Archive for the ‘Drive to Global War’ Category
Facing total economic meltdown at home US/UK, spear-heading NATO, have chosen the path of confrontation with the rest of the world, a path which will lead us to the brink of war with Russia and China
Posted by smeddum on May 28, 2009
By Dambudzo Muparanga
May 23, 2009, The Herald
ONE can make out a pattern when it comes to the popularity of the Zimbabwe Government in the West before the Land Reform Programme and after its inception.
The reason for this is not because the Government did something out of this world, the Government – all things considered – did a good thing for its people. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by seumasach on May 27, 2009
Thierry Meyssan
Voltairenet.org
24th May, 2009
Quatre ans après l’assassinat de l’ancien Premier ministre libanais Rafic Hariri, l’enquête internationale n’a toujours pas abouti et donne lieu à de nouvelles manipulations politiques. Loin de la rigueur qui sied à une procédure judiciaire, un article du Spiegel ouvre un nouvel épisode du feuilleton : puisqu’il a fallu renoncer à accuser la Syrie, faute de preuves, les enquêteurs proches des États-Unis et d’Israël désignent maintenant l’Iran. Ce rebondissement intervient comme un contre-feu, après qu’un journaliste états-unien s’exprimant sur Russia Today, ait accusé Dick Cheney d’avoir commandité le crime.
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Posted by seumasach on May 25, 2009
PressTV
25th May, 2009
Military operations supported by the US in northwestern Pakistan have displaced nearly 2.4 million people, the UN and government officials has said. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Drive to Global War | Tagged: bombing of Pakistan, Obama agenda | Leave a Comment »
Posted by seumasach on May 24, 2009
PressTV
24th May, 2009
Barack Obama has vowed to keep US military dominance in the world by sending military troops to ‘theater of war’ when and where Washington deems ‘necessary’.
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Posted in Drive to Global War | Tagged: New Cold War, Obama, Obama agenda | 1 Comment »
Posted by seumasach on May 20, 2009
Obama inherits Cheney’s army of assassins – and promotes their commander
Justin Raimondo
antiwar.com
20th May, 2009
As the story of Bush administration’s war crimes comes out in fits and starts, it appears that torture is only one aspect – and not the worst, by any means – of this horrific history. In an interview in mid-March, Seymour Hersh let slip the following:
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Posted by smeddum on May 16, 2009
NATO has had its day, Russia’s Medvedev says
Front page / Russia / Politics
15.05.2009 Source: Pravda.Ru
Russia’s President Dmitry Medvedev stated that the structure of the European security based on NATO’s expansion did not suit Russia, Interfax reports.
Medvedev stated in a televised interview that the previous institutions of European security, which were established during the 1970s, had already become outdated. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by smeddum on May 15, 2009
Distant Voices, Desperate Lives in Sri Lanka
by John Pilger, May 14, 2009
antiwar.com
In his latest column for the New Statesman, John Pilger describes the catastrophe facing the Tamil people of Sri Lanka, whose distant voices have appealed to the world for almost as long as the Palestinians. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by smeddum on May 14, 2009
U.S. Soldier in Iraq Kills 5 Comrades at Stress Clinic
By Ernesto Londoño
Washington Post Foreign Service
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
BAGHDAD, May 11 — An American soldier opened fire on comrades Monday afternoon inside a combat stress clinic at a large U.S. military base in Baghdad, killing five and wounding three in an attack that prompted officials to promise to try to ease the strain on troops deployed to war zones. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by smeddum on May 9, 2009
Afghanistan: Heroin-ravaged State
by Prof. Peter Dale Scott
Global Research, May 8, 2009
Why one should think of Afghanistan, not as a “failed state,” but as a heroin-ravaged state
One of the most frustrating features of observing American foreign policy is to see the gap between the encapsulated thinking of the national security bureaucracy and the sensible unfettered observations of the experts outside. In the case of Afghanistan, outside commentators have called for terminating current specific American policies and tactics – many reminiscent of the US in Vietnam. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by smeddum on May 8, 2009
TBILISI, May 6 (RIA Novosti) – NATO started an exercise in ex-Soviet Georgia on Wednesday despite Russia’s fierce criticism of the drills and following a revolt at a military base outside the capital Tbilisi the day before. Read the rest of this entry »
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