9th August, 2008
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan marked the 63rd anniversary of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki with a solemn ceremony on Saturday and a call for world powers to abandon their nuclear weapons.
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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
Japan remembers Nagasaki atomic bomb victims
Posted by seumasach on August 10, 2008
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This is Horseshit
Posted by seumasach on August 9, 2008
By Cindy Sheehan
7th August, 2008
“It is not if we will be extremists, but what kind of extremists will we be?” – Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr
07/08/08 “ICH” — – -You know, I don’t care if it’s not proper for a Congressional candidate to say: “horseshit.” I don’t care if it is not a good “tactic” to get kicked out of a Congressional non-impeachment hearing that was just a bunch of horseshit anyway. I don’t care if I get accused of being too “extreme” for bucking the (cyst)em by doing everything form camping in a ditch in Crawford, Tx to non-violent civil disobedience to, lately, running for Congress as (oh no!) an independent.
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Georgia Attacks South Ossetia, Russia entering with tanks
Posted by alfied on August 8, 2008
One hundred fifty Russian tanks, armored personnel carriers and other vehicles have entered South Ossetia
Georgia pounded the capital of its breakaway South Ossetia province with heavy weapons on Thursday after a ceasefire broke down within hours and separatists said they were under siege.
President Mikhail Saakashvili praised a joint military training program involving more than 1,000 U.S. Marines and soldiers at a former Soviet base Monday, amid heightened tensions with Moscow.
Georgia has about 2,000 troops in Iraq — making it the third largest contributor to coalition forces after the U.S. and Britain
The U.S. soldiers, Marines and airmen arrived in Tbilisi in mid-July to teach combat skills to Georgian soldiers, as well as 30 troops from Armenia, Azerbaijan and Ukraine. The program, called Exercise Immediate Response 2008
In January, Georgian defense officials began to phase out use of the Russian-designed Kalashnikov rifle and introduce the American M-16. Georgian troops were training mostly with American weapons on two gunnery ranges Friday. Many NATO countries use the M-16. Read the rest of this entry »
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The Forged Iraqi Letter: What Just Happened?
Posted by seumasach on August 8, 2008
Ron Suskind
7th August, 2008
What just happened? Evidence. A secret that has been judiciously kept for five years just spilled out. All of what follows is new, never reported in any way:
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On the Brink of War: The Caucasian conflict in the context of world politics
Posted by seumasach on August 7, 2008
Fyodor Lukyanova
5th August, 2008
South Ossetia is once again on the brink of war. Alarming reports are coming from Abkhazia, and Russian-Georgian relations continue to be tense.
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The lies of Hiroshima live on, props in the war crimes of the 20th century
Posted by seumasach on August 7, 2008
John Pilger
6th August, 2008
The 1945 attack was murder on an epic scale. In its victims’ names, we must not allow a nuclear repeat in the Middle East
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Baghdad warms to Sunni awakening
Posted by seumasach on August 6, 2008
We are seeing some remarkable, unexpected and positive developments: the Iraqi government is throwing off it’s subordination to the occupation, making deals with the various strands of the resistance and leaving the occupiers out in the cold. This development is another illustration of the advanced phase of imperial collapse we have now entered.
By Ahmed Ali and Dahr Jamail
7th August
BAQUBA – A massive military operation in Diyala province has underscored the military and political gains by the Sahwa militia, despite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki’s earlier attempts to thwart them. Maliki has now apparently come around to involving the Sahwa rather than opposing them.
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Iraq Mines Nightmare
Posted by smeddum on August 6, 2008
Iraq Mines Nightmare
Afif Sarhan, IOL Correspondent Uruknet
Children easily mistake small bombs for toys or step over unexploded ordinances. (Photo coutesy UN) Read the rest of this entry »
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Israel Concerned over US Move to Open Interests Section in Iran
Posted by alfied on August 5, 2008
TEHRAN (FNA)- The question of whether the United States will open an interests section in Tehran will be decided by President George W. Bush himself in the coming month, senior government officials said Monday. |
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Keith Olbermann Was The Only Major U.S. Media Source To Cover Dick Cheney Iran False Flag Story
Posted by smeddum on August 5, 2008
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