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(AlJazeera) – United Nations says 3.7 million people “now in crisis” and more than 10 million affected by worst drought in decades. Read the rest of this entry »

(NaturalNews) – Information obtained from several WikiLeaks reports exposes a potential U.S. government plot to thrust genetically-modified organisms (GMO) on the continent of Africa. According to verbiage found in the leaked messages, it appears that the recent creation by the Pentagon of AFRICOM, a U.S. military command post headquartered in Africa, was at least in part done for the purpose of securing access to the continent’s natural resources, as well as establishing a GMO foothold there. Read the rest of this entry »

(CBS2) – Missile Or Plane? Red-Hot Streak Moving Behind Emp. State Bldg – Read More Here

(GlobalResearch) – Special Prosecutor Declines to File Criminal Charges Over Destruction of CIA Torture Tapes – Read More Here

(PressTV) – US to Boost Military Aid to Israel

‘The United States has planned to expand its military aid to the Israeli regime over the next two years, adding smart bombs to the new supply list. Read More Here

(PressTV) – ‘US to Stay in Afghanistan Until 2014′ – Read More Here

(RawStory) – Former British Intelligence Chairman Defies Bush, says Waterboarding Didn’t Stop Terror Plots – Read More Here

(HuffingtonPost) – Netanyahu Defends Israel Settlements Construction After Obama’s Criticism – Read More Here

(DesertPeace) – No Coincidence New Settlements were Announced While Netanyahu Visits US – Read More Here

(Examiner) – Israel brings out impotence of the United States

The Jewish state of Israel today brought out the impotence of the United States when it announced it is building 800 new homes for Jews on Palestinian land in the West Bank. Read More Here

(CTVToronto) – Harper will defend Israel ‘whatever the cost’ – Read More Here

(AntiWar) – Biden: US Support for Israel Must Continue ‘Forever’ – Read More Here

(SalemNews) – 10 Aid Workers Held Hostage on Greek Owned Ship

Two of the individuals are survivors of the Mavi Marmara incident last May; the situation arose from ship owner argument with agent. Read More Here

(NYDailyNews) – Somalia’s al-Shabaab ‘youth movement’ becoming ‘strongest Al Qaeda force we have on the planet

The Obama administration put Somali shipments on the no-fly list Monday, declaring the war-torn country’s militants a direct threat to the U.S. homeland. Read More Here

(ChannelNewsAsia) – Japan may put troops near disputed isles

Tokyo is considering placing troops on a remote Japanese island in the East China Sea to monitor China’s expanded naval activities that have worried its neighbours, a newspaper reported Tuesday. Read More Here

(CNN) – Florida’s Broward County schools on lockdown after ‘credible threat’ – Read More Here

(OpinionMaker) – The Parcel Bomb Plot – Al-Qaedas Gift to Israel

While Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) may have claimed responsibility for the parcel bomb plot, it’s worth considering how this latest Yemen-linked terror scare has been a gift to their avowed enemies. Read More Here

(LewRockwell) – When Will the Bad Dream End?

The United States is not a normal country. If it ever was one, it certainly isn’t now. Its imperial foreign policy has long made it special, and now that it’s the world’s lone superpower – with an effective monopoly on aerial warfare, calling the shots as to who can have nukes, claiming the unilateral right to start wars against anyone – the U.S. government has become so belligerent, and especially in remote lands, that American wars have become routine, its casualties relegated to the back page. Read More Here

(NextWeb) – Wikileaks to Release Massive Document Collection on Iraq War – Read More Here

(ABCNews) – American Jihadi Killed In Somalia Shootout (“American Jihadi”)

An American member of an al Qaeda-connected terror group has been killed in fighting in Somalia, according to intelligence and government officials there. The fighter, a Somali-American man known as Dahir Gurey Sheikh Ali Guled, was found dead in Mogadishu after a street battle between the militant group, Al Shabab, and pro-government forces. Read More Here

(GlobalResearch) – America’s Fake “War for Democracy” in Afghanistan – Danny Schechter – Read More Here

(GlobalResarch) – “The Cuban Five” and The US Sponsored Terrorist Campaign Directed Against Cuba – Read More Here

Video: Standing Army – The American Empire

‘The US has encircled the world with a web of military bases that today amount to more than 700, in 40 countries. It’s one of the most powerful forces at play in the world, yet one of the less talked-about. Why do countries like Germany, Italy, Japan still host hundreds of US military bases and thousands US soldiers?’ Read the rest of this entry »

“It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.” — Voltaire
Question: How many countries do you have to be at war with to be disqualified from receiving the Nobel Peace Prize? Read the rest of this entry »