostered subprime mortgages in America have worsened the financial crisis shaking Greece and undermining the euro by enabling European governments to hide their mounting debts.
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Posted by seumasach on March 5, 2010
For latest developments go to:
Enough is enough! It’s time we up the ante and demand that our voices be heard and heeded. It’s time that the logical and rational voices of reason get a Peace of the Action.
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Posted by seumasach on March 5, 2010
Justin Raimondo
3rd March, 2010
The reaction to Ron Paul’s runaway victory in the CPAC presidential poll continues to roll in, and I wouldn’t dwell on it as much as I have except for its significance as indicative of a sea-change on the right and in the country generally. And also, for another reason: because I can’t help but wonder at the paucity of intellectual firepower among Paul’s critics.
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Posted by seumasach on March 5, 2010
Jim Lobe
5th March, 2010
While the ongoing United States military surge in Afghanistan continues to capture the headlines, Iran’s nuclear program – and how best to deal with it – is rapidly emerging here as the year’s biggest foreign policy challenge.
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