(Corbett) – Michel Chossudovsky, Director of the Centre for Research on Globalization, presents to the “9/11 Revisted: Seeking the Truth” conference in Kuala Lumpur on November 19, 2012. Read the rest of this entry »
(GlobalResearch) - This year’s Nobel Peace Prize was granted to the European Union (EU) for its relentless contribution to “the advancement of peace and reconciliation, democracy and human rights in Europe.”
While the EU’s contribution to peace is debatable, the key issue is whether a union of nation states, which constitutes a political, economic, monetary and fiscal entity is an “eligible candidate” for the Peace Prize, in accordance with the mandate of the Norwegian Committee.Read the rest of this entry »
(RussiaToday) – Canada has ordered all Iranian diplomats out of the country and is closing its embassy in Tehran. Ottawa said it was acting because of the Islamic state’s support for the Syrian government, its threats against Israel and defiance of UN resolutions. For more on this story RT talks to Michel Chossudovsky, the director of the Center for Research on Globalization based in Montreal. Read the rest of this entry »
(PressTV) – Michael Chossudovsky details how Obama and NATO terrorists are really to blame for murder of thousands of civilians in Syria being blamed on the government. Read the rest of this entry »
Also, German paper FAZ reports Houla was the work of rebels, not pro-Assad militias
(LandDestroyer) – In his most recent statement, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov repeated that Russia opposes any attempt to intervene or level sanctions against Syria. He also exposed the West’s role in purposefully perpetuating violence in order to sabotage peace efforts and create a pretense for NATO-enforced regime change. Read the rest of this entry »
(RussiaToday) – The international envoy to Syria tells the UN Security Council there’s no progress in implementing a ceasefire – while the ‘Friends of Syria’ group is criticised for undermining the UN-backed peace efforts. to To discuss the different approaches for settling the year-long conflict in Syria, RT joined live by Michel Chossudovsky, who’s director at the Centre for Research on Globalization. Read the rest of this entry »
(GlobalResearch) – According to an unconfirmed statement by a senior Iranian military official, reported by the Middle East and Israeli press, the commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard special forces (Quds) Kassam Salimani, was in Damascus on February 6 for top level consultations regarding military support as well as the possible dispatch of Quds Special Forces to Syria. Read the rest of this entry »
See Also: (YNet) – Netanyahu: Stop Iran ‘Chatter’ – Read More Here
(GlobalResearch) – Russia and China have vetoed the UN Security Council draft resolution on Syria pointing to the existence of armed groups involved in the killing of civilians as well as terrorist acts. Read the rest of this entry »
(RussiaToday) – The military build-up and economic sanctions against Iran are designed to unleash a global war from the Mediterranean to China with unpredictable consequences, warns Michel Chossudovsky, Director of the Centre for Research on Globalization. Read the rest of this entry »
(GlobalResearch) – [Author's Note: SAY NO TO WAR ON IRAN, Spread the word, forward this article, post it on Facebook. Our objective at Global Research is to curb the flow of media disinformation, reverse the tide of war and restore World peace.] Read the rest of this entry »
See Also: (SANA) – Syria: US-NATO Sponsored Suicide Attack? Report: Terrorist Bombing in Damascus – Read More Here
Also: (Truthout) – Iraqi Torture Scandal Touches Highest Levels of NATO – Read More Here
(GlobalResearch) – Several articles in the British media confirm that British Special Forces are training Syrian rebels.
The underlying pattern is similar to that of Libya where British SAS were on the ground prior to the launching of NATO’s military intervention.
A Responsibility to Protect (R2P) NATO intervention modelled on Libya is contemplated. The Free Syrian Army is a de facto paramilitary creation of NATO. Read the rest of this entry »
See Also: (ConsortiumNews) – Iran/Iraq ‘Defectors’ and Disinformation – Robert Parry – Read More Here
(GlobalResearch) – The Islamic Republic of Iran has been threatened with military action by the US and its allies for the last eight years.
Iran has been involved in war games in the Persian Gulf. The US Navy is deployed. Iran’s naval exercises which commenced on December 24th were conducted in an area which is patrolled by the US Fifth Fleet, based in Bahrain. Read the rest of this entry »
(Global Research) – Michel Chossudovsky – With minimal media debate, at a time when Americans were celebrating the New Year with their loved ones, the “National Defense Authorization Act ” H.R. 1540 was signed into law by President Barack Obama. The actual signing took place in Hawaii on the 31st of December. Read the rest of this entry »
(PressTV) – The chief of the monitoring team Sudanese General Mustafa Dabi has described the situation in the central city as reassuring. Dabi, however, says more investigations are required. The observers also plan to visit the nearby city of Hama as well as the northwestern province of Idlib and Deraa province in the south. Read the rest of this entry »
(CNN) – Iran says it warns off foreign helicopter near naval maneuvers
“The helicopter ignored the first two warnings but left the area after the third and severe warning,” Fars quoted Rear Adm. Seyed Mahmoud Musavi, the deputy commander of operations for Iran’s Navy, as saying. Read More Here
The Long-Used Carrot Dangling- Call it Aid, Call it Bribes, Just Call it ‘Whatever’ – Read More Here
(Xinhua) – China-US Relations: Washington’s Asia Strategy Could Destabilize the Entire Asian Pacific Region – Read More Here
(PressTV) – ‘Hormuz naval drill, message to West’
A senior Iranian lawmaker says the ongoing Velayat 90 naval drill aim to send a warning to the West that the Strait of Hormuz will be closed if Iran is threatened.
“The [Iranian] Navy’s military maneuvers in the Persian Gulf and the Sea of Oman indicate the power and dominance of Iran’s Navy in regional waters,” member of the Majlis (parliament) National Security and Foreign Policy Committee Zohreh Elahian said Monday. Read More Here
(Haaretz) – Iran Defense Minister: Israeli strike would be a suicide mission
“The Zionist regime is completely isolated and under no circumstances it can attack Iran unless she wants to commit a suicide,” IRNA quoted Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi as saying. “It is due to the fact that it will receive deadly strikes from Iran which will make it unstable.” Read More Here
(GlobalResearch) – Preparing to Attack Iran with Nuclear Weapons: “No Option can be taken off the Table.” – Michel Chossudovsky
“When a US sponsored nuclear war becomes an “instrument of peace”, condoned and accepted by the World’s institutions and the highest authority, including the United Nations, there is no turning back: human society has indelibly been precipitated headlong onto the path of self-destruction.” (Towards a World War III Scenario, Global Research, May 2011)
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The World is at a Dangerous Crossroads. America’s is on a War Path.
(GlobalResearch) – The American people should, in the words of Vietnam War Veteran Brian Willson “place themselves in the position of people living in targeted countries. That North Korea, a nation of 24 million people, i.e., one-twentieth the population of the U.S., many of them poor, a land slightly larger in area than the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, continues to be one of the most demonized nations and least understood, totally perplexes the Korean people.” Read the rest of this entry »
(RussiaToday) – The world’s attention is increasingly focused on Syria and Iran as the region continues to move toward military confrontation. Less noticed, however, is that the pieces are being put into place for a truly global conflict, with military buildup taking place in every region and threatening to draw in all of the world’s major powers.
(GlobalResearch) – The 2000 Project for the New American Century (PNAC), which was the backbone of the NeoCon’s agenda, was predicated on “waging a war without borders”. Read the rest of this entry »
More lies to lead us into perpetual war on a new front. Judge’s ruling claims ‘strong evidence’ for Iranian and Hezbollah prior knowledge and support for 9/11 attacks. Recall the attempt to link Iraq to 9/11 (without evidence) and its snowball effect in justifying other lies to go to war then.
(ElectronicIntifada) – Video: Israeli Jewish hate rally against Africans in Tel Aviv caught on video as Haaretz deletes article about it – View More Here
(Facebook) – Images: Nabi Saleh Demo – 16 December 2011 – View Here
(Facebook) – Wear Red for Palestine (2011) – View Here
(BFP) – Video: FP Syria Coverage Update: Russia’s New Draft Resolution on Syria & My Eventful RT Interview – Read More Here
(BFP) – The American Empire in Latin America – “Democracy” is a Threat to “National Security” – Andrew Gavin Marshal – Read More Here
(DailyMail) – Gaddafi death ‘may be a war crime’ – Read More Here
(PressTrustofIndia) – Arms Bazaar: The Seasonal Sale of Drones “Made in America” – Read More Here
(StopNATO) – The Real Dangers of War: New Russian Strategic Missiles Can Penetrate U.S. Missile Shield – Read More Here
(NewsIntStopNATO) – If Life in Afghanistan were Hollywood? NATO’s “Iron Man” Versus Frankenstein’s “Militarized Monster” – Read More Here
REPOST – (KurtNimmo) – Video: Republican Tea Party Diva Bachmann Attacks Ron Paul on Iran During Iowa Debate – View More Here
(AFP) – Russia seizes radioactive material bound for Iran – Read More Here
(RT) – Russian humanitarian convoy blocked at Kosovo border
Editor’s Note: This story has remained mostly under the radar since it began stirring in August. The Kosovan border with Serbia is still contested since Kosovo declared itself a sovereign and independent state in February 2008. It remains a natural flash point in the globalists’ grand chessboard, as they begin to redraw the boundaries of tension in a new cold war featuring the Ruso-Chinese bloc and the West. Read More Here
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(RussiaToday) – US Court Claims Iranian 9/11 Link – Michel Chossudovsky
A US court has won a default judgement that Iranian officials, including its supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, provided help to the 9/11 hijackers behind the worst terror attack on American soil. The lawsuit was filed by the families of the atrocity’s victims. There was no Iranian representation in court. RT talks to Michel Chossudovsky, Director of the Center for Research on Globalization. Read the rest of this entry »
(GRTV) – The director of the Centre for Research on Globalization says the loss to Iran of the CIA’s surveillance drone reveals the United States and Israel’s broader “military agenda directed against Iran.” Read the rest of this entry »
(GlobalResearch) – Pearl Harbor: 70 Years on, Is Iran the New Japan? – Finnian Cunningham – Read More Here
(PopularStruggleCC) – Video: US Government Ignores Imprisoned Palestinian Protester – Video Link Here
(VoiceofRussia) – Clinton Lectures Russia On Elections, NATO Chief On Missiles – U.S not in a position to criticize Russian elections – Read More Here
(GlobalResearch) – Libya and “The Arab Spring”: Neoliberalism, “Regime Change” and NATO’s “Humanitarian Wars” – Michel Chossudovsky and Finian Cunningham and Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya – Read More Here
(Antiwar) – Did FDR Provoke Pearl Harbor? – Read More Here
(BBC) – CIA ‘secret prison’ found in Romania – media reports – “Detainees were held and tortured” – Read More Here
(ItarTass) – U.S.-NATO ABM Missile System “Covers” a Large Part of Russian Territory – Read More Here
(xinhua) – Pakistan Reviews Ties With U.S. After Deadly NATO Strike – Read More Here
(GulfNewsStopNATO) – NATO Deepens Military Ties With Gulf Cooperation Council – Read More Here
(GlobalTimesStopNATO) – The New Arms Race: America to Wage War in Space, Cyberspace, Air And Sea Simultaneously – Read More Here
(AP) – Inside Romania’s secret CIA prison – Read More Here
(GlobalResearch) – 70 Years Ago, December 1941: Turning Point of World War II
The victory of the Red Army in front of Moscow was a major break… Read More Here
(GlobalResearch) – Why Moscow does not Trust Washington on Missile Defense. Towards a Pre-emptive Nuclear War? – F. William Engdahl – Read More Here
(AntiFascistCalling) – THE CLOCK IS TICKING: “Shadow War” Heating Up. War With Iran: A Provocation Away? – Tom Burghardt
Amid conflicting reports that a huge explosion at Iran’s uranium conversion facility in Isfahan occurred last week, speculation was rife that Israel and the United States were stepping-up covert attacks against defense and nuclear installations. Read More Here
REPOST – (GlobalResearch) – World War III: The Launching of a Preemptive Nuclear War against Iran – Michel Chossudovsky
The launching of an outright war using nuclear warheads against Iran has been on the active drawing board of the Pentagon since 2005.
If such a war were to be launched, the entire Middle East Central Asia region would flare up. Read the rest of this entry »
(RussiaToday) – After nearly a two month manhunt, former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi was found and killed. Revolutionary forces flooded his hometown, Sirte, and according to some reports, the US fired a drone missile at his convoy causing his death. Michel Chossudovsky, director for the Centre for Research on Globalization, tells us more about today’s events. Read the rest of this entry »
(GlobalResearch) – There is a grassroots protest movement unfolding across America, which includes people from all walks of life, from all age groups, conscious of the need for social change and committed to reversing the tide.
The grassroots of this movement constitutes a response to the “Wall Street agenda” of financial fraud and manipulation which has served to trigger unemployment and poverty across the land. Read the rest of this entry »
(GlobalResearch) – Throughout the post 9/11 era, Al Qaeda and the “threat of Islamic terrorism” have played a central role in defining Washington’s diplomatic agenda, shaping its rhetoric at World summits as well as establishing the contours of US military doctrine.
The pre-emptive “defensive war” doctrine against Al Qaeda and its alleged “State Sponsors” constitutes the foundation of America’s post 9/11 National Security Strategy (NSS), first formulated in early 2002. Read the rest of this entry »
(EmpireBurlesque) – Riddle Me This: Paper of Record Puzzled by Death Count Claims
The New York Times puzzles and puzzles until its puzzler is sore, but it still can’t figure out the deep, deep mystery addressed by this recent story: “Libya Counts More Martyrs Than Bodies.” Read More Here
(KurtNimmo) – NATO’s Libyan Operation: Mass Graves and Ethnic Cleansing – Read More Here
(Telegraph) – Tony Blair ‘visited Libya to lobby for JP Morgan’
A senior executive with the Libyan Investment Authority, the $70 billion fund used to invest the country’s oil money abroad, said Mr Blair was one of three prominent western businessmen who regularly dealt with Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, son of the former leader. Read More Here
(ActivistPost) – European Commission head calls NATO bombing of Libyans a “moral duty”
For weeks the mainstream media has been calling the uprising in Libya a success, despite any support for their position.
Despite this false narrative, which included the capture of Tripoli from loyalists long before any such thing could be claimed, NATO is saying that they must continue to destroy what’s left of the Libyan infrastructure through their over-the-top bombing campaign. Read More Here
Earlier Sunday Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, referring to an upcoming UN vote on Palestinian statehood, said in a cabinet meeting that “the Palestinians’ wish to become a permanent UN member… is bound to fail because they have to go through the Security Council.”
He said that even though the Palestinians can opt to turn to the general assembly, “it does not have the same significance of the Security Council, and that is not the Palestinians’ stated goal.” Read More Here
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(RussiaToday) – Here We Go Again? ‘NATO recruiting jihadists to invade Syria’
Across in Syria, at least four people were reportedly killed in crackdowns on anti-government protests on Sunday.
The ongoing violence in the country has left more than two and a half thousand dead in the past few months. Read the rest of this entry »
(GlobalResearch) – What triggered the crisis in Syria?
It was not the result of internal political cleavages, but rather the consequence of a deliberate plan by the US-NATO alliance to trigger social chaos, to discredit the Syrian government of Bashar Al Assad and ultimately destabilize Syria as a Nation State. Read the rest of this entry »
(GRTV) – As the world focuses its attention on the siege of Tripoli in the NATO-led overthrow of the Libyan government, those very same western powers who are responsible for the war crimes against the citizens of Libya are working behind the scenes to set the stage for yet another potential military intervention, this time with embattled Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
This week, GRTV talks to Michel Chossudovsky about the moves toward intervention in Syria, and the likely repercussions of such an event. Read the rest of this entry »
In the inaugural edition of this new weekly video interview series from GlobalResearchTV.com, James Corbett talks to Professor Michel Chossudovsky about the history of the 9/11 Truth movement, the current state of the movement, and the deplorable state of the anti-war movement, which has largely rejected 9/11 Truth and bought into the “war on terror.” Part 1 of 4
(ElectronicIntifada) – Challenging AIPAC and confronting “US interests” – Read More Here
(Truthout) – The Revenge Killing of Osama bin Laden – Noam Chomsky – Read More Here
(VenezuelaAnalysis) – Thousands March in Venezuela against U.S. Sanctions – Read More Here
(Guardian) – Libya: SAS veterans helping Nato identify Gaddafi targets in Misrata – Read More Here
(Reuters) – NATO extends Libya operations to September – Read More Here
(RussiaToday) – ‘Summer of War’ by NATO: 90 more days of Libya bombing
NATO has declared its extending its operation in Libya by another three months. The alliance chief says this decision is meant to prove to Muammar Gaddafi that the alliance is determined to fulfil the UN mandate. Let’s cross live to James Corbett an editor of an independent news website to discuss the latest developments.
(AFP) – Terrorists planned to kill Lockheed Martin CEO as response to drone bombings – Read More Here
(AFP) – Pakistan orders probe of Osama bin Laden’s hideout – Read More Here
See Also: (Telegraph) – Dominique Strauss-Kahn bailed for $1m and ordered to face sex trial – Read More Here
(GlobalResearch) – The arrest of IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn has all the appearances of a frame-up ordered by powerful members of the financial establishment, in liaison with France’s Nicolas Sarkozy, whose presidency has served the interests of the US at the expense of those of France and the European Union. While there is for the moment no proof of a plot, the unusual circumstances of his arrest and imprisonment require careful examination. Read the rest of this entry »
(RussiaToday) – The UN failed to pass a statement condemning violence in Syria. Some nations blocked the move, expressing concern the country could face a Libyan-style scenario. Russia was among them, saying that outside intervention would only lead to further destabilisation and a fully fledged civil war. For more on the situation in Syria, RT talks to Michel Chossudovsky – Director of the Canada-based Centre for Research on Globalization. Read the rest of this entry »
(GlobalResearch) – From Suharto to Mubarak: History Repeats Itself?
President Suharto of Indonesia was deposed following mass protests in May 1998.
The Western media in chorus pointed to “democratization”: the “King of Java” had been deposed by mass protests, much in the same way as Hosni Mubarak, described by today’s media as “The Pharaoh of Egypt”. Read the rest of this entry »
(RussiaToday) – Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaci has been seen rubbing elbows with top Obama Administration officials in Washington DC. Why does Washington continue to choose bad partners and has history repeated itself? Center for Research on Globalization Director Michel Chossudovsky says the Hashim Thaci and the KLA have become a mafia, drug trading, civilian political party that is now attempting to become a member of the European Union. Read the rest of this entry »
(RussiaToday) – ‘Last weekend the Pentagon lost communication with 50 intercontinental nuclear warheads, it was made public after a former US Air Force officer tweeted the news. This mistake happened as members of the Obama Administration have been preaching about the importance over safe and secure nuclear programs. Michel Chossudovsky the Director of the Center for Research on Globalization believes the worst case scenario is when politicians are threatening to use these weapons in conventional warfare.’ Read the rest of this entry »
Nine years ago, on the 9th of September 2001, the leader of the Northern Alliance Commander Ahmad Shah Masood was mortally wounded in a kamikaze assassination. This event has a direct bearing not only on our understanding of 9/11 but also on the US-NATO sponsored war and occupation of Afghanistan.
Had Shah Masood not been assassinated, the US administration would not have been able to install their political puppet Hamid Karzai in Kabul.
(GlobalResearch) – 9/11 ANALYSIS: From Ronald Reagan and the Soviet-Afghan War to George W Bush and September 11, 2001 – Michel Chossudovsky – Read More Here
(Alternet) – 9 Shameless Warmongers Who Call Fox News Home
During the run-up to the Iraq war, some of the worst purveyors of misinformation about Iraq had a home at Fox News, and their ranks have swelled considerably since then. Media Matters takes a look at the track record of wrong predictions and shoddy analysis about the war in Iraq by many of Fox News’ contributors and analysts. Read More Here
(PoorRichardsBlog) – During War There Are No Civilians
Sitting in on the Rachel Corrie trial alarmingly reveals an open Israeli policy of indiscrimination towards civilians.
Rachel Corrie’s plight symbolised the ruthless policy of Israeli demolition of Palestinian homes in the social psyche of millions of people outside of the West Bank and Gaza Strip Read More Here
(DailyMail) – ‘We are still determined’: U.S. pastor vows to carry out Burn-a-Koran day on Sept 11 despite death threats – Read More Here
Iran
(GlobalResearch) – Who pays for the loss of life in Iran? – Read More Here
(CSMonitor) – South Korea sanctions Iran — under US pressure
South Korea on Wednesday reluctantly joined the US-led drive for sanctions against Iran after an internal struggle that pitted financial interests against diplomatic interests – and strained the US-Korean alliance. Read More Here
Palestine
(Redress) – The boycott of Israel is “gaining speed”
Lawrence Davidson outlines the reasons why the boycott of Israel is gaining speed, from “the horrors of the Israeli occupation and its ghettoizing of the people of Gaza”, to the segregation and economic and social discrimination against Israel’s non-Jewish population, to the corrupting influences of Zionism on policy-making institutions of Western governments, especially those of the United States. Read More Here
(PLSWeb) – U.S. Aim in “Peace Process”: Liquidation of Palestinian struggle – Read More Here
Afghanistan
(Uruknet) – US soldiers ‘killed Afghan civilians for sport and collected fingers as trophies’
Soldiers face trial over secret ‘kill team’ which allegedly murdered at random and collected fingers as trophies of war Read More Here
(Uruknet) – US soldiers ‘killed Afghan civilians for sport and collected fingers as trophies’
(GunsNButter) – Audio: On the Destructive Nature of the Global Economic System – Bonnie Faulkner Interviews Michel Chossudovsky – Audio Link Here
(NYTimes) – NY Times’ Krugman: We Are Entering The Third Depression
We are now, I fear, in the early stages of a third depression. It will probably look more like the Long Depression than the much more severe Great Depression. But the cost — to the world economy and, above all, to the millions of lives blighted by the absence of jobs — will nonetheless be immense. Read More Here
(CNN) – Video: Clinton – U.S. Budget Is Broken – View Video Here
(LondonTelegraph) – RBS tells clients to prepare for ‘monster’ money-printing by the Federal Reserve
As recovery starts to stall in the US and Europe with echoes of mid-1931, bond experts are once again dusting off a speech by Ben Bernanke given eight years ago as a freshman governor at the Federal Reserve. Read More Here
(LewRockwell) – Suiting Up for a Post-Dollar World
The global financial crisis is playing out like a slow-moving, highly predicable stage play. In the current scene, Western governments are caught between the demands of entitled welfare beneficiaries and the anxiety of bondholders who fear they will be stuck with the bill. As the crisis reaches an apex, prime ministers and presidents are forced into a Sophie’s choice between social unrest and bankruptcy. But with the “Club Med” economies set to fall like dominoes, the US Treasury market is not yet acting the role we would have anticipated. Read More Here
(StarAdvertiser) – Huge tent city takes root
Homeless camps cover 50 acres, from Waipio Point, around Middle Loch to Pearl City Read More Here
REPOST – (WSWS) – Senate Democrats and Obama abandon the jobless
Senate Democrats gave up efforts to extend unemployment benefits for millions of jobless workers after the third vote on overcoming a Republican filibuster failed. The final vote Thursday was 57 to 41, three votes short of the 60 necessary to cut off debate, with one Democrat, Ben Nelson of Nebraska, joining a unanimous Republican opposition. Read More Here
(Bloomberg) – Merkel Warns European Crisis is Far From Over, Wall Street Journal Reports – Read More Here
(GlobalResearch) – BOOK LAUNCH: The Global Economic Crisis: The Great Depression of the XXI Century – Michel Chossudovsky and Andrew Gavin Marshall – Read More Here
(EurasiaReview) – Europe’s Fiscal Dystopia: The “New Austerity” Road – Michael Hudson
Europe is committing fiscal suicide – and will have little trouble finding allies at this weekend’s G-20 meetings in Toronto. Despite the deepening Great Recession threatening to bring on outright depression, European Central Bank (ECB) president Jean-Claude Trichet and prime ministers from Britain’s David Cameron to Greece’s George Papandreou (president of the Socialist International) and Canada’s host, Conservative Premier Stephen Harper, are calling for cutbacks in public spending. Read More Here
(BBC) – Romania plans big VAT rise to secure bail-out funds – Read More Here
(RegionalTimes) – IMF stops next tranche of loan to Pakistan till imposition of VAT Read More Here
Climategate
(LATimes) – Senate Democrats poised to start energy bill
With the gulf oil spill creating political opportunity, Senate Democrats will begin crafting a sweeping energy bill this week that could include a first-ever, though more modest, cap on global-warming pollution, believing they must act now despite differences within their ranks and political jitters in an election year.
Australia’s new prime minister, Julia Gillard, today moved to revive a stalled carbon trading scheme, pledging more consultation with industry and voters to win support for an issue that has divided the nation. Read More Here
(RussiaToday) – Barack Obama is masking the real issues over nuclear weapons by presenting the idea that nuclear terrorism is a major threat, says Michel Chossudovsky, Director of the Canadian Centre for Research on Globalization. Read the rest of this entry »
(RussiaToday) – Obama is masking the real issues over nuclear weapons by presenting the idea that nuclear terrorism is a major threat, shared Michel Chossudovsky, Director of the Canadian Centre for Research on Globalization. “What is disturbing about this summit in Washington is the fact that the real threat to global security is nuclear war between countries. It is not Al-Qaeda which in any event is not able to constitute intelligence as set by the CIA,” Chossudovsky acknowledged. “It is an elusive network of organizations. The real threat is the threat of nuclear war and particularly the threat of a nuclear attack by the United States and Israel directed against Iran.” Video Link Here
(AP) – White House adviser: World has united against Iran
A top White House adviser says the U.S. is making progress in its efforts to find allies to hold the line on Iran’s nuclear ambitions. Read More Here
(YNet) – Discharged soldiers sue for millions over Anthrax experiment
Dozens of soldiers who took part in experiment in early 1990s aimed at determining efficacy of Anthrax vaccine demand $80,000 each in damages. ‘Physical harm was passed down to our children,’ plaintiff says Read More Here
(GlobalResearch) – The Pentagon is using Haiti as a Training Ground for Afghanistan – Michel Chossudovsky
A recent report in Stars and Stripes reveals the nature of the US military operation in Haiti. Combat units from Iraq and Afghanistan have been deployed in Haiti under the banner of a humanitarian operation. Conversely, Haiti is also being used as a military training ground for forces without in-theater combat experience. Read More Here
(NYTimes) – Imagining an Israeli Strike on Iran
In 1981, Israel destroyed Iraq’s nuclear reactor at Osirak, declaring it could not live with the chance the country would get a nuclear weapons capability. In 2007, it wiped out a North Korean-built reactor in Syria. And the next year, the Israelis secretly asked the Bush administration for the equipment and overflight rights they might need some day to strike Iran’s much better-hidden, better-defended nuclear sites. Read More Here
(EconomicPolicyJournal) – Advanced Conspiracy Theory: Where Are the War Protesters?
Every once and awhile, you will see a post at a blog lamenting that there aren’t any war protesters around the way there were during the Vietnam War. Read More Here
(RussiaToday) – United States-China relations are on the rocks recently, China says that they have been seriously disrupted. Essentially, China feels that it is being threatened by the United States and this has been mounting since 1999. The threats are coming in the form of diplomacy, however Michel Chossudovsky says that the United States also has missiles pointed at Chinese cities. Read the rest of this entry »
“Whoever attains maritime supremacy in the Indian Ocean would be a prominent player on the international scene.” (US Navy Geostrategist Rear Admiral Alfred Thayus Mahan (1840-1914))
The Yemeni archipelago of Socotra in the Indian Ocean is located some 80 kilometres off the Horn of Africa and 380 kilometres South of the Yemeni coastline. The islands of Socotra are a wildlife reserve recognized by (UNESCO), as a World Natural Heritage Site.
This article was written almost six years ago in the last days of February 2004. It was published on February 29th, 2004, on the same day as the US sponsored coup d’Etat, which led to the kidnapping and deportation of the country’s elected President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. Read the rest of this entry »
(MichelChossudovsky) – A Haiti disaster relief scenario had been envisaged at the headquarters of US Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) in Miami one day prior to the earthquake. Read the rest of this entry »
“The Invasion of Gaza” with Michel Chossudovsky discussing Israel’s broader military-intelligence plan, “Operation Justified Vengeance” (Ariel Sharon 2001) of which “Operation Cast Lead” is part; the assassination of Yaser Arafat; the humanitarian crisis; strategic gas reserves offshore from Gaza; and Israel’s energy transport corridor along the coast of the eastern Mediterranean. Encore broadcast to mark the one-year anniversary of the attack on the Gaza strip. This program was originally broadcast on Jan 14, 2009.
(MichelChossudovsky) – The following text (in annex) was published simultaneously by major Newspapers around the World. It constitutes a Worldwide public relations initiative, intended to sway public opinion into unreservedly accepting the “Global Warming consensus”. The text of the editorial was prepared by The Guardian team. Read the rest of this entry »
Author’s Note: This article published under the title Seattle and Beyond: Disarming the New World Order was written ten years ago in relation to the Seattle Millenium Summit, which served to instate the World Trade Organization (WTO) as a global policy watch-dog, derogating the sovereign rights of national governments to decide on their economic and social policies. Read the rest of this entry »
Author’s Note: This article published under the title Seattle and Beyond: Disarming the New World Order was written ten years ago in relation to the Seattle Millenium Summit, which served to instate the World Trade Organization (WTO) as a global policy watch-dog, derogating the sovereign rights of national governments to decide on their economic and social policies. Read the rest of this entry »
Who do the banks owe money to? Are those hedge funds affiliated with the very banks that were bailed out? Prof. Chossudovsky explains. He emphasizes the bailouts will not help the crisis, but will exacerbate it. Read the rest of this entry »
(MichelChossudovsky) – We are the crossroads of the most serious crisis in modern history. The US in partnership with NATO and Israel has launched a global military adventure which, in a very real sense, threatens the future of humanity. Read the rest of this entry »
While the American far-right rants against alleged “Obama death panels” and other Freddy Krueger-like scarecrows to frighten–and divert–the kiddies, our capitalist masters, as they are wont to do, gaze at the spectacle, laugh, and then tighten the screws.
On his show today, Alex Jones read an email sent by a listener. “I work at the National Institutes of Health and we received an email about the upcoming International Swine Flu Conference that will be occurring in Washington, D.C. Aug 19 – Aug 21, 2009,” the listener writes. “They’re talking about mass fatality management and continuity of government. They’re going to hit us with a massive biological false flag attack.” Read the rest of this entry »
