The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
This is an excellent analysis of why our leadership’s hair is on fire and will remain on fire in Versailles and Bagram. CS When Rolling Stone Calls the Shots, It’s Time to Negotiate By Fred Branfman, Truthdig, 30 Jun 2010 It is amazing how little commentary there has been on the key issue raised by …
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CrisisWatch N°83, 1 July 2010 Four actual or potential conflict situations around the world deteriorated and none improved in June 2010, according to the new issue of the International Crisis Group’s monthly bulletin CrisisWatch, released today. In Kyrgyzstan large-scale violence between ethnic Kyrgyz and Uzbeks tore through the south of the country. Over 200 people …
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William R. Polk recently sent out the attached letter to his distribution list. It is a very comprehensive and I believe important review of Afghanistan. I urge you to take the time to read it. Appended to the end are a series of notes he used in the construction of his letter. Polk know …
Afghanistan Comment: NightWatch’s reading of the just released UN report is different from the mainstream media coverage. Two paragraphs of the 17 page update deal with security and they received most of the news coverage. Violence was up in early 2010 and the UN attributed it correctly to the increase in US operation in Helmand …
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This important essay by Ray McGovern makes a compelling case for the recommendation he makes last two paragraphs which are repeated in italics below: “As a former CIA analyst, I hope that Obama would have the presence of mind to order a fast-track special National Intelligence Estimate on the implications of the Iran-Brazil-Turkey agreement …
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A Roadmap to Folly in Afghanistan The Arrogance of Ignorance By FRANKLIN C. SPINNEY Counterpunch http://www.counterpunch.org/spinney05172010.html Nisos Kos, Greece A report by Jonathan Landay and Dion Nissenbaum for McClatchy Newspapers provides important insights into our rapidly diminishing prospects for success in Afghanistan, some direct, others inferential: First, the direct: the Qandahar operation that General McChrystal …
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Book by Nasser Aruri 10 of 10 people found the following review helpful: 5.0 out of 5 stars Important book on the US role in the the Israeli-Palestinian conflict March 5, 2007 By Edgar Hopida (San Diego, CA United States) – See all my reviews (REAL NAME) It seems like its the same negative …
