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February 2010New Grist for Hype on IranPosted: Saturday, February 27, 2010 ¤ Hawaii issues tsunami alert, evacuating up to 100,000 residents and tourists ¤ Why Chile's Stronger Earthquake Won't Be As Deadly As Haiti's ¤ Massive quake, aftershocks hit Chile; at least 122 dead ¤ Massive earthquake kills 122 in Chile ¤ Huge quake hits Chile; tsunami threatens Pacific ¤ Asia braces for tsunami after Chile quake ¤ Magnitude 8.8 - OFFSHORE MAULE, CHILE ¤ Tsunami Warnings Downgraded After 7.0 Quake Off Japan Coast ¤ Weather: Hottest January Ever Say Climate Experts ¤ The gun-toting boys from Brazil who rule Rio's 'Corner of Fear' ¤ Sunrise or Sunset for Iraq? Operation New Dawn. That is the name the U.S. military will give its operations in Iraq when U.S. military operations in that country end this September. Wait, what? Okay, once more, a little more slowly. The United States has nearly 100,000 military personnel in Iraq right now. In keeping with the January 2009 Security Agreement between Washington and Baghdad, the United States will withdraw all forces and contractors and turn over military installations to the Iraqi government by the end of 2011. ¤ 'Post Disaster Needs Assessment' - Whose Needs? Whose Assessment? ¤ American Genocides: Is Haiti Next? Distinguished historian, scholar and activist Gabriel Kolko studied "the nature and purpose of (American) power (since) the 1870s," calling it "violen(t), racis(t), repressi(ve) at home and abroad (and) cultural(ly) mendaci(ous)." It's been the same since inception, historian Howard Zinn calling colonial America: "a class society from the beginning. America started off as a society of rich and poor, people with enormous grants of land and people with no land. And there were riots, there were bread riots in Boston, and riots and rebellions all over the colonies, of poor against rich, of tenants breaking into jails to release people who were in prison for nonpayment of debt. There was class conflict. We try to" portray a benevolent nation. We weren't then. We're not now. ¤ Afghanistan's War on Children ¤ The Rationale for Keeping U.S. Forces in Iraq ¤ Intervention and Economic Crisis ¤ Washington Times Covers 9/11 Controversy We have no idea what happened on 9/11. But since 9/11 Commission members have reportedly disavowed the full government's story – and one has written a book claiming the commission was serially lied to by the Bush administration, the FBI, CIA, etc. – we have to conclude that there are elements of the official story that are not entirely accurate. We would think that the US government would want to get to the bottom of such a serious matter, in some way or other. ¤ Zimbabwe: Sophists for sanctions ¤ Venezuela: From Revolution sui generis to Fifth International ¤ Why are we surprised that Mossad used fake passports? ¤ Did Britain know about Mossad hit? Israeli agent claims MI6 was tipped off ¤ Credit cards implicate Mossad in Dubai hit: report ¤ Dubai wants head of Mossad arrested over Hamas assassination ¤ Plane attack prompts debate over terrorism label ¤ Budgets, War and Blind Ambition: The Limited Minds of the American Elite ¤ The War on Toyota: It's All Politics Does anyone really believe that Toyota is being pilloried in the media for a few highway fatalities? Nonsense. If Congress is so worried about innocent people getting killed, then why haven't they indicted US commander Stanley McChrystal for blowing up another 27 Afghan civilians on Sunday? ¤ Dubai identifies 15 new suspects in Hamas killing ¤ New Grist for Hype on Iran Here we go again. A report issued Thursday by the new Director General of the U.N. International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Japanese diplomat Yukiya Amano, has injected new adrenalin into those arguing that Iran is developing a nuclear weapon. The usual suspects are hyping—and distorting—thin-gruel language in the report to “prove” that Iran is hard at work on a nuclear weapon. The New York Times' David E. Sanger and William J. Broad, for example, highlighted a sentence about “alleged activities related to nuclear explosives,” which Amano says he wants to discuss with Iran. ¤ US woos Brazil over Iran nuclear dispute ¤ Iran says UN nuclear watchdog bends to political influence ¤ Behind Clinton's tough talk on Iran ¤ Chossudovsky: US will start WW3 by attacking Iran A UN nuclear watchdog report suggests Iran could be developing a nuclear bomb, apparently confirming long-held suspicions in the West. But Tehran denies the claims, again insisting that its atomic intentions are peaceful. Michel Chossudovsky, who's from an independent Canadian policy research group, believes that what Iran says hardly matters, because the U.S. is planning for war. ¤ A "Good" Terrorist Captured by Iran ¤ Afghanistan slams US-led forces over civilian deaths ¤ NATO says 27 civilians killed in Afghanistan air strike ¤ Latin America backs Argentina as Britain begins Falklands oil quest ¤ Aids: is the end in sight? ¤ Morales in Mexico ¤ Latin America Eyes Integration Without U.S., Canada ¤ Orca Resistance at Sea World It was the first time that a trainer had ever been killed by a group of captive killer whales. There had been previous attempts, a great many actually. But the trainers involved, whether through rescue by other employees or a stroke of luck on their part, had always managed to survive. This attack, however, proved to be different and fatal. It occurred on February 21, 1991 at Sealand of the Pacific. ¤ Round Midnight: Tortillas and the Corporate State ¤ Officials puzzle over millions of dollars leaving Afghanistan by plane for Dubai ¤ This Is One of the Biggest Wall Street Frauds Ever... ¤ Stage is set in U.S. for a Greek tragedy With uncharacteristic bluntness, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke warned Congress on Wednesday that the United States could soon face a debt crisis like the one in Greece, and declared that the central bank will not help legislators by printing money to pay for the ballooning federal debt. Recent events in Europe, where Greece and other nations with large, unsustainable deficits like the United States are having increasing trouble selling their debt to investors, show that the U.S. is vulnerable to a sudden reversal of fortunes that would force taxpayers to pay higher interest rates on the debt, Mr. Bernanke said. ¤ US jobless claims rise again ¤ Challenging History: Why the Oppressed Must Tell Their Own Story ¤ BBC signals an end to era of expansion US Media Replays Iraq Fiasco on Iran Posted: Saturday, February 20, 2010 ¤ Robert Fisk: Britain's explanation is riddled with inconsistencies. It's time to come clean ¤ France demands Israel explain Dubai passport affair France demanded on Thursday that Israel explain how a forged French passport came to be used by assassins suspected of killing a Hamas commander in Dubai last month. ¤ British threat to Israel over Dubai Hamas assassination Britain will consider severing its intelligence-sharing agreement with Israel if Mossad agents are proved to have stolen the identities of British passport holders, The Daily Telegraph has learnt. ¤ Dubai: Hamas slaying nearly '100 percent' Mossad ¤ Interpol puts Dubai killing suspects on wanted list The 11 people suspected of killing a Hamas commander in Dubai have been placed on international police organisation Interpol's wanted list. ¤ The murder of Mahmoud Al Mabhouh ¤ The End of Obama's Vision of a Nuke-Free World ¤ Pilot Crashes Into Texas Building in Apparent Anti-IRS Suicide ¤ Niger coup: "Tandja is not in a good position" ¤ Pentagon Bracing for a Snap Offensive Against Venezuela ¤ US black farmers seek compensation ¤ Clinton clings to Bush ideals on Iran The US policy of engagement with Iran never got off the ground – and now Hillary Clinton has resorted to Bush-era sabre-rattling ¤ Hans Blix: 'Iran Won't Simply Sit There and Accept an Attack' ¤ Iran: US acting as military dictatorship in ME Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki says the US is acting as a military dictatorship in the Middle East by killing countless number of civilians in Iraq and Afghanistan. ¤ Civilian deaths anger Iraqis ¤ U.S. Forces Kill Children, Other Civilians in Marjah, Afghanistan, with "Precision" Weapons ¤ Issuer of 79.9% Interest Rate Credit Card Defends Its Product ¤ Kenya police stop gay wedding, make arrests ¤ Nuclear Iran: Fueled by Fear? Video ¤ Terrorism: The Most Meaningless and Manipulated Word ¤ Disgruntled Americans are the New Terrorists Joe Stack, the man who recently flew a plane into an IRS building in Texas, has been described as everything from a true American hero to a ‘lone wolf’ style domestic extremist. However, most are reluctant to brand him with the label of terrorist, although that is the most apt description of Stack and his activities. ¤ The Warning Video ¤ World oil supplies are set to run out faster than expected, warn scientists ¤ The Long Arm of Israel Better be Amputated ¤ Voices of Haiti's Homeless ¤ Iran Looks Toward an Energy Alliance with China, India and Pakistan While Western attention was focused on Saudi Arabia's possible provision of energy guarantees to China in return for a "yes" vote on Iran sanctions, Iran was working to leverage its natural gas reserves into economic alliances with China, India and Pakistan. ¤ US Media Replays Iraq Fiasco on Iran Major U.S. news organizations, including the New York Times and the Washington Post, are engaged in a replay of the kind of slanted coverage that paved the way to war in Iraq, only this time regarding Iran. The treatment of Iran’s election last June, the depictions of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the alarm over Iran’s nuclear program all parallel the one-sided coverage that the U.S. news media directed toward Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein and Iraq’s alleged WMD program before the U.S.-led invasion in 2003. ¤ All Haitian 'orphans' with Baptists had parents ¤ Kidnapping & Trading in Iraqi Children... ¤ Passing the "Riot Test" in Haiti ¤ The Sacrifice of Haiti ¤ Dubious in Dubai ¤ Reflections on Past Assassination Attempts on Bangladesh Prime Minister Obama is Clueless Posted: Thursday, February 11, 2010 Obama is Clueless I'm with Simon Johnson here: how is it possible, at this late date, for Obama to be this clueless? John Pilger: Why the Oscars are a Con Why are so many films so bad? This year's Oscar nominations are a parade of propaganda, stereotypes and downright dishonesty. The dominant theme is as old as Hollywood: America's divine right to invade other societies, steal their history and occupy our memory. Who Wants to Bomb Iran? Meet the men calling on Barack Obama to launch airstrikes against the Islamic Republic. Binyam Mohamed torture evidence must be revealed, judges rule Court of appeal ruling compels British government to disclose what MI5 knew of refugee's treatment in Guantánamo Bay Chavez: U.S. military bases in Colombia stab to S. America Defiant Iran set to begin higher enrichment of uranium Ancient tribal language becomes extinct as last speaker dies Death of Boa Sr, last person fluent in the Bo language of the Andaman Islands, breaks link with 65,000-year-old culture 'Moscow cannot agree with sanctions against Iran' China Renews Opposition to Iran Sanctions Obama's 'secret war': U.S. soldiers killed inside Pakistan Toyota chief apologizes for global recalls Is US bullying Toyota on recall? The US transportation chief's public rebukes of Toyota's handling of a massive safety recall have raised eyebrows, given the US government's major stake in rivals General Motors and Chrysler. India forms new climate change body The Indian government has established its own body to monitor the effects of global warming because it "cannot rely" on the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the group headed by its own leading scientist Dr R.K Pachauri. Airport Body Scanning Raises Radiation Exposure, Committee Says Why Is America In So Many Wars? Posted: Wednesday, February 3, 2010 ¤ Strengthening US 'Defense' In Gulf A Step To War ¤ How to Save the Obama Presidency: Bomb Iran ¤ Official Says Jackson Doctor to Be Charged ¤ The US game in Latin America US interference in the politics of Haiti and Honduras is only the latest example of its long-term manipulations in Latin America ¤ U.S. expanding missile defenses in Gulf ¤ US raises stakes on Iran by sending in ships and missiles ¤ Thousands protest in Tokyo against U.S. military presence in Japan Thousands of protesters from across Japan marched today in Tokyo to protest against U.S. military presence on Okinawa, while a Cabinet minister said she would fight to get rid of a marine base Washington considers crucial. ¤ Looking up Down Under: Serena tops Henin for crown ¤ Q & A with the State Department on Haiti by Judith Scherr ¤ The West Owes Haiti a Bailout Last week started with a conference in Montreal, called by a group of governments and international agencies calling themselves Friends of Haiti, to discuss the long and short term needs of the recently devastated Caribbean nation. Even as corpses remained under the earthquake's rubble and the government operated out of a police station, the assembled "friends" would not commit to cancelling Haiti's $1bn debt. ¤ North Korea fires more artillery toward sea border ¤ Honduras Coup 2009 ¤ Obama's War for Oil in Colombia This past summer, President Obama announced that he had signed an agreement with Colombia to grant the U.S. military access to 7 military bases in Colombia. As the UK's Guardian newspaper announced at the time, “[t]he proposed 10-year lease will give the US access to at least seven Colombian bases – three air force, two naval and two army – stretching from the Pacific to the Caribbean.” And, these bases would accommodate up to 800 military and 600 civilian contractors of the United States. ¤ Hait and U.S. policy ¤ Grieving Haitians demand Aristide return ¤ What Next For Haiti As "Recovery" Replaces Relief? ¤ Haiti after 5 centuries of genocide, slavery, isolation, colonization and globalization With the devastation of the Haitian earthquake of January 12, many Americans are literally learning of Haiti for the first time. The following is an attempt to present a very brief outline of Haiti's history: first being dominated by Spain, then France and certainly for the last two centuries the United States. ¤ Haiti's Earthquake Updates ¤ 'Nobel Peace Prize-winner Barack Obama ups spending on nuclear weapons to even more than George Bush' ¤ Bair's Damning Testimony ¤ “America's Secret Afghan Prisons” ¤ Welcoming the Taliban with Open Arms ¤ Light at the End of the Afghan Tunnel? ¤ The CIA, Assassination, and the War on Terrorism ¤ Western Meddling with Iran's Nuclear Program is Unacceptable ¤ Why Is America In So Many Wars? ¤ I Call It Murder |
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