CCR Holds Press Briefing
CCR Holds Press Briefing; Large Coalition Stages Rally in Front of White House Leading to Supreme Court; Men at Guantánamo Plan Peaceful Protests January 11, 2012, Washington, DC – Today, on the tenth anniversary of the arrival of the first detained men at the U.S. prison in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, the Center for Constitutional Rights... Read More
Ki-Moon: All Israeli Settlements Illegal
Ki-Moon: All Israeli Settlements Illegal Alaa Ashkar – IMEMC & Agencies The UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-Moon, demanded on Sunday the removal of the Israeli Occupation in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, considering that the continuing of the Israeli Occupation blocks the establishing of an Independent Palestinian state, the Maan News Agency reported Sunday afternoon Mr. Ban... Read More
Israeli Soldiers Leak Classified Info
Israeli Soldiers Leak Classified Info The Israeli Army has been grappling with a series of massive leaks of classified information by its own soldiers through online services, a report says. Israeli Army secrets are beaming around the world, mostly from the inside, Russia Today reported. The report added that with just one click, everything that... Read More
A.I.P.A.C.
A.I.P.A.C. Persuading Americans to break the law? Clive Hambidge Habituation writes James Austin M.D “means that repeated stimuli yield a decreasing response.” Conversely and importantly he goes on, “Sensitization implies that responses increase when stronger stimuli are repeated.” For in this understanding, “we are addressing the basis of the freshness of vision of the artist... Read More
Bradley Manning gets a billboard in Washington
Bradley Manning gets a billboard in Washington Julie Tate Bradley Manning has had T-shirts, bumper stickers and posterscreated in his honor, and now he has a billboard in Washington. Supporters of the Army private accused of providing a trove of U.S. government secrets to WikiLeaks have erected a billboard along New York Avenue NE in... Read More
How to Start a War: The American Use of War Pretext Incidents
How to Start a War: The American Use of War Pretext Incidents. Richard Sanders The following article by Richard Sanders published in May 2002, prior to the onslaught of the Iraq war, carefully documents the History of War Pretext Incidents. This historical review raises an important issue: Is the Pentagon seeking to trigger military confrontation in... Read More
US military operation against Iran would be a grave mistake
US military operation against Iran would be a grave mistake Prof. Igor Panarin The Iran controversy is heating up. Writer and political analyst Igor Panarin believes the US should heed the reasoning of Russia, China and Turkey and refrain from going to war with Iran. In the article below, Panarin explains his view. The government... Read More
DEMOCRATIZE BANKING: Occupy the Neighborhood, How Counties Can Use Land Banks and Eminent Domain
DEMOCRATIZE BANKING: Occupy the Neighborhood, How Counties Can Use Land Banks and Eminent Domain Ellen Brown An electronic database called MERS has created defects in the chain of title to over half the homes in America. Counties have been cheated out of millions of dollars in recording fees, and their title records are in hopeless... Read More
The Geo-Politics of the Strait of Hormuz: Could the U.S. Navy be defeated by Iran in the Persian Gulf?
The Geo-Politics of the Strait of Hormuz: Could the U.S. Navy be defeated by Iran in the Persian Gulf? Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya After years of U.S. threats, Iran is taking steps which suggest that is both willing and capable of closing the Strait of Hormuz. On December 24, 2011 Iran started its Velayat-90 naval drills... Read More
U.S. army chief heads to Israel as fears over attack on Iran mount
U.S. army chief heads to Israel as fears over attack on Iran mount Visit comes as U.S. attempts to determine Israel’s intentions with regard to a possible attack on Iranian nuclear facilities. Barak David Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, is scheduled to arrive in Israel on Thursday for talks... Read More
Afghan solutions for Afghan women
Afghan solutions for Afghan women Lael A. Mohib Audiences around the world were horrified to see the image of Bibi Aisha, a young Afghan girl whose nose had been cut off by her husband and his family, on the cover of an August 2010 issue of TIME Magazine. Western media outlets largely attributed Aisha’s case... Read More
EU on verge of abandoning hope for a viable Palestinian state
EU on verge of abandoning hope for a viable Palestinian state Israel’s foreign ministry denied that Israeli settlers were taking water resources from the West Bank Donald Macintyre The Palestinian presence in the largest part of the occupied West Bank – has been, “continuously undermined” by Israel in ways that are “closing the window” on... Read More
‘Israeli Mossad Agents Posed as CIA Spies to Recruit Terrorists to Fight Against Iran’
‘Israeli Mossad Agents Posed as CIA Spies to Recruit Terrorists to Fight Against Iran‘ Barak Ravid Foreign Policy magazine cites CIA memos from 2007-2008 that the Mossad recruited members of Jundallah terror group to fight against Tehran; U.S. was reportedly furious with Israel and moved to limit joint intelligence programs. January 13, 2012 “Haaretz” —... Read More
Israel’s Draconian Infiltration Law
Israel’s Draconian Infiltration Law Stephen Lendman On January 10, Haaretz writer Jonathan Lis headlined, “Knesset passes (Law to Prevent Infiltration) that could put asylum seekers in jail without trial,” saying: “The bill would make ‘illegal’ migrants and asylum seekers liable to jail, without trial or deportation, if caught staying in Israel for ‘long periods.’ ”... Read More
Truth about Syria: Crazy Men in Grey Suits
Truth about Syria: Crazy Men in Grey Suits The west is on the hunt for another war in the Middle East. Jeremy Salt January 13, 2012 “Information Clearing House” — – In his speech to university students this week, Bashar al Assad spoke of a conspiracy against Syria. Use another word if you like, but... Read More