The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
One of the best SITREPS of the Arab Revolt in Egypt I have read. The author is an Israeli peace activist, a hero of the 1948 War and a former member of the Knesset. Chuck Spinney, The Blaster Blown Opportunities Tsunami in Egypt By URI AVNERY, Counterpunch, 14 February 2011 Until the very last moment, …
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Disagree, but engage: That’s civility On issues ranging from abortion to guns, it is possible for adversaries to find common ground February 10, 2011|By Robert Fersh and Andrew L. Yarrow EXTRACT: These processes are most successful when participants have strong, informed opinions and can make a difference if they reach agreement. This was the case …
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Suleiman: The CIA’s man in Cairo Suleiman, a friend to the US and reported torturer, has long been touted as a presidential successor. . . . . . . . In the mid-1990s, Suleiman worked closely with the Clinton administration in devising and implementing its rendition program; back then, rendition involved kidnapping suspected terrorists and …
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… which is to morally isolate itself by making enemies faster than it can kill them. If Israel’s behaviour continues unchecked, the pro-Israeli biases in and distortions of US policies will intensify our own isolation, until something snaps in our polity — and then, Israel will be all alone. Read rest of article…. IMO … …
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Central Asia: Decay and Decline International Crisis Group Report 201 3 Feb 2011 Quietly but steadily Central Asia’s basic human and physical infrastructure – the roads, power plants, hospitals and schools and the last generation of Soviet-trained specialists who have kept this all running – is disappearing. The equipment is wearing out, the personnel retiring …
‘Al-Qaida on brink of using nuclear bomb’ By Heidi Blake and Christopher Hope, The Daily Telegraph February 1, 2011 Al-Qaida is on the verge of producing radioactive weapons after sourcing nuclear material and recruiting rogue scientists to build “dirty” bombs, according to leaked diplomatic documents. A leading atomic regulator has privately warned that the world …
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Troops Die Because of Their Country, Not For It US admiration for its soldiers may be deep and widespread, but interest in what they are doing is shallow and fleeting by Gary Younge Published on Monday, January 31, 2011 by The Guardian Most of the stories told about Benjamin Moore, 23, at his funeral started …
