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2012/02/09

Gordon Duff: Independent Report Contradicts Western Portrait of Syria

Independent Report Contradicts Western Portrait of Syria Arab League Report Shows that Syria Has Been Mischaracterized While the Western media act like the Syrian government is wantonly and indiscriminately killing its own people without provocation, an independent investigation has found a different reality on the ground. Specifically, over 160 monitors from the Arab League – …

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2012/02/092012/02/09

Ralph Peters: Testimony to Congress on Pakistan As a Failing Empire, Focus on Baluchistan

Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations House Committee on Foreign Affairs Baluchistan Hearing, February 8, 2012 Testimony of Ralph Peters, military analyst and author “PAKISTAN AS A FAILING EMPIRE” 2012-02-09 Ralph Peters House Testimony, Baluchistan and Pakistan (8 pages, doc) Introductory remarks: This testimony arises from three premises. First, we cannot analyze global events through reassuring …

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2012/02/092012/02/09

Eagle: The Truth About Syria — Anyone?

When governments separate themselves from the truth, they are betraying the public trust. Those who lie to Congress are committing impeachable acts. Those who lie to the public are in violation of their Oath to support and defend the Constitution against all enemies foreign and domestic. Below are several sources focused on Syria. It appears …

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2012/02/082012/02/08

Paul Craig Roberts: Attacking Iran, Spending Money, Losing All

Will Iran Be Attacked? Washington has made tremendous preparations for a military assault on Iran. There is speculation that Washington has called off its two longest running wars–Iraq and Afghanistan–in order to deploy forces against Iran. Two of Washington’s fleets have been assigned to the Persian Gulf along with NATO warships. Missiles have been spread …

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2012/02/082012/02/08

David Swanson: Deep Insights Into MICC Misbehavior Focus on Lockheed, Boeing, Northrup Grumman, General Dynamics

Phi Beta Iota: The meat is below the line, itemizing corporate misbehavior and political bribes in relation to awarded contracts, most of which do not produce needed capabilities that live up to their Powerpoint engineering. The Election We Should Be Following For progressives and populists around the country who take an interest in Congressional races …

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2012/02/07

NIGHTWATCH: Syria, Russia, US, Iran, Israel, Lies, & Truth + RECAP

Syria: Special comment. Readers are rightly perplexed about conditions in Syria. Syrian press restrictions inhibit any neutral or balanced coverage. Everything reported from opposition sources and activists is biased and some reports of massacres include manufactured images, according to eyewitnesses. International news descriptions of a worsening crisis receive no offsetting coverage of testimony from non-Sunni …

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2012/02/062012/02/06

Thomas Barnett: Slouching Toward Big War with Big Lies

The New Rules: Slouching Toward Great-Power War Thomas P.M. Barnett World Politics Review, 06 Feb 2012 EXTRACTS: However, a case can be made that in recent years, the greatest threat to this enduring component of global stability arises from within the United States itself — namely, a national security establishment intent on pressing the boundaries …

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