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Bush takes arms deal to Saudis for support against Iran
US president seeks to persuade oil-rich ally into backing Washington against Iran. The US administration is expected to formally tell Congress of a planned $20bn arms deal with Saudi Arabia, after George Bush, the
Read More »Cossiga: US, Mossad behind 9/11
Former Italian President Francesco Cossiga says global intelligence agencies assert the 9/11 attacks were run by the CIA and Mossad. Although Osama bin Laden has confessed to launching the attacks, now all the European
Read More »CIA Hid Other Tapes From 9/11 Commission
jimd3100We know now that the CIA kept from the 9/11 Commission tapes of al Qaeda suspects in violation of law. But why isn’t mainstream media (MSM) reporting about other tapes U.S. Intelligence kept from
Read More »Bush’s hate speech against Iran draws UAE opposition
Several Emirati officials and commentators have voiced opposition to military action against Iran after the US president’s UAE speech. US President George W. Bush, who is on a Middle East tour hoping to rally
Read More »Nandigram… CPM’s hubris
Stephen Lendman and Arun Shrivastava RINF Alternative News Abstract: This review paper documents the events of Nandigram and role of the Communist Party of India Marxists (CPM), Kissinger in Kolkata pushing through Indo-US nuclear
Read More »VIDEO: Preparations for War with Iran?
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=54b_1200327598 Why would Bush go to the Mideast now? It is likely he went to nail down commitments from the Israelis and acquiescence from the Saudis prior to a planned attack on Iran. Bush,
Read More »Intelligence chief condemns ‘waterboarding’ as torture
By Stephen Foley The head of the US intelligence community has come closer than any other official in the Bush administration to comdemning the interrogation technique of “waterboarding” as torture, stoking a legal
Read More »France planned to give Saddam nukes
An Iranian commander has revealed that France had plans to equip Saddam Hussein with nuclear weapons during the Iraq-imposed war on Iran. According to General Mir-Feisal Baqerzadeh, the now retired French general and former
Read More »Scientific Technique and the Concentration of Power
Brent Jessop “So long as the rulers are comfortable, what reason have they to improve the lot of their serfs?”- Bertrand Russell, 1952 (p61) Bertrand Russell in his 1952 book The Impact of Science
Read More »The Pentagon Plan to Drug Troops
Chris Floyd Penny Coleman at Alternet.com gives us a look at a new program designed to dull the moral sensibilities of American soldiers in combat on the imperial frontiers: Pentagon, Big Pharma: Drug Troops
Read More »ID cards are staying voluntary… for now
It is unlikely that UK citizens will be made to get an ID card for ‘several years’ a minister said. Liam Byrne has said on the Today programme that the voluntary scheme, which will
Read More »Fingerprints Required for Britain Visas
LONDON (AP) – All visitors to Britain requiring visas will have to be fingerprinted starting Monday, the government said. Immigration Minister Liam Byrne said those applying for a British visa from any of 133
Read More »‘War criminal Bush persona non grata’
A senior Lebanese cleric has called on Arab and Muslim countries to declare George W. Bush persona non grata and sue him for ‘war crimes’. “We want our Muslim and Arab people to …declare
Read More »US official wants Guantanamo shut
The highest US military officer says he would like to see the detention centre at Guantanamo Bay closed because its image has damaged America’s international standing. “I would like to see it shut
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