Monthly Archives: May 2007 »

Israel knew Six Day War was illegal, Secret Memo Reveals

CW May 30, 2007 0

Donald Macintyre A senior legal official who secretly warned the government of Israel after the Six Day War of 1967 that it would be illegal to build Jewish settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories

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Iran Charges 3 Americans With Spying

CW May 30, 2007 0

U.S. academic Haleh Esfandiari and two other Iranian-Americans have been “formally charged” with endangering national security and espionage, Iran’s judiciary spokesman said Tuesday. “Esfandiari has been formally charged with endangering national security through propaganda

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CIA keeps an eye on stock markets: ‘War against terror’

CW May 30, 2007 0

Masood Haider The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is regularly briefing the US Securities and Exchange Commission (which oversees American stock and other capital markets) about activities of terrorists and other criminals in the global

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9/11 Firefighters protest Giuliani

CW May 29, 2007 0

Azi Paybarah Here’s an unwelcome birthday gift for Rudy Giuliani, as he travels around the city raising money: protests from fire fighters and family members of September 11th victims. They’ve shown up in the

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Mike Ruppert & Peak Oil

CW May 29, 2007 3

Ian R. Crane I have learned recently that Mike Ruppert was taken seriously ill in Venezuela and is now recuperating in Canada. It’s very sad to hear of Mike’s predicament and wish him a

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Google aims to predict user behaviour

CW May 28, 2007 0

Alec Simpson Internet search giant Google is planning to build the world’s most powerful human database computer that will one day not only be able to log but also it will predict our every

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The True Story of the CIA Torture Program

CW May 28, 2007 0

The names Khaled El Masri, Moazzam Begg, Binyam Mohammad, and Maher Arar may not sound familiar to most people. But they are among the hundreds of people, many of whom have no proven ties

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Twin Towers controlled demolition, claims California architect

CW May 28, 2007 1

ROSS ROMANIUK Conspiracy buffs are in for a big treat. California architect Richard Gage will be in Winnipeg this week to offer his explanation of why the World Trade Centre towers collapsed on Sept.

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Bush ignored warning on Iraq War chaos

CW May 28, 2007 0

‘Sadly, the administration’s refusal to heed these dire warnings – and worse, to plan for them – has led to tragic consequences for which our nation is paying a terrible price…’ By Amina Anderson

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Big Brother is watching; he’s the landlord

CW May 28, 2007 0

Private eyes aid eviction effort at rent-control units Asbury Park Press Residents of one of the last middle-class bastions in ever-more-expensive Manhattan say their new landlord is using Orwellian tactics in an attempt to

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Venezuela’s RCTV: Sine Die and Good Riddance

CW May 28, 2007 0

Stephen Lendman Venezuelan TV station Radio Caracas Television’s (known as RCTV) VHF Channel 2′s operating license expired May 27, and it went off the air because the Chavez government, with ample justification, chose not

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United Nations: U.S. violated international law

CW May 28, 2007 0

Evelyn Leopold The United States apparently violated international law in its military tribunals by using coercion to extract confessions and writing counter-terrorism laws that restrict immigration on questionable grounds, a U.N. investigator said on

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Tasers Used to Control Mentally Ill

CW May 28, 2007 1

Reports of Tasers being used to control volatile situations involving mentality ill people are on the rise. This rise in Taser use on the mentally ill by police is cause for some concern. In

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Police ‘stop and question’ powers under more fire

CW May 28, 2007 0

JAMES SLACK Plans to give police draconian ‘wartime’ powers to stop and question anybody they choose about their identity and movements were in disarray last night. The Prime Minister and his supporters want to

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Tories want Diana documentary shelved

CW May 28, 2007 0

 BBC A Channel 4 documentary featuring graphic images of the car crash that killed Princess Diana should be cancelled, the Conservatives have said. Shadow culture secretary Hugo Swire urged the channel’s bosses to shelve

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Why haven’t Bush and Cheney been held accountable?

CW May 28, 2007 0

Bill Hare Accountability is an old-fashioned word that the truth jugglers of the Cheney-Bush Administration and important elements of the mainstream media have sought to effectively remove from the English language. The reason why

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Iranian protester sentenced to 6 years in prison

CW May 28, 2007 0

A female activist has been sentenced to six years in prison by an Iranian court for attending two banned rallies and for “propaganda activity against the system”. Nasrin Sotoudeh, the lawyer acting on behalf

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Legislation to Microchip Criminals ‘Needs More Work’

CW May 28, 2007 3

Tim Talley Associated Press Writer Legislation that would authorize microchip implants in people convicted of violent crimes was sent back to a committee for more work Wednesday after state House members questioned whether the

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MSNBC: Iraq ‘War of Lies’

CW May 28, 2007 0

A Special Comment about the Democrats’ deal with President Bush to continue financing this unspeakable war in Iraq – and to do so on his terms

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US spy networks discovered operating in Iran

CW May 27, 2007 0

TEHRAN: Iran said it has uncovered spy rings organised by the United States and its Western allies, claiming on state-run television that the espionage networks were made up of “infiltrating elements from the Iraqi

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US and Iran to hold key meeting

CW May 27, 2007 0

Iran and the United States are due to hold their first bilateral public talks for decades in Baghdad on Monday to discuss the future security of Iraq. Both sides will be represented by their

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Hamas agrees to Cairo talks on violence

CW May 27, 2007 0

Hamas has accepted an invitation by the Egyptians to participate in talks with other Palestinian factions in Cairo on ways of ending the current cycle of violence with Israel and avoiding civil war in

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Soft Drinks Could Warp DNA

CW May 27, 2007 0

Expert links additive to cell damage Martin Hickman A new health scare erupted over soft drinks last night amid evidence they may cause serious cell damage. Research from a British university suggests a common

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Revealed: Blair’s secret stalker squad

CW May 27, 2007 0

The Government has established a shadowy new national anti-terrorist unit to protect VIPs, with the power to detain suspects indefinitely using mental health laws. The revelation is set to reignite the row over the

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Irish Schools Set To Fingerprint Children

CW May 27, 2007 1

Niall Byrne 50 Irish schools have expressed an interest in biometric attendance management technology in the past month, a provider of biometric fingerprinting systems has told siliconrepublic.com. Dublin-based Byamsys said this surge of interest

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