The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
This is interesting for two reasons: 1) Our first thought was that returning veterans were forming small criminal rings to survive in the absence of jobs being available. That is still a potential threat, on top of all the gang members that joined the military for the express purpose of gaining advanced training and liberal …
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Dr. Nafeez Ahmed is a bestselling author and political analyst specialising in the study of mass violence in the context of international security issues. His doctoral thesis examined genocides sponsored by the European powers from the 15th through the 19th centuries. He is Executive Director of the Institute for Policy Research & Development in London, …
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By Chris Busby, Malak Hamdan and Entesar Ariabi Abstract: There have been anecdotal reports of increases in birth defects and cancer in Fallujah, Iraq blamed on the use of novel weapons (possibly including depleted uranium) in heavy fighting which occurred in that town between US led forces and local elements in 2004. In Jan/Feb 2010 …
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COSTS OF MAJOR U.S. WARS COMPARED More than a trillion dollars has been appropriated since September 11, 2001 for U.S. military operations in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere. This makes the “war on terrorism” the most costly of any military engagement in U.S. history in absolute terms or, if correcting for inflation, the second most expensive …
Thanks to Steven Aftergood & Secrecy News for the heads up on the new book The Iraq Papers. Secrecy News’ email newsletter describes it this way: An extensive compilation of official documents, policy advocacy statements, and assorted commentary on the U.S. decision to go to war in Iraq in 2003 is presented in “The Iraq …
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Phi Beta Iota: Chuck Spinney nailed it in the 1980’s and before; Robert Steele and the USMC under Commandant Al Gray nailed it from 1988 onwards, and nothing has changed. Both the politics and programs of the US Government are corrupt and uninformed across the board, for one simple reason: US intelligence leaders lack the …
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Brilliant but Narrow, Simplifies A Bridge Too Far December 19, 2009 Mark Moyar EDIT of 21 Feb 2010: A colleague in COINSOC has pointed out that I missed one key aspect of this book and I hasten to add it: “Moyar’s point that we are applying peacetime personnel policies by putting people in place based …
