Patrick Cockburn, Iraq correspondent at The Independent, discussed the sectarian conflict in Iraq, the farce of ‘the Surge working’ in the Western media, the political push against the the drawdown of U.S. ‘combat troops’, the post-Saddam political climate and instability that makes it ‘one of the most dangerous places on the planet’ at AntiWar Radio with Scott Horton
Archive for July, 2010
Cockburn: Ruling Iraq is to Control Oil, Not Depend on Democratic Support (mp3)
Posted: 13 July 2010 by Editors in International AffairsTags: AntiWar Radi, Britain, Bush Administration, fascism, human rights, Iraq, Iraq elections, Iraq Surge, Iraq War, Israel, Iyad Allawi, media, Middle East, Muqtada al-sadr, Newspeak, Nouri al-Maliki, Obama Administration, Patrick Cockburn, Scott Horton, US, War, War on Terror
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Weekend Briefing—9th-10th July 2010
Posted: 10 July 2010 by Editors in Daily BriefingTags: Allison Kilkenny, BP, Carol Rosenberg, espionage, Gitmo, Guantanamo Bay, Gulf oil spill, Iraq War, Israel, John Mearsheimer, mortgage crisis, mortgage fraud, NPT, nuclear weapons, Obama Administration, Oscar Grant, police brutality, Robert Cavnar, Russia, Somalia, war crimes
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Evening Briefing—7th July 2010
Posted: 7 July 2010 by Editors in Daily BriefingTags: Abu Dhabi, Afghanistan, anarchism, blowback, BP, brainpolice2, Bushehr, China, CIA, corporatism, Costa Rica, Cuba, drug war, economic crisis, economics, espionage, Federal Reserve, Gaza blockade, Germany, Glenn Greenwald, gold, Guantanamo Bay, Gulf oil spill, Henry Kissinger, imperialism, India, Iran, Israel, Kashmir, Manuel Noriega, marijuana, Marjorie Cohn, marketing, NATO, Netanyahu, Nigeria, Nixon Administration, Noah Shachtman, Obama, Obama Administration, oil, political prisoners, politics, pot, PSYOPS, public opinion, RAND Corporation, renminbi, Russia, Spencer Ackerman, Stefan Molyneux, Stephen Walt, Tony Hayward, torture, UAE, US, USD
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Study: Pot Prohibition Raises Cost Almost 1000%
Posted: 7 July 2010 by Little Alex in National NewsTags: AB 2254, black market, criminal justice, drug war, free market, gray market, libertarian, liberty, marijuana, pot, prisons, RAND Corporation, RCTC proposition, SB 1449, US, War on Drugs
The RAND Corporation estimates the legalization of marijuana would lower the untaxed price to $38/oz.
Obama Again Confirms ‘Unbreakable, Special Bond’ With Israel
Posted: 7 July 2010 by Little Alex in Palestine-Israel, Political ScienceTags: Avigdor Lieberman, B'Tselem, Dov Weisglass, economic sanctions, Ehud Olmert, Eli Lake, fascism, Freedom Flotilla, Gaza, Gaza blockade, Gaza Massacre, Goldstone Report, human rights, ICRC, Indonesia, international law, Iran, Israel, Johnathan Lis, Middle East, Netanyahu, Newspeak, Noam Chomsky, Norman Finkelstein, NPT, nuclear weapons, Obama, Obama Administration, Operation Cast lead, Palestine, Palestine-Israel, peace process, Red Cross, Seymour Hersh, Susan Rice, two-state solution, UN Security Council, US, War, West Bank, Zionism
The U.S. and Israeli presidents publicly affirmed their ‘special, unbreakable bond’ and sought to justify Israel’s nuclear proliferation.
Evening Briefing—6th July 2010
Posted: 6 July 2010 by Editors in Daily BriefingTags: Abkhazia, Adri Nieuwhof, Af-Pak War, Afghanistan, Ahmad Walid Fazly, Ahmedis, airstrikes, anarchism, Anna Morgenstern, apartheid, Avigdor Lieberman, Azerbaijan, bailouts, banking, Big Brother, Bill Keller, BP, Bradley Manning, China, CIA, Collateral Murder, David Cronin, David Petraeus, Dian Chu, domestic surveillance, drones, eminent domain, Eric Holder, EU, Fareed Zakaria, Federal Reserve, Five-Day War, Ford, Gareth Porter, Gaza, Gaza blockade, Gaza Massacre, Georgia, Glenn Greenwald, Gulf oil spill, habeas corpus, Helmand Province, Hillary Clinton, Hillary Mann Leverett, IKEA, India, international law, Iraq, Iraq War, Iraqi Kurdistan, ISI, Israel, Jesse Walker, Kevin Carson, Lawrence Wilkerson, libertarian, military industrial complex, Mitt Romney, national debt, Nigeria, night raids, NWFP, Operation Cast lead, Pakistan, Palestine-Israel, Pentagon, Ray Odierno, revolution, Russia, Scott Horton, settlements, SOF, South Korea, South Ossetia, Sri Lanka, Stanley McChrystal, START, Stephan Salisbury, Stephen Walt, Sudan, Taliban, Tony Hayward, torture, UAW, Uighurs, UK, UN, Venezuela, Wall Street Journal, war crimes, War on Terror, West Bank, Wikileaks, Will Grigg, women's rights, Xue Feng
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