Likudniks’ rejection of conceding its occupation of Palestine confirms reports in the Israeli media that this week’s meetings between regional authorities are “ceremonial and not substantive”.
Archive for August, 2010
Daily Briefing—31st Aug 2010
Posted: 31 August 2010 by Editors in Daily BriefingTags: 1964 Civil Rights Act, ACLU, Af-Pak War, Afghanistan, airstrikes, Ali Abunimah, anarchism, AntiWar radio, banking, biometrics, CCR, Charles johnson, China, Colorado, Cuba, David Brooks, DPRK, drones, espionage, Fidel Castro, Gareth Porter, George Soros, gold, gold audit, Ground Zero Mosque, Hamas, Haneen Zuabi, Hebron, India, Iran, Iraq War, Iraq withdrawal, Iraqi Kurdistan, Jesse Walker, JPMorgan Chase, Julian Assange, Kelley Vlahos, Kochtopus, Libertarian Party, Likudniks, Michael Corcoran, Middle East, Mohammad Bazzi, Mossad, Muqtada al-sadr, Netanyahu, North Korea, Pakistan, Palestine-Israel, Patrick Cockburn, Paul Wolfowitz, Philip Giraldi, police state, Rand Paul, Ron Paul, Rwanda genocide, Salam Fayyad, Scott Horton, Stefan Molyneux, Stephen Walt, Taliban, torture, Volcker Rule, Wall Street, Warfare and Conflict, Wikileaks, William Fisher
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Ron Paul: Audit Government Gold Reserves
Posted: 31 August 2010 by Sayyid in National News, Political ScienceTags: Bill Murphy, China, Dan Brebner, ECB, economics, Executive Order 6102, FDR, Federal Reserve, fiat money, Fort Knox, GATA, George W. Bush, gold, Gold standard, Great Recession, HR 1207, IMF, JPMorgan Chase, Kitco News, libertarian, New York Sun, Ron Paul, Russia UK, silver
The U.S. congressman plans to introduce a bill in 2011 that would force the claimed gold holdings at Fort Knox and the central bank in New York to be audited for the first time in almost 60 years.
Worst U.S. Enemy Turned ‘Kingmaker’ as Leader of ‘Only Grassoots Movement in Iraq’ (mp3)
Posted: 30 August 2010 by Editors in International Affairs, Political ScienceTags: al-Qaeda, AntiWar radio, AQI, Ayman al-Zawahiri, Baghdad International Zone, Dawa Party, Green Zone, Iraq, Iraq War, Iraqi Kurdistan, Iraqi National Alliance, Islamic State of Iraq, Iyad Allawi, Middle East, Muqtada al-sadr, Nouri al-Maliki, Osama bin Laden, Patrick Cockburn, Sadrist Movement, Scott Horton, SOFA, Sons of Iraq, State of Law bloc, Sunni Awakening
At AntiWar Radio, Patrick Cockburn discusses the power Muqtada al-Sadr holds in still unresolved March election in Iraq, ‘Al Qaeda in Iraq’ and its distinction from Osama bin Laden’s network, the violent sectarian conditions that remain in post-Surge Iraq, the improbability of a military coup in Baghdad and the devil’s playground of foreign powers created by the cynical political squabbles.
‘Mossad in America’ (mp3)
Posted: 30 August 2010 by Editors in International Affairs, National News, Palestine-Israel, Political ScienceTags: 9/11, AIPAC, AntiWar radio, Ben-Ami Kadish, CIA, electoral politics, espionage, Iran, Israel, Israel lobby, Israeli Arabs, Keith Weissman, Mark Glenn, Middle East, Mohammed Atta, Mossad, Newspeak, NPT, Obama Administration, Phil Tourney, Philip Giraldi, Ramzi bin al-Shibh, Scott Horton, settlement expansion, Steve Rosen, Stewart Nozette, US, USS Liberty, West Bank
At AntiWar Radio, Philip Giraldi discussed his recent article about the Israeli spy agency operating from New York to D.C.—’disinformation operations’ about Palestine and Iran’s civilian nuclear program—as well as its agents and assets committing espionage against the U.S. government with impunity
Tax-Exemption Used to Deny Permit for Chicago Mosque
Posted: 29 August 2010 by Little Alex in National NewsTags: Amie Zandel, atheism, Bernard Stone, Chicago, Cordoba House, digby, Faizan e Madina, Ground Zero Mosque, Islam, Islamic Center of Murfreesboro, Islamophobia, libertarian, Muslim, neoconservatives, New York City, Park51, Phyllis Bennis, regulation, religion, tax expemtion, taxation, US, Vince Gerasole, West Rogers Park, xenophobia
A local chamber of commerce and city ward’s office denied a permit to build a mosque in one of the most diverse neighborhoods in the nation because the government can’t tax it as much as alternatives.
Report: 33% More Alleged Prison Sexual Abuse Claims Accuse Guards Than Inmates
Posted: 26 August 2010 by Sayyid in National NewsTags: BJS, Eric Holder, Justice Department, prison rape, prisons, sexual abuse, US
Reported sexual abuse is rising in prisons and jails across the U.S. Most inmates accuse guards inflicting the crime than other captives.
Daily Briefing—25th-26th Aug 2010
Posted: 26 August 2010 by Editors in Daily BriefingTags: Af-Pak War, Afghanistan, biometrics, BP, CIA, Cordoba House, David Petraeus, drones, extrajudicial assassination, general strike, Ground Zero Mosque, Gulf oil spill, Halliburton, Hamid Karzai, Hurricane Katrina, Iraq, Iraq War, Jack Hunter, Jeremy Scahill, JSOC, Mossad, NOLA, Pakistan, Park51, Ronald Bailey, SCOTUS, South Africa, Spencer Ackerman, Stephen Walt, Taliban, UN, Wal-Mart, whistleblowers, Wikileaks, Yemen
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